Installation instructions

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Installation Instructions 1-9
Networking
• All network traffic occurs on one processor.
When your system experiences heavy network utilization on Gigabit
NICs, the user might also see all network traffic on one processor in
the Task Manager.
This behavior is expected. The operating system is designed to
perform in this manner.
• The operating system does not autodetect other clients or systems
in the workgroup or domain.
The operating system is unable to autodetect other clients or systems
within the same workgroup or domain as shown in Windows
Network Places.
To resolve this issue, use a specific IP address or system name to
connect to each client in the workgroup or domain.
• Network data is inconsistent in Task Manager and Network
Monitor.
When monitoring network traffic on your system, the network
utilization percentage value in Network Monitor may conflict with
the same value in Task Manager.
To monitor network traffic, use the following guidelines:
– Use Network Monitor to view all network traffic outside your
local system.
– Use Task Manager to monitor all network traffic on your local
system and when other methods of network monitoring are
unavailable.
• The IPCONFIG command does not display the NIC connection
order.
The NIC connection order is used to satisfy network segment or
protocol priority. In previous versions of the Windows operating
system, you could view the NIC connection order by opening a
command prompt and typing IPCONFIG. However, the IPCONFIG