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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 S ysKonn ect GmbH, 20 03. All rig hts reserved. This manua l refers to SysKon nect SK-9821 V2.0 Gigab it Ethernet 10/1 00/1000 Base-T Ad apt- er and SK -9843 V2.0 G igabit Ethe rnet 1000B ase-SX A dapter . Conte nts are subject to change. P roduct and brand nam es are (r egistered) t rademarks of their appropria te owners. Please sen[...]

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 1 1 Handling 11 Safe ty Instr uctio ns 1 1 2 Installation of th e Network Adap ter 13 3 Connection of the Networ k Adapter 15 T r ansmissi on Distances 15 Connecti on to the Ne twork 15 4 Installation [...]

8 T abl e of Con ten ts 6 T est ing the Ne twork Adapter 45 Diagnos tics Prog ram 45 Loopbac k T est fo r Fiber A dapters 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[...]

SysKonnect S K-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 cables/p lugs 16 Figure 3: Adapter Overvi ew in “Sys Konnec t Network C ontrol” 41 Figure 4: Display a fte r a VCT test 43 Figure 5: Setup fo r loopba ck testi ng 45 Figure 6: T yp[...]

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SysKonnect S K-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 networ k 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[...]

12 1 Getti ng star ted T o avoi d damag ing your ey es and to cont inue s afe opera tion in ca se of abnor mal circ um- stances: • Never look dire ctly into the outle ts of fiber- optic cabl es or fiber -optic tr ansmission compo- nents with u nprotected e yes! • Never a llow fiber-opti c transmis sion paths to oper ate until all the connec tio[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 2 Installation of the Network Adapter The installa tion proced ure in Hot Plug syste ms may differ from the foll owing. For Hot Pl ug system s read the co rresponding documen tation. Have the computer manual r eady a nd if n ec- essary , a ke y and/or screwdri ver to o pen the co ver and remove the[...]

14 2 Inst allation of the N etwork Adapter Figure 1 . Insertion o f the adapte r into the computer[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 3 Connection of the Network Adapter The phys ical conne ction of the ne twork adapt er to the network is described i n this chapter . Genera l instru ctions f or driver installatio n are given in cha pter 4 "Installa tion of t he Driver Software". T ransmis sion Distances Depending on the[...]

16 3 Co nnection of the Network Ada pter Figure 2 . Connecti on of fiber-opt ic cabl es/plugs 7. Swit ch on the c omputer and the sw itch. If no protoc ol driver ha s been loaded , go to chapter 4 "Installati on of the Drive r Software". After driver ins tallation, return to step 8 of this lis t. If a p rotocol dr iver has b een loade d, [...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software The netwo rk drivers are located in the approp riate pr oduct direc tory on the en closed i nstalla- tion CD-RO M. This directory i s organize d into a nu mber of sub directo ries for the v arious ope r- ating sy stems. The subdirec tories c ontain the dr iver[...]

18 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software Win dows SysKonne ct offers dri vers for Windows 2000, Wind ows XP , W indows Me, Windows 98 SE, and Window s NT 4.0. A dditionally , a value add ed package is avail able for Windo ws 2000 and Windows XP enabl ing Virtual LAN ( VLAN) and l ink aggregat ion suppo rt. This pack age also include s a uti lity p[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Window s 19 Windows 98 Second Editio n SysKo nnect offers an NDIS 5.0 32-bi t Minipo rt driver fo r the Sy sKonnect S K-98xx fami ly sup- porting Windows 98 Secon d Editio n (Wind ows 98 SE ). This driver d oes not sup port Windows N T 4.0 or b elow , Windo ws 2000, an d Windows X P . With PCI ada [...]

20 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software 7. T ype the path to th e driver , e.g. e:SK-982xWindowsWinME , where ”e” is the desig- nation o f the CD-ROM d rive on yo ur system. 8. Cli ck N EX T . The me nu “Wind ows has fo und multiple software packa ges that s hould wor k for this devic e. What would yo u like to install?” is disp layed.[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Window s 21 7. Select the tab D RIVER . 8. Cli ck U PDA TE D RIVER .... The wi ndow “Upgr ade Devi ce Driver Wizard“ is displaye d. 9. Cli ck N EX T . In the sa me window , the menu “In stall Hardware Device Drivers” is dis played. 10. Select th e check b ox D ISPLA Y A LIST OF THE KNOWN DR[...]

22 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software In case th e adapter ha s not passed Windo ws Logo test ing to ve rify its compatibility wi th Windows XP , the window “Hardware Installation” is displayed . 8. T o con tinue t he installation , click C ONTINUE A NYWA Y . In the win dow ”Found New Hard ware Wiza rd”, the menu “ Completing the Foun[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Window s 23 SysKonnect Network Driver I nstallation Package for Windows 2000 and Windows XP The “SysKon nect Network Driv er Installation Package” for the Sys Konnect SK-9 8xx family contains t he NDIS 5 .0 and 5. 1 32-bit Miniport drivers, t he Virtual LAN (VLA N) interme diate driver , the Li[...]

24 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software Linux The “sk9 8lin” dr iver for the SysKonn ect SK-98x x family supports all Lin ux distrib utions. T he installati on procedure for the various Linux distri butions differs. T he driver will be in tegrated into the kernel, i.e. u sing the s tandard installati on proced ure of y our distr ibution to in[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Linux 25 The Mai n Menu is di splayed. 9. Select L OADABLE MODULE SUPPORT . The me nu “Loada ble modul e support“ is displa yed. 10. Select E NA BLE LOADABLE MODULE SUPPORT . 1 1. S elect K ERNEL MODULE LOADE R . 12. Select E XIT . 13. Configur e other opti ons, e.g. S CSI, file systems, e tc. [...]

26 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software “ethX: network con nection up using po rt Y” and s howing the s elected co nnection param- eters. Now your adapter shou ld be full y operatio nal. 2. Ex ecute ping <other station> to verify the connection to other compute rs on your netw ork. For mo re informa tion, refe r to the cor respond ing r[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Sun Solari s 27 If yo u have ty ped y in st ep 4, continu e with step 6. If you hav e typed n in ste p 4, only the driver wil l be loaded and all in terfaces have to be configu red manu ally . For details, re fer to the correspo nding readm e file. 6. Enter th e followin g values fo r every in terf[...]

28 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software Once you have enter ed all inform ation, the m essage “ Are these settings OK (y/ n)? ” is disp layed. 12. If all s ettings are OK, type y . 13. Press <E nter>. The me ssag e “ Do you have more SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet interface adapters installed (y/n)? ” is displaye d. 14. If ye s, t ype [...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter IBM AIX 29 9. Selec t SKGE . 10. Select A CTIONS > I NSTALL (A NALYSIS ). 1 1. W hen the an alysis is finish ed, confir m with O K . 12. C lick Y ES . The foll owing message wil l be displayed : “ The system will be rebooted as soon as Installation is complete. Do you still wish to start Insta[...]

30 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software 4. Copy the dr iver file <fi lename> .pck to any direc tory on you r AIX 4.3.3 operating sy stem with the followi ng command: cp <cd-rom path>/<filename>.pck /tmp/<filename>.pck Automatic installati o n on AIX 4.3.3, AIX 5. 1, and AIX 5.2 The foll owing descr iption of the installati[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Novell NetWare 31 The me nu “Install and Update f rom Latest Availa ble So ftware” is displ ayed. 12. Press <E nter>. The me ssage “ Are you sure? ” is displ ayed. 13. Press < Enter> to s tart the installat ion proces s. 14. Once the installatio n has bee n compl eted, start th [...]

32 4 Inst allation of the Driver Software Installati on on Novell NetW are 4.20 T o ins tall th e network dri ver on Nove ll NetW are 4 .20, proc eed as fo llo ws: 1. After you hav e installed the ada pter in your co mputer , boot NetWare 4.20 ( for details, see ch apter 2 " Installation of t he Network Ad apter") . 2. On the console, exe[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Novell NetWare 33 5. T ype the path to the dr iver . If yo u are installing fr om CD-ROM, th e menu “Sele ct an action” is displa yed. Here , select C ONTINUE AND ACCES S THE CD-ROM. The me nu “Sele ct a drive r to ins tall” is disp layed. 6. Selec t the driver for your network a dapter . T[...]

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SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 5 Features The SysKo nnect SK- 98xx V2.0 Gigabi t Ethernet Ad apters define a se ries of network inte rfac- es and c onstitute a follow-up mo del of the SK-98xx G igabit Ether net Serve r Adapters. Cu r- rently , two v ersions of S ysKonnect SK-98 xx V2.0 Gigab it Etherne t Adapter s are availabl e[...]

36 5 Featur es Operatin g System Su pport The drivers for the SysK onnect SK-9 8xx V2.0 G igabit Ethe rnet Adapte rs support the following operati ng systems: • Win dows NT 4.0, Wi ndows 98 Secon d Edit ion, W indows M illenniu m Edi tion, Windows 2 000, and Windows XP • Lin ux kernel 2.2.x and 2.4. x • Novell NetW are 4.20 or higher , No vel[...]

SysKonnect S K-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 Sy sKonnect S K-9821 V 2.0 Giga bit Ethernet Adapte r supports powe r managemen t as de- fined in t he PCI Bus Power Manag ement Inter face S pe cification V1.1 and Ne twork Device Class P ower Manage ment R[...]

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 exis ting hardware (no upgradin g to higher-c apacity link tech nology is necessary ) Demand ing appli cations r unning i n high-perfo rmance e nvironments li ke ser vers i[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter User Diagnostics (DOS) 39 The fol lowing condi tions hav e to be me t in order f or Hot Pl ug to work on SysKonnec t Gigab it Etherne t adapters: • The targ et system has PCI Hot Plug slots, i.e. the power c an be s witched on and off under t he control o f the op erating syste m. • The ad apte[...]

40 5 Featur es The va rious tabs c ontain trees s howing th e current ly ins talled adapte rs and thei r configur a- tion: • The “Ad apter” tab dis plays th e network ad apters a vailable i n your sy stem with thei r corre- spondi ng ports. It shows the ports, whic h have bee n configured as VLANs, fo r RLMT and those, wh ich have be en aggre[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Virtua l LAN (VLAN) support 41 When a c omponent i n the tree is selec ted, the corr espondi ng parameters are displa yed. Figure 3 . Adapter Overview in “SysKon nect Network Control” For mor e inform ation on th e “SysKo nnect Netwo rk Contr ol”, refe r to the o nline help availabl e for t[...]

42 5 Featur es By mean s of fram e tagging, S ysKonnec t SK-98xx V2.0 Gi gabit Ethe rnet Ada pters can s up- port up to 64 IP addres s assig nments in a single network connectio n. Thus , multip le VLAN s can be c onfigure d for one port. S ta tions ca n be acc essed from system s in mul tiple IP sub ne ts without tra versing route rs. Additio nall[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Virtua l Cable T ester™ (VCT) 43 Figure 4. Di splay after a VCT t est[...]

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SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 6 T esting th e Network Adapter Diagnostics Program The netwo rk adapter can b e tested with the suppli ed diagnos tics prog ram (running o n DOS). The diag nostics progr am runs offline, i.e. normal operation of th e network adapter can no t be maintaine d. During test ing the lin k of the teste d[...]

46 6 T esting the Network Adapte r T o test t he adap ter , proceed as follow s: 1. Swit ch off the comp uter . 2. If the c omputer is still connecte d to the da ta network, unplug the da ta cable fr om the net- work adapt er ’s port. 3. Connect the network a dapter as follows: • For the simpl e test: Insert t he protecti ve plugs in to the por[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Diagnosti cs Program 47 . Repeater T est for Copper Adapters For the SK- 982x adapt er series th e test via wrap pl ug is not availabl e. However , lo opback testing may be carried out by connecting the adapter to anothe r adapter in stalled in a seco nd computer running in repea ter mode (fu rther[...]

48 6 T esting the Network Adapte r Failure of a T est Figure 7 . T ypica l error m essage f rom the diagn ostics program For a t est to be co mpleted successf ully , each of the follow ing cond itions mus t be met: • The ne twork adapter operates correctly . • The netw ork adapte r is cabled co rrectly fo r the test or is equipped with th e cor[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Additiona l Functions of the Diagnostics Program 49 Additi onal Func tions of the Diagnost ics Pro- gram Checking Other Di splays and Data In additio n to performi ng the thre e network adap ter tests, the diagnostic s program c an also read out ne twork adapter -specific d ata that may be useful f[...]

50 6 T esting the Network Adapte r 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 ENSOR S in the m ain menu. A separate wi ndow will be display ed for the following sensor da ta: • T emperature o f the board • V oltage on th e PCI card • V oltage on th e PCI I/O li[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Additiona l Functions of the Diagnostics Program 51 Figure 9. Display of c onfigur ation data Reading VPD Data T o read VPD data ( Vi tal P rod u ct 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 option[...]

52 6 T esting the Network Adapte r 3. Selec t the desire d option or Return to the main men u by selec ting E XIT (default opti on). Sample Usage of VPD Data/Asset T ag Exampl e Y ou want to store the inventory number of the network in terface a dapter (123-4 5) in the as set tag . T o stor e the invento ry numb er , proceed a s follows: 1. Look at[...]

SysKonnect S K-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. Screen s howing up dated ass et 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[...]

54 6 T esting the Network Adapte r[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 7 T roubleshooting Searching for er rors If the prob lem persis ts, you can anal yze the status of t he network ada pter with th e aid of the LEDs and the diagno stics p rogram. Problem What to do Anothe r expansion card fails to work af- ter the network adapter h as been in- stalle d Make sure all[...]

56 7 T roublesh ooting LED Disp lays Once the driv er has bee n installed, the adapte r is operatio nal. The cu rrent status is indi cated by the LE Ds. Figure 13 . Locatio n 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 De[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter 8 Important Information T echnical Su pport If you enc ounter any problems, r ead the r elevant secti ons of the manual and the readm e files on the CD- ROM. If yo u cannot sol ve your pr oblems, co nsult our techni cal suppor t. If you co ntact our techn ical su pport engine ers, hav e the foll ow[...]

58 8 Importa nt Infor mation 3. Return the fo rm to us. We will send yo u a unique refer ence number and inform you if the product is still under warranty . 4. Send us th e faulty produ ct packed in an a ntistatic bag, with a copy of the co mpleted form enclos ed in its or iginal packaging ( or comparabl e packaging ). 5. Write the refere nce numbe[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter T echnical S pecifica tions 59 T ec hnical Specifications Network inte rface standard IEEE 802 .3z, IEEE 80 2.3ab, I EEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1q, IEE E 802.3, I EEE 802. 3u, IEEE 802. 3ac, IEEE 802.3ad Supported b us es 32- and 6 4-bit P CI/PCI-X slo ts with cloc k speed s from 1 6 MHz (P [...]

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SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Appendix A. License and W arranty Information The Americas, Asia, Au stralia, New Zeal and, Pacific Dear Customer, if y ou ac quired y our Sys Konn ect p roduct i n the UN ITE D ST A TES, C ANAD A or any other country in the A MERICAS , ASI A, AUST RA- LIA, NE W ZEALAND, P ACIFI C, the foll owing l[...]

62 Appendix A. License an d W arranty Infor mation No other War ranties SysKonnect Inc. disclaims all other warra nties or liabilities wit h respect to the SOFTWARE, the HARDWARE, the accompanying Prod - uct Manua l(s) and o ther wr itten mater ials and any other accessories. No Liability for Consequential Damages SysKonnect Inc. does not wa rrant [...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Deut schland, Schweiz, Ös terreich, Liech tenstein 63 SysKonnect warrants that NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS will be free from def ect s in materials and workmanship under normal u se and service for a period of 5 yea rs from the date of receipt, tha t NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONEN TS (e.g., hubs, swi[...]

64 Appendix A. License an d W arranty Infor mation Sie dürf en wede r die Handb ücher des Produkte s noch and eres schri ftliches B egleitmat erial zur S oftware oder Hardware kopiere n. Weitere Beschränkungen Sie dürfen die Software ode r Hardwar e weder vermie ten noch verlei hen, aber Sie dürfen die Rechte aus dies em SysKonne ct Lizenz- un[...]

SysKonnect S K-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Ada pter Appendix B. Compliance S t atements FCC D ecl aration of Con formi ty Com pliance Information S tat emen t - Class B NOTE: Th is equipm ent has bee n tested an d found to co mply with th e limits for a “C lass B” digi tal device, pu rsuant to Par t 15 of th e FCC r ules. Thes e limi ts are des [...]

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