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Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Setup

Use this dialog box to configure the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter:

Bus / Slot

This parameter specifies the adapter instance to which the driver shall be bound. You can choose from a list of bus/slot combinations for which the system has found one or more instances of the dual link Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. When  you add, remove, or move any adapters to, from, or between PCI slots, this list will change.

Preferred Port

Use this parameter to set the preferred port that the RLMT (Redundant Link Management) will use for all network traffic, if more than one port has an active link to the network.

RLMT Mode

Use this parameter to set the operational mode for the RLMT (Redundant Link Management) built into the driver:

"Check link state only": RLMT uses the link state reported by the adapter hardware for each individual port to determine whether a port can be used for all network traffic or not.

"Check other port": RLMT sends test frames from each port to each other port and checks if they are received by the other port, respectively. Thus, the ports must be connected to the network such that LLC test frames can be exchanged between them (i.e. there must be no routers between the ports).

"Check other port and segmentation": RLMT checks the other port and in addition requests information from the Gigabit Ethernet switch next to each port to see if the network is segmented between the ports. Thus, this mode is only to be used if you have Gigabit Ethernet switches installed in your network that have been configured to use the Spanning Tree protocol.

Network Address

CAUTION: Each individual network MAC address can only be used once in a network. Assigning the same address to more than one adapter in the same network is a fault and can cause serious network problems.

To use a network MAC address other than the one burned into the adapter card, enter the network address in hexadecimal, in the following format:

XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (e.g. 02-00-5A-98-12-34).

NOTE: The valid range is 0y-00-00-00-00-01 to FE-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF (hexadecimal), where at least the "locally administered" bit 2h (i.e. bit #1) in the 'y' nibble must be set and the "multicast" bit 1h (i.e. bit #0) must not be set.

If you leave the Network Address blank (or specify a different number of digits), the network address burned into the adapter card will be used.

MaxFrameSize

This parameter specifies the maximum frame size in bytes that the driver will support. The performance of your network usually increases when a large packet size is used.


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Single Link Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Setup

Use this dialog box to configure the single link Gigabit Ethernet Adapter:

Bus / Slot

This parameter specifies the adapter instance to which the driver shall be bound. You can choose from a list of bus/slot combinations for which the system has found one or more instances of the single link Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. When  you add, remove, or move any adapters to, from, or between PCI slots, this list will change.

Network Address

CAUTION: Each individual network MAC address can only be used once in a network. Assigning the same address to more than one adapter in the same network is a fault and can cause serious network problems.

To use a network MAC address other than the one burned into the adapter card, enter the network address in hexadecimal, in the following format:

XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (e.g. 02-00-5A-98-12-34).

NOTE: The valid range is 0y-00-00-00-00-01 to FE-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF (hexadecimal), where at least the "locally administered" bit 2h (i.e. bit #1) in the 'y' nibble must be set and the "multicast" bit 1h (i.e. bit #0) must not be set.

If you leave the Network Address blank (or specify a different number of digits), the network address burned into the adapter card will be used.

MaxFrameSize

This parameter specifies the maximum frame size in bytes that the driver will support. The performance of your network usually increases when a large packet size is used.


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Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Setup

Use this dialog box to configure the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Bus / Slot

This parameter specifies the adapter instance to which the driver shall be bound. You can choose from a list of bus/slot combinations for which the system has found one or more instances of the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. When  you add, remove, or move any adapters to, from, or between PCI slots, this list will change.

Network Address

CAUTION: Each individual network MAC address can only be used once in a network. Assigning the same address to more than one adapter in the same network is a fault and can cause serious network problems.

To use a network MAC address other than the one burned into the adapter card, enter the network address in hexadecimal, in the following format:

XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (e.g. 02-00-5A-98-12-34).

NOTE: The valid range is 0y-00-00-00-00-01 to FE-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF (hexadecimal), where at least the "locally administered" bit 2h (i.e. bit #1) in the 'y' nibble must be set and the "multicast" bit 1h (i.e. bit #0) must not be set.

If you leave the Network Address blank (or specify a different number of digits), the network address burned into the adapter card will be used.

MaxFrameSize

This parameter specifies the maximum frame size in bytes that the driver will support. The performance of your network usually increases when a large packet size is used.

Link Speed

This parameter specifies the working speed of the network card in Bits. Default value is 1 (Auto).  Valid values are :

 1 = "Auto" - Auto-negotiate Speed,

 2 = "10" - Force Speed to 10 MBit,

 3 = "100" - Force Speed to 100 MBit,

 4 = "1000" - Force Speed to 1000 MBit.