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Troubleshooting Tips
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Which protocols and OSs work with Duralink64 Port
Aggregation?
Adaptec’s Port Aggregation driver works with TCP/IP and
NetBEUI under Windows NT and TCP/IP and IPX/SPX under
NetWare.
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Does Duralink64 Port Aggregation support multiple VLANs?
Only one VLAN is supported per aggregated group or per port.
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How does Duralink64 Port Aggregation compare to Cisco's
Fast EtherChannel?
Both Duralink64 Port Aggregation and Cisco’s FEC are
proprietary. Cisco's FEC focuses on increasing bandwidth
between Cisco switches while Adaptec's Port Aggregation
focuses on increasing bandwidth between server and switch
connections, to increase server availability to clients. Each port
on Cisco’s FEC module can be configured to FEC Mode or Fast
Ethernet Mode. (FEC Mode allows you to group up to four ports
from one FEC module to another FEC module in different Cisco
switches.)
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Does Duralink64 Port Aggregation support Cisco’s FEC?
Yes.
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Where can I learn more about Duralink64 Port Aggregation?
Go to the Adaptec Web site at:
http://www.adaptec.com
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Duralink64 v5.x Windows NT – General Questions
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Which service pack has been tested with DuraLAN and
Duralink Failover 4.0 drivers?
Windows NT Service Pack 3 (SP3). Microsoft generally
recommends installing SP3 on all Windows NT systems. Before
installing Duralink64 v5.x software, be sure to install SP3.
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Does Duralink64 v5.x support Novell’s 32-bit client for
Windows NT?
Yes. However, connecting clients to the NetWare Duralink64
server requires the NDIS driver. Do not use an ODI driver. See
Chapter 6, Installing Duralink64 Novell Client
on
page 6-1
for
details.
