3. Getting started
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3.2.11
Network
Network adapters
With A
RGUS
the following network adapters are available: The onboard LAN adapter on the mainboard, the
Ethernet Card 100 Mbps as well as the Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps. These adapters are used to connect the A
RGUS
P
ROCESSOR
to the LAN (local area network) and to connect central device and rendering machines to the sub-net.
The onboard LAN adapter and the Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps have the ability to establish a 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or
1000 Mbps connection. The Ethernet Card 100 Mbps has the ability to establish a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connec-
tion.
The sub-net connection is established via a Gigabit Ethernet Switch, see section
Redundant network connection
For a redundant connection to the LAN the Ethernet Card 100 Mbps as well as the Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps are
also available as server adapters, allowing to configure them in teaming mode, sharing one single IP-address. On
the label on the card is indicated whether a network card is of server or desktop type. Please refer also to section
6.1.7 Redundant network adapter
for more information.
Models
For the different applications the network cards are delivered in different models.
•
To connect an Argus Processor to the LAN
Ethernet Card 100 Mbps
Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps
Onboard LAN Adapter
In a distributed system the rendering machines are booted via the sub-net by means of packets
sent by the central device. Therefore the network adapter in the rendering machines must be ca-
pable to boot via a network. For the A
RGUS
-system there exist two different possibilities to achieve
this. It depends on the hardware that is used in your A
RGUS
-system, which one of these two meth-
ods is used.
Former systems used special rendering Ethernet cards that carry Etherboot code which requests the
needed boot packets as soon as the central device is booted. With A
RGUS
models RSAGS33282 and
from X server release 3.48 on no special rendering Ethernet cards are needed any longer (anyhow
the usage of these cards remains supported). Instead PXE (the Pre-eXecution Environment) is used.
For reliable function of this mechanism it is necessary that wake on LAN (WOL) is configured in the
server configuration (see section
3.4.3 Configuring a distributed system
) and that WOL is also enabled in
the BIOS of the mainboard of the respective rendering machines (see section
•
To connect an Argus Processor
machine to the sub-net
Ethernet Card 100 Mbps
Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps
•
To connect an Argus rendering machine to the sub-net using PXE
Ethernet Card 100 Mbps
Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps
Onboard LAN Adapter
•
To connect an Argus rendering machine to the sub-net using Etherboot
Ethernet Card 100 Mbps, rendering
Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps, rendering
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