Asanté 10NIC-PCI™ PCI Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide Asanté Technologies, Inc. 821 Fox Lane San Jose, CA 95131 November 1997 Part Number 06-00404-00 Rev.
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DRAFT Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Asanté 10NIC-PCI Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 PCI Local Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-15 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation or Server 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . .3-16 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Introduction This manual describes the installation procedures for the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter on two different platforms: ❏ ❏ Apple Power Macintosh and Power Macintosh-compatible computers PC compatible computers Most of the information applies to both platforms. When the information is specific to a platform, it is noted in the heading for the section or sub-section. Asanté 10NIC-PCI Adapter The Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter provides a cost-effective solution for increased network performance.
Introduction Features ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ 32-bit bus-mastering design provides maximum throughput without loading the host CPU. 132 Mbps maximum data transfer rate through the 32-bit PCI bus. Unique Macintosh Control Panel allows user to configure full or half duplex. Easy to install — plug-and-play self-configuration. Compatible with popular network operating systems for PC and Power Macintosh computers. Two diagnostic LEDs for quick and easy troubleshooting. Jumperless and switchless operation.
PCI Local Bus PCI Local Bus The PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus is an industry standard high-performance bus designed for high I/O throughput.The 32-bit PCI bus runs at a maximum of 33MHz, while handling a maximum data transfer rate of 132 MBytes/second. One of the advantages of the PCI bus is that it is processor-independent.The Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter is capable of working with both PCI-based PC and Power Macintosh computers.
2 Installation Overview Experienced computer technicians know that all you really need to do to install an adapter is unplug your computer, install the adapter, connect it to the network, load the driver, and you’re done! That’s generally true; however, Asanté recommends that you first read this chapter to avoid damage to the adapter or your computer. This chapter also describes what to do if you encounter any problems during installation.
Installation A network adapter is sensitive to static electricity and must be handled carefully. If you do not handle the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter properly, you can damage it and/or your computer. 2 3 Turn off your computer’s power. 4 After opening your computer, touch the metal chassis to discharge any static electricity on your body. 5 Open the network adapter packaging and remove the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter.
Connecting the Adapter to the Network your computer uses a screw to hold the adapter in place, 10 Ifre-insert and tighten the screw. Push the adapter firmly into the slot. Figure 2-1 Installing the adapter 11 Replace the computer’s cover. Do notstart the computer until you connect the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter to the network, as described in the next section,“Connecting the Adapter to the Network.
Installation 4 Turn the computer’ power on.
Configuring the Adapter Configuring the Adapter Self-Configuring the Adapter One of the advantages of PCI is that all of its devices are self-configuring.The Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter is designed to utilize this feature. During system initialization at power-up, the PCI BIOS (system ROM) configuration software automatically selects an unused interrupt line and I/O addresses for use with the adapter.You do not need to set interrupts, I/O addresses, jumpers, or switches to configure the adapter.
Installation Full or Half Duplex Operation The Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter allows you to configure to the highest performance mode of operation.The two possible modes of operation are: ❏ ❏ 10BaseT Half Duplex 10BaseT Full Duplex The default mode is half duplex. After testing the adapter and installing the driver, you may change this on Macintosh computers. For more information, see “Using the Asanté Ethernet Options Control Panel” on page 3-5 for instructions.
Configuring the Adapter In the “Utility Folder” is the “Asanté TroubleShooter for PCI” application. To use the application, see “Power Macintosh Diagnostic Program” on page 4-3.
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3 Installing Network Drivers Network Operating Systems Supported After installing, configuring, and testing the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter, you are ready to install the network drivers (plus a control panel on Macintosh computers) to work with your network operating system. The network operating systems that are supported are: ❏ ❏ Power Macintosh Networks: Apple System 7.5.3 or higher, AppleShare, Novell NetWare for Macintosh, and AppleTalk.
Installing Network Drivers Power Macintosh Networks This section explains how to install the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter’s Open Transport driver and the Asanté Ethernet Options control panel on your PCIbased Power Macintosh computer. Installing the Open Transport Driver and Ethernet Options Control Panel The Asanté Driver Disk includes Asanté’s Open Transport PCI device driver for the Power Macintosh.This driver supports AppleTalk and TCP/IP protocols simultaneously, as well as true full-duplex operation.
Installing the Open Transport Driver and Ethernet Options Control Panel 4 5 Double-click the AsantéNIC Installer icon. Click OKwhen the Asanté installer splash screen appears. The Easy Install dialog box appears. ▲ Important! To properly install the Open Transport driver, you must use this Installer program. Do not drag the files to the System Folder; doing so may not install the files properly. 6 Click the Installbutton.
Installing Network Drivers the Ethernet slot number where the adapter is 11 Select installed. the AppleTalk control panel by clicking on the close 12 Close box. A dialog box appears asking whether you want to save changes. 13 Click Save. The AppleTalk Control Panel is configured. D Note: To verify the Ethernet connection, you can use the Chooser. This displays the availability of network zones, printers, file servers, and/or shared disks; if you see any of these items, you are connected to the network.
Using the Asanté Ethernet Options Control Panel Using the Asanté Ethernet Options Control Panel The Asanté Ethernet Options Control Panel allows you to set the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter to full or half duplex mode. After power-up initialization, the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter automatically connects at 10Mbps in halfduplexmode. On Power Macintosh computers, you can change the default mode to full duplex operation.
Installing Network Drivers 2 Select Asanté Ethernet Options . The Asanté Ethernet Options control panel opens, showing which slots of your Macintosh computer are occupied with Asante networking cards, as well as the mode of each card. See Figure 3-4. D Note: The same Asanté Ethernet Options Control Panel can be used with both the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter and the AsantéFAST10/100 Fast Ethernet adapter. .
Using the Asanté Ethernet Options Control Panel Configuring Duplex Mode To change an Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter’s setting: 1 Click on the button corresponding to the slot containing your card. 2 Click on the appropriate button to select either half duplex or full duplex mode. Full duplex is recommended if you are connected to an Ethernet Switch. If you are connected to an Ethernet Hub, select half duplex mode (default setting). A hub cannot support full duplex mode.
Installing Network Drivers PC Networks This section explains how to install network specific drivers on PCs. Installing the Novell NetWare 3.x Client This section shows you how to install Novell NetWare version 3.x ODI client software. 1 Create a directory named NETWARE on your C: drive. To do this, type the following command at the DOS command line prompt: MD C:\NETWARE 2 Insert either the NetWare WSGEN disk that came with NetWare 3.x or your master workstation disk into drive A.
Novell NetWare 4.x Client 9 Restart your computer. run NetWare, type the following four commands, (in 10 To the following sequence) at the C:\NETWARE prompt: LSL ASANTPCI IPXODI NETX to the network drive (usually F), and log in to your 11 Change network. Novell NetWare 4.x Client This section shows you how to install Novell NetWare version 4.x client software. 1 Run the NetWare Client Install program that came with Netware 4.x.
Installing Network Drivers 10 Press Enter to exit to the DOS prompt. 11 Restart the computer to load the network drivers. 12 To log in to the network, type: F:login Microsoft Windows 95 This section explains how to install the driver to use your Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter with Windows 95. D Note:If you are installing Windows 95 for the first time, the Plug and Play technology of Windows 95 will automatically detect the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter.
Microsoft Windows 95 3 Click on the tab labeled Identification . You will see three text boxes for entering Computer Name Workgroup , and Computer Description . Windows 95 has already entered the word “Default” in the Computer Name box. Leave it there. 4 Press the tab key to move the cursor to the next text box and type anything, such as the letter “A” in the Workgroup text box. Do not put any thing in the Computer Description box at this time. We will return to this box later.
Installing Network Drivers on the Configuration tab if it is not already selected. 18 Click The AsantéNIC-PCI 10Mbps Ethernet Adapter driver will show in the window, along with Client for Microsoft Networks , Client for NetWare Networks , IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol , and NetBEUI .You do not need to change anything in this window at this time. Click on the tab labeled Identification . 19 You will see three text boxes for entering Computer Name Workgroup , and Computer Description .
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 23 Click the OKbutton to begin copying files. additional configuration, such as TCP/IP, refer to your 24 For Windows 95 documentation. 25 Restart the computer and log on to the network. Microsoft Windows for Workgroups This section explains how to install the drivers to use your Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter with Windows for Workgroups. The instructions assume that you have previously installed Windows for Workgroups 3.11 software on the computer.
Installing Network Drivers 14 Click the OKbutton or press Enter. The Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter window appears. Asanté PCI Network Adapter is listed in the window. 15 Click the OKbutton or press Enter. The Network Drivers window appears. 16 Click the Closebutton. The Network Setup window appears. 17 Click the OKbutton or press Enter. The Microsoft Windows Network Names window appears. Your User Name, Workgroup, and Computer Name may already appear in the text boxes.
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.X Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.X This section shows you how to install the driver to use your Asanté 10NICPCI adapter with Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 or 3.5. The instructions assume that you have previously installed Windows NT 3.X software on your computer. D Note: For instructions on installing the driver to use the adapter with Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, refer to the INSTALL.DOC file in the specific Windows NT subdirectory. 1 2 3 4 Start Windows NT.
13 Click the OKbutton to complete the installation. 14 Restart the computer. Microsoft Windows NT Workstation or Server 4.0 This section shows you how to install the driver to use your adapter with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.The instructions assume that you have previously installed Windows NT 4.0 software on your computer. 1 2 3 4 Start Windows NT 4.0, then click the Startbutton. Open the Settingsmenu and select Control Panel . Double-click the Network icon.
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation or Server 4.0 Closeto complete the installation and restart the com12 Click puter.
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4 Troubleshooting Overview This chapter explains the LED indicators on your Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter. It also explains the Diagnostic program. LED Indicators Figure 4-1 shows the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter’s LED (Light Emitting Diode) indicators that illustrate the presence of Link Integrity (LI), and Data Traffic (TX) for installation verification and diagnostic purposes.
Troubleshooting Link Integrity LED The green Link Integrity (LI) LED indicates a valid connection to the network. If link integrity is not detected, there is a link failure and the LI LED will be off.The transmit and receive functions of the adapter also will be disabled.
Overview Using the Diagnostic Program The diagnostic program runs diagnostic tests to help you identify problems on the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter. Power Macintosh Diagnostic Program To run the diagnostic program, you must first unload the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter’s driver by “deselecting” the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter card. To do this, follow the instructions below. 1 2 Open the AppleMenu and select Control Panels . 3 4 Click on the Connect Via: drop-down menu. 5 6 Click Save.
Troubleshooting ❏ ❏ Ping-Pong Test — verifies communication with another Macintosh on the network. Bandwidth Utilization— Test calculates the total bandwidth utilization of the network. all three checkboxes to select the Loopback Test , the 13 Click Ping-Pong Test , and the Bandwidth Utilization. Test the highlighted slot number where the Asanté 10NIC14 Click PCI adapter is installed. 15 Click the TESTbutton to start the test sequence.
Overview Asanté Driver Local Statistics Program The Asanté Driver Local Statistics (ADLS) program displays the Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter’s configuration information. To run the ADLS program on your Power Macintosh, follow the procedure below. 1 2 3 4 5 Insert the Asanté Driver Disk into floppy drive. 6 7 Verify the configuration information on the adapter. Double-click the diskette icon to open it. Double-click the Power Macintosh folder icon. Double-click the Utility Folder icon.
Troubleshooting PC Diagnostic Program To run the diagnostic program on your PC, follow the procedure below. 1 2 Insert the Asanté Driver Disk into drive A. 3 Press Enter. A warning message window appears that you should read. 4 Press C to continue (or ESC to abort the diagnostic program). The diagnostic program searches for adapters installed in your computer system. A screen appears showing you the adapters found. 5 Select the appropriate adapter from the list and press Enter.
Overview To use the Adapter Status menu command to display the adapter configuration information follow the procedure below, otherwise, continue to step 11. 9 Select Adapter Status and press Enter. The diagnostic program reads the configuration information from the adapter and displays this information on the screen. 10 Press any key to return to the menu option screen. and press Enter.
A Specifications Asanté 10NIC-PCI Adapter Systems Supported ❏ PCI Local Bus PCs ❏ PCI-based Power Macintoshes Interface Connections ❏ RJ-45 Bus Supported ❏ PCI, 32-bit bus mastering LAN Drivers Available ❏ PC: ODI and NDIS drivers ❏ Power Macintosh: Open Transport LEDs ❏ Two LEDs indicate link integrity and data traffic 10BASE-T Link Specifications ❏ Cable: 2 pairs of Category 3,4 or 5 unshielded twisted pair ❏ Maximum Length for UTP cable: 100 m (328 ft.
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