Allied-telesis AT-2916SX Manual de usuario

613-000492 Rev. BAdvanced Control SuiteGigabit Ethernet Network Adapters AT-2916SXAT-2931SXAT-2972SXAT-2972SX/2User’s Guide

Preface10

11Chapter 1Advanced Server Program OverviewThis chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesis Advanced Server Program and contains following

Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview12Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) OverviewBASP is an intermediate software driver for Windows 2000,

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide13Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) FeaturesThe Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) is a graphical

Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview14BASP for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XPThe following options are supported under Windows 2000

15Chapter 2Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) ApplicationsThis chapter describes the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) applications a

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications16Overview The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) application is an integrat

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide17InformationProvided by theBACS 2ApplicationsThe Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 lists all of the network adapte

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications18 “BASP Statistics Tab” on page 35. Configures the load balance and failover by gr

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide19Installing the BACS 2 ApplicationYou can install the BACS 2 software through the GUI or by using the silent insta

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Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications20NoteBefore you begin the installation, close all applications, windows, and dialog

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide21Managing the BACS ApplicationThis section contains the following procedures for managing the BACS application: “

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications222. Click Broadcom Management Programs and click Change/Remove (Windows 2003, Windo

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide23Configuring the BACS 2 ApplicationStart the BACS application and then click the tab on Broadcom Advanced Control

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications24Figure 2. Vital Sign TabThe Vital Sign Tab contains the following fields: MAC Add

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide25Resources Tab This section describes the Resources tab, as shown in Figure 3.Figure 3. Resources Tab The Resource

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications26Hardware Tab This section provides a description of the Hardware tab, as shown in

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide27Advanced Tab This section describes the Advanced tab, as shown in Figure 5Figure 5. Advanced TabThe Advanced tab

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications28property is set to Enable. To disable Ethernet@Wirespeed, change the setting to Di

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide29– Not Present (Default). Uses the factory-assigned node address on the adapter. The appropriate assigned ranges

3Where to Find Web-based Guides ...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications30 Wake Up Capabilities. The Wake Up Capabilities property enables the network adap

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide31test uses TCP/IP, as shown in Figure 6.Figure 6. Network Test TabDiagnostics Tab On the Diagnostics tab you can p

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications32 Control Registers. This test verifies the read and write capabilities of the net

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide33NoteIf an adapter is disabled, team statistics are not displayed.Figure 8. Statistics TabGeneral StatisticsDefini

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications34This does not include frames received with frame-too-long, FCS, length errors, ali

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide35 Rx Max Coalesce Frames Threshold hit. The number of times the Receive Max Coalesce Frames Threshold was hit. D

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications36NoteTo see the BASP Statistics Tab, you must have a team.Figure 9. BASP Statistics

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide37Configuring TeamingThe teaming function allows you to group available network devices together to function as a t

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications38members is restored (fallback), the restored team member(s) resumes the handling t

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide39The Welcome page of the Broadcom Teaming Wizard is shown in Figure 11.Figure 11. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome

Contents4VLANs Overview...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications40NoteThe number of characters that can be used in a team name is a minimum of 1 and

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide41 Smart Load Balancing and Failover. In this type of team, a standby member handles the traffic if all of the loa

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications425. Add or remove team members from the Available Adapters list to the Team members

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide43 Enable Auto-Fallback Disable Mode. When this option is enabled, a standby member handles the traffic if all of

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications44Figure 18. Configuring LiveLink PageThe options are: Yes. When you select this op

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide45The options are: Yes. Allows you to configure a VLAN. Proceed to step 10. No. Skips the VLAN creation process.

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications46Figure 21. VLAN Tagging PageThe options are: Untagged. This option does not inser

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide47Figure 22. Additional VLANs Page13. Click Yes if you want to create more VLANs and you will be repeating steps 11

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications48Suite 2. A warning message is displayed, as shown in Figure 24.Figure 24. Commit C

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide49The Welcome page of the Broadcom Teaming Wizard is shown in Figure 26.Figure 26. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome

5Figure 1. Advanced Control Suite 2 Menu...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications50NoteThe number of characters that can be used in a team name is a minimum of 1 and

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide515. Assign any available device or devices to the team by moving the device from the Available Adapters list to th

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications52Modifying aTeamAfter you have created a team, you can modify the team in the follo

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide535. In the list of adapters in the team shown on the left, right-click the name of the team you want to modify and

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications54The Add VLAN dialog box opens, as shown inFigure 30 Figure 30. Add VLAN Dialog Box

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide55as shown in Figure 31.Figure 31. VLAN Name Selected2. Click the Vital Sign tab to view the properties of the VLAN

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications56Saving and Restoring a ConfigurationThe configuration file is a text file that can

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide572. Click the name of the file to be restored and click Open. NoteYou may need to navigate to the folder where the

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications58

59Chapter 3Installing BACS on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP SystemsThis chapter provides procedures for installing the BACS application a

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Chapter 3: Installing BACS on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP Systems60Installing the BASPFor BASP installation procedures, refer to Chapte

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide61Uninstalling the BASPTo uninstall the Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver Properties (BASP), perform the foll

Chapter 3: Installing BACS on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP Systems62

63Chapter 4Key Protocols and InterfacesThis chapter describes the key protocols and interfaces. It contains the following sections: “Adapter Teaming”

Chapter 4: Key Protocols and Interfaces64Adapter TeamingTeaming provides traffic load balancing and redundant adapter operation in the event that a ne

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide65Basically, generic link aggregation mode is a "light" version of the 802.3ad link aggregation and is of

Chapter 4: Key Protocols and Interfaces66Failover Teaming Failover Teaming provides a redundant adapter operation in the event that a network connecti

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide67VLANs OverviewVLANs allow you to split your physical LAN into logical subparts, to create logical segmentation of

Chapter 4: Key Protocols and Interfaces68Figure 34 on page 67 shows an example network that uses VLANs. In this example network, the physical LAN cons

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide69NoteVLAN tagging is only required to be enabled on switch ports that create trunk links to other switches. It is

7PrefaceThis guide contains instructions on how to install and configure the Advanced Control Suite software for the AT-29xxSX Gigabit Ethernet networ

Chapter 4: Key Protocols and Interfaces7032-bit or 64-bitPCI Bus MasterCompliant with PCI Local Bus Rev 2.2, the PCI interface on the Gigabit Ethernet

71Chapter 5TroubleshootingThis chapter describes troubleshooting procedures and contains the following sections: “Verifying the Correct Drivers are L

Chapter 5: Troubleshooting72Verifying the Correct Drivers are LoadedThe following section describes how to check if the correct drivers are loaded for

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide73Software Problems and SolutionsThis section describes common software problems and solutions and contains the fol

Chapter 5: Troubleshooting74Problem: Team configuration is not retained when you edit it.Solution: In configuring BASP team configuration, the actual

Preface8Where to Find Web-based GuidesThe installation and user guides for all Allied Telesis products are available in portable document format (PDF)

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide9Contacting Allied Telesis This section provides Allied Telesis contact information for technical support as well a