SysKonnect SK-98xx Bedienungsanleitung

User Manual SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter[...]

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SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User Manual (v2.10 17 February , 2003) Visit our web sit e: http://www . syskonnect.com[...]

4 Copyright Ó SysKonn ect GmbH, 20 03. All rig hts reserved. This man ual refe rs to SysK onnect S K-9821 V2.0 Gigabi t Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T A dapter and SK-984 3 V2.0 Gigabi t Ethernet 1 000Base-S X Adapter . Co ntents are subject to c hange. Pr oduct and bran d names a re (register ed) tradem arks of the ir appropri ate owners. Send you r[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Conventions The fol lowing co nventions a pply in t his manu al. W arnings and Notes Font S tyles applied Used to indicate a potentially hazardous situat ion which, if not av oided, could re sult in death or serio us injury . Exam ple: dange rous tensi on. Used to indicat e a poten tially hazardo u[...]

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SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter T able of Contents Conventions 5 W arnings an d Notes 5 Font Styles appli ed 5 1 Getting st arted 11 Handling 11 Safe ty Instr uctio ns 1 1 2 Installation of the N etwork Adap ter 13 3 Connection of the Networ k Adapter 15 T ransmiss ion Distances 15 Connecti on to the Ne twork 15 4 Installation of[...]

8 T able of Co ntents 6 T est ing the Ne twork Adapter 45 Diagnos tics Prog ram 45 Loopbac k T est fo r Fiber Ada pters 45 Repeater T est for Copper Adap ters 47 Failure of a T e st 48 Additio nal Functi ons of the Diagnosti cs Program 49 Checking O ther Displ ays and Data 49 Main Prog ram 49 Reading S ensor Data 50 Reading Co nfiguration Data 50 R[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter T able of Figures Figure 1: Inser tion of the adapter i nto the co mputer 14 Figure 2: Conn ection of fiber-opti c cable s/plugs 16 Figure 3: Adap ter Overvi ew in “Sys Konnec t Network C ontrol” 41 Figure 4: Display af ter a VCT test 43 Figure 5: Setup fo r loopba ck testi ng 45 Figure 6: T ypi[...]

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SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 1 Getting started T o insta ll the networ k adapter , observe th e followin g instruc tions. Handling T o avoi d damagin g the network adapter: • Switch off the computer a nd disconne ct the powe r cord from t he power o utlet. • Do not open the an tistatic bag unt il you ar e ready to install t[...]

12 1 Getti ng sta rted For 1000B ase-SX ad apters o bserve the following : The l aser com ponents on the networ k adapter are Clas s 1 las er com ponents. Class 1 laser s are consid ered inca pable of producing damaging radiatio n levels during normal oper ation or mainte - nance an d is, ther efore, deter mined to be eye sa fe. T o avoi d damagin [...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 2 Installation of the Network Adapter The installati on procedur e in Hot Plug sy stems ma y differ from the foll owing. For Ho t Plug system s read the correspo nding docume ntation. Have th e compute r manual re ady and if nec essary , a key and/or s crewdriver to open the c over and r emove the b[...]

14 2 Inst allation of the Ne twork Adapter Figure 1 . Insertion of the adapte r into th e computer[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 3 Connection of the Network Adapter The phys ical connec tion of the netw ork adapte r to the network is described in thi s chapter . General inst ructions fo r driver installati on are give n in chap ter 4 "In stallation o f the Driv er Software ". T ransmis sion Distances Depending on th[...]

16 3 Conne c tion of the Network Adapter Figure 2. Connectio n of fib er-optic ca bles/plu gs 7. Swit ch on the c omputer and the sw itch. If no p rotocol driv er has b een loaded , go to chap ter 4 "Installa tion of the Dri ver Software" . After driver installatio n, return to ste p 8 of this list. If a p rotocol dr iver has b een loade [...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 4 Installat i on of the Driver Software The netwo rk drivers are loca ted in the app ropriate pr oduct direc tory on the en closed i nstallation CD - ROM. This directory is organiz ed into a numb er of subdi rectories for the va rious operatin g system s. The subd irectories contain the driver files[...]

18 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software Win dows SysKo nnect offers drive rs for Windows 2000, Window s XP , Wind ows Me, Wi ndows 98 SE, and Windows NT 4.0. Addi tionall y , a v alue adde d package i s availabl e for Wind ows 2000 and Windows XP enabling Virtual LAN (VLAN) and link aggregation s upport. This p ackag e also incl udes a utilit y [...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Window s 19 Windows 98 Second Edition SysKo nnect offers an NDIS 5.0 32-bit Miniport dr iver for th e SysKonne ct SK-98x x family su pporting Windows 98 Se cond Edition (W indows 98 SE). This driver doe s not suppor t Windows NT 4.0 or be - low , Wi ndows 2000 , and Win dows XP . With PC I adapter s[...]

20 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software 6. Selec t the ch eck box S PECIFY A LOCATION . 7. T ype the path to the driver , e. g. e:SK-982xWindowsWinME , where ”e” is the designati on of th e CD-R OM dr ive o n your sy stem. 8. Cli ck N EXT . The me nu “Wind ows has found multiple s oftware package s that sho uld work for this devic e. Wh[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Window s 21 4. On the ri ght side of this wi ndow , select N ETWOR K ADAPT ERS . 5. Right-cl ick the a dapter whic h is to be upd ated. 6. Select P ROPER TIES . 7. Select the tab D RIVER . 8. Cli ck U PDATE D RIVER ... . The wi ndow “Upgr ade Devi ce Driver Wizard“ is displaye d. 9. Cli ck N EXT[...]

22 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software Windows XP SysKo nnect offers an NDIS 5.1 32-bit Miniport dr iver for th e SysKonne ct SK-98x x family su pporting Windows XP . Install the driver T o insta ll the driv er , proceed as follow s: 1. After you hav e installed the ad apter in yo ur compu ter , boot Wind ows XP (for details, s ee chap- ter 2 &[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Window s 23 17. C lick N EXT . In cas e the adap ter has not passed Windows Logo test ing to ve rify its com patibility with Win- dows XP , t he window “ Hardware In stallation” is displ ayed. 18. T o con tinue t he installation , click C ONTINUE A NYWAY . The wi ndow “Confi rm File Replace”[...]

24 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software 13. T o con tinue t he installation , click YES (in Windows XP , click C ONTINUE A NYWAY ). The wi ndow “Upda ting System - Scan for New Hardwa re” is disp layed . 14. C lick N EXT to contin ue the installati on. The men u “SysKon nect Networ k Installati on Package ha s been successfu lly installed [...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Linux 25 Install the driver T o use t he driver as a modu le or in tegrate it in to the ker nel, proce ed as follows : 1. After you ha ve installed the a dapter in y our computer, boot your Linux s ystem (for detail s, see chapt er 2 "Ins talla tion of th e Network Adapter "). 2. Login as [...]

26 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software eth0 eth1 ... which i ndicates th at your a dapter has b een fou nd and init ialized. If several SysKonnec t adapters ar e installed in your system, the a dapters will be listed as “eth0”, “ eth1”, “eth 2”, etc. The mapping is executed au tomatical ly . The modu le installati on message (displa[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Sun Solari s 27 The resul t is the subd irectory “S KGEsol” con taining the dri ver package and the rea dme files “skg e.html” a nd “skge.tx t”. The driv er packag e is now rea dy to be in stalled. Install the d river wit h “pkgad d” T o install the driver using ”pk gadd”, pro ce[...]

28 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software In the di splayed window , th e left panel shows th e availa ble software packa ges. 7. Select S YS K ONNECT SK-98 XX FAMI LY . 8. Cli ck A DD . The shell window “Admin tool: Add Softwar e” is display ed asking whethe r you want to confi gure IP int erfaces during i nstal lation or not . 9. If yes, typ[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter HP-UX 29 The result is the file “<package file>.de pot” and the rea dme file in “.tx t” and “.html” fo rmat. The driv er packag e is now rea dy to be in stalled. Use the GU I Y ou ca n either u se “sa m” or “swi nstall”. “sa m” als o calls “ swinstall”, i.e. the ins[...]

30 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software IBM AIX The drive rs support the SysKonnec t SK-98xx family on AI X 4.3.3, AIX 5.1 , and AIX 5.2 operating system s. For corr ect driver access, th e corresp onding Eth ernet protoc ol interf ace must be installed for TCP/IP configu ration. The drivers can not be installed on machine s with le ss than 2 56[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter IBM AIX 31 6. When th e installa tion p rocess ha s been fi nished s uccessfu lly , check tha t the network device driver is availab le for fu rther networ k configur ation: lsdev -C | grep SysKonnect Execu ting this command displays a list of av ailable network dev ices simi lar to th e followin g:[...]

32 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software 7. T ype the full path to the dri ver , e.g. /tmp/<filename>.pck , or to insta ll the driver from CD-RO M, press < F4> and s elect / DE V / CD 0. 8. Pres s <Enter> . 9. T o vi ew the conte nts of the install pack age in th e menu “I nstall Software”, s elect S OF TWARE TO I NSTALL wit[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Novell NetWare 33 9. T ype the path to the dr iver . If you are ins talling from CD-ROM, the menu “Selec t an action” is displayed. Here , select C ON - TINUE AND ACCESS THE CD-ROM. The me nu “Sele ct a driver to install” is display ed. 10. Selec t the driver fo r your network adap ter . The[...]

34 4 Instal lation of the Dr iver Software 12. After the para meters hav e been con figured, se lect S AV E PA RAMET ERS AND LOAD DRIVER . The dr iver is loaded. Once the driver has been installed, the adapt er parameters or binding s can b e change d in the autoexe c.nfc file u sing the “Nwcon fig” tool. For mo re informa tion, refe r to the c[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 5 Features The SysKo nnect SK- 98xx V2.0 Gigabi t Ethernet Ad apters def ine a series of net work interfac es and constit ute a follow -up model of t he SK-98xx Gigabit Et hernet Serv er Adapter s. Currently , two ver - sions of S ysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethern et Adapters ar e availab le. Bo[...]

36 5 Featur es Operatin g System Su pport The driv ers for the SysKon nect SK-9 8xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters s upport the followin g oper- ating sys tems: • Windows NT 4.0, W indows 9 8 Sec ond Ed ition, Window s Mil lennium E dition, W indows 20 00, and Win dows XP • Lin ux kernel 2.2.x and 2.4. x • Novell NetW are 4 .20 or highe r , N[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Advance d Power Mana gement / W ake on LAN 37 Advance d Power Man agement / Wake on LAN The SysKo nnect SK-98 21 V2.0 Gigabi t Ethernet A dapter supports power managemen t as defined in the PCI Bu s Power Manag ement Interfa ce S pecif ication V1.1 and Net work Devic e Class Power Manageme nt Refere[...]

38 5 Featur es Link agg regation provides the follow ing impor tant benefits: • High er link avai lability • Inc reased li nk capac ity • Improv ements are obtained us ing existi ng hard ware (no u pgrading to highe r-capacity li nk tech - nolo gy is ne cessary ) Demand ing appli cations running in high-per formance e nviron ments like ser ve[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter User Diagnostics (DOS) 39 The fol lowing condi tions ha ve to be m et in order for Hot Plu g to work on SysKo nnect Gi gabit Eth er- net adapte rs: • The target syst em has PCI Hot Plug slots, i.e. the power can be swi tched on and off under the contro l of the op erating sy stem. • The ad apter[...]

40 5 Featur es The “Sys Konnect Networ k Control” is started from the Control Pa nel window: S TART > S ETTI NGS > C ONTROL P ANEL > S YS K ONN ECT N ETWORK C ONTRO L . The va rious tabs co ntain trees s howing th e currentl y installe d adapters a nd their c onfigur ation: • The “Ada pter” tab displ ays the net work adapt ers av[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter SysKonne ct N etwork Control for Windows 2000 and Window s XP 41 When a c omponent i n the tree is selec ted, the corr espondi ng parameters are displa yed. Figure 3 . Adapter O verview in “ SysKonnect N etwork Con trol” For mor e informati on on th e “SysK onnect Networ k Control ”, refer t[...]

42 5 Featur es V irtual LAN (VLAN) s upport A Virtual L AN is a grou p of networ k devices that belo ng to the sa me netw ork segmen t, regardle ss of the physi cal network structu re. A logi cal networ k structur e based on b usiness requireme nts is possi- ble. With v irtual networ ks, physical location no longer specifie s the netwo rk a user is[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Virtua l Cable T ester™ (VCT) 43 The fol lowing states of a cable pair ar e possi ble after VCT has been e xecuted: • Normal cable The c able pair is c onnected correctl y . • Short cable T wo o r more cabl e pairs ar e short-circ uited tog ether . VCT reports th e distance to the short- cir- [...]

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SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 6 T esting the Network Adapter Diagnostics Program The network adapter ca n be tested with the suppli ed diagnostic s program (r unning on DO S). The diagnos tics program runs offline, i.e. normal operation o f the networ k adapter c an not be m ain- tained. During te sting the l ink of the tested p[...]

46 6 T esting the Ne twork Adapter 3. Connect the network a dapter as follows: • For the simple test: Ins ert the protec tive plugs into the po rts. • For the loopba ck test: Insert the l oopback connecto r into the por t. 4. Boot to D OS. W ait until the opera ting syste m is load ed and the DOS prompt is disp layed. 5. Insert the installatio [...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Diagnosti cs Program 47 Repeater T est for Copper Adapters For the SK-982x ada pter series th e test via wrap plug is n ot availa ble. Howeve r , loopbac k testing may be c arried ou t by conn ecting the adapter to an other ada pter installed in a secon d computer run- ning in rep eater mode (fur th[...]

48 6 T esting the Ne twork Adapter Failure of a T est Figure 7. T ypical e rror mes sage from th e diagnos tics prog ram For a t est to be co mpleted successf ully , each of the follow ing conditi ons mus t be met: • The ne twork adapter operates correctly . • The ne twork ada pter is ca bled corr ectly for th e test or is equi pped with th e c[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Additiona l Functions of the Diagnostics Program 49 Additi onal Func tions of the Diagnost ics Progr am Checking Other Displays and Data In additio n to performi ng the three network adapte r tests, the diagn ostics pro gram can also r ead out network adapter-sp ecific data tha t may be us eful for [...]

50 6 T esting the Ne twork Adapter Reading Sensor Data T o read sensor data, proceed a s follows: 1. S tart the ma in program (see page 4 9). 2. Select S HOW S ENSO RS in the m ain menu. A separate wi ndow will be display ed for the following sensor da ta: • T empe rature of the boa rd • V oltage o n the PCI c ard • V oltage o n the PCI I/O l[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Additiona l Functions of the Diagnostics Program 51 Figure 9. Display of config uration data Reading VPD Data T o read VPD data ( Vi tal P rod uc t D ata ), proce ed as fol lows: 1. S tart the ma in program (see page 4 9). 2. Select VPD D ATA in the main menu. A subm enu with the followin g options [...]

52 6 T esting the Ne twork Adapter 3. Selec t the desire d option or Return to the main men u by selec ting E XIT (de fault opti on). Sample Usage of VPD Data/Asset T ag Exampl e Y ou want to s tore the i nventory number of the networ k interface adapter (1 23-45) in t he asset tag. T o stor e the invento ry numb er , proceed a s follows: 1. Look a[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Additiona l Functions of the Diagnostics Program 53 After modi fying the asset tag yo ur screen should dis play the following : Figure 1 2. Sc reen showin g updated a sset tag For mo re informa tion on the diagno stics p rogram, r efer to the readme file . T o op en the readme file, pr oceed as fol [...]

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SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 7 T roubleshooting Searching for er rors If the pr oblem pers ists, you ca n analyze the status o f the ne twork adapte r with the a id of the LEDs and the di agnostic s program. Problem What to do Another expansion card fails to work after the networ k adapter has b een installe d Make s ure all ca[...]

56 7 T roub les hoot ing LED Disp lays Once the driver has b een installed , the ada pter is operat ional. The current status is indicated by the LEDs. Figure 13. Lo cation of the LEDs The LED s for the copper a dapter have the follow ing meani ng: The LED s for the fiber adapte r have th e followin g meaning : Marking on bracket Color St atus Desc[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 8 Important Information T echnical Su pport If you enc ounter an y problems , read the re levant section s of the man ual and the readme files on the CD-ROM. If you cannot solve your proble ms, consult ou r techni cal suppor t. If you co ntact our techn ical su pport engine ers, hav e the foll owing[...]

58 8 Import ant Information Returning an Adapter for Repair If you wan t to return a faul ty product to S ysKonnect, fo llow these s teps: 1. Contact us b y phone, f ax, or e-ma il. We will se nd you an RMA (Return Material A uthorizatio n) form by fax or e-m ail. 2. Complete the form. 3. Return the fo rm to us. We will send you a u nique r eferenc[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter T echnical S pecifica tions 59 The av ailable drivers for this prod uct famil y are disp layed . 5. Click the appropr iate drive r . 6. Click the diskette s ymbol to down load the dri ver . T ec hnical Specifications Network inte rface standard IEEE 80 2.3z, IEEE 8 02.3ab, IEE E 802.3x , IEEE 802.1p[...]

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SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Appendix A. License and Warranty Information The A mericas, Asia, Aust ralia , New Zealand, Pa cific Dear Customer, if you acquired yo ur SysKonnect produ ct in the UNITED ST A TES, CANADA or any other countr y in the AMERICAS, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, NE W ZEALAND , P ACI FIC, the following license an d pu[...]

62 Appendi x A. License and W arranty Informati o n longer. No other War ranties SysKonnect Inc. disclaim s all other warranties or liabilities with respect to th e SOFTWARE , the HARDWARE, the accompanying Prod uct Man- ual(s) and other w ritten ma terials an d any other a ccessorie s. No Liability for Consequential Damages SysKonnect Inc. does no[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Deut schland, Schweiz, Ös terreich, Liech tenstein 63 Limite d Warran ty fo r Hardw are an d Softwa re Limited Warr anty SysKonnect warrants that the SOFTWARE will perform substantially in accordance w ith the accompanying Product Manual(s) for a pe riod of 90 days fr om the da te of receip t if yo[...]

64 Appendi x A. License and W arranty Informati o n Urheberrecht Die Softwa re ist Eigentum von SysKonne ct oder d eren Li eferanten u nd ist d urch U rheberrechtsges etze, int ernational e V erträge und a ndere nation ale Rechtsvorschr iften gegen K opieren geschüt zt. Wenn die Soft ware nicht mit einem t echnischen S chutz gege n Kopier en ausg[...]

SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Appendix B. Compliance S tatements FCC D eclar ation of Conf ormity Complian ce In for- mation S tatement - Cl ass B NOTE: This eq uipment has be en tested and fou nd to comply with the limits for a “Class B” digi tal device, pursuan t to Part 15 of the FC C rules. These lim its are designe d to[...]

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