Allied Telesis AT-ANC10S, Installation And User Manual

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Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................................................13
Safety Symbols Used in this Document ...........................................................................................................14
Contacting Allied Telesis ..................................................................................................................................15
Chapter 1: Introducing the AT-ANC10S/2 Adapter .....................................................................................17
Functional Descriptions ....................................................................................................................................18
AT-ANC10S/2 Adapter Physical Description .............................................................................................19
Features ...........................................................................................................................................................21
Adaptive Interrupt Frequency.....................................................................................................................21
ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor ......................................................................................................21
Supported Operating Environments...........................................................................................................21
Chapter 2: Installing the Hardware ..............................................................................................................23
Reviewing the Contents of Your Shipment.......................................................................................................24
Reviewing Safety Precautions..........................................................................................................................25
Pre-Installation Checklist ..................................................................................................................................27
Installing the Standard Bracket on the Adapter ................................................................................................28
Installing the Network Adapter Card.................................................................................................................30
Installing SFP+ Transceivers in the AT-ANC10S/2 Adapter.............................................................................34
Chapter 3: Installing Broadcom Boot Agent Driver Software ...................................................................35
Overview...........................................................................................................................................................36
Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment..........................................................................................................37
Enabling the MBA Driver............................................................................................................................37
Disabling the MBA Driver ...........................................................................................................................37
Setting Up the BIOS...................................................................................................................................37
Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment: Red Hat Linux PXE Server ............................................................38
Chapter 4: Installing the Linux Drivers ........................................................................................................39
Overview...........................................................................................................................................................40
bnx2x Driver Limitations.............................................................................................................................40
Packaging ..................................................................................................................................................40
Installing Linux Driver Software ........................................................................................................................41
Installing the Source RPM Package...........................................................................................................41
Building the Driver from the Source TAR File ............................................................................................42
Unloading the Linux Driver.........................................................................................................................43
Patching PCI Files (Optional).....................................................................................................................44
Network Installations ..................................................................................................................................44
Setting Optional Properties for the bnx2x Driver........................................................................................44
Checking the bnx2x Driver Defaults...........................................................................................................45
Checking Driver Messages ........................................................................................................................46
Teaming with Channel Bonding .................................................................................................................46
Statistics.....................................................................................................................................................46
Chapter 5: Installing the Windows Drivers .................................................................................................47
Supported Versions of Microsoft Windows.......................................................................................................48
Installing the Windows Driver Software ............................................................................................................49