NEC Express5800/120Re, User Manual

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Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-33
Optional Network Board Driver
If you want to utilize optional Network Board (N8104-84/111/86/103/113), install the driver
stored in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM.
Refer to the re-installation procedure described in Appendix E.
Network Driver for (N8104-86/111)
[CD-ROM Drive Letter:\WINNT\W2K\BC3\PRO100\WIN2K]
Network Driver for (N8104-84/103/113)
[CD-ROM Drive Letter:\WINNT\W2K\BC3\PRO1000\WIN2K]
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter
and automatically converts the process of the working adapter to the other adapter in the group
when any trouble occurred on that adapter.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter
and enhance the through put by operating packet transmission from the server by all the adapters.
This feature includes AFT feature.
IMPORTANT:
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AFT/ALB setup must be operated after installing the drivers and
restarting the system.
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All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must
exist on the same LAN. If they are connected to the separate
switches, they will not work normally.
If you want to utilize AFT/ALB feature, follow the procedure below to setup.
1.
Double-click [Intel(R) PROSet Wired] on the [Control Panel] dialog box.
The [Intel(R) PROSet for Wired Connections] dialog box appears.
2.
Put the mouse cursor on "Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection" in the list and
right-click.
Pull-down menu appears.
3.
Select [Add to Team] and then click [Create New Team...].
The [Teaming Wizard] dialog box appears.
4.
Select "Adapter Fault Tolerance" or "Adaptive Load Balancing" and click [Next].
5.
Check the adapter to join the team and click [Next].
6.
Click [Finish].
7.
The setup will go back to [Intel(R) PROSet for Wired Connections] dialog box, so click
[OK].
8.
Restart the system.