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SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0
Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

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Page 1: ...User Manual SysKonnect SK 98xx V2 0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter...

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Page 3: ...SysKonnect SK 98xx V2 0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter SysKonnect SK 98xx V2 0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User Manual v2 10 17 February 2003 Visit our web site http www syskonnect com...

Page 4: ...are subject to change Product and brand names are registered trademarks of their appropriate owners Send your comments on this documentation to SysKonnect GmbH A Marvell Company Information Developmen...

Page 5: ...e i Used for additional information and advice Courier Used to identify terminal input to be entered by the user and output to be issued by the system Examples Enter sk98diag If the test was succesful...

Page 6: ...6 Conventions...

Page 7: ...un Solaris 26 HP UX 28 IBM AIX 30 Automatic installation on AIX 4 3 3 AIX 5 1 and AIX 5 2 30 Manual installation on AIX 4 3 3 31 Manual installation on AIX 5 1 and AIX 5 2 31 Novell NetWare 32 Install...

Page 8: ...51 Sample Usage of VPD Data Asset Tag 52 7 Troubleshooting 55 Searching for errors 55 LED Displays 56 8 Important Information 57 Technical Support 57 Returning an Adapter for Repair 58 Additional Doc...

Page 9: ...l 41 Figure 4 Display after a VCT test 43 Figure 5 Setup for loopback testing 45 Figure 6 Typical screen display after a successful test 46 Figure 7 Typical error message from the diagnostics program...

Page 10: ...10 Table of Figures...

Page 11: ...pter or any of its port contacts Do not place the network adapter on the computer cover or any other metal surface Do not allow anyone else to touch the network adapter Avoid unnecessary movement sinc...

Page 12: ...abnormal circumstances Never look directly into the outlets of fiber optic cables or fiber optic transmission components with unprotected eyes Never allow fiber optic transmission paths to operate un...

Page 13: ...pectively 5 Consult the section in your computer manual that describes how to install expansion cards 6 Remove the bracket if applicable from the expansion slot Follow the instructions in your compute...

Page 14: ...14 2 Installation of the Network Adapter Figure 1 Insertion of the adapter into the computer...

Page 15: ...rder to connect the adapter to the data network proceed as follows 1 If necessary configure the port on the switch to which the network adapter is to be connected also see the switch manual 2 If possi...

Page 16: ...uter and the switch 10 Remove the SC duplex connector either from the computer network adapter or from the switch 11 Reverse the positions of TX and RX and re connect 12 Repeat steps 7 and 8 from this...

Page 17: ...RT HTM on the installation CD ROM The start page of the installation CD ROM is displayed 3 Click DRIVERS A list showing all available network technologies is displayed 4 Select your preferred network...

Page 18: ...NT 4 0 Service Pack after successful installation of the driver To install the driver proceed as follows 1 After you have installed the adapter in your computer boot Windows NT 4 0 for details see cha...

Page 19: ...2x Windows Win98SE where e is the designa tion of the CD ROM drive on your system 7 Click NEXT The window Location of driver is displayed 8 Click NEXT The menu Windows has finished installing the soft...

Page 20: ...stall the driver proceed as follows 1 After you have installed the adapter in your computer boot Windows 2000 for details see chapter 2 Installation of the Network Adapter Windows 2000 detects the Sys...

Page 21: ...is to be installed 15 Click HAVE DISK The window Install from Disk is displayed 16 Type the path to the driver 17 Click OK The menu Select Network Adapter is displayed again 18 Select the adapter for...

Page 22: ...dows XP the window Hardware Installation is displayed 8 To continue the installation click CONTINUE ANYWAY In the window Found New Hardware Wizard the menu Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard is...

Page 23: ...apter 2 Installation of the Network Adapter Windows 2000 detects the SysKonnect SK 98xx V2 0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter as Ethernet Controller during the boot operation The window Found New Hardware Wiz...

Page 24: ...ite www syskonnect com If you have downloaded the latest driver the Linux kernel has to be patched before the driver can be installed Patch the Linux kernel To patch the Linux kernel proceed as follow...

Page 25: ...configuration is dis played select YES Now build a new kernel by executing the following commands 16 Execute the command make dep 17 Execute the command make clean bzImage 18 Execute the command make...

Page 26: ...other computers on your net work For more information refer to the corresponding readme file Sun Solaris The SKGEsol driver package supports the SysKonnect SK 98xx family on Solaris 7 and higher Both...

Page 27: ...new interface s name e g host the IP address e g 192 9 121 59 and the netmask e g 255 255 255 0 Once you have entered all information the message Are these settings OK y n is displayed 7 If all setti...

Page 28: ...n is displayed 14 If yes type y If no type n 15 Press Enter If you have typed y in step 14 repeat steps 11 to 13 If you have typed n continue with step 16 16 When the message Do you want to continue w...

Page 29: ...me of the package file e g usr tmp skge_HPUX11 00_64b_v6 00 depot 7 Specify the SOFTWARE FILTERS by entering None 8 Confirm with OK 9 Select SKGE 10 Select ACTIONS INSTALL ANALYSIS 11 When the analysi...

Page 30: ...the format filename pck and is ready for installation Install from CD ROM on AIX 4 3 3 If the driver is to be installed from CD ROM on an AIX 4 3 3 operating system the following steps have to be exec...

Page 31: ...E 6 Select INSTALL AND UPDATE FROM LATEST AVAILABLE SOFTWARE 7 Type the path to the driver e g tmp filename pck 8 Press Enter 9 To view the contents of the install package in the menu Install and Upda...

Page 32: ...r console Drivers downloaded from our web site are available in a packed format zip files The downloaded file has to be unpacked before installation Installation on Novell NetWare 4 20 To install the...

Page 33: ...and 6 The installation procedure for NetWare 5 and 6 is identical To install the network driver on Novell NetWare 5 or 6 proceed as follows 1 After you have installed the adapter in your computer boot...

Page 34: ...been configured select SAVE PARAMETERS AND LOAD DRIVER The driver is loaded Once the driver has been installed the adapter parameters or bindings can be changed in the autoexec nfc file using the Nwco...

Page 35: ...fiber single link version with SC duplex connector and a copper version which supports 1000Base T 100Base T and 10Base T with an RJ 45 connector Types of Adapters The following table lists the adapter...

Page 36: ...ulation of TCP UDP and IP checksums These calculations are inte grated in the hardware of the Gigabit Ethernet adapters The checksums are calculated without time loss by the MAC controller for both th...

Page 37: ...bility features They aim at maintaining a connection as long as possible This is reached by redundant or grouped links link aggregation The on board sensors and driver functions help to monitor the he...

Page 38: ...k aggregation in the IEEE 802 3ad standard SysKonnect drivers support an additional failover feature the so called Redundant Switch Failover RSF If a switch fails completely RSF can move the link to a...

Page 39: ...d the safe area will lead to appropriate error messages User Diagnostics DOS The offline user diagnostics program during diagnosis the operation of the adapter can not be maintained provides system ad...

Page 40: ...gure teams The RLMT tab offers the possibility to configure dual link adapters for Redundant Link Man agement Technology RLMT RLMT monitors the status of both ports If the link of the active port fail...

Page 41: ...XP 41 When a component in the tree is selected the corresponding parameters are displayed Figure 3 Adapter Overview in SysKonnect Network Control For more information on the SysKonnect Network Contro...

Page 42: ...gabit Ethernet adapter can receive tagged packets and is able to tag outgoing packets The switch the adapter is connected to must support VLAN tagging accord ing to IEEE 802 1q For several operating s...

Page 43: ...cable Lack of continuity between the pins at each end of the twisted pair cable i e the cable pair is not connected correctly VCT reports the distance to the open location in meters Test failed The te...

Page 44: ...44 5 Features...

Page 45: ...ponents but not the port socket including components for transmitting receiving the data signals Comprehensive port test with loopback All components are tested including the port Loopback Test for Fi...

Page 46: ...was successful the following window or similar will be displayed Figure 6 Typical screen display after a successful test You can follow the progress of the test in the right hand window Each test is...

Page 47: ...m select REPEATER MODE 8 Select the port which is to be tested e g A for single link adapters only A is available 9 Press Enter The window Repeater Mode Port A is displayed 10 Install a copper adapter...

Page 48: ...follows 1 Switch off the computer Observe the safety and handling instructions see page 11 2 Remove the computer cover Follow the instructions in the computer manual You may need a screwdriver to loo...

Page 49: ...data read and write Flash EPROM data Main Program To start the main program proceed as follows 1 Boot to DOS Wait for the prompt 2 Insert the installation CD ROM into the CD ROM drive of the computer...

Page 50: ...g the configuration data Reading Configuration Data To read configuration data proceed as follows 1 Start the main program see page 49 2 Select SHOW CONFIGURATION in the main menu A separate window wi...

Page 51: ...o read VPD data Vital Product Data proceed as follows 1 Start the main program see page 49 2 Select VPD DATA in the main menu A submenu with the following options will be displayed EXIT return to the...

Page 52: ...the asset tag 2 Start the main program see page 49 3 Select VPD DATA DISPLAY VPD DATA The following screen is displayed Figure 11 Display of VPD data The keyword codes are shown in brackets Here the...

Page 53: ...tics program refer to the readme file To open the readme file proceed as follows 1 Insert the installation CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 On the start page of the CD ROM click DRIVERS 3 Select GIGABI...

Page 54: ...54 6 Testing the Network Adapter...

Page 55: ...Make sure the adapter is properly seated in the computer Try installing the adapter in a different bus master compatible PCI slot The network adapter fails during normal op eration Load or install th...

Page 56: ...e following meaning Marking on bracket Color Status Description 10 green ON OFF Link up down speed 10 Mbit s 100 green ON OFF Link up down speed 100 Mbit s 1000 green ON OFF Link up down speed 1000 Mb...

Page 57: ...s received outside office hours in Europe are serviced by an answering machine and will be dealt with as soon as possible North South America Pacific Rim Europe Office hours 24 hours support via pagin...

Page 58: ...art page of the CD ROM click DOCUMENTATION A list with the available manuals is displayed 3 Click the appropriate document The PDF file is displayed SysKonnect maintains a site on the World Wide Web w...

Page 59: ...face Specification Revision 1 1 or later and Network Device Class Power Management Reference Specification V2 0 Safety standards Europe EN60950 IEC 60950 VDE 0805 USA Canada cULus listed accessory UL...

Page 60: ...60 8 Important Information...

Page 61: ...oses or transfer the SOFTWARE to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes You may not copy the Product Manual s or written materials accompanying the SO...

Page 62: ...greement If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement promptly return the unopened and unused disk package and hardware with the accompanying items including all written materials and other acce...

Page 63: ...Other This agreement is governed by the procedural and substantive laws of the Federal Republic of Germany UN Trade Laws shall not be applica ble in any case Place of litigation is Karlsruhe FRG as fa...

Page 64: ...der Software sind nicht gestattet Eine bertragung mu die letzte aktuelle Version Update und alle fr heren Versionen umfassen Hardware Mit der Inbesitznahme bergabe dieser Hardware geht die Gefahr auf...

Page 65: ...on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between equipment and the rece...

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