Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 4: Broadcom NetXtreme II® Network Adapter User Guide
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NOTES:
This feature can be used with Windows Server managed hosts only. It is not available for hosts operating on Linux or
other OSes. You can, however use BACS on a Linux client to connect to a Windows Server host and run the cable
analysis utility.
You must have administrator privileges to run the cable analysis test.
The network connection is temporarily lost during an analysis.
This option is not available for NetXtreme II 10 GbE network adapters.
This option is not available for all Broadcom network adapters.
This option is available for Broadcom NetXtreme II VBD drivers.
To run a cable analysis using BACS GUI
1. Connect the cable to a port on a switch where the port is set to
Auto
and the Speed & Duplex driver settings are also set to
Auto
.
2. Click the name of the adapter to test in the Explorer View pane.
NOTE: For Broadcom NetXtreme II adapters, select a VBD driver; for other adapters, select an NDIS driver.
3. From the
Select a test to run
list, select
Cable Analysis
.
4. Click
Run
.
5. In the error message window that warns of the network connection being temporarily interrupted, click
Yes
.
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