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GA 621 MODEL F iber Gigabit Ethern et Card Reference Guide.
ii © 2001 by N ETG EAR, Inc. All ri ghts reserved. T rademarks N ETG EAR® is a reg istered trademar k of N ETG EAR, INC. in the Un ited States and other countr ies. Microsoft®, W indo ws® and Wi ndows N T® are reg is tered tr ademarks of Microsoft Cor porati on.
iii T his dev ice complies with P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operati on is subject to the follo wing two cond iti ons: 1. T his dev ice may not cause harmful inte rference. 2. T his dev ice mus t accept any interfe rence received, i ncludi ng inte rference that may cause undesired oper ation.
iv Customer Support F or assistance with installin g and confi guri ng y our N ETG EAR system or with ques tions or pr oblems f ollowi ng installation: • Check the N ETG EAR W eb page at http://www .N ETG EAR.com. • Call T echnical Support at the phone number l isted on the Suppor t Infor mation Card that sh ipped with y our switch.
contents v CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Introduction Benef its 1-1 Features 1-1 CHAPTER 2 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION P ackage Contents 2-1 Requirements 2-2 Hardware Descripti on 2-5 Prepari ng to Install Y our GA.
contents vi CHAPTER 6 NETW ARE DRIVER SOFTW ARE Pre-Installation Requirements 6-2 Installi ng the Dr ive r Software 6-2 Modifyi ng Dr i ver Pr operties 6-5 Installation T r oub leshootin g 6-6 CHAPTER.
contents vii FIGURE Fi gure 2-1. F r ont P anel of Model GA621 Gi gabit Ether net Card 2-5 T ABLES T able 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements 2-2 T able 2-2. GA621 LEDs 2-6 T able 2-3. GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Cable Char acter is tics 2-8 T able 3-1. P aramete r Descripti ons 3-6 T able 4-1.
intr oduction 1-1 CHAPTER 1: INTR ODUCTION Cong ratulati ons on your pur chase of the N ETG EAR ® G A 6 2 1 Fiber Gi gabit Ether net Card. Desi gned especially f or hi gh-perf or mance systems, such .
intr oduction 1-2 • Duple x SC fibe r connector for 62.5-m icron or 50-m icron multi mod e fibe r cable • Inter ope rabi l ity with e x isting F ast Ether net equipment compl iance with the f ollowi ng standards and protocols: – IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX Gi gabit Ethe r net – IEEE 802.
CHAPTER 2: HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the package contents, sys tem requirements, and installati on of the N ETG EAR GA621 F iber Gi gabit Ether net Card.
hardware installation 2-2 Requirements Bef ore install in g the GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe rnet Card, verify that y our sys tem meets the oper ati ng system and hard ware requirements ou tl ined i n T able 2-1.
hardware installation 2-3 T ab le 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements (continued) System Requirements Oper ating System W indows N T 4.0 with Service P ack 5 or abo ve. T o download the latest Service P ack, go to the f ollowi ng Micr osoft W eb page and search for the latest service pack: http://www .
hardware installation 2-4 T ab le 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements (continued) System Requirements NetWare Hardware A P entium-based server that meets NetW are 4.2, NetW are 5.0, or NetW are 5.1 software requirements One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot Min i mum 64 MB memory Oper ating System If y ou are usi ng NetW are 4.
hardware installation 2-5 Hardware Description As i llustrated in F i gure 2-1, the GA621 Fiber Gi gabit Ether net Card has an SC connector por t and two por t LEDs.
T ab le 2-2. GA621 LEDs Label Activ ity Descripti on DA T A Bl inkin g Brief bursts of data detec ted on the por t On Streams of data detec ted on the por t Off No data detec ted on the por t LINK On .
hardware installation 2-7 Danger: Y ou are install ing the card i n a machi ne that oper ates with voltages that can be danger ous. Follo w the steps after this war ni ng to pr otect yourself and to prevent damage to the PC components.
hardware installation 2-8 Connecting the Network Cab les T he GA621 has one SC port that can be us ed with either 62.5/125-Micron multi- mode fibe r or with 50/125-Micr on multi mode fibe r . 1. Prepare an appropr iate cab le. T able 2-3 l ists the cable char acteristics f or connecting to 1000BASE-SX por t.
W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-1 CHAPTER 3: W I N D O W S 9 5 O S R 2 /98/ME DRIVER SOFTW ARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft W i ndows 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ve r software.
W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-2 T o install the GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe r net Card software f or Wi ndo ws 98, perf orm the f ollowi ng pr ocedure: 1. When y ou boot up the W indo ws 98 system after install in g the Gi gabit Ether net card, a ser ies of F ound New Hardware W izard dialog bo xes opens.
W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-3 2. When the f ollowi ng d ialog bo x opens, cl ick Search f or the bes t dri ver f or y our device (recommended), and then click Ne xt. 3. In the ne xt dialog bo x, check the “Specify a locati on” bo x.
W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-4 4. When W indo ws retur ns its search results in the f ollowin g dialog bo x, verify that the correct path to the dri ve r software is shown, and then cl ick Ne xt.
W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-5 5. T he dr ive r is copied onto y our system, and the GA621 Gi gabit UTP Adapte r Prope rties dialog bo x opens. 6. Cl ick OK to accept the default settings. 7. Y ou can change ope rati ng par ameters as desired.
W indo ws 95 OSR2/98/Me dri ver software 3-6 T ab le 3-1. Parameter Descriptions Prope r ty Descr iption Address Allows y ou to change the networ k address. P acket Size Enables send ing large r Ether net packets Pri ority Queues Specif ies the pri ority number f or traff ic pr ior itizati on.
CHAPTER 4: WINDOWS NT DRIVER SOFTW ARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft W i ndows N T drive r software. T h is chapter also g ives d irections f or pe rf orm in g the f ol.
W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-2 3. Double-cl ick the Network icon. T he Networ k dialog bo x opens. If there are any prev i ousl y installed GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe rnet Card dr i vers l ist- ed, the dri vers must be updated before i nstalli ng anothe r dri ve r f or a new card.
W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-3 4. Cl ick on the Adapters tab , and then cl ick Add. T he Se lec t Network Adapte r dialog bo x opens. 5. Cl ick Have Disk.
W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-4 6. Insert the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card Driver and Documentation CD into the CD-ROM dr i ve in y our PC, type the path to the dri ve r that matches y our system, and then cl ick OK. F or e xample, enter the f ollowi ng path: E: In this e xample , the letter E: is the CD-ROM dri ve.
W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-5 7. Cl ick OK. T he Networ k dialog bo x opens. 8. Cl ick Close. If other cards i n y our system us e TCP/IP bindi ngs, the Microsoft TCP/IP Prope rties dialog bo x opens. Set any necessary TCP/IP conf i gur ati ons, and cl ick OK when fi n ished.
W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-6 T ab le 4-1. Parameter Descriptions Prope r ty Descr iption Address Allows y ou to change the networ k address. P acket Size Enables send ing large r Ether net packets Pri ority Queues Specif ies the pri ority number f or traff ic pr ior itizati on.
W indo ws N T dri ver software 4-7 Updating the Driver Software T o replace old dr ive r software with a newe r versi on: 1. Star t your W i ndows N T sys tem and log in. Y ou mus t have Network Adm in istrator pr iv i leges to install the dri ve r software.
Mo ving the Netw ork Card to a Different Slot Bef ore mo vi ng y our GA621 F iber Gi gabit Ether net Card to a d ifferent slot in the same system, you must f irs t remove the card dr ive r software. After remo vin g the dri ve r software , you can mo ve the card to a d ifferent slot and rei nstall the dri ve r software.
W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-1 CHAPTER 5: WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER SOFTW ARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Microsoft W i ndows 2000 dr ive r software.
W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-2 T o install the card software f or Wi ndo ws 2000, perf or m the f ollowi ng pr ocedure: 1. When y ou boot up the W indo ws 2000 system after install in g the GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe r net Card, a s er ies of F ound New Hardware Wizard d ialog bo xes are display ed.
W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-3 2. In the Install Hard ware Device Dri ve rs dialog bo x, click “Search f or a suitable dri ve r f or my device (recommended) ,” and then click Ne xt.
W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-4 3. In the Locate Dri ve r Fi les d ialog bo x, check the “Specify a locati on” bo x. 4. Insert the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card Driver and Documentation CD into y our CD-ROM drive and cl ick OK.
W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-5 5. In the Dri ve r Fi les Sear ch Results dialog bo x, verify that the cor rect path to the dri ve r software is shown, and then cl ick Ne xt.
W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-6 6. Cl ick Fi n ish to complete the installati on. Mo ving the Netw ork Card to a Different Slot W i ndows 2000 automatically detects the installation and remo v al of hardware. T o mo ve a GA621 Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe r net Card to a diffe rent slot in the same system, y ou need to do the follo wi ng: 1.
W indo ws 2000 dri ver software 5-7 Remo ving the Driv er Software Under W i ndows 2000, the drive r software is automatically un installed when its hardware is removed. T o remove a card, do the f ollowi ng: 1. Shut down the system and remove the card fr om the PCI slot.
CHAPTER 6: NETW ARE DRIVER SOFTWARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Nove ll NetW are drive r software. T h is chapter also descr ibes how to: • V e rify the NetW are pre-installa.
NetW are dri ver software 6-2 Pre-Installation Requirements Bef ore y ou can use the Gig abit Ether net card i n y our NetW are system, you must install the network dev ice dri ve r . First, make sure that the Gi gabit Ethe r net card is physically i nstalled on your system.
NetW are dri ver software 6-3 T o install the NetW are dr ive r software: 1. At the System Console, type: load nwconfig T he NetW are Confi g urati on Options d ialog bo x opens. 2. Select the “Dri ver Opti ons (load/unload disk and network dr i vers)” opti on.
NetW are dri ver software 6-4 8. Press the Enter key to se lec t the listed dri ver . 9. At the “Do y ou want to cop y dri ver Ga621.LAN?” prompt, select Y es. T he “Board Ga621_1 (Dri ve r Ga621) Ac tions” d ialog bo x opens. 10. Select the “Save paramete rs and load drive r” opti on.
NetW are dri ver software 6-5 Modifying Driver Properties Note: The dr i ver pr operties can be modif ied onl y duri ng the dr ive r software installati on. If you want to mod ify these prope r ties after the dri ve r has already installed, you must f irs t remove the dr ive r , and then reinstall it.
NetW are dri ver software 6-6 T ab le 6-3. Parameter Descriptions (continued) P arameter Descr iptions CheckSum Off-load Allows y ou to enable/d isable hardware CheckSum. Dri ver V ersi on T his i nfor mati on fie ld d isplays the versi on of the dri ver software.
CHAPTER 7: LINUX DRIVER SOFTW ARE T h is chapter pr o vi des inf ormati on abou t the Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1 dri ve r software. T h is chapter also descr ibes: • T he f i les inclu.
Linux dr ive r software 7-2 Installing the Driver Software Y our Fibe r Gi gabit Ethe r net Card mus t be physically i ns talled in the server bef ore install in g the software dri ver . If you are i nstalli ng more than one F iber Gi gabit Ether net Card, y ou must perf orm the f ollo win g procedure f or each card.
Linux dr ive r software 7-3 4. Add the f ollowi ng l i nes to any of the star tup scripts l ike /etc/rc.d/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/init.d/network so that the dri ve r wi ll load w hen the sys tem boots up: # /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.
Linux dr ive r software 7-4 All the devices on the PCI bus can be l isted by runn in g the follo wi ng command: # cat /proc/pci IRQ and IO address inf ormati on from th is can be cor related with the i nf ormati on display ed by the dr ive r in the /var/log/messages f ile.
troub leshooting 8-1 CHAPTER 8: TR OUBLESHOO TING T h is chapter pr o vi des troub leshooti ng inf ormati on f or the N ETG EAR GA621 F iber Gi gabit Ethe r net Card.
troub leshooting 8-2 Using a T roubleshooting Checklist If y ou need to test the network card fur ther , check the follo wi ng items: • Inspect all cables and connections. Check the length and r atin g of the cable. Make sure that the cab le segment is compl iant with the requirements shown i n T able 2-3 on page 2-8.
troub leshooting 8-3 • T r y inserting the networ k card in anothe r slot. If the new positi on works, the ori g inal slot i n y our system may be d efec tive.
specif icati ons A-1 APPENDIX A: SPECIFIC A TIONS T h is appendix pr o vi des specif ications f or the N ETGEAR GA621 F iber Gi gabit Ether net Card. Cab le Specif ications GA621 (1000BASE-SX) P o rt T ype Connector Media Max i mum Dis tance 1000BASE-SX SC 62.
Gener al Specif icati ons N ETG EAR GA621 Fibe r Gig abit Ether net Card Oper ating Hum id ity 10 to 90% noncondensi ng Agency Compl iance CE mark, commerc ial FCC, P ar t 15, Class B EN 55 022 (CISP .
B benef its 1-1 C customer suppor t iv F features 1-1 H hardware descripti on 2-5 requirements 2-2 I inte rope rabi l ity 1-2 installati on instructions 2-7 Linux software dr ive r 7-2 NetW are softwa.
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Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté NETGEAR GA621 c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du NETGEAR GA621 - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation NETGEAR GA621, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le NETGEAR GA621 va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le NETGEAR GA621, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du NETGEAR GA621.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le NETGEAR GA621. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei NETGEAR GA621 ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
