NETGEAR GA621 manual

GA 621 MODEL F iber Gigabit Ethern et Card Reference Guide[...]

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iii T his dev ice complies with P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operati on is subject to the follo wing two cond iti ons: 1. T his dev ice may not cause harmful inte rference. 2. T his dev ice mus t accept any interfe rence received, i ncludi ng inte rference that may cause undesired oper ation. Note: T his equipment has been tested and found to comply[...]

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contents v CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Introduction Benef its 1-1 Features 1-1 CHAPTER 2 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION P ackage Contents 2-1 Requirements 2-2 Hardware Descripti on 2-5 Prepari ng to Install Y our GA621 Fibe r Gi g abit Ether net Card 2-6 Installi ng Y our GA621 Fiber Gi gabit Ether net Card 2-7 Connecting the Networ k Cables 2-8 CHAPTER 3 Windo w[...]

contents vi CHAPTER 6 NETW ARE DRIVER SOFTW ARE Pre-Installation Requirements 6-2 Installi ng the Dr ive r Software 6-2 Modifyi ng Dr i ver Pr operties 6-5 Installation T r oub leshootin g 6-6 CHAPTER 7 LINUX DRIVER SOFTW ARE Fi le Lis ting 7-1 Installi ng the Dr ive r Software 7-2 T es ting the Dr ive r Software 7-3 Conf i gur able P arameters 7-4[...]

contents vii FIGURE Fi gure 2-1. F r ont P anel of Model GA621 Gi gabit Ether net Card 2-5 T ABLES T able 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements 2-2 T able 2-2. GA621 LEDs 2-6 T able 2-3. GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Cable Char acter is tics 2-8 T able 3-1. P aramete r Descripti ons 3-6 T able 4-1. P aramete r Descripti ons 4-6 T able 6-1. NetW are Dev ice[...]

intr oduction 1-1 CHAPTER 1: INTR ODUCTION Cong ratulati ons on your pur chase of the N ETG EAR ® G A 6 2 1 Fiber Gi gabit Ether net Card. Desi gned especially f or hi gh-perf or mance systems, such as servers and hi gh-end workstati ons, it offe rs 2 g i g abits per second (Gbps) of agg reg ate bandwidth and opti- miz ed pe rf ormance whi le m in[...]

intr oduction 1-2 • Duple x SC fibe r connector for 62.5-m icron or 50-m icron multi mod e fibe r cable • Inter ope rabi l ity with e x isting F ast Ether net equipment compl iance with the f ollowi ng standards and protocols: – IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX Gi gabit Ethe r net – IEEE 802.3u F as t Ethernet • Standard Ether net fr ame size (up [...]

CHAPTER 2: HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the package contents, sys tem requirements, and installati on of the N ETG EAR GA621 F iber Gi gabit Ether net Card. Package Contents T he pr oduc t package contains: • GA621 Fibe r Gi g abit Ether net Card • GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card Driver and Document[...]

hardware installation 2-2 Requirements Bef ore install in g the GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe rnet Card, verify that y our sys tem meets the oper ati ng system and hard ware requirements ou tl ined i n T able 2-1. T ab le 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements System Requirements Windo ws 95 OSR2 Hardware A P entium-based workstation that meets W ind[...]

hardware installation 2-3 T ab le 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements (continued) System Requirements Oper ating System W indows N T 4.0 with Service P ack 5 or abo ve. T o download the latest Service P ack, go to the f ollowi ng Micr osoft W eb page and search for the latest service pack: http://www .microsoft.com/do wnloads/search.asp Softwar[...]

hardware installation 2-4 T ab le 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements (continued) System Requirements NetWare Hardware A P entium-based server that meets NetW are 4.2, NetW are 5.0, or NetW are 5.1 software requirements One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot Min i mum 64 MB memory Oper ating System If y ou are usi ng NetW are 4.2, you must have the[...]

hardware installation 2-5 Hardware Description As i llustrated in F i gure 2-1, the GA621 Fiber Gi gabit Ether net Card has an SC connector por t and two por t LEDs. Figure 2-1. F ront Panel of Model GA621 Gigabit Ethernet Card T he fr ont panel of the GA621 has two LEDs: one LED to i ndicate the l i nk is active and one LED f or data transfe r sta[...]

T ab le 2-2. GA621 LEDs Label Activ ity Descripti on DA T A Bl inkin g Brief bursts of data detec ted on the por t On Streams of data detec ted on the por t Off No data detec ted on the por t LINK On Good 1000 Mbps Gi gabit Ethe rnet l ink Off No 1000 Mbps l ink; possible bad cable , bad connec tor , or confi gur ation mismatch Preparing to Install[...]

hardware installation 2-7 Danger: Y ou are install ing the card i n a machi ne that oper ates with voltages that can be danger ous. Follo w the steps after this war ni ng to pr otect yourself and to prevent damage to the PC components. 4. Protect y ourself , the card, and your se r ver by taki ng these precau tions: • Shut down the server softwar[...]

hardware installation 2-8 Connecting the Network Cab les T he GA621 has one SC port that can be us ed with either 62.5/125-Micron multi- mode fibe r or with 50/125-Micr on multi mode fibe r . 1. Prepare an appropr iate cab le. T able 2-3 l ists the cable char acteristics f or connecting to 1000BASE-SX por t. T ab le 2-3. GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Cab le [...]

W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-1 CHAPTER 3: W I N D O W S 9 5 O S R 2 /98/ME DRIVER SOFTW ARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft W i ndows 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ve r software. T h is chapter also descr ibes how to: • Install the drive r software i n the W indo ws 98 env ir onment • Mo ve the card to a diffe re[...]

W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-2 T o install the GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe r net Card software f or Wi ndo ws 98, perf orm the f ollowi ng pr ocedure: 1. When y ou boot up the W indo ws 98 system after install in g the Gi gabit Ether net card, a ser ies of F ound New Hardware W izard dialog bo xes opens.[...]

W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-3 2. When the f ollowi ng d ialog bo x opens, cl ick Search f or the bes t dri ver f or y our device (recommended), and then click Ne xt. 3. In the ne xt dialog bo x, check the “Specify a locati on” bo x. Note: W i ndows Me dr ive rs are f ound at d:winMe and W indows 95 dr i vers are f ound at d:win[...]

W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-4 4. When W indo ws retur ns its search results in the f ollowin g dialog bo x, verify that the correct path to the dri ve r software is shown, and then cl ick Ne xt.[...]

W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-5 5. T he dr ive r is copied onto y our system, and the GA621 Gi gabit UTP Adapte r Prope rties dialog bo x opens. 6. Cl ick OK to accept the default settings. 7. Y ou can change ope rati ng par ameters as desired. Refer to T able 3-1 f or help in conf ig uri ng these par ameters.[...]

W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-6 T ab le 3-1. Parameter Descriptions Prope r ty Descr iption Address Allows y ou to change the networ k address. P acket Size Enables send ing large r Ether net packets Pri ority Queues Specif ies the pri ority number f or traff ic pr ior itizati on. Receive Buffe rs Specif ies hardware resources i n memo[...]

CHAPTER 4: WINDOWS NT DRIVER SOFTW ARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft W i ndows N T drive r software. T h is chapter also g ives d irections f or pe rf orm in g the f ollowi ng pr ocedures: • Installi ng the dr ive r software • Updatin g or reinstall ing the dr i ver software • Mo vi ng the networ k card and rem[...]

W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-2 3. Double-cl ick the Network icon. T he Networ k dialog bo x opens. If there are any prev i ousl y installed GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe rnet Card dr i vers l ist- ed, the dri vers must be updated before i nstalli ng anothe r dri ve r f or a new card. F or directi ons on upgr ad ing the dr i ver f or an e x isting [...]

W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-3 4. Cl ick on the Adapters tab , and then cl ick Add. T he Se lec t Network Adapte r dialog bo x opens. 5. Cl ick Have Disk. T he Insert Disk dialog bo x opens.[...]

W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-4 6. Insert the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card Driver and Documentation CD into the CD-ROM dr i ve in y our PC, type the path to the dri ve r that matches y our system, and then cl ick OK. F or e xample, enter the f ollowi ng path: E: In this e xample , the letter E: is the CD-ROM dri ve. T he Se lec t OEM Optio[...]

W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-5 7. Cl ick OK. T he Networ k dialog bo x opens. 8. Cl ick Close. If other cards i n y our system us e TCP/IP bindi ngs, the Microsoft TCP/IP Prope rties dialog bo x opens. Set any necessary TCP/IP conf i gur ati ons, and cl ick OK when fi n ished. 9. When prompted to restar t your computer , cl ick Y es. T he syste[...]

W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-6 T ab le 4-1. Parameter Descriptions Prope r ty Descr iption Address Allows y ou to change the networ k address. P acket Size Enables send ing large r Ether net packets Pri ority Queues Specif ies the pri ority number f or traff ic pr ior itizati on. Receive Buffe rs Specif ies hardware resources i n memory us ed t[...]

W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-7 Updating the Driver Software T o replace old dr ive r software with a newe r versi on: 1. Star t your W i ndows N T sys tem and log in. Y ou mus t have Network Adm in istrator pr iv i leges to install the dri ve r software. 2. On the W indo ws taskbar , cl ick the Star t bu tton, point to Setti ngs, and then click[...]

Mo ving the Netw ork Card to a Different Slot Bef ore mo vi ng y our GA621 F iber Gi gabit Ether net Card to a d ifferent slot in the same system, you must f irs t remove the card dr ive r software. After remo vin g the dri ve r software , you can mo ve the card to a d ifferent slot and rei nstall the dri ve r software. T o remo ve the dri ver soft[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-1 CHAPTER 5: WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER SOFTW ARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft W i ndows 2000 dr ive r software. T h is chapter also descr ibes how to: • Install the drive r software i n the W indo ws 2000 env ir onment • Mo ve the card to a diffe rent slot • Remo ve the dri ve r sof[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-2 T o install the card software f or Wi ndo ws 2000, perf or m the f ollowi ng pr ocedure: 1. When y ou boot up the W indo ws 2000 system after install in g the GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe r net Card, a s er ies of F ound New Hardware Wizard d ialog bo xes are display ed.[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-3 2. In the Install Hard ware Device Dri ve rs dialog bo x, click “Search f or a suitable dri ve r f or my device (recommended) ,” and then click Ne xt.[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-4 3. In the Locate Dri ve r Fi les d ialog bo x, check the “Specify a locati on” bo x. 4. Insert the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card Driver and Documentation CD into y our CD-ROM drive and cl ick OK.[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-5 5. In the Dri ve r Fi les Sear ch Results dialog bo x, verify that the cor rect path to the dri ve r software is shown, and then cl ick Ne xt.[...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-6 6. Cl ick Fi n ish to complete the installati on. Mo ving the Netw ork Card to a Different Slot W i ndows 2000 automatically detects the installation and remo v al of hardware. T o mo ve a GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe r net Card to a diffe rent slot in the same system, y ou need to do the follo wi ng: 1. Shut down [...]

W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-7 Remo ving the Driv er Software Under W i ndows 2000, the drive r software is automatically un installed when its hardware is removed. T o remove a card, do the f ollowi ng: 1. Shut down the system and remove the card fr om the PCI slot. 2. When the system is powered on, the drive r wi ll be automatically un insta[...]

CHAPTER 6: NETW ARE DRIVER SOFTWARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Nove ll NetW are drive r software. T h is chapter also descr ibes how to: • V e rify the NetW are pre-installation requirements • Install the drive r software i n the NetW are en vir onment • Modify Dr i ver pr operties duri ng the dr ive r software instal[...]

NetW are dri ver software 6-2 Pre-Installation Requirements Bef ore y ou can use the Gig abit Ether net card i n y our NetW are system, you must install the network dev ice dri ve r . First, make sure that the Gi gabit Ethe r net card is physically i nstalled on your system. T ypically , NetW are OS software must already be runni ng on the server .[...]

NetW are dri ver software 6-3 T o install the NetW are dr ive r software: 1. At the System Console, type: load nwconfig T he NetW are Confi g urati on Options d ialog bo x opens. 2. Select the “Dri ver Opti ons (load/unload disk and network dr i vers)” opti on. T he Dr ive r Opti ons dialog bo x opens. 3. Select the “Confi gure network dr i v[...]

NetW are dri ver software 6-4 8. Press the Enter key to se lec t the listed dri ver . 9. At the “Do y ou want to cop y dri ver Ga621.LAN?” prompt, select Y es. T he “Board Ga621_1 (Dri ve r Ga621) Ac tions” d ialog bo x opens. 10. Select the “Save paramete rs and load drive r” opti on. T he Networ k number to bi nd dialog bo x opens. 11[...]

NetW are dri ver software 6-5 Modifying Driver Properties Note: The dr i ver pr operties can be modif ied onl y duri ng the dr ive r software installati on. If you want to mod ify these prope r ties after the dri ve r has already installed, you must f irs t remove the dr ive r , and then reinstall it. 1. Repeat steps 1–9 from the abo ve procedure[...]

NetW are dri ver software 6-6 T ab le 6-3. Parameter Descriptions (continued) P arameter Descr iptions CheckSum Off-load Allows y ou to enable/d isable hardware CheckSum. Dri ver V ersi on T his i nfor mati on fie ld d isplays the versi on of the dri ver software. T his f iel d cannot be edited. Installation T roub leshooting If y ou are install in[...]

CHAPTER 7: LINUX DRIVER SOFTW ARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1 dri ve r software. T h is chapter also descr ibes: • T he f i les included with the dr ive r • Installi ng the dr ive r software in the Li nux en vir onment • T es ting the dr ive r • Conf i gur able par amete rs Fi[...]

Linux dr ive r software 7-2 Installing the Driver Software Y our Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe r net Card mus t be physically i ns talled in the server bef ore install in g the software dri ver . If you are i nstalli ng more than one F iber Gi gabit Ether net Card, y ou must perf orm the f ollo win g procedure f or each card. T h is versi on of the dri ve r[...]

Linux dr ive r software 7-3 4. Add the f ollowi ng l i nes to any of the star tup scripts l ike /etc/rc.d/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/init.d/network so that the dri ve r wi ll load w hen the sys tem boots up: # /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/gam.o # /sbin/ifconfig <interface-name> <ip-addr> Note: Y ou may need to ente r a diffe rent [...]

Linux dr ive r software 7-4 All the devices on the PCI bus can be l isted by runn in g the follo wi ng command: # cat /proc/pci IRQ and IO address inf ormati on from th is can be cor related with the i nf ormati on display ed by the dr ive r in the /var/log/messages f ile. When the TCP/IP s tack is in itial ized, it opens all confi g ured Ether net[...]

troub leshooting 8-1 CHAPTER 8: TR OUBLESHOO TING T h is chapter pr o vi des troub leshooti ng inf ormati on f or the N ETG EAR GA621 F iber Gi gabit Ethe r net Card. Checking the P ort LEDs GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card T he fr ont panel of the GA621 has three LEDs: one f or each por t speed option (100 Mbps and 1000Mbps) to ind icate which l [...]

troub leshooting 8-2 Using a T roubleshooting Checklist If y ou need to test the network card fur ther , check the follo wi ng items: • Inspect all cables and connections. Check the length and r atin g of the cable. Make sure that the cab le segment is compl iant with the requirements shown i n T able 2-3 on page 2-8. • Connect the network card[...]

troub leshooting 8-3 • T r y inserting the networ k card in anothe r slot. If the new positi on works, the ori g inal slot i n y our system may be d efec tive. • Replace the fai led network card with one that is kno wn to wor k prope rl y . If the second card works i n the slot where the f irs t one fai led, the ori g inal card is probab l y de[...]

specif icati ons A-1 APPENDIX A: SPECIFIC A TIONS T h is appendix pr o vi des specif ications f or the N ETGEAR GA621 F iber Gi gabit Ether net Card. Cab le Specif ications GA621 (1000BASE-SX) P o rt T ype Connector Media Max i mum Dis tance 1000BASE-SX SC 62.5/125-Micron multi mode f iber 260 meters 1000BASE-SX SC 50/125-Micron multi mode f iber 5[...]

Gener al Specif icati ons N ETG EAR GA621 Fibe r Gig abit Ether net Card Oper ating Hum id ity 10 to 90% noncondensi ng Agency Compl iance CE mark, commerc ial FCC, P ar t 15, Class B EN 55 022 (CISP R 22), Class B Canada ICES-003, Class B specif icati ons A-2[...]

B benef its 1-1 C customer suppor t iv F features 1-1 H hardware descripti on 2-5 requirements 2-2 I inte rope rabi l ity 1-2 installati on instructions 2-7 Linux software dr ive r 7-2 NetW are software dri ver 6-2 network cab les 2-8 preparati on 2-6 requirements 2-2 W indo ws 2000 software dri ver 5-1 W indo ws 98 software dri ver 3-1 W indo ws N[...]

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