- 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
76 CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING DYNAMICACCESS SOFTWARE IN WINDOWS
Configuring Offloads for a Group of Different NICs
Your computer may contain a combination of installed NICs
(including one or more 3CR990 EtherLink 10/100 PCI NICs
with the 3XP Processor) with varying offload capabilities. If
you have a mix of dissimilar NICs configured in a
DynamicAccess group, then DynamicAccess will support
only those offload functions that are supported by the all
the NICs in the group.
For example, if you have created a group consisting of a
3CR990 NIC and another NIC that does not have any
offload capabilities, then the group will not support any
offloads.
In another example, if you have a group of three NICs with
two supporting TCP Checksum, TCP Segmentation, and
IPSec offloads, and one supporting only IPSec, then the
group will support only IPSec offloads.
If you add a NIC to an existing group, and that NIC has
offload capabilities that differ from those of the group,
then you must reconfigure the group: that is, you must
delete the group, recreate the group, and restart the
computer. (If you do not delete and recreate the group,
DynamicAccess will not bind to the NIC.)
Similarly, if you replace a NIC that has been configured as
part of a group with another NIC that has different offload
capabilities, then you must reconfigure the group.
In addition, if you disable or enable any offloads for a
group through the Windows 2000 Advanced tab, then you
must reconfigure the group.
Installing DynamicAccess LAN Encryption Software
This section explains how to install 3Com DynamicAccess
LAN Encryption software in a PC running Windows 95 or
Windows 98.
For complete instructions on using DynamicAccess LAN
Encryption software, see the DynamicAccess LAN
Encryption Software Administrator’s Guide, which you can
download to your PC hard drive from the EtherCD and view
with a current Internet browser.