Netgear GA621 - Manual

contents vi CHAPTER 6NETWARE DRIVER SOFTWARE Pre-Installation Requirements 6-2 Installing the Driver Software 6-2 Modifying Driver Properties 6-5 Installation Troubleshooting 6-6 CHAPTER 7LINUX DRIVER SOFTWARE File Listing 7-1 Installing the Driver Software 7-2 Testing the Driver Software 7-3 Config...

contents vii FIGURE Figure 2-1. Front Panel of Model GA621 Gigabit Ethernet Card 2-5 TABLES Table 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements 2-2 Table 2-2. GA621 LEDs 2-6 Table 2-3. GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Cable Characteristics 2-8 Table 3-1. Parameter Descriptions 3-6 Table 4-1. Parameter Descriptions 4-6...

introduction 1-1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the NETGEAR ® GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card. Designed especially for high-performance systems, such as servers and high-endworkstations, it offers 2 gigabits per second (Gbps) of aggregate bandwidth and opti-mized perfo...

introduction 1-2 • Duplex SC fiber connector for 62.5-micron or 50-micron multimode fiber cable • Interoperability with existing Fast Ethernet equipment compliance with the following standards and protocols: – IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet – IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet • Standard Ethernet f...

CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION This chapter provides information about the package contents, system requirements,and installation of the NETGEAR GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card. Package Contents The product package contains: • GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card • GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card...

hardware installation 2-2 Requirements Before installing the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card, verify that your systemmeets the operating system and hardware requirements outlined in Table 2-1. Table 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements System Requirements Windows 95 OSR2 Hardware A Pentium-base...

hardware installation 2-3 Table 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements (continued) System Requirements Operating System Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or above. To download the latest Service Pack, go to the following Microsoft Web page and search for the latest service pack: http://www.microso...

hardware installation 2-4 Table 2-1. Software and Hardware Requirements (continued) System Requirements NetWare Hardware A Pentium-based server that meets NetWare 4.2, NetWare 5.0, or NetWare 5.1 software requirements One open 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot Minimum 64 MB memory Operating System If you ar...

hardware installation 2-5 Hardware Description As illustrated in Figure 2-1, the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card has an SCconnector port and two port LEDs. Figure 2-1. Front Panel of Model GA621 Gigabit Ethernet Card The front panel of the GA621 has two LEDs: one LED to indicate the link is active...

Table 2-2. GA621 LEDs Label Activity Description DATA Blinking Brief bursts of data detected on the port On Streams of data detected on the port Off No data detected on the port LINK On Good 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet link Off No 1000 Mbps link; possible bad cable, bad connector, or configuration mi...

hardware installation 2-7 Danger: You are installing the card in a machine that operates with voltages that can be dangerous. Follow the steps after this warning to protect yourself and to prevent damage to the PC components. 4. Protect yourself, the card, and your server by taking these precautions...

hardware installation 2-8 Connecting the Network Cables The GA621 has one SC port that can be used with either 62.5/125-Micron multi-mode fiber or with 50/125-Micron multimode fiber. 1. Prepare an appropriate cable. Table 2-3 lists the cable characteristics for connecting to 1000BASE-SX port. Table ...

Windows 95 OSR2/98/Me driver software 3-1 CHAPTER 3: W I N D O W S 9 5 O S R 2 /98/ME DRIVER SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2/98/Medriver software. This chapter also describes how to: • Install the driver software in the Windows 98 environment • Move the...

Windows 95 OSR2/98/Me driver software 3-6 Table 3-1. Parameter Descriptions Property Description Address Allows you to change the network address. Packet Size Enables sending larger Ethernet packets Priority Queues Specifies the priority number for traffic prioritization. Receive Buffers Specifies h...

CHAPTER 4: WINDOWS NT DRIVER SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Microsoft Windows NT driver software. This chapter also gives directions for performing the following procedures: • Installing the driver software • Updating or reinstalling the driver software • Moving the network car...

Windows NT driver software 4-2 3. Double-click the Network icon. The Network dialog box opens. If there are any previously installed GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card drivers list-ed, the drivers must be updated before installing another driver for a new card. Fordirections on upgrading the driver f...

Windows NT driver software 4-3 4. Click on the Adapters tab, and then click Add. The Select Network Adapter dialog box opens. 5. Click Have Disk. The Insert Disk dialog box opens.

Windows NT driver software 4-4 6. Insert the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card Driver and Documentation CD into the CD-ROM drive in your PC, type the path to the driver that matches yoursystem, and then click OK. For example, enter the following path: E:\ In this example, the letter E: is the CD-ROM...

Windows NT driver software 4-5 7. Click OK. The Network dialog box opens. 8. Click Close. If other cards in your system use TCP/IP bindings, the Microsoft TCP/IPProperties dialog box opens. Set any necessary TCP/IP configurations, and click OK when finished. 9. When prompted to restart your computer...

Windows NT driver software 4-7 Updating the Driver Software To replace old driver software with a newer version: 1. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have Network Administrator privileges to install the driver software. 2. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Sett...

Moving the Network Card to a Different Slot Before moving your GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card to a different slot in the same system, you must first remove the card driver software. After removingthe driver software, you can move the card to a different slot and reinstall the driver software. To ...

Windows 2000 driver software 5-1 CHAPTER 5: WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Microsoft Windows 2000 driver software. This chapter also describes how to: • Install the driver software in the Windows 2000 environment • Move the card to a different slot • Remove ...

Windows 2000 driver software 5-5 5. In the Driver Files Search Results dialog box, verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown, and then click Next.

Windows 2000 driver software 5-6 6. Click Finish to complete the installation. Moving the Network Card to a Different Slot Windows 2000 automatically detects the installation and removal of hardware.To move a GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card to a different slot in the same system, you need to do th...

Windows 2000 driver software 5-7 Removing the Driver Software Under Windows 2000, the driver software is automatically uninstalled when its hardware is removed. To remove a card, do the following: 1. Shut down the system and remove the card from the PCI slot. 2. When the system is powered on, the dr...

CHAPTER 6: NETWARE DRIVER SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Novell NetWare driver software. This chapter also describes how to: • Verify the NetWare pre-installation requirements • Install the driver software in the NetWare environment • Modify Driver properties during the driver ...

NetWare driver software 6-2 Pre-Installation Requirements Before you can use the Gigabit Ethernet card in your NetWare system, you mustinstall the network device driver. First, make sure that the Gigabit Ethernet card is physically installed on your system.Typically, NetWare OS software must already...

NetWare driver software 6-3 To install the NetWare driver software: 1. At the System Console, type: load nwconfig The NetWare Configuration Options dialog box opens. 2. Select the “Driver Options (load/unload disk and network drivers)” option. The Driver Options dialog box opens. 3. Select the “Conf...

NetWare driver software 6-4 8. Press the Enter key to select the listed driver. 9. At the “Do you want to copy driver Ga621.LAN?” prompt, select Yes. The “Board Ga621_1 (Driver Ga621) Actions” dialog box opens. 10. Select the “Save parameters and load driver” option. The Network number to bind dialo...

NetWare driver software 6-5 Modifying Driver Properties Note: The driver properties can be modified only during the driver software installation. If you want to modify these properties after the driver has alreadyinstalled, you must first remove the driver, and then reinstall it. 1. Repeat steps 1–9...

NetWare driver software 6-6 Table 6-3. Parameter Descriptions (continued) Parameter Descriptions CheckSum Off-load Allows you to enable/disable hardware CheckSum. Driver Version This information field displays the version of the driver software. This field cannot be edited. Installation Troubleshoot...

CHAPTER 7: LINUX DRIVER SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1driver software. This chapter also describes: • The files included with the driver • Installing the driver software in the Linux environment • Testing the driver • Configurable parame...

Linux driver software 7-2 Installing the Driver Software Your Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card must be physically installed in the server beforeinstalling the software driver. If you are installing more than one Fiber GigabitEthernet Card, you must perform the following procedure for each card. This vers...

Linux driver software 7-3 4. Add the following lines to any of the startup scripts like /etc/rc.d/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/init.d/network so that the driver will load when the system boots up: # /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/gam.o # /sbin/ifconfig <interface-name> <ip-addr> Note: ...

Linux driver software 7-4 All the devices on the PCI bus can be listed by running the following command: # cat /proc/pci IRQ and IO address information from this can be correlated with the information displayed by the driver in the /var/log/messages file. When the TCP/IP stack is initialized, it ope...

troubleshooting 8-1 CHAPTER 8: TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter provides troubleshooting information for the NETGEAR GA621 FiberGigabit Ethernet Card. Checking the Port LEDs GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card The front panel of the GA621 has three LEDs: one for each port speed option (100 Mbps and 1000Mb...

troubleshooting 8-2 Using a Troubleshooting Checklist If you need to test the network card further, check the following items: • Inspect all cables and connections. Check the length and rating of the cable. Make sure that the cable segment is compliant with the requirements shown inTable 2-3 on page...

troubleshooting 8-3 • Try inserting the network card in another slot. If the new position works, the original slot in your system may be defective. • Replace the failed network card with one that is known to work properly. If the second card works in the slot where the first one failed, the original...

specifications A-1 APPENDIX A: SPECIFICATIONS This appendix provides specifications for the NETGEAR GA621 Fiber GigabitEthernet Card. Cable Specifications GA621 (1000BASE-SX) Port Type Connector Media Maximum Distance 1000BASE-SX SC 62.5/125-Micron multimode fiber 260 meters 1000BASE-SX SC 50/125-Mi...