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    R ANA-771 1C/F NAC  Adapte r Gigabit Et hernet T OE Netwo rk Accelerator Car d Getting Started Guide ANA-7711 GS.fm Page 0 T hursday, April 24, 2003 9:53 AM[...]

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    1 This Getting Started Guide describes how to install the ANA-771 1C /F NAC ™ adapter and how to install the driver for Red Hat version 8.0 and Red Hat versio n 8 .0 S MP (sym metric multip rocessor ). Y ou ca n find mor e detailed information about your adapter in the Installation Guide on the CD. Getting Start ed What’ s in the Kit Y our ANA-[...]

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    2 System Requir ements ■ Intel Pentium or equivalent computer ■ At least 12 8 MB of RAM ■ An av ailable 3. 3-V ke yed P CI slot ■ CD-ROM drive ■ Gigabit Ether net (GbE) copper (CA T 5 or CA T 6) or SC fib er ca ble Not e: The cable is not included in the kit. T o order cables fo r your NAC, see the Got Cables? flyer in th e kit or vi sit [...]

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    3 4 Locate an unused and unobstructed 3 .3-V ke yed, 64-b it or 32-bit P CI expansion slot and r emove the expansion slot cov er . Save the slot cover screw for us e in th e n ext st ep. 5 Insert the a dapter in t h e 3.3-V keyed PCI expansion slot . Pr ess the boar d firmly into the slot unti l it clic ks into pl ace. Replace th e slot cover screw[...]

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    4 Installi ng the Driver Use the fo llowin g in s t r u ct io n s t o in s ta l l th e dr iv e r u s in g Re d H a t’s Network Configuration Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a Red Hat 8.0 single pr ocessor Intel Pentiu m system or on a Red H at 8.0 SMP (symmetr ic multip r ocessor) Intel Pentium system. Not e: T o install the driv er manually , [...]

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    5 The Devic es t ab in the N etwo rk Conf ig urat io n windo w is di spl aye d . Note the eth ernet device num bers list ed in the Devic e column. Later , you will need to select the next unused number to identify your NAC. 4 Click Add . ANA-7711 GS.fm Page 5 T hursday, April 24, 2003 9:53 AM[...]

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    6 The Selec t Device T y pe window is dis played. 5 Click Ethe r net co nnec t ion an d cl ick Forward . ANA-7711 GS.fm Page 6 T hursday, April 24, 2003 9:53 AM[...]

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    7 The Select Ethernet Device wind ow is displayed. 6 Click Other Ethernet Card a nd click Forward . ANA-7711 GS.fm Page 7 T hursday, April 24, 2003 9:53 AM[...]

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    8 The Selec t Ether net Adapter is displayed. 7 Select Adaptec ANA-7711 Network Accelerator Card (NAC) fr om the A dapter dr op down list, and select the next un u sed eth devic e number for the N AC from th e Device dro p down list and click Forwa rd . Y ou need to sel ect Ethernet dev ice numbers in sequence. ANA-7711 GS.fm Page 8 T hursday, Apri[...]

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    9 The Configu re N etwork Set t ings window is display ed. 8 Click Automatically obta in IP address settings with: or Statically set IP addres ses: as appro p ri ate. Y ou ca n automatica lly obta in IP Addre ss settings u sing dhcp. If you choose to enter stat ic addr esses, ente r the NAC IP Addr ess, Subnet Mask, a nd Default Gatew ay Address. 9[...]

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    R Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulev ar d Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2003 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserv ed. Adaptec and the A daptec logo are tr ademark s of Ad aptec, Inc. wh ich may be regis t ered in so me ju r isdi ctions. Stock Number: 513595-03, Rev. A CZ 04/03 Prin t ed i n Sing apore ANA-7711 GS.fm Page 11 T hursday, April 24, 200 3 9:[...]