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Setup Guide

Summary of Contents for DFE-570TX

Page 1: ...ation All rights reserved D D L Li in nk k D DF FE E 5 57 70 0T TX X N Ne et tw wo or rk k A Ad da ap pt te er r L Lo oa ad d B Ba al la an nc ci in ng g a an nd d F Fa ai il lo ov ve er r D Dr ri iv...

Page 2: ...nsiderations 7 Quick Setup Guide 8 Installing 8 Verifying Protocol Information of the Array 9 Using the Load Balancing Utility 10 Launching the Interface 10 Viewing NIC Card Status and Alerts 11 Advan...

Page 3: ...ure by providing redundancy across all the ports on the adapter The software ensures that users maintain non stop access to key resources on the network even if one or more of the network interface co...

Page 4: ...ts functions in the Kernel mode of NT Because the software operates in kernel mode it should work well with almost any server configuration and application A few specific requirements however should b...

Page 5: ...e problem has been fixed in SP4 NDISFIXI for Intel Systems and NDISFIXA for Alpha solve a memory leak problem in Microsoft s NDIS driver that leads to a Blue Screen of Death This update released after...

Page 6: ...at is The Clustering Support option can be found on the Advanced Tab in the driver For more detail on setting this option please refer to the Advanced Settings topic on page 12 SNMP Services The D Lin...

Page 7: ...your environment is set up correctly for the software to be installed properly It is highly recommended you follow each of the steps in the order given NT 4 0 is running properly All NICs have been in...

Page 8: ...he D Link installation files Step 7 The option Load Balancing and Failover Software should appear Select the option and click OK Step 8 The Setup dialog should be displayed This dialog allows you to c...

Page 9: ...must be assigned to an array If you do not want load balancing or failover for a single port assign it to a separate array by itself Verifying Protocol Information of the Array Step 12 After rebooting...

Page 10: ...d Step 3 Select the Status tab to display the current condition of each port and throughput statistics for arrays or individual ports Throughput statistics can be viewed on a per second or cumulative...

Page 11: ...d X Adapter is currently down and has been down multiple times before Red Adapter Adapter has failed more than three times in one hour default and the software has pulled the adapter from the array Th...

Page 12: ...e Failover Settings section see below To reactivate a permanently removed port select the port and press the Reactivate button If there are no problems inserting the port the port will then be added b...

Page 13: ...The Status Packets method sends a status packet from one adapter to another in order to determine if the receiving adapter is available The Status Indication method uses NDIS 4 0 functionality to hav...

Page 14: ...utlined below Step 1 Open the D Link Load balancing software and select the Status Tab See Launching the Load Balancing Utility above Step 2 Select the Graph Details button in the middle of the Status...

Page 15: ...at makes up that group By Protocol This option allows you to view totals for each protocol running on the currently selected device in addition to the total throughput of the device By Incoming Outgoi...

Page 16: ...option under graph detail will be grayed out since this data is already incorporated in the bar charts for both By Device and By Protocol options Protocol Stats Tab The Protocol Stats Tab displays det...

Page 17: ...you now have both TCP IP and SNMP services properly installed Step 2 Open the Network Control Panel applet and select or highlight the D Link Transport Step 3 Click the Update button in the lower lef...

Page 18: ...y Name left All Adapters in Array are down All adapters in Array Name are down therefore users on this segment can no longer communicate to this computer Failed Adapter comes online again The adapter...

Page 19: ...Setup Guide D Link Corporation Page 19 Contacting D Link For technical assistance you can reach us via e mail fax or phone...

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