5-44 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup

Optional Network Board Driver

If you want to utilize optional Network Board (N8104-86/88/111/103/109/112/113/115) install the driver stored in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM.

Refer to the re-installation procedure described in Appendix F. Network Driver for (N8104-86/88/111)

[<CD-ROM DriveLetter>:\WINNT\W2K\BC5\PRO100\WIN2K] Network Driver for (N8104-103/109/112/113/115)

[<CD-ROM DriveLetter>:\WINNT\W2K\BC5\PRO1000\WIN2K]

Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)

Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter and automatically converts the process of the working adapter to the other adapter in the group when any trouble occurred on that adapter.

Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter and enhance the through put by operating packet transmission from the server by all the adapters.

This feature includes AFT feature.

IMPORTANT:

„AFT/ALB setup must be operated after installing the drivers and restarting the system.

„All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must exist on the same LAN. If they are connected to the separate switches, they will not work normally.

If you want to utilize AFT/ALB feature, follow the procedure below to setup.

1.Double-click [Intel (R) PROSet Wired] on the [Control Panel] dialog box. The [Intel(R) PROSet for Wired Connections] dialog box appears.

2.Put the mouse cursor on "Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection" in the list and right-click.

Pull-down menu appears.

3.Select [Add to Team] and then click [Create New Team...]. The [Teaming Wizard] dialog box appears.

4.Select "Adapter Fault Tolerance" or "Adaptive Load Balancing" and click [Next].

5.Check the adapter to join the team and click [Next].

6.Click [Finish].

7.The setup will go back to [Intel(R) PROSet for Wired Connections] dialog box, so click [OK].

8.Restart the system.