This chapter provides the following information:
Installing the Driver Software Modifying Configuration Parameters Removing the Driver Software Installing Broadcom Advanced Server Program Configuring Teaming Configuring VLANs Save and Restore Configuration Uninstalling Broadcom Advanced Server Program
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NOTE The Gigabit Ethernet Adapter must be physically installed in your system prior to installing the driver software. See Installing the Hardware for details. |
When the Windows XP system first boots up after installing a new hardware device, such as a Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, the system automatically detects the new hardware and prompts you to install the driver software for that device.
A network device driver must be installed before the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter can be used with your Windows XP system.
To install the adapter software for Windows XP, do the following
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NOTE Before beginning this procedure, verify that the Windows XP system has been upgraded to the latest version with the latest service pack applied. |
To update the adapter software for Windows XP, do the following
The Hardware Update Wizard searches for the appropriate driver and automatically updates the software.
The following window appears notifying you to wait while the wizard installs the software.
If asked to specify the location of the Windows XP CD-ROM instead, click Browse (dont use the text entry field) and locate the path to the Gigabit Ethernet drivers that was specified above.
Once installation of the driver software is complete, you are ready to modify configuration parameters.
Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases, you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specific system. Once the adapter driver software has been installed, you can use this procedure to verify or change the following adapter properties:
To configure the adapter parameters, bring up the Driver Properties Advanced tab as follows:
The 802.1p QOS parameter is a standard that enables Quality of Service. Disabled by default, select Enable from the Value drop-down menu to enable this parameter. Once enabled, select Disable from the Advanced tab "Value" drop-down menu to disable this parameter.
Normally the Checksum Offload function is computed by the protocol stack. By selecting one of the Checksum Offload parameters, the checksum can be computed by the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. To enable one of the Checksum Offload parameters, select the parameter from the Advanced tab "Value" drop-down menu. These parameters described and shown below:
The Flow Control parameter allows the user to enable or disable the receipt or transmission of PAUSE frames. PAUSE frames enable the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate. The side that is receiving the PAUSE frame will momentarily stop transmitting. The recommended selection is Disable, which will configure the adapter to ignore PAUSE frames. Disabled by default, to enable Flow Control to receive, transmit, or receive and transmit PAUSE frames, select the appropriate parameter from the Advanced tab "Value" drop-down menu described and shown below.
The Jumbo Mtu parameter allows the adapter to transmit and receive oversized Ethernet frames that are greater than 1514 but less than 9000 bytes in length. Note that this parameter will require a switch that is able to process large frames.
Set at 1500 bytes by default, to increase the size of the received frames, increment the byte quantity in 500-byte increments from the Advanced tab "Value" counter, shown below.
The Speed & Duplex parameter allows the user to set the connection speed to the network and mode. Note that Full-Duplex Mode allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously. The adapter is set to Auto (optimum connection) by default. Set the speed and mode as described and shown below:
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NOTE 1Gbps speed is enabled by selecting Auto. |
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NOTES Auto is the recommended selection. This selection allows the adapter to dynamically detect the line speed and duplex mode of the network. Whenever the network capability changes, the adapter will automatically detect and adjust to the new line speed and duplex mode. The Half Duplex selection forces the adapter to connect to the network in Half Duplex mode. Note that the adapter may not function if the network is not configured to operate at the same mode. The Full Duplex selection forces the adapter to connect to the network in Full Duplex mode. The adapter may not function if the network is not configured to operate at the same mode. |
The Wake Up Capabilities parameter allows the user to set the adapter to wake up from a low power mode when it receives a network wake up frame. Two wake up frames are possible: Magic Packet and Wake Up Frame. By default, the adapter is set to Both. To set the adapter to wake up from a frame, select the appropriate Advanced tab parameter from the "Value" drop-down menu as described and shown below:
Before physically removing an adapter from your system, first remove the adapter driver software.
Click Device Manager. The Device Manager screen will appear.
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NOTE Not all driver files are removed as part of this procedure. Note that the driver and adapter can be removed via Hot Plug, if supported. |
To install the Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver Properties (BASP), do the following:
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NOTE Before installing on Windows XP Advanced Server with Terminal Services, the command "change user /install" must be issued, otherwise an error will occur. |
From this menu, you can create a team, see "Creating a Team and Assigning Adapters", or click OK to complete the installation.
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NOTE Optionally, all teaming configurations can be performed using the Broadcom Advanced Server Control Suite (BASCS). Refer to "Broadcom Advanced Server Control Suite" for additional information. |
Any available adapter can be configured as part of a team. Teaming is a method of grouping multiple adapters to a virtual adapter (bundling multiple adapters to look like a single adapter). The benefit of this approach is load balancing.
A team is created by selecting each of the available adapters and moving each of them over to the Load Balance Members column. To the outside world this appears to be one adapter. Each member in the Load Balance Member list shares the traffic burden of all members.
The Standby Member field is used to permit the selection of one of the team members to handle traffic, should all members in the Load Balance Member list fail. The selected Standby Member will not handle any traffic unless all Load Balance Members fail. When one Load Balance Member (or more) is restored (fail-back), traffic will then be handled by the restored team member(s).
Each of these tasks is described below, along with procedures describing how to delete adapters from a team and delete a team.
Use this procedure to access the adapter properties for Teaming Configuration:
Interface components of the BASP driver properties window are described below:
A team is comprised of at least one primary adapter (a standby adapter is optional). Each adapter can belong to only one team. To configure a new team, access the Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver Properties window and perform the following steps:
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NOTE At least one adapter must be displayed in the Team Members list box. |
To remove an adapter from its assigned team, select the adapter in the Team Members list and press the Delete key or the double-left arrow. The adapter will be removed from the team list and will reappear in the Unassigned adapters list.
To delete a configured team and release its assigned adapters, select the team in the team list and click the Delete Team button. The team and all its assigned adapters will be removed from the team list. The released adapters will reappear in the Unassigned adapters list.
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NOTE Adapters that are part of a team inherit all the basic configuration properties of the team, including VLANs associated with the team. If you delete a Team, any VLANs configured for that team will also be deleted. |
VLAN Configuration is optional. Before configuring VLANs,
see the "VLAN Overview."
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NOTE Adapters that are members of a Team can also be configured to support VLANs. However, VLANs cannot be configured for an Intel® stand-alone LAN on motherboard (LOM), an Intel® NIC, a 3Com® NIC, or a Team that includes an Intel® LOM, Intel® NIC, or 3Com® NIC. |
By default, Ethernet adapters are configured with VLAN support disabled. Up to 64 VLANs can be defined for each team on your server. Configuring VLANs consists of the following tasks:
Each of these tasks is described below, along with procedures describing how to delete VLANs or modify the properties of a configured VLAN.
Use this procedure to access the adapter properties for VLAN Configuration:
The BASP driver properties window lists the installed adapters and the VLANs configured for each Team. Each VLAN is identified with a unique identifier number and name that will only appear in this window. Interface components of the VLAN Configuration window are described in detail below:
- VLAN List - This list displays all of the VLANs that have been configured.
- Control Buttons - There are two control buttons: Create VLAN, and Delete VLAN. These buttons are used for creating and deleting VLANs.
You can define up to 64 VLANs per team. To configure a new VLAN, perform the following steps:
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NOTE To maintain optimum adapter
performance, your system should have 64 MB of system memory for each
eight VLANs created per adapter.
When adding VLANs to a single adapter, a one-adapter team must be created. |
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NOTE Adapters that are part of a team inherit all the basic configuration properties of the team, including VLANs associated with the team. If you delete a team, any VLANs configured for that team will also be deleted. |
To delete a configured VLAN, perform the following steps:
Save and restore VLAN and Adapter configurations as shown below:
To save a configuration:
The resulting file will be a text file that can be viewed with a text editor as shown below. Note that only the team configuration information is shown.
The saved configuration will be restored.
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NOTE The Broadcom Advanced Server Program only installs on server operating systems. |
To uninstall the Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver Properties (BASP), do the following: