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9 Preface This guide contains instructions on how to install and configure the Advanced Control Suite software for the AT-2916SX and AT-2931SX Ethernet network adapters on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Linux platforms. For information about how to install the AT-2931SX and AT-2916 SX adapters as w...

Preface 10 Where to Find Web-based Guides The installation and user guides for all Allied Telesyn products are available in portable document format (PDF) on our web site at www.alliedtelesyn.com . You can view the documents online or download them onto a local workstation or server.

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 11 Contacting Allied Telesyn This section provides Allied Telesyn contact information for technical support as well as sales and corporate information. Online Support You can request technical support online by accessing the Allied Telesyn Knowledge Base: http://k...

13 Chapter 1 Advanced Server Program Overview This chapter provides an introduction to the Allied Telesyn Advanced Server Program and contains following sections: ˆ “Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Overview” on page 14 ˆ “Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Features” on page 15 ˆ “BAS...

Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview 14 Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Overview BASP is an intermediate software driver for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Linux that provides load-balancing, fault-tolerance, and VLAN features. The BASP features are provided by creating teams ...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 15 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Features The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) is a graphical user interface with the following functions. (See Chapter 2, “Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications” on page 19 for additional in...

Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview 16 BASP for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 The following options are supported under Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. For additional information, see Chapter 3, “Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems” on page 63. Failover and Load Balance ˆ...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 17 BASP for Linux The following options are supported under Linux. For additional information, see Chapter 4, “Installing BACS on a Linux System” on page 67. Failover and Load Balance ˆ SLB mode requires NICE drivers and works with all Ethernet switches without co...

19 Chapter 2 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications This chapter describes the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) applications and contains the following sections: ˆ “Overview” on page 20 ˆ “Installing the BACS 2 Application” on page 23 ˆ “Managing the BACS Application” on p...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 20 Overview The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) application is an integrated application (with a graphical user interface) that provides useful information about each network adapter that is installed in your computer. The...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 21 Information Provided by the BACS 2 Applications The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 lists all of the network adapters in your computer and provides the following information, if available, about each device, as shown in Table 1. BACS 2 Features The following ...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 23 Installing the BACS 2 Application You can install the BACS 2 software through the GUI or by using the silent install option. See the following procedures: ˆ “Installing Using the GUI,” next ˆ “Using Silent Installation” on page 23 Note Before installing the BAC...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 24 Note Before you begin the installation, close all applications, windows, and dialog boxes. 1. Type setup /s and press ENTER .

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 25 Managing the BACS Application This section contains the following procedures for managing the BACS application: ˆ “Initializing the BACS 2 Application,” next ˆ “Updating the BACS Application” on page 25 ˆ “Removing the BACS Application” on page 25 Initializing ...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 27 Configuring the BACS 2 Application Start the BACS application and then click the tab on Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 that provides the information of interest or access to the tests, diagnostics, analyses, and configuration functions you want to perform. O...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 30 Resources Tab This section describes the Resources tab, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. Resources Tab The Resources tab contains the following fields: ˆ Bus Type. Indicates the PCI bus type (PCI or PCI-X). ˆ Slot No . Indicates th...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 31 Hardware Tab This section provides a description of the Hardware tab, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4. Hardware Tab The Hardware tab contains the following fields: ˆ ASIC Version . The chip version of the adapter. This information is not available for devices ma...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 32 Advanced Tab This section describes the Advanced tab, as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5. Advanced Tab The Advanced tab contains the following fields: ˆ 802.1p QOS . The 802.1p QOS property enables quality of service, which is an Insti...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 35 speed and duplex mode. A speed of 1 Gbit/s is enabled by selecting Auto, when that speed is supported. ˆ Wake Up Capabilities . The Wake Up Capabilities property enables the network adapter to wake up from a low-power mode when it receives a network wake-up fra...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 36 test uses TCP/IP, as shown in Figure 6. Figure 6. Network Test Tab Diagnostics Tab On the Diagnostics tab you can perform diagnostic tests on Allied Telesyn network adapters. You use this function to test the physical components o...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 38 ˆ On-Chip CPU . This test verifies the operation of the internal CPUs in the device. ˆ Interrupt . This test verifies that the NDIS driver is able to receive interrupts from the device. ˆ Loopback MAC . This test verifies that the...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 39 General Statistics Definitions of the general statistics parameters are provided below. ˆ Frames Tx OK . A count of frames that are successfully transmitted. This counter is incremented when the transmit status is reported as Transmit OK . ˆ Frames Rx OK . A co...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 40 counter is incremented when the result of a transmission is reported as Transmit OK and the attempt value is 2. ˆ Frames Tx with more than one Collision . A count of frames that are involved in more than one collision and are subs...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 41 ˆ MAC Rx w/ Pause Command and Length greater than 0 . MAC control frames with the pause command and a length greater than 0. ˆ MAC Rx w/ no Pause Command . MAC control frames with no pause command. ˆ MAC Sent X-on . MAC Transmit with X-on was on. ˆ MAC Sent X-o...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 42 Configuring Teaming The teaming function allows you to group available network devices together to function as a team. Teaming is a method of creating a virtual LAN (a group of multiple devices that function as a single device). T...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 43 ˆ Link Aggregation . In this type of team, you can dynamically configure the network adapters that have been selected to participate in a given team. If the link partner is not correctly configured for IEEE 802.3ad link configuration, errors are detected and no...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 44 The Welcome page of the Broadcom Teaming Wizard is shown in Figure 11. Figure 11. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome Page 2. Click Next . The Team Name page asks for a name for the team, as shown in Figure 12. Figure 12. Team Name Pa...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 46 ˆ Smart Load Balancing and Failover . In this type of team, a standby member handles the traffic if all of the load balance members fail (a failover event). All load balance members have to fail before the standby member takes ove...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 48 ˆ Use the following member as a standby member ˆ Enable Auto-Fallback Disable Mode . When this option is enabled, a standby member handles the traffic if all of the load balance members fail (a failover event). All load balance me...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 49 Figure 18. Configuring LiveLink Page The options are: ˆ Yes . When you select this option, another page opens where you configure this feature. ˆ No . This option does not allow you to configure LiveLink. This is the default and the setting that Allied Telesyn ...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 51 Figure 21. VLAN Tagging Page The options are: ˆ Untagged . This option does not insert a VLAN tag ID into the Ethernet packet, but relies on the switch configuration for VLAN membership. ˆ Tagged . This option inserts the VLAN tag ID into the Ethernet packet to...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 53 Suite 2 . A warning message is displayed, as shown in Figure 24. Figure 24. Commit Changes Warning Message Click Yes to complete the process and return to the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite main window, or No to not save the changes. ˆ Preview changes in Broad...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 54 The Welcome page of the Broadcom Teaming Wizard is shown in Figure 26. Figure 26. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Welcome Page 2. Click Expert Mode . The New Team Configuration window opens, as shown in Figure 27 on page 54. Figure 27. Ne...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 57 Note When you create Generic Trunking and Link Aggregation teams, you cannot designate a Standby Member. Standby members work only with Smart Load Balance and Failover and SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) types of teams. Note For an SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) team,...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 60 5. Click Apply . 6. Click Yes when you see the message indicating that the network connection will be temporarily interrupted. The available adapters are listed (these adapters are not currently members of any team). Displaying VL...

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications 62 The is Open dialog box is shown in Figure 31. Figure 33. Save As Dialog Box 2. Click the name of the file to be restored and click Open . Note You may need to navigate to the folder where the file is located. If a configuration is...

63 Chapter 3 Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems This chapter provides procedures for installing the BACS application and configuring teaming on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 systems. It contains the following sections: ˆ “Installing the BASP” on page 64 ˆ “Uninstalling the BASP...

Chapter 3: Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems 64 Installing the BASP For BASP installation procedures, refer to Chapter 2, “Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications” on page 19.

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 65 Uninstalling the BASP To uninstall the Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver Properties (BASP), perform the following procedure: 1. Open the Control Panel 2. Double-click the Add or Remove Programs button. 3. Select Broadcom Management Programs and click Chan...

67 Chapter 4 Installing BACS on a Linux System This chapter describes the installation and configuration of the BASP driver on Linux. It includes the following section: ˆ “BASP Driver for Linux” on page 68 ˆ “Packaging” on page 69 ˆ “Installing BASP” on page 70 ˆ “Installing the BASP Source RPM Pack...

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 68 BASP Driver for Linux On newer Distributions and Kernels, it may be necessary to remove the BASP Driver for Linux BASP is a kernel module designed for 2.4.x kernels that provides load-balancing, fault-tolerance, and VLAN features. These features are pr...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 69 Packaging BASP is released in two packaging formats: source RPM and compressed tar formats. The file names for the two packages are basplnx- <version> .src. <arch> .rpm and basplnx- <version> . <arch> .tgz. Identical source files to buil...

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 70 Installing BASP BASP for Linux is shipped in mixed forms, where the platform and kernel specific files are in source code and the core file is in object form. Three packages are shipped in this release: two tar archives and two RPM packages. basplnx-{v...

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 72 Installing the BASP TAR Archive Use the procedures in this section to install Linux i386 distributions that are neither Red Hat nor United Linux distributions. Installing the BASP TAR archive involves both uncompressing the archive and then installing ...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 73 BASP Files See Table 2 for a list of the BASP files. Table 2. Contents of the release.txt File Filename Description Makefile makefile baspcfg precompiled configuration utility bcmtype.h commonly used type header file blf.c BASP module entry points blf.h ioctl i...

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 74 BASP Configuration for Red Hat and United Linux Distributions This section describes the BASP Configuration for Red Hat and United Linux 1.x based distributions. The BASP distribution includes a utility program and several scripts for team configuratio...

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 76 BASP Configuration and Startup for Other Linux Distributions BASP Configuration (baspcfg) is a command line tool that is used to configure the BASP teams, add/remove NICs, and add/remove virtual devices. This tool can be used in custom initialization s...

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 78 BASP Configuration Scripts for Red Hat Distributions Both team-sample and team-gec are configuration scripts that follow the same syntax. See Table 5 for more information. Note Teaming scripts are intended for Red Hat and United Linux-based distributio...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 79 Broadcom NICE Patches Also included in this release are network device drivers patched with Broadcom NICE support. These drivers are originally taken from the Linux 2.4.16 kernel distribution. To install patched drivers, perform the following procedure. 1. Copy...

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 80 Uninstalling the RPM Package To uninstall a RPM package, perform the following procedure. % rpm -e basplnx and to reboot the system, % reboot

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 82 BASP SNMP Agent for Linux This SNMP agent is designed to support the configuration and statistics information pertaining to the BASP driver. The BASP SNMP agent is available in two packaging formats: TAR archive and RPM. Both packages include the same ...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 83 7. The snmpget and snmpgetnext commands can be used to receive the BASP snmp objects such as: % snmpget localhost public BASP-Config-MIB::btTeamNumber% snmpgetnext localhost public BASP-Config-MIB::btTeamNumber BASP SNMP objects are provided in the following te...

Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System 84 Uninstalling the RPM Package (Both Source and Binary) To uninstall RPM package, run: % rpm -e baspsnmp-{version}.i386.rpm and to reboot the system, % reboot Known Problems The 802.3ad team member links disconnect and reconnect continuously when connect...

85 Chapter 5 Key Protocols and Interfaces This chapter describes the key protocols and interfaces. It contains the following sections: ˆ “Adapter Teaming” on page 86 ˆ “Failover Teaming” on page 88 ˆ “VLANs Overview” on page 89

Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces 86 Adapter Teaming Teaming provides traffic load balancing and redundant adapter operation in the event that a network connection fails. When multiple Allied Telesyn adapters are installed in the same server, they can be grouped into teams. Each team can be co...

Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces 88 Failover Teaming Failover Teaming provides a redundant adapter operation in the event that a network connection fails. When multiple Gigabit Ethernet Adapters are installed in the same server, they can be paired into teams. Each team must have at least one ...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 89 VLANs Overview VLANs allow you to split your physical LAN into logical subparts, to create logical segmentation of workgroups, and to enforce security policies among each logical segment. Each defined VLAN behaves as its own separate network, with its traffic a...

Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces 90 Figure 34 on page 89 shows an example network that uses VLANs. In this example network, the physical LAN consists of a switch, two servers, and five clients. The LAN is logically organized into three different VLANs, each representing a different IP subnet....

Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces 92 32-bit or 64-bit PCI Bus Master Compliant with PCI Local Bus Rev 2.2, the PCI interface on the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI buses. As a bus master, the adapter requests access to the PCI bus, instead of waiting to b...

93 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting This chapter describes troubleshooting procedures and contains the following sections: ˆ “Verifying the Correct Drivers are Loaded” on page 94 ˆ “Software Problems and Solutions” on page 96

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 94 Verifying the Correct Drivers are Loaded The following section describes how to check if the correct drivers are loaded for Windows and Linux. Windows The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite, Vital Sign tab allows you to view vital adapter information, network status, and n...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 95 Linux To verify that the Linux Driver software is loaded correctly, perform the following procedure. 1. To verify that the bcm5700.o driver is loaded properly, run: lsmod If the driver is loaded, a line similar to the one below appears, where < size > is ...

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 96 Software Problems and Solutions This section describes common software problems and solutions and contains the following subsections: ˆ “Windows 2000” on page 96 ˆ “Linux-BASP” on page 97 ˆ “Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP)” on page 98 Windows 2000 This section l...

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting 98 Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) This section lists known BASP problems and solutions that apply to all operating systems. Problem : 802.3ad team member links disconnect and reconnect continuously. Solution : This is a 3rd party issue. It is seen only when config...

99 Chapter 7 Manageability Features This chapter describes the magageability features and contains the following sections: ˆ “CIM” on page 100 ˆ “SNMP” on page 101

Chapter 7: Manageability Features 100 CIM The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry standard defined by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Microsoft implements CIM on Windows platforms such as Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 systems. Allied Telesyn supports CIM on the Windows...

Advanced Control Suite User’s Guide 101 SNMP There are two SNMP agents for manageability: ˆ BASP Sub-agent ˆ BASP Extensible-agent See the following sections. BASP Sub-agent The BASP sub-agent, baspmgnt.dll, is designed for the Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 SNMP service. It is required to ins...

Chapter 7: Manageability Features 102 BASP Extensible- agent The Broadcom SNMP extensible-agent, bcmif.dll, is designed for the Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 SNMP service. The software requires that a Windows 2000 SNMP service is installed before installing the extensible-agent. The extensibl...