IBM TURBOWAYS 622 PCI MMF ATM, Installation And Using Manual

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Contents
Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Handling-Static Sensitive Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Who Should Use This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Terms Used in this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
ISO 9000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Determining Your Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Determining Your Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 3. Installing Device Driver Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Verifying AIX Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 4. Installing the Device Driver on the RS/6000 SP System . . . . . . 7
Checking System Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing Software on the Control Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Device Drivers on the SP Nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 5. Installing the TURBOWAYS 622 PCI MMF ATM Adapter . . . . . 13
Verifying Adapter Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 6. Configuring and Using ATM622 Software . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting the Host Name, Name Server, or Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configuring the Adapter to Use PVCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ATM622 Software Removal Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 7. Managing the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ATM Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
TCP/IP over ATM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuring with PVCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Networking with ATM SVCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Changing ATM Adapter Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 8. Connecting the TURBOWAYS 622 PCI MMF ATM Adapter to the
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting the Network Cables and Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Understanding the Adapter LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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