- 3com Network Interface Card User Guide
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- Overview
- 3CR990 NIC Features
- DynamicAccess LAN Agent
- Windows2000 Offload Features
- Installing and Connectingthe NIC
- Installing NICDrivers in Windows
- Installing DynamicAccess Software in Windows
- Overview
- Installing the DynamicAccess LAN Agent for a Client NIC
- Installing DynamicAccess Software for a Server NIC
- Configuring Groups and VLANs for a Server NIC
- Planning the Configuration
- Working With Server Features
- Creating a Group
- Adding NICs to a Group
- Specifying a Dedicated IP Address
- Changing an IP Address
- Creating a VLAN
- Specifying Traffic Priorities
- Saving the Configuration
- Disabling Load Balancing for a Group
- Changing the Primary NIC
- Removing a NIC from a Group
- Deleting or Editing a VLAN
- Displaying NIC Properties
- Displaying Group Properties
- Specifying Failover from Gigabit to 10/100 PCI
- Troubleshooting a Load Balancing Configuration
- Changing Windows2000 Property Settings
- Identifying Windows 2000 Miniport and LAN Connections
- Using Windows2000 Offload Features
- Installing DynamicAccess LAN Encryption Software
- Installing NetWare Client and ServerDrivers
- Overview
- Installing and Configuring the NetWare Server Driver
- Using the Latest Support Packs
- Obtaining NetWare Loadable Modules
- Server Software Installation Requirements
- Installing the NetWare 3.12 Server Driver
- Installing the Server Driver for NetWare 4.11 and 5.0 UsingINETCFG
- Installing the Server Driver and DynamicAccess Technology Using AUTOEXEC.NCF
- Installing Multiple Server NICs
- Verifying the PCI Slot Number
- Installing Server Features
- Configuring Groups
- Verifying the Installation and Configuration
- Changing NetWare Driver Configuration Parameters
- Maintaining Groups
- Configuring the NIC
- Configuring IP Security
- Troubleshooting the NIC
- Running NIC Diagnostics
- Obtaining Drivers
- Specifications and CablingRequirements
- Installing the 3ComDMIAgent
- EtherCD Content and Navigation
- Installing a 3Com NIC While Installing the NOS
- Technical Support
- Index
- FCC Class B Statement
- FCC Declaration of Conformity
- Industry Canada Class B Emission ComplianceStatement
- Avis de Conformité à la Réglementation d’IndustrieCanada
- VCCI Class B Statement
- 3Com End User Software License Agreement
- Product Registration
62 CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING DYNAMICACCESS SOFTWARE IN WINDOWS
Checksum, TCP Segmentation, and IP Sec). In this case,
the offload support is limited to the features supported
by all NICs in the group. For example, if two NICs in a
group support all offload features but one NIC supports
only TCP Checksum, then offload support for the group
is limited to TCP Checksum.
■ Observe these VLAN configuration guidelines:
■ Assign a VLAN ID number to each VLAN. If you are
not using a DHCP server, each VLAN that is using IP
services requires an IP address and subnet mask.
■ DynamicAccess software supports as many as 16
VLANs per server.
■ Each VLAN bound to TCP/IP must exist on a separate
IP subnet. DHCP servers used to allocate IP addresses
must be located on the same IP subnets as the
VLANs.
■ Each VLAN bound to the IPX/SPX protocol must use
a unique network number.
■ To avoid problems associated with blocked multicast
streams, configure end stations that support the
IEEE 802.1p GARP Multicast Registration Protocol
specification (GMRP) on separate switch segments
from stations that do not support it.
■ Under Windows 2000, when VLANs are enabled,
the Windows 2000 802.1p Support property must
be disabled for all the underlying miniports.
■ The following memory requirements are for multiple
VLAN configurations. You can improve overall
system performance with VLANs by increasing
the physical RAM, the virtual memory page size,
or both.
Number of VLANs Minimum RAM Size (MB)
up to 16 128