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    1 64-bit PC I Gigabit Ethernet Ne t w ork Adap t er EN W -9607/9607M User ’ s Manual V ersion 1.0[...]

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    2 Co p y right Copyright  2004 by PLANE T T echnology Corp. A ll righ t s reserved. No part of t his publication ma y be reproduced, t r ansmi t ted , transc r ibed, stored in a ret r ieval system , or t r ansla t ed into any language o r compute r language, in any fo r m or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magne t ic , op t ical, chemical [...]

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    3 T able of Con t en t s C H A P T ER 1 IN T RODUC T IO N ............................................................................................ .1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ONTENT ......................................................................................................................... .1 1.2 F E A TURES .................................[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction The E N W - 9607 is a 64 - bi t 10 / 100/1000Base- T PCI 2.2 Gigabit E t hernet adap t er designed to addr e ss high-perfo r mance sys t em application requiremen t s . The E N W - 9607 M provides a SF P , mini-GBI C inter f ace. It can be at t ached w ith 1000Base-S X or 1000Base - L X mini-GBIC modules, depending on th e pr[...]

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    2 1.3 Verifying Y our System Requirements Before ins t alling the E N W - 9607/9607 M , be sure your compu t er mee t s the f ollo w ing requiremen t s: Hard w are ü CPU: 300 M Hz or Faster ü R A M : 64 M B ( M inimum) ü PCI Local Bus 2 . 1 or 2.2 complian t So f t w are ü M icroso f t W indo w s 98/ M e/NT / 2000/ X P/Server 2003 ü Linu x ü [...]

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    3 Chapter 2 Hardware I nstallation 2.1 LED definit i ons The faceplate of E N W - 9607 has fou r LEDs: 100 , 1000 FD X and AC T . And E N W - 9607 M has three LE D s : 1000 , FD X and AC T . The pic t ures belo w have sho w ed t he f aceplate o f E N W - 9607 and E N W - 9607 M . T able 2-1 and 2-2 e x plain the f unc t ion and s t a t e o f the LE[...]

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    4 LED Description 100 / 1000 O f f/O f f: W o r ks w ith 10 M bps On/O f f: W o r ks w ith 100 M bps Off/On: W orks w ith 1000 M bps FDX O f f: W orks in H alf-Duple x mode On: W o r ks in Full-Duple x mode A CT Blink: T ransmit t ing or receiving da t a through t he LAN T able 2-1 Descrip t ions of EN W - 9607 LEDs LED Description 1000 Off: The co[...]

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    5 S tep 7: Replace the PC cove r . S tep 8: Po w er on the PC and refer t o ne x t chapter to ins t all the driver of this adapte r . ? Note: Please do not ins t all the E N W - 9607 / 9607M in a sha r ed PCI slot. A void any PCI slot ne x t to an IS A slot because t his is o f ten a shared slot and does not support bus mas t ering. Y ou may refer [...]

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    6 Chapter 3 Driver Installation A device d r iver mus t be ins t alled before your E N W - 9607/9607 M can be used w ith your compu t e r . This chapter desc r ibes ho w to ins t all the driver for various operating systems. Be f ore you begin the drive r ins t allation p r ocess, make su r e you have t he ins t alla t ion disks for your computer ?[...]

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    7 5. Select “ S pecify a location ” and click “ Ne xt ” . 6. Y ou can click “ Bro w se ” to specify the driver loca t ion. ( A ssume " E " is your CD-RO M drive, the driver can be found in E:DriversE N W - 9607 M W in2000). P lease click “ OK ” to con t inue. 7. W indo w s w ill sho w this screen to promp t you t ha t i[...]

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    8 9. Please click “ Finish ” t o complete the driver ins t allation. (In W in98/ M e, W indo w s w ill ask you res t ar t your PC w hen driver ins t allation finished.) 3.2 Installing D river To Wind o ws XP / Se r ve r 2003 ? Note: The following ins t allat i on operates under Window X P . Procedures wi l l be simi l ar to Window Server 2003. [...]

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    9 4. Please select “ Include t his loca t ion in the search ” and then click “ B r o w se ” to specify E N W - 9607 M driver location t o ins t all . (Assume "E" is your CD-RO M drive, you can find E N W - 9607 M driver in E:DriversE N W - 9607 M W in X P). Please click “ Ne xt ” to continue. 5. W in XP w ill sho w you this[...]

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    10 3.3 Installing D river To Wind o ws NT 1. Ins t all E N W - 9607 M into your PC ’ s PCI slot. 2. Po w er on the PC and insert D r iver Disk in t o CD-RO M drive . 3. Click S T A RT -> SETTINGS -> CONTRO L P ANE L -> N E T W O RK. 4. Select ADAPTERS. 5. Click “ ADD ” but t on. 6. Select “ H A VE DISK ” . 7. Assume "E"[...]

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    1 1 and s t art the build p r ocess w ith the f ollo w ing command : # cd D r iverIns t all # ./ins t all . sh 4. C hoose your f avorite ins t allation method. 5. The driver w ill be compiled and ins t alled. 6. Please res t art Linu x system. 3.5 Installing D river To Novel l 4.x 1. Update NBI. N L M , NEB.N L M , M S M .N L M , and ETHERT S M . N[...]

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    12 Chapter 4 Utility E N W -9607 is VCT Technolog y supported. The Vir t ual Cable Tester(T M ) installation package contains the M arvell Virtual Cable Tes t er(T M ) application. This utility can help user to diagnose t he cable status and verify the cable length. ? Note: The M arvell V irtual Cable T ester(TM ) can only be used on Windows 2000 a[...]

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    13 3. Please check the ins t allation note and click “ Ne xt ” to continue. 4. Please click “ I ns t all ” to begin t he ins t alla t ion. 5. Please click “ Finish ” t o complete the utility ins t allation. 4.2 Utility Ope r ating A f ter ins t allation, you can f ind the utility in “ S t art ” => “ Prog r ams ” => “ M a[...]

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    14 your PC, please select the ca r d you w ant to test in the fi r st field . Then click “ Run ” but t on to test the cable s t atus o f selected E N W - 9607 .[...]

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    15 Chapter 5 Specificati o ns Model E N W - 9607 E N W - 9607 M St andards IEEE 802 . 3 IEEE 802 . 3u IEEE802.3ab IEEE802.3ab Connectors RJ-45 M ini-GBIC LEDs 100 / 1000 / FD X / ACT 1000 / FD X / ACT Cabling Requiremen t s 4-pai r , Category 5 Category 5 enhanced Dep e nds o n th e m ini- GBI C m odule ins t a lled S peed Half duple x mode : 10 / [...]

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    16 Appendix A Advanced P roperties The defaul t settings o f the adapte r should w ork in mos t cases . Ho w eve r , i f you e x perience an y unusual circums t ances du r ing your ins t alla t ion , these set t ings may help you to t r ouble shoot the adapte r . Do no t change any of these set t ings w ithout a thorough unde r s t anding on your n[...]