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613-000096 Rev. A Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter Advanced Control Suite for the AT-2931SX User’s Guide Version 1.0.0.
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3 Preface .............. ............ ........... ........... .............. ........... ........... ............ ........... .............. ...... ........ ........... ........... ............ ......... 6 Safety Symbols Used in th is Docu ment.......
Contents 4 AT-2931SX BASP Configuration for Red Hat and United Linux Distributions ............. .......................... .............. ... ..............54 AT-2931SX BASP Configuration and Startup fo r Other Linux Distributions ........ ..........
5 Figure 1. Advanced Control Suite 2 Menu ................. .......................... .............. ............................ .. ......... ......................... .. 16 Figure 2. Vital Sign Tab ................. .............. .................
6 Pr eface This guide contains instructions on ho w to install and configure the Advanced Control Suite software for the AT-2931SX Ethernet Network Adapter on Windows 2000, Windows 20 03, and Linux platforms.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 7 Safety Symbols Used in this Document This document uses the safety symbols defined in Table 1. T able 1. Safety Symbols Symbol Meaning Description Caution Performing or omitting a specif ic action may result in equipment damage or loss of d ata.
Preface 8 Where to Find Web-based Guides The installation and user guides fo r all Allied Telesyn products are available in portable document format ( PDF) on our web site at www.alliedtelesyn.com . You can view the docu m ents online or download them onto a local workstation or server.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 9 Contacting Allied Telesyn This section provides Allied Telesyn con tact information for technical support as well as sales and corporate information. Online Support You can request technical support onli ne by accessing the Allied Telesyn Knowledge Base: http://kb.
10 Chapter 1 Advanced Server Pr ogram Overview This chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Te lesyn Advanced Server Program. It provides the following sections: “A T -2931SX Broadcom Adv.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 11 AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Se rver Program (BASP) Overview AT-2931SX BASP is an intermediate software driver for Windows Ser v er 2003, Windows 2000, and Linux that pro v ides load-balancing, fault- tolerance, and VLAN features.
Chapter 1: Advan ced Server Program Overview 12 AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) Features The AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) is a graphical user interface with the following fu nctions. See Chapter 2, “AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) Applicatio ns” on page 15 for additional information.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 13 AT-2931SX BASP for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 The following options are sup ported under Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. For additional information, s ee Chap ter 3, “Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems” on page 44.
Chapter 1: Advan ced Server Program Overview 14 AT-2931SX BASP for Linux The following options are supported under Linux. F or additional information, see Chapter 4, “Insta lling BACS on a Linux System” on page 47.
15 Chapter 2 A T -2931SX Br oadcom Advanced Contr ol Suite (BACS) Applications This chapter describes the AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) Applications.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 16 Overview The AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) application is an integrated application (with a graphical use r interface) that provides useful information about each network adapter that is installed in your computer.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 17 Information Provided by the BACS Applications The AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite lists all of the network adapters in yo ur computer and pr ovides the following information, if available, about each d evice.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 18 Installing the AT-2931S X BACS Application The AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) software can be installed through the GUI or by using the silent install option.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 19 Note The Microsoft SNMP Service must be running for the SNMP Service application to function properly. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions. You can start the Control Suite from the Control Panel by double-clicking Broadcom Control Suite 2 .
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 20 Updating the AT-2931SX BACS Application To update the AT-2931SX BACS application on your compu ter, perform the following procedure. Note Before you begin the update, close all application s , windows, and dialog boxes.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 21 Removing the AT-2931SX BACS Application To remove the AT-2931SX BACS application from your computer, perform the following procedure. 1. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Prog rams .
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 22 Initializing the AT-2931SX BACS Application To initialize the AT-2931SX Broad com Advanced Control Suite (BACS) application on your computer, perfo rm the following procedure.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 23 Configuring the AT-2931S X BACS Application Start the AT-2931SX BACS application and then click the tab on Broadcom Advanced Control Suite that provides the information of interest or access to the tests, diag nostics, analyses, and configuration functions you want to perform.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 24 Note Information about network adapters made by oth er vendors is less comprehensive than the information provided about the AT-2931SX adapter. Figure 2. Vital Sign Tab The Vital Sign Tab contains the following fie lds: Physical Addre ss .
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 25 Driver Name/V ersion/Date . The file name, version, and creation date of the software driver that is associated with the device. BASP St ate . Information about the status of the BASP applicat ion.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 26 Resources This section describes the Resources Tab. See Figure 3. Figure 3. Resources Tab The Resources Tab contains the following field s : Bus T ype. Indicates the PCI bus type (PCI or PCI-X).
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 27 Memory Address . The memory mapped address that is assigned to the device. This value can never be 0. Hardware This section provides a description o f the Hardware Tab. See Figure 4.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 28 Network Test From the Network Test Tab, you can ve rify IP network connectivity. This test verifies if the driver is instal led correctly and t ests connectivity to a gateway or other specified IP address on the same subnet.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 29 Note The network connection is temporarily lost when the diagnostic tests are running. Figure 6. Diagnostics Tab The Diagnostics Tab contains the following fields: Control Registers .
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 30 Interrupt . This test verifies that the NDIS driver is able to receive interrupts from the d evice.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 31 General Statistics Definitions of the general statis tics parameters are provided be low. Frames Tx OK . A count of frames that are successfully tran smitted. This counter is incremented when the transmit st atus is reported as T ransmit OK .
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 32 counter is incremented when the result of a transmission is report ed as T ransmit OK and the attempt value is 2. Frames Tx with more than one Colli sion . A count of frames that are involved in more than one collision and are subse quently transmitted successfully .
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 33 MAC Rx w/ Pause Command and Length greater tha n 0 . MAC control frames with the p ause command and a length greater than 0. MAC Rx w/ no Pause Command . MAC control frames with no pa u s e command.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 34 Configuring Teaming The teaming function allows you to group available network devices together to function as a team. Teaming is a method of creating a virtual LAN (a group of multiple devices t hat function as a single device).
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 35 members is restored (fallb ack), the restored team member(s) resumes the handling the traf fic. Link Aggregation . In this type of team, you can dynamically configure the network adapters that have been se lected to participate in a given team.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 36 Creating a Team To create a team, perform the follo wing procedure. 1. From the Tools menu, click Create a Team as shown in Figure 10. Figure 10. Advanced Con trol Suite 2 Menu 2.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 37 Figure 11. New Team Configuration 3. Click the type of team and click Next . 4. Assign any available device or devices to the team by moving the device from the Available Adapters list to the Load Balance Members list.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 38 Figure 12. New Team Configuration Menu, Creating a T eam 5. Click Finish . 6. Click Apply . 7. Click Yes when you see the message indicating that the n etwork connection will be temporarily interrupted.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 39 Note The maximum number of members in a team is 8. Note When team configuration has been correctly performed, a Virtual Team adapter driver is created for each configured team.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 40 Add a VLAN Remove a team or a VLAN To modify a team, perform the followin g procedure. 1. Right-click the name of the team yo u want to modify and click Configure Team as shown in Figure 13.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 41 Viewing the Team Properties and Statistics To view the team properties and statistics, perform the following procedure. 1. Click the name of the newly created team. The T eam Properties T ab is selected by default.
Chapter 2: AT-2931 SX Broadcom Advanced Control Sui te (BACS) Applications 42 4. When you are finished adding VLANs to this team, click OK . A new virtual adapter is creat ed for each VLAN. 5. Click Apply . 6. Click Yes when you see the message indicating that the n etwork connection will be temporarily interrupted.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 43 Saving and Restoring a Configuration The configuration file is a text file that can be viewed with any text editor. The file contains informat ion about both the adapter and the team configuration.
44 Chapter 3 Installing BACS on W indows 2000 and W indows 2003 Systems This chapter provides procedures for installing the AT-2931SX BACS application and configuring teaming on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 systems.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 45 Installing the AT-2931SX BASP For BASP installation procedures, refer to Chapter 2, “AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Su ite (BACS) Applications” on page 15.
Chapter 3: Inst alling BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Sy stems 46 Uninstalling the AT-2931SX BASP To uninstall the AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver Properties (BASP), perform the following procedure: 1. Open t he Control Pa nel 2.
47 Chapter 4 Installing BACS on a Linux System This chapter describes the installa tion and configuration of the BASP driver on Linux. It includes the following section: “BASP Driver for Linux.
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 48 BASP Driver for Linux On newer Distributions and Kernels, it may be necessary to remove the BASP Driver for Linux BASP is a kernel module designed for 2.4.x kernels that provides load- balancing, fault-tolerance, and VLAN feature s.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 49 Packaging BASP is released in two packaging fo rmats: source RPM and compressed tar formats. The file names for the t w o packages are basplnx- <version>.src.<arch>.rpm and basplnx -<version>.
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 50 Installing BASP BASP for Linux is shipped in mixed fo rms, where the pla tform and kernel specific files are in source code and the core file is in o b ject form. Three packages are shipped in this release: two tar archives and two RPM packages.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 51 Installing the BASP Source RPM Package for Red Hat and United Linux To install the AT-2931SX BASP RPM source packa ge for Red Hat and United Linux 1.x based distribut ions, perform the following procedure.
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 52 Installing the AT-2931SX BASP TAR Archive Use the procedures in this section to install Linux i386 distributions that are neither Red Hat nor United Linux distributions. Installing the AT- 2931SX BASP TAR archive involves bot h uncompressing the archive and then installing it.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 53 AT-2931SX BASP Files See Table 3 for a list of the AT-2931SX BASP files. T able 3. Contents of the release.txt File Filename Description Makefile makefile baspcfg precompiled configuration utility bcmtype.
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 54 AT-2931SX BASP Configuration fo r Red Hat and United Linux Distributions This section describes the AT-2931SX BASP Conf iguration for Red Hat and United Linux 1.x based di stributions. The AT-2931SX BASP distribution includes a utility program and severa l scripts for team configuration.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 55 The AT-2931SX BASP configuration process, perform the following procedure: 1. Copy a configuration script from the "/etc/basp/sa mples" directory to the "/etc/basp" directory.
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 56 AT-2931SX BASP Configuration and Startup for Other Linux Distributions BASP Configuration (baspcfg) is a command line tool that is used to configure the BASP teams, add/remo ve NICs, and add/remove virtual devices.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 57 Note Baspcfg can only be executed in Super User mode. Attempting to use baspcfg as a standard user yields t he following error message, "Error in communicating to BASP Module. Is it loaded?".
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 58 AT-2931SX BASP Configuration Scri pts for Red Hat Distributions Both team-sample and team-gec are configuration scripts that follow the same syntax. See Table 6. Note Teaming scripts are intended for Red Hat and Unit ed Linux-based distributions ONLY.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 59 Broadcom NICE Patches Also included in this release are netwo rk device drivers patched with Broadcom NICE support. These d rivers are originally taken from the Linux 2.4.16 kernel distribution.
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 60 Uninstalling the RPM Package To uninstall a RPM package, perform th e following procedure. % rpm -e baspln x and to reboot the system, % reboot.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 61 Removal of Physical Interface in Generic Trunking and 802.3ad Mode In Generic Trunking and 802.3ad mode, all the physical and virtual interfaces belonging to a tea m have the same MAC address.
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 62 AT-2931SX BASP SNMP Agent for Linux This SNMP agent is designed to suppor t the configuratio n and statistics information pertaining to the AT -2931SX BASP driver. The AT-2931SX BASP SNMP agent is available in two packaging formats: TAR archive and RPM.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 63 7. The snmpget and snmpgetnext commands can be used to receive the AT-2931SX BASP snmp objects such as: % snmpget local host public.
Chapter 4: Inst alling BACS on a Linux Sys tem 64 Uninstalling the RPM Package (Both Source and Binary) To uninstall RPM package, run: % rpm -e b aspsnmp-{ version}.i3 86.rpm and to reboot the system, % reboot Known Problems The 802.3ad team member links disconnect and reconnect continuously when connected to the HP2524 switch.
65 Chapter 5 Key Pr otocols and Interfaces This chapter describes the key protoc ols an d interfaces. It contains the following sections: “Adapter T eaming” on pa ge 66 “Failover T eamin.
Chapter 5: Key Prot ocols and Interf aces 66 Adapter Teaming Teaming provides traffic load balancing and redu ndant adapter operation in the event that a network connection fails. When multiple AT-2931SX adapters are installed in the same server, they can be group ed into teams.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 67 Basically, generic link aggregation mode is a "light" version of the 802.3ad link aggregation and is often refe rred to as 802.3ad static. This approach is much simpler because there is not a formalized link aggre gation control protocol.
Chapter 5: Key Prot ocols and Interf aces 68 Failover Teaming Failover Teaming provides a redundant adapter operation in the event that a network connection fails. When multip le Gigabit Ethernet Adapters are installed in the same server, they can be paired into teams.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 69 VLANs Overview VLANs allow you to split your physical LAN into logical subparts, to create logical segmentation of workgroups, a nd to enforce security policies among each logical segment.
Chapter 5: Key Prot ocols and Interf aces 70 Figure 14 on page 69 shows an example net work that uses VLANs. In this example network, the physical LAN consists of a switch, two servers, and five clients. The LAN is logically organized into th ree different VLANs, each representing a different IP subnet.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 71 Note VLAN tagging is only required to b e enabled on switch ports that create trunk links to other switches. It is also required o n ports connected to tag-capable end-sta tions, such as servers or workstations with AT-2931SX adapters.
Chapter 5: Key Prot ocols and Interf aces 72 32-bit or 64-bit PCI Bus Master Compliant with PCI Local Bus Rev 2.2, the PCI interface on the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI buses. As a bus master, the adapter requests access to the PCI bus, instead of waiting to be polled.
73 Chapter 6 T r oubleshooting This chapter describes troubleshooting p rocedures. It contains the following sections: “V erifying the Correct Drivers are Lo aded” on page 7 4 “Software .
Chapter 6: Tro ubleshooting 74 Verifying the Correc t Drivers are Loaded The following section describes how to check if the correct drivers are loaded for Windows and Linux. Windows The AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite, Vital Sign screen allows you to view vital adapter information, network status, and network connectivity.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 75 Linux To verify that the Linux Driver soft ware is loaded correctly, perform the following procedure.
Chapter 6: Tro ubleshooting 76 Software Problems and Solutions This section describes common software problems and solutions. It contains the following subsections: “Windows 2000” on p age 76 .
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 77 Problem : Team configuration is n ot retained when you edit it. Solution : In configuring BASP team confi guration, the actual change s of the configuration a re not committed unt il you click "OK" in the "Network Properties" window.
Chapter 6: Tro ubleshooting 78 AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) This section lists known AT-2931 SX BASP problems and solutions that apply to all operating systems. Problem : 802.3ad team member links disco nnect and reconnect continuously.
79 Chapter 7 Manageability Featur es This chapter describes the magag eability features. It contains the following sections: “CIM” on page 80 “SNMP” on page 81.
Chapter 7: Managea bility Featur es 80 CIM The Common Information Model (CIM) is an indust ry standard defined by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Microsoft imple m ents CIM on Windows platforms such as Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 systems.
Advanced Control Sui te for the AT-2931SX Adapter Use r’s Guide 81 SNMP There are two SNMP agents for manageability: BASP Sub-agent BASP Extensible-agent See the following sections. BASP Sub-agent The BASP sub-agent, baspmgnt.dll, is desig ned for the Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 SNMP service.
Chapter 7: Managea bility Featur es 82 AT-2931SX BASP Extensible- agent The AT-2931SX Broadcom SNMP extens ible-agent, bcmif.dll, is designed for the Windows 2000 and Windo ws Server 2003 SNMP service. The software requires that a Windows 2000 SN MP service is installed before installing the extensible-agent.
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