Allied Telesis AT-2701FXA/SC - Manual

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 9 Contacting Allied Telesis If you need assistance with this product, you may contact Allied Telesis technical support by going to the Support & Services section of the Allied Telesis web site at www.alliedtelesis.com/support . You can find...

11 Chapter 1 Overview This chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesis AT-2701 series Fast Ethernet network adapter cards and contains the following sections:  “Description” on page 12  “Model Naming Conventions” on page 15  “Features” on page 16  “Supported Operating Systems” on page...

Overview 12 Description The AT-2701 series adapters are Fiber Fast Ethernet PCI cards developed based on Realtek’s RTL8139D Ethernet controller. The AT-2701 series adapter connects a computer to a Fast Ethernet network using fiber optic cabling and operates at 100 Mbps full-duplex or half-duplex mod...

Overview 14 LED The AT-2701FXa model comes with a single combination LED that indicates both the link status and activity status. The AT-2701FTXa model comes with two LED’s. One LED indicates the link status for either the copper or fiber port; the other indicates the activity status for the port wi...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 15 Model Naming Conventions The hardware features of the AT-2701 series adapter cards represented by the letters and numbers in the model names. The conventions for the AT-2701 adapter cards are identified in Figure 5. Figure 5. AT-2701 Model N...

Overview 16 Features The following list shows the features of the AT-2701 series adapter cards:  One 100BASE-FX with an SC or ST fiber optic adapter  PCI version 2.2 interface  Pre-Execution Environment (PXE) 2.1 Remote Boot  Wake on LAN (WOL)  RoHS compliant  Link/Activity LED

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 17 Supported Operating Systems The following list shows the supported operating systems for the AT-2701 series adapter cards:  Windows 7  Windows XP  Linux Note To install driver software for Windows 7 and Windows XP, see Chapter 3, “Install...

Overview 18 Accessing Documents Documents for AT-2701 series adapter cards are available at Allied Telesis websites. Allied Telesis Documents To access documents for AT-2701 series adapter cards, do the following: 1. Open a web browser, such as Internet Explorer or FireFox, on your system and enter ...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 19 Contents of Your Shipment The following items are Included with your adapter card:  Antistatic bag The adapter card is shipped in an antistatic bag. It protects the adapter card when stored or shipped. Keep the adapter card in its packaging...

Overview 20 Warranty Registration Allied Telesis hardware products are covered under limited warranties. All Allied Telesis warranties are subject to and provided only on the terms and conditions set out in the Allied Telesis Limited Warranties listed on the Allied Telesis website at http://alliedte...

21 Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware This chapter contains the following sections:  “System Requirements” on page 22  “Reviewing Safety Precautions” on page 23  “Pre-Installation Checklist” on page 25  “Replacing the Bracket” on page 26  “Installing a Network Adapter Card” on page 28  “Connect...

Installing the Hardware 22 System Requirements Before installing the AT-2701 Series Fiber Fast Ethernet Network Adapter cards, make sure your system meets the requirements listed below:  PC with one of the following operating systems installed: – Windows XP – Windows 7 – Linux  One open PCI slot ...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 23 Reviewing Safety Precautions Review the following safety precautions before you begin to install a module. Note The  indicates that a translation of the safety statement is available in a PDF document titled “Translated Safety Statements” p...

Installing the Hardware 24 Warning The module is being installed in a system that operates with voltages that can be lethal. Before you remove the cover of your system, you must observe the following precautions to protect yourself and to prevent damage to the system components.– Remove any metallic...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 25 Pre-Installation Checklist Before installing the AT-2701 series adapter card, check the following list: 1. Check that your computer has an appropriate open PCI slot. 2. Verify that your system is using the latest BIOS. 3. When you download t...

Installing the Hardware 26 Replacing the Bracket The AT-2701 series adapter card is shipped with the low-profile bracket attached to the adapter. Depending on your system, you may need to replace the bracket attached to your adapter card. The following procedure describes how to remove the low-profi...

Installing the Hardware 28 Installing a Network Adapter Card The following instructions apply to installing an AT-2701 series adapter card in most systems. Refer to the manuals that were supplied with your system for details about performing these tasks on your particular system. To install the netw...

Installing the Hardware 32 Connecting the Network Cables The AT-2701 series network adapter card is equipped with the SC or ST fiber optic adapter. To connect a network cable to the adapter, perform the following procedure: 1. Prepare a fiber optic cable with an appropriate connector to your adapter...

33 Chapter 3 Installing the Driver Software for Windows This chapter describes how to install driver software for the AT-2701 series adapter onto your operating system. It contains the following topics:  “Overview” on page 34  “Downloading the Driver Software for Windows” on page 35  “Accessing t...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 35 Downloading the Driver Software for Windows The AT-2701 series adapter is not shipped with a software driver CD. You must download driver software from the Allied Telesis website. To download driver software, do the following: 1. Open a web ...

Installing the Driver Software for Windows 36 . Figure 13. Specifying the Folder for Unzipped Files 7. Specify the location of the folder and click Extract . 8. Record the location of the folder.

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 37 Accessing the Device Manager When you install or update the driver software for AT-2701 series adapter, you must first access Device Manager. The procedures for accessing Device Manager are slightly different among Windows operating systems....

Installing the Driver Software for Windows 38 Figure 15. Device Manager Window on Windows 7 Accessing Device Manager on Windows XP To access Device Manager on Windows XP, do the following: 1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop and select Properties . The System Properties window is open...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 39 2. Select the Hardware Tab. The Hardware page is shown in Figure 17. Figure 17. Hardware Page on Windows XP 3. Click Device Manager . The Device Manager window opens. Your AT-2701 series adapter is detected as a Realtek device or Ethernet Co...

Installing the Driver Software for Windows 40 Installing the Driver Software for Windows Once you physically install the AT-2701 series adapter, the system detects the new hardware and creates an entry in Device Manager when the Windows operating system first boots up. Shortly after you log in, you ...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 41 3. Select Update Driver Software . The Update Driver Software window pops up as shown in Figure 20. Figure 20. Update Driver Software Window on Windows 7 4. Select Browse my computer for driver software . The Update Driver Software window pr...

Installing the Driver Software for Windows 42 5. Specify the location of the driver software. See “Downloading the Driver Software for Windows” on page 35 for details. 6. Click Next . The confirmation message shown in Figure 22 on page 42 appears when the driver software is successfully updated. Fig...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 43 Figure 23. Ethernet Controller on Windows XP 3. Select Update Driver . The Hardware Update Wizard window pops up as shown in Figure 24. Figure 24. Hardware Update Wizard 1 4. Select No, not this time .

Installing the Driver Software for Windows 44 5. Click Next . The Hardware Update Wizard prompts you to select one of two options as shown in Figure 25 Figure 25. Hardware Update Wizard 2 6. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) . 7. Click Next . The Hardware Update Wizard promp...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 45 Figure 26. Hardware Update Wizard 3 8. Specify the location of the driver software. 9. Click Next . The confirmation message is displayed as shown in Figure 27. Figure 27. Hardware Update Wizard 4 10. Click Finish .

Installing the Driver Software for Windows 46 Updating the Driver Software for Windows To update the driver software, use the same procedure for installing the driver software for the first time. The only difference between updating and installing the driver software is the name of your adapter that...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 49 Performing the Silent Installation To simplify the driver installation process, you may perform a silent installation when installing driver software for the AT-2701 series adapters. The silent installation is a method of installing software...

Installing the Driver Software for Windows 50 7. Change the directory to the folder where the dpinst utility and the driver files reside. 8. Install the driver in the silent mode by entering the following command: > dpinst /S Note Adding the /S switch to the dpinst command suppresses the display ...

51 Chapter 4 Configuring the Ethernet Interface for Linux Systems This chapter provides procedures for configuring Ethernet interfaces for AT-2701 series adapters on Linux systems and contains the following sections:  “Overview” on page 52  “Configuring an Ethernet Interface on Linux Systems” on p...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 53 Configuring an Ethernet Interface on Linux Systems This section provides how to set the speed and duplex mode to the Ethernet interfaces of AT-2701 series fiber optic adapters. The following is the general instructions for Ubuntu and Red Hat...

57 Chapter 5 Modifying Advanced Properties This chapter includes the following topics:  “Overview” on page 58  “Accessing Advanced Properties” on page 60  “Early Tx Threshold” on page 62  “Network Address (LAA)” on page 63  “PCI PME” on page 65  “Speed/Duplex” on page 67  “Speed/Duplex (100Mb...

Modifying Advanced Properties 58 Overview The AT-2701 series adapter allows you to modify advanced properties to meet your requirements. To access the advanced properties, you must access Device Manager, then go to each advanced property page. Guidelines Here are the guidelines to modifying the adva...

Modifying Advanced Properties 60 Accessing Advanced Properties To modify advanced properties, first access Device Manager, open the properties of your AT-2701 series adapter card, and select a feature you want to change its setting. 1. To access the Device Manager, follow one of these procedures:  ...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 61 3. Click the Advanced tab. The Advanced Properties window opens as shown in Figure 31. Figure 31. Advanced Properties Window

Modifying Advanced Properties 62 Early Tx Threshold The Early Tx Threshold property allows you to control the FIFO buffer threshold. The system starts transmitting the data when the FIFO buffer reaches the amount specified as the Early Tx Threshold. To change the value of Early Tx Threshold, do the ...

Modifying Advanced Properties 64 Figure 33. Network Address (LAA) Page 3. In the Value text box, enter a locally administered address for the AT-2701 series adapter card. By default, no locally administered address is assigned. For more information, see “Guidelines for Assigning a Locally Administer...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 65 PCI PME The PCI PME (Power Management Event) property enables the Wake-on-LAN (WOL) function to wake the adapter up from a low-power mode, based on the settings of the “Wake on Magic Packet” and “Wake on Pattern Match” properties. For exampl...

Modifying Advanced Properties 66 3. Select one of the following options:  Enable — The adapter wakes up from a low-power mode according to the settings of the Wake on Magic Packet and Wake on Pattern Match properties. Note When the Wake on Magic Packet and Wake on Pattern Match properties are both ...

Modifying Advanced Properties 70 Vlan Id The Vlan Id property allows you to specify a VLAN ID on your network to the adapter. The adapter adds the value of the VLAN ID to a frame in the VLAN tag before transmitting the frame. To change the value of the Vlan Id, do the following: 1. Access the Advanc...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 71 Wake-on-LAN The Wake-on-LAN feature enables the network adapter to wake up from a low-power mode when the adapter receives a network wake-up frame. To enable or disable the Wake-on-LAN feature, do the following: 1. Access the Advanced Proper...

Modifying Advanced Properties 72 Wake on Magic Packet The Wake on Magic Packet property specifies a condition when the adapter wakes up from a low-power mode. The adapter wakes up when relieving a Magic Packet, if the Wake on Magic Packet and PCI PME properties are enabled. Note Even when you set th...

Modifying Advanced Properties 74 Wake on Pattern Match The Wake on Pattern Match property specifies a condition when the adapter wakes up from a low-power mode. The adapter wakes up when a packet matches the wake patterns specified in the operating system, if the Wake on Pattern Match and PCI PME pr...

77 Chapter 6 Uninstalling the Driver Software This chapter describes how to uninstall the driver software for the AT-2701 series network adapters. This chapter contains the following topics:  “Overview” on page 78  “Uninstalling the Driver Software Using Device Manager” on page 79  “Uninstalling ...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 79 Uninstalling the Driver Software Using Device Manager To uninstall the driver software from your operating system, do the following: 1. Start your Windows operating system and log in. 2. Access the Device Manager. See “Accessing the Device M...

Uninstalling the Driver Software 80 Uninstalling the Driver Software Silently You can apply the silent installation method to uninstall the driver. Uninstall the driver without user-intervention, perform the following steps: 1. Open a command prompt window with administrator privileges. 2. Change th...

81 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting This chapter describes troubleshooting procedures. It contains the following sections:  “Checking the Port LED on the Adapter” on page 82  “Troubleshooting Checklist” on page 83  “Testing Network Connectivity” on page 84

Troubleshooting 82 Checking the Port LED on the Adapter The AT-2701 series adapter comes with one or two LED’s, depending on the model. You can use the status of the port LED for troubleshooting. The AT-2701FXa model comes with a single combination LED that indicates both the link status and activit...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 83 Troubleshooting Checklist The following checklist provides recommended actions to take to resolve problems installing the AT-2701 series network adapter card or running it in your system. Warning Before opening the cabinet of your system for...

Troubleshooting 84 Testing Network Connectivity This section describes how to test network connectivity for Windows and Linux networks. Note When you are using the fiber optic port, both the adapter and the switch must be set to the same speed and duplex mode. When you are using the copper port, set...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 85 Figure 44. Command Window with ipconfig/all displayed 4. Type ping <IP address> from the command line, then press Enter . The network connectivity information is displayed, as shown in Figure 45. Figure 45. Command Window with ping dis...

87 Appendix A Specifications Physical Specifications Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 6.4 cm (4.9 in. x 2.5 in.) Environmental Specifications Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C (+32°F to +104°F) Storage Temperature: -25°C to +70°C (-°13F to +158°F) Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% (non-condensing) Power Specificat...

89 Appendix B Cleaning Fiber Optic Connectors This appendix provides how to clean fiber optic connectors and consists of the following sections:  “Overview” on page 90  “Cleaning Using a Cartridge-Type Cleaner” on page 91  “Cleaning Using a Swab” on page 93

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 91 Cleaning Using a Cartridge-Type Cleaner Fiber optic cartridge cleaners are available from many vendors and are typically called “cartridge cleaners,” as shown in Figure 48. Figure 48. Cartridge Cleaner Note Do not use compressed air or aeros...

AT-2701 Series Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide 93 Cleaning Using a Swab Specially treated swabs (stick cleaners) are available for cleaning inside connector adapters or hard-to-reach ferrule tips. These swabs, often referred to as “lint free” or “alcohol free” swabs, are available from many...