Allied Telesis 2911 Series, User Manual

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AT-2911 Series Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapters Installation and User’s Guide
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Broadcom Utilities
The AT-2911 series adapter, which has a Broadcom’s BCM5718 chipset
inside, supports teaming and management functions, such as CIM and
SNMP. In addition, you can run a series of diagnostic tests on your
AT-2911 series adapter using Broadcom’s user diagnostics utility. To
configure and run these functions, you must install the utilities that
Broadcom provides.
Teaming
Teaming is a method of grouping network adapters together in your
system as a team and making a team of network adapters function as a
single adapter.
To configure teaming, you must have Broadcom Advanced Server
Program (BASP) on your host computer. BASP runs within Broadcom
Advance Control Suite (BACS), an integrated utility that enables tests,
analyses, and diagnostics for network adapters installed in your system.
To install BASP and BACS, download the Broadcom Management
Application Installer on the Allied Telesis website as described in
“Installing Broadcom Utilities” on page 26.
For more information about teaming and how to install BASP and BACS,
see the
Broadcom NetXtreme
®
57XX User Guide. To view the document,
refer to “Broadcom Documentation” on page 26.
CIM
The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry standard defined by
the Distributed Management task Force (DMTF). Broadcom’s CIM data
provider provides information through various classes and you can view
them using a CIM client application.
To configure CIM, you must have the CIM provider and BACS on your host
computer. To install CIM provider and BACS, download the Broadcom
Management Application Installer on the Allied Telesis website as
described in “Installing Broadcom Utilities” on page 26.
For more information about CIM and how to install the CIM provider and
BACS, see the
Broadcom NetXtreme ® 57XX User Guide. To view the
document, see “Broadcom Documentation” on page 26.
SNMP
Simple Network management Protocol (SNMP) is an internet-standard
protocol for managing devices on IP networks. The AT-2911 series
adapter supports SNMP.
To configure SNMP, you must have the SNMP subagent and BACS on
your host computer. To install SNMP subagent and BACS, download the
Broadcom Management Application Installer on the Allied Telesis website
as described in “Installing Broadcom Utilities” on page 26.