Adapter Supplemental Information IBM Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapters Supplemental Information (Software Release 3.12) ================================================================== Before using the CD, please read the IBM 85H7820.PDF license agreement file in the \LICENSE directory. Thank you. This readme is mainly for the sw CD shipped with the adapter. But some info here does apply to this diskette. Autorun Help ============ The CD-ROM comes with automatic autorun for general adapter information and help. Take advantage of this to learn about the product. How to create an installation and drivers diskette from the CD-ROM ================================================================== If you do not have a CD-ROM drive on your target workstation, or if you just prefer to use diskette for adapter installation, you can create a drivers diskette with the makedisk utilities we provide in this CD-ROM. Go to \MAKEDISK and run: MAKEMS.BAT for creating a diskette for Microsoft-based OS MAKENW.BAT for creating a diskette for Netware-based OS For example: MAKEMS D: A: where D is your CD-ROM drive. Make sure you have a blank diskette in drive A. With the diskette, you can install and configure the adapter as well as view Help or run diagnostics. From DOS, run SETUP or SETUP /README for install help. Note that the ndis2 OS2 driver comes with the Netware disk. User's Guide on the CD-ROM ========================== A softcopy of the User's Guide is provided online as GUIDE.PDF in the \MANUAL directory. It can be viewed with the Adobe Acrobat* reader. For your convenience, the Acrobat Reader version 3.02 installation file for Windows 95/98/NT is provided as AR302.EXE in the \ACROBAT directory, in case you do not already have Acrobat. You can also check for later versions, for free, from the Adobe web site at: http://www.adobe.com/proindex/acrobat/main.html To install the Acrobat Reader from the CD-ROM, double click the AR302.EXE in \acrobat and then follow prompts for installation. You can then view and print out the User's Guide. Readme Files for Windows* NT*, NetWare*, Unix, and Other Operating Systems. ================================================================== For more information on installing drivers for Windows NT 4.0, NetWare, and Unix, see the following files: Microsoft Windows MS.TXT Novell NetWare NETWARE.TXT Unix UNIX.TXT Other Operating Systems OTHER.TXT Use any standard text editor or word processor to read, search, or print the files. These files are also viewable with the DOS Text Viewer in Setup. To use the viewer, type: SETUP /README at the DOS prompt. In the \INFO\GENERAL directory, you can also learn about key features that come with the adapter: Adapter Teaming, Priority Packets, Adapter Management .etc. DMI & SNMP Software Support and NT Hot Plug Support =================================================== The Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapter provides Desktop Management Interface 2.0 and SNMP capability for your Management applications. Software for DMI and SNMP is located in the \dmi-snmp directory on this CD. For DMI-SNMP information for NetWare, see the dminet.txt file in the \dmi-snmp\snmp\nwserver directory For DMI-SNMP information for Windows NT, see the dmiwin.txt file in the \dmi-snmp\snmp\win32 directory This DMI & SNMP package is also coded to support NT PCI Hot Plug with IBM Netfinity hotplug-capable servers. See \HOTPLUG directory for more details on NT Hot Plug setup. Priority Packets ================ Please view the autorun program for info about priority packets. To set up Priority Packets, read priority.txt in the \INFO\GENERAL directory before installing the Priority Packets software provided in the \PRTPKT dir. Installing IBM LAN Client Control Manager ========================================= IBM LAN Client Control Manager is a server application to assist system administrators in the Operating System (OS) installation and machine maintenance of X86-based systems. LCCM is a push technology. LCCM uses Wake on LAN and Remote Boot to remotely wakeup client machine for OS installation or software update. With LCCM server, an administrator will be able to remotely manage machines throughout a corporation without ever having to physically visit the machines being managed. This capability therefore helps reduce the Total Cost of Ownership. For LCCM code download and more detailed info, visit: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/desktop/lccm Installing Intel LANDesk(r) Client Manager ========================================== Intel LANDesk Client Manager is an application that simplifies the management of mobile and desktop client systems. By utilizing standards and industry initiatives such as DMI, SNMP and Intel's Wired for Management (WfM) Initiative, it inventories critical hardware and software components and monitors PC health, providing local and remote alert notification. We have included the Client Manager version 3.3 on this IBM CD. For more information on installing and using the Client Manager, refer to the User's Guide Acrobat Reader PDF file (ldcm_ug.pdf), located in the \ldcm directory. Adapter Teaming =============== Adaptive Load Balancing ----------------------- Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB), developed by IBM, balances outgoing server traffic among as many as four network adapters. This enables server bandwidth to be increased in 100 Mbps increments, up to 400 Mbps with 4 adapters. Of course, multiple adapters can be used in a server even if they do not support ALB, but the load must then be distributed between them by segmenting the network - a costly and time-consuming task. ALB provides a much simpler and more efficient solution. So, in ALB, only the primary adapter can receive, but all adapters can transmit. Fast EtherChannel* ------------------ Fast EtherChannel (FEC), developed by Cisco, is similar to Adaptive Load Balancing, but must be supported in the switch as well as the adapters. FEC balances the traffic load in both directions. boosting throughput for data received by the server as well as data transmitted from the server. It therefore delivers scalable bandwidth in 200 Mbps increments, up to 800 Mbps at full duplex. So, in FEC, all adapters can transmit and receive. Adapter Fault Tolerance ----------------------- Adapter Fault Tolerance works in conjunction with Adaptive Load Balancing and Fast EtherChannel to safeguard the vital network link to the server (also known as Fail-over). If one or more links fail, for whatever reason, all server traffic is automatically transferred to the remaining network adapters. The shift is transparent to applications and users. So even in the event of a broken or loose cable, a hub or switch port failure, or adapter hardware breakdown, the server still stays up and running. AFT is built-in to the ALB or FEC feature. In a basic stand-alone AFT team, only the primary adapter is active. All secondary adapters are in back-up mode. Note about Adapter name identification ====================================== The IBM Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapter 2 or the IBM Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapter will also be mentioned or described as IBM 10/100 Ethernet PCI Adapter in installation or documentation. * Third party trademarks or brand names are the property of their owners.