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Contents
1
Product Overview
General Information 1-1
Fast Ethernet 1-2
Reference Sources 1-2
Advisory 1-2
System Requirements 1-3
Hardware Requirements 1-3
Software Requirements 1-3
Hardware Overview 1-4
Performance 1-4
Physical Views 1-5
Link Configurations 1-7
Driver Configurations for Adaptec DuraLAN NICs 1-8
Duralink64 Failover 1-9
Duralink64 Port Aggregation 1-9
FEC (Fast EtherChannel) 1-10
Network Configuration Examples 1-11
Traditional Network Configurations 1-11
Servers with Duralink64 Port Aggregation 1-13
Network without Duralink64 Failover Protection 1-14
Single Hub or Switch on an Ethernet Segment with
Failover 1-14
Dual Hubs 1-15
Failover Protection with Dual Hubs and Ethernet
Switch 1-16
Dual Hubs with Routers 1-16
Dual Hubs with a 4-Port NIC 1-17
2
DuraLAN NIC Installation
Installing the DuraLAN NIC
2-2
Connecting the Network Cable 2-4
