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1000 Mbps (1 Gbps) full-duplex fixed speed is only valid for fiber connections. For
copper, twisted-pair connections, 1 Gbps can only be set through auto-negotiation
with a 1 Gbps partner.

Flow Control

Off

AutoNegotiate (Symmetric Pause advertised) (NOTE 2) (default)

RxPause

TxPause

RxPause/TxPause

1.

Auto-negotiation of Flow Control is only valid when the Line Speed is set to
AutoNegotiate (all speeds advertised or single speed advertised).

2.

A kernel relink and reboot is required before the new configuration will take
effect.

Summary of Contents for PCI Express x1 Network Interface PEB-G21

Page 1: ... PEB G21 PCI Express x1 Network Interface Card E1752 User Guide First Edition October 2004 ...

Page 2: ...OCUMENTATION OR PRODUCT Product warranty or service will not be extended if 1 the product is repaired modified or altered unless such repair modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this documentation may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective comp...

Page 3: ...Features 8 LED descriptions 9 System requirements 10 Installing the network card 11 Connecting the network cable 12 Running the installation program 13 Windows Server 2003 Advanced Server Driver Software 13 Windows 2000 Driver Software 17 Windows NT Driver Software 20 Installing Linux Driver Software 23 Novell NetWare Server 4 2 5 x 6 0 Driver Software 26 Novell NetWare Server 6 5 Driver Software ...

Page 4: ...ser Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide Installing Solaris Driver Software 32 SCO OpenServer 5 0 7 35 UnixWare OpenUnix 8 38 ASUS Contact Information 42 ...

Page 5: ...k Interface Card This user guide tells you how to install and configure the card It is assumed that you have adequate knowledge on PCs and some familiarity with Ethernet networks Package contents Check the following items if present in your package If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 x ASUS PEB G21 PCI Express x1 Network Interface Card 1 x Support CD 1 x User Guide ...

Page 6: ... PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide Models The ASUS PEB G21 network interface card comes with a standard bracket for regular PCs ...

Page 7: ...1 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide 7 Layout PEB G21 R BROADCOM BCM5721 10 OFF 100 ORG 1000 GRN ACT LNK PCI Express interface LAN controller ...

Page 8: ...e PCI Express x1 Interface PCI Express x1 Interface PCI Express 1 0a host interface compliant x1 PCI Express lane Supports PXE RPL ASF 2 0 ACPI and Wake on LAN support Network Interface Network Interface Network Interface Network Interface Network Interface Broadcom BCM5721 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller 10 100 1000 BASE T controller with integrated transceiver RJ 45 LAN port Features ...

Page 9: ...port LED indications ACT LINK LED ACT LINK LED ACT LINK LED ACT LINK LED ACT LINK LED SPEED LED SPEED LED SPEED LED SPEED LED SPEED LED S t a t u s S t a t u s S t a t u s S t a t u s S t a t u s Description Description Description Description Description S t a t u s S t a t u s S t a t u s S t a t u s S t a t u s Description Description Description Description Description OFF No link OFF 10 Mbps ...

Page 10: ...he ASUS PEB G21 network interface card PCI Express x1 x4 x8 or x16 slot PCI Express 1 0a host interface optical drive at least 10 MB free hard disk space supported operating system any of the following Windows Server 2000 2003 Windows 2003 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 0 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 0 Red Hat 9 0 SuSE Linux 9 1 SuSE Linux Enterprise 8 0 NetWare 6 5 Solaris 9 0 UnixW...

Page 11: ...ap grounded to the PC chassis when handling the card 1 Unplug the power cord from the electrical socket 2 Remove the PC cover 3 Locate an empty PCI Express x1 slot and remove its slot cover Save the screw for later use IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT Do not install the network card in a shared PCI Express x1 slot Check your PC documentation to ensure that you install the card int...

Page 12: ...e steps to connect the card to the network The RJ 45 port on the network card provides a 10 100 or 1000 Mbps connection depending on the speed of the connected hub or switch 1 Plug the RJ 45 connector of the twisted pair network cable into the RJ 45 port on the card backplate 2 Connect the other end of the network cable to an active network port 3 Turn on the PC ...

Page 13: ...ftware Server 2003 Advanced Server Driver Software Server 2003 Advanced Server Driver Software Installing the Driver Software Installing the Driver Software Installing the Driver Software Installing the Driver Software Installing the Driver Software When the Windows Server 2003 system first boots up after installing a new hardware device such as a ASUS PEB G21 PCI Express x1 Network Interface Card...

Page 14: ...a versions of Server 2003 1 Start Windows Server 2003 and log in Note that you must have Administrator privileges to install the driver software When you boot up the Windows Server 2003 system after installing the adapter card a series of Found New Hardware windows are displayed 2 Place the Support CD into the optical drive The CD automatically displays the Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers ...

Page 15: ... R u n R u n and type the following on the command line d BIN ASSETUP EXE d BIN ASSETUP EXE d BIN ASSETUP EXE d BIN ASSETUP EXE d BIN ASSETUP EXE then press the Enter key Assuming that d d d d d is your optical drive The following screen appears 3 From the Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers tab click the PEB G21 LAN card PEB G21 LAN card PEB G21 LAN card PEB G21 LAN card PEB G21 LAN card item...

Page 16: ...User Guide The following describes the items on the menu PEB G21 LAN Card Installs the PEB G21LAN card driver PEB G21 LAN Card Driver Disk Image Allows you to create a driver disk for the PEB G21 LAN card Broadcom Software Utility Installs the Broadcom software utility 4 Follow the succeeding screen instructions ...

Page 17: ... software See Installing the Hardware for details When the Windows 2000 system first boots up after installing a new hardware device such as a Gigabit Ethernet Adapter the system automatically detects the new hardware and prompts you to install the driver software for that device A network device driver must be installed before the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter can be used with your Windows 2000 system...

Page 18: ...ver Software section Prior to uninstalling the Broadcom device ensure to capture all Advanced Property settings because the properties will be lost 1 Start your Windows 2000 system and log in You must have Administrator privileges to install the driver software When you boot up the Windows 2000 system after installing the adapter card a series of Found New Hardware Wizard windows are displayed 2 I...

Page 19: ...ftware is shown then click Next If the Insert Disk screen appears do not insert the Windows 2000 disk Some early versions of Windows 2000 may display a spurious message prompting you to insert the Windows 2000 disk If this occurs leave the software and drivers CD ROM in the drive and click OK If asked to specify the location of the Windows 2000 CD ROM instead click Browse do not use the text field...

Page 20: ...m prior to installing the driver software See Installing the Hardware for details A network device driver must be installed before the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter can be used with your Windows NT system BACS2 Help files require Internet Explorer 4 0 or later to work properly We recommend using Internet Explorer 5 0 to view help files Hot Plug installation is not supported on dual port devices with Wi...

Page 21: ... 3 Open the Control Panel 4 In the Control Panel double click the Network icon 5 When the Network window opens select the Adapters tab 6 To install a new adapter select the adapter and click Add All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters 7 When the Select Network Adapter window opens click Have Disk ...

Page 22: ... where e is the designation of the CD ROM drive on your system If you acquired the adapter software on floppy disk or from the ASUS support website enter the path to where the adapter driver files reside on your system 9 With Gigabit Ethernet Controller highlighted in the Select OEM Option window click OK The adapter files are installed then the Network window appears showing the newly installed a...

Page 23: ...rpm cd usr src redhat OpenLinux turbo packages rpm cd usr src redhat OpenLinux turbo packages rpm cd usr src redhat OpenLinux turbo packages rpm cd usr src redhat OpenLinux turbo packages rpm rpm bb SPECS bcm5700 spec or rpmbuild bb SPECS rpm bb SPECS bcm5700 spec or rpmbuild bb SPECS rpm bb SPECS bcm5700 spec or rpmbuild bb SPECS rpm bb SPECS bcm5700 spec or rpmbuild bb SPECS rpm bb SPECS bcm5700...

Page 24: ...ivers net bcm5700 o 2 4 x kernels with bcm5700 driver patched in lib modules kernel_version kernel drivers net bcm lib modules kernel_version kernel drivers net bcm lib modules kernel_version kernel drivers net bcm lib modules kernel_version kernel drivers net bcm lib modules kernel_version kernel drivers net bcm bcm5700 o bcm5700 o bcm5700 o bcm5700 o bcm5700 o or lib modules kernel_version kerne...

Page 25: ... tar gz tar xvzf bcm5700 version tar gz 2 Build the driver bcm5700 o as a loadable module for the running kernel cd bcm5700 version src cd bcm5700 version src cd bcm5700 version src cd bcm5700 version src cd bcm5700 version src make make make make make 3 Test the driver by loading it insmod bcm5700 o insmod bcm5700 o insmod bcm5700 o insmod bcm5700 o insmod bcm5700 o 4 Install the driver and man p...

Page 26: ...g Novell NetWare Server 6 5 driver software proceed to Installing Novell NetWare Server 6 5 Driver Software Ensure that the server has the latest support pack available installed The latest support packs can be found at http support novell com misc patlst htm You may want to create an archive disk by copying all the files from the CDROM NetWare Driver directory onto a floppy disk If you choose to ...

Page 27: ...ed as a NetWare volume press F3 and enter Volume Name NetWware Driver as the source path Where Volume Name is the name of the NetWare Volume for the CD ROM and NetWare Driver is the directory of the specific files on the CD ROM needed for this installation 7 The name of the driver displays 8 Press Enter to select the highlighted driver 9 A copy the driver prompt appears 10 Select Yes and press Ent...

Page 28: ...p to eight adapters during initial install After installation is complete you need to increase the number of buffers allocated to the driver 15 After NetWare 5 x 6 0 has been successfully installed set the minimum packet receive buffers parameter in the startup ncf file to 1500 for each adapter in the system Set the maximum packet receive buffers to three times the minimum packet receive buffers T...

Page 29: ...ction of the number of ports in the system The following is an example for a system with 8 ports installed set maximum packet receive buffers 36000 set maximum packet receive buffers 36000 set maximum packet receive buffers 36000 set maximum packet receive buffers 36000 set maximum packet receive buffers 36000 set minimum packet receive buffers 12000 set minimum packet receive buffers 12000 set mi...

Page 30: ...d to Installing Novell NetWare Server 4 2 5 x 6 0 Driver Software Please ensure that the server has the latest support pack available installed The latest support packs can be found at http support novell com misc patlst htm You may want to create an archive disk by copying all the files from the CDROM NetWare Driver directory onto a floppy disk If you choose to use the CD ROM directly ensure that...

Page 31: ...hat you created insert the disk into drive A and press Enter If you have the CD ROM mounted as a NetWare volume press F3 and enter Volume Name NetWare Driver as the source path Where Volume Name is the name of the NetWare Volume for the CD ROM and NetWare Driver is the directory of the specific files on the CD ROM needed for this installation 9 The name of the driver displays 10 Press Down Arrow o...

Page 32: ...he driver for Solaris 8 0 is released in three formats 1 BRCMbcme pkg Datastream format 2 BRCMbcme tar Z Compressed and TAR file system format 3 bcmedu img Driver Update DU binary image which is used to create DU diskette Installing the Driver Installing the Driver Installing the Driver Installing the Driver Installing the Driver 1 Change directory to where BRCMbcme pkg resides 2 pkgadd d BRCMbcme...

Page 33: ...rectory Add the IP address of the interface to this file then save and exit 2 Add a proper subnet mask to the file etc netmasks In Solaris 7 0 Intel platform the operating system only allocates 36 pages of 4K physically contiguous memory The driver needs about 130K of physically contiguous memory per NIC In order to use more than one NIC the O S has to allocate more memory This can be done by sett...

Page 34: ...SUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide Since this memory might be used by other driver in the system 200 of 4K of memory is allocated Add the following line in file etc system set lomempages 200 set lomempages 200 set lomempages 200 set lomempages 200 set lomempages 200 ...

Page 35: ...s driver is released as a media image file containing the driver package The media image file can be copied to the target machine directly for installation or from an installation diskette that you can create Creating a Diskette Creating a Diskette Creating a Diskette Creating a Diskette Creating a Diskette 1 Copy the file VOL 000 000 to an SCO system 2 Create a diskette using dd if VOL 000 000 of...

Page 36: ...Line Speed AutoNegotiate default all speeds advertised Fixed HalfDuplex10 Auto HalfDuplex10 only 10 Mbps half duplex advertised Fixed FullDuplex10 Auto FullDuplex10 only 10 Mbps full duplex advertised Fixed HalfDuplex100 Auto HalfDuplex100 only 100 Mbps half duplex advertised Fixed FullDuplex100 Auto FullDuplex100 only 100 Mbps full duplex advertised Auto HalfDuplex1000 only 1000 Mbps half duplex ...

Page 37: ...pair connections 1 Gbps can only be set through auto negotiation with a 1 Gbps partner Flow Control Off AutoNegotiate Symmetric Pause advertised NOTE 2 default RxPause TxPause RxPause TxPause 1 Auto negotiation of Flow Control is only valid when the Line Speed is set to AutoNegotiate all speeds advertised or single speed advertised 2 A kernel relink and reboot is required before the new configurat...

Page 38: ...nixWare driver The driver is released as an installable package in datastream format Installing the Driver Installing the Driver Installing the Driver Installing the Driver Installing the Driver 1 Do the following to install the bcme package on the Unixware system pkgadd d install path Where install path is the full path name of the installable package bcme version pkg 2 After the package is insta...

Page 39: ...lex Fixed 100 Mbps Half Duplex Auto only 100 Mbps half duplex advertised 100 Mbps Full Duplex Fixed 100 Mbps Full Duplex Auto only 100 Mbps full duplex advertised 1000 Mbps Half Duplex Auto only 1000 Mbps half duplex advertised 1000 Mbps Full Duplex Fixed NOTE 1 1000 Mbps Full Duplex Auto only 1000 Mbps full duplex advertised 1000 Mbps 1 Gbps full duplex fixed speed is only valid for fiber connect...

Page 40: ...ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide ASUS PEB G21 User Guide Flow Control Disabled Auto Negotiation Symmetric Pause advertised NOTE 2 default Receive Pause Transmit Pause Receive Transmit Pause ...

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