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C
HAPTER
3: I
NSTALLING
AND
C
ONFIGURING
IN
W
INDOWS
Installing in Windows 2000
Before you begin software installation:
■
Make sure that all software installation requirements
are met. See
Installation Requirements on page 17
.
■
Install the hardware. For instructions, see
Installing and
Connecting the NIC on page 20
.
Use the following procedure to install the driver and
Dynamic
Access
technology server features for the first time
in a computer that is running Windows 2000. (If you are
updating a previous installation, see
Updating Software in
Windows on page 30
.)
1 Reboot the computer, start Windows 2000, and log in
to the Windows 2000 Administrator account.
The Windows 2000 Found New Hardware wizard detects
the new NICs and begins the driver installation.
Sampling Ratio
0–100 percent
50
Sampling Ratio establishes a rate of error
accumulation. Every second, the error
counters are diminished by the Sampling
Ratio. The larger the Sampling Ratio, the
more recent are the accumulated errors.
Error Tolerance
Low
Medium
High
Error Tolerance specifies threshold
levels for Tx/Rx errors. An RSL failover or
NIC reset occurs when the threshold is
exceeded during the sampling period.
Low = 5 of each error category
Medium = 50 of each error category
High = 100 of each error category
Alert Type
(Windows NT)
Information
Warning
Error
Double-click to enable or disable alert
types. Enabled types are reported to the
Windows System Events monitor.
SHD Inform
messages
SHD Warning
messages
SHD Error
messages
(Windows 2000)
Enabled
Disabled
Select a parameter in the Property field
and change its value in the Value field.
Enabled types are reported to the
Windows System Events monitor.
Table 1
SHD Parameters (Windows) (continued)
Field
Range of Values
(Defaults in Bold)
Description