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Accelerator Users Guide

Version 9.2 March 2008

Summary of Contents for SEN1811XT

Page 1: ...Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide Version 9 2 March 2008...

Page 2: ...her marks belong to their respective owners Patents One or more U S and international patents apply to Alacritech products including without limitation U S Patent Nos 6 226 680 6 247 060 6 334 153 6 3...

Page 3: ...the procedures required to install the software component and configure the operating system for correct operation Chapter 3 Device Management provides the procedures for configuring monitoring and ma...

Page 4: ...evice Management 3 1 3 2 Running Adapter Diagnostics 3 3 3 3 Updating Flash Code 3 5 3 4 Disabling Windows Firewall to Enable TCP Offload 3 6 3 5 Managing Drivers 3 8 3 6 Configuring Advanced Properti...

Page 5: ...se but will continue to be supported under earlier releases with a major number of 6 1 1 1 Naming Conventions The general term Accelerator for this release applies to all of the following products TCP...

Page 6: ...es an innovative applica tion specific integrated circuit ASIC for protocol processing Accelerators operate with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems us ing the...

Page 7: ...02ET SES2104ET SES2102EF and SES2104EF are compatible with the Mi crosoft Windows XP Professional 64bit Microsoft Windows 2003 32 bit Standard Mi crosoft Windows 2003 32 bit standard R2 Microsoft Wind...

Page 8: ...on Uninstalling the Accelerator Note TCP Chimney offload will not work with the following features Windows Firewall Windows XP enabled by Default Internet Protocol security IPsec Internet Protocol Net...

Page 9: ...propriate installation If the installation is launched from the install htm page on the CD and default security settings are set on the browser there may be sev eral pop ups asking if you want to run...

Page 10: ...l appear From this window you can select the installation appropriate for your environ ment Most users will choose Typical which will install the base drivers in their default locations The Custom set...

Page 11: ...r Windows Logo process Most official drivers released by Alacritech have ap propriate digital signatures while others including beta drivers do not A miss ing digital signature does not prevent the Al...

Page 12: ...he Alacritech Hard ware Installation Manual to install your Accelerator 10 Once the hardware has been installed start the system On start up the Micro soft Found New Hardware Wizard will be launched W...

Page 13: ...are not certified through the Microsoft Designed for Windows Logo process Most official drivers released by Alacritech have ap propriate digital signatures while others including beta drivers do not A...

Page 14: ...lerator Users Guide 2 7 13 You may have to repeat steps 11 13 when installing multiport cards or multiple cards 14 When installation completes click the Finish button 15 Your Alacritech Accelerator is...

Page 15: ...ritech Accelerator using the procedure in the Alacritech Hard ware Installation Guide 2 Once the hardware has been installed start the system On start up the Micro soft Found New Hardware Wizard will...

Page 16: ...ly occur when using drivers that are not certified through the Microsoft Designed for Windows Logo process Most official drivers released by Alacritech have ap propriate digital signatures while other...

Page 17: ...Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 2 10 6 When installation completes click the Finish button 7 Your Alacritech Accelerator is now installed...

Page 18: ...ll the driver With Release 9 and later it is not necessary to uninstall the Alacritech Accelerator with the Hardware Manager prior to mov ing removing the card 2 Shut down the computer and unplug the...

Page 19: ...ing Device Management Alacritech Accelerators are managed using the Windows Device Manager To start Device Manager use the following procedure 1 From the Start menu open the Network Connections submen...

Page 20: ...Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3 2 2 Highlight Client for Microsoft Networks and click the Configure button This will open the Properties box which will allow you to manage the device...

Page 21: ...or using the following procedure 1 Start Device Manager right click on the network adapter and select Proper ties 2 Select the Diagnostics tab Note Running Diagnostics will disrupt the port of the Acc...

Page 22: ...f the IPP and the selected Accele rator A properly functioning board will display Passed for all results 6 Additional adapter information is available by clicking the Adapter Details but ton 7 Click t...

Page 23: ...Flash Update tab in the device manager 2 Set the Port Selection Link Speed and Boot Selection options then click the Update Flash Image button 3 Specify the flash image directory by either entering th...

Page 24: ...P NAT and IPsec Policy Agent features are turned on when certain components such as bridging and routing services are enabled Therefore TCP Chimney will not function in such a scenario When the bridgi...

Page 25: ...Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3 7 3 Under Startup type select Disabled 4 Click OK...

Page 26: ...Alacritech Accelerators can be managed through the device manager 1 From the Start menu open the Network Connections folder located under the Settings menu 2 Select the interface whose properties you...

Page 27: ...tain additional driver information Click OK when you are finished 6 The Update Driver Roll Back Driver and Uninstall buttons may be used for their respective operations Alacritech expects to provide u...

Page 28: ...dvanced features TCP Checksum Offload and TCP Offload Perform the following steps to access the advanced configuration properties for an Alacritech Accelerator 1 From the Start menu open the Network C...

Page 29: ...Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3 11 3 Click the Configure button The Accelerator Properties dialog box will appear...

Page 30: ...tor An example of this would be the used of IPSec which cannot be offloaded to the Alacritech Accelerator Because Alacritech s SLIC Technology offloads the checksum automatically this option is unused...

Page 31: ...l Duplex Sets data transmission rate to a maximum of 1000 megabits per second bi directionally Auto Detect The controller will detect the optimum data transmis sion rate for a given connection It will...

Page 32: ...hat is part of the EtherChannel Pro tocol Nor is the LACP portion of the 802 3ad protocol Supported PAgP LACP facilitates the automatic creation of link aggregation groups by exchanging packets betwee...

Page 33: ...ections folder located under the Settings menu 2 Click the LAN connection of the interface you wish to configure in a team 3 Click the Configure button The Accelerator Properties dialog box will appea...

Page 34: ...or failover that the team will utilize 6 The default is Cisco Fast EtherChannel 802 3AD Select OK 7 If Cisco Fast EtherChannel 802 3AD is selected then you must have switch that supports one of these...

Page 35: ...Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3 17 8 The team will now be shown in the properties window...

Page 36: ...am Configure all ports in a team to operate at the same speed and duplex mode full or half duplex Ensure that all ports in a team have the same configuration on both ends of the link 3 7 4 Removing Te...

Page 37: ...Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 3 19 3 Select the Teaming tab 4 Select the team you want to dissolve 5 Click the Dissolve Team button...

Page 38: ...h are outside the scope of this document but the basic procedure is as follows For the purposes of this ex ample two VLANs are created one for the Engineering department 100 and one for the Finance de...

Page 39: ...iguring a VLAN 1 From the Start menu open the Network Connections folder located under the Settings menu For this example a SEN2104ET 4 port adapter is used 2 Click the LAN connection of the interface...

Page 40: ...tor Users Guide 3 22 3 Click the Configure button The Accelerator Properties dialog box will appear Select VLAN Setup 4 Click the Add VLAN button and in the Add VLAN dialog enter the VLAN ID tag as we...

Page 41: ...then add the 2nd VLAN again using the Add VLAN button After the 2nd VLAN is created the VLAN list will show both VLANs 6 Now click OK to create the two requested VLANs These appear as unique de vices...

Page 42: ...shows Network cable unplugged This connection is no longer available and is now replaced by the two VLAN network adapters Local Area Connection 7 and 8 8 The two VLANs are now configured and should b...

Page 43: ...ew aspx Corporate http www alacritech com 4 2 README Files on CD ROM For more information about known issues open bugs or other integration problems with Microsoft Windows drivers see the readme html...

Page 44: ...intermediate drivers If any one of these features is turned on TCP Chimney offload will not work regardless of the registry settings See Chapter 3 for instructions on disabling these features 4 5 Eve...

Page 45: ...heck the LED indicators on the adapter Each port has LEDs for link link speed and activity These lights help indicate if there is a problem with the adapter switch or cable Refer to the LED Function I...

Page 46: ...the switch are receiving power the fiber optic cable connection be tween them is good and a 1000 Mbps link has been established Off Either the Accelerator or the switch or both is not receiving power...

Page 47: ...or LAN servers as described above and for backup or archival purposes RESTRICTIONS You will not 1 Sublicense the Software 2 Reverse engineer de compile or disassemble the Software 3 Copy the Software...

Page 48: ...ose of the au thors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies either expressed or implied of the FreeBSD Project or FreeBSD Inc LIMITED MEDIA WARRANTY Alacritech warrants that th...

Page 49: ...y U S Department of Com merce Encryption Regulations are applicable on all products imported to and exported from the United States and Puerto Rico Additionally imports and exports may be regulated by...

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