McDATA 3032, 3232 Private LAN Connect ion

D-12 McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Installation and Service Manual

Consolidating EFC Servers in a Multiswitch Fabric

Private LAN

Connection After completing the common steps to consolidate EFC Server

operation, disable the second Ethernet media adapter for the EFC

Server PC and client backup PCs. This ensures against IP address

conflicts because public LAN devices cannot be connected.

Disabling the Ethernet

Media Adapter Disable the second Ethernet media adapter as follows. Repeat this

step for the EFC Server and all client backup PCs.

1. Click the Windows Start button. The Windows Workstation menu

displays.

2. Sequentially select Settings and Control Panel. The Control Panel

window displays.

3. Double-click the Network icon. The Network dialog box displays

with the Identification page open.

4. Click the Bindings tab. The Network dialog box displays with the

Bindings tab selected.

5. At the Show Bindings For list, select all protocols.

6. Double-click the TCP/IP Protocols selection to expand it.

7. Select [1] Silicom FastEthernet CardBus (top Ethernet card at the

right side of the PC for the public LAN) and click Enable. The red

circle with a slash disappears from the left of the selection.