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N7013x Series 

100BASE-FX  Fiber Optic 

Network Interface Card 

Installation  Guide 

Copyright January 2005 

 

VERSITRON, Inc. 

83 Albe Drive / Suite C 

Newark, DE  19702 

www.versitron.com

 

Oct2005 N7013x Man 

Summary of Contents for N7013x Series

Page 1: ...N7013x Series 100BASE FX Fiber Optic Network Interface Card Installation Guide 1 Copyright January 2005 VERSITRON Inc 83 Albe Drive Suite C Newark DE 19702 www versitron com Oct2005 N7013x Man ...

Page 2: ...ction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interfer ence to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measur...

Page 3: ...g techni cal standards EN55022 CISPR 22 ClassB EN55024 EN61000 3 2 EN61000 3 3 EN61000 4 series CISPR 22 Class B This device complies with EMC directive of the European Community and meets or exceeds the following technical standard EN 55022 Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Character istics of Information Technology Equipment This device complies with CISPR 22 Class B 3 ...

Page 4: ...talling the Adapter 11 2 1 Installing the Adapter 11 2 2 Configuring Wake On LAN 12 2 3 Connecting to the Network 13 3 Network Driver Installation 15 3 1 Driver Information 15 3 2 BIOS Setup 15 3 3 Installation for Windows Systems 16 3 4 Installation for other Systems 17 4 LED Indicators 18 4 1 Interpretations 18 Appendix 19 A 1 Installing Remote Boot ROM 19 4 ...

Page 5: ...ications 1 1 Adapter Features PCI revision 2 1 and 2 2 compliance 32 bit PCI half card supports standard PCI or low profile PCI Supports 100BASE FX fiber connection Complies with IEEE 802 3u 100BASE FX standard Supports short middle and long reach fiber applications Supports diversified fiber connectors Far End Fault support on the 100BASE FX port Comprehensive LED indications Wake On LAN WOL func...

Page 6: ...SC SMF up to 20km FX SL2 Standard SC SMF up to 30km FX SL4 Standard SC SMF up to 50km FX SL6 Standard SC SMF up to 70km FX SL9 Standard SC SMF up to 90km FX SL10 Standard SC SMF up to 100km FX LP MT Low profile ST MMF up to 2km FX LP MC Low profile SC MMF up to 2km FX LP JM Low profile MT RJ MMF up to 2km FX LP VM Low profile VF 45 MMF up to 2km FX LP L Low profile LC MMF up to 2km FX LP SA2 Low p...

Page 7: ... fiber connectors The connectors require fiber cable for 100 Mbps connection 2 LinkLED This LED lights when the connection is established 3 Act LED This LED lights when network data is transmitted or received 4 FDXLED This LED indicates full duplex operation is in process 5 U3 Remote boot ROM socket 6 JP1 3 Pin Wake on LAN WOL connector Figure 1 1 7 ...

Page 8: ...which allows more advanced power management fea tures through the operating system to the hardware interfaces Remote Wake up RWU The Remote Wake up feature is provided by Wake on LAN WOL technology that resides in a network adapter and on the system motherboard in a LAN environment When a system is in a standby or suspend state the network adapter continuously monitors the network and watches for ...

Page 9: ...dby state Wake On LAN WOL Installation The adapter features 1 One LAN controller which can support PCI power manage ment interface and function 2 One 3 Pin Wake on LAN WOL connector JP1 for PCI 2 1 system 3 One Wake on LAN WOL cable for PCI 2 1 system For PCI 2 1 Systems or earlier 2 0 systems The 3 pin WOL connector JP1 provides an interface to the PCI 2 1 compliant system motherboard for auxilia...

Page 10: ...ual to determine if it is remote wake up capable Enable Adapter s Wake On LAN Function The Wake On LAN function of the adapter is enabled with factory default setting RSET8139 program provided in the supplied driver diskette can be used to check and set Wake On LAN configuration of the adapter Operating System Setup In addition to the RWU capable motherboard an ACPI supported operating system such...

Page 11: ...supplied with the adapter Fiber cables 2 1 Installing the Adapter To install the adapter in your computer follow these steps 1 Turn off the power to the computer and disconnect all cables connected to the computer 2 Remove the computer s cover 3 Unscrew and remove the slot cover from the PCI bus slot that you plan to use 4 Install optional Boot ROM if you want to use the remote boot ROM function R...

Page 12: ...terface directly If your system is a PCI 2 1 complaint system follow these steps 1 Make sure your system motherboard is RWU capable 2 Make sure WOL function is enabled in the system BIOS 3 Locate the 3 Pin WOL connector on the system motherboard 4 Plug one end of the WOL cable to the 3 Pin WOL connector of the adapter 5 Plug the other end of the WOL cable to the 3 Pin WOL connector on the system m...

Page 13: ... PME setting in BIOS options is properly set if it is available 2 3 Connecting to the Network The rear bracket of the Fast Ethernet adapter contains two fiber connectors The connector labeled TX is used for transmission and the other one labeled RX is used for reception Network Connectors 13 ...

Page 14: ...r of the device Connecting 100BASE FX Fiber Cable In order to have a reliable communication between two ends the speed and duplex configuration of the adapter s FX port and the device at the remote end must be same Configure the driver of the adapter as follows Link Speed Setup 100BASE FX Connection Auto Mode 100Mbps Full duplex 100M_Half 100Mbps Half duplex Other settings are not suggested 14 ...

Page 15: ...ting environments Please refer to this file first before installing any network driver for the adapter 3 2 BIOS Setup Before installing the driver it is recommended to run the system BIOS setup utility to check each PCI slot that contains a Fast Ethernet PCI adapter for the following PCI settings 1 Enable disable the PCI slot make sure the PCI slot is enabled for the adapter 2 Assign an IRQ number...

Page 16: ...Mode options Auto Mode FX port becomes 100M Full Duplex 100 Half Mode FX port becomes 100M Half Duplex Note other values are not recommended To apply Wake On Lan function set Power Management option of the Adapter driver Properties x Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby x Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power The settings allow the adapter to wake up the comput...

Page 17: ...ions of Adapter driver Properties Link Down Power Saving default disabled WakeUp on Link Change default disabled WakeUp on ARP PING default enabled The settings allow to wake up a computer out of Standby state by magic packets Ping packet and link up event Shutdown state by magic packet and link up event Other settings are recommended to remain on default values 3 4 Installation for other Systems ...

Page 18: ...mote device Blink Not applicable Activity LED indicates packets are being received or transmitted Blink Network traffic is present On Not applicable Off No traffic FDX LED indicates duplex mode used for the connection On Full duplex mode is used Off Half duplex mode is used If you experience any problems first make sure that the appropri ate driver is loaded the proper cable is connected to the co...

Page 19: ... RPL proto cols at the same time Consult your dealer for the availability To install the boot ROM make sure the notch of the boot ROM is in the same direction as the notch of the socket on the adapter The remote boot ROM socket is labeled U3 on the adapter After installation use RSET8139 utility program provided in the driver diskette to enable boot ROM function To setup remote boot services in di...

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