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NetBlaster ZX470 Series User’s Guide Fast Ethernet Adapters with Hot-S wap and Rear I/O for Compact PCI Systems[...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 2 ZNYX Corporation 48421 Milmont Drive Fremont, CA 94538 USA Telephone: (510) 249-0800 or (800) 724- 0911 Fax: (510) 646-2460 Email: sales@znyx.com support@znyx.com Website: www.znyx.com NetBlaster ZX470 Series User's Guide Document # DC0117-03 January 28, 2002 © 1999[...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 3 Thank you for choosing the ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series CompactPCI (cPC I) Fast Ethernet Adapter. The NetBlaster 470 series is a fully featured product family of carrier Class CompactPCI Fast Ethernet adapters for hig h availability applications requiring state-of-the -art [...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 4 Hardware Installation Below are the steps neces sary to install a NetB laster adapter into a standard cPCI system. Installing the Hardware This procedure is for installing NetBla ster 470 Series cPCI adapter into a system with an available 6U cPCI slot. The ZX470 requires[...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 5 3. Select an available CompactPCI s lot to install the ZNYX NetBlaster adapter. Remove the slot cover from t he front panel. Remove t he correspond ing cover from the slo t on the rear I/O panel. 4. Insert the Z NYX adap ter into the slot. Make c ertain that you push the [...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 6 Driver Installation This section covers driver installation for the NetBlaster adapter. At this stage the adapter should be secure in the system and all Ethernet cables should be attached. If this is not the case, return to the “Hardware I nstallation” procedure in th[...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 7 4. To te st all channels of your adapter, run DIAG478 fo r each bus num ber and device number. For example, if you have a ZX478 the bus numbe r is 2 and the device numbers are 412 and 512, run: >DIAG478 2 412 >DIAG478 2 512 5. If the DIAG478 program says: Running di[...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 8 Troubleshooting 1. Make sure the board is securely seated in th e slot. 2. Observe the LED’s. Each port on the ZX478 has a LINK (green) LED and an ACTIVITY (amber) LED. The green LE D illuminates upon successfully establishing a link. The amber LED illuminates during tr[...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 9 Technical Support If you need further ass istance after referring to this User’s Guide, ZNYX has a professional technical support team available to answer your questions. Contact us at: Telephone: (510) 249-0800 or (800) 724- 0911 Fax: (510) 646-2460 Email: support@znyx[...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 10 Appendix A: Legal Notices and Certification FCC Class A Not ice: N ET B LASTER ZX470 S ERIES Modification to this product not authorized by ZNYX C orporation could void the FCC approval and negate your authority to ope rate the product. This equipment has been tested and[...]
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ZNYX NetBlaster 470 Series cPCI Fa st Ethernet Adapt er User’s Guide Page 11 Warranty ZNYX Networks warrants to the or iginal purchaser of any ZNYX NetBlaster PMC Fast Ethernet adapter product th at is to be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for the lifetime of the personal computer in which it is insta[...]