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Netfinity® Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User’s guide
You can only load one intermediate device driver at a time. This means that advanced
options, such as Failover Teaming and VLANs, can be configured for either Netfinity
Gigabit Ethernet Adapters or a standalone LOM, but not both. If you click Yes in the
window illustrated above, a LOM can be configured only as a member of a Failover
Team.
Note: Before installing the drivers for any new Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter,
you must remove any device drivers prior to version 2.2. If there are no
Intensity Gigabit Adapter device drivers displayed in the Network Adapters
window, or if the device drivers displayed are version 2.2 or higher, proceed to
the next step. If old Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter device drivers are
present, update adapter versions from to the most recent release by following
the instructions under “Updating the device drivers” on page 1-13, or remove
the old adapter version using instructions in step 1 under “Moving the adapter
to a different slot” on page 1-13.
10. In the Select OEM Option window, Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Software
Release is highlighted. Click OK. The Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Device
Driver Properties window opens.
When the Properties window opens, the NIC Status and Configuration tab is
displayed. The options under this tab are used for configuring basic adapter
properties. Other tabs might be available for configuring optional properties (such as
Failover Teaming and VLANs). Click any tab to display its options.
Note: When you disable automatic link negotiation while installing a Netfinity
Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, you can select 10Mbps, 100Mbps, or 1Gbps port
speed, and either half-duplex or full-duplex operation.
11. Configure basic properties under the NIC Status and Configuration tab.
Although the default values are appropriate in most cases, you can change any of the
available options to meet the requirements of your specific computer. Be sure that the
NIC Status and Configuration tab is displayed in the foreground of the Device
Driver Properties window (click the tab, if necessary).
The following options are displayed in the window:
• Adapter
This field identifies which Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapter or Failover Team
is being configured. In a system with multiple adapters, select this field to access
a pull-down list of the available adapters and teams. Each adapter installed in
the system is labeled with a unique instance number. Typically, the first adapter
detected is instance 1, the next is instance 2, and so on.
Adapters that are paired into teams for automatic failover (see “Failover
Teaming” on page 1-14) are not listed individually. Instead, the defined team is
listed. When a team is selected, the adapters within the team are configured as a
group and the configuration parameters of the primary adapter are applied to the
team. To configure an individual adapter in a manner different from the team, it
must be first removed from the team.
Note: Release 2.3 supports grouping Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet Adapters with
an Intel LAN on motherboard (LOM) into Failover Teams.