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1. Driver Files for Windows 95 JAVA aa NETFORE INF CRDISK BAT ae NETFORE INF LE FOREINFO HLP DISK1 NETFORE INF LE JRE FOREINFO JAR DISK2 i NETFORE INF PCA FORELAN HLP DISK3 NETFORE INF PCA JRE FORELAN VXD FOREADP HLP FOr SD PCA200 BIN FORECLIP VXD FORENDT i PCA200EM BIN FORECLP1 HLP f REGUTIL EXE l FOREPCA VXD FORECLP2 HLP ae Hi UPGRADE EXE FORECLP3 HLP a UPGRADE LE FORESTAT EXE FOREHLPR EXE Gaon ULP UPGRADE LE JRE FOREINFO CPL i UPGRADE PCA i FOREVIR HLP l _ FOREINFO DL UPGRADE PCA JRE ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D o L gt 2 o 5 S6 SMOPUIM Windows 95 Installation 4 4 Installing the FORE Adapter Software 4 4 1 Notes for Windows 95 Installation of the FORE ATM adapter software on Windows 95 consists of the following steps 1 Install the FORE ATM Adapter driver when the adapter is automatically discov ered by Windows 95 via plug and play This chapter also describes how to use the E gt System control panel to install the ATM Adapter driver in circumstances when Windows 95 does not auto discover the adapter and prompt for installation of the driver See Installing the ATM Driver Manually on page 4 31 2 Configure the FORE ATM Adapter driver for each adapter card that has been insta
2. Hosti CC Hoste ELAN 172 19 2 7 172 19 2 18 engineering Powerhub 7000 HO Host3 ELAN 172 19 4 13 marketing Figure 9 1 Example Configuration of an MPOA Network The network administrator can implement these goals by running the INFOREmation Center utility on Host1 and adding a flow specification The complete procedure for adding a flow specification is given in Adding or Editing the MPOA amp LANE VC Parameters on page 9 7 The administrator sets the following parameters in the Flow Specification area of the Add Flow Specification dialog box shown in Figure 9 2 e Sets the IP Destination for the flow specification to 172 19 2 This will apply the flow specification to all subnets to which Host1 might communicate e Sets the Protocol to TCP This is the protocol that FTP uses e Sets the Destination Port to ftp Note that his specifies port 21 the port used by FTP 9 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters e Sets the Source Port to Any The FIP server will determine which source port it will use and it cannot be determined in advance Note that if you did specify a source port and the FIP connection was established using a different port this flow specification would not be applied to the connection and the QoS would not be established In the LANE VC Specification area of the d
3. Copyright c 1996 1998 FORE Systems Inc All rights reserved Figure 4 4 ForeRunner FORE ATM Adapter Configuration Tab 4 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation Any changes to values appearing in this dialog E gt box take effect only when the system is rebooted 4 Click on the Adapter Configuration tab The adapter configuration informa tion appears as shown in Figure 4 4 If you have installed multiple adapters Note the number in the Adapter s Identifier field You need this information when configuring the ForeRunner ELAN or IP over ATM driver or drivers associated with this physical adapter Zero indicates the first adapter 5 Modify the fields of the Adapter Configuration tab to conform to your system requirements the default values are adequate for most installations 6 Click on the UNI Configuration tab to display the UNI parameters for the adapter as shown in Figure 4 5 By default ILMI Enabled is selected and you cannot modify the local ATM address of the adapter Select the Disabled radio button if you want to enter the local ATM address and UNI version of the adapter manually If you disable ILMI and the UNI Version E gt parameter was set to Auto UNI the UNI Version reverts to UNI 3 0 because the driver can no longer use ILMI to determine the UNI version You must use the same version of UNI as that used by the ATM switch to whi
4. SC Connector End Plate Configuration UTP Connector End Plate Configuration Network Troubleshooting Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 WINSOCKZ mia aasam a meade semis php hak NA Virtual Channels and Paths AA ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Preface This manual provides the necessary information to install the F oreRunner PCA 200EPC ForeRunnerLE and ForeRunnerHE ATM adapters and driver software Also included is general product information network configuration information and information about soft ware administration capabilities This manual is for users with various levels of experience If you have any questions or problems with the installation please contact FORE Systems Tech nical Support using the information on page iii Chapter Summaries hapter 1 Introduction Provides an overview of ATM LAN Emulation using ATM LANE Multi Protocol Over ATM MPOA Classical IP FORE hardware and software and general information to prepare for the installation of the FORE adapter hapter 2 Hardware Installation Provides instructions for installing a FORE adapter card hapter 3 Pre Installation Checklist Provides a checklist for the required information for installing the adapter drivers hapter 4 Windows 95 Installation Provides the requirements and instruction
5. QoS Preferences Figure 10 5 VLAN List Portion of VLAN Information Window VLAN Name VLAN of which the driver interface is a member System Interface System specific name assigned to the selected driver Type Type and version of VLAN either Classical IP or an Ethernet or Token Ring MPOA ELAN MTU Maximum Transmission Unit in bytes This is the largest packet data unit size that can be transmitted over the VLAN Unit Unit number of the FORE adapter over which this connection is running Selecting an ELAN s line entry in the VLAN List displays all information pertaining to it across all windows in the VLAN Information screen 10 8 2 1 QoS Preferences Button The QoS Preferences button allows you to view and configure the MPOA traffic flow param eters for the highlighted ELAN For a complete description of these parameters and how to configure them refer to Chapter 9 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 9 3 Tm ie po m 3 2 e 3 O e 3 e Using InFOREmation Center 10 8 2 2 VLAN Status Colors The VLANs are color coded to correspond with their individual connectivity state Green Indicates full connectivity For ELAN connections the host is connected to the LES and BUS For Classical IP connections the host is connected to the ARP server Yellow Indicates partial connectivity For ELAN conn
6. 0 c eee ee eee 1 23 software requirements 1 22 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual SONET alarm condition A 2 specifications fiber optic cable 1 25 WEP cable panama k haan nG 1 26 ST comnectors end plate configuration A 1 statistics FORENP2E driver 6 11 statistics update interval setting in NetWare 11 11 statistics update interval setting in InFOREmation Center 10 24 system crash Windows NT B 7 system hang Windows NT B 7 T TCP IP Configuration 5 31 Token Ring networks 1 6 trace options in NetWare 7 37 tracing problems in WinSock and FORE service provider 008 D 9 traffic overflow statistics viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 22 transmit power specification fiber optic cable 1 25 troubleshooting Novell NetWare 005 C 1 Windows NT and 95 B 1 type of emulated LAN viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 9 viewing in NetWare 11 13 U UNI signalling configuration in NetWare 0 0 000 7 28 in Windows 95 000 eee 4 11 in Windows NT 005 5 14 unpacking the adapter 1 29 upgrading driver software NetWare 3 12 000000 7 12 NetWare 4 1x 00 0 e eee 7 24 Index 5 Index Windows NT 0
7. YPI VEI Encapsulated IP MACAddr cellrate gt Figure 4 17 PVC Connections Tab 4 26 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation a Enter the VCI for the PVC connection the VPI is always zero or check the Use IP Address option and specify the IP address of the destination host Only VPI0 is supported Also please note that VCI s 0 through 31 are reserved by the ATM Forum and that the FORE drivers support a limit of 1024 VCI s b Specify a CBR Maximum Cell Rate for the PVC if desired by entering a rate in the Cel 1Rate field 0 indicates a UBR connection c You can accept the default encapsulation Routed or select Bridged encapsulation If you select Bridged encapsulation you must enter a MAC address of the peer machine d Choose the Add button The connection appears in the PVC List Repeat these steps for additional PVC connections Removing Connections from the List To remove a connection from the list high light the connection by clicking on it in the list and choose the Remove button 9 Do one of the following a Return to the beginning of this procedure to install additional IP Over ATM drivers 5 D o L D 2 o 5 S6 SMOPUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 27 Windows 95 Installation 4 4 7 Binding Protocols to the ELAN and IP Over ATM Drivers 4 4 7 1 Binding Limitations in Windows 95
8. 000 cece eee eee eee 9 3 9 1 4 Specifying Flow Descriptors 0c e eee eee ee 9 3 9 2 Example of a Flow Specification 0 0 00 cect 9 4 9 3 Adding or Editing the MPOA 8 LANE VC Parameters 0 a 9 7 CHAPTER 10 Using InFOREmation Center 10 1 InFOREmation Center Requirements cee eee eee eee 10 2 10 1 1 Display Recommendations 0000 0 eee eee 10 2 10 1 2 Font Requirements 0 eee ee 10 2 TOA CPU Usage kaa ALA eal pele peli eee ie pe lad 4a Lk 10 2 10 2 Starting INFOREmation Center 0 0 cece ee 10 3 10 3 InFOREmation Center Summary View 0000 cece eee eee 10 4 10 4 Menus in INFOREmation Center 020000 eee 10 5 10 5 On line Help in InFOREmation Center 00000 cee eee 10 5 10 6 Copying Fields in INFOREmation Center 00 c eee 10 6 10 7 InFOREmation Center Advanced View 00 000 cee eee eee 10 6 10 8 Using the VLAN Information Tab 0 0 c eae 10 7 10 8 1 Sorting the Lists 0 2 0 cee 10 8 10 8 2 The FORE VLAN List 0 0 00 c ee eee 10 9 10 8 2 1 QoS Preferences Button 0 000 eee eee eee 10 9 10 8 2 2 VLAN Status Colors 0 000 e ee eee 10 10 10 8 3 ARP Cache Table 0 0 0 tee 10 10 10 8 3 1 Flush Entry and Flush All Buttons 10 11 10 8 3 2 Delete PVC Button 0 00 eee 10 11 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC Us
9. Figure 5 20 Network Control Panel with IP Over ATM Driver Installed ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 29 Windows NT Installation 10 Do one of the following a Return to the beginning of this procedure to install additional IP Over ATM REC 1577 drivers b Proceed to Binding Protocols to the ELAN and IP Over ATM Drivers on page 5 30 if you have installed all ELAN and IP over ATM drivers 5 4 5 Binding Protocols to the ELAN and IP Over ATM Drivers Use the following procedure to complete the installation 1 After installing all ELAN and IP Over ATM drivers choose Close in the Network control panel to complete the installation Progress bars are displayed 2 Additional dialog boxes appear depending on the installed network software The dialog boxes may be different than those shown in the following steps The IP Over ATM driver only binds to TCP IP E gt The ELAN driver can bind to TCP IP NetBeui or IPX SPX 3 The TCP IP Configuration dialog box appears see Figure 5 21 if TCP IP net work software is installed If not skip ahead to step 8 4 Inthe TCP IP Configuration dialog box select the IP Address tab scroll through the Adapter card list and select the FORE ELAN and IP Over ATM driv ers If you have multiple adapters installed the adapter identifier number is included in the brackets adjacent to the adapter name it is shown as 5 in Figure 5 21 This identifier was
10. PM Protocol Module interface card in the CellPath 300 that provides the logic supporting the protocol layer of the network link Various PMs support various protocols such as ATM cell Frame Relay or CBR traffic PMD Physical Medium Dependent a sublayer concerned with the bit transfer between two network nodes It deals with wave shapes timing recovery line coding and electro optic conversions for fiber based links PNNI Private Network Node Interface or Private Network to Network Interface a proto col that defines the interaction of private ATM switches or groups of private ATM switches ping Packet Internet Groper a program used to test reachability of destinations by send ing them an ICMP echo request and waiting for a reply Point to Multipoint Connection a collection of associated ATM VC or VP links with associ ated endpoint nodes with the following properties 1 One ATM link called the Root Link serves as the root in a simple tree topology When the Root node sends information all of the remaining nodes on the connection called Leaf nodes receive copies of the information 2 Each of the Leaf Nodes on the connection can send information directly to the Root Node The Root Node cannot distinguish which Leaf is sending information without additional higher layer information See the following note for Phase 1 3 The Leaf Nodes cannot communicate directly to each other with this connection type
11. 0000 cette 6 2 6 1 1 Step One Install and Configure the FORE HSM 6 2 6 1 2 Step Three Install and Configure the Novell LEC 6 5 6 1 3 Step Four Bind Protocols to the LEC Driver 6 6 6 1 4 Step Five Re Start the Server 0 0 0 0 0 0 c eee eee 6 7 6 2 Manualilnstallation esane Ka paw da Pete peed tea ited wi atlas eed LANA 6 8 6 2 1 Step One Copy the Driver Files to SYS SYSTEM 6 8 6 2 2 Step Two Edit Your AUTOEXEC NCF File aaa 6 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual TOC 3 Table of Contents 6 2 3 Step Three Re Start the Server 00000 cece eee eee 6 10 6 3 Viewing ATM Driver Status and Statistics 00 a 6 11 6 3 1 ATMELEC and ATMTRLEC Status 2 22 ea eeae 6 11 6 3 2 FORENP2E Status i a apa GT GAD Pande natn Danke Gm 6 11 CHAPTER 7 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7A The FORE ATM and LANE Drivers 0 0c eee eee eee eee 7A 7 2 The FORE Driver Files 000 c cece eee 7 3 7 3 Installation Requirements 0 0 c cece eee eae 7 4 7 3 1 System Requirements 00 cc cece eee 7 4 7 3 2 Required NetWare NLMS 000 c eee et ee 7 4 7 3 3 Required NetWare Start up Parameters 0 7 5 7 3 3 1 Set Minimum Packet Receive Buffers 7 5 7 3 3 2 Set Maximum Physical Receive Packet Size 7 6 7 4 Installing and Upgrading on
12. 1 In the Network Control Panel delete the default ATM and ELAN driver that was automatically installed 2 In Windows Explorer delete the c windows inf net fore inf file Reboot the computer Windows 98 will auto discovery the adapter as it starts up Proceed to install the ATM and LAN emulation drivers as described in the instal lation procedure below ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D o D D 2 fa 5 S6 SMOPUIM Windows 95 Installation 4 4 3 Installing the FORE ATM Adapter Driver After installing the FORE ATM adapter hardware when you start up your PC Windows 95 automatically discovers the new hardware and displays the New Hardware Found dialog box shown in Figure 4 2 New Hardware Found 2 A PCI Card Select which driver you want to install for your new hardware to Windows default driver E E E C Do not install a driver Windows will not prompt you aoe Select from a list of alternate drivers Figure 4 2 New Hardware Found Dialog Box This dialog box displays the type of the adapter and gives options for installing the driver Use the following procedure to install the ATM driver at this point 1 Accept the default option Driver from disk provided by hardware man ufacturer and click OK The Install from Disk dialog box appears specifying the A drive 2 Insert the ForeRunner software CD in the CD ROM drive and change the path to indicate D windows win9
13. a generic term for any communications medium which is permanently provisioned at the end points but switched in the middle In ATM there are two kinds of SPVCs smart permanent virtual path connections SPVPCs and smart permanent virtual channel connections SPVCCs Static Route a route that is entered manually into the routing table Statistical Multiplexing a technique for allowing multiple channels and paths to share the same link typified by the ability to give the bandwidth of a temporarily idle channel to another channel STM Synchronous Transfer Mode a transport and switching method that depends on information occurring in regular and fixed patterns with respect to a reference such as a frame pattern STP Shielded Twisted Pair two or more insulated wires that are twisted together and then wrapped in a cable with metallic braid or foil to prevent interference and offer noise free transmissions STS Synchronous Transport Signal a SONET electrical signal rate Sublayer a logical subdivision of a layer Super User a login ID that allows unlimited access to the full range of a device s functional ity including especially the ability to reconfigure the device and set passwords SVC Switched Virtual Circuit or Channel a channel established on demand by network signalling used for information transport between two locations and lasting only for the duration of the transfer the datacom equivalent of a di
14. a network designed primarily for data transmission and intended for sharing by many users from many organizations Glossary 18 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary PDU Protocol Data Unit a unit of data specified in a layer protocol and consisting of proto col control information and layer user data Peak Cell Rate at the PHY Layer SAP of a point to point VCC the Peak Cell Rate Rpis the inverse of the minimum inter arrival time TO of the request to send an ATM SDU Peer Entities entities within the same layer 11 110 3 PHY Physical Layer the actual cards wires and or fiber optic cabling used to connect computers routers and switches Physical Layer PHY Connection an association established by the PHY between two or more ATM entities A PHY connection consists of the concatenation of PHY links in order to provide an end to end transfer capability to PHY SAPs PLCP Physical Layer Convergence Protocol a framing protocol that runs on top of the T1 or El framing protocol PLM Physical Layer Module interface card in the CellPath 300 that provides the logic to support the physical layer of the network link A PLM has the actual physical port mounted on it Various PLMs support various physical layers such as OC 3c STM1 or DS3 PLP Packet Level Protocol Network layer protocol in the X 25 protocol stack Sometimes called X 25 Level 3 or X 25 Protocol See also X 25
15. 0 0005 4 18 Figure 4 11 Network Control Panel with an ELAN Driver Installed 4 20 Figure 4 12 Select Network Component Dialog Box 4 21 Figure 4 13 Select Network Adapters Dialog Box 4 22 Figure 4 14 Network Control Panel with IP Over ATM Driver 4 23 Figure 4 15 Adapter Configuration Tab 000 cece eee eee 4 24 Figure 4 16 Configuration Params Tab a 4 25 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual LOF 9 List of Figures Figure 4 17 Figure 4 18 Figure 4 19 Figure 4 20 Figure 4 21 CHAPTER 5 Figure 5 1 Figure 5 2 Figure 5 3 Figure 5 4 Figure 5 5 Figure 5 6 Figure 5 7 Figure 5 8 Figure 5 9 Figure 5 10 Figure 5 11 Figure 5 12 Figure 5 13 Figure 5 14 Figure 5 15 Figure 5 16 Figure 5 17 Figure 5 18 Figure 5 19 Figure 5 20 Figure 5 21 Figure 5 22 CHAPTER 6 Figure 6 1 Figure 6 2 Figure 6 3 Figure 6 4 Figure 6 5 Figure 6 6 LOF 10 PVC Connections Tab 0000s cece eee 4 26 TCP IP Properties Dialog BOX nannaa uaaa aaaea 4 29 Device Manager Tab 0 naaa 4 32 PCI Card Driver Tab nanana aaaea 4 33 Select Hardware Type Dialog BOX anann anana aaan 4 34 Windows NT Installation Relevant Files Included on the ForeRunner Software CD 5 2 FORE Driver Configuration cea e eee eee 5 4 Windows NT Prompt 0 200 spiris ae eae 5 5 Network Setup Wizard Adapt
16. SYSTEM directory by the NetWare 4 1 or 4 11 installation or upgrade procedure Table 7 4 Files Added by Installation File Contents forecon nlm FORE Systems ATM console forefxxx lan ForeRunner ATM adapter driver forefxxx 1ldi Driver installation file foreilmi nlm FORE Systems ILMI module forelec nlm FORE Systems LAN Emulation Client module foremux nim FORE Systems adapter multiplexor foreosp nim FORE Systems portability module foreprsr nlm FORE Systems parser module foresig nlm FORE Systems UNI signalling module foreveth lan FORE Systems Virtual Ethernet driver foreveth 1ldi FORE Systems Virtual Ethernet driver installation file forevtok lan FORE Systems Virtual Token Ring driver forevtok 1ldi FORE Systems Virtual Token Ring driver installation file 7 14 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 5 1 3 NetWare Full Driver Installation Step One Install the FORE ATM Driver Use the following procedure to load the ATM driver You must repeat this procedure for each adapter you are installing 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight an option then press lt Enter gt Bring up the server with no LAN drivers loaded Also make sure that the NLMs listed on page 7 14 are not loaded a Use the MODULES command to verify which NLMs are loaded b Use the UNLOAD command to unload those NLMs listed on page 7 14 At the server prompt type the followin
17. UNI User to Network Interface the physical and electrical demarcation point between the user and the public network service provider UNI 3 0 the User to Network Interface standard set forth by the ATM Forum that defines how private customer premise equipment interacts with private ATM switches UPC Usage Parameter Control the mechanism that ensures that traffic on a given connec tion does not exceed the contracted bandwidth of the connection UPC is responsible for polic ing or enforcement UPC is sometimes confused with congestion management to which it is functionally related on the CellPath 300 see congestion management UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair a cable that consists of two or more insulated conductors in which each pair of conductors are twisted around each other There is no external protection and noise resistance comes solely from the twists V 35 ITU T standard describing a synchronous physical layer protocol used for communica tions between a network access device and a packet network V 35 is most commonly used in the United States and Europe and is recommended for speeds up to 48 Kbps VBR Variable Bit Rate a type of traffic that when sent over a network is tolerant of delays and changes in the amount of bandwidth it is allocated e g data applications VC Virtual Channel or Circuit a communications path between two nodes identified by label rather than fixed physical path ForeRunner HE
18. e LAN Emulation Address Resolution Cache e Incoming Outgoing Connection Table e Driver Firmware Adapter Revision Information Table This is the same information that is displayed on the different screens in the ATM Console The data written to the log file is independent of that shown in the screen If you change the data shown on the screen the data that is logged is unaffected A sample log entry is shown in Figure 11 10 and Figure 11 11 If the server crashes the log file is still intact 11 5 1 Starting the Log Use the following procedure to start logging information to a file 1 Fromthe Available Options menu select Logging 2 From the Logging menu select Start Logging 3 Specify a file name for the log file The log file must be on a NetWare partition If the file already exists a prompt asks if the file should be replaced or if data should be appended to the file 11 5 2 Stopping the Log Prematurely Use the following procedure to stop logging information to the log file 1 From the Available Options menu select Logging 2 From the Logging menu select Stop Logging A message appears if logging is not in progress Otherwise all logging is stopped and you can examine the log file with a text editor Logging can be restarted by selecting the Logging option from the Main Menu and selecting Start Logging 11 18 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare Log Entr
19. B 2 1 Is there an interrupt conflict with the adapter An interrupt conflict may exist if the adapter and another device such as a mouse or sound card are assigned the same IRQs How to check Run the PCI slot configuration utility for your PC and check the IRQ assignments Possible solutions To minimize potential conflicts resources used by other devices cards or software can be man ually entered into the PCI configuration database using the PCI slot configuration utility for your PC Once entered this data should be locked so another piece of software will not change the values stored for any PCI cards When used properly PCI configuration software automatically configures FORE cards correctly ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual B 1 Network Troubleshooting in Windows B 2 2 Is the adapter receiving a carrier signal If the adapter is not receiving a carrier signal it is physically disconnected from the network How to check There are two ways to check this One method uses the InFOREmation Center utility 1 Double click on InFOREmation Center in the Control Panel 2 Select Adapter Information in the Window menu 3 The Adapter Connectivity portion of the window should include the message Carrier ON The other method is to look at the faceplate of the adapter card in the machine e The ForeRunnerLE 25 and PCA 200EPC adapter receive LEDs will display a red light if no carrier is
20. Double click on InFOREmation Center in the Control Panel 2 Check that the desired LIS appears in the list of Enabled FORE VLANs If itis select it If it is not you must installed an IP Over ATM driver for the desired LIS B 2 8 Is there a static NSAP route for the adapter on the switch If you re not using ILMI the system administrator must set up a static NSAP route for the adapter on the switch How to check Contact your system administrator for switch information Possible solution Configure the switch as required B 2 9 Is the adapter using the correct UNI version The adapter driver must be using the same version of the UNI protocol as the switch to which it is connected either UNI 3 1 or UNI 3 0 If you are using ILMI to determine the UNI version which is the default driver setting and ILMI is running the adapter s UNI version should be correct If you aren t using ILMI the driver s default setting is UNI 3 1 If the switch is using UNI 3 0 you must manually specify that the driver use UNI 3 0 by specifying the UNI 3 0 option when configuring the driver How to check 1 Double click on InFOREmation Center in the Control Panel 2 Click onthe Adapter Info button 3 The UNI Configured field indicates which version of UNI the driver is config ured to use If it indicates Auto ILMI has determined the UNI version which is indicated in the UNI Operating field 4 Contact you system adm
21. ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 9 9 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 5 To edit the properties of an existing QoS preference in the upper list highlight the preference and select the Properties button To add a new QoS preference select the Add button The Add Flow Specification dialog box appears as shown in Figure 9 7 Fields in this area determine the These QoS and VC Threshold traffic flows to which the LANE VC parameters apply to connections or MPOA parameters apply within the host s ELAN HE Add Flow Specification Flow Specification LANE VC Specification IP Destination ee VC Type CBR VBR Peak Rate 15900 0 Kbits sec Sustained Rate 1060 Kbits sec Backward Rate Min Full Protocol Any 5 UBR C Shared Max Burst Size 5 Khits Dest Port any LANE VC Threshold o packets sec MPOA Shortcuts MPOA Shortcut Threshold F packets sec Current Default Threshold 10 packets sec Cancel Source Port any z OK The MPOA shortcut applies to routed connections outside the host s ELAN Figure 9 7 Add Flow Specification Dialog Box 6 Edit the Flow Specification fields Together these fields determine which traffic is controlled by this Flow Specification a Specify the destination IP address or a host name if your host has estab lished a
22. ForeThought 5 0 introduces Distributed LAN Emulation DLE DLE allows the LES BUS functions to be dis tributed among multiple interconnected LES BUS instances called peers In the example ELAN shown in Figure 1 1 the two LES BUS pairs running in the switches function as peers in the same ELAN The LEC MPCs are distributed such that they are not all connected to the same server With this arrangement should one of the peer servers fail the clients connected to the remaining server continue to maintain connectivity while the clients that were con nected to the failed server automatically reestablish connectivity to the ELAN within 60 sec onds 5 T o Q ex O ie 3 1 3 2 8 Automatic ELAN Selection To simplify configuration of the ELAN ForeThought 5 0 allows a host to join an ELAN without specifying an ELAN name If the LECS has been configured to provide the required informa tion and you do not manually specify an ELAN name to join when you configure the ELAN driver the host initially attempts to join the ELAN specified by the LECS The host successfully joins the ELAN if the LECS is available the proper LES address for the ELAN has been speci fied in the LECS and the LES and BUS are available 1 3 2 9 ILMI LECS Discovery The ForeThought PC drivers support discovery of the LECS address via ILMI e If a LECS address has been manually specified it will try that address If that address fails it will try PVC 0 17
23. LEC_1 Ethernet Enabled Select a network interface for the new binding 10 11 12 Figure 6 5 Binding the Protocol to the Ethernet LEC Press the lt ESC gt key A confirmation window appears Select Yes to confirm Repeat this procedure for any additional LECs or protocols you are installing Press lt ESC gt to exit from the INETCFG utility A confirmation window appears Select Yes to confirm ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare HSM Driver Installation 6 1 4 Step Five Re Start the Server Stop the server and then re start it or issue the RESTART SERVER command to implement the changes As the server starts up the server displays the following messages Loading module FORENP2E LAN ForeRunner PCA 200EPC ATM Adapter Driver Version 4 11 August 18 1997 Copyright c 1995 1997 FORE Systems Inc as an unpublished work All righ ts reserved Debug symbol information for FORENP2E LAN loaded FORENP2E Using ForeRunner adapter in slot 0 Loading module ATMELEC LAN Novell ATM Ethernet LAN Emulation Client Version 1 01d January 27 1997 Copyright C 1995 1997 Novell Inc All rights reserved Debug symbol information for ATMELEC LAN loaded Loading module ATMELEC LAN Loading module ATMELEC LAN Previously loaded module was used re entrantly IPX LAN protocol bound to Novell ATM Ethernet LAN Emulation Client IPX LAN protocol bound to Novell ATM Ethernet LAN Emulation Client TC
24. Logical IP Subnet LIS 1 17 loss characteristic fiber optic cable 1 25 M MAC address of driver viewing in NetWare 11 9 MAC address determining in NetWare 7 39 manual installation of drivers on Windows 95 4 31 maximum run UTP cable 1 26 media type used by adapter viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 18 viewing in NetWare 11 9 MONITOR module for NetWare statistics AP a ak kh atan KAM GNG AN 6 11 Index 4 MTU size viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 9 viewingin NetWare 11 13 multicast packets 1 6 multi mode fiber specifications 1 25 multiple adapters 3 3 multiple ELANs 3 3 7 21 N name space provider for use with WinSock 2 2 D 2 NLM files required for ATM Console for NetWare 11 2 required for FORE drivers 7 4 note statement definition of v NSAP addresses format of 3 4 O OC3 framing used by adapter viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 19 viewing in NetWare 11 9 opening thePC a 2 3 OS software requirement 1 22 overview of adapter hardware 1 18 of adapter software 1 23 ORATM Ira KA an e 11 of IP Over ATM Classical IP 1 17 P package unpacking 1 29 PDU error statistics viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 22 PDU traffic statistics
25. amp Play standard will probably not require PCI slot configuration How ever for those BIOSs that DO require slot configuration refer to the PC documentation for configuration instructions If the PCI slot requires configuration you must perform the config uration prior to installing the driver software 2 2 Shutting Down the PC Before installing a FORE adapter you must shut down the PC using the following procedure CAUTION The PC should be shut down in an orderly manner Always quit all open applications and user processes Improperly quitting an application may damage files Save all work and exit any open applications Shut down the PC in an orderly manner Turn off the PC and any attached peripherals Hee athe Unplug the AC power cord from the PC For additional information about shutting down E gt the PC please refer to your PC system User s Manual 2 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Hardware Installation 2 3 Hardware Installation This section provides the information necessary to install a FORE adapter into a PC These installation procedures reflect the common steps needed for installing the adapter card regardless of the target system 2 3 1 Opening the System Unit CAUTION Electronic components are extremely sensitive to static electricity You should wear a properly grounded anti static strap while installing the adapter card This can prevent electrostatic disc
26. is purely an administrative issue Limitations of IP addressing IP packet filtering and administrative boundaries may guide a manager into establishing several LISs onto a single ATM network Keep in mind though that communication between LISs must occur through IP routers ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 17 Introduction 1 6 PCA Adapter Overview The PCA 200EPC adapter shown in Figure 1 5 is a high performance single slot ATM adapter designed for use on an PCI bus The PCA adapter features FORE Systems Advanced Cell Pro cessing Architecture and provides maximum networking performance to applications run ning on PC systems The firmware for the PCA adapter can be downloaded allowing convenient upgrades to support evolving signalling and AAL standards In addition the PCA adapter provides transparent support for various networking protocols Switched Virtual Cir cuits SVCs through the UNI 3 0 3 1 protocol and Permanent Virtual Circuits PVCs PCA 200EPC 5 8 x 3 3 Requires PCI Bus Master Slot Available with SC ST or UTP connectors ST Connector Figure 1 5 PCA Adapter 1 6 1 Hardware Overview The Advanced Cell Processing Architecture featured in the PCA adapter uses a dedicated embedded Intel i960 RISC processor along with special purpose AAL 5 and 3 4 Segmentation and Reassembly SAR hardware and fly by scatter gather DMA The adapter provides PCI bus mast
27. on page 10 10 e A list of all FORE adapters installed in the host e The status of each adapter given by color see Adapter Status Colors on page 10 17 e The current transmit and receive rates of the adapter in cells sec or Kb sec See Setting Cell Measurements on page 10 25 for information on changing the units used in InFOREmation Center e The number of errors encountered by the adapter in the period since the driver was started or the error count was reset to zero with the Zero Error Count button SF InFOREmation Center Bm Ea File Options Help 5 MPDA ELAN Ethernet 2 sp ethl516 MPOA ELAN Ethernet 2 sp ethl516 MPOA ELAN Ethernet V1 sp ethl516 MPOA ELAN Ethernet Y1 VLAN Status Connected to all LE servers Adapter Info Unit ESI Address Tx Rate 1 461 Kbits sec Rx Rate 4 593 Kbits sec Errors 0 Zero Error Count 00 20 48 0e 57 0a Figure 10 2 InFOREmation Center Summary View 10 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center 10 4 Menus in InFOREmation Center The menus presented by the INFOREmation Center are File Allows you to Exit the INFOREmation Center Options Allows you to refresh the VLAN and Adapter information set the automatic refresh interval view more detailed adapter and VLAN information and toggle the units used in InFOREmation Center between cells per second cells sec and kilobits per
28. through the Network control panel The number of receive queue descriptors associated with the receive buffers This value is set when the ATM driver can be configured through the Network control panel However setting this parameter too high can prevent the driver from loading due to insufficient system resources Indicates the interrupt request IRQ used by this adapter ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center 10 10 3 Adapter Connectivity Table This table displays general host connectivity information including the machine s connection status its ATM address and the configuration method Adapter Connecting H Fagira d Addr as a 1 04 000 0 FI C JDO Dees Da maka Using BPANS Pa 7 Ona TORE NDOA Da UN Cantigured Ark Ling Lid Yee Liping 31 Figure 10 13 Adapter Connectivity Portion of Adapter Information Window Carrier On indicates that the host is successfully communicating with the network and is physically installed Off indicates that the host is not communicating with the network and that the physical connection should be checked Using SPANS This field does not apply to the FORE PC adapters Using ILMI Yes indicates that the host is configured to use ILMI No means that it is not Registered Address The ATM address of the host If ILMI has not found it the field will read Unknown attempting to register until it is located UNI State 8 Up indicates that
29. where D is your CD ROM drive Choose Continue A second prompt appears identical to that shown in Figure 5 5 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 16 Setup now needs the Windows NT networking files Remove the ForeRunner CD and replace it with the Windows NT distribution CD Specify the directory con taining the Windows NT distribution files and choose Continue The Windows NT Setup dialog box appears as files are copied Be sure to change the path when you replace the E gt ForeRunner CD with the Windows NT distribution CD Incorrectly specifying the path for example specifying the path D windows winnt used for the FORE driver files when the Windows NT CD is in the drive will cause errors as Setup attempts to install the files 17 TheForeRunner xxx ATM Driver dialog box appears Edit the parameters as described in Installing the FORE ATM Adapter Driver on page 5 9 Choose OK when you are done editing the dialog box 18 Additional dialog boxes for the ELAN and IP Over ATM drivers appear Edit them as described in Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver on page 5 17 and Installing the IP Over ATM Classical IP Adapter Driver on page 5 24 19 Windows NT continues to install the networking components it needs Depending on what Windows NT files have already been installed a prompt may appear ask ing you to insert the Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 s
30. 00005 5 36 UTP connectors end plate configuration A 2 UTP specifications 1 26 Vv VCI out of range statistics viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 23 viewing in NetWare 11 7 viewing ATM statistics NetWare 0005 6 11 11 3 Windows eee ee ee 10 3 virtual channelsand virtual paths description of D 10 Virtual Ethernet driver NetWare 7 31 VPI out of range errors viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 23 viewing in NetWare 11 7 W warnings definition of v wavelength specification fiber optic cable 1 25 Web Sites for NetWare updates 7 4 for WinSock 2 2 development D 3 well known address LECS 1 5 Windows 95 failure to discover driver 4 31 Windows NT Operating Systems crashes B 7 Windows Sockets2SDK D 3 WIMMSD utility a B 8 WinSock 2 2 overview D 1 worksheet pre installation 3 3 WSATMDRV SSYS file D 5 WSATMDRV VXD file 0 0 D 5 Y yellow LED indicator A 2 Index 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual
31. 2 bind ipx etl net 4544 load atmelec ab b2 name et2 elan et1516 frame ethernet 802 2 bind ipx et2 net 1516 Figure 6 7 Sample AUTOEXEC NCF File for Multiple Adapters 6 2 3 Step Three Re Start the Server Save the AUTOEXEC NCF file and re start the server As the server starts up you will see the following messages displayed momentarily on the screen Loading module FORENP2E LAN ForeRunner PCA 200EPC ATM Adapter Driver Version 4 10 February 25 1997 Copyright c 1995 1997 FORE Systems Inc as an unpublished work All righ ts reserved Debug symbol information for FORENP2E LAN loaded FORENP2E Using ForeRunner adapter in slot 0 Loading module ATMELEC LAN Novell ATM Ethernet LAN Emulation Client Version 1 01d January 27 1997 Copyright C 1995 1997 Novell Inc All rights reserved Debug symbol information for ATMELEC LAN loaded Loading module ATMELEC LAN Loading module ATMELEC LAN Previously loaded module was used re entrantly IPX LAN protocol bound to Novell ATM Ethernet LAN Emulation Client IPX LAN protocol bound to Novell ATM Ethernet LAN Emulation Client TCPIP 3 5 112 Bound to board 6 with IP address 169 100 10 242 and mask FF FF FF O IP LAN protocol bound to Novell ATM Ethernet LAN Emulation Client 6 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare HSM Driver Installation 6 3 Viewing ATM Driver Status and Statistics 6 3 1 ATMELEC and ATMTRLEC Status T
32. 5 0 D 19569 20157 dca ar TANA OB de OTs SOMET Una CANF pan Un pra pE de raan AALI Cale NIA Ie BI NG g TOC LER EO AU A Bos Tae Te Beater Count Te ti Sie A Fingan Sire Fin Dun Coir Fu Que Sire meTun Ya mor URI Mata Lig UM Cana Aw Lipami 31 Pale ikhrtatari es ST Ima 1a Cd aa nPE ME 5b a ag EELE g Tu AALS PORE AALS Errore Sangean Experian GE Layer Bear O POY CAC bearer 7 Pacer Enia Ce wid hea Cale atid Framing O Sra eer Fairen O Large Butter Fates O Figure 10 10 Adapter Information Window Refer to Table 10 2 for references to information on the Adapter Information Window 10 16 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center Table 10 2 Viewing the Adapter Information Window For a description of Refer to Adapter information Adapter List Table on page 10 1 Adapter Information Table on page 10 18 Connectivity information Adapter Connectivity Table on page 10 21 Statistical information Adapter Statistics Table on page 10 22 10 10 1 Adapter List Table This table lists the FORE adapters currently installed in the machine and their corresponding unit numbers and status Adapter List i Group System Interface Figure 10 11 Adapter List Portion of Adapter Information Window 10 10 1 1 Adapter Status Colors The adapters are color coded to correspond w
33. Bad Header e Cells Received with Bad Framing e Small Buffer Allocation Failures e Large Buffer Allocation Failures 10 10 4 1 Zero Statistics Button To return the cumulative statistics to zero select the Zero Statistics button 5 A 2 ps m 3 D o 3 O e e ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 23 Using InFOREmation Center 10 11Using the Refresh and Measurement Options The InFOREmation Center s Refresh Options allow you to set refresh intervals implement immediate data refreshes and clear statistical information at any time These options are accessed through the Options menu The Use Cell Measurements option allows you to change the units in which rates are displayed 10 11 1 Setting Refresh Intervals The Set Refresh Interval dialog shown in Figure 10 15 allows you to determine how often the application automatically polls the driver to update its displayed information as well as the automatic refreshes that take place when you select list items in the windows To set the Refresh Intervals 1 Select the Set Refresh Interval menu option from the Options menu The Set Refresh Intervals dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 4 4 Set Refresh Interval x Refresh screen information every a seconds Cancel OK Figure 10 15 Set Refresh Interval Dialog Box 2 Change the interval as desired The interval cannot be set to zero FORE recom m
34. Example wi ofeeduiegiakeckacieta caw wud eh Mneeul ied Me 7 30 7 6 6 LAN Emulation Client FORELEC NLM 00005 7 30 66 14 Example pinaka E dengue dead eis eg 7 30 7 6 7 Virtual Ethernet Driver FOREVETH LAN 000 7 31 7 6 8 Virtual Token Ring Driver FOREVTOK LAN 2 0 7 33 TOC 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Table of Contents 7 6 8 1 How the ELAN Drivers are Associated with Adapters 7 36 7 6 8 2 EXAMPIO esate tice biel NG ANG ha Renae eats te ah a ancy doe ise KA wd Ra He 7 37 7 6 9 Setting Up the Trace Options 0 0 0 0 7 37 7 7 NetWare Driver LOAD Parameters 0 000 cece eee eee teens 7 38 7 8 Finding the MAC Address 0 00 cece ete eet 7 39 7 9 Multiple Configuration Files 0 000 cece eee eee 7 40 CHAPTER 8 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Drivers 8 1 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Software 00 06 ccc eee eee 8 1 8 2 Additional Upgrade Options 0 0 00 ce tees 8 4 CHAPTER9 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 9 1 MPOA and LANE VC Parameters 0 0000 e cece e eee teens 9 1 9 1 1 Using Predefined MPOA and LANE VC Parameters 9 2 9 1 2 LANE Virtual Circuit Parameters 0c eee eee 9 2 9 1 2 1 Virtual Circuit Type kasa eese erena nei e a EAn ai 9 2 9 1 2 2 LANE Virtual Circuit Threshold nasasa anaana 9 2 9 1 3 MPOA Shortcut Threshold
35. ForeRunner ELAN Adapter driver in the list of Installed Adapter Cards including the unit number A description of the adapter appears in the Description field Fig ure 5 16 shows an example of the Network Settings control panel with the FORE ATM driver and an ELAN drivers installed The name of the ELAN associ ated with each ELAN driver appear in parentheses ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation Network Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings 5 D o 2 D o 3 1N SMopuim Network Adapters 89 1 ForeRunnerHE 622 ATM Adapter 2 ForeRunner ELAN Adapter et1516 Add Remove Properties Update ltem Notes ForeRunner ELAN Adapter Figure 5 16 Network Settings with ELAN Driver Installed 9 Do one of the following a Return to the beginning of this procedure to install additional ELAN drivers b Proceed to Installing the IP Over ATM Classical IP Adapter Driver on page 5 24 to install one or more Classical IP drivers c Proceed to Binding Protocols to the ELAN and IP Over ATM Drivers on page 5 30 if you have installed all ELAN and IP over ATM drivers ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 5 4 4 Installing the IP Over ATM Classical IP Adapter Driver 5 4 4 1 Connecting to Multiple LISs You may want to join more than one LIS for example Engineering
36. ForeThought software CD in the CD ROM drive and change the path to indicate D windows winnt where D indicates your CD ROM drive Press lt ENTER gt The Select Ol EM Device dialog box appears Select the ForeRunner xxx ATM driver that matches your adapter PCA HE622 or LE and choose OK The driver appears in the Network Adapters list Return to step 4 and repeat the process to install one or more ELAN or IP Over ATM drivers Choose Next to proceed The Network Wizard Protocols dialog box appears Check any protocols required for ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual your machine in addition to TCP IP Windows NT Installation 12 Choose Next to proceed The Network Wizard Network Services dialog box appears 13 Choose Next to proceed The Network Wizard displays informational text 14 Choose Next to proceed The Network Wizard prompts you for the Windows NT files as shown in Figure 5 5 5 D o 2 D 2 o 3 1N SMopuim Windows NT Setup oF Setup needs to copy some Windows NT files Setup will look for the files in the location specified below Cancel If you want Setup to look in a different place type the new location When the location is correct click Continue a Figure 5 5 Prompt for Windows NT Files 15 Although the prompt indicates that Setup needs Windows NT files it actually needs the FORE driver files Change the path to d windows winnt
37. IP The ELAN driver can bind to TCP IP NetBeui or IPX SPX e You must bind network protocols to each ELAN or IP Over ATM driver you have installed separately and assign each ELAN a distinct address e If you are using automatic ELAN selection and TCP IP you must still get the appropriate TCP IP address for your host on that ELAN 4 28 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 2 Choose the OK button You are prompted to reboot the system Choose the Restart Now button The ForeRunner adapter driver installation is now com plete When the PC reboots the FORE ATM ELAN and IP over ATM drivers are loaded TCP IP Properties HEI Bindings Advanced DNS Configuration Gateway WINS Configuration IP Address An IP address can be automatically assigned to this computer If your network does not automatically assign IP addresses ask your network administrator for an address and then type it in the space below C Specify an IP address Subnet es a Ta Figure 4 18 TCP IP Properties Dialog Box 5 D o L D 2 o 5 96 SMOpUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 3 Ifnecessary proceed to configure the MPOA and QoS parameters for your ELAN connections as described in Chapter 9 Consult your system administrator to determine if you need to configure these parameters If you reconfigure an al
38. If selecting a bridged connection you must specify a peer MAC address You can specify the Maximum transmission rate for the connection SE Add Classical IP PYC x Create on VLAN OST Hostname or IP Address Encapsulation fo 7 Routed yol Bridged MAC Address Max TX Rate Kbits sec OK Cancel Figure 10 16 Add Classical IP PVC Dialog Box 10 26 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Ofna ism Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare The utility described in this chapter is only available gt with FORE s fat ATM and LANE drivers for NetWare described in Chapter 7 11 1 Introduction The ForeThought ATM Console program for NetWare FORECON NLM provides performance monitoring and debugging tools that allow you to view and log a number of ATM parameters and statistics With the ATM Console you can display the following information e Adapter information such as AAL statistics and driver revision information e ELAN information such as addresses of the LANE services and current connec tions within the ELAN You can also log this information to a text file By default the ATM Console displays statistics about the number of cells and PDUs transmit ted and received by the adapter as shown in Figure 11 1 These statistics are constantly updated while the program is running even if you are looking at other information gt 35 52 E e S o 3
39. Information table Actual ELAN Name The name of the ELAN to which this driver is connected Configured ELAN Name The name of the ELAN to which this driver is connected as configured in the LOAD parameter for this driver If a name was not specified this value is lt NULL gt and the Automatic ELAN Name specified by the LECS is used The name of this ELAN appears in the Actual ELAN Name field ELAN State The state of the selected ELAN ELAN Type Type of LAN being emulated Ethernet or Token Ring Max MTU size The largest MTU size that can be used by this ELAN ATM Address ATM address assigned to this NetWare server The selector byte of this address differentiates the server s address on this ELAN from this server s ATM address on other ELANs to which it is connected LECS Address ATM address of the LECS associated with the selected ELAN LES Address ATM address of the LES associated with the selected 2 ELAN z o ah BUS Address ATM address of the BUS associated with the selected z2 0 Dn ELAN o5 5 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 13 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 4 3 Displaying the ARP Cache To display the ARP cache for the selected ELAN driver 1 From the Available Options menu select LAN Emulation 2 A list of available ELANSs is displayed Select the ELAN for which you want to dis play information 3 From the LAN Cache Emulation Options menu selec
40. Manual 9 1 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 9 1 1 Using Predefined MPOA and LANE VC Parameters The LECS if configured to do so can provide a list of MPOA and LANE VC parameters for the MPOA Client MPC when the client starts up and establishes its ELAN connections Check with your system administrator to determine if you can use the preferences supplied by the LECS In most cases you need to configure QoS preferences only if your site is using a LECS that is not MPOA aware from an earlier ForeThought release or from a third party ven dor The MPOA and LANE VC parameters supplied by the LECS cannot be edited 9 1 2 LANE Virtual Circuit Parameters 9 1 2 1 Virtual Circuit Type This parameter determines the QoS for the VC QoS parameters specify required bandwidth and variation in cell arrival times of an ATM connection Different applications require differ ent levels of QoS With ForeThought 5 0 you can define a preference for a specific network con nection defining how the traffic for that connection is handled Possible QoS types are constant bit rate CBR variable bit rate VBR unknown bit rate UBR or shared After choosing the QoS type you must specify the traffic parameters for the connection The QoS preferences apply only to destinations within the host s ELAN They do not apply to MPOA shortcuts 9 1 2 2 LANE Virtual Circuit Threshold This parameter specified as a rate in cells per second de
41. Packet Receive Buffers You must include the following NetWare start up parameter in the server s STARTUP NCF file set minimum packet receive buffers lt n gt In this parameter the variable lt n gt has the value 600 for your first adapter card and must include an additional 100 for each additional physical adapter you have installed in the machine For example if you have installed one adapter include the following line in the NetWare start up parameters set minimum packet receive buffers 600 If you have installed two adapters include the following line set minimum packet receive buffers 700 If you have additional adapters from other NOTES manufacturers installed consult their documentation and add any required buffer space to that required by the FORE adapters You can add this line with the appropriate value when you install NetWare 1 During the initial NetWare install select Custom Install rather than the Sim ple Install 2 Atthe Special Startup Commands prompt enter the set minimum packet receive buffers lt n gt parameter gt D o D D 2 fa 5 J AUQ IN4 91eM 9N ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 5 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 3 3 2 Set Maximum Physical Receive Packet Size You must include the following NetWare start up parameter in the server s STARTUP NCF file set maximum physical receive packet size lt value gt You must assign a value
42. Select the appropriate ATM driver for your adapter PCA ForeRunnerHE 622 ForeRunnerHE 155 or ForeRunnerLE In this example ForeRunnerHE 622 ATM Adapter is selected Choose the OK button The Windows NT Setup dialog box appears with a progress bar showing the files being copied 8 The ForeRunner xxx ATM Adapter dialog box appears after the files are copied You can choose Cancel to abort the entire installation process Modify the fields to conform to your system requirements the default values are adequate for most installations The dialog box for the ForeRunnerHE adapter shown in Figure 5 10 is different than the dialog box for the ForeRunnerLE and PCA adapters shown in Figure 5 11 If your site is using ILMI If you are using ILMI to determine the hosts ATM address and UNI version and are using the default buffer values and other defaults you can immediately choose the OK button and proceed to step 14 on page 5 15 5 12 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation Transmit Groups Count Receive Groups Count Receive Fragment Size Interrupt Groups Count Number of YPI Bits Adapter s Identifier Rate Shaping Kbits sec ForeRunnerHE 622 ATM Adapter 18600 WT gt PHY Framing SONET SDH Empty Cell Insertion Unassigned C Idle Copyright c 1996 1997 FORE Systems Inc All rights reserved klip Defaults Cancel Click
43. The default value is the node address on the board c Emulated LAN Name Specify the name of the ELAN you want to join This name is case sensitive Leaving this field blank If you do not specify this parameter the LEC attempts to use the Automatic ELAN selection feature The success of this attempt depends on whether contact can be made with the LECS to get the list of ELAN names associated with this LEC and on the configuration of the LECS and the matching rules defined in the LECS configuration file You must still specify the ELAN type and MTU size or accept the default If no ELAN has been specified on the LECS that matches these parameters the Automatic ELAN Name feature will not work Use the FORECON NLM described in Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare on page 8 1 to determine the name of the ELAN that the driver has joined This feature can only be used with one ELAN driver Specifying a LES failover sequence If the LECS has been configured to sup port failovers in the event of the failure of a LES you can specify a failover sequence when you specify the ELAN name To do this specify the ELAN name a vertical bar and a range corresponding to the backup ELANs you want this LEC to contact if one or more LESs fail For example if the ELAN name is test and a total of five ELANs for test have been configured and you want to attempt each of the five in the event of multiple LES failures specify the following in t
44. UNI is operating and has established a connection with the switch Down indicates it has not UNI Configured Indicates what version of UNI the adapter driver was configured to use 3 0 3 1 or Auto to indicate that ILMI should automatically determine the UNI version to use UNI Operating Either 3 0 or 3 1 if the UNI version is known Auto if ILMI is currently determining which version to use ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 21 5 A 2 J m 3 D o 3 O e e Using InFOREmation Center 10 10 4 Adapter Statistics Table This table displays statistical information for ATM traffic and transmission errors hp AA O mama a O 0g E meld aira Figure 10 14 Adapter Statistics Portion of Adapter Information Window The statistical information includes cells and packet data units PDUs e Transmitted e Received e Dropped e Throughput Kb s PHY Statistics are also provided for adapters with an OC3 interface Error statistics are broken down into three categories e AAL5 e Dropped Cell e Receive AALD5 Errors e Congestion Experienced Traffic Overflow e PDU CRC Errors Data Error Checking e CS Layer Protocol Errors PDU errors 10 22 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center Dropped Cell Errors e VPI Out of Range Drops e No Connection for VPI Drops e VCI Out of Range Drops Receive Errors e Cells Received with
45. User s Manual ZAIOSUIM YUM J9pIAO1d ELITEI o 5 a gt D S ce Eu m gt Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 To allow WinSock2 to recognize the FORE ATM Service Provider you must install the FORE AIM Service Provider with WinSock2 The installation process registers the Service Provider with the WS2_32 DLL To do this use the installation program as described in pgrading the Service Provider on page D 6 After the installation a developer deals only with WinSock2 The Service Provider works only with FORE E gt Systems ForeThought 4 1 or later adapter drivers Also the ForeThought driver and WinSock SPI must be the same version in order to work properly together D 1 The FORE Name Space Provider In addition to the Service Provider FORE also provides a Name Space Provider The Name Space Provider allows developers to use the name resolution and registration functions avail able in WinSock2 with the FORE Service Provider An ATM application developed with the Name Space Provider can reference an ATMHOSTS file in the windi r directory containing a list of ATM addresses and associated text names An example ATMHOST file is included with the FORE Service Provider software and the sample application code can be referred to for an example of Name Space Provider usage The ATMHOSTS file must not have a TXT E gt extension or any extension When you edit it make sure that the edi
46. Windows 95 allows up to eight bindings per network protocol IPX NetBEUI or TCP IP There is also a NetBios restriction of a combined total of eight protocol bindings using Net BEUI and TCP IP If you have a total of more than eight protocol bindings using NetBEUI and TCP IP your system may hang at boot up For example if you have bound five drivers to TCP IP you can only perform three bindings to NetBEUI because the total number of TCP IP and NetBEUI bindings cannot exceed eight 4 4 7 2 Binding the Protocols Use the following procedure to complete the installation 1 Bind any network protocols to the ELAN or IP Over ATM driver or drivers as required by your site and within Windows 95 networking limitations To configure the bindings select the binding in the list of installed network com ponents in the Network control panel and click the Properties button If you select the TCP IP binding the TCP IP Properties dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 4 18 Contact your system administrator for any addresses such as TCP IP you may need If your site is using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP you do not need to specify a TCP IP address For specific instructions about Windows 95 network configuration please consult your system administrator and the appropriate Windows 95 documentation Keep the following notes in mind as you bind E gt the protocols to the drivers e The IP Over ATM driver only binds to TCP
47. Windows NT drivers for any of the FORE PC adapters e ForeRunnerLE also referred to as the LE adapter e PCA 200EPC also referred to as the PCA adapter e ForeRunnerHE also referred to as the HE adapter During the installation the model name for your adapter will appear in the dialog boxes relat ing to the ATM adapter driver ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 1 Windows NT Installation 5 2 The FORE ATM and LANE Drivers You must install both a FORE ATM driver and one or more of the following FORE drivers e Emulated LAN ELAN driver to connect to an emulated LAN e JP over ATM RFC 1577 also referred to as Classical IP or CLIP driver to connect to a CLIP Logical IP Subnet LIS Contact your system administrator for information about the drivers you must install An introduction to LAN Emulation and Classical IP is given in Chapter 1 lt You must install the ForeRunner PCA ForeRunnerLE or ForeRunnerHE ATM Adapter driver prior to installing the ELAN or IP over ATM driver or drivers windows winnt directory 16 files and 2 subdirectories containing driver files for different platforms alpha directory i386 directory crdisk bat Each of these directories contains the following 26 files and 3 subdirectories diskl he directory foreinfo exe disk2 le directory foreinfo hlp disk3 pca
48. address it references Agent SNMP a component of network and desktop management software such as SNMP that gathers information from MIBs AIS Alarm Indication Signal a line AIS is asserted when a 111 binary pattern is detected in bits 6 7 8 of the K2 byte for five consecutive frames A line AIS is removed when any pattern other than 111 is detected in these bits for five consecutive frames ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 1 Glossary alarm an unsolicited message from a device typically indicating a problem with the system that requires attention AMI ATM Management Interface the user interface to FORE Systems ForeThought switch control software SCS AMI lets users monitor and change various operating configurations of FORE Systems switches and network module hardware and software IP connectivity and SNMP network management ANSI American National Standards Institute a private organization that coordinates the setting and approval of some U S standards It also represents the United States to the Inter national Standards Organization API Application Program Interface a language format that defines how a program can be made to interact with another program service or other software it allows users to develop custom interfaces with FORE products APP application program a complete self contained program that performs a specific function directly for the u
49. an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Changes and Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer or reistrant of this equipment can void your authority to operate this equipment under Federal Communications Commission rules DOC CLASS A NOTICE This digital apparatus does not exceed Class A limits for radio noise emission for a digital device as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le present appareil numerique n emet pas de bruits radioelectriques depassant les limites applicables aux appareils nume riques de la class A prescrites dans le reglement sur le brouillage radioelectrique edicte par le ministere des Communica tions du Canada CE NOTICE Marking by the symbol CE indicates compliance of this system to the EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility directive of the European Community and compliance to the Low Voltage Safety Directive Such marking is indicative that this sys tem meets or exceeds the following technical standards e EN 55022 Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics of Information Technol ogy Equipment eEN 50082 1 Electromagnetic compatibility Generic immunity standard Part 1 Residential com mercial and light industry eIEC 1000 4 2 Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial process measu
50. and status e Configure and view MPOA parameters e View and delete ARP Cache entries for a VLAN connection e View and delete CLIP PVC entries for a Classical IP connection ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 7 T o ps m 3 2 3 e 3 e D 3 Dr Using InFOREmation Center Table 10 1 lists references to information on the VLAN Information Window Table 10 1 Using the VLAN Information Window For a description of Refer to The VLAN List The FORE VLAN List on page 10 9 The ARP Cache ARP Cache Table on page 10 10 The VLAN Information VLAN Information Table on page 10 12 Configuring MPOA Parameters Chapter 9 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Ser ice Parameters on page 9 1 10 8 1 Sorting the Lists All lists in the VLAN Information window are sortable by the list heading For example click ing on Name will re sort the entries by name Type sorts by type etc To reverse the order of the sort click on the list heading again 10 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center 10 8 2 The FORE VLAN List This list displays information about the ELANs or CLIP LISs to which the host is connected You can double click on a VLAN in the list to display the status of the VLAN A System Interface e4544 FORELAN3 MPOA ELAN Ethernet VI FORELAN2 MPOA ELAN Ethernet V2
51. as unassigned cells are added to the output stream This is because there always must be a fixed number of cells in the output direction when there are not enough cells to transmit unassigned cells are added to the output data stream Cell Transfer Delay the transit delay of an ATM cell successfully passed between two desig nated boundaries CES Circuit emulation Services The CellPath 90 supports Circuit Emulation Services CES for applications requiring a fixed delay lossless end to end connection through the net work In essence CES provides a virtual private line service to the connecting application Channelization capability of transmitting independent signals together over a cable while still maintaining their separate identity for later separation CLP Cell Loss Priority the last bit of byte four in an ATM cell header indicates the eligibil ity of the cell for discard by the network under congested conditions If the bit is set to 1 the cell may be discarded by the network depending on traffic conditions Cold Start Trap a CellPath 300 SNMP trap which is sent when the unit has been power cycled see trap Comm Port the front panel DCE port that allows access to the CellPath 300 user interface via a connected terminal Concentrator a communications device that offers the ability to concentrate many lower speed channels into and out of one or more high speed channels Congestion Management a Cel Path 3
52. client 3 Next the LEC MPC receives the following from the LECS the name of the ELAN to which it is assigned the ATM address of the LES for the ELAN it is joining if the LECS is MPOA aware and has been configured with them the parame ters containing the flow detection and shortcut establishment policies it is to use 1 14 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 4 The LEC MPC then connects to its assigned LES and provides the LES with a parameter identifying itself as MPOA aware 5 Finally the LEC MPC connects to the ELAN s BUS Once these connections are established third party network layer protocol drivers on the host can establish network layer connectivity The methods these upper layer drivers use to deter mine host IP addresses default gateway and backup gateway addresses vary depending on the third party product For example the LANE MPOA driver itself permits these drivers to use BOOTP or DHCP to obtain IP configuration information 1 4 5 3 Flow Analysis On a LEC MPC s host or edge device IP packets with destinations within the host s subnet are sent using LANE 1 0 methods i e the client acts as an LEC and works directly with its ELAN s services to connect with local destinations Packets destined for remote subnets cause the LEC MPC to act as an MPC This client is then referred to as an ingress LEC MPC 5 T o Q c O ie 3 Ingress LEC MPCs a
53. components of LECS LES and BUS an MPOA network includes an extended LEC referred to as a LEC MPC and a Multi Protocol Server MPS 1 4 4 1 LANE MPOA Client LEC MPC The LEC MPC has two functions depending on the traffic it is handling For traffic within the ELAN The LEC MPC acts as a LEC and simply communicates with other ELAN components the LES and BUS to resolve MAC addresses into ATM addresses For traffic outside the ELAN The LEC MPC acts as an MPC communicating with i e routed traffic the MPS to be a source of and destination of MPOA shortcuts A LEC MPC that is the source of a shortcut is known as an ingress LEC MPC A LEC MPC that is the destination of a shortcut is known as an egress LEC MPC The LEC MPC includes an NHRP Client NHC ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 11 Introduction An ingress LEC MPC monitors traffic flow that is being forwarded over an ELAN to a router that contains an MPS When the ingress LEC MPC recognizes a flow rate that could benefit from a shortcut and thus bypass the routed path it asks the MPS for the ATM address of the destination If the MPS provides the destination ATM address the ingress LEC MPC sets up a shortcut VCC and forwards traffic for the destination over the shortcut You can configure the flow rates which trigger the shortcut creation An egress LEC MPC receives internetwork traffic from other LEC MPCs to be forwarded to its local interfa
54. cost equal cost and load balancing Out of Band Management refers to switch configuration via the serial port or over Ether net not ATM packet a group of bits including information bits and overhead bits transmitted as a com plete package on a network Usually smaller than a transmission block Packet Port a port on the CellPath 300 that transmits and receives packet traffic Packet Switching a communications paradigm in which packets messages are individu ally routed between hosts with no previously established communications path Payload Scrambling a technique that eliminates certain bit patterns that may occur within an ATM cell payload that could be misinterpreted by certain sensitive transmission equipment as an alarm condition PBX Private Branch Exchange a private phone system switch that connects to the pub lic telephone network and offers in house connectivity To reach an outside line the user must dial a digit like 8 or 9 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a local bus standard created by Intel PCM Pulse Code Modulation a modulation scheme that samples the information signals and transmits a series of coded pulses to represent the data PCR Peak Cell Rate parameter defined by the ATM Forum for ATM traffic management In CBR transmissions PCR determines how often data samples are sent In ABR transmis sions PCR determines the maximum value of the ACR PDN Public Data Network
55. depending on the largest MTU size used by the ELANs to which the host is connected Use Table 7 3 to determine the appropriate value for your machine Table 7 3 Recommended Maximum Physical Receive Packet Sizes Set the Maximum Physical Receive Packet Size to If Your MTU Size is PCA and ESA Adapters LE Adapters 1514 1584 2048 4542 4608 6144 9232 9312 10240 18188 18240 18432 7 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 4 Installing and Upgrading on a NetWare 3 12 Server The following procedures detail methods of installing or upgrading the software on a server running Novell NetWare 3 12 7 44 Installing the FORE ATM Driver on a NetWare 3 12 Server Use the following procedure to install the FORE ATM software on a NetWare 3 12 server 1 Start the NetWare server 2 Insert the ForeThought software CD into the CD ROM drive If you must install the drivers from a diskette refer NOTE a to the README TXT file on the CD for information about creating a NetWare installation diskette 3 From the NetWare console prompt add a search path to indicate the directory con taining the drivers corresponding to your adapter search add g windows netware ft4 1 6 In this example the CD ROM drive is indicated by g Be sure to indicate the correct path for your CD ROM drive 4 From the NetWare console prompt type load forei
56. e Ifa LECS address has not been manually configured the driver will first attempt to retrieve the LECS address via ILMI then attempt the LECS well known address and then try PVC 0 17 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 7 Introduction 1 4 MPOA Overview MPOA adds functionality to LAN Emulation LANE to avoid the significant transmission delays imposed by routers in a LANE network It does this by performing flow analysis on routed traffic and when appropriate creating a direct ATM connection called a shortcut for the traffic eliminating the routed connection For non routed traffic within the ELAN connec tions are established as they are in a non MPOA LANE environment An MPOA network includes all the components of a LANE network with the addition of e LAN Emulation Multi Protocol Clients LEC MPCs running on each endsta tion e Multi Protocol Server MPS running on a PowerHub in the network The MPCs communicate with the MPS to replace routed paths in the network with shortcuts avoiding routers 1 4 1 LANE Without MPOA ATM networks co exist with and support network applications which may not be ATM aware Consequently ATM protocols are needed to monitor network protocol IP IPX Apple talk etc packets and perform translation into ATM cells and circuits This monitoring and translation can be performed in one of the following ways e ina host protocol stack after packet constructio
57. e PDUs transmitted received and dropped for AALS e Total cells AALO AAL3 4 and AAL5 transmitted received and dropped e Total PDUs AAL3 4 and AALS transmitted received and dropped e Cell throughput for AALO AAL3 4 and AAL5 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 5 P 35 52 E e S o j Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 3 2 Displaying Error AAL Statistics To display AAL error statistics for the driver firmware and adapter 1 From the Available Options menu select Adapter 2 From the Adapter menu select Show Error Statistics The ATM Console Statistics window always displays the current date and time as well as the date and time the statistics were last zeroed AAL Error Statistics Date 06 20 1996 Time 10 02 36 Last Zeroed 06 20 1996 Cells Revd Bad Header CRC Cells Revd Bad Framing Rev Alloc Failure Small bi Rev Alloc Failure Large bi Rev Alloc Failure Small b2 Cell Drops UCI Out of Range Cell Drops UCI No Connect A3 Payload CRC Error Count SAR or CS Layer Errors CS Layer Protocol Errors Congestion Experienced PDU CRC Errors CS Layer Protocol Errors Rev Alloc Failure Large h2 Rey PDU Alloc Failures Cell Drops UPI Out of Range Cell Drops UPI No Connect Seqgoeqcseoos ESC Adapter Menu F5 Zero Statistics Fi Show Regular Statistics Fi Help Figure 11 4 AAL Error Statistics Cells Revd Bad Header CRC Indicates the number of cells the adapter has r
58. ein NONA Bad 8 3 CHAPTER 9 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters Figure 9 1 Example Configuration of an MPOA Networtk 9 4 Figure 9 2 Add Flow Specification Example 20 00ee eee 9 5 Figure 9 3 Result of Flow Specification 0 0 0 cece eee eee 9 6 Figure 9 4 InFOREmation Center Summary View 005 9 7 Figure 9 5 VLAN Information Tab 00 00 00 200002 e ee 9 8 Figure 9 6 MPOA Properties Dialog Box 000 e eee eee 9 9 Figure 9 7 Add Flow Specification Dialog Box 9 10 CHAPTER 10 Using InFOREmation Center Figure 10 1 Starting the INFOREmation Center 05 10 3 Figure 10 2 InFOREmation Center Summary View 20005 10 4 Figure 10 3 InFOREmation Center Help Window 2 5 10 5 Figure 10 4 The VLAN Information Window a 10 7 Figure 10 5 VLAN List Portion of VLAN Information Window 10 9 Figure 10 6 ARP Cache Portion of VLAN Information Window 10 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual LOF 11 List of Figures Figure 10 7 Figure 10 8 Figure 10 9 Figure 10 10 Figure 10 11 Figure 10 12 Figure 10 13 Figure 10 14 Figure 10 15 Figure 10 16 CHAPTER 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 Figure 11 10 Figure 11 11 Figure 11 12 APPENDIX A Figure A 1 Figure A 2 Figure
59. familyor socket type as a wild card value The value of zero for pro tocol is not considered a wild card value by the WinSock2 DLL unless such behavior is indi cated for a particular protocol by having the PFL_MATCHES_PROTOCOL_ZERO flag set in the WSAPROTOCOL_INFO struct For the WSASocket function if NULL is supplied for 1pProtocolInfo the behavior is exactly as just described for socket If a WSAPROTOCOL_INFO struct is referenced how ever the WinSock2 DLL does not perform any matching function but immediately relays the socket creation request to the transport Service Provider associated with the indicated WSAPROTOCOL_INFO struct If an application developer wants to find out what protocols are installed use the function WSAEnumProtocols This function will return all installed protocols WSAPROTOCOL_INFO struct Use this structure to choose the protocol he or she needs In this sense the Service Provider is not completely hidden You must install and register a Service Provider otherwise the Service Provider will not be available When a particular Service Provider is not installed if an application uses the tuple formed by the address family socket type protocol parameters to demand this type of service in our case ATM Service Provider another Service Provider of the same type will be chosen if it is available Otherwise WSASocket and socket will return error indicating the requested type of service
60. for the adapter Issue modules command Check if appropriate modules ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC are loaded Edit AUTOEXEC NCF to add appropriate LOAD commands Is adapter transmitting and receiving cells Load MONITOR NLM Check AALS statistics Recheck first three items in checklist Possible problem adapter hardware Is adapter connected to ELAN Load ATMELEC STATUS or ATMTRLEC STATUS Check status of LEC and the LES BUS and LECS Edit AUTOEXEC NCF if neces sary Contact system administrator and check status of LANE ser vices if necessary Is adapter processing the cor rect frame type Load MONITOR NIM Check packet statistics Edit the frame types bound to the ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC drivers in AUTOEXEC NCF Does adapter have NSAP route on switch if ILMI is not being used Contact system administrator to review switch configura tion Edit switch configuration if necessary ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual YIOM 9N 21EMI9N 9A0N o c z D o TI fo e 5 te Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting C 3 For More Information Table C 2 lists other places in this manual that may help you in troubleshooting Table C 2 Information Sources For Information About Refer To Adapter checklist Pre Installation Chec
61. for the adapter on the switch C 5 C 3 For More Information eee eae C 6 APPENDIX D Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 1 The FORE Name Space Provider nuanua auauua D 2 D 2 Getting Started WinSock2 and the Service Provider D 3 D 2 1 Refer to the WinSock 2 Software Development Kit SDK D 3 D 2 2 Summary of WinSock2 Features cece eee eee D 4 D 2 3 ATM Extensions to the WinSock API 000000 eee eeee D 4 D 2 4 CBRiSUpDOrt aia tonnia NLA E NP D 5 D 2 5 VPI VCI and Selector Byte Limitations AA D 5 D 2 6 Files Included with the Service Provider aa D 5 D 3 Installing and Upgrading the Service Provider a D 6 D 3 1 Required WinSock2 Files cee eee eee eee D 6 D 3 2 Running the Setup Utility 00 0 0 c eee eee D 7 D 4 Using the Service Provider cece eee teens D 8 D 4 1 Recognizing the Service Provider in Your Application D 8 D 4 2 Tracing Problems in the API and the Service Provider D 9 D 4 3 Sample Programs 2 tee eee D 9 D 5 Brief Overview of ATM 1 2 0 60 eet eee D 10 D 5 1 Virtual Channels and Virtual Paths 0000000 e eee D 10 D 5 1 1 Switched and Permanent Virtual Channels D 11 D 5 1 2 ATM Addresses 00 0 et eee D 11 Glossary Index TOC 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual
62. frame type All hosts on the ELAN must have the same frame type How to check 1 Load the MONITOR NLM module 2 Select LAN WAN information from Available Options 3 Select the ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC adapter from the list 4 Are you transmitting or receiving packets Possible solution If your workstation is not transmitting or receiving packets check the LOAD ATMELEC or LOAD ATMTRLEC command in the AUTOEXEC NCF file The FRAME parameter must specify the same frame type as all other hosts on the ELAN C 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual C 2 8 Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting Is there a static NSAP route for the adapter on the switch If you re not using ILMI the system administrator must set up a static NSAP route for the adapter on the switch How to check Contact your system administrator for switch information Possible solution Configure the switch as required Table C 1 Summary of Troubleshooting Questions Checklist Items How to Check Possible Solutions Is adapter receiving carrier Load MONITOR NLM Check if carrier is indicated Check hardware connections Make sure transmit receive connectors are in correct plugs Is adapter attached to correct media type on switch Check media type of adapter and compare with media type on switch Contact system administrator and use compatible media Is ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC loaded
63. on an _ Intel based machine D WINNT ALPHA UPGRADE EXE for Windows NT on a DEC Alpha based machine A UPGRADE EXE if you are upgrading from diskettes you created from the ForeRunner software CD ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 8 1 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Drivers Run REI Type the name of a program folder or document and Windows will open it for you Open d winnt i386 upgrade exe v M Bonin Separate Memon space Figure 8 1 Running the UPGRADE EXE File 4 Choose the OK button The ForeThought Upgrade dialog box appears as shown in Figure 8 2 These examples show a PCA 200EPC adapter upgrade The procedure is the same for a ForeRunnerLE or ForeRunnerHE adapter ForeRunner PCA200 Upgrade FORE rT ome SYSTEMS This program will update your ForeRunner adapter software to version ForeT hought 5 0 0 15440 Click Upgrade when ready Help Figure 8 2 ForeThought 5 0 Upgrade Dialog Box 5 Choose the Upgrade button 8 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Upgrading the FORE Adapter Drivers A progress bar appears showing the files being upgraded from the media ForeRunner PCA200 Upgrade x Pore C AWINDOW S system forevir hip FORE SYSTEMS Figure 8 3 ForeThought 5 0 Upgrade Progress Dialog Box 6 After the files are copied from the CD a prompt appears asking if you want to restart the computer in
64. pag 4 1 Open the InFOREmation Center utility by double clicking on the FORE icon in the Windows Control Panel The InFOREmation Center utility appears showing the summary view as shown in Figure 9 4 SF InFOREmation Center Bm Ea File Options Help Vian Info gp ethl5l6 MPOA ELAN Ethernet VZ sp ethl516 MPOA ELAN Ethernet 2 sp eth1516 MPOA ELAN Ethernet V1 sp ethl516 MPOA ELAN Ethernet V1 VLAN Status Connected to all LE servers Adapter Info Unit ESI Address Tx Rate 1 461 Kbits sec oe Rx Rate 4 593 Kbits sec gt 53 00 20 48 0e 57 Oa Errors 0 Zero Error Count Figure 9 4 InFOREmation Center Summary View ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 9 7 O po Qa 9 e 77 U OD O 3 D wo VOdIN buunbjuo9 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 2 Select the Advanced View option of the Options menu The detailed view of the INFOREmation Center appears showing the VLAN Infor mation tab as shown in Figure 9 5 APO Wara ma Pore he phi 50 OD FEOJ 0000 F200 2004 002049 0 OD LI IP dare TEA TOOT DO LEA KG AD FREI 0 Pde Bag NGA OO LE APS 0020028820 SciTech 47 0002 90 FREI 0000 KAC fee NOEL 3 HO gE ATM Adda 47 M BO PRE 1 ed PITS See NG eS pa ARP Cacio Enny lara LANE Deta YC 5M0 47 0005 00 FFELOO OID FILC LESA JEDI BORCL O LANE Data YE Wiik A7000 A0 FRELOO O00 FALC 26DA Jia OL HIDA S
65. parameter 7 32 FOREVTOK parameter 7 35 NetWare AUTOEXEC NCF example 7 11 7 23 NetWare load parameter 7 38 specifying in NetWare 7 21 specifying IPX SPX properties in Windows NT 5 32 framing error statistic viewing in INFOREma tion Center socio hea AA 10 23 G green LED indicator 06 A 2 H halting the PC a 2 2 hardware illustration HE adapters 1 21 LE adapters 1 19 PCA adapters 1 18 OVEIVIEW1 354 BANG se tee ae weal 1 18 requirements 00 1 22 hardware version of adapter viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 18 viewing in NetWare 11 8 host ATM address 11 14 l illustration adapter hardware HE adapter 1 21 LE adapters 1 19 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual PCA adapters 1 18 adapter software architecture 1 23 emulated LAN example 1 5 WinSock 2 2 architecture D 1 ILMI protocol configuring in NetWare 7 29 in Windows 95 4 11 in Windows NT 5 14 impedance specification UTP cable 1 26 indicators LED 0 0 00 c eee ee A 1 InFOREmation Center utility NetWare FORECON NLM 11 1 requirements on DEC Alpha 10 2 InFOREmation Center utility for Windows 10 1 initialization
66. present e The ForeRunnerHE and ForeRunnerLE 155 adapter receive LEDs will display a yel low light if no carrier is present Possible solution If there is no carrier plug in or replace your fiber cable as appropriate Check that the receive and transmit connectors are attached to the correct ports B 2 3 Is the adapter plugged into the correct port on your switch The media type used by the adapter SONET OC 3 UTP must match that of the port into which it plugs in the switch How to check 1 Double click on InFOREmation Center in the Control Panel 2 Select Adapter Information in the Window menu 3 TheMedia Type parameter should match the type of port to which the adapter is connected on the switch Possible solution Contact your system administrator for switch information if appropriate B 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Network Troubleshooting in Windows B 2 4 Are the adapter drivers loaded An instance of the ForeRunner ELAN driver must be loaded for each ELAN to which you are connecting and an instance of the ForeRunner driver for each adapter card you have installed How to check 1 Double click on the Network control panel 2 Make sure that at least one ForeRunner ATM Adapter and one ForeRunner ELAN Adapter driver appearinthe Installed Adapter Cards Possible solution If the required drivers are not loaded add them as necessary using the procedures in the dr
67. process LEC 1 5 installation adapter hardware 21 FORE service and name providers D 6 Novell server V 3 12 7 7 Novell server V 4 Ix 7 13 Windows 95 plug and play 4 4 Windows 95 manual 4 31 Windows NT 5 5 17 5 24 interrupt used by adapter viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 20 viewing in NetWare 11 9 IPX SPX protocol configuration Windows NT 5 32 L LAN Em Options menu INFOREmation Center 10 5 LAN emulation client LEC connection process 1 6 initialization process 1 5 Index 3 Index LAN Emulation configuration NetWare 3 12 a 7 9 NetWare 4 1x 0 0 0 0 e ee eee 7 20 Windows 95 2 4 15 Windows NT 000 008 5 20 LAN Emulation Configuration Server LECS viewing address of in NetWare 11 13 LAN Emulation Server LES viewingaddressofinInFOREmationCenter 10 12 viewing address of in NetWare 11 13 LAN emulation server LES loss of 1 7 large buffer allocation failures viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 23 LED descriptions 06 A 2 LED indicators 00200 eee A 1 LED locations on end plate A 1 legacy GAN 2a ngwa aa paaa ha eed sasore ss 1 17 LIS logical IP subnet 1 17 log file properties in NetWare 11 21 logging statistics in NetWare 11 18
68. shown in Courier font to distinguish them from the rest of the text as fol lows Are all four conditions true iv ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Preface Important Information Indicators To call your attention to safety and otherwise important information that must be reviewed to insure correct and complete installation as well as to avoid damage to the FORE adapter or your system FORE Systems utilizes the following WARNING CAUTION NOTE indicators PETTEYE WARNING statements contain information that is critical to the safety of the operator and or the system Do not proceed beyond a WARNING statement until the indicated conditions are fully understood or met This information could prevent serious injury to the operator and damage to the FORE adapter the system or currently loaded software and will be indicated as WARNING Hazardous voltages are present To lessen the risk of electrical shock and danger to personal health follow the instructions carefully Information contained in CAUTION statements is important for proper installation opera tion Compliance with CAUTION statements can prevent possible equipment damage and or loss of data and will be indicated as CAUTION You risk damaging your equipment and or software if you do not follow these instructions Information contained in NOTE statements has been found important enough to be called to the special attention of the ope
69. the appropriate action for your requirements The installation application prompts for confirmation 3 After the files are copied the screen displaying the FOREVETH or FOREVTOK protocols and parameters appears see Figure 7 9 4 Do not specify any values in the FOREVxxx_x Protocols window The ELAN driver always binds with the IPX protocol FOREVETH_1 Protocols IPX Calways selected 1 TCP IP AppleTalk FOREVETH_1 Parameters Adapter Unit Number Node Address Emulated LAN Name Figure 7 9 LAN Emulation Driver Actions Screen 5 D o D D 2 o 3 FENG UG LINEN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 5 Specify values in the FOREVxxx_x Parameters fields a Adapter Unit Number This parameter specifies which FORE ATM driver the FOREVxxx driver uses to connect to the ELAN If you have installed only one adapter driver you do not have to specify an adapter unit number and can accept the default unit number of zero If you have installed more than one adapter You must specify the adapter unit number Specify 0 zero to associate this ELAN driver with the first adapter driver that is loaded one for the second two for the third etc For additional information refer to b Node Address You should not enter a value in this field unless you are prepared to administer local addresses
70. the backup ELANSs in order The LEC switches back to the primary TEST 0 when TEST 0 returns to service Optional Specifies the frame type to use on the ELAN Possible values are ETHERNET 802 2 ETHERNET SNAP and ETHERNET 802 3 The default frame type is ethernet 802 2 Refer to for the list of valid frame types For example FRAME ETHERNET 802 3 Specifies the size of the frames on the ELAN The default and currently the only supported value is 1516 for Ethernet 1514 bytes being Ethernet s maximum frame size plus 2 bytes required by LAN Emulation ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation LECS ADDRESS Optional Specifies the ATM address of the LECS If this lt address gt address is not specified the LEC attempts to automatically contact the LECS via the well known address or PVC 0 17 If there is no LECS or the auto discovery fails then you must manually specify the LES ADDRESS Refer to How to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 LES ADDRESS lt address gt Optional Specifies the ATM address of the LAN Emulation Server The default is to determine this address dynamically through the LECS Refer to TRACE lt evel gt Optional Specifies the type of tracing to perform For the tracing information to appear the FOREOSP TRACE_LEVEL parameter must be set to the appropriate level usually DEBUG TRACE output goes t
71. the system console and halts its own execution This information is displayed in white characters on a blue screen As a result Windows NT crashes are often referred to as Blue Screens u Bunooys jqnoiL Unlike a system hang there is much more information that can be gathered when a system halts The following section describes the data that should be collected after the system halts ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual B 7 Network Troubleshooting in Windows B 5 1 Blue Screen Data When the system halts it is vital that as much information as possible be preserved from the system console display The precise format of the information varies depending on the type of crash and version of the operating system in use Starting with Windows NT 3 5 it is possible to configure the system to save any blue screen diagnostic messages to a file automatically You can enable this option by checking the Write debugging information file to lt file gt option in the Recovery dialog box You can specify the path for the file The Recovery dialog box is invoked by clicking the Recovery buttonin the System dia log box from the Control Panel program group You have to be the administrator of the PC to use E gt the above feature Ensure that the system is configured to capture any crash information that is generated B 5 2 Using WinMSD In addition to the Blue Screen data you have collected above you also nee
72. the Ethernet interface collision detection and injection of bits onto the network Maximum Burst Tolerance the largest burst of data that a network device is guaranteed to handle without discarding cells or packets Bursts of data larger than the maximum burst size may be subject to discard MCR Minimum Cell Rate parameter defined by the ATM Forum for ATM traffic manage ment MCR is defined only for ABR transmissions and specifies the minimum value for the ACR Metasignalling an ATM Layer Management LM process that manages different types of signalling and possibly semipermanent virtual channels VCs including the assignment removal and checking of VCs Metasignalling VCs the standardized VCs that convey metasignalling information across a User to Network Interface UNI MIB Management Information Base the set of parameters that an SNMP management sta tion can query or set in the SNMP agent of a networked device e g router MIC Media Interface Connector the optical fiber connector that joins the fiber to the FDDI controller Glossary 16 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary MicroChannel a proprietary 16 or 32 bit bus developed by IBM for its PS 2 computers internal expansion cards also offered by others MTU Maximum Transmission Unit the largest unit of data that can be sent over a type of physical medium 11 110 3 Multi homed a device that has
73. the value in this field always indicates the VCI AAL ATM Adaptation Layer type used by the connection For the ForeThought 4 1 release this value is always AALS ATM Address 20 octet ATM address consisting of 13 octets supplied by the switch six octets supplied by the adapter and one selector octet supplied by the Virtual Ethernet or Virtual Token Ring driver Type Connection type used by the driver For the ForeThought 4 1 release this value is always SVC Switched Virtual Circuit TTL Time in milliseconds for which an idle table entry remains valid TTL stands for Time To Live 11 4 5 Displaying Information for Different ELANs You can display statistics for each ELAN for which you have a driver installed Use the following procedure to select the adapter for which statistics are displayed 1 From the Available Options menu select LAN Emulation 2 From the LAN Emulation menu select Change ELAN ba 35 52 E Og o j 3 Select the ELAN for which you want to display statistics ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 17 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 5 Logging Information to a Text File The ATM Console allows you to log information to a text file You can control the properties of the log file and start and stop the logging at your discretion Depending on the parameters you set the log file can contain some or all of the following information e AAL Statistics
74. to edit UNI signalling UNI parameters Click to display field descriptions FORE SYSTEMS Figure 5 10 ForeRunnerHE ATM Adapter Dialog Box Transmit Buffer Count Transmit Queue size Receive Buffer Count Receive Queue Size Fragment Size Adapter s Identifier ForeRunner PCA ATM Adapter pe paraaan paman r 0C3 Framing SONET C SDH Empty Cell Insertion Unassigned C Idle Copyright c 1996 1998 FORE Systems Inc All rights reserved Defaults Cancel Click to edit UNI signalling UNS parameters Click to display field descriptions FORE SYSTEMS Figure 5 11 ForeRunner PCA ATM Adapter Dialog Box Same for LE Adapter Also ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D o D D 2 o 5 IN SMopuIM Windows NT Installation If you have installed multiple adapters Note the number in the Adapter s Identifier field for this adapter You need this information when defining the ForeRunner ELAN or IP Over ATM driver or drivers associated with this adapter Any changes to values appearing in this dialog E gt box take effect only when the system is rebooted 9 If you are not using ILMI or must edit the UNI signalling parameters for this adapter choose the UNI button Otherwise choose the OK button when you are done editing the parameters and proceed to step 13 10 If you selected the UNI button t
75. viewing in NetWare 11 4 11 5 PDU traffic statistics viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 22 pinouts for UTP connector 1 26 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual PMD LED indicators descriptions 0005 A 2 lOCAHON Aes eee eee ng A 1 SE connect snc eee eee eels Ries A 1 ST connector 0 eee eee A 1 UTP connector 0085 A 2 power recommendations fiber optic cable 1 25 pre installation worksheet 3 3 R receive power specification fiber optic cable 1 25 recommendations UTP cables 1 26 recommended cable specifications 1 25 red LED indicator aa A 2 requirements ATM Console for NetWare 11 2 Hard Warecs ssc fie sinant pautr eats 1 22 NetWare Xa a cadena eee bess 7 4 software 0 0 e cee eee ee 1 22 7 4 Windows 95 21 cece cee ee eee 4 3 Windows NT 5 3 revision information NetWare 11 8 RFC 1577 standard 0 0000 1 17 RJ 45 connector 2 0 0c eee ee eee 1 26 S SAR layer protocol errors 11 7 SC connectors end plate configuration A 1 serial number of adapter viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 18 viewing in NetWare 11 8 service provider for use with WinSock 2 2 D 1 D 11 shutting down the PC 2 2 small buffer allocation failures viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 23 software OVervieW
76. 0 ATMELEC driver status 6 11 ATMHOSTS file used with FORE name space PLOVIdER As ee trot Anei S eE inne ie see D 2 ATMTRLEC driver status 6 11 attenuation specification UTP cable 1 26 AWG specification UTP cable 1 26 B bad framing statistics viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 23 bad header statistics viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 23 viewing in NetWare 11 5 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Black Screen Windows NT hang B 7 Blue Screen Windows NT crash B 7 Broadcast and Unknown Server BUS viewingaddressofinInFOREmationCenter 10 12 viewing address of in NetWare 11 13 broadcast packets 0000008 1 6 bus type used by adapter viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 18 viewing in NetWare 11 9 C cable specifications fiberoptic ropen ka kaka aaa 1 25 UIP exe 344R GARA AS 1 26 caution statement definition of v cell traffic statistics viewing in InFOREmation Center 10 22 viewing in NetWare 11 5 configuration ATM driver on NetWare HSM driver 6 2 on NetWare 3 12 7 7 on NetWare4 Ix 7 15 on Windows 95 4 8 on Windows NT 5 9 ELAN driver on NetWare Novell LEC 6 5 on NetWare 3 12 7 7 on NetWare4 Ix 7 19 on Windows 95 4 13 on Windows NT 5 17 emulated LAN examp
77. 00 feature that helps ensure reasonable service for VBR connections in an ATM network For each connection the CellPath 300 maintains a prior ity sustained cell rate SCR and peak cell rate PCR During times of congestion the CellPath 300 reduces the bandwidth to the SCR based on the priority of the connection Connection the concatenation of ATM Layer links in order to provide an end to end infor mation transfer capability to access points Connectionless Service a type of service in which no pre determined path or link has been established for transfer of information supported by AAL 4 Connection Oriented Service a type of service in which information always traverses the same pre established path or link between two points supported by AAL 3 Controlled Slip a situation in which one frame s worth of data is either lost or replicated A controlled slip typically occurs when the sending device and receiving device are not using the same clock Corresponding Entities peer entities with a lower layer connection among them Glossary 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary cpath a FORE program used to manage virtual paths on a FORE Systems ATM switch run ning asxd CPE Customer Premise Equipment equipment that is on the customer side of the point of demarcation as opposed to equipment that is on a carrier side See also point of demarcation 11 110 3 cport a FORE
78. 0EPC Driver Version Serial Number Hardware Version Firmware Version Mon960 Version Media Type MAC Address 0C3 Framing Empty Cell ATM Address LAN Emulation Interrupt Vector Bus Type 4 1 12863 PCA 200E Revision C 2 4 2 30 0 0 SONET UTP5 at 155 Mbps 00 20 48 11 32 3F Sonet Unassigned 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 00204811323F 00 ATM Forum LAN Emulation Ethernet 5 PCI Connectivity Information Use Ilmi ATM Address Yes 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 00204811323F 00 UNI Configured Version Auto UNI Operating Version 3 1 11 20 Figure 11 11 Sample NetWare Log Part Two of Two ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 5 3 Changing Log Properties Use the following procedure to change the properties of the log 1 From the Available Options menu select Logging 2 From the Logging menu select Change Log Properties The Log Proper ties screen is displayed as shown in Figure 11 12 3 Specify what information to log and override default log file parameters as desired a Log Specify Yes or No to indicate whether each item should appear in the log b Purge File Size Specify the size at which the log file is purged The log file is purged when it reaches the user defined size When the log file is purged it is deleted and then re created The default is 100 K c Log Update Interval Specify the length of the interv
79. 1 cell insertion is used in Europe MAC Address The Media Access Control MAC address that this driver is emulating LAN Emulation The type of LAN emulation this driver is using Interrupt Vector The interrupt vector of this adapter Bus Type The type of bus in which this adapter is installed ba 35 52 E e S o j ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 9 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 3 5 Displaying Connection Information To display connection information for the adapter 1 From the Available Options menu select Adapter 2 From the Adapter menu select Connection Information The Connection Information Table is displayed as shown in Figure 11 6 Use Ilmi YES ATM Address 47 6605 86 FFE1 06 6660 F41A 2235 662648686641 66 UNI Configured Version ak UNI Operating Version z a ESCAPE Previous Menu Alt F10 Exit F1 He lp Figure 11 6 Connection Information Screen 11 3 5 1 Information in the Table This table shows the following information Use ILMI Indicates whether the driver is using ILMI to determine signalling information ATM Address Indicates the ATM address of this adapter UNI Configured Version Indicates the version of UNI that this driver is configured to use UNI Operating Indicates the version of UNI that the driver is actually Version using 11 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare
80. 11 3 6 Displaying Information for Different Adapters You can display statistics for each FORE adapter in your PC if you have multiple adapters installed If multiple FORE adapters are installed in the E gt Netware server the ATM Console only displays information pertaining to the currently selected adapter Use the following procedure to select the adapter for which statistics are displayed 1 From the Available Options menu select Adapter 2 From the Adapter menu select Change Adapter 3 Select the adapter for which you want to display statistics 11 3 7 Changing the Statistics Update Interval Use the following procedure to change the statistics update interval 1 From the Available Options menu select Adapter From the Adapter menu select Change Update Interval 2 3 Specify a new update interval in seconds 4 Press lt ENTER gt and lt ESC gt when finished and lt ENTER gt to confirm your changes ba 35 52 E Og o j ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 11 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 4 Displaying LAN Emulation Information To display LAN Emulation information from the Available Options menu select LAN Emulation A list of available ELANS is displayed Select the ELAN for which you want to display information The LAN Emulation Information Table is displayed as shown in Figure 11 7 Actual ELAN Name ATM Addres Connection Table Chanye Elan
81. 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 25 Glossary VCC Virtual Channel Connection a unidirectional concatenation of VCLs that extends between the points where the ATM service users access the ATM Layer The points at which the ATM cell payload is passed to or received from the users of the ATM Layer i e a higher layer or ATMM entity for processing signify the endpoints of a VCC VCI Virtual Channel Identifier the address or label of a VC a value stored in a field in the ATM cell header that identifies an individual virtual channel to which the cell belongs VCI values may be different for each data link hop of an ATM virtual connection VCL Virtual Channel Link a means of unidirectional transport of ATM cells between the point where a VCI value is assigned and the point where that value is translated or removed VINES Virtual Network Software Banyan s network operating system based on UNIX and its protocols Virtual Channel Switch a network element that connects VCLs It terminates VPCs and translates VCI values The Virtual Channel Switch is directed by Control Plane functions and relays the cells of a VC Virtual Connection an endpoint to endpoint connection in an ATM network A virtual con nection can be either a virtual path or a virtual channel Virtual Path Switch a network element that connects VPLs it translates VPI not VCI values and is directed by Control Plane functions The V
82. 21 23 mask ff ff ff 0 T Figure 7 11 Sample Portion of AUTOEXEC NCF File 5 D o 2 D 2 f 5 FENG N4 21EAN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 5 1 6 Step Four Restart the Server After you have edited the AUTOEXEC NCF file restart the server to load the new drivers and parameters Restarting the server loads all the parameters previously loaded in the AUTOEXEC NCF file The new drivers are automatically loaded when the server is restarted 7 5 2 Upgrading the Drivers on a NetWare 4 1x Server The procedure for upgrading an already installed FORE LE ESA or PCA driver is identical to the initial installation process with the exception that you do not have to edit the AUTOEXEC NCF file The paths bindings and other interactions between the FORE and NetWare software have already been established in the AUTOEXEC NCF file Use the following procedure to upgrade the adapter software 1 Perform Step One Install the FORE ATM Driver on page 7 15 2 Perform Step Two Install the FOREVETH or FOREVTOK Driver on page 7 19 3 Bring the server down 4 Restart the server Restarting the server loads all the parameters previously loaded in the AUTOEXEC NCF file The new drivers are automatically loaded wh
83. 3 5 LECS CFG Usage NoteS 0 00 0 cee eee nee 3 6 3 5 1 Usage of Match Ordering with Automatic ELAN Selection 3 6 3 5 2 Usage of MAC Addresses in Accept Statements 3 7 CHAPTER4 Windows 95 Installation 4 1 Procedures for FORE LE and PCA Adapters 20000 0c cece e eee 4 1 4 2 The FORE ATM and LANE Drivers 00000 cece eens 4 2 4 3 Installation Requirements 0 0 eects 4 3 4 4 Installing the FORE Adapter Software 000 c cece eee eee 4 4 4 4 1 Notes for Windows 95 0 000 cet eee 4 4 4 4 2 Notes for Windows 98 0 000 4 5 4 4 3 Installing the FORE ATM Adapter Driver 0 2000005 4 6 TOC 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Table of Contents 4 4 3 1 Manually Installing the Driver 0 eee 4 7 4 4 4 Configuring the FORE ATM Adapter Driver If Necessary 4 8 4 4 5 Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver 04 4 13 4 4 6 Installing the IP Over ATM RFC 1577 Driver 4 21 4 4 7 Binding Protocols to the ELAN and IP Over ATM Drivers 4 28 4 4 74 Binding Limitations in Windows 95 04 4 28 4 4 7 2 Binding the Protocols 0 0 cece eee ee 4 28 4 4 8 Installing the ATM Driver Manually 00 eee eee eee 4 31 4 5 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Software 006 cee eee eee 4 35 CHAPTER 5 Windows NT Installation 5 1
84. 5 where D indicates your CD ROM drive If your CD ROM drive is assigned a different letter use the appropriate drive letter 4 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 3 Click lt OK gt A progress bar appears showing the files being copied to your hard drive 4 A warning appears reminding you that you must install an ELAN or CLIP driver Click OK to proceed Additional files are copied You can then eject the software CD 5 A prompt appears asking you to load the Windows 95 CD ROM If you have installed Windows 95 already you may be able to specify the directory containing the required files 6 If you have installed additional adapters you are prompted to install additional drivers 7 Reboot the system 8 After the system reboots proceed to install the ForeRunner ELAN or CLIP adapter as described in the following sections Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver on page 4 13 Installing the IP Over ATM RFC 1577 Driver on page 4 21 4 4 3 1 Manually Installing the Driver You may have to install the FORE ATM driver manually in the following situations e At some previous time when the adapter card was discovered by Windows 95 at boot up and the New Hardware Found dialog box appeared the Do not install a driver Windows will not prompt you again option was chosen e Another adapter had been previously installed in the machine In these cases
85. 7 load the virtual token ring interface NOTE THAT THIS COMMAND MUST BE ENTERED ON ONE LINE LOAD FOREVTOK LES ADDRESS 47000580FFE1000000F21A00FE00123456789ABC FRAME TOKEN RING SNAP MTU FRAME SIZE 9234 ELAN NAME DUEY NAME VTOK bind the protocols bind ipx vtok net 0222 bind ip vtok addr 169 144 221 23 mask ff ff ff 0 Figure 7 3 Sample Portion of AUTOEXEC NCF File 5 D o 2 D 2 fa 5 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual JOAUG IN 91eM 9N NetWare Full Driver Installation 74 2 Upgrading the Drivers on a NetWare 3 12 Server You can either use the load foreinst command to upgrade the drivers as described in Installing the FORE ATM Driver on a NetWare 3 12 Server on page 7 7 or use the following procedure to copy the files 1 Log into the Supervisor account on the server from a client on the network 2 Copy the files from the windows netware ft4 1 6 directory of the Fore Thought software CD to the server s SYS SYSTEM partition If you have moved the adapter to a new slot you NOTES must re configure the driver to specify the correct slot and edit the AUTOEXEC NCF file to specify the correct slot Use the following procedure to run the new FORE drivers 1 Bring the server down 2 Restart the server If the installation is su
86. 8 example KAG HA 7 22 ATM address 0000 ce eee 3 4 AUTOEXEC NCF file 7 23 ELAN configuration 1 4 NetWare log 11 19 F failover ELAN 0 e ee eee 1 7 failover sequence specifying in NetWare 7 9 7 20 FDDI networks 00 0 cee eee 1 6 fiber optic cable specifications 1 25 File menu INFOREmation Center 10 5 files for NetWare installation 7 3 for the FORE ATM name provider D 5 for the FORE ATM service provider D 5 for Windows 95 installation 4 3 for Windows NT installation 5 2 firmware version viewing in NetWare 11 9 FORE ATM driver version viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 18 viewing in NetWare 11 8 FORE ATM Name Space Provider D 2 FORE ATM Service Provider D 1 FOREFE2 module 000 7 26 FOREFE2E module 000 7 26 FOREILMI module 04 7 29 FORELEC module 000 7 30 FOREMUX module 04 7 27 FORENAME DLL file 2 D 5 FORENPZ2E driver status 6 11 FOREOSP module 0005 7 30 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual FOREOSP3 module 7 30 FORESG30 module 000 7 28 FORESP DLL file D 5 D 8 FOREVETH module 4 7 31 frame SIZE ee 7 32 7 35 frame type FOREVETH
87. A 3 APPENDIX B ON Oo hb ON APPENDIX C APPENDIX D Figure D 1 Figure D 2 LOF 12 VLAN Information Portion of VLAN Information Window MPOA ELAN sissies ects de PG ack a totaal gente ae as eee el ma VLAN Information Portion of VLAN Information Window Classical IP ELAN 0 00000 e eee eee eee Connection List Tab 2 0000 cee eee ee Adapter Information Window eee eee ee Adapter List Portion of Adapter Information Window Adapter Information Portion of Adapter Information Window Adapter Connectivity Portion of Adapter Information Window Adapter Statistics Portion of Adapter Information Window Set Refresh Interval Dialog Box Add Classical IP PVC Dialog Box 20 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare ATM Console Main Window 00 0c eee eens ATM Console Main Window 00000 e eee eee AAL Statistics t nakaasa ha bad Bele Aedes ed AAL Error Statistics eee Revision Information Screen 0 00 cee eee Connection Information Screen 00 0c eee eee LAN Emulation Table 0 a ARP Cache Screen 0 0 a a a e ee eens Incoming Outgoing Connection Table Screen Sample NetWare Log Part One of Two Sample NetWare Log Part Two of Two Log Properties Screen c eee eee LED Indicators ST Connector End Plate Configuration
88. ATM ADDRESS Optional Specifies the ATM address for this LEC The lt address gt default is to discover this information via ILMI If you specify this parameter ILMI is disabled for this LEC Refer to How to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 gt D o D D 2 o 5 J AUQ IN4 91eM 9N ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 31 NetWare Full Driver Installation ELAN NAME lt name gt lt range gt FRAME lt frame type gt MTU FRAME SIZE lt number gt Optional Specifies the ELAN to which this LEC belongs This value is case sensitive If you don t specify this parameter the LEC attempts to join the first available ELAN the default ELAN This attempt depends on whether contact can be made with the LECS to get the list of ELAN names associated with the ATM ADDRESS parameter and on the configuration of the LECS and the matching rules defined in the LECS configuration file The lt range gt is an optional part of the ELAN NAME parameter that allows you to specify a range of failover ELANs for this ELAN The range must consist of a number followed by a hyphen followed by a higher number The numbers correspond to the failover ELANs defined on the LECS For example ELAN NAME TEST 0 4 In the event that the primary ELAN TEST 0 fails the LEC attempts to connect to the first backup TEST 11 In the event of successive failures it attempts to contact
89. ATM Forum s LAN Emulation Over ATM Version 1 0 and the Multi Protocol Over ATM specification LAN Emulation LANE allows higher level protocols and LAN applications to interoperate without modifications with an ATM network Multi Protocol Over ATM MPOA facilitates traffic between emulated LANs to avoid the significant transmission delays imposed by routers The LANE components running on the ATM network interact to emulate an Ethernet or Token Ring LAN This emulated Ethernet or Token Ring LAN is called an emulated LAN ELAN The ELAN components resolve MAC addresses to ATM addresses replace the con nectionless operation of legacy LANs with point to point connections and provide broadcast and multicast services The ELAN consists of a LANE MPOA Client LEC MPC running on each host in the ELAN and the following LANE Services e the LAN Emulation Server LES and the Broadcast and Unknown Server BUS In ForeThought 5 0 the LES and BUS are co located on the same device e the LAN Emulation Configuration Server LECS In ForeThought 5 0 the LANE services may operate on a FORE Systems switch PowerHub 7000 or Solaris workstation ForeThought 5 0 introduces support for Distributed LAN Emulation DLE which provide load sharing and improved fault tolerance within an ELAN In DLE multiple LES BUS pairs serve the ELAN LANE also is the foundation on which MPOA is built 1 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manua
90. AUTO indicates that the adapter will use ILMI to determine the version used by the network and use that version Otherwise you can specify version 3 0 or 3 1 The default is AUTO If you aren t using ILMI you must specify the UNI E gt version as 3 0 or 3 1 Otherwise the driver can t determine what version it should use You must use the same version of UNI as that used by the ATM switch to which the adapter is connected Get the correct values from your system administrator TRACE lt level gt Optional Specifies the type of tracing to perform For the tracing information to appear the FOREOSP TRACE_LEVEL parameter must be set to the appropriate level usually DEBUG TRACE output goes to the console Each bit in the level value is used for different tracing The bits are defined as follows 0x00000040 UNI signalling debugging 0x01000000 SSCOP data input output 0x02000000 SSCOP signalling processing 0x04000000 SSCOP timeout events 0x08000000 SSCOP events 0x10000000 SSCOP signalling interface calls 0x20000000 SSCOP statistics information 0x40000000 SSCOP message information The types of tracing above can be OR d together to obtain information about several areas For example if you want information about UNI signalling and SSCOP signalling interface calls set TRACE 0x10000040 7 28 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installatio
91. Adapter drivers using the procedure in Installing the IP Over ATM RFC 1577 Driver on page 4 21 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 4 4 5 Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver You must repeat this procedure for each ELAN E gt that you want to join You can install a maximum of four ELAN adapter drivers Use the following procedure to install one or more ForeRunner Emulated LAN Adapter drivers on a Windows 95 system 1 Inthe Network control panel choose the Add button The Select Network Component Type dialog box appears as shown in Figure 4 6 2 Click Add Select Network Component Type 1 Select Adapter Click the type of network component you want to install A network adapter is a hardware device that physically connects your computer to a network Figure 4 6 Select Network Component Type Dialog Box ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 13 5 D o L D 2 o 5 96 SMOpUIM Windows 95 Installation 2 Select Adapter Then click the Add button A progress bar is displayed as Windows 95 builds an adapter database The Select Network adapters dia log box appears as shown in Figure 4 7 1 Select FORE 2 Select ELAN Adapter Select Network adapters x Click the Network adapter that matches your hardware and then click OK If you have an installation disk for this device click Have Di
92. BSCLEBECGZACERBHN ET RRB ft TELYN LTT This equipment is in the Class 1 category Information Technology Equipment to be used in commercial and or industrial areas and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council For Interference by Information Technology Equipment aimed at preventing radio interference in commercial and or industrial areas Consequently when used in a residential area or in an adjacent area thereto radio interference may be caused to radios and TV receivers etc Read the instructions for correct handling PCA 200EPC SMF The following information applies to the PCA 200EPC SMF adapter single mode fiber LAN adapter that contains a Class 1 laser Class 1 Laser Product This product conforms to applicable requirements of 21 CFR 1040 at the date of manufacture TRADEMARKS FORE Systems is a registered trademark and ForeRunner ForeThought and ForeView are trademarks of FORE Systems Inc All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Table of Contents List of Figures Preface CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Overview of the ATM Standard 000 ects 1 1 Overview of LANE and MPOA 02 222 eee 1 2 ANE PHIM Glee maana Ree Sas NAGA ee ane NI ma KAN NA ANA AA 1 3 1 3 1 LANE ComponentS 0 eee eee eee 1 3 1 3 2 An Example LANE Configura
93. C User s Manual 7 33 NetWare Full Driver Installation NAME lt name gt ATM ADDRESS lt address gt ELAN NAME lt name gt lt range gt Optional Specifies the board name used in protocol binding of this instance of the LEC If not specified the default is the name of the module FOREVTOK You may want to assign the same name as the ELAN name to this parameter to simplify debugging Optional Specifies the ATM address for this LEC The default is to discover this information via ILMI If you specify this parameter this driver automatically disables ILMI Refer to How to Specify an ATM Address on bage 3 4 Optional Specifies the ELAN to which this driver belongs This value is case sensitive If you don t specify this parameter a list of available ELANs is displayed if the driver successfully contact the LECS to get the list This attempt depends on whether contact can be made with the LECS to get the list of ELAN names associated with the ATM ADDRESS parameter and on the configuration of the LECS and the matching rules defined in the LECS configuration file The lt range gt is an optional part of the ELAN NAME parameter that allows you to specify a range of failover ELANs for this ELAN The range must consist of a number followed by a hyphen followed by a higher number The numbers correspond to the failover ELANs defined on the LECS For example ELAN NAME TEST 0 4 In the eve
94. CN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification bit set by a Frame Relay network in frames traveling in the opposite direction of frames encountering a congested path Data ter minal equipment DTE receiving frames with the BECN bit set can request that higher level protocols take flow control action as appropriate Compare with FECN BES Bursty Errored Seconds a BES contains more than 1 and fewer than 320 path coding violation error events and no severely errored frame or AIS defects Controlled slips are not included in determining BESs BGP Border Gateway Protocol used by gateways in an internet connecting autonomous networks It is derived from experiences learned using the EGP BIP Bit Interleaved Parity an error detection technique in which character bit patterns are forced into parity so that the total number of one bits is always odd or always even This is accomplished by the addition of a one or zero bit to each byte as the byte is transmitted at the other end of the transmission the receiving device verifies the parity odd or even and the accuracy of the transmission B ISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network a common digital network suit able for voice video and high speed data services running at rates beginning at 155 Mbps BNC Bayonet Neill Concelman a bayonet locking connector for miniature coax BPDU Bridged Protocol Data Unit Spanning tree Protocol hello packet that is sent out at
95. Cunf igured ELAN Name ELAN State Connected ELAN Type Ethernet Max MIU size 4544 Bytes 86 FFE160 6000 F4i15 GF5B 66264868114A 00 LAN Emulation Information dapsw lt NULL gt LECS Addre 47 0079 BO BABBO OOOO BANA BOO BBNN3EBDA061 00 LES Addres 47 0005 86 FFE100 6000 F41A G1B 002048061248 EB BUS Address 47 6005 806 PFE100 6000 F41A 61B 662648661248 E1 Addresses and ARP Cache ESCAPE Previous Menu Alt Fi Exit Figure 11 7 LAN Emulation Table 11 12 The LAN Emulation Information table displays information for the selected adapter only If multiple FORE adapters are installed on the Netware server and the ELAN that you selected is not accessed via the currently selected adapter the LAN Emulation Information indicates that the ELAN has not started To display LAN Emulation Information about connections maintained by a different adapter first change the selected adapter as described in Displaying Information for Different Adapters on page 11 11 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 4 1 Refreshing the Table The information in this table is dynamic However the update process may not occur during a typical viewing To refresh the information return to the main menu and re select this infor mation 11 4 2 Information in the Table The following LAN Emulation information is given in the LAN Emulation
96. E ORAI PO EL NG mE Lona yel Lnag 470005 8 FFELEO DOG PALi NB O CE PO dad 3G DI Hindu allow BTS FAR 47 0805 50 FFELED DOOD FELA AICI 24 LEAL CD BU fyell BTS 47 0805 50 FFELID DOOD FILI AICI 0 204BLHALEZ BU yello LES PHP 47 0005 8 FFELEO Dib FALL WC melee HO fyete LES 400005 DI FELSO BID PALA a2 00 CS KG Aa pa LEE Inn PU mas Ta Photo TAEZAMAT O Kiat a Mom Paola RTT Khiku wan Bie di mind eae ioari Puce iiaa FOREST Figure 10 9 Connection List Tab Client ATM Address Type AAL VPI 10 14 Displays the ELAN on which the connection resides Also indicates if the connection is to one of the LANE Services LECS LES or BUS or to the ARP Server Displays the ATM Address of the connection Indicates connection types SVC for switched virtual circuit for example Indicates the ATM Adaptation Layer type This field always displays 5 Indicates the Virtual Path Identifier ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center VCI Indicates the Virtual Channel Identifier Unit Indicates the adapter that this connection is using 10 9 1 Add Classical IP PVC Button This button displays the Add PVC dialog box allowing you to add a PVC connection manu ally to a host in a Classical IP LIS This button appears only if an IP Over ATM driver has been installed 10 9 2 Delete PVC Button This button deletes the selected
97. E adapter currently selected This value depends on what type of FORE adapters you have installed in this machine In this example a PCA 200EPC adapter is shown Serial Number The serial number of this ForeRunner adapter card Hardware Version The hardware version of this ForeRunner adapter card Driver Version The version number of this ForeRunner driver 11 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare Firmware Version The version number of this ForeRunner firmware if this is an ESA or PCA adapter The LE adapters do not use firmware MON960 Version The i960 monitor version used by this adapter if this is an ESA or PCA adapter The LE adapters do not have an i960 monitor MediaType The type of media this adapter is using to connect to the switch OC3 Framing The type of OC3 cell framing used by this adapter either SONET or SDH This field appears only if the selected adapter is an OC3 adapter Empty Cell Indicates how an OC3 adapter handles empty cells This field appears only if the selected adapter is an OC3 adapter UNASSIGNED indicates that the adapter inserts unassigned cells when the cells are empty This is the ATM Forum and ANSI standard NULL indicates that the adapter inserts idle cells when the cells are empty This is the ITU T standard Typically SONET framing with Unassigned cell insertion is used in the United States and SDH framing with Nu1
98. Equipment a definition in the RS232C standard that describes the functions of the signals and the physical characteristics of an interface for a com munication device such as a modem DCS Digital Cross connect System an electronic patch panel used to route digital signals in a central office Demultiplexing a function performed by a layer entity that identifies and separates SDUs from a single connection to more than one connection see multiplexing DFA DXI Frame Address a connection identifier associated with ATM DXI packets that serves the same functions as and translates directly to the VPI VCI on an ATM cell ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 7 Glossary DIP Switch Dual In line Package a device that has two parallel rows of contacts that let the user switch electrical current through a pair of those contacts to on or off They are used to reconfigure components and peripherals DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier a connection identifier associated with frame relay packets that serves the same functions as and translates directly to the VPI VCI on an ATM cell Domain Name Server a computer that converts names to their corresponding Internet num bers It allows users to telnet or FIP to the name instead of the number DNS Domain Name System the distributed name and address mechanism used in the Internet DSn Digital Standard n 0 1 1C 2 and 3 a method
99. F File ccc eee eee 6 9 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual List of Figures Figure 6 7 Sample AUTOEXEC NCF File for Multiple Adapters 6 10 Figure 6 8 FORENP2E Monitor Statistics Partial 6 12 CHAPTER 7 NetWare Full Driver Installation Figure 7 1 ForeThought Installation Screen 00 0002 e eee 7 8 Figure 7 2 Sample BEDROCK CFG File for a Virtual Ethernet Driver 7 10 Figure 7 3 Sample Portion of AUTOEXEC NCF File 7 11 Figure 7 4 Driver Start up Messages cee eee eee eee 7 12 Figure 7 5 NetWare 4 1 or 4 11 Installation Options Menu 7 15 Figure 7 6 NetWare Driver Search Path Screen 000000 7 16 Figure 7 7 NetWare Driver Selection Screen a 7 17 Figure 7 8 NetWare Driver Actions Screen cea eeee 7 18 Figure 7 9 LAN Emulation Driver Actions Screen 20 05 7 19 Figure 7 10 Sample BEDROCK CFG File 7 22 Figure 7 11 Sample Portion of AUTOEXEC NCF File 7 23 Figure 7 12 Sample DEV CFG File 0 0 0 0c eee ee 7 37 CHAPTER 8 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Drivers Figure 8 1 Running the UPGRADE EXE File 008 8 2 Figure 8 2 ForeThought 5 0 Upgrade Dialog Box 8 2 Figure 8 3 ForeThought 5 0 Upgrade Progress Dialog Box 8 3 Figure 8 4 Restart Prompt wx sie eect ie DT Bees
100. FOREmation Center utility for view ing driver statistics and configuring MPOA parameters and Classical IP PVCs is automatically installed with the driver CAUTION If you are upgrading your FORE drivers use the upgrade facility described in The upgrade facility provided by FORE ensures that old FORE A driver files are deleted and correctly replaced with new versions Attempting to upgrade the drivers without using the provided utility can cause problems with Windows 95 and driver installation 4 1 Procedures for FORE LE and PCA Adapters These procedures can be used to install the Windows 95 drivers for any of these FORE PC adapters e ForeRunnerLE also referred to as the LE adapter e PCA 200EPC also referred to as the PCA adapter In the examples throughout the chapter the examples show the installation of the driver for an LE adapter During the installation the model name for your adapter will appear in the dialog boxes relating to the ATM adapter driver The ForeRunnerHE adapter does not support NOTE a Windows 95 5 D o L D 2 o 5 S6 SMOPUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 1 Windows 95 Installation 4 2 The FORE ATM and LANE Drivers As shown in Figure 4 1 you must install both a FORE ATM driver and one or more of the fol lowing FORE drivers e Emulated LAN ELAN driver to connect to an Emulated LAN e IP over ATM RFC 1577 referred to as Classical IP or CLIP driver t
101. ForeRunner CD corresponding to your CPU type For example D windows winnt i386 for an Intel machine with the CD ROM drive mapped to D D windows winnt alpha fora DEC Alpha machine with the CD ROM drive mapped to D Issue the following command snmpinst This command will make appropriate registry changes to support the FORE SNMP agent ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 5 5 1 Starting and Stopping the Agent To start the agent issue the following command net start snmp 5 D o D D 2 o 5 LN SMOpUIM To stop the agent issue the following command net stop snmp 5 5 2 Removing the Agent To remove the SNMP agent in a DOS window go to the directory on the ForeRunner CD corre sponding to your CPU type and issue the following command snmpinst uninstall This command will remove the agent from the registry 5 5 3 Accessing the MIBs The MIB variables supported by the agent can be read by any SNMP network management system However all the values in the FORE MIBs supported by the agent are read only The MIB files that are supported by the agent can be found in the MIBS directory of the driver distribution file structure They are e fore adapter mib e fore sonet mib e fore lane mib ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 35 Windows NT Installation 5 6 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Software Refer to Ch
102. ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual MANU0177 04 Rev A February 1999 Software Version 5 0 2 FORE Systems Inc 1000 FORE Drive Warrendale PA 15086 7502 Phone 724 742 4444 FAX 724 772 6500 URL http www fore com Legal Notices Copyright 1995 1999 FORE Systems Inc All rights reserved U S Government Restricted Rights If you are licensing the Software on behalf of the U S Government Government the following provisions apply to you If the Software is supplied to the Department of Defense DoD it is classified as Commercial Computer Software under paragraph 252 227 7014 of the DoD Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regu lations DFARS or any successor regulations and the Government is acquiring only the license rights granted herein the license rights customarily provided to non Government users If the Software is supplied to any unit or agency of the Government other than DoD it is classified as Restricted Computer Software and the Government s rights in the Soft ware are defined in paragraph 52 227 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations FAR or any successor regulations or in the cases of NASA in paragraph 18 52 227 86 of the NASA Supplement to the FAR or any successor regulations Printed in the USA No part of this work covered by copyright may be reproduced in any form Reproduction adaptation or translation with out prio
103. ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 19 Glossary Note Phase 1 signalling does not support traffic sent from a Leaf to the Root Point to Point Connection a connection with only two endpoints Point of Demarcation the dividing line between a carrier and the customer premise that is governed by strict standards that define the characteristics of the equipment on each side of the demarcation Equipment on one side of the point of demarcation is the responsibility of the customer Equipment on the other side of the point of demarcation is the responsibility of the carrier Policing the function that ensures that a network device does not accept traffic that exceeds the configured bandwidth of a connection Primitive an abstract implementation independent interaction between a layer service user and a layer service provider Priority the parameter of ATM connections that determines the order in which they are reduced from the peak cell rate to the sustained cell rate in times of congestion Connections with lower priority 4 is low 1 is high are reduced first PROM Programmable Read Only Memory a chip based information storage area that can be recorded by an operator but erased only through a physical process Protocol a set of rules and formats semantic and syntactic that determines the communica tion behavior of layer entities in the performance of the layer functions Protocol Contr
104. ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 1 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare Enter Select Option Adapter Statistics 06 20 1996 Time 69 56 46 Transmitted Keceived 26383 22856 163 11285 Receive Carrier ON Utilization Adapter LAN Emulation Logging ESCAPE Exit F5 Zero Statistics Gx Figure 11 1 ATM Console Main Window 11 1 1 Required NetWare Files The ATM Console has the following NetWare file requirements 11 2 Version 3 12 of NetWare requires CLIB version 3 12h dated 10 27 94 or later AFTER311 NLM version 4 10a dated 3 29 94 or later and A3112 NLM version 4 10a dated 3 29 94 or later Version 4 1 or greater of NetWare requires CLIB version 4 10 dated 11 3 94 or later Both NetWare 3 12 and NetWare 4 10 require version 4 11 of NWSNUT NLM dated 10 17 94 or later ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 1 2 Starting the ATM Console Use the following NetWare console command to start the ATM Console load forecon 11 1 3 Navigating in the ATM Console Use the following guidelines to navigate among the windows and menus of the ATM Console Selecting Menu Items Select menu items by highlighting the item in the menu with the arrow keys and pressing lt ENTER gt Exiting a Menu Level To go back a menu level or to exit ATM Console while at the main menu level press lt ESC gt Dis
105. IP driver For other parameters you can use the defaults unless directed otherwise by your system administrator 5 24 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration PVC Setup gt p Disable Virtual Driver n3 Cancel af IS PT AN AA HE Enable Virtual Driver 55 e ARP Server MARP Connection Defaults MS DefaultServer Persistent Aag C Manually Set C Non Persistent Help Adapter Card Identifier f FORE CLIP Adapter Identifier SYSTEMS ARP Server ATM Address oo000000 c0000000 00000000 00 e00000 c00000 foo Prefix ESI Sel Copyright c 1996 1998 FORE Systems Inc All rights reserved Figure 5 17 IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration Dialog Box ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 25 Windows NT Installation If you want to disable this driver so it does not start when the system is rebooted select Disable Virtual Driver When this option is selected all parameters for the driver are grayed out and cannot be edited Select whether you want the connection to the ARP Server to be Persis tent in which the connection is maintained continuously or Non Persistent in which the connection is created only when needed If you have more than one FORE adapter in your system and you want to associate this ELAN with an adapter other than the first you must specify a value in the Ad
106. Items How to Check Possible Solutions Is adapter receiving carrier Start InFOREmation ter Check if carrier is indicated Cen Check hardware connections Make sure transmit receive connectors are in correct plugs Is adapter attached to correct media type on switch Start InFOREmation ter Check media type of adapter and compare with media type on switch Cen Contact system administrator and use compatible media Are the drivers loaded for the adapter Check Network control panel Check if appropriate drivers ForeRunner ATM Adapter and ForeRunner ELAN Adapter are loaded Add the drivers as necessary Is adapter transmitting and receiving cells Start InFOREmation ter Check AAL5 statistics Cen Recheck first three items in checklist Possible problem adapter hardware Is adapter connected to ELAN if using ELAN driver Start InFOREmation Cen ter Check Enabled FORE VLANs and ELAN State fields Change ELAN driver configu ration if necessary Contact system administrator and check status of LANE ser vices if necessary Is adapter connected to LIS if using IP Over ATM driver Start InFOREmation ter Check VLANs Cen Enabled FORE Change IP Over ATM driver configuration if necessary Contact system administrator and check status of ARP server if necessary Does adapter have N
107. L3 CS protocol errors Indicates the number of AAL5 cells that have experienced congestion Indicates the number of AAL5 cells that have had PDU CRC errors Indicates the number of AAL5 cells that have had CS layer protocol errors 11 3 3 Switching Between Standard and Error Statistics You can switch between the standard AAL statistics shown in Figure 11 3 and the AAL error statistics shown in Figure 11 4 by pressing lt F10 gt ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 7 ba 35 52 E Og o j Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 3 4 Displaying Revision Information To display revision information for the driver firmware and adapter 1 From the Available Options menu select Adapter 2 From the Adapter menu select Revision Information The Driver Firmware Adapter Revision Information Table is displayed as shown in Figure 11 5 Card Type ForeRunner PCA 266EPC Serial Number 65 Hardware Version 1 0 6 Driver Version A_ForeThought_4 1 8 1 23 gt Firmware Version 4 6 6 Mon 66 Version 12 6 6 Media Type Multimode ODL 5C at 155 Mbps 0C3 Framing SONET Empty Cell UNASSIGNED MAC Address 66 26 48 67 65 8D LAN Emulation ATM Forum LAN Emulation Interrupt Vector 5 Bus Type PCI ESCAPE Previous Menu Alt Fi Exit Figure 11 5 Revision Information Screen 11 3 4 1 Information in the Table This table shows the following information Card Type The type of FOR
108. LANE VC settings Quality of Service QoS preferences and LANE VC threshold for connections within the ELAN to which your driver is connected e The MPOA shortcut threshold for connections to hosts that are not on the ELAN to which your driver is connected but are accessible via one or more routers Section 9 1 MPOA and LANE VC Parameters describes these parameters Example of a Flow Specification gives an example of how these parameters work 9 3 Adding or Editing the MPOA amp LANE VC Parameters describes how to configure these parameters FORE recommends that you configure these parameters only under the direction of your sys tem administrator Editing these parameters requires a knowledge of MPOA LANE network ing and ATM QoS 9 1 MPOA and LANE VC Parameters These parameters allow you greater control over individual traffic flows established by your driver The MPOA and LANE VC parameters consist of three parts e Flow descriptors indicating the traffic flow or flows to which the parameters apply e LANE VC specifications indicating the QoS and the LANE VC threshold These specifications apply to connections within the host s ELAN OD 3 Qa 9 e 77 O O ist 3 D wo VOdIN Buunbijuo9 e The MPOA shortcut threshold for the traffic This specification applies to routed connections outside the host s ELAN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s
109. List of Figures CHAPTER 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 An Example of an ELAN 00 2 0 0 00 000000 1 5 Figure 1 2 LANE Without MPOA 0 0000 c eee eee 1 9 Figure 1 3 LANE With MPOA oia picanto br ted nent ede ae be deca 1 11 Figure 1 4 MPOA Example Network 0 0000 c cece ee eee 1 13 Figure 1 5 PCA Adapters ori Dea faa Digna Rae Maki DARNA Rares 1 18 Figure 1 6 ForeRunnerLE Adapters 0 000 000 eee 1 19 Figure 1 7 ForeRunnerHE Adapters 000 2 c ee eee eee eee 1 21 Figure 1 8 Software Architecture 0 0 0 cee eee 1 23 CHAPTER 2 Hardware Installation Figure 2 1 Card Bayi ites cece nid ND END i eee Ae LO RB ee 2 3 Figure 2 2 Inserting the Adapter into the Connector Slot 2 4 CHAPTER 3 Pre Installation Checklist CHAPTER 4 Windows 95 Installation Figure 4 1 FORE Driver Configuration 0c cece eee 4 2 Figure 4 2 New Hardware Found Dialog Box 00 4 6 Figure 4 3 Network Control Panel 0 0 0 e eee eee 4 9 Figure 4 4 ForeRunner FORE ATM Adapter Configuration Tab 4 10 Figure 4 5 UNI Configuration Tab 0000 cee eee 4 12 Figure 4 6 Select Network Component Type Dialog Box 4 13 Figure 4 7 Select Network Adapters Dialog Box 4 14 Figure 4 8 Network Control Panel with ELAN Driver 4 15 Figure 4 9 Basic ELAN Conf Tab 4 16 Figure 4 10 ELAN LECS LES Configuration Tab
110. M Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 11 Using InFOREmation Center 10 8 4 VLAN Information Table This table displays general information about the selected VLAN The information displayed varies depending on whether the VLAN is a LAN Emulation ELAN or a Classical IP LIS VLAN Info Server Addresses Name ATM Addresses MPOA Version ForeThought 5 0 0 19598 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21C 28D4 002048063080 11 IP Address 169 100 10 130 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21C 28D4 00A03E000001 00 LES 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21C 28D4 002048063080 10 MP3 00 00 ef 05 27 c0 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21C 28D4 00008E2C1073 01 View Server Connection Host ATM Address 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21C 28D4 0020482D0025 04 Figure 10 7 VLAN Information Portion of VLAN Information Window MPOA ELAN 10 8 4 1 If the Connection is an ELAN The Server Addresses table provides the ATM addresses of the ELAN s LANE service compo nents as well as the host itself LECS Displays the address of the LAN Emulation Configuration Server LES Displays the address of the LAN Emulation Server BUS Displays the address of the Broadcast and Unknown Server Host ATM Address Displays the address of the LAN Emulation Client i e this machine 10 8 4 2 If the Connection is an MPOA ELAN The Server Addresses table may also include an entry for the MPOA Server for the MPOA ELAN as shown in Figure 10 7 The entry shows the MAC address
111. M address Choose the OK button to return to the PoreRunner ATM Adapter dialog box Choose the OK button A warning message appears explaining that you must install the ELAN or IP Over ATM adapter driver Choose the OK button to continue The Network Settings control panel appears with the ForeRunner adapter model ATM Adapter driver in the list of Installed Adapter Cards as shown in Figure 5 13 Proceed to do either or both of the following a Install one or more ForeRunner Emulated LAN Adapter drivers using the procedure in Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver on page 5 17 b M Adapter drivers using the procedure in Installing the IP Over ATM Classical IP Adapter Driver ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 15 Windows NT Installation ForeRunnerHE 622 ATM Adapter Figure 5 13 Network Control Panel with ATM Driver Installed 5 16 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 5 4 3 Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver 5 4 3 1 Connecting to Multiple ELANs You may want to join more than one ELAN for example Engineering and Marketing If so then the following procedure must be repeated once for each ELAN that you want to join You can connect to a combined total of 16 ELANs and LISs 5 D o D D 2 fa 5 LN SMOpUIM 5 4 3 2 Installing the ELAN Driver Use the following procedure to install the ForeRunne
112. OSP TRACE LEVEL parameter the FOREOSP3 TRACE_LEVEL parameter on NetWare 3 12 must be set to the appropriate level usually DEBUG TRACE output goes to the console Each bit in the TRACE level is used for different tracing The bits are defined as follows 0x00000001 Driver registration 0x00000002 Driver flow control 0x00000004 VC activation deactivation 0x00000020 Adapter information calls IOCTLs 0x00000080 Multiplexor initialization de initializ 0x00000100 Adapter open close The types of tracing above can be OR d together to obtain information about several areas For example if you want information about driver registration and driver flow control set TRACE 0x3 bits 1 and 2 OR d together 7 6 2 1 Example The following is an example of a LOAD command for the FOREMUX NLM LOAD FOREMUX TRACE 0x00000004 gt D o D D 2 o 5 J AUQ IN4 91eM 9N ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 27 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 6 3 UNI Signalling FORESIG NLM The UNI Signalling module FORESIG NLM performs signalling tasks in accordance with the UNI 3 0 or 3 1 specification This module is loaded automatically when other modules are loaded The signalling module has the following LOAD line parameter UNI Optional Specifies the version of the UNI protocol that lt AUTO 3 0 3 1 gt the adapter uses
113. P address of the destination host Only VPI 0 is supported Also please note that VCI s 0 through 31 are reserved by the ATM Forum The valid VCI range is 32 1023 5 28 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation b Specify a CBR Maximum Cell Rate for the PVC if desired by entering a rate in the CellRate field 0 indicates a UBR connection The valid Cell Rate range is 0 353207 c You can accept the default encapsulation Routed or select Bridged encapsulation If you select Bridged encapsulation you must enter a MAC address of the peer machine d Choose the Add button The connection appears in the PVC List 5 D o 2 D 2 o 3 1N SMopuim Repeat these steps for additional PVC connections Removing Connections from the List To remove a connection from the list high light the connection by clicking on it in the list and choose the Remove button 9 Choose OK to return to the IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration dialog box Choose OK again The Network control panel appears with the IP Over ATM driver in the Network Adapters list as shown in Figure 5 20 Network 7 x Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings Network Adapters 89 1 ForeRunnerHE 622 ATM Adapter 819 2 ForeRunner ELAN Adapter et1516 i 3 ForeRunner IP Over ATM Adapter clip1 Add Remove Properties Update Item Notes ForeRunner IP Over ATM Adapter
114. PIP 3 5 112 Bound to board 6 with IP address 169 100 10 242 and mask FF FF FF O IP LAN protocol bound to Novell ATM Ethernet LAN Emulation Client ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D o D D 2 fa 5 JAMA WSH 842M12N NetWare HSM Driver Installation 6 2 Manual Installation This section contains procedures for copying the driver files to the SYS SYSTEM directory and then manually editing the AUTOEXEC NCF file to load the drivers when the server starts up 6 2 1 Step One Copy the Driver Files to SYS SYSTEM From a DOS or Windows NetWare attached client copy the FORENP2E LAN driver file from the windows netware hsmdriver pca directory of the ForeRunner CD to the SYS SYS TEM partition As described in the Novell LEC README file install Novell s ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC files 6 2 2 Step Two Edit Your AUTOEXEC NCF File You must add load commands to your AUTOEXEC NCF file to load the FORE HSM driver FORENP2E LAN or FOREHE LAN and Novell LEC ATMELEC LAN or ATMTRLEC LAN The FORE HSM must be loaded first before the LEC drivers You must also bind protocols to the LEC driver The FORENP2E LAN file has the following load time command line options SLOT lt n gt Decimal integer used to select between multiple adapter cards Required only when multiple adapters are us
115. Pin Number Transmit Receive 1 Transmit 2 Transmit 3 6 Not Used 7 Receive 8 Receive 1 26 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 1 15 Single Mode Fiber Specifications The PCA 200EPC and HE adapters are available with single mode fiber SMF connectors Table 1 5 and Table 1 6 provide the specifications of the transmitter and receiver optical inter faces on the supported hardware Table 1 7 provides interconnecting link specifications Transmitter Optical Interface Specifications Wavelength 1261 1360 nm Spectral Width 7 7 nm rms maximum Mean Launch Power 15 to 8 dBm S Extinction Ratio 8 2 dB minimum 3 Table 1 5 SMF Transmitter Interface Specifications Receiver Optical Interface Specifications Sensitivity 28 dBm minimum Overload 8 dBm minimum Optical path power penalty 1 dB Table 1 6 SMF Receiver Interface Specifications ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 27 Introduction Interconnecting Link Specifications Connector Type Duplex SC Fiber Specification Per CCITT recommendation G 652 also known as EIA Class IVa Mode Field Diameter 9 10 micrometers Fiber Cladding Diameter 125 micrometers Fiber Loss Characteristics 1 0 dB km typical Power Budget 12 dB Maximum Link Length 1 0 dB km 10 km includes 2 dB connector loss Tab
116. Procedures for All FORE PC Adapters 000 cece eee 5 1 5 2 The FORE ATM and LANE Drivers 0 eee eect eee eens 5 2 5 3 Installation Requirements 0 cee tees 5 3 5 3 1 Relevant Files i e setae NN attains atta ee DANG aie banat NG KANA 5 3 5 4 Installing the FORE Adapter Software 0000 cece eee 5 4 5 4 1 Installing Drivers While Installing NT 4 0 Networking 5 5 5 4 2 Installing the FORE ATM Adapter Driver anaana 5 9 5 4 3 Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver 0 5 17 5 4 3 1 Connecting to Multiple ELANs 000 0005 5 17 5 4 3 2 Installing the ELAN Driver 020002 e ee eae 5 17 5 4 4 Installing the IP Over ATM Classical IP Adapter Driver 5 24 5 4 4 1 Connecting to Multiple LISs 00000005 5 24 5 4 4 2 Installing the IP Over ATM Driver 20 0005 5 24 5 4 5 Binding Protocols to the ELAN and IP Over ATM Drivers 5 30 5 5 Installing the SNMP Agent 000 e eee 5 34 5 5 1 Starting and Stopping the Agent a 5 35 5 5 2 Removing the Agent 000 cece ete eee 5 35 5 5 3 Accessing the MIBS 0 0 0 cece tee 5 35 5 6 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Software 000 cece eee eee 5 36 5 7 Screen Savers and Network Performance cence eee 5 36 CHAPTER6 NetWare HSM Driver Installation 6 1 Installation Using INETCFG
117. RE directory on the CD For example g windows netware ft4 1 6 In this example the CD ROM drive is indicated by g Be sure to indicate the correct path for your CD ROM drive 9 Press the lt ENTER gt key The following message appears Scanning for available drivers 7 16 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 10 As soon as the files are read a new window appears with a list of drivers that you can install see Figure 7 7 FOREFPLE for a ForeRunnerLE adapter FOREFP2E for a PCA 200EPC adapter FOREFP2 for a PCA 200PC adapter FOREFE2E for an ESA 200EPC adapter FOREFE2 for an ESA 200PC adapter Select the appropriate driver and press lt ENTER gt FOREFE2 LAN FORE Systems ESA 200 Adapter FOREFE2E LAN FORE Systems ESA 2 E Adapter FOREFP2 LAN FORE Systems PCA 200 Adapter IFOREFP2E LAN FORE Systems PCA 206HE Adapter FOREVETH LAN ForeThought 4 0 Virtual Ethernet FOREFP2E LAN Help This driver supports PCA 20BE ATM network adapters installed in a PCI file server To scroll lt F gt up lt F8 gt down gt Select a listed driver lt Enter gt Install an unlisted driver lt Ins gt lt Fi gt Previous screen lt Esc gt Ahort INSTALL lt Alt gt lt F1f gt Figure 7 7 NetWare Driver Selection Screen 11 The installation application asks whether to copy the driver Respond
118. SAP route on switch if ILMI is not being used Contact system administrator to review switch configura tion Edit switch configuration if necessary ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Network Troubleshooting in Windows B 5 Collecting Diagnostic Information Windows NT This section briefly describes key information that should be collected in the event of a Windows NT Operating Systems failure This information does not apply to Windows 95 Pro viding the information described below is critical to the timely identification and diagnosis of any problems related to the ATM adapter software Windows NT Systems can totally fail in two different ways 1 System Hang A system hang results when a major problem within the Operating System or one of its kernel mode components goes undetected The system ceases to be responsive and fails to accomplish any useful work Sometimes but not always the display is lost rendering the system console screen totally black As a result system hangs are often referred to as Black Screens 5 2 G YIOMION There is little or no useful data that can be gathered after a system hang when the system is configured for ordinary use However once your system has been rebooted be sure to collect the WinMSD information as described in B 5 2 on your system y bi 2 System Halt The Operating System displays a set of diagnostic information on
119. SI developed RS 232 Membership includes USA manufac turers EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture a bus architecture for desktop computers that provides a 32 bit data passage while maintaining compatibility with the ISA or AT archi tecture elarp a FORE program that shows and manipulates MAC and ATM address mappings for LAN Emulation Clients LECs elconfig a FORE program that shows and modifies LEC configuration Allows the user to set the NSAP address of the LAN Emulation Configuration Server LECS display the list of Emulated LANs ELANs configured in the LECS for this host display the list of ELANs locally configured along with the membership state of each and locally administer ELAN membership EM the Cel Path 300 extension module paired with the system controller and supporting an optional PCMCIA card Embedded SNMP Agent an SNMP agent can come in two forms embedded or proxy An embedded SNMP agent is integrated into the physical hardware and software of the unit The CellPath 300 has an internal integrated SNMP agent ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 9 Glossary EMI Electromagnetic Interference signals generated and radiated by an electronic device that cause interference with radio communications among other effects End to End Connection when used in reference to an ATM network a connection that trav els through an ATM network passing through vario
120. TMTRLEC drivers Figure 6 6 shows sample lines for an AUTOEXEC NCF file These lines load one FORENP2E driver and loads three ATMELEC drivers and then binds protocols to each of the ATMELEC drivers Figure 6 7 shows sample lines for installing drivers for a server with two PCA 200EPC adapt ers A single ATMELEC driver is then loaded for each adapter and protocols are bound to the ATMELEC drivers load 1oaa 1oaa 1oaa The bind bind bind The following line loads the FORE FORENP2E driver The following three lines load instances of Novell s LEC code Each of these commands binds the et1516 ELAN with a different frame type using the adapter named adapterl forenp2e name adapterl atmelec ab adapterl elan et1516 frame ethernet ii name et1516 ii atmelec ab adapterl elan et1516 frame ethernet 802 3 name et1516 8023 atmelec ab adapterl elan et1516 frame ethernet 802 2 name et1516 8022 following lines bind protocol stacks to the LEC drivers ipx et1516 8023 net 1517 ipx et1516 8022 net 1516 ip et1516 ii addr 169 100 10 242 mask ff ff ff 00 Figure 6 6 Sample AUTOEXEC NCF File ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 6 9 5 D o D D 2 f 5 JAMA WSH 842M12N NetWare HSM Driver Installation load forenp2e name b1 slot 0 load forenp2e name b2 slot 1 load atmelec ab bl name et1 elan et4544 size 4544 frame ethernet 802
121. Use LECS select the No option You must then specify the LES address inthe LES ATM Address field If you aren t using auto discovery for the LECS Under Discover LECS select the Disabled option and enter the LECS address in the LECS ATM Address field Refer to How to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 for information about the format of an ATM address Choose OK when you are done editing the fields on this dialog box The ForeRunner Emulated LAN Adapter dialog box reappears ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation ATM Forum LAN Emulation Configuration z aS o Use LECS Discover LECS 5 2 R 2 O Click to return all 5 Yes Enabled Defaults fields to default 4 m values C No Disabled Cancel Hel Click to display SR field descriptions LECS ATM Address Gog SYSTEMS Prefix MAC ESI Sel LES ATM Address Prefix MAC ESI Sel Figure 5 15 ATM Forum LAN Emulation Configuration Dialog Box ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 21 Windows NT Installation Choose OK when you are finished configuring the ForeRunner ELAN adapter driver If you are using the Automatic ELAN Selection feature a warning appears indicating that you must set the TCP IP address and other parameters appropri ately for the ELAN driver Choose OK The Network Settings Control Panel appears with the
122. Version 4 0 Figure 4 8 Network Control Panel with ELAN Driver 5 Select ForeRunner ELAN Adapter and choose Properties as shown in Fig ure 4 8 The ForeRunner ELAN Adapter Properties dialog box appears as shown in Figure 4 9 The only tabs you can edit are Adapter Configuration and UNI Configuration Do not attempt to configure the driver through the Driver Type Bindings and Advanced tabs Information configured through the Advanced tab is ignored by the driver 5 D o L D 2 o 5 96 SMOpUIM 6 Edit the fields on the Basic ELAN Conf tab as required ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 15 Windows 95 Installation ForeRunner ELAN Adapter et1516 Properties 71 x Driver Type Bindings Advanced Basic ELAN Conf ELAN LECS LES Cont C Disable Virtual Driver Enable Virtual Driver LAN Type m Frame Size Ethernet 4516 4544 Click to return all fields to default values Defaults Click to display Token Ring 9234 C 19190 field descriptions FORE SYSTEMS Adapter Identifier fo Automatic ELAN Selection Manual ELAN Selection Jett 516 Copyright c 1996 1998 FORE Systems Inc All rights reserved Figure 4 9 Basic ELAN Conf Tab a If you want to disable this driver so it does not start when the system is rebooted select Disable Virtual Driver When this option is sele
123. WinSock API WinSock2 includes ATM specific extensions needed to support the native ATM services speci fied in the ATM Forum s User Network Interface UNI 3 0 or 3 1 specification e A new address family AF ATM and a corresponding sockaddr structure SOCKADDR ATM are defined e ATM point to multipoint and point to point connection setup and teardown are supported in WinSock2 e An ATM specific QoS extension is also available For a complete description of the ATM extensions in WinSock2 refer to the ATM Specific Extensions annex of the WinSock2 specifications D 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 2 4 CBR Support CBR connections are supported on the ForeRunnerLE and ForeRunnerHE adapters limited CBR support is available on the PCA 200EPC adapter D 2 5 VPI VCI and Selector Byte Limitations Please note the following limitations as you develop code using Winsock2 and the FORE ser vice provider e Only VPI0 is supported e VCI s 0 through 31 are reserved by the ATM Forum for LANE and MPOA e Winsock2 developers should use selector bytes greater than 0x32 for all develop ment purposes e The FORE drivers support a maximum of 1024 VCI s D 2 6 Files Included with the Service Provider The FORE Service Provider files are available from the FORE Systems FIP site Relevant files include e FORESP DLL the DLL file for the FORE Ser
124. a LEC MPC Figure 1 4 MPOA Example Network ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 13 Introduction 1 4 5 1 MPS Configuration As with any other router the network administrator must configure each MPS with the site specific IP address matching the gateway address being used by LEC MPCs in its ELAN The MPS on each PowerHub 7000 is configured as follows 1 For each LANE MPOA virtual port specify an ELAN name The LECS configura tion must also be updated to allow the MPS to join these ELANs For each LANE MPOA virtual port specify an IP address Enable LANE MPOA support Enable routing GT TESS 189 P9 Save the configuration and reboot the MPS if necessary to make the changes effective Router table information need not be configured The MPS will instead gather this informa tion through routing protocol exchanges with other MPSs 1 4 5 2 LEC MPC Initialization When its host boots each LEC MPC automatically goes through the following sequence to establish a connection to the MPS 1 The host registers via ILMI with the switch to which it is attached in order to learn its ATM address 2 The LEC MPC connects to an LECS to which it sends its own ATM address and the name of the ELAN it wishes to join the ELAN name is an empty string unless the LEC MPC has been site configured with an ELAN name The LEC MPC also supplies a LANE 1 0 compliant parameter identifying itself as an MPOA aware
125. a NetWare 3 12 Server aa 7 7 7 4 1 Installing the FORE ATM Driver on a NetWare 3 12 Server 7 7 7 4 2 Upgrading the Drivers on a NetWare 3 12 Server 7 12 7 5 Installing and Upgrading on a NetWare 4 1x Server 0 a 7 13 7 5 1 Installing the Driver on a NetWare 4 1x Server 7 13 7 5 1 1 Overview of Installation 0000 e eee eee 713 7 5 1 2 Files Added Hunan NABANG PI DRE ieee DRE hi A 7 14 751 3 Step One Install the FORE ATM Driver 7 15 7 5 1 4 Step Two Install the FOREVETH or FOREVTOK Driver 7 19 7 5 1 5 Step Three Edit the AUTOEXEC NCF File 7 21 7 5 1 6 Step Four Restart the Server 0 00 eee eee 7 24 7 5 2 Upgrading the Drivers on a NetWare 4 1x Server 7 24 7 6 LOAD Parameters for FORE Drivers and Modules 00 00 7 25 7 6 1 FORE Adapter Driver 0200 e eee eee nea 7 26 AGA S EXAMPpl gc za cd nea ate ts eae ule Goh teat wed NG 7 26 7 6 2 Adapter Multiplexor FOREMUX NLM 22 000000 00 7 27 TELI Example AA AA 7 27 7 6 3 UNI Signalling FORESIG NLM 0 00002 eee eee 7 28 ABI EXAMP e a cee feta teed aia A wages Mee dances we 7 29 7 6 4 ILMI FOREILMILNLM 0 000 0000 c ee eee 7 29 TOAT Eames cis oder tna aia dae ke os ate e hs Tara ea bed as 7 29 7 6 5 Operating System Portability FOREOSP FOREOSP3 NLM 7 30 TODI
126. adapter 11 Choose the OK button to install the driver The driver now appears in the Device Manager tab of the System Properties dialog box A prompt appears asking if you want to restart the PC now to incorporate the changes 12 Choose the Restart Now button The ForeRunner ATM adapter driver installa tion is now complete You must proceed to install the ELAN driver as described in Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver on page 4 13 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 4 5 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Software Refer to Chapter 8 for information on upgrading your FORE drivers HE 5 PEE 25 O o 3 Ga ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 35 Windows 95 Installation ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 3 38 Windows NT Installation 32 a3 Vo 2 a o 33 This chapter describes how to install the FORE ATM drivers on a Windows NT 4 0 operating system and gives requirements for the FORE drivers The installation process copies the driv ers from the ForeRunner software CD to the Ssystem root drivers directory usually system32 drivers The installation process also copies the FORE Systems statistics application INFOREmation Center described in Chapter 10 to the Ssystem root direc tory usually system32 5 1 Procedures for All FORE PC Adapters These procedures can be used to install the
127. aded 10 If necessary proceed to configure the MPOA and QoS parameters for your ELAN connections as described in Consult your system administrator to determine if you need to configure these parameters If you reconfigure an already installed ELAN E gt driver to join a different ELAN for example by changing the ELAN name parameter or the LECS usage the ELAN driver retains any QoS Preferences that had previously been defined for the driver in InFOREmation Center If you want to create new QoS preferences for the reconfigured ELAN connection you must manually delete the existing preferences To do this enter InFOREmation Center switch to the Advanced View select the ELAN in the VLAN Information tab select the QoS Preferences button and delete each preference in the MPOA Properties dialog box ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 33 5 D o 2 D 2 o 3 LN SMOpUIM Windows NT Installation 5 5 Installing the SNMP Agent The ForeThought driver for Windows NT includes support for an SNMP agent The agent allows MIB variables to be read by any SNMP network management system To use the SNMP agent you must have installed E gt the ForeThought 5 0 2 adapter driver To install the SNMP agent for the FORE driver 1 2 3 4 Install the Windows NT SNMP Service Insert the ForeRunner 5 0 2 or later CD in your CD ROM drive Open a DOS window In DOS go to the directory on the
128. ailovers in the event of the failure of a LES you can specify a failover sequence when you specify the ELAN name To do this specify the ELAN name a vertical bar and a range corresponding to the backup ELANs you want this LEC to con tact if one or more LESs fail For example if the ELAN name is test and a total of five ELANs for test have been configured and you want to attempt each of the five in the event of multiple LES failures specify the following in the Emu lated LAN Name field test 1 5 Using the Automatic ELAN Name Feature If the Automatic ELAN Name feature has been configured on the LECS and you are using the LECS you do not have to specify an ELAN name The host will join the ELAN indicated by the LECS You must still specify the ELAN type and MTU size or accept the default If no ELAN has been specified on the LECS that matches these parameters the Auto matic ELAN Name feature will not work Use the FORECON NLM described in Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare on page 8 1 to determine the name of the N that the driver has joined This feature can only be used on one ELAN driver For all other ELAN drivers you must specify the ELAN name 10 Restart the server to load the drivers Figure 7 3 shows the driver being loaded for a E gt ForeRunnerLE adapter connecting to a virtual Ethernet ELAN or virtual Token Ring ELAN When you edit your AUTOEXEC NCF file you must specify the driver for your
129. al between log file updates The default is 120 seconds d Stop Logging After Specify how long logging should continue The default is 60 minutes 4 Press lt ESC gt when finished and lt ENTER gt to confirm the changes Adapter Statistics 66 26 1996 Time 69 56 46 Transmitted Keceived Dropped Thruput Kbps 4383 22856 z 5 7163 11285 u Receive Carrier ON Utilization YA Adapter Unit Log AAL Statistics Log LAN Emulation Information Log Connection Table Information Log Revision Information bar 35 52 E e S o j Purge File Size kBs gt Log Update Interval secs Stop Logging After mins ESCAPE Main Menu Alt Fi Exit Figure 11 12 Log Properties Screen ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 21 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 22 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual VAN wd af 8 AEA LED Indicators This appendix shows the location of and gives a description of the LED indicators on the face plate of the adapter adjacent to the cable connectors A 1 LED Locations The figures below show the appearance of the end plate for ST SC and UTP connectors Note that the ForeRunnerLE 25Mbps adapters are available with UTP connectors only The ForeRun nerLE 155Mbps adapters are available with UTP or SC connectors only The ForeRunnerHE 622Mbps adapters are available with SC connectors only T FORE Systems Receive Transm
130. aled telephone call Switched Connection a connection established via signalling Symmetric Connection a connection with the same bandwidth value specified for both directions Synchronous signals that are sourced from the same timing reference and hence are identi cal in frequency ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 23 Glossary Systems Network Architecture SNA a proprietary networking architecture used by IBM and IBM compatible mainframe computers T1 a specification for a transmission line The specification details the input and output char acteristics and the bandwidth T1 lines run at 1 544 Mbps and provide for 24 data channels In common usage the term T1 is used interchangeably with DS1 T3 a specification for a transmission line the equivalent of 28 T1 lines T3 lines run at 44 736 Mbps In common usage the term T3 is used interchangeably with DS3 Tachometer in ForeView the tachometer shows the level of activity on a given port The num ber in the tachometer shows the value of a chosen parameter in percentage with a colored bar providing a semi logarithmic representation of that percentage TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Transmitter Receiver Interface Encoding scheme used for FDDI LANs as well as for ATM supports speeds of up to 100 Mbps over multimode fiber TC Transmission Convergence generates and receives transmission frames and
131. ameters to the AUTOEXEC NCF file For example LOAD FOREOSP TRACE_LEVEL DEBUG LOAD FOREMUX TRACE 0X000000FF LOAD FOREFPLE LOAD FOREVETH FRED gt D o D D 2 o 5 J AUQ IN4 91eM 9N ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 37 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 7 NetWare Driver LOAD Parameters Table 7 5 lists commonly used NetWare parameters These parameters can be used in an AUTOEXEC NCF file or issued from the command line For additional details about these and other parameters refer to the LOAD LAN driver section of the Novell System Administration manual Table 7 5 Ethernet Token Ring LAN Emulation Parameters Parameter Default Supported Values Optional FRAME Ethernet_802 2 Ethernet_802 2 Yes Ethernet Ethernet_802 3 Ethernet_Snap Ethernet II FRAME Token Ring Token Ring Yes Token Ring Token Ring Snap NAME None Any unique 17 character name Yes NODE Board value Any 12 digit hexadecimal number Yes SLOT None 17 through 32 No Command syntax for these parameters is as follows FRAME ETHERNET II More than one parameter may be used in the same command line as long as the commands are separated by one or more spaces For example FRAME ETHERNET II SLOT 17 7 38 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 8 Finding the MAC Address For many configurations you need to kn
132. and Marketing If so then the following procedure must be repeated once for each LIS that you want to join You can connect to a combined total of 16 ELANs and LISs 5 4 4 2 Installing the IP Over ATM Driver Use the following procedure to install the ForeRunner IP Over ATM Adapter driver on an existing Windows NT system 1 Choose the Adapters tab and choose Add The Select Network Adapter dialog box appears Select Have Disk The Insert Disk dialog box appears Insert the ForeRunner software CD into the CD ROM drive and change the drive specification to indicate D windows winnt where D indicates your CD ROM drive Choose the OK button The Select OEM Option dialog box appears 5 Select ForeRunner IP Over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter and choose the OK button The Windows NT Setup dialog box with a progress bar appears and the required files are copied from the CD 6 The IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration dialog box appears see Figure 5 17 after the files are copied Edit the Adapter Configuration dialog box as necessary for your site By default the driver is configured to use the Microsoft ARP server at the well known address If the Microsoft ARP server is not available or your site is using a spe cific ARP server you must specify the ATM address of the ARP Server that this driver uses to resolve addresses of other hosts Get this address from your system administrator You must also specify an identifier for this CL
133. applications to operate with no modifications Major advantages include high performance network throughput delivered to applications and the flexibility for future upgrades The software drivers are based on the ATM Forum UNI 3 0 and 3 1 specification In addition the Emulated LAN driver is compliant with the ATM Forum document LAN Emulation Over ATM Version 1 0 The Classical IP Over ATM driver available for Windows 95 and Windows NT is compliant with RFC 1577 The software is provided on CD Existing Application Software T o Q ex O ie 3 Application Programming Interfaces API TCP IP NetBEUI Classical IP Over ATM Driver Emulated LAN DRIVER signalling MPC signalling ATM ADAPTATION LAYER AAL Figure 1 8 Software Architecture ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 23 Introduction 1 12 SNMP Agent Support The FORE Windows NT driver supports an SNMP agent This agent will respond to READ requests by an SNMP network management system The agent supports the following FORE Systems MIB files e fore adapter mib e fore sonet mib e fore lane mib To use the SNMP agent you must first install Windows NT SNMP Service for Windows 1 24 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 1 13 Fiber Optic Cable Specifications Th
134. apter 8 for information on upgrading your FORE drivers 5 7 Screen Savers and Network Performance Some Windows screen savers use a substantial percentage of the CPU utilization Conse quently screen savers can degrade network performance FORE recommends setting the screen saver to none or blank on server machines 5 36 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 3NA ANG NetWare HSM Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the FORE ATM HSM Hardware Specific Module driver for use with the PCA 200EPC ATM adapter and NetWare 4 11 The FORE ATM HSM allows the PCA adapter to be used with the Novell LAN Emulation Client LEC The Novell LEC is an ATM Forum compliant software stack that supports Ethernet and Token Ring LAN Emula tion To use the Novell LEC with the PCA adapter you must first install the HSM as described in this chapter Installation of the HSM can be performed in either of two methods e Using the NetWare INETCFG utility described in on page 63 e Manually copying files from a DOS or Windows attached NetWare client and then editing the AUTOEXEC NCF file described in Manual Installation on page 6 8 3 Bind protocols to Novell LEC 2 Install Novell LEC 1 Install ATM HSM Via protocols to higher level i server functions Higher Level Protocols IP IPX Novell LEC ATMELEC LAN or ATMTRLEC LAN FORE Dri
135. apter Card Identifier box This field is read only if only one FORE ATM adapter is installed in your system The adapter identifier for each adapter was assigned in step 8 on page 5 12 of the previous procedure In the CLIP Adapter Identifier field you can assign a name or number to this driver The name can contain any valid alphanumeric character and be up to 32 characters long You must specify the ATM address of the ARP Server that this driver uses to resolve addresses of other hosts Get this address from your system administrator For other parameters you can use the defaults unless directed otherwise by your system administrator If you must configure the MTU size the default is set to 9180 the recom mended size for Classical IP LIS s or change the default values for time out parameters how long entries are kept in the ARP cache how long before the idle connections are dropped etc choose the Advanced button If you must manually configure PVC connections to other hosts on the LIS choose the PVC Setup button If you do not need to configure the advanced parameters or PVCs proceed to step 9 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 7 If you chose the Advanced button the IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration Parameters dialog box appears as shown in Figure 5 18 Edit the configuration parameters as necessary for your site IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration Paramet
136. arams tab shown in Figure 4 16 7 Edit the configuration parameters as necessary for your site ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter 0 Properties 21x Driver Type Bindings Advanced Adapter Configuration Configuration Params PVC Connections Click to return all fields to default values MTU Size bytes s180 Click to display ARP Cache Aging Time mins fi 5 field descriptions NG FORE w SYSTEMS ARP Server Idle Time mins ARP Server Refresh Time mins L ARP Server Reregister Time ming SVC Minimum Holding Time secs 60 SVC inactivity Timeout period mins 20 Figure 4 16 Configuration Params Tab ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D o L D 2 o 5 96 SMOpUIM Windows 95 Installation 8 If you must manually enter PVC connections for the driver choose the PVC Connections tab shown in Figure 4 17 Contact your system administrator for any PVCs you may have to add Click to display 2 Click Add here field descriptions ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter Instance Pro EA EG Driver Type Bindings Advanced Adapter Configuration Configuration Params PVC Connections Add PYCs Ba oiii Hp Routed 1 Bridged 1 Enter jo pm VPI VCI ae SYSTEMS or IP address TF Use IP Address Peer MAC Address PYC List Remove 3 Connection appears here
137. are Version Indicates the firmware version number of the firmware running on the adapter This field applies only to PCA 200EPC adapters ESI Address Indicates the End Service Identifier of the adapter This value is factory set for the adapter 10 18 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center PHY Options Indicates the Framing Type and Empty Cell Insertion options if an OC3 adapter is used The field string has four possibilities SONET Unassigned SONET Idle SDH Unassigned or SDH Idle SONET and SDH indicate the possible framing types Unassigned indicates that the adapter inserts unassigned cells when the cells are empty This is the ATM Forum and ANSI standard Idle indicates that the adapter inserts idle cells when the cells are empty This is the ITU T standard Typically SONET Unassigned is used in the United States and SDH Idle is used in Europe Tx Buffer Count The number of transmit buffers which are allocated by the driver when it is loaded The number of buffers can significantly impact the resources the driver consumes in the system While more transmit buffers allows more send operations to be performed at one time potentially increasing system performance they also consume more system resources This value can be set when the ATM driver is configured through the Network control panel Tx Queue Size The number of transmit queue descriptors associ
138. ars Specify the name the FORE HSM driver file FORENP2E for the PCA adapter as shown in Figure 6 2 The INETCFG utility proceeds to copy the FORENP2E LAN and FORENP2E LDI files to the SYS SYSTEM partition of the NetWare server 6 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare HSM Driver Installation 5 a 2 D D 2 fj 3 Enter the full path and name of driver file to copy JABAL WSH 3J4EMI9N Figure 6 2 Installing the FORENP2E Driver 8 Select FORENP2E from the list of available drivers The Board Configuration window appears as shown in Figure 6 3 Board Conf iguration Board Name PCI Bus Slot Comment Driver Info Name by which the interface board is to be identified Figure 6 3 Configuring Board Parameters ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 6 3 NetWare HSM Driver Installation 9 Inthe list of configuration parameters a Configure a board name b Ifyou have installed more than one adapter configure the slot number cor responding to the physical adapter that this driver will use You cannot install a PCA and an HE622 driver in the E gt Speed 10 Press the lt ESC gt key A confirmation window appears 11 Select Yes to confirm The Configured Boards window appears with the new board and driver in the list as shown in Figure 6 4 Internetworking C
139. assigned to the adapter in step 7 of the previous proce dure Installing the FORE ATM Adapter Driver on page 5 9 If you are using automatic ELAN selection and E gt TCP IP you must still get the appropriate TCP IP address for your host on that ELAN 5 30 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 5 Fill in the appropriate fields for each ELAN or IP Over ATM driver with your par ticular network parameters For specific instructions about Windows NT network configuration please consult your system administrator and the appropriate Windows NT documentation 5 D o 2 gt 2 o 3 1N SMopuIM Microsoft TCP IP Properties 24 x IP Address DNS WINS Address Routing An IP address can be automatically assigned to this network card by a DHCP server If your network does not have a DHCP server ask your network administrator for an address and then type it in the space below Adapter Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server Specify an IP address IP Address i Subnet Mask f Default Gateway Advanced Cancel Apply Figure 5 21 TCP IP Configuration ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation In the TCP IP Configuration dialog box choose the DNS tab DNS is the Domain Name Server Fill in the parameters appropriate for your network configuration Fo
140. ate whether or not the driver should attempt to contact the LECS automatically If you enable discovery of the LECS you don t have to spec ify the LECS address c The LECS ATM Address field contains the address for the LAN Emula tion Configuration Server LECS If you are using an LECS but Discover LECS is disabled you must specify the LECS address in this field d The LES ATM Address field contains the address for the LAN Emulation Server LES associated with this ELAN If the LECS is not configured LECS Use is Disabled is displayed above the address field You must specify the LES ATM address Refer to Specify an ATM Address on page io P E seer an AIM address 8 Choose the OK button when you are finished configuring the ForeRunner ELAN adapter driver The Network control panel appears with the ForeRunner ELAN Adapter driver in the list of installed network components A description of the adapter appears in the Description field when the ELAN adapter is selected Figure 4 11 shows an example of the Network control panel with the driver and an ELAN driver installed If you change the name of the ELAN the old E gt name will still appear in the installed network components list until you exit the Network control panel and re enter it 5 D o L D 2 o 5 S6 SMOPUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation Network 21x Configuration T
141. ated with the transmit buffers This value can be set when the ATM driver is configured through the Network control panel 5 A e po m 3 D 0 3 O e 3 V ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 19 Using InFOREmation Center 10 20 Fragment Size Rx Buffer Count Rx Queue Size Interrupt Vector IRQ The size of each internal transmit buffer fragment generated by the driver for ForeRunnerLE cards it also is the size of the receive buffer fragments which are set to 2048 if the parameter is set to lt 2048 4096 if the parameter is set to lt 4096 or otherwise to 8192 This parameter can change for Token Ring environments where a larger fragment size might be used in the environment or in specific application environments such as a higher fragment size for user API applications The default and minimum value is 1536 This value can be set when the ATM driver is configured through the Network control panel but users should not have to alter this parameter The number of receive buffers which are allocated by the driver when it is loaded The number of buffers can significantly impact the resources the driver consumes in the system While more receive buffers allows more receive operations to be performed at one time potentially increasing system performance they also consume more system resources This value can be set when the ATM driver is configured
142. both an ATM and another network connection typically Ethernet Multiplexing a function within a layer that interleaves the information from multiple con nections into one connection see demultiplexing Multipoint Access user access in which more than one terminal equipment TE is sup ported by a single network termination Multipoint to Point Connection a Point to Multipoint Connection may have zero band width from the Root Node to the Leaf Nodes and non zero return bandwidth from the Leaf Nodes to the Root Node Such a connection is also known as a Multipoint to Point Connec tion Multipoint to Multipoint Connection a collection of associated ATM VC or VP links and their associated endpoint nodes with the following properties 1 All N nodes in the connection called Endpoints serve as a Root Node in a Point to Multi point connection to all of the N 1 remaining endpoints 2 Each of the endpoints can send information directly to any other endpoint but the receiving endpoint cannot distinguish which of the endpoints is sending information without addi tional e g higher layer information Near End in a relationship between two devices in a circuit the near end device is the one that is local Network Module ATM port interface cards which may be individually added or removed from any ForeRunner ATM switch to provide a diverse choice of connection alternatives Each network module provides between one and
143. button The Select Network Component Type dialog box appears as shown in Figure 4 12 2 Click Add Select Network Component Type 1 Select Adapter Click the type of network component you want to install Cancel 4 network adapter is a hardware device that physically connects your computer to a network Figure 4 12 Select Network Component Dialog Box 2 Select Adapter Then choose the Add button If this is the first IP Over ATM or ELAN driver you ve installed a progress bar is displayed as Windows 95 builds an adapter database The Select Network adapters dialog box appears as shown in Figure 4 13 5 D o L D 2 o 5 96 SMOpUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 21 Windows 95 Installation 3 Select Fore Systems Inc and ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter as shown in Figure 4 13 Depending on what FORE drivers you have installed previously you may be prompted for FORE driver files Insert the ForeRunner software CD indicate the path D windows win95 assuming D is your CD ROM drive and proceed The Network control panel appears with the IP Over ATM driver in the list of installed network components as shown in Figure 4 14 1 Select FORE 2 Select IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter Select Network adapters x Click the Network adapter that matches your hardware and then click OK If Ha you have an installation disk for thi
144. ccessful messages similar to those shown in Figure 7 4 appear on the server console The messages indicate which drivers you installed In this example they show the driver for a ForeRunnerLE driver and the virtual Ethernet ELAN driver FOREVETH Loading Module FOREFPLE LAN ForeRunnerLE ATM Adapter Driver Version 4 10 February 9 1997 Copyright c 1997 FORE Systems Inc as an unpublished work All rights reserved Loading Module FOREVETH LAN ForeThought 4 10 Virtual Ethernet Driver Version 4 10 February 9 1997 Copyright c 1997 FORE Systems Inc as an unpublished work All rights reserved Figure 7 4 Driver Start up Messages These messages are followed by other driver and system messages The messages appear in the order that the drivers and modules are loaded 3 The message may only appear briefly To be sure the driver was correctly installed enter the command CONFIG on a command line on the server A message with the current version appears 7 12 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 5 Installing and Upgrading on a NetWare 4 1x Server The following sections provide the procedures for installing and upgrading the FORE drivers on a NetWare 4 1 or 4 11 server 7 5 1 Installing the Driver on a NetWare 4 1x Server There are three methods of installing the driver e A manual installation for users with extensive experience with NetWare software Manual i
145. cepts Please refer to the many web sites and reference books available for a more thorough explanation of ATM networking Asynchronous Transfer Mode or ATM is a connection based communication architecture based on the switching of small fixed length packets of data called cells In ATM all data is transferred in 53 byte cells Each cell has a 5 byte header that identifies the cell s route through the network and 48 bytes containing user data This user data in turn carries any headers or trailers required by higher level protocols D 5 1 Virtual Channels and Virtual Paths The set of mappings in the ATM network used to route cells from a source to a destination are generally referred to as virtual channels and virtual paths Signalling can be used to create the virtual channels and virtual paths needed to establish a connection between two ATM end points Virtual paths are used to establish connections among switches in an ATM network Once the switch fabrics are connected via a virtual path they can use this virtual path to route virtual channels o Virtual Path Virtual Channels NG i en een Medium Figure D 2 Virtual Channels and Paths Each ATM cell contains a virtual path identifier VPI and a virtual channel identifier VCI as part of its five byte ATM header The VPI and VCI are used to route the cell through the ATM network Virtual channels ride inside of virtual paths The combination of the t
146. ces users For traffic received over a shortcut the egress LEC MPC encapsu lates the packets as if they had been received via the routed path and forwards them via a LAN interface that may be a bridge or switch port an internal host stack etc 1 4 4 2 MPOA Server MPS An MPS includes an NHRP Server NHS and is the logical component of a router that pro vides internetwork layer forwarding information to LEC MPCs The MPS answers MPOA queries from ingress LEC MPCs and provides encapsulation information to egress LEC MPCs The MPS runs on a PowerHub 1 4 55 MPOA Example The following are the basic requirements for establishing a shortcut across an MPOA enabled network e the traffic flow must consist of IP traffic e there must be LEC MPCs at each end of the network between which a shortcut is desired e the local router interface at each end must be running an MPS e a Next Hop Resolution Protocol NHRP path must exist between MPSs The following example illustrates a typical ATM network that allows MPOA shortcuts to be employed 1 12 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction AO Each of BO PC BO these runs PC pc a LECIMPC ELAN L J engineering Runs a LECS BX LES and BUS 3 Runs S an MPS 5 Powerhub 7000 ATM S Cloud NHRP Routers Runs an MPS Powerhub 7000 Runs a LECS x LES and BUS ae it I i L Each of AG BO these runs PC PC
147. ch the adapter is connected Get the correct values from your system administrator If you don t know the MAC address If you aren t using ILMI and don t know the MAC address you can specify mm for each two byte portion of the MAC ESI address The adapter then automatically provides the address when it starts up Refer to How to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 for information about the format of an ATM address 7 Choose the OK button to save the changes you have made gt a o D D 2 o 5 S6 SMOPUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation Prefix ForeRunnerLE PCI ATM Adapter Properties 21x Driver Type Bindings Adapter Configuration ILMI l MUNI Version Enabled o UNI 3 0 C Disabled C UNI 3 1 Auto UNI Adapter ATM Address Advanced UNI Configuration Click to return all fields to default values Defaults Click to display field descriptions So o J m SYSTEMS mm mm mm mm mm mr e MAC ESI Sel Figure 4 5 UNI Configuration Tab 8 The Network control panel appears with the ForeRunner ATM Adapter driver in the list of installed network components 9 Proceed to do either or both of the following a Install one or more ForeRunner Emulated LAN Adapter drivers using the procedure in Installing the Emulated LAN Adapter Driver on page 4 13 b Install one or more ForeRunner IP Over ATM
148. configurable intervals to exchange information among bridges in the network bps bits per second a measure of speed or data rate Often combined with metric prefixes in kbps for thousands of bits per second k fir kilo and in Mbps for millions of bits per sec ond M for mega BPV Bipolar Violation an error event on a line in which the normal pattern of alternating high one and low zero signals is disrupted A bipolar violation is noted when two high sig nals occur without an intervening low signal or vice versa Bridge a device that expands a Local Area Network by forwarding frames between data link layers associated with two separate cables usually carrying a common protocol Bridges can usually be made to filter certain packets to forward only certain traffic Broadband a service or system requiring transmission channels capable of supporting rates greater than the Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN primary rate Broadband Access an ISDN access capable of supporting one or more broadband services Brouter bridging router a device that routes some protocols and bridges others based on configuration information Bursty Second a second during which there were at least the set number of BES threshold event errors but fewer than the set number of SES threshold event errors Glossary 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server in an
149. connection if it is a user specified Classical IP PVC connection manually You cannot delete signalling PVCs This button appears only if an IP Over ATM driver has been installed 10 9 3 Delete User PVCs Button This button deletes all user specified Classical IP PVC connections You cannot delete signal ling PVCs This button appears only if an IP Over ATM driver has been installed 10 9 4 Selected Connection Fields The Selected Connection fields at the bottom of the window show the Quality of Service pref erences and age for the highlighted connection Selected Connection VC Type UBR Max Tx Rate 146249 77 Kbits sec Max Rx Rate 146249 77 Kbits sec Connection Age 6hrs 11 min 0 sec Interface FOREATM1 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 15 A oO J m 3 2 o 3 O i 3 i Huis Using InFOREmation Center 10 10Using the Adapter Information Tab The Adapter Information window shown in Figure 10 10 displays general adapter informa tion and data statistics for the adapter connection The display is opened by clicking the Adapter Info button on the VLAN Information window or selecting Adapter Info inthe Windows menu ie boon Lane Trangmited Ammi Pre ped Tat ALi Emors BAR Layer Eram CS Lar Eman i POI CAC irom E Cob eran VF Gulo Raga 0 LG al PG O D VO Dulot Panga 0 37000 OF FENG SOMET Mum pde OL SO ab GIF Mbps HE822 1 11 Fore Tic pit
150. connection to a Domain Name Server You can use trailing wildcards when specifying an IP address For example 145 235 5 145 and are valid addresses 145 5 3 is nota valid address 9 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters b Specify the Protocol field You can select a protocol from the pull down list or you can also select user specified from the list and enter a value in the adjacent field c Specify the Destination Port and Source Port You can select a well known port from the pull down list or you can select user specified from the list and enter a port ID in the adjacent field d Specify the Source Port You can select a well known port from the pull down list or you can select user specified from the list and enter a port ID in the adjacent field Note that most applications will not need a specified source port 7 Edit the LANE VC Specification fields These fields determine the QoS for the con nection and the LANE VC Threshold a Specify the type of service desired for the intra ELAN connection CBR VBR UBR or Shared MPOA shortcuts are always UBR b Specify the required traffic shaping parameters Peak Rate when using CBR or UBR Peak Rate Sustained Rate and Max Burst Size when using VBR c Specify the backward peak rate Min setting the backward peak rate equal to the forward peak rate on non UBR connection
151. contain values that are not in the allowed range are ignored by the LOAD command No warning or error indication is displayed when parameters are ignored Ji The sample AUTOEXEC NCF file uses the mo BEDROCK CFG configuration file A sample BEDROCK CFG file is shown in Figure 7 10 NAME BEDROCK_8022 1ECS ADDRESS 47 0005 80 ffe100 0000 215 0f5b 002048102aef 0a ELAN NAME BEDROCK 0 3 Figure 7 10 Sample BEDROCK CFG File 7 22 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation load the adapter driver for your FORE ATM adapter in this example a ForeRunnerLE adapter has been installed LOAD FOREFPLE load the virtual ethernet interface using the BEDROCK ELAN configuration file BEDROCK CFG LOAD FOREVETH BEDROCK load a second frame type for the BEDROCK ELAN LOAD FOREVETH FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME BEDROCK II bind the protocols to the ELAN BIND IPX BEDROCK 8022 NET 4 BIND IP BEDROCK II ADDR 198 29 15 7 load the virtual token ring interface NOTE HAT THIS COMMAND MUST BE ENTERED ON ONE LINE LOAD FOREVTOK LES ADDRES8 47000580FFE1000000F21A00FE00123456789ABC FRAME TOKEN RING SNAP MTU FRAME SIZE 9234 ELAN NAME DUEY NAME VTOK bind the protocols bind ipx vtok net 0222 bind ip vtok addr 169 144 2
152. cted all parameters for the driver are grayed out and cannot be edited b Select the type of ELAN to which this driver connects Ethernet or Token Ring c Select the appropriate Frame Size This value must match the frame size of the ELAN 4 16 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation d Ifyou have more than one FORE adapter in this machine you must spec ify the adapter you want to use in the Adapter Identifier box This field is read only if only one FORE ATM adapter is installed The adapter identifier for each adapter was assigned in step 8 of the previous procedure Installing the FORE ATM Adapter Driver on page 4 4 e Ifyou are using an LECS you can choose Automatic ELAN Selection in order to use the default ELAN specified by the LECS In this case you don t need to enter a value in the Emulated LAN Name field and can pro ceed to step 7 If you use Automatic ELAN Selection you E gt must still specify the ELAN type and MTU size or accept the default If no ELAN has been specified on the LECS that matches these parameters the Automatic ELAN Name feature will not work Use the InFOREmation Center utility described in AIAI ET the ELAN that the driver has joined This feature can only be used on one ELAN driver For all other ELAN drivers you must specify the ELAN name f Enter the Emulated LAN Name that you want to join Any vali
153. d alpha numeric name up to 32 characters long may be specified 5 D o L D 2 o 5 S6 SMOPUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 17 Windows 95 Installation 7 Click on the ELAN LECS LES Conf tab to display the LECS and LES parameters for the adapter as shown in Figure 4 10 By default the Yes radio button in the Use LECS box and the Enabled radio button in the Discover LECS box are selected ForeRunner ELAN Adapter rainbow Properties 21x Driver Type Bindings Advanced Basic EL4N Conf ELAN LECS LES Conf Click to return all Use LECS rm Discover LECS fields to default values Yes Enabled Click to display field descriptions C No C Disabled FORE SYSTEMS LECS ATM Address Prefix MAC ESI Sel LES ATM Address Prefix MAC ESI Sel OK Cancel Figure 4 10 ELAN LECS LES Configuration Tab 4 18 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation a Indicate whether or not you are using an LECS If you are using the LECS you don t have to specify the LES address or an ELAN name if the Auto matic ELAN Name has been configured in the LECS LECS usage for all ELAN drivers is determined E gt by the first ELAN driver that you install All ELAN drivers must use the same LECS whether you use the well known address PVC 0 17 or manually enter the address b Indic
154. d by telephone companies in their data networks SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol the Internet electronic mail protocol used to transfer electronic mail between hosts SNAP SubNetwork Access Protocol SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol the Internet standard protocol for manag ing nodes on an IP network snmpd an SMNP agent for a given adapter card SONET Synchronous Optical Network a new and growing body of standards that defines all aspects of transporting and managing digital traffic over optical facilities in the public net work Source Traffic Descriptor a set of traffic parameters belonging to the ATM Traffic Descrip tor used during the connection set up to capture the intrinsic traffic characteristics of the con nection requested by the source Glossary 22 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary Spanning Tree Protocol provides loop free topology in a network environment where there are redundant paths SPANS Simple Protocol for ATM Network Signalling FORE Systems proprietary signal ling protocol used for establishing SVCs between FORE Systems equipment SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture Reduced instruction set Computer a power ful workstation similar to a reduced instruction set computing RISC workstation 11 110 3 SPE Synchronous Payload Envelope the payload field plus a little overhead of a basic SONET signal SPVC Smart PVC
155. d data about your system and its hardware This information is displayed in detail by the WINMSD utility Once your system is restarted wait for it to resume normal operation Start any devices and services that were active at the time of the crash Then run the WINMSD program typically located in the sSystemRoot system32 directory Use WINMSD to create a report and save this report to a file In Release 3 5 of NT select the Save Report option from the File menu WINMSD can be invoked from the Program Manager by selecting Run from the File menu and executing the following command WINMSD B 6 Before Calling Support Collect all the information described above and have it ready prior to calling FORE Technical Support They will request specific information from the WINMSD report and from the blue screen data that you have collected If you have access to the Internet sending electronic mail to FORE Technical Support with all the information you have collected is recommended B 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual UNYA N8 EA Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting C 1 Introduction This appendix describes procedures for troubleshooting a FORE driver for a PCA adapter that is running with the Novell LEC in the NetWare Server network operating system environ ment C 2 Troubleshooting Questions If your workstation is unable to communicate with another workstation review the following secti
156. dapter connected to the desired Classical IP LIS B 4 B 2 8 Is there a static NSAP route for the adapter on the switch B 4 B 2 9 Is the adapter using the correct UNI version aa B 4 B 3 For More Information 00 00 eee teens B 5 B 4 Troubleshooting Checklist 0000s B 6 B 5 Collecting Diagnostic Information Windows NT a B 7 B 5 1 Blue Screen Data arr uoi ia pataa aa weeded eda ma NG bha Kahn B 8 B 5 2 Using Win SD aT ae NAME serena NEA a Pa DANG see eee ies B 8 B 6 Before CallingiSUppPon ei maaga hnd vateeduwwin beast bets conde hah hee a B 8 APPENDIX C Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting C 1 Modu sraa Aadte Gea wats EEE ametec EENE a nated avatedl et anata aie argia tava ae C 1 C 2 Troubleshooting Questions c cee C 1 C 2 1 Is there an interrupt conflict with the adapter C 1 C 2 2 Is the adapter receiving a carrier signal C 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual TOC 7 Table of Contents C 2 3 Is the adapter plugged into the correct port on your switch C 2 C 2 4 Are the adapter drivers loaded cee eee eee C 3 C 2 5 Is the adapter receiving and transmitting cells C 3 C 2 6 Has the adapter connected to the desired ELAN C 4 C 2 7 Is the adapter using the correct frame type C 4 C 2 8 Is there a static NSAP route
157. dapters for the PC User s Manual 3NA AA Pre Installation Checklist Review the following sections before you install the FORE adapter listed in Table 3 1 soft ware drivers The pre installation checklist helps determine the information required for your installation including ATM addresses that you will need Get any ATM addresses and other required information from your system administrator This chapter also includes a descrip tion of an ATM address and other information that is useful prior to installing the drivers Table 3 1 FORE PC Adapters Adapter Bus Requirement PCI 2 0 2 1 ForeRunnerLE also referred to as the LE adapters Bus Master Slot PCI 2 0 2 1 ForeRunner PCA 200EPC also referred to as the PCA adapter Bus Master Slot ForeRunnerHE also referred to as the HE622 adapter PEA ies pte Bus Master Slot 3 1 UNI and ILMI Configuration The version of the UNI signalling protocol used by the adapter must match that used by the switch to which it is connected By default the FORE ATM driver is configured to use the ILMI protocol to automatically determine which version of UNI to use 3 0 or 3 1 If your site is not using ILMI when you configure your driver not to use ILMI the UNI version automati cally reverts to UNI 3 0 If the switch to which the adapter is connected is using UNI 3 1 you must manually configure the driver to use UNI 3 1 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC Us
158. defining the rate and format of digi tal hierarchy with asynchronous data rates defined as follows DSO 64kbps 1 voice channel DS1 1 544Mbps 24 DSOs DS1C 3 152 Mbps 2 DS1s DS2 6 312 Mbps 4 DSIs DS3 44 736 Mbps 28 DS1s Synchronous data rates SONET are defined as STS 1 OC 1 51 84 Mbps 28 DS1s or 1 DS3 STS 3 OC 3 155 52 Mbps 3 STS 1s byte interleaved STS 3c OC 3c 155 52 Mbps Concatenated indivisible payload STS 12 OC 12 622 08 Mbps 12 STS 1s 4 STS 3cs or any mixture STS 12c OC 12c 622 08 Mbps Concatenated indivisible payload STS 48 OC 48 2488 32 Mbps 48 STS 1s 16 STS 3cs or any mixture DSR Data Set Ready an RS 232 modem interface control signal sent from the modem to the DTE on pin 6 which indicates that the modem is connected to the telephone circuit Usu ally a prerequisite to the DTE issuing RTS DTE Data Terminal Equipment generally user devices such as terminals and computers that connect to data circuit terminating equipment They either generate or receive the data carried by the network DTR Data Terminal Ready an RS232 modem interface control signal sent from the DTE to the modem on pin 20 which indicates that the DTE is ready for data transmission and which requests that the modem be connected to the telephone circuit Glossary 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary DXI a generic phrase used in the full names of several protocols all commonly used to allo
159. directory foreinfo jar oemsetup inf Njava directory forelan d11 oemsetup inf le Foreadp d11 forelan hlp oemsetup inf le jre foreadp hlp forelan sys oemsetup inf pca Foreclip sys foresee exe oemsetup inf pca jre Foreclp1 d1 1 forestat exe upgrade le foreclp1 hlp foreuni d1 upgrade le jre Foreclp2 d11 foreuni hlp upgrade pca foreclp2 hlp forevir dll upgrade pca jre Foreclp3 d11 forevir hlp Foreclp3 hlp regutil exe foreinfo cpl unattend txt foreinfo d11 upgrade exe Figure 5 1 Relevant Files Included on the ForeRunner Software CD ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 3 Installation Requirements Requirements to ensure proper installation of the FORE ATM drivers are 5 3 1 Windows NT Installation Approximately 1 MB of free disk space in the installation directory file system 16M of RAM minimum 64M minimum for an HE622 adapter Microsoft Windows NT version 4 0 server or workstation 5 D o 2 gt 2 o 3 LN SMOpUIM A PCI compliant PC that appears on the Microsoft Inc Hardware Compatibility List Successful installation of the FORE adapter card see Note that you cannot install an LE and PCA or HE622 adapter together in the same PC Correct configuration of the PCI slot Usually automatic See Chapter 2 ForeRunner software CD Relevant Files The relevant files are in the windows winnt directory of the ForeRunner software CD Within the directory are th
160. dresses in the range 192 254 with a maximum of 254 hosts Addresses are given as dotted decimal numbers in the following format 11 110 3 nnn nnn nnn nnn Ina Class A network the first of the numbers is the network number the last three numbers are the local host address In a Class B network the first two numbers are the network the last two are the local host address In a Class C network the first three numbers are the network address the last number is the local host address The following table summarizes the classes and sizes Class First Max Hosts A 1 126 16 387 064 B 129 191 64 516 C 192 223 254 Network mask values are used to identify the network portion and the host portion of the address For Class A the default mask is 255 0 0 0 Class B the default mask is 255 255 0 0 Class C the default mask is 255 255 255 0 Subnet masking is used when a portion of the host ID is used to identify a subnetwork For example if a portion of a Class B network address is used for a subnetwork the mask could be set as 255 255 255 0 This would allow the third byte to be used as a subnetwork address All hosts on the network would still use the IP address to get on the Internet IP Internet Protocol a connectionless best effort packet switching protocol that offers a common layer over dissimilar networks IP Address a unique 32 bit integer used to identify a device in an IP network You will most commonl
161. dure in the manual However instead of inserting the CD when indicated insert the diskette in your drive and accept the default path of A where A indicates your floppy drive 3 5 LECS CFG Usage Notes The following notes apply to statements in the LECS CFG file on the machine on which the LECS is running It is edited when the system administrator configures the LECS For complete information on LECS operation refer to the FORE documentation for the plat form running the LECS either a FORE switch or a Solaris workstation with a FORE adapter and driver 3 5 1 Usage of Match Ordering with Automatic ELAN Selection To assure proper operation of the Automatic ELAN Selection feature the Match Ordering statement must list ELANs in order of decreasing MTU size When using Automatic ELAN Selection the Match Ordering statement determines which ELAN the client will join The client will join the first ELAN in the Match Ordering list with which it is compatible that has a configured MTU size that is equal or lesser than that specified on the client To ensure that the client only joins an ELAN with a matching MTU size the Match Ordering state ment must list ELANs in order of decreasing MTU size Otherwise the client will join the first ELAN with an MTU size that is lower than or equal to that defined in the client For example the Match Ordering statement indicates the following ELANs with the indi cated MTU sizes Match Ordering eth
162. e HE PCA and LE 155 Mbps adapters are available with fiber optic connectors Table 1 2 lists the recommended cable specifications to ensure optimal adapter and switch performance These specifications do not apply to the LE 25 Mbps adapters which do not support fiber optic connectors Table 1 2 Fiber Optic Cable Specifications Description Specification for Multi Mode Products Core Diameter 62 5 um 5 Fiber Diameter 125 um S Wavelength 1310 nm Loss Characteristic 0 5 dB km Connector Style SC or ST Power Budget 11 dB Approximate Distance 2km Transmit Power 19 dBm minimum Receive Power 30 dBm minimum 1 If a 50 mm core fiber is used the power budget is derated by 4 dB ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 25 Introduction 1 14 UTP Specifications The LE and PCA adapters are available with RJ 45 connectors for use with UTP category 5 cable The UTP cable specifications are shown in Table 1 3 Table 1 3 UTP Category Cable Specifications Description Value AWG 24 Impedance Q 100 15 Attenuation dB 1000 ft Max 25 dB 16 mHz 52 dB 62 5 mHz 67 dB 100 mHz Maximum Run 100 m Connector Style RJ 45 1 Within the 100 meter run a maximum of two connections is permissible The pinouts for the RJ 45 connector on a LE or PCA adapter are shown in Table 1 4 Table 1 4 RJ 45 Connector Pinouts
163. e designed to provide rea sonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equip ment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of the equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense FCC CLASS B NOTICE The ForeRunnerLE 25 adapter has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resi dential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guar antee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to cor rect the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into
164. e desired order choose the OK button Exit InFOREmation Center The new QoS preferences and virtual circuit thresholds will take effect immediately If you reconfigure an already installed ELAN E gt driver to join a different ELAN for example by changing the ELAN name parameter or the LECS usage the ELAN driver retains any QoS Preferences that had previously been defined for the driver If you want to create new QoS preferences for the reconfigured ELAN connection you must manually delete the existing preferences To do this in InFOREmation Center select the ELAN in the VLAN Information tab select the QoS Preferences button and delete each preference in the MPOA Properties dialog box ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Of 48AM Using InFOREmation Center The InFOREmation Center application provides performance monitoring and debugging tools that allow you to view a number of ATM parameters and statistics With the INFOREma tion Center application you can display the following information e Information about each LAN Emulation ELAN and Classical IP LIS to which the currently installed drivers are connected e The list of connections used by the drivers e Information about each FORE adapter currently installed in your machine e AAL traffic and transmission error statistics e MPOA parameters for MPOA ELAN connections You can also perform the following configuration through the INFOREmation Ce
165. e files listed in Figure 5 1 The files on the CD are compressed and are uncompressed in the installation process Do not copy the files and attempt to execute them directly ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 3 Windows NT Installation 5 4 Installing the FORE Adapter Software The installation of the FORE ATM adapter software consists of three parts 1 Installing the ForeRunner ATM Adapter driver for each FORE adapter that has been installed on your PC 2 Installing and configuring one or more of the following a A ForeRunner ELAN Adapter driver for each ELAN to which you want to connect b A ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter driver for each Classical IP LIS to which you want to connect 3 Bind your network protocols to the ELAN or IP Over ATM drivers The following sections describe these procedures Via protocols to higher level applications Web browser etc Higher Level Protocols 3 Bind protocols to ELAN TCP IP IPX NetBeui and CLIP drivers FORE ELAN FORE CLIP 2 Install ELAN or CLIP Driver Driver drivers 1 Install ATM driver FORE ATM Driver i Via adapter to ATM network Figure 5 2 FORE Driver Configuration 5 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 5 4 1 Installing Drivers While Installing NT 4 0 Networking If Windows NT 4 0 networking has not been installed use th
166. e following procedure to install the FORE drivers at the same time you install the Windows NT 4 0 networking component This procedure involves using the Networking Wizard and installing Windows NT 4 0 net working files This procedure requires your Microsoft E gt Windows NT 4 0 Installation CD 1 Display the Network control panel by using the following procedure a Choose the Start button on the Taskbar b Choose Settings c Choose Control Panel The Control Panel appears d Double click on the Network icon The prompt shown in Figure 5 3 appears asking if you want to install Windows NT networking Select Yes Network Configuration Windows NT Networking is not installed Do you want to install it now Figure 5 3 Windows NT Prompt 2 The Network Setup Wizard appears 3 Select Next to continue The Adapter Search dialog box of the Wizard appears as shown in Figure 5 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D o 2 D 2 o 3 1N SMopuim Windows NT Installation Network Setup Wizard 10 11 Search button To have setup start searching for a Network Adapter click Start Start Search ese Network Adapters Select from list Figure 5 4 Network Setup Wizard Adapter Search Choose Select from list displayed The Select Network Adapter dialog box is Choose the Have Disk button The Insert Disk dialog box appears Insert the
167. eThought 5 0 implements MPOA shortcuts for IP traffic shown in Figure 1 3 Other proto cols such as IPX are supported by the MPOA clients and servers but traffic using these pro tocols continues to use the traditional routed path It does this by adding capabilities to LANE not by replacing LANE LANE MPOA client drivers are extended LANE drivers When han dling traffic within the same ELAN and subnet they function like LECs However when han dling traffic that crosses subnets LEC MPCs initially work with MPOA servers MPSs to use MPS established hop by hop circuits Then for traffic flows that exceed configurable limits shortcut circuits are built to and from the destination that allow the traffic to bypass the nor mal path through the router and avoid the router s processing delays Consequently traffic flowing through an MPOA shortcut moves at essentially wire speed from source to destination see Figure 1 3 Furthermore because the shortcut circuits are re directing their traffic from the routed path other traffic that still uses the routers experience less congestion and delay 1 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction ELAN Router marketing engineering ATM Cloud 5 o Qa E O a o Figure 1 3 LANE With MPOA 1 4 4 MPOA Components MPOA requires LANE services for both ELAN traffic handling and MPOA configuration In addition to the LANE
168. eceived with a bad header Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC field Cells Revd Bad Framing Indicates the number of cells the adapter has received with bad framing Rev Alloc Failure Indicates the number of receive allocation failures that have occurred for each of the buffers used by the adapter driver Rev PDU Alloc Failures Indicates the number of Protocol Data Unit PDU receive allocation failures that have occurred 11 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Cell Drops VPI Out Of Range Cell Drops VPI No Connect Cell Drops VCI Out of Range Cell Drops VCI No Connect A3 Payload CRC Error Count A3 SAR or CS Layer Errors A3 CS Layer Protocol Errors A5 Congestion Experienced A5 PDU CRC errors A5 CS Layer Protocol Errors Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare Indicates the number of cells the adapter has dropped because the Virtual Path Identifier VPI was out of range Indicates the number of cells the adapter has dropped because there was no connection for the VPI Indicates the number of cells the adapter has dropped because the Virtual Channel Identifier VCI was out of range Indicates the number of cells the adapter has dropped because there was no connection for the VCI Indicates the number of AAL3 payload CRC errors Indicates the number of AAL3 Segmentation and Reassembly SAR or Convergence Sublayer CS protocol errors that have occurred Indicates the number of AA
169. ections the host has the LES address but is not connected For Classical IP connections the host has the ARP server address but is not connected Red Indicates no connectivity Gray Indicates that the driver is disabled Black Indicates that the state is unknown 10 8 3 ARP Cache Table This table displays the ARP Cache for the VLAN selected in the VLAN list e For ELAN connections this table lists MAC and ATM Addresses for other LECs on the selected ELAN which with this host has communicated e For MPOA ELANs it also lists current MPOA shortcuts established by the driver e For Classical IP connections this table lists IP addresses for other hosts in the LIS ARP Cache Entry Type Address ATM Address TTL sec LANE Data VC 00 20 48 08 0b cl 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21C 1E6A 002048080BC1 02 216 Hush Entry LANE Data VC 00 20 48 2d 00 30 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21C 28D4 0020482D0030 01 216 MPOA Shortcut 47 0005 80 FFELO0 0000 F21C 28D4 002828C10021 01 216 Flush ALL View Associated Connection Figure 10 6 ARP Cache Portion of VLAN Information Window Entry Type Indicates the type of entry Address The MAC or IP address of other hosts on the specified VLAN ATM Address The ATM address of other hosts maintained in the cache 10 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center TTL sec Time to Live or the amount of time in seconds allotted fo
170. ections describe these steps in detail To upgrade or un install the service provider files run the setup utility as described in ning the Setup Utility D 3 1 Required WinSock2 Files You must have the Windows Sockets 2 SDK version 2 0 installed on your machine This SDK is included with Windows NT 4 0 but not with Windows 95 You must also ensure that the Windows Sockets 2 DLL WS2_32 DLL is installed in the correct directory on your machine e On Windows 95 WS2_32 DLL must be installed at windir system direc tory e On Windows NT 4 0 WS2_32 DLL is installed on SystemRoot system32 directory To ensure that you have the latest version FORE recommends that you use the WS2ATM H file included on the ForeRunner 5 0 software distribution The FORE ATM SPI does not work with the E gt Windows Sockets 2 SDK version 1 6 D 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 3 2 Running the Setup Utility On Windows 95 you must install the WinSock 2 E gt SDK prior to running the setup utility to install the FORE ATM service provider To install upgrade or delete the Service Provider and Name Space Provider use the following procedure 1 Run SETUP EXE from the directory in which the FORE WinSock files reside a Click on the Start button b Select the Run option c Specify the directory path to the SETUP EXE file in the direc
171. ed NAME lt identifier_string gt A string This name is used when binding ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC drivers to the physical adapter Optional but simplifies LEC configuration by making it easier to identify the ATM board ESl lt n gt Specifies ESI value for the cards MAC address A 48 bit HEX number This is an optional parameter OC3 lt SDH SONET gt For OC3 adapters only Indicates the physical framing setting for the adapter SDH indicates SDH physical framing SONET indicates SONET physical framing The default is SONET This is an optional parameter EMPTY For OC3 adapters only Indicates how the driver lt IDLE UNASSIGNED gt processes empty cells IDLE indicates that empty cells are transmitted as idle UNASSIGNED indicates that empty cells are unassigned The default transmission mode is SONET framing with unassigned empty cells This is an optional parameter 6 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare HSM Driver Installation None of these options are mandatory for a server with a single adapter card For servers with multiple adapter cards both the NAME and SLOT parameters are required for proper configu ration The following is an example of a load command for a FORENP2E adapter LOAD FORENP2E NAME ATM1 OC3 SDH The LOAD command for the FORENP2E must E gt appear before the LOAD commands for the ATMELEC or A
172. eee ty ee ie Gee eke 1 17 PCA Adapter Overview i eiur bros 0 ccc teens 1 18 TOC 1 Table of Contents 1 6 1 Hardware OvervieW 0 0 0 0 0c cette ee 1 18 1 7 LE Adapter Overview 0 tees 1 19 1 8 HE Adapter Overview 0 2 aaaea 1 20 1 8 1 Hardware Overview anaana aaea 1 20 1 9 Hardware Requirements 0 00 c eee tee eee 1 22 1 10 Supported Operating Systems 0 0 0 cece 1 22 1 11 Software Overview 0 0 0 6 cc eens 1 23 1 12 SNMP Agent Support 0 0 tee 1 24 113 Fiber Optic Cable Specifications s an 00 ccc eee 1 25 1 14 UTP Specifications 0 tee 1 26 1 15 Single Mode Fiber Specifications 0 000 cee eee 1 27 1 16 Unpacking Information 1 29 CHAPTER 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 General Installation Procedures 00000 cece eee eee 2 1 2 1 1 PCI Slot Configuration nanana 000 e eee 2 2 2 2 Shutting Down the PC 0 2202 cette eee 2 2 2 3 Hardware Installation 2 0 0 cee eee 2 3 2 3 1 Opening the System Unit 0 0 cee 2 3 2 3 2 Installing the Adapter 0 00 cece te eee 2 4 CHAPTER3 Pre Installation Checklist 3 1 UNI and ILMI Configuration 0000 cee eee 3 1 3 2 Pre Installation Checklist 0 0 0 ccc tees 3 2 3 2 1 Multiple Adapters Worksheet 000 eee ee 3 3 3 3 How to Specify an ATM Address 000 00 cece eee 3 4 3 4 How to Create Installation Diskettes 0000 c eee eee 3 5
173. emulated LAN the BUS is responsible for accepting broadcast multicast and unknown unicast packets from the LECs to the broadcast MAC address FFFFFFFFFFFF via dedicated point to point connections and forwarding the packets to all of the members of the ELAN using a single point to multipoint connection CAC Connection Admission Control the procedure used to decide if a request for an ATM connection can be accepted based on the attributes of both the requested connection and the existing connections 11 110 3 Call an association between two or more users or between a user and a network entity that is established by the use of network capabilities This association may have zero or more connec tions Carrier a company such as any of the baby Bell companies that provide network commu nications services either within a local area or between local areas CBR Constant Bit Rate a type of traffic that requires a continuous specific amount of bandwidth over the ATM network e g digital information such as video and digitized voice CBR port a port on the CellPath 300 for transmitting and receiving CBR traffic cchan a FORE program used to manage virtual channels on a FORE Systems ATM switch running asxd CCITT Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph an interna tional consultative committee that sets international communications recommendations which are frequently adopted as s
174. en the server is restarted 7 24 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 6 LOAD Parameters for FORE Drivers and Modules This section documents the LOAD and configuration parameters used by the following FORE drivers and modules e Adapter Driver FOREF xxx LAN e Adapter Multiplexor FOREMUX NLM e UNI3 0 3 1 Signalling FORESIG NLM e ILMI Services FOREILMI NLM e Operating System Portability FOREOSP NLM or FOREOSP3 NLM e LAN Emulation Client FORELEC NLM e Virtual Ethernet Driver FOREVETH LAN e Virtual Token Ring Driver FOREVTOK LAN In the following sections parameters appear in NOTES upper case for clarity In practice they are not case sensitive LOAD parameters for the LAN drivers that are misspelled or which contain values that are not in the allowed range are ignored by the LOAD command No warning or error indication is displayed when parameters are ignored 5 D o D D 2 o 5 J AUQ IN4 91eM 9N ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 25 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 6 1 FORE Adapter Driver The adapter driver can be loaded more than once to support multiple adapter cards The adapter driver has the following LOAD line parameters SLOT lt number gt Optional Specifies the slot in which the FORE adapter card resides NAME lt name gt Optional Specifies
175. ends that you specify an interval greater than 30 seconds to prevent frequent screen repainting and possible strain on CPU usage 3 Click OK to implement the settings or Cancel to withdraw the changes and revert back to the original settings 10 24 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center 10 11 2 Refresh VLAN Adapter Info Now The Refresh Now menu option immediately update the display as opposed to waiting for the refresh interval as described in the previous section 10 11 3 Setting Cell Measurements The Use Cell Measurements option allows you to control whether the units used in InFORE mation Center to display and input traffic rates are kilobits and kilobits per second kbits sec or cells and cells per second cells sec When the Use Cell Measurements option is checked the cell is the unit of measurement When it is not checked the kilobit is the unit of rate measurement 5 A e po m 3 D 0 3 O e 3 e ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 25 Using InFOREmation Center 10 12Adding a Classical IP PVC You can use the INFOREmation Center utility to add a PVC connection via an IP Over ATM RFC 1577 In this manually configured connection you must specify the VPI and VCI of the connection specify the IP address of the destination host or if the host has established a con nection to a Domain Name Server specify a host name
176. entire contents of the INFOREmation Center field is pasted into the application Only selectable fields can be copied 10 7 InFOREmation Center Advanced View To view more detailed information about the installed adapters and VLAN connections main tained by the adapters select the Advanced View option of the Options menu The detailed view of the INFOREmation Center appears showing the VLAN Information tab as shown in Figure 10 4 10 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center 10 8 Using the VLAN Information Tab Figure 10 4 shows the VLAN Information window It provides a wide range of information about current ATM connections through installed Classical IP and Emulated LAN drivers 8 iF 8A Eaton Conder fin Opera bivip MP OA wears wa PeraT hira pin 310 O 19559 IP Baan NEA TOGO DA SO Led ar APS QOCQOseEsO SciTech AT 0005 90 FREI 0000 Pca 2809 DOR ESCIOTI 01 HO mE ATH Adia 47 0008 BO PFE TO PS See DI eS Da AAP Cacia LANE Dute YC DIA ATL 0005 80 FREL OO 0020 PLLC LESA OLISI AEL oe zig LANE Data YE MiM A20 47 0003 80 FFEL OO 0020 FALC 260A 00D AA 216 AIGA Shortcut 47000580 FFEL OO D000 F2LO 2804 002928C1022L 0L z6 Figure 10 4 The VLAN Information Window From the VLAN Information window you can e View the list of ELANs and Classical IP LISs to which this host is connected e View information about the VLAN including related ATM addresses
177. er s Manual TOC 5 Table of Contents 10 8 3 3 View Associated Connection 000 0c e eee 10 11 10 8 4 VLAN Information Table 0 0000 cee eee 10 12 10 8 4 1 If the Connection isan ELAN 5 10 12 10 8 4 2 If the Connection isan MPOA ELAN 10 12 10 8 4 3 If the Connection is a Classical IP LIS 10 13 10 8 4 4 MPOA CLIP Driver Version Field 00055 10 13 10 8 4 5 View Server Connection Button 0055 10 13 10 9 Using the Connection List Tab nnna 0 000 ccc eens 10 14 10 9 1 Add Classical IP PVC Button 00 000 eee eee 10 15 10 9 2 Delete PVC Button 0 000 c cee 10 15 10 9 3 Delete User PVCs Button 0 0000 c ee eee 10 15 10 9 4 Selected Connection Fields 0 00 0 e eee eee eee 10 15 10 10 Using the Adapter Information Tab 0 c cee eee 10 16 10 10 1 Adapter List Table 0 0 eee 10 17 10 10 1 1 Adapter Status Colors 0a 10 17 10 10 22 Adapter Information Table 0 0 cece ee 10 18 10 10 38 Adapter Connectivity Table 0 00 cece eee 10 21 10 10 4 Adapter Statistics Table 0 0 0 0 ene 10 22 10 10 4 1 Zero Statistics Button 0 0 00 eee 10 23 10 11 Using the Refresh and Measurement Options a 10 24 10 11 1 Setting Refresh Intervals 000 0 cece eee 10 24 10 11 2 Refresh VLAN Adapter In
178. er Search 5 6 Prompt for Windows NT Files 002 eee eee eee 5 7 Network Settings Control Panel aaa 5 10 Select Network Adapter Dialog Box 5 11 Insert Disk Dialog Box 2 02 eee eee 5 11 Select OEM Option Dialog Box aaa 5 12 ForeRunnerHE ATM Adapter Dialog Box 5 13 ForeRunner PCA ATM Adapter Dialog Box Same for LE Adapter Also aaau 0 0 00 et tees 5 13 ATM UNI Signalling Configuration Dialog Box 5 14 Network Control Panel with ATM Driver Installed 5 16 Emulated LAN Adapter Dialog Box 00005 5 18 ATM Forum LAN Emulation Configuration Dialog Box 5 21 Network Settings with ELAN Driver Installed 5 23 IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration Dialog Box 5 25 IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration Parameters Tab 5 27 IP Over ATM Adapter PVC Connections Dialog Box 5 28 Network Control Panel with IP Over ATM Driver Installed 5 29 TCP IP Configuration 00 0 c ee eee 5 31 IPX Protocol Configuration 0 000 e eee eee 5 32 NetWare HSM Driver Installation FORE and Novell Driver Configuration 6 1 Installing the FORENP2E Driver 6 3 Configuring Board Parameters a 6 3 Configured Boards Window sssaaa saasaa cee eee eee 6 4 Binding the Protocol to the Ethernet LEC 6 6 Sample AUTOEXEC NC
179. er burst transfers The adapter enables users to add ATM networking capabilities to their applications leaving the low level ATM cell processing segmentation and reassembly and signalling to the adapter hardware and device driver 1 18 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 1 7 LE Adapter Overview The ForeRunnerLE 25 and 155 adapters shown in Figure 1 6 are high performance single slot ATM adapters They use a 32 bit 33 MHz PCI bus architecture with integrated SAR and PCI bus mastering capabilities Using single sided SMT technology the adapter consists of three basic elements the SAR PCI bus interface the physical media chip and the physical media interface The same FORE ATM driver is used for either version of the LE adapter m LE 155 Mbps Fi 5 8 x 3 3 E Requires S PCI Bus Master Slot Available with SC or UTP connectors SC Connector available in UTP also LE 25 Mbps 4 7 x 3 3 Requires PCI Bus Master Slot Available with UTP connectors only UTP Connector Figure 1 6 ForeRunnerLE Adapters ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 19 Introduction 1 8 HE Adapter Overview The ForeRunnerHE 155 and 622 adapters are high performance adapters and designed for use in a PCI bus servers and high performance workstations Each adapter features FORE Sys tems Advanced Cell Processing architecture providing maximu
180. er s Manual 3 1 Q IT Q as D HI uU01 e e su 21d Pre Installation Checklist 3 2 Pre Installation Checklist Please review the following checklist of required information Table 3 2 Information Required for Installation Are you You must know Installing more than one adapter card e The relative position of each adapter card in the PCI slots e Which ELANSs or Classical IP LISs you want to access through each adapter card Not Using ILMI e You must specify the ATM address for all adapter cards If the switch is not using UNI 3 0 you must specify the UNI version Connecting to an emulated LAN You do not have to specify an ELAN name or any other ELAN information if a automatic ELAN name has been configured on the LECS Ask your system administrator for this information e The name of each ELAN to which you want to connect if not using the Automatic ELAN Name feature If you have multiple adapters know which adapter connects to each ELAN e The ELAN media type Ethernet or Token Ring of each ELAN to which you want to connect e If you are not using the well known address or PVC 0 17 to determine the address of the LECS you must know the ATM address of the LECS e If you are not using the LECS you must know the ATM address of the LES Connecting to a Classical IP LIS e The ATM address of the ARP Server for each Classical IP LIS to which you want to connect I
181. ernet1516 ethernet4544 ethernet9234 ethernet18190 If the ELAN driver on the client is configured as Ethernet with an MTU size of 18190 that client will join ethernet1516 because that is the first ELAN in the list with an MTU size that is lower than or equal to that defined in the client To ensure that the client joins the ELAN that matches its configured MTU size the Match Ordering statement must be re ordered Match Ordering ethernet18190 ethernet9234 ethernet4544 ethernet1516 3 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Pre Installation Checklist 3 5 2 Usage of MAC Addresses in Accept Statements To assure proper operation of the Accept and Reject statements if you use MAC addresses in the Accept statements rather than ATM addresses you must use MAC addresses in the Reject statements for the ELAN Also if you are using Reject statements you must also have Accept statements for the ELAN otherwise no users will be able to join the ELAN Refer to the ForeRunner ATM Switch Configuration Manual for more information 2 gt Q x D HI uU01 e e su 01d ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 3 7 Pre Installation Checklist ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Ona KA Windows 95 Installation This chapter describes how to install the FORE ATM drivers on a Windows 95 operating sys tem and gives requirements for the FORE drivers The In
182. ers MTU Size bytes 5 D o D D 2 f 5 IN SMopuIM Click to return all fields to default values Click to display field descriptions ARP Cache Aging Time mins ARP Server Idle Time mins ARP Server Refresh Time mins FORE SYSTEMS ARP Server Reregister Time mins SVE Minimum Holding Time secs 150 SVC inactivity Timeout period mins 20 Figure 5 18 IP Over ATM Adapter Configuration Parameters Tab ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 8 If you must manually enter PVC connections for the driver choose the PVC Setup button The IP Over ATM Adapter PVC Connections dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 5 19 Contact your system administrator for any PVCs you may have to add 2 Click Add here Click to display field descriptions IP Over ATM Adapter PYC Connections Add PYCs PYC Encapsulation Bridged 1 1 Enter i 7 Add Y VPINGI VPI pt CellRate o 6 or IP address eh Use IP Address IP CANCH Peer MAC Address Hel aai PVC List FORE SYSTEMS 3 Connection appears here lt PI VCI Encapsulated IP MACAddr cellrate gt Figure 5 19 IP Over ATM Adapter PVC Connections Dialog Box a Enter a unique VCI for the PVC connection the VPI is always zero You can also check the Use IP Address option and specify the I
183. f you have multiple adapters know which adapter con nects to each LIS ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Pre Installation Checklist 3 2 1 Multiple Adapters Worksheet You may copy Table 3 3 to use as a worksheet to record information about your adapter cards and ELANSs You can use this information when you perform the driver installation for the operating system you are using You will have to get some of this information from your sys tem administrator PCI Slot Number Write down the number of the PCI slot that contains the adapter ELAN s or LIS s on Adapter Write down the name of each ELAN or LIS to which this adapter will connect The total number of ELANs or LISs to which you can connect depends on your operating system Table 3 3 Multiple Adapters ELANs LISs Worksheet PCI Slot Number ELAN s or LIS s on Adapter Q IT Q D HI uU01 e e su 21d ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 3 3 Pre Installation Checklist 3 3 How to Specify an ATM Address Depending on whether you re using ILMI and the LANE services you may have to specify one or more ATM addresses when installing the adapter drivers The ATM address is 20 bytes in length and is specified as 40 hexadecimal characters The logical components of an ATM address are e The switch prefix consisting of the first 13 bytes which is
184. fo Now 10 25 10 11 38 Setting Cell Measurements 0 0000 cc eee 10 25 10 12 Adding a Classical IP PVC 0 00 ee 10 26 CHAPTER 11 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 4 IMEFOCUCHON ante faites adi a tourette ke Dates ge le Bad ee ka Een a ole A og 11 1 11 1 1 Required NetWare Files 0 2 0 0 cece ee eee 11 2 11 1 2 Starting the ATM Console 0 000 c eee eee 11 3 11 1 3 Navigating in the ATM Console 2 00 0 0c cee eee 11 3 T2 Detault Statistics 4 7na bale i ae a Aes GA es a O NG 11 4 11 3 Displaying ATM Adapter Information 0 00 e eee 11 5 11 3 1 Displaying Standard AAL Statistics onanan 0000 e eee eee 11 5 11 3 2 Displaying Error AAL Statistics 0 0000000 11 6 11 3 3 Switching Between Standard and Error Statistics 11 7 11 3 4 Displaying Revision Information 0 00 00 ee 11 8 11 3 4 1 Information in the Table 0 00 c eee eee 11 8 11 3 5 Displaying Connection Information eee 11 10 11 3 5 1 Information in the Table 000000 e eee eae 11 10 11 3 6 Displaying Information for Different Adapters 11 11 11 3 7 Changing the Statistics Update Interval 00 11 11 TOC 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Table of Contents 11 4 Displaying LAN Emulation Information 0 0 0 0 0 0 eee eee eee 11 12 11 4 1 Refresh
185. g command load install The NetWare 4 1x Installation Options menu appears see Figure 7 5 Select the Driver options menu The Driver Options menu appears Select Configure network drivers The Additional Driver Actions menu appears Driver options Cload unload disk and network drivers Disk options Cconfigure mirror test disk partitions Volume options Cconfigure mount dismount volumes License option Cinstall the server license Copy files option install NetWare system files Directory options install NetWare Directory Services NCF files options Ccreate edit server startup files Product options Cother optional installation items Server options Cinstall upgrade this server Exit 5 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Figure 7 5 NetWare 4 1 or 4 11 Installation Options Menu Choose Select a driver Insert the ForeThought software CD into the CD ROM drive uone e su JOALIG IN 212M18N NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 Press the lt INSERT gt key to install a new driver The installation application dis plays the drive and directory path A that is searched to find the new driver files see Figure 7 6 Cont inue lt Enter gt Select a listed driver lt Enter gt Install an unlisted driver lt Ins gt Holn fF19 Cfantinne withanut celectins F1MY Figure 7 6 NetWare Driver Search Path Screen 8 Change the path to indicate the path to the NETWA
186. g occurs over VPI 0 VCI 5 UNI connections are bi directional with the same VPI VCI pair used to transmit and receive Currently FORE Sys tems supports UNI signalling as defined by the ATM Forum UNI 3 0 or 3 1 specification 5 o Qa ex O o gt Once a Classical IP connection has been established IP datagrams are encapsulated using IEEE 802 2 LLC SNAP and are segmented into ATM cells using ATM Adaptation Layer type 5 AALS In addition the default Maximum Transmission Unit MTU is 9 180 bytes the SNAP header adds 8 more bytes with a maximum packet size of 65 535 bytes There is currently no support for IP broadcast datagrams or IP multicast datagrams in a Classical IP environment 1 5 1 Logical IP Subnets An important concept in Classical IP networks is that of a Logical IP Subnet LIS An LIS is a group of hosts configured to be members of the same IP subnet that is they have the same IP network and subnetwork numbers In this sense one LIS can be equated to one legacy LAN It is possible to maintain several overlaid LISs on the same physical ATM network Therefore in a Classical IP ATM network placing a host on a specific subnet is a logical choice rather than a physical one In this type of environment communication between hosts in different LISs is only permitted by communicating through an IP router which is a member of both LISs as per RFC 1577 The number of LISs and the division of hosts into each LIS
187. harge damage to the adapter and other static sensitive electronic components Perform the following steps to open the system unit 1 Shut down the PC as described in Bection 2 2 2 Follow the instructions in your PC system User s Manual to allow access to the PC s card bay A typical card bay is shown in Figure 2 1 I D a 2 oO 5 o D D Card Bay with PCI Bus Master Slots S Figure 2 1 Card Bay ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Installation 2 3 2 Installing the Adapter Perform the following steps to install the FORE adapter 1 2 Ground yourself to a metal part of the PC chassis using a grounding wrist strap Locate the PC expansion slots as shown in Figure 2 2 The adapters can be installed in a PCI bus master slot only If necessary remove the cover plate at the rear of the PC to allow the adapter to be inserted Align the connector side of the board with the metal grooves of the PCI slot Align the fiber optic or UTP connectors on the board with the connector opening in the back of the PC case Push the board into the PCI slot until the connector is firmly seated Figure 2 2 shows the installation of a ForeRunnerLE adapter FORE Adapter HE LE or PCA Cover Plate Removed PCI Expansion Slots in Card Bay Figure 2 2 Inserting the Adapter into the Connector Slot 7 Secure the board to the chassis using a screw or clip dependi
188. hat comple ments the MAC protocol IEEE standard 802 2 includes end system addressing and error checking LOF Loss Of Frame a type of transmission error that may occur in wide area carrier lines Loopback a troubleshooting technique that returns a transmitted signal to its source so that the signal can be analyzed for errors Typically a loopback is set at various points in a line until the section of the line that is causing the problem is discovered looptest a program that tests the interface for basic cell reception and transmission function ality It is usually used for diagnostic purposes to determine if an interface is functioning prop erly LOP Loss Of Pointer a type of transmission error that may occur in wide area carrier lines LOS Loss Of Signal a type of transmission error that may occur in wide area carrier lines MAC Media Access Control a media specific access control protocol within IEEE 802 spec ifications currently includes variations for Token Ring token bus and CSMA CD the lower sublayer of the IEEE s link layer OSI which complements the Logical Link Control LLC MAU Media Attachment Unit device used in Ethernet and IEEE 802 3 networks that pro vides the interface between the AUI port of a station and the common medium of the Ether net The MAU which can be built into a station or can be a separate device performs physical layer functions including conversion of the digital data from
189. he ATM UNI Signalling Configuration dialog box appears see Figure 5 12 By default ILMI Enabled is selected and you cannot modify the local ATM address of the adapter Select the Disabled radio button if you want to manually enter the local ATM address of the adapter ATM UNI Signalling Configuration ILMI UNI Version Enabled C UNI30 Click to return all Defaults fields to default C Disabled C UNI 31 values Cancel Auto UNI Click to display field descriptions Adapter ATM Address FORE MAC ESI Sel Figure 5 12 ATM UNI Signalling Configuration Dialog Box 5 14 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 12 13 14 15 Windows NT Installation If you disable ILMI and the UNI Version E gt parameter was set to Auto UNI the UNI Version reverts to UNI 3 0 because the driver can no longer use ILMI to determine the UNI version You must use the same version of UNI as that used by the ATM switch to which the adapter is connected Get the correct values from your system administrator 5 D o 2 D 2 o 3 LN SMOpUIM If you don t know the MAC address If you aren t using ILMI and don t know the MAC address you can specify mm for each two byte portion of the MAC ESI address The adapter then automatically provides the address when it starts up Refer to How to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 for information about the format of an AT
190. he Emulated LAN Name field test 1 5 6 In the section Board FOREVxxx x Driver FOREVxxx Actions choose Save parameters and load driver see Figure 7 9 7 20 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 8 9 NetWare Full Driver Installation The installation application asks if you want to bind IPX Press the lt ENTER gt key to confirm and continue Repeat step 1 through step 7 for each ELAN you want to join You can install a maximum of 16 ELAN drivers Each NOTE a ELAN must be distinguished by a different Emulated LAN Name parameter Exit the installation program and eject the ForeThought software CD 7 5 1 5 Step Three Edit the AUTOEXEC NCF File When you install the FORE ATM driver and the FOREVETH Virtual Ethernet or FOREVTOK Virtual Token Ring driver the installation application automatically edits the AUTOEXEC NCF file based on the information you entered If you are using the LANE services and default frame type for your ELANs you do not have to edit the AUTOEXEC NCF However in many cases you may want to edit the AUTOEXEC NCF file Possible reasons to edit the file include You aren t using ILMI and must manually specify the LEC address You aren t using the well known address or the PVC 0 17 address of the LECS and must manually specify the ATM address of the LECS You aren t using a LECS and must manually specify the ATM address of
191. he Hewlett Packard version of UNIX HSSI High Speed Serial Interface a serial communications connection that operates at speeds of up to 1 544 Mbps Hub a device that connects several other devices usually in a star topology I O Module FORE s interface cards for the LAX 20 LAN Access Switch designed to connect Ethernet Token Ring and FDDI LANs to ForeRunner ATM networks ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol the protocol that handles errors and control messages at the IP layer ICMP is actually a part of the IP protocol layer It can generate error messages test packets and informational messages related to IP IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers the world s largest technical pro fessional society Based in the U S the IEEE sponsors technical conferences symposia amp local meetings worldwide publishes nearly 25 of the world s technical papers in electrical elec tronics amp computer engineering provides educational programs for members and promotes standardization IETF Internet Engineering Task Force a large open international community of network designers operators vendors and researchers whose purpose is to coordinate the operation management and evolution of the Internet to resolve short and mid range protocol and archi tectural issues ILMI Interim Local Management Interface the standard that specifies the use of the Sim ple Network Management Protocol SNMP a
192. he following network components are installed F E ForeRunner ELAN Adapter default 39 ForeRunnerLE PCI ATM Adapter 4 IPX SPX compatible Protocol gt ForeRunner ELAN Adapt X IP SPX compatible Protocol gt ForeRunnerLE PCI ATW 4 NetBEUI gt ForeRunner ELAN Adapter default ng b Remove Properties Primary Network Logon Windows Logon iE and Emt Shanna m Description Emulated Adapter driver Name in parenthesis refers to emulated Lan Name Version 4 0 Figure 4 11 Network Control Panel with an ELAN Driver Installed 9 Do one of the following a Return to the beginning of this procedure to install additional ELAN drivers b Proceed to Installing the IP Over ATM RFC 1577 Driver on page 4 21 to install one or more Classical IP drivers c Proceed to Binding Protocols to the ELAN and IP Over ATM Drivers on page 4 28 if you have installed all ELAN and IP over ATM drivers 4 20 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 4 4 6 Installing the IP Over ATM RFC 1577 Driver Use the following procedure to install one or more IP Over ATM RFC 1577 drivers on a Windows 95 system This driver can be used to connect to a Classical IP LIS You must repeat this procedure for each LIS that E gt you want to join You can install a maximum of four IP Over ATM RFC 1577 adapter drivers 1 Inthe Network control panel choose the Add
193. he type of tracing to perform For the tracing information to appear the FOREOSP TRACE_LEVEL parameter must be set to the appropriate level usually DEBUG TRACE output goes to the console Each bit in the level value is used for different tracing The bits are defined as follows 0x00000001 Virtual Token Ring Initialization 5 D o D D 2 o 5 FENG IN 21EAN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 35 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 6 8 1 How the ELAN Drivers are Associated with Adapters If you have multiple adapters connecting to multiple ELANs you must know how to deter mine which adapter card uses which FOREVETH or FOREVTOK driver The Adapter Unit Number parameter which you specify when you install the FOREVETH or FOREVTOK driver determines which driver and that driver s associated adapter card uses the FOREVETH or FOREVTOK driver The adapter unit numbers are assigned to drivers in the following manner 1 6 When the NetWare server starts up the drivers are loaded in the order their LOAD commands appear in the AUTOEXEC NCF file The first driver that is loaded uses the first matching physical board for example a ForeRunnerLE adapter for a FOREFPLE driver in the lowest numbered slot This first driver is assigned unit number O If you specify a SLOT parameter for the driver the driver is associated with the board in the specified s
194. hich a layer entity receives data from a corre sponding entity and transmits it to another corresponding entity RFCs Requests For Comment IETF documents suggesting protocols and policies of the Internet inviting comments as to the quality and validity of those policies These comments are collected and analyzed by the IETF in order to finalize Internet standards 1 11 10 3 RFI Radio Frequency Interference the unintentional transmission of radio signals Com puter equipment and wiring can both generate and receive RFI RIP Routing Information Protocol a distance vector based protocol that provides a mea sure of distance or hops from a transmitting workstation to a receiving workstation RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer a generic name for CPUs that use a simpler instruction set than more traditional designs Router a device that forwards traffic between networks or subnetworks based on network layer information RTS Request To Send an RS 232 modem interface signal sent from the DTE to the modem on pin 4 which indicates that the DTE has data to transmit SBus hardware interface for add in boards in later version Sun 3 workstations SAP Service Access Point the point at which an entity of a layer provides services to its LM entity or to an entity of the next higher layer SAR Segmentation And Reassembly the SAR accepts PDUs from the CS and divides them into very small segments 44 bytes l
195. hortcut 47 0005 50 FFELDO D000 FALC 2604 OD2AZSTIOPZL OL ke Asmann Ceres Figure 9 5 VLAN Information Tab 3 Inthe VLAN List highlight the MPOA ELAN interface for which you want to con figure QoS Preferences You must select an MPOA ELAN 9 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 4 Select the QoS Preferences button The MPOA Properties dialog box appears as shown in Figure 9 6 MPOA Properties for 0005 x m Quality of Service Preferences Destination Source Port Destination Pot Protocol Traffic Service These preferences are manually added and edited m Predefined Preferences These preferences Destination Source Port Destination Pot Protocol Traffic Service 169 100 z 5 CBR are supplied by t Shared VC the driver and the LECS View Properies Cancel Gt Figure 9 6 MPOA Properties Dialog Box This dialog box shows two sets of QoS preferences The preferences in the upper list are user defined and edited The lower list displays predefined preferences provided by the LECS and the driver and cannot be edited The predefined prefer ences can be viewed by selecting a preference and selecting the View Properties button User defined QoS preferences supersede those predefined by the LECS and driver VOdIN buunbyuo9 O po a 9 o 77 U O ist 3 pA Dm wo
196. ialog box specify a VC Type as CBR with a Peak Rate of 31000 kbits per second InFOREmation Center can display and accept E gt rates as either cells per second or kilobits per second The measurement used is controlled by checking or unchecking the Use Cell Measurements option of the Options menu When you enter QoS rates be sure you are entering appropriate values for the measurement option you are using This is the QoS that will be used for all connections that match the flow specification Note that the QoS applies only to destinations within the host s subnet In the MPOA Shortcuts area of the dialog box specify an MPOA Shortcut Threshold of 10000 tf Add Flow Specification m Flow Specification l LANE VC Specification Peak Rate 31000 Kbits sec IP Destination fizz 19 2 4 VC Type CBR Sustained Rate 1050 Ox Kbi VBR oe Backward Rate i Protocol TCP 5 C UBR C Min Full Shared Max Burst Size 53 Kbits Dest Port ip LANE VC Threshold fo packets sec MPOA Shortcuts Source Port Any MPOA Shortcut Threshold 20000 packets sec Current Default Threshold 10 packets sec Cancel OK Figure 9 2 Add Flow Specification Example ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 9 5 O po Qa 2 e 77 U O ist 3 D wo VOdIN buunbyuo9 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Paramete
197. ime This field is used only at the UNI for NNI NNI use between network nodes these four bits provide additional network address capacity and are appended to the VPI field GIO a proprietary bus architecture used in certain Silicon Graphics Inc workstations Header protocol control information located at the beginning of a protocol data unit HDB3 High Density Bipolar line code type standard for T1 where each block of three zeros is replaced by 00V or BOV where B represents an inserted pulse conforming to the AMI rule ITU T G 701 item 9004 and V represents an AMI violation ITU T G 701 item 9007 The choice of 00V or BOV is made so that the number of B pulses between consecutive V pulses is odd successive V pulses are of alternate polarity so that no d c component is introduced Compare with AMI ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 11 Glossary HDLC High Level Data Link Control Bit oriented synchronous data link layer protocol developed by the ISO Derived from SDLC HDLC specifies a data encapsulation method on synchronous serial links using frame characters and checksums See also SDLC HEC Header Error Control a CRC code located in the last byte of an ATM cell header that is used for checking cell integrity only HIPPI High Performance Parallel Interface ANSI standard that extends the computer bus over fairly short distances at speeds of 800 and 1600 Mbps HPUX t
198. ing the Table 2 11 13 11 4 2 Information in the Table 0 0 cece eee 11 13 11 4 3 Displaying the ARP Cache 2 0 0 cee eee eee 11 14 11 4 4 Displaying Connection Information assas eee eee 11 15 11 4 4 1 Refreshing the Table 0 0 0 eee ee eee 11 15 11 4 4 2 Information in the Table a 11 17 11 4 5 Displaying Information for Different ELANs 11 17 11 5 Logging Information to a Text File eee 11 18 11 5 1 Starting the Log 0 cee eee 11 18 11 5 2 Stopping the Log Prematurely 0 0 00 cece eee eee 11 18 11 5 3 Changing Log Properties cece eee eee 11 21 APPENDIX A LED Indicators A 1 LED LOCAHONS na PATLANG ALA PAANAN GA A 1 A 2 LED Descriptions wa psa 2444 u ees PARADE SLA pea Nha Pe dG eae KAPA A 2 APPENDIX B Network Troubleshooting B 1 Intro dugo Naa apd tes ee Rie seek te dea ede Bieter ba T see ae ea S B 1 B 2 Troubleshooting QuestiOnS 0 0 cee tee eee B 1 B 2 1 Is there an interrupt conflict with the adapter B 1 B 2 2 Is the adapter receiving a carrier signal B 2 B 2 3 Is the adapter plugged into the correct port on your switch B 2 B 2 4 Are the adapter drivers loaded 0 B 3 B 2 5 Is the adapter receiving and transmitting cells B 3 B 2 6 Has the adapter connected to the desired Emulated LAN B 3 B 2 7 Has the a
199. inistrator to compare this version with the version run ning on the switch Possible solution Configure the driver to use the correct UNI version as described in the driver installation chapter B 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Network Troubleshooting in Windows B 3 For More Information Table B 1 lists other places in this manual that may help you in troubleshooting Table B 1 Information Sources For Information About LAN Emulation Classical IP The InFOREmation Center Application Adapter checklist ATM addresses Contacting FORE Systems Tech nical Support Refer To S oO o 3 oO z 9 gt Z mi 5 a z Z O R on page 1 2 Overview of Classical IP Windows 95 and NT on page 1 17 1 c Dn 5 lo 5S O Ai Hi z o T 5 Q m 5 H O 5 ro xv ee oO ray o Multiple Adapters Worksheet on page 3 3 Pre Installation Checklist on page 3 How to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 Technical Support on page iiilof the Preface ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual B 5 5 2 G ul BunooysajqnoIL YIOMION Network Troubleshooting in Windows B 4 Troubleshooting Checklist Table B 2 provides a summary checklist of the troubleshooting questions Table B 2 Summary of Troubleshooting Questions Checklist
200. irtual Path Switch relays the cells of a Virtual Path VPT Virtual Path Terminator a system that unbundles the VCs of a VP for independent processing of each VC VP Virtual Path a unidirectional logical association or bundle of VCs VPC Virtual Path Connection a concatenation of VPLs between virtual path terminators VPTs VPCs are unidirectional VPDN Virtual Private Data Network a private data communications network built on pub lic switching and transport facilities rather than dedicated leased facilities such as T1s VPI Virtual Path Identifier the address or label of a particular VP a value stored in a field in the ATM cell header that identifies an individual virtual path to which the cell belongs A virtual path may comprise multiple virtual channels VPL Virtual Path Link a means of unidirectional transport of ATM cells between the point where a VPI value is assigned and the point where that value is translated or removed VPN Virtual Private Network a private voice communications network built on public switching and transport facilities rather than dedicated leased facilities such as T1s VT Virtual Tributary a structure used to carry payloads such as DS1s that run at signifi cantly lower rates than STS 1s WAN Wide Area Network a network that covers a large geographic area Glossary 26 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary Warm Start Trap a CellPa
201. is not available There is no WSAPROTOCOL_INFO struct about a Service Provider available to an application if that Service Provider is not regis tered with WS2_32 DLL D 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 4 2 Tracing Problems in the API and the Service Provider When developing your application you must be able to isolate problems among e The client application under development e The WinSock2 DLL e The FORE ATM Service Provider You can trace problems with the WinSock2 debug trace layer It can be used to monitor and to some extent control all procedure calls across the WinSock2 API or the Service Provider This layer is a DLL supported by a special version of the WinSock2 DLL The debug trace DLL DT_DLL DLL and the special WinSock2 DLL for use with debug trace are included with the WinSock2 SDK Please contact FORE Systems technical support for issues relating to the FORE ATM Service Provider only Contacting FORE technical support is described in Technical Support on D 4 3 Sample Programs The FORE service provider files include sample Winsock2 programs in the SAMPLES direc tory CAIOSUIM nc Du lt 53 5a Ps 2 ZO 2 D 2m z5 SE ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual D 9 Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 5 Brief Overview of ATM This section is a brief overview of some ATM con
202. is respon sible for all overhead associated with the transmission frame The TC sublayer packages cells into the transmission frame TCP Transmission Control Protocol a specification for software that bundles and unbun dles sent and received data into packets manages the transmission of packets on a network and checks for errors TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol a set of communications proto cols that has evolved since the late 1970s when it was first developed by the Department of Defense Because programs supporting these protocols are available on so many different computer systems they have become an excellent way to connect different types of computers over networks TDM Time Division Multiplexing a method of traditional digital multiplexing in which a signal occupies a fixed repetitive time slot within a higher rate signal Telnet a TCP IP protocol that defines a client server mechanism for emulating directly con nected terminal connections Token Ring a network access method in which the stations circulate a token Stations with data to send must have the token to transmit their data topology a program that displays the topology of a FORE Systems ATM network An updated topology can be periodically re displayed by use of the interval command option Traffic the calls being sent and received over a communications network Also the packets that are sent on a data network Trailer
203. it Status LED Status LED Figure A 1 ST Connector End Plate Configuration FORE Systems Receive Transmit Status LED Status LED Figure A 2 SC Connector End Plate Configuration ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual A 1 m m o Q O S e wo LED Indicators Receive Transmit Status LED Status LED Figure A 3 UTP Connector End Plate Configuration A 2 LED Descriptions The meanings of the LED indicators are described in Table A 2 SC Connector End Plate Con figuration on page A 1 and Table A 2 Receive LED on page A 2 Table A 1 Transmit LED LED Color Meaning green Transmitting data off Idle SONET alarm condition declared indicates yelow trouble with the receiving device Table A 2 Receive LED LED Color Meaning green Receiving data off Idle red No carrier yellow No carrier LE 155 and HE622 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Vdd AP GA Network Troubleshooting B 1 Introduction This appendix describes procedures for troubleshooting the FORE driver in the Windows NT and Windows 95 environments B 2 Troubleshooting Questions 5 2 7 u Bunooys ajqnoiL YIOMION If your workstation is unable to communicate with another workstation review the following sections to check for possible solutions
204. ith their individual connectivity state Green Indicates that carrier is detected and UNI signalling is operating Yellow Indicates that carrier is detected but UNI signalling is not operating Red Indicates no carrier 5 T e po m 3 2 e 3 O e 3 i ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 17 Using InFOREmation Center 10 10 2 Adapter Information Table This table displays general information about the adapter specified in the Adapter List field Adapter Information Media Type SONET Multimode ODL SC at 622 Mbps Bus Type PCI Hardware Version HE622 1 1 1 Tx Buffer Count NIA Driver Version ForeThought 5 0 0 19598 Tx Queue Size N A Serial Number 2949157 Ox2d0025 Fragment Size 18600 Firmware Version NIA Rx Buffer Count N A ESI Address 00 20 48 2d 00 25 Rx Queue Size N A PHY Options SONET Unassigned Interrupt Vector 10 Figure 10 12 Adapter Information Portion of Adapter Information Window Media Type Indicates the physical media or cable type that connects the adapter to the switch Several types exist Hardware Version Indicates the adapter card s name and model and the bus type used by the adapter PCI Driver Version Indicates the driver version number and build number For the current release the version is to 5 0 Serial Number Indicates the adapter card s encoded serial number This number is also stencilled on its face Firmw
205. iver installation chapter B 2 5 Is the adapter receiving and transmitting cells How to check 5 2 G u Bunooys ajqnoiL YIOM ON 1 Double click on InFOREmation Center in the Control Panel 2 In the AAL Statistics that are displayed make sure there are AAL5 cells being transmitted and received Possible solution If cells are not being transmitted or received recheck that the adapter is plugged into the correct media type on the switch and that the correct FORE drivers are loaded If these are all correct contact FORE Technical Support B 2 6 Has the adapter connected to the desired Emulated LAN This applies if you are using the FORE ELAN driver to connect to an emulated Ethernet or Token Ring LAN How to check 1 Double click on InFOREmation Center in the Control Panel 2 Check that the desired ELAN appears in the list of Enabled FORE VLANs If it is not you must install an ELAN driver for the desired ELAN 3 Check the color of the ELAN in the list If it is not green contact your network administrator to determine why the ELAN is not available ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual B 3 Network Troubleshooting in Windows B 2 7 Has the adapter connected to the desired Classical IP LIS This applies if you are using the FORE IP Over ATM driver to connect to an emulated to a Logical IP Subnet LIS as defined by Classical IP RFC 1577 How to check 1
206. kette in your disk drive 3 From the DOS prompt run the CRDISK BAT file This command has the following syntax CRDISK source directory lt PCA LE HE gt source directory is the path of the directory containing the Windows NT or Windows 95 driver files If you don t specify a source directory the default is the current working directory PCA indicates that you want to create a diskette with the files for a PCA adapter LE indicates that you want to create a diskette with the files for a ForeRunnerLE adapter HE indicates that you want to create a diskette with the files for a ForeRunnerHE adapter For example if you want to create a diskette for a PCA adapter and the current directory is the directory containing the ForeThought 5 0 Windows NT files WINNT not WINNT 1I386 use the following command CRDISK PCA The CRDISK BAT file copies all the required files to the first diskette and then prompts for the second and third diskettes When creating Windows NT installation E gt diskettes before you run CRDISK you must set the Windows CPU variable to match that of the system for which you are creating the disk For example SET CPU 1386 for an Intel based system or SET CPU ALPHA for a DEC Alpha based system ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 3 5 Q gt Co Q x D HI uUO E e su 21d Pre Installation Checklist 4 Proceed to install the drivers using the proce
207. klist on page 3 2 Multiple Adapters Worksheet on page 3 ATM addresses How to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 Contacting FORE Systems Technical Support Technical Support on page iii of Preface LAN Emulation overview Overview of LANE and MPOA on page 1 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Vid ed AP GA Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 The FORE ATM Service Provider is a protocol stack that complies with the Windows Sockets 2 WinSock2 Service Provider Interface SPI specification WinSock2 allows an application to use the familiar socket interface to achieve simultaneous access to any number of installed transport protocols including ATM The FORE ATM Service Provider can be used for native AIM applications developed in WinSock 2 WinSock2 requires either Windows NT 4 0 or Windows 95 and can work only in a 32 bit envi ronment WinSock 2 WinSock 2 Developed by Application Application Third Party Vendors WinSock 2 API Transport Functions Name Space Functions Provided by The WinSock 2 DLL Microsoft WS2 16 DLL 16 bit WS2 32 DLL 32 bit WinSock 2 SP WinSock 2 Name Space SP FORE ATM KOREA IN Oth Name Space ther Service Provider one Transport Provi Name Space Service Provider rovider Figure D 1 WinSock2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC
208. l Introduction 1 3 LANE Primer LAN Emulation LANE is the foundation on which Multi Protocol Over ATM MPOA is built Therefore before presenting an explanation of MPOA an understanding of LANE com ponents and their operation in an emulated LAN ELAN is needed 1 3 1 LANE Components An ELAN includes the following components LANE MPOA Client LEC MPC The LEC MPC performs two different tasks depending on the destination and source of the traffic e When acting as an LEC it simply communicates with other ELAN components the LES and BUS to resolve MAC addresses into ATM addresses 5 T o Q ex O ie 3 e When acting as an MPC it sources and sinks internetwork shortcuts LAN Emulation Runs on a Solaris workstation or a FORE Systems Configuration Server LECS switch Maintains information about all ELANs within the administrative domain When the LEC MPC successfully communicates with the LECS the LECS provides a list of ELANs which the LEC MPC can join The LECS may be MPOA aware ForeThought 5 0 or greater or MPOA ignorant ForeThought 4 x A ForeThought 5 0 x LECS can be configured with various MPOA parameters e LEC MPCs that connect to LANE MPOA services through an MPOA aware LECS are configured with these centrally supplied MPOA parameters e LEC MPCs that connect through an MPOA ignorant LECS do not receive centrally supplied MPOA parameters but still perform flow analysis and attempt in
209. lable ELANS is displayed Select the ELAN for which you want to dis play information 3 From the LAN Emulation menu select Connection Table The Incoming Outgoing Connection Table is displayed as shown in Figure 11 9 ELAN Name rainbow T TTL UPCI AAL ATM Address ype 83 5 47 6005 86 FFE160 06606 F415 GF5B 66264868114A 68 SUC 866 84 5 47 6005 86 FFE160 6606 F41A 2235 92048071351 68 SUC 5 gt 35 52 E e S o j ESCAPE Previous Menu Alt Fi Exit Figure 11 9 Incoming Outgoing Connection Table Screen 11 4 4 1 Refreshing the Table The information in this table is dynamic however the update process may not occur during a typical viewing To refresh the information go to the main menu and re select this informa ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 15 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare tion 11 16 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 4 4 2 Information in the Table This window is a scrollable list with the transmit connection table followed by the receive con nection table The following connection information is given in the Incoming Outgoing Con nection table ELAN Name The name of the selected ELAN VPCI Virtual Path Channel Identifier a combination of the VPI Virtual Path Identifier and the VCI Virtual Channel Identifier For the ForeThought 4 1 release only VPI 0 is used so
210. lation 7 6 7 Virtual Ethernet Driver FOREVETH LAN The Virtual Ethernet Driver FOREVETH LAN implements an ATM as Ethernet device driver To NetWare the module appears to be an Ethernet driver The FOREVETH module can be loaded multiple times for multiple ELANs This module automatically loads the FORELEC NLM FOREILMI NLM and FORESIG NLM modules if they are not yet loaded It is likely the administrator will want to specify all parameters in a configuration file CFG The FOREVETH module supports the following LOAD line parameters UNIT Optional Specifies the ATM adapter driver to use for lt unitnumber gt establishing connections to the Virtual Ethernet network The FOREMUX NLM module prints the assigned UNIT number as the adapter drivers e g FOREFPLE LAN are loaded The default is zero 0 NODE lt address gt Optional Specifies the MAC address for the adapter on the ELAN The default address for the first ELAN is the hardware address of the adapter card Subsequent ELANs use an address generated by the LAN Emulation Client LEC The NODE address is a 6 byte address and is specified as 12 hexadecimal characters NAME lt name gt Optional Specifies the board name used in protocol binding of this instance of the LEC If not specified the default is the name of the module FOREVETH You may want to assign the same name as the ELAN name to this parameter
211. ld set by the LECS 9 1 4 Specifying Flow Descriptors You specify traffic flows to which the MPOA and LANE VC parameters apply by indicating the following e The destination IP address This can include trailing wildcards specifying which of the IP address bytes are significant e The protocol used by the application such as TCP SNMP etc e The destination port number used by the connection e The source port number used by the connection Note that in many cases you should not specify a source port because the networking application itself will specify which port it will use O po Qa 9 o 77 U O O 3 Dx O wo VOdIN Buunbijuo9 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 9 3 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 9 2 Example of a Flow Specification Figure 9 1 shows a simplified view of an MPOA network with three hosts operating on two ELANs A Powerhub 7000 is routing traffic between the ELANs The network administrator has the following goals for Host1 e All FIP traffic generated by this host on the engineering ELAN should be specified as CBR traffic with a peak cell rate of 75000 cells second e To avoid router traffic generated when this host establishes FIP sessions with hosts on the marketing ELAN an MPOA shortcut should be established when traf fic on routed connections to marketing reaches 10000 packets second
212. le 1 4 Index 1 Index IP Over ATM driver on Windows 95 4 21 on Windows NT 5 24 congestion statistics viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 22 viewing in NetWare 11 7 connection process LEC 1 6 connections viewing current list in NetWare 11 15 connections viewing current list in InFOREmation Center 10 14 contents of package 1 29 CS layer protocol errors viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 22 viewing in NetWare 11 7 D damage from shipping 1 29 DEC Alpha display requirements for InFOREmation Center 10 2 default ELAN 045 7 20 7 32 diameter specifications fiber optic cable 1 25 discovered ELAN name viewing in NetWare 11 13 display requirements INFOREmation Center on DEC Alpha 06 10 2 E ELAN state viewing in NetWare 11 13 emulated LAN ELAN components of 1 2 default oai toe see ees 7 20 example configuration 1 4 failover mechanism 1 7 7 9 7 20 illustration 0 0 0 0 cee ee eee 1 5 running multiple 1 7 State Ofc cai ekcshi Ama 11 13 viewing address of 11 13 end plate indicators A 1 Index 2 error statistics viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 22 viewing in NetWare 6 11 11 6 Ethernet frame types 7 3
213. le 1 7 SMF Interconnecting Link Specifications 1 28 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 1 16 Unpacking Information When you receive the adapter inspect the package for any shipping damage If the package shows any signs of external damage and or rough handling notify your carrier s representa tive When unpacking the adapter package be sure to keep all original packing materials They may be needed for storing transporting or return of the product CAUTION All products returned to FORE Systems under warranty must be packed in their original N packing materials Verify the package contents against your shipping list If any items are missing or damaged please contact FORE Systems Technical Assistance Center immediately 5 o Qa aj O o m Keep the adapter in its anti static protective bag until installation Electronic components are subject to damage from even small amounts of static discharge Be sure to use an anti static grounding strap and properly ground the equipment when installing the adapter CAUTION To avoid equipment damage due to electrostatic discharge use an anti static grounding strap when handling this or any other electronic components Handle the adapter only by the edges avoiding all components and metal parts ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 29 Introduction 1 30 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for
214. lled on your PC This is required only if one of the following is true You are not using ILMI and must manually enter the ATM address of the host You want to change the default transmit or receive buffer and queue sizes 3 Install and configure one or more of the following a A ForeRunner ELAN Adapter driver for each ELAN to which you want to connect b A ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter driver for each Classical IP LIS to which you want to connect You can install up to four copies of each driver as long as you remain within Windows 95 networking limitations 4 Reboot the system Windows 95 offers a variety of methods for installing and upgrading your networking soft ware This chapter describes how to use auto discovery to install the ATM adapter driver and use the Network control panel to install and configure your FORE ELAN and IP Over ATM drivers 4 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 4 4 2 Notes for Windows 98 On Windows 98 the operating system includes FORE drivers and will automatically install the default ATM driver for the adapter You do not need to install it from the ForeRunner software CD If you are not using the MPOA features of the FORE drivers you can proceed to Section 4 4 5 in the installation procedure given below However if you are using MPOA you must use the drivers on the ForeRunner software CD and take the following additional steps
215. lot The next driver that is loaded uses the next available matching physical card and is assigned unit number 1 The FOREVETH or FOREVTOK driver with the UNIT 0 parameter is associated with the driver that was assigned unit number 0 The FOREVETH or FOREVTOK driver with the UNIT 1 parameter is associated with the driver that was assigned unit number 1 The process is repeated for each driver loaded in AUTOEXEC NCF Refer to LOAD Parameters for FORE Drivers and Modules on page 7 25 for more informa tion about the LOAD commands for the drivers One physical adapter card can connect to up to 16 E gt ELANs You must load a FOREVETH or FOREVTOK driver for each ELAN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 6 8 2 Example The following is an example of a command using a configuration file to load the FOREVETH driver The contents of DEV CFG are shown in Figure 7 12 LOAD FOREVETH DEV CFG UNIT 2 NAME dev ELAN NAME dev 0 3 ATM ADDRESS 47 0005 80 FFE100 00000 F215 0F5B 002048102AEF 0A Figure 7 12 Sample DEV CFG File 7 6 9 Setting Up the Trace Options To use the trace options that are available with the different FORE modules you must first unload the module using the UNLOAD command and then load the module using the TRACE parameter You can add the LOAD command with the TRACE par
216. m network performance to all running applications In addition the HE adapter provides transparent support for TCP IP Switched Virtual Circuits SVCs through the SPANS and UNI 3 0 or 3 1 signalling proto cols Permanent Virtual Circuits PVCs LAN emulation an ATM Applications Programmer Interface API and an SNMP agent for network management The HE 622 supports high quality image full motion video CD quality audio and high speed data communications over a single ATM network connection Each physical connection in an ATM LAN is a point to point link between switches and or hosts 1 8 1 Hardware Overview The HE adapter features FORE s Advanced Cell Processing Architecture which utilizes a ded icated embedded Intel i960 RISC processor along with special purpose AAL5 and 3 4 Seg mentation and Reassembly SAR hardware and scatter gather DMA With the HE adapter users can add ATM networking capabilities to their applications leaving the low level ATM cell processing segmentation and reassembly and signalling to the adapter s hardware and device driver 1 20 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction HE 155 Mbps 5 8 x 3 3 Requires PCI Bus Master Slot Available with SC connectors only SC Connector 3 af c HE 622 Mbps 5 8 x 3 3 Requires PCI Bus Master Slot Available with SC connectors only SC Connector Figure 1 7 ForeRunnerHE Adapte
217. n 7 6 3 1 Example The following is an example of a LOAD command for the FORESIG NLM LOAD FORESIG TRACE 0x00000040 7 64 ILMI FOREILMI NLM The ILMI module FOREILMI NLM implements the UNI 3 0 3 1 Interim Local Management Interface It establishes the 20 byte ATM address of the server s adapter on the switch This module is loaded automatically when other modules are loaded The ILMI module supports the following LOAD line parameter TRACE lt level gt Optional Specifies the level and type of tracing to perform For the tracing information to appear the FOREOSP TRACE_LEVEL parameter must be set to the appropriate level usually DEBUG TRACE output goes to the console Each bit in the level value is used for different tracing The bits are defined as follows 0x00000001 General ILMI debugging information 0x80000000 ILMI packet input output tracing 7 6 4 1 Example The following is an example of a LOAD command for the FOREILMI NLM LOAD FOREILMI TRACE 0x00000001 gt D o D D 2 o 5 J AUQ IN4 91eM 9N ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 29 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 6 5 Operating System Portability FOREOSP FOREOSP3 NLM The Operating System Portability Module FOREOSP NLM or FOREOSP3 NLM for NetWare 3 12 implements NetWare specific functions that the other modules need This module is loaded automatically when other module
218. n adapter card by the device driver These statistics include ATM layer and ATM adaptation layer cell and error counts This can also be used to query other hosts via SNMP AUI Attachment User Interface IEEE 802 3 interface between a media attachment unit MAU and a network interface card NIC The term AUI can also refer to the rear panel port to which an AUI cable might attach Auto logout a feature that automatically logs out a user if there has been no user interface activity for a specified length of time B8ZS Bipolar 8 Zero Substitution a line coding technique used to accommodate the ones density requirements of T1 facilities Backbone the main connectivity device of a distributed system All systems that have con nectivity to the backbone connect to each other This does not stop systems from setting up private arrangements with each other to bypass the backbone for cost performance or secu rity Bandwidth usually identifies the capacity or amount of data that can be sent through a given circuit may be user specified in a PVC baud unit of signalling speed The speed in baud is the number of discrete conditions or sig nal events per second If each signal event represents only one bit the baud rate is the same as bps if each signal event represents more than one bit such as a dibit the baud rate is smaller than bps ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 3 Glossary BE
219. n and before packet transmission e inaLAN to ATM edge device as packets move through the network LANE is the standard protocol for performing this translation It resolves datalink layer addresses into ATM addresses and establishes circuits to the destination addresses Network addresses within a subnet can be learned by distributing network address queries using LANE s broadcast support the BUS However LANE relies on routers to deliver packets across subnets see Figure 1 2 At every router the router must perform the following tasks on the traffic 1 Reassembles packets from ATM cells 2 Modifies the packets with routing information 3 Re segments the packets for transmission to the next hop This process imposes significant transmission delays between the source and destination of the network traffic 1 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction ATM Cloud engineering Figure 1 2 LANE Without MPOA 1 4 2 Next Hop Resolution Protocol NHRP LANE controls communication among clients in the same broadcast domain Different proto cols are used between domains A broadcast domain corresponds roughly to a network subnet or ELAN In particular IP routers in ATM networks can communicate with each other using the IETF Internetworking Over NBMA Networks ION Working Group s Next Hop Resolution Protocol NHRP NHRP allows the ATM network to be divided into Logical IP Subne
220. n application prompts for confirmation After the files have been copied a message indicates that the process is complete Press the lt ESC gt key to exit the installation application Eject the ForeThought software CD from the CD ROM drive If you have not previously installed ForeThought software you must a Modify the AUTOEXEC NCF file to load the appropriate adapter driver for your adapter PORI FORI FOR FOR FORI EFPLE for a ForeRunnerLE adapter EFP2E for a PCA 200EPC adapter EFP2 for a PCA 200PC adapter EFE2E for an ESA 200EPC adapter EFE2 for an ESA 200PC adapter b Modify the AUTOEXEC NCF file to load one or more ELAN drivers FOR EVETH or FOREVTOR c Modify your STARTUP NCF file as described in Required NetWare Start up Parameters on page 7 5 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation Sample lines to add for a FORE adapter driver are shown in Figure 7 3 and addi tional information about editing the AUTOEXEC NCF file is given in Step Three Edit the AUTOEXEC NCF File on page 7 21 The lines that begin with are informational only and are ignored by NetWare Refer to LOAD Parameters for FORE Drivers and Modules on page 7 25 for additional information about the LOAD statements Specifying a LES failover sequence If the LECS has been configured to support f
221. nd an ATM management information base MIB to provide network status and configuration information Interface Data the unit of information transferred to from the upper layer in a single inter action across a SAP Each Interface Data Unit IDU controls interface information and may also contain the whole or part of the SDU internet while an internet is a network the term internet is usually used to refer to a collec tion of networks interconnected with routers Internet note the capital T the largest internet in the world including large national back bone nets and many regional and local networks worldwide The Internet uses the TCP IP suite Networks with only e mail connectivity are not considered on the Internet Glossary 12 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary Internet Addresses the numbers used to identify hosts on an internet network Internet host numbers are divided into two parts the first is the network number and the second or local part is a host number on that particular network There are also three classes of networks in the Internet based on the number of hosts on a given network Large networks are classified as Class A having addresses in the range 1 126 and having a maximum of 16 387 064 hosts Medium networks are classified as Class B with addresses in the range 128 191 and with a maximum of 64 516 hosts Small networks are classified as Class C having ad
222. net and FDDI Networks Note that the diagram in Figure 1 1 shows dotted lines from the PowerHub 7000 to the Fast Ethernet and FDDI networks This is because the PowerHub does not use bridging to reach these networks but must route to them 1 3 2 5 Intelligent BUS This feature reduces broadcast traffic by using the MAC address information in the LES When an intelligent BUS receives a unicast frame the BUS first checks the LES s mapping table to see if the MAC address is registered there If it is the BUS routes the frame directly to the destination instead of broadcasting 1 6 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 1 3 2 6 Multiple ELANs It is possible to set up more than one ELAN in a FORE network For each new ELAN you must configure another LES and BUS instance for that LAN On the access devices bridge groups must be used to associate physical Ethernet ports with ELANs on the AIM side An end station with a ForeRunner adapter can connect to a number of ELANs simultaneously e If running Windows NT or NetWare the end station can connect to a maximum of 16 ELANs simultaneously If you are also using IP Over ATM drivers you can install a combined total of 16 ELAN and IP Over ATM connections e If running Windows 95 the end station can connect to a maximum of 4 ELANs simultaneously 1 3 2 7 Distributed LAN Emulation To ensure that a single LES BUS failure does not disable an entire ELAN
223. next window that appears has a message Network address to bind IPX Press the lt ESC gt key to indicate you do not want to bind IPX 16 Press the lt ENTER gt key to confirm that you don t want to bind IPX 17 A prompt appears asking if you want to install an additional driver Select Yes and proceed a If you must install additional drivers for additional adapter cards return to step 9 b If you have installed drivers for all your adapter cards proceed immedi ately to Step Two Install the FOREVETH or FOREVTOK Driver 7 18 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 5 1 4 Step Two Install the FOREVETH or FOREVTOK Driver Use the following procedure to load the FOREVETH Virtual Ethernet driver or FOREVTOK Virtual Token Ring driver You must repeat this procedure for each ELAN to which you are connecting 1 In the NetWare Driver Selection screen see Figure 7 7 select the driver that you want to install either FOREVETH LAN for a Virtual Ethernet ELAN connection or FOREVTOK LAN for a Virtual Token Ring ELAN connection and press the lt ENTER gt key 2 The installation application asks whether to copy the driver Respond with Yes Confirm your choice by pressing the lt ENTER gt key If older versions of the files exist in the SYS NSYSTEM directory the installation application asks if you want to save or overwrite the older files Choose
224. ng network components are installed 1 Select here FEF ForeRunnerLE PCI ATM Adapter X IPX SPX compatible Protocol NetBEUI F TCPAP 2 Click here Properties Add Remove Primary Network Logon Windows Logon 7 BIE and Ermt Shana Description ForeRunnerLE PCI ATM Adapter driver Version 1 0 Figure 4 3 Network Control Panel ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D o L D 2 o 5 G6 SMOpUIM Windows 95 Installation 3 The ForeRunner xxx ATM Adapter Properties dialog box appears as shown in Figure 4 4 This dialog box contains six tabs The only tabs you can edit are Adapter Configuration and UNI Configuration Do not attempt to configure the driver through the Driver Type Bindings and Advanced tabs Information configured through the Advanced tab is ignored by the driver Click to return all Click to display fields to default values field descriptions ForeRunnerLE PCI ATM Adapter Properties Driver Type Bindings Advanced Adapter Configuration UNI Sonfiguration Transmit Buffer Count 3 Transmit Queue size 32 Help Receive Buffer Count E Receive Queue Size 64 FORE Fragment Size fi 536 Adapter s Identifier fo Rate Shaping Kbits sec 100 m r OC3 Framing These fields SONET CSpA apply only to adapters with p Empty Cell Insertion OC 3 connectors Unassigned Mide
225. ng on the method used by your PC A screw opening is located on the metal bracket attached to the FORE adapter ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Hardware Installation 8 Repeat the procedure for additional FORE adapters You cannot install a PCA 200EPC and a E gt ForeRunnerLE or ForeRunnerHE adapter in the same PC 9 Close the case replacing the panels you removed in Section 2 3 1 Refer to your PC system User s Manual for more information Current implementations of the PCI bus E gt typically provide for automatic slot configuration Earlier implementations of the PCI bus may require manual slot configuration Please refer to your PC system User s Manual 10 Connect the adapter to the ATM switch using the appropriate media for your adapter type After you connect the adapter the receive LED should display a green light indicating the presence of carrier The ForeRunnerLE 25 and PCA 200EPC adapter receive LEDs will display a red light if no carrier is present The ForeRunnerHE and ForeRunnerLE 155 adapter receive LEDs will display a yellow light if no carrier is present I O a O iv 5 7 A D D e e 11 The adapter hardware installation is complete and you can proceed to install the FORE software driver for your operating system ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Installation ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM A
226. not support MPOA 7 1 The FORE ATM and LANE Drivers You must install both a FORE ATM driver and one or more FORE LAN Emulation LANE drivers to successfully connect your NetWare server with an emulated LAN ELAN You must install the appropriate ATM driver for your FORE adapter FOREFPLE LAN ATM driver for the ForeRunnerLE adapter You must install this driver to run your ForeRunnerLE adapter with the NetWare operating system FOREFP2E LAN AIM driver for the PCA 200EPC adapter You must install this driver to run your PCA 200EPC adapter with the NetWare operating system FOREFP2 LAN ATM driver for the PCA 200PC adapter You must install this driver to run your PCA 200PC adapter with the NetWare operating system FOREFE2E LAN ATM driver for the ESA 200EPC adapter You must install this driver to run your ESA 200EPC adapter with the NetWare operating system FOREFE2 LAN ATM driver for the ESA 200PC adapter You must install this driver to run your ESA 200PC adapter with the NetWare operating system 5 D o 2 D 2 fa 5 FENG IN4 31EAN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 1 NetWare Full Driver Installation You must install one or more of the following LAN Emulation drivers one for each ELAN to which you want to connect your host via your FORE adapter FOREVETH LAN Virtual Ethernet driver To upper level protocols this driver appears to be a conventional Ethernet driver FOREVTOK LAN Virt
227. nsmitted received and dropped e Carrier status for the adapter e Utilization percentage for the SERVER e Unit number of the adapter You can press lt F5 gt to return the cumulative statistics to zero If multiple FORE adapters are installed in the E gt Netware server the ATM Console only displays information pertaining to the currently selected adapter To display information about connections maintained by a different adapter first change the selected adapter as described in Information for Different Adapters on page 11 11 11 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 3 Displaying ATM Adapter Information 11 3 1 Displaying Standard AAL Statistics To display AAL statistics for the driver firmware and adapter 1 From the Available Options menu select Adapter 2 From the Adapter menu select Show AAL Statistics The AAL Statistics table displays the current date and time and when the statistics were last zeroed AAL Statistics 66 66 1996 Time 11 25 46 Transmitted Received 6 6 Receive Carrier 0 dapter Unit ESC Adapter Menu F5 Zero Statistics F10 Show Error Statistics Figure 11 3 AAL Statistics The AAL standard statistics are e Cells transmitted received and dropped for AALO e Cells transmitted received and dropped for AAL3 4 e PDUs transmitted received and dropped for AAL3 4 e Cells transmitted received and dropped for AAL5
228. nst The ForeThought Installation screen see Figure 7 1 appears gt D o D D 2 o 5 J AUQ IN4 91eM 9N ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 7 NetWare Full Driver Installation NLM Name forelec nim Foresi3 nIm foremux n1m Foreosp n lm foreprsr nim Foreilmi nin forecon n1m Foreveth Lan forevtok lan Forefez lan forefe2 1di ForefeZe lan forefe2e 1ldi Foret pZ lan Y forefp2 1di NLM Version 4 16 4 16 4 16 4 16 4 16 4 16 4 16 4 14 4 16 4 14 4 14 4 14 Enter Install ForeThought Now ForeThought Forel hought ForeThought Forel hought ForeThought Forel hought ForeThought Forel hought ForeThought NLM Description AA AA AA AAA job jab huh pub pub pob pub fat pak LAN Emulation Client Module UNL Signalling Module Adapter Multiplexor Portability Module Parser Module ILML Module ATM Console Virtual Ethernet Driver Virtual Token Ring Driver ForeKunner ESA ZUUPC AIM Adapter Driver ForeKunner ESA ZWWEPC AIM Adapter Driver ForeRunner PCA ZUUPC AIM Adapter Driver ESCAPE Exit Figure 7 1 ForeThought Installation Screen Press the lt ENTER gt key to begin installation The installation application copies the FORE software to the SYS SYSTI EM directory The installation application asks if you want to save or overwrite any older copies of FORE driver files Choose the appropriate action for your requirements The installatio
229. nstallation on a existing server can be performed by simply copying the files listed in Table 7 4 from the CD to the server s SYS SYSTEM directory or a directory of your choice This can be accomplished from a client system logged into the Administrator s account on the server e Aninstallation using foreinst n1m as described in the procedure for installing on NetWare 3 12 on page 7 7 e An installation using the NetWare installation application This method is described below 7 5 1 1 Overview of Installation The installation process using the installation application involves four steps You must per form each step 1 Install the appropriate FORE driver for your adapter FOREFPLE for a ForeRunnerLE adapter FOREFP2E for a PCA 200EPC adapter FOREFP2 for a PCA 200PC adapter FOREFE2E for an ESA 200EPC adapter FOREFE2 for an ESA 200PC adapter 2 Install the FOREVETH virtual Ethernet driver or FOREVTOK virtual Token Ring driver 3 Edit the AUTOEXEC NCF file You must also modify your STARTUP NCF file as described in Required NetWare NLMs on page 7 4 4 Restart the server The complete procedure for each step is given below 5 D o D D 2 o 3 FENG UG LINEN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 13 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 5 1 2 Files Added Table 7 4 lists the files that are copied to the SYS
230. nt that the primary ELAN TEST 10 fails the LEC attempts to connect to the first backup TEST 1 In the event of successive failures it attempts to contact the backup ELANSs in order The LEC switches back to the primary TEST 0 when TEST 0 returns to service ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation FRAME Optional Specifies the frame type to use on the ELAN lt frame type gt Possible types are token ring snap or token ring although IP cannot bind with token ring The default frame type is token ring For example FRAME TOKEN RING SNAP MTU FRAME Specifies the size of the frames on the ELAN Supported SIZE lt number gt sizes are 1516 4544 9234 or 18190 The default is 4544 LECS ADDRESS Optional Specifies the ATM address of the LECS If this lt address gt address is not specified the LEC attempts to use the LECS autodiscovery via the well known address or PVC 0 17 If there is no LECS or the auto discovery fails then ou must specify LES ADDRESS Refer to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 LES ADDRESS lt address gt Optional Specifies the ATM address of the LAN Emulation Server You must specify this address if there is no LECS or the auto discovery fails The default is to determine this address dynamically through the LECS Refer to Flow to Specify an ATM Address on page 3 4 TRACE lt level gt Optional Specifies t
231. nter e Configure MPOA and QoS parameters This is described in Chapter 9 Configur ing MPOA and Quality of service Parameters on page 9 I e Configure Classical IP PVCs The InFOREmation Center is automatically installed when you install the ForeThought 5 0 adapter drivers on Windows 95 or Windows NT El Oo I m 3 D fe 5 O 3 3 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 1 Using InFOREmation Center 10 1 InFOREmation Center Requirements 10 1 1 Display Recommendations FORE recommends that when running Information Center your display is set to at least 640x480 resolution and a 16 color display A resolution of 800x600 and 256 colors or better is highly recommended When running InFOREmation Center on E gt Windows NT 4 0 on a DEC Alpha machine the display must be set for 256 colors or higher 10 1 2 Font Requirements InFOREmation Center requires that your Windows NT or Windows 95 machine have True Type fonts These are the default fonts for Windows but it is possible to remove them or fail to load them when upgrading Windows InFOREmation Center will not display correctly with out them InFOREmation Center is designed to use the following fonts e Arial normal italic and bold e Courier normal italic and bold e Times New Roman normal italic and bold Your machine must have at least one TrueType font installed and FORE recommends that the above fo
232. nts are installed 10 1 3 CPU Usage The InFOREmation Center consumes CPU resources In general FORE recommends that you exit the INFOREmation Center when its use is not required 10 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center 10 2 Starting InFOREmation Center To start InFOREmation Center double click on the FORE Systems icon in the Windows con trol panel as shown in Figure 10 1 A start up window appears while the application loads and then the InFOREmation Center appears showing the Summary View as shown in Figure 10 2 Double click the FORE Icon E3 Control Panel File Edit View Help S m k zy Accessibility Add New Add Remove Date Time InFOREmation Display Options Hardware Programs Center O Keyboard Mouse Multimedia a 8 3 Passwords Suster Printers Regional Sounds Settings Provides system information and changes advanced settings Figure 10 1 Starting the INFOREmation Center The InFOREmation Center utility appears showing the summary view as shown in Figure 10 2 T o J m 3 2 3 e 3 e D 3 D ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 3 Using InFOREmation Center 10 3 INFOREmation Center Summary View The summary view shows the following information e A list of all VLANs to which the adapter is connected e The status of each VLAN given by color see VLAN Status Colors
233. ny valid alpha numeric name up to 32 characters long may be specified If the Automatic ELAN Name feature has been E gt configured on the LECS and you are using the LECS you do not have to specify an ELAN name The host will join the ELAN indicated by the LECS You must still specify the ELAN type and MTU size or accept the default If no ELAN has been specified on the LECS that matches these parameters the Automatic ELAN Name feature will not work Use the InFOREmation Center utility described in to determine the name of the ELAN that the driver has joined This feature can only be used on one ELAN driver For all other ELAN drivers you must specify the ELAN name g If you must configure the ATM address of the LECS or LES choose the Advanced button h Ifyou donot need to configure the advanced parameters proceed to step 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 19 Windows NT Installation If you chose the Advanced button the ATM Forum LAN Emulation Config uration dialog box appears see Figure 5 15 By default the Yes radio button in the Use LECS box and the Enabled radio button in the Discover LECS box are selected LECS usage for all ELAN drivers is determined E gt by the first ELAN driver that you install All ELAN drivers must use the same LECS whether you use the well known address PVC 0 17 or manually enter the address If you aren t using the LECS Under
234. o connect toa CLIP Logical IP Subnet LIS Contact your system administrator for information about which drivers you must install Via protocols to higher level applications Web browser etc 3 Bind protocols to ELAN Higher Level Protocols and CLIP drivers TCP IP IPX NetBeui 2 Install ELAN or CLIP FORE ELAN FORE CLIP drivers Driver Driver 1 Install ATM driver FORE ATM Driver l Via adapter to ATM network ELANs or Classical IP Subnets Figure 4 1 FORE Driver Configuration 4 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 4 3 Installation Requirements Requirements to ensure proper installation of the FORE drivers are Approximately 1M of free disk space in the installation directory file system 16M of RAM minimum Microsoft Windows 95 A PCI 2 0 2 1 specification compliant PC that appears on the Microsoft Inc Hardware Compatibility List Successful installation of the FORE adapter card see Note that you cannot install an LE and PCA adapter together in the same PC ForeRunner software CD If you must install the files from a diskette refer ma to the README TXT file on the CD for information about creating a Windows 95 installation diskette The relevant files on the ForeRunner software CD are listed in Table 4 1 Table 4 1 Relevant Files on the ForeRunner CD
235. o the console Each bit in the level value is used for different tracing The bits are defined as follows 0x00000001 Virtual Ethernet Initialization 7 6 8 Virtual Token Ring Driver FOREVTOK LAN The Virtual Token Ring driver FOREVTOK LAN implements an ATM as Token Ring device driver To NetWare the module appears to be a Token Ring driver The FOREVTOK module can be loaded multiple times for multiple ELANs This module automatically loads the FORELEC NLM FOREILMI NLM and FORESIG NLM modules if they are not yet loaded You can use a configuration file CFG to specify all parameters for the driver The FOREVTOK module supports the following LOAD line parameters UNIT lt unit Optional Specifies the FORE ATM adapter driver to use numbers for establishing connections to the Virtual Token Ring network The FOREMUX NLM module prints the assigned UNIT number as the adapter drivers e g FOREPLE LAN are loaded The default is zero 0 NODE lt address gt Optional Specifies the MAC address for the adapter on the ELAN The default address for the first ELAN is the hardware address of the adapter card Subsequent ELANs use an address generated by the LAN Emulation Client LEC The NODE address is a 6 byte address and is specified as 12 hexadecimal characters gt D o D D 2 o 3 FENG UG LINEN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the P
236. o view the status of the Ethernet LEC use the following command LOAD ATMELEC STATUS To view the status of the Token Ring LEC use the following command Z LOAD ATMTRLEC STATUS 3 HE This command displays information similar to the following Z Loading module ATMELEC LAN S lacie cloning cla cia a LEC Instance 0 a LEC ID 20 2 ELAN NAME et1516 LEC MAC ADR 00 20 48 08 3E 87 LEC ATM ADR 47 00 05 80 FF E1 00 00 00 F2 1A 2D A2 00 20 48 08 3E 87 01 LES ATM ADR 47 00 05 80 FF E1 00 00 00 F2 1A 2D A2 00 20 48 06 30 B0 10 BUS ATM ADR 47 00 05 80 FF E1 00 00 00 F2 1A 2D A2 00 20 48 06 30 B0 10 LEC STATE LEC_OPERATIONAL DATA VCC 47 00 05 80 FF E1 00 00 00 F2 1A 2D A2 00 20 48 07 00 26 01 DATA VCC 47 00 05 80 FF E1 00 00 00 F5 1A 22 A9 00 20 48 07 06 2A 00 Previously loaded module was used re entrantly 6 3 2 FORENP2E Status You can also use the MONITOR module to view statistics for the physical ATM adapter Use the following command LOAD MONITOR 1 Select LAN WAN information from the Available Options menu 2 Select the FORENP2E or FOREHE driver for which you want to display statistics ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 6 11 NetWare HSM Driver Installation 3 A wide variety of information is displayed Generic statistics including packets sent and received Speed of the adapter Maximum number of VCs supported by the adapte
237. of the MPS The MPS will appear only if shortcuts are being used 10 12 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center 10 8 4 3 If the Connection is a Classical IP LIS The ATM Addresses table lists the address of the ARP server associated with the LIS and the ATM address of the host WLAH inir CUP Dos amiei FormThougmso Sa pago Belden ieee Hore ATH Address AP Termer 47 0005 00 FFELOO DOOD PALS OME DADI 12 Help Addes 163 144800 aaa Hasta Address 47 ODIS B FFE100 0000 Fag DI BEN NAA 00 199 22 Figure 10 8 VLAN Information Portion of VLAN Information Window Classical IP ELAN 10 8 4 4 MPOA CLIP Driver Version Field This field indicates the driver version number and build number For the current release the version is to 5 0 10 8 4 5 View Server Connection Button You can highlight an entry in the Server Addresses list and there is a current connection to that server then click the View Server Connection button to view the connection in the Con nection Tab ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 10 13 5 A e po m 3 D 0 3 O e 3 e Using InFOREmation Center 10 9 Using the Connection List Tab This table displays the ATM addresses of all connections currently maintained by this host tmr NOT AFFLICASLE WEL Signalling NOT APFLICASLE All Airesa USAP of SES Pell oe aT DDNS REDE BONG FEL
238. oftware CD Insert the CD and proceed 20 As Windows NT installs the network bindings it prompts you for TCP IP bind ings for the ELAN or IP Over ATM drivers Specify the TCP IP addresses for each driver and proceed 21 When the final dialog box of the Network Wizard appears choose Finish A prompt appears asking you to reboot the system 22 Choose Yes Installation of the drivers is now complete 5 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 5 4 2 Installing the FORE ATM Adapter Driver Use the following procedure to install the FORE ATM Adapter driver on a Windows NT ver gt sion 4 0 system aS xo Do zo If you are installing the drivers on a Windows 3 3 E gt NT 4 0 system that does not have the networking components installed use the d i 1 Log on to the PC You must have administrative privileges 2 Display the Network control panel shown in Figure 5 6 by using the following procedure a Choose the Start button on the Taskbar b Choose Settings c Choose Control Panel The Control Panel appears d Double click on the Network icon The Network control panel appears as shown in Figure 5 6 3 Choose the Adapters tab and choose Add The Select Network Adapter dialog box appears see Figure 5 7 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 9 Windows NT Installation Network HENYE RIGBETIES Upda
239. ol Information the information exchanged between corresponding entities using a lower layer connection to coordinate their joint operation Proxy the process in which one system acts for another system to answer protocol requests Proxy Agent an agent that queries on behalf of the manager used to monitor objects that are not directly manageable PSN Packet Switched Network a network designed to carry data in the form of packets The packet and its format is internal to that network PT Payload Type bits 2 4 in the fourth byte of an ATM cell header The PT indicates the type of information carried by the cell At this time values 0 3 are used to identify various types of user data values 4 and 5 indicate management information and values 6 and 7 are reserved for future use PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit or Channel a circuit or channel through an ATM net work provisioned by a carrier between two endpoints used for dedicated long term informa tion transport between locations Q 2931 Derived from Q 93B the narrowband ISDN signalling protocol an ITU standard describing the signalling protocol to be used by switched virtual circuits on ATM LANs Real Time Clock a clock that maintains the time of day in contrast to a clock that is used to time the electrical pulses on a circuit Glossary 20 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary Relaying a function of a layer by means of w
240. onfiguration FORENP2E Enabled Choose from the list of configured network interface boards Figure 6 4 Configured Boards Window 12 Repeat step 2 through step 11 for each driver you are installing 13 Proceed to install the Novell LEC as described in Step Three Install and Config ure the Novell LEC on page 6 5 6 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare HSM Driver Installation 6 1 2 Step Three Install and Configure the Novell LEC 1 Install the Novell LEC files a If you received the files in zipped form you must unzip the files and copy them to a diskette with volume label ATM You must use label a ATM b Load the install utility with the following command LOAD INSTALL c Select Product Options and then Install a product not listed d Insert the diskette containing the LEC files and press lt ENTER gt e Select Install Product and Select server For additional information on installing the Novell E gt LEC refer to the README file included with the Novell LEC files 2 Load the INETCFG utility and with the Configured Boards window showing press the lt Insert gt key A list of adapter drivers appears 3 Select the appropriate LEC driver from the list A A MEL EC for Ethernet LAN Emulation MTR EC for Token Ring LAN Emulation 4 Inthe list of configuration parameters specify the ATM HSM Board Name of the FORE adapte
241. ong If the CS PDU is less than 44 bytes it is padded to 44 with zeroes A two byte header and trailer are added to this basic segment The header identifies the message type beginning end continuation or single and contains sequence numbering and message identification The trailer gives the SAR PDU payload length exclu sive of pad and contains a CRC check to ensure the SAR PDU integrity The result is a 48 byte PDU that fits into the payload field of an ATM cell SC CellPath 300 System Controller paired with the Extension Module EM SCR sustainable cell rate parameter defined by the ATM Forum for ATM traffic manage ment For VBR connections SCR determines the long term average cell rate that can be trans mitted SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface a standard for a controller bus that connects disk drives and other devices to their controllers on a computer bus It is typically used in small systems SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control IBM s data link protocol used in SNA networks SDU Service Data Unit a unit of interface information whose identity is preserved from one end of a layer connection to the other ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 21 Glossary SEAL Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer also called AAL 5 this ATM adaptation layer assumes that higher layer processes will provide error recovery thereby simplifying the SAR portion of the adaptation la
242. ons to check for possible solutions C 2 1 Is there an interrupt conflict with the adapter An interrupt conflict may exist if the adapter and another device such as a mouse or sound card are assigned the same IRQs How to check Run the PCI slot configuration utility for your PC and check the IRQ assignments Possible solutions To minimize potential conflicts resources used by other devices cards or software can be man ually entered into the PCI configuration database using the PCI slot configuration utility for your PC Once entered this data should be locked so another piece of software will not change the values stored for any PCI cards When used properly PCI configuration software automatically configures FORE cards correctly You can set the FORE adapter interrupt to 5 10 11 or 12 The default value is 5 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual C 1 e m z i oO gt e 3 Q YIOM 9N EST NNEIN BEY N Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting C 2 2 Is the adapter receiving a carrier signal If the adapter is not receiving a carrier signal it is physically disconnected from the network How to check There are two ways to check this One method uses the MONITOR utility 1 Load the MONITOR NLM module 2 Select LAN WAN information from Available Options 3 Select the FORENP2E or FOREHE adapter from the list 4 The last entry is for Carrier A value of 1 indicate
243. order to implement the new files Choose Yes ForeRunner PCA200 Upgrade Ea Upgrade of your ForeT hought software has e R E completed successfully SYSTEMS You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect gt a o o o i o lt oO 38404 2y Hulpesbdp Do you want to restart your computer now Figure 8 4 Restart Prompt After the computer restarts the upgrade process is complete ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 8 3 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Drivers 8 2 Additional Upgrade Options When running UPGRADE EXE in DOS you can use the following syntax UPGRADE FORCE NOSWAP QUIET AUTO FORCE This option specifies that the files will be upgraded even if the source files are not newer than the destination files NOSWAP Indicates that you want to upgrade only files from the current source disk QUIET Specifies that no dialogs are displayed during the upgrade process and you are upgrading only files from the current source disk AUTO Specifies that no dialogs are displayed and the system automatically restarts after the files are upgraded 8 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Of Vea Ets Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters ForeThought 5 0 allows you to configure flow specifications for the connections established by the ELAN driver The flow specifications determine e The
244. otocol stacks are MPOA ignorant and therefore do not tear down shortcut circuits when the shortcut is no longer needed Therefore the MPOA layer itself tears down seldom used shortcuts to avoid circuit exhaustion in the client and net work When a shortcut is idle for a period exceeding 20 minutes unless set to a different period by the LECS the shortcut is torn down 1 16 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 1 5 Overview of Classical IP Windows 95 and NT FORE System s ForeThought 5 0 IP Over ATM software available for Windows 95 and Win dows NT is compliant with the RFC 1577 specification for Classical IP The term classical indi cates that the ATM network has the same properties as existing legacy LANs That is even though ATM technology allows for large globally connected networks for example it is only used in the LAN environment as a direct replacement of existing LAN technology The classi cal model of LANs connected through IP routers is maintained in Classical IP over ATM net works Classical IP over ATM is different than IP in legacy LANs in that ATM provides a virtual con nection environment through the use of PVCs and or SVCs SVC management is performed via UNI 3 0 or 3 1 signalling UNI is a broadband signalling protocol designed to establish connections dynamically UNI uses Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol SSCOP as a reliable transport protocol and all signallin
245. ow the Ethernet MAC address of the host PC in which the FORE adapter has been installed Use the following procedure to determine the MAC address 1 Enter the following command at a console prompt this example shows the com mand for a ForeRunnerLE adapter LOAD FOREFPLE 2 Enter the following command at a console prompt CONFIG This displays information including the node address which is the default MAC address for Ethernet gt D o D D 2 o 5 J AUQ IN4 91eM 9N ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 9 Multiple Configuration Files Configuration files can be copied from one server to another just as any file can be moved between NetWare server systems The configuration file is a simple text file containing the same text that the system operator might type at the server command line prompt The only difference is that the file is accessed from a command line Using a configuration file instead of typing the data simplifies the system operator s task of bringing up the server and putting it into operation A single server may have as many different configuration files for the drivers as required The server could have a file for each different configuration that the operator wants to support For example an operator might create files ATMTCPIP CFG with all the necessary parameters to load the driver for TCP IP support and ATMIPX CFG with all the neces
246. perability specifications In addition the Forum promotes industry cooperation and awareness ATM Layer link a section of an ATM Layer connection between two adjacent active ATM Layer entities ATM entities Glossary 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary ATM Link a virtual path link VPL or a virtual channel link VCL ATM Peer to Peer Connection a virtual channel connection VCC or a virtual path connec tion VPC directly established such as workstation to workstation This setup is not com monly used in networks 11 110 3 ATM Traffic Descriptor a generic list of parameters that can be used to capture the intrinsic traffic characteristics of a requested ATM connection ATM User to User Connection an association established by the ATM Layer to support communication between two or more ATM service users i e between two or more next higher layer entities or between two or more ATM entities The communication over an ATM Layer connection may be either bidirectional or unidirectional The same Virtual Channel Identifier VCI is used for both directions of a connection at an interface atmarp a FORE program that shows and manipulates ATM ARP entries maintained by the given device driver This is also used to establish PVC connections atmconfig a FORE program used to enable or disable SPANS signalling atmstat a FORE program that shows statistics gathered about a give
247. playing Online Help To display online help press lt F1 gt Exiting ATM To exit the ATM Console from any menu or submenu Console press lt A1t F10 gt Browsing NLM Consoles To return to the NetWare system console or a display console of any loaded NLMs press lt Alt Esc gt Pressing this key combination repeatedly cycles through the system console and all other display consoles of loaded NLMs Displaying To display a list of loaded NLMs from which you can Currently Loaded NLMs choose one press lt CTRL ESC gt Unloading ATM Console To unload the ATM Console from the NetWare system console use the command UNLOAD FORECON at the system console prompt or press lt ESCAPE gt ba 35 52 E e S o j ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 3 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare 11 2 Default Statistics By default the ATM Console displays statistics about the number of cells transmitted and received by the adapter as shown in Figure 11 3 These statistics are constantly updated while the program is running even if you are looking at other information Adapter Statistics 66 26 1996 Time 69 56 46 Transmitted Keceived 26383 22856 4163 11285 u Receive Carrier ON Utilization z Adapter Unit Adapter LAN Emulation Logging Enter Select Option ESCAPE Exit F5 Zero Statistics Help Figure 11 2 ATM Console Main Window The default statistics are e Total cells and PDUs tra
248. pport contract ID number e The serial number of each product in question e All relevant information describing the problem or question ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual iii Preface The FORE Technical Manual Website For the latest technical documentation and release notes for your ATM adapter and other FORE products visit the FORE technical manual website at http www fore com products manuals htm The website provides manuals in Portable Document Format PDF They can be viewed or printed using Adobe Acrobat Version 3 0 Readers Typographical Styles Throughout this manual all specific commands meant to be entered by the user appear on a separate line in bold typeface In addition use of the Enter or Return key is represented as lt ENTER gt The following example demonstrates this convention cd usr lt ENTER gt File names that appear within the text of this manual are represented in the following style refer to the README TXT file on the CD Command names and GUI control buttons that appear within the text of this manual are rep resented in the following style Choose the Start button on the Taskbar Parameter names that appear within the text of this manual are represented in the following style The lt range gt is an optional part Any messages that appear on the screen during software installation and network interface administration are
249. program used to monitor and change the state of ports on a FORE Systems ATM switch running asxd CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check an error detection scheme in which a number is derived from the data that will be transmitted By recalculating the CRC at the remote end and com paring it to the value originally transmitted the receiving node can detect errors Cross Connection a mapping between two channels or paths at a network device such as the CellPath 300 CD Controlled Slip a situation in which one frame s worth of data is either lost or repli cated A controlled slip typically occurs when the sending device and receiving device are not using the same clock CS Convergence Sublayer a portion of the AAL Data is passed first to the CS where it is divided into rational fixed length packets or PDUs Protocol Data Units For example AAL 4 processes user data into blocks that are a maximum of 64 kbytes long CTS Clear To Send and RS 232 modem interface control signal sent from the modem to the DTE on pin 5 which indicates that the attached DTE may begin transmitting issuance in response to the DTE s RTS D4 framing See SF DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency the US government agency that funded the ARPANET Datagram a packet of information used in a connectionless network service that is routed to its destination using an address included in the datagram s header DCE Data Communications
250. r Maximum AAL5 frame size supported by the adapter Number of signalling restarts performed by the adapter Number of addresses registered by the adapter Total number of connections maintained by the adapter Connection Manager statistics Signalling statistics Quality of Service statistics ILMI statistics Common and custom HSM statistics Carrier status A portion of the monitor statistics are shown in Figure 6 8 Version 1 6 Node address 66264868695C Protocols Generic statistics Total packets sent 121 643 Total packets received 128 336 No ECB available count 6 Custom statistics Speed of Interface Kbps 155 600 Maximum Number of UCs Supported 62 Maximum AALS Frame Size Supported Number of Signaling Link Re gt Starts Number of Addresses Registered Total Number of Connections o Connection Mgr Previous list Figure 6 8 FORENP2E Monitor Statistics Partial 6 12 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual On Vaiaem 4 NetWare Full Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the full fat FORE ATM and LANE drivers on a NetWare operating system and gives requirements for the FORE drivers such as required val ues for NetWare start up parameters and required NetWare files Separate procedures and requirements for a NetWare 3 12 and 4 1x operating systems are given These drivers support the ForeThought 4 1 6 release E gt They do
251. r Emulated LAN Adapter driver on an existing Windows NT system 1 Choose the Adapter tab and choose Add The Select Network Adapter dia log box appears 2 Select Have Disk The Insert Disk dialog box appears 3 Insert the ForeRunner software CD into the CD ROM drive and change the drive specification to indicate D windows winnt where D indicates your CD ROM drive 4 Choose the OK button The Select OEM Option dialog box appears as shown previously in Figure 5 9 5 Select ForeRunner ATM ELAN Adapter and choose the OK button The Windows NT Setup dialog box with a progress bar appears and the required files are copied from the CD 6 TheForeRunner Emulated LAN Adapter dialog box appears see Figure 5 14 after the files are copied ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 17 Windows NT Installation Click to return all fields to default values ForeRunner Emulated LAN Adapter Disable Virtual Driver cane m Frame Size 1516 Ethernet c C Token Ring SEA UG an C 9234 Adapter Identifier i mE C Automatic ELAN Selection Ct Manual ELAN Selection Emulated LAN Name Jett 516 Copyright c 1996 1998 FORE Systems Inc All rights reserved Click to edit Click to display LECS and LES field descriptions parameters Figure 5 14 Emulated LAN Adapter Dialog Box If your site is using the LECS If you are u
252. r a connection If no data traffic moves across the cache entry in the allotted time the cache entry is automatically removed from the ARP Cache If you select an entry in the ARP Cache table and there is a corresponding entry highlighted in the Connection List you can use the View Associated Connection button to view the connection in the Connection List Canonical address format is typically used in E gt Ethernet and is also known as least significant bit LSB first Noncanonical is typically used in Token Ring and is also known as most significant bit MSB first Because Token Ring and Ethernet LANs transmit MAC addresses in opposite bit order Token Ring and Ethernet MAC addresses are shown in opposite bit order 10 8 3 1 Flush Entry and Flush All Buttons The Flush Entry button deletes a highlighted entry from the ARP Cache and is active only after an ARP Cache entry has been highlighted The Flush A11 button deletes all entries from the ARP cache but does not delete Classical IP PVCs 10 8 3 2 Delete PVC Button The Delete PVC button deletes a highlighted PVC connection from the ARP Cache and is active only after a PVC ARP Cache entry has been highlighted 10 8 3 3 View Associated Connection You can highlight an entry in the ARP Cache and then click the View Associated Connec tion button to view the connection in the Connection Tab 5 A e po m 3 D 0 3 O e 3 e ForeRunner HE 200E LE AT
253. r specific instructions on Windows NT network configuration please consult your system administrator and the appropriate Windows NT documentation When finished choose the OK button If you do not have Novell NetWare access software installed or have only installed the IP Over ATM driver skip ahead to step 9 If the network software for accessing Novell NetWare is installed on your PC a dialog box similar to that shown in Figure 5 22 appears Auto Detect is the default option for Frame Type and is acceptable for ELAN adapter driver con figuration Choose OK The Network control panel appears NWLink IPX SPX Properties 21x General In most cases you should choose Auto Detect You should manually configure the Frame Type Network Number only if Auto Detect does not work in your environment If you experience problems contact your network administrator Adapter PAASA eet ite abel Frame Type Auto Detect bse Newok tiumger Apply Cancel Figure 5 22 IPX Protocol Configuration ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 9 Choose the OK button on the Network control panel The Network Settings Change message appears asking if you want to restart the PC so the latest changes can take effect Choose the Yes button The ForeRunner adapter driver installation is now com plete When the PC reboots the FORE ATM ELAN and IP Over ATM drivers are lo
254. r the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 4 Select the PCI card and choose the Properties button The PCI Card Properties dialog box appears 5 Select the Driver tab The Driver information appears as shown in Figure 4 20 PCI Card Properties 24 x General Driver Resources o PCI Card No drivers are installed for this device To install the driver s for this device click Change Driver Click here Figure 4 20 PCI Card Driver Tab 6 Choose the Change Driver button as shown in Figure 4 20 The Select Hardware Type dialog box appears as shown in Figure 4 21 5 D o L D 2 o 5 96 SMOpUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 33 Windows 95 Installation Select Hardware Type x Click the type of hardware you want to install Keyboard Memory Technology Drivers MTDs Modem Monitor Mouse Multi function adapters Network adapters Other detected devices Other devices xi Cancel Figure 4 21 Select Hardware Type Dialog Box 7 Choose Network Adapters and choose the OK button The Select Device dialog box appears 8 Choose the Have Disk button The Install from Disk dialog box appears 9 Insert the ForeRunner software CD in the CD ROM drive and change the path to indicate D windows win95 where D indicates your CD ROM drive 10 Press lt ENTER gt The Select Device dialog box reappears listing the driver for your
255. r this LEC will be associated with This name must match that speci fied when you configured the FORENxxx driver 5 Specify an ELAN name and other parameters as desired If you don t specify any parameters the LEC will use values retrieved from the LECS SO O NI Press the lt ESC gt key A confirmation window appears Select Yes to confirm Repeat step 3 through step 7 for each LEC driver you are installing Press lt ESC gt to return to the Internetworking Configuration menu ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 6 5 5 D o D D 2 fa 5 JAMA WSH 842M12N NetWare HSM Driver Installation 6 1 3 Step Four Bind Protocols to the LEC Driver ND O 6b WN H Select Protocols in the options under Internetworking Configuration Enable IPX or TCP IP Press the lt ESC gt key A confirmation window appears Select Yes to confirm Under Internetworking Configuration select Bindings Press the lt Insert gt key to bind the previously selected protocol Bind the protocol to the ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC driver not the FORENP2E or FOREHE driver Figure 6 5 shows the protocol being bound to the ATMELEC driver that was previously named LEC_1 The LEC is indicated as Ethernet or Token Ring media The FORE HSM driver is indicated as FORENP2E or FOREHE media rw Configured Protocol To Network Interface Bindings PCA_1 FORENP2E Enabled
256. r written permission is prohibited except as allowed under the copyright laws This publication is provided by FORE Systems Inc as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied includ ing but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose FORE Systems Inc shall not be liable for any errors or omissions which may occur in this publication nor for incidental or conse quential damages of any kind resulting from the furnishing performance or use of this publication Information published here is current or planned as of the date of publication of this document Because we are improving and adding features to our products continuously the information in this document is subject to change without notice RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND Use duplication or disclosure by the government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 October 1988 and FAR 52 227 19 June 1987 FCC CLASS A NOTICE WARNING Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void this user s authority to operate this equipment NOTE The ForeRunner PCA 200EPC ForeRunnerLE and ForeRunnerHE adapters have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits ar
257. rator and will be set off from the text as follows Steps 1 3 and 5 are similar to the installation for gt the computer type above Review the previous installation procedure before installation in your particular model ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual V Preface Safety Agency Compliance This preface provides safety precautions to follow when installing a FORE Systems Inc prod uct Safety Precautions For your protection observe the following safety precaution when setting up your equipment e Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the equipment Symbols The following symbols appear in this book CAUTION If instructions are not followed there is a risk of damage to the equipment WARNING Hazardous voltages are present If the instructions are not heeded there is a risk of electrical shock and danger to personal health Modifications to Equipment Do not make mechanical or electrical modifications to the equipment FORE Systems Inc is not responsible for regulatory compliance of a modified FORE product vi ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual flA Introduction This chapter provides an overview of the ATM Standard the LAN Emulation Over ATM Stan dard Classical IP and the following FORE adapters e ForeRunnerHE 155 and 622 Mbps adapter for the PCI bus also referred to as the HE adapters e ForeRunnerLE 25 and 155 Mbps adapte
258. ready installed ELAN E gt driver to join a different ELAN for example by changing the ELAN name parameter or the LECS usage the ELAN driver retains any QoS Preferences that had previously been defined for the driver in INFOREmation Center If you want to create new QoS preferences for the reconfigured ELAN connection you must manually delete the existing preferences To do this enter InFOREmation Center switch to Advanced View select the ELAN in the VLAN Information tab select the QoS Preferences button and delete each preference in the MPOA Properties dialog box 4 30 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 4 4 8 Installing the ATM Driver Manually You must install the ATM driver manually as opposed to installing it when Windows 95 dis covers the adapter when booting up if you choose Do not install driver at this time when Windows 95 discovered the LE or PCA adapter when booting up Also if you removed the LE or PCA ATM drivers and later want to re install or upgrade them or other ATM adapter drivers have been installed occasionally Windows 95 may not recog nize that the drivers had been removed and will automatically re install the old drivers Use the following procedure to install the ATM driver manually 1 Display the System Properties control panel by using the following procedure a Choose the Start button on the Taskbar a Choose Settings b Choose Con
259. rement and control equip ment Part 2 Electrostatic discharge requirements eIEC 1000 4 3 Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial process measurement and control equip ment Part 3 Radiate electromagnetic field requirements eIEC 1000 4 4 Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial process measurement and control equip ment Part 4 Electrical fast transient burst requirements CERTIFICATIONS ETL certified to meet Information Technology Equipment safety standards UL 1950 CSA 22 2 No 950 and EN 60950 Japan VCCI conformity ForeRunnerLE 25 CORBI HIM MMBRE EER Z OMELET ASHANSRLEE CESMWM CORRES ILE AML Ue RES ERE SB ERMBRMAVCCHRECMALTBN ET LOL RHBEIVAL FLEVY sy SACL CCMA RAL g SMEZORRECZALEBAYN ET MRH Ic GE TIEL VNR ELTFEY This equipment is in the Class 2 category Information Technology Equipment to be used in a residential area or an adjacent area thereto and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council For Interference by Information Technology Equipment aimed at preventing radio interference in such residential area When used near a radio or TV receiver it may become the cause of radio interference Read the instructions for correct handling PCA 200EPC ForeRunnerLE 155 and ForeRunnerHE 622 COME EMARE KLIK ETEA SNAN HH HEE CHULEWIRCORRMEM ILE HH k lz E A E EI ERNE VCCHAEHE IAL CBO Eto tho C EHIME CIMT OME L CHROMA T SL SYA FURY Ss YSE
260. reosp3 nlm 5 D o D D 2 o 3 FENG UG LINEN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 3 NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 3 Installation Requirements 7 3 1 System Requirements The following are requirements to ensure proper installation of the FORE driver software on NetWare 3 12 4 1 or 4 11 installations Novell NetWare 3 12 4 1 or 4 11 1 MB of disk space in the installation directory file system 16MB of RAM minimum A PCI or EISA compliant PC that appears on the Novell NetWare Hardware Com patibility List Successful installation of the FORE adapter hardware see Chapter 2 ForeThought software CD 7 3 2 Required NetWare NLMs Table 7 2 lists NetWare NLMs required to install the FORE drivers on NetWare 3 12 4 1 or 4 11 You must get the latest versions of these files from the Novell NetWare sites on the Inter net Refer to the following website for the latest updates http support novell com search patlst htm Table 7 2 Required NetWare NLMs NetWare 3 12 NetWare 4 1 and 4 11 CLIB CLIB A3112 NLM NWSNUT NLM AFTER311 NLM ETHERTSM NLM NWSNUT NL TOKENTSM NLM NBI31x NL SM NLM ETHERTSM NLM NBI NLM TOKENTSM NLM MSM31x NL 7 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 3 3 Required NetWare Start up Parameters 7 3 3 1 Set Minimum
261. rovide demarcation Frame Relay a fast packet switching protocol based on the LAPD protocol of ISDN that per forms routing and transfer with less overhead processing than X 25 Frame Synchronization Error an error in which one or more time slot framing bits are in error Framing a protocol that separates incoming bits into identifiable groups so that the receiving multiplexer recognizes the grouping FT PNNI ForeThought PNNI a FORE Systems routing and signalling protocol that uses pri vate ATM NSAP addresses a precursor to ATM Forum PNNI see PNNI FTP File Transfer Protocol a TCP IP protocol that lets a user on one computer access and transfer data to and from another computer over a network ftp is usually the name of the program the user invokes to accomplish this task GCRA Generic Cell Rate Algorithm an algorithm which is employed in traffic policing and is part of the user network service contract The GCRA is a scheduling algorithm which ensures that cells are marked as conforming when they arrive when expected or later than expected and non conforming when they arrive sooner than expected GFC Generic Flow Control the first four bits of the first byte in an ATM cell header Used to control the flow of traffic across the User to Network Interface UNI and thus into the net work Exact mechanisms for flow control are still under investigation and no explicit defini tion for this field exists at this t
262. rs After clicking OK and exiting the InFOREmation Center utility the flow specification will have the following effect When Host1 FIPs to Host2 a CBR connection is established with a peak cell rate of 75000 cells second Also this connection is immediately established over a LANE VC rather than a connection via the BUS because the LANE VC Threshold is set to 0 the default for the connection When Host1 FIPs to Host3 the connection is initially routed through the Power hub 7000 When the data flow on the routed connection from Host1 to Host3 reaches 10000 packets second an MPOA shortcut is established directly from Host1 to Host3 avoiding the router No QoS is applied to the connection LANE VC CBR PCR 75000 SI lo LK Host2 172 19 2 18 L GTA ELAN engineering Routes traffic from Host to Host3 until PowerHub 7000 shortcut is established YA Se e gt 3 Ng ja LI Host3 ELAN 172 19 4 13 marketing Figure 9 3 Result of Flow Specification ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 9 3 Adding or Editing the MPOA amp LANE VC Parameters Use the following procedure to add new MPOA parameters or edit existing parameters For an example of how the flow specifications work see Example of a Flow Specification on
263. rs ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 21 Introduction 1 9 Hardware Requirements Hardware requirements for the FORE PC adapters are shown in Table 1 1 Table 1 1 ForeRunner ForeRunnerLE and ForeRunnerHE Hardware Requirements Adapier Supported Platforms Bus Slot sale m ForeRunnerLE Intel 80386 80486 or Pentium PCI 2 0 2 1 1 16M ForeRunner PCA 200EPC DEC Alpha Bus Master ForeRunnerHE Intel Pentium or DEC Alpha palad 64M Bus Master 1 DEC Alpha is supported on Windows NT only You cannot install a PCA 200EPC and a o gt ForeRunnerLE or ForeRunnerHE adapter in the same PC 1 10 Supported Operating Systems The ForeRunner PCA 200EPC ForeThought 5 0 driver can be installed on e Microsoft Windows NT Version 4 0 e Microsoft Windows 95 e Novell NetWare 4 11 Using the Novell HSM The ForeRunnerLE adapter ForeThought 5 0 driver can be installed on e Microsoft Windows NT Version 4 0 e Microsoft Windows 95 The ForeRunnerHE adapter ForeThought 5 0 driver can be installed on e Microsoft Windows NT Version 4 0 The ForeRunner 5 0 adapter software CD also includes the ForeThought 4 1 6 Novell NetWare drivers which can be installed on NetWare 3 12 and 4 1x 1 22 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 1 11 Software Overview The FORE adapters use ForeRunner s market proven support for various network protocols allowing existing
264. rs for the PCI bus also referred to as the LE adapters e ForeRunner PCA 200EPC adapter for the PCI bus also referred to as the PCA adapter Hardware and software requirements and the contents of the FORE adapter packages are also discussed 1 1 Overview of the ATM Standard Asynchronous Transfer Mode or ATM is a communication architecture based on the switch ing of small fixed length packets of data called cells In ATM all data is transferred in 53 byte cells Each cell has a 5 byte header that identifies the cell s route through the network and 48 bytes containing user data This user data in turn carries any headers or trailers required by higher level protocols Perhaps the single most important advantage offered by ATM in addition to data transfer speed is its open ended growth path ATM is not locked into a single physical medium or speed The fixed size ATM cell allows traffic from multiple sources simultaneous video audio and data communication to be switched to multiple destinations by fast ATM switches For example a ForeRunner ASX 1000 ATM Switch can comnect up to 96 users and has an aggregate capacity of 10 gigabits per second Larger LANs can be built by interconnecting multiple ForeRunner ATM switches ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 1 5 T o Q ex O ie 3 Introduction 1 2 Overview of LANE and MPOA FORE System s ForeThought 5 0 software is compliant with the
265. ry non treaty organization founded in 1946 that is responsible for creating international standards in many areas including com puters and communications Isochronous signals carrying embedded timing information or signals that are dependent on uniform timing usually associated with voice and or video transmission ITU International Telecommunications Union the telecommunications agency of the United Nations established to provide standardized communications procedures and prac tices including frequency allocation and radio regulations on a worldwide basis J2 Wide area digital transmission scheme used predominantly in Japan that carries data at a rate of 6 312 Mbps Jitter analog communication line distortion caused by variations of a signal from its refer ence timing position Jumper a patch cable or wire used to establish a circuit often temporarily for testing or diag nostics also the devices shorting blocks used to connect adjacent exposed pins on a printed circuit board that control the functionality of the card LAN Local Area Network a data network intended to serve an area of only a few square kilometers or less Because the network is known to cover only a small area optimizations can be made in the network signal protocols that permit higher data rates lane a program that provides control over the execution of the LAN Emulation Server LES Broadcast Unknown Server BUS and LAN Emulation Config
266. s Full setting the backward peak rate equal to the UBR line rate d Specify the LANE VC Threshold described in LANE Virtual Circuit Threshold on page 9 2 The PCA 200EPC adapter does not support CBR E gt when the Maximum Transmit Rate is set to less than 1385 The PCA adapter will establish a UBR connection for the traffic 8 In the MPOA Shortcuts fields specify the MPOA Shortcut Threshold described in MPOA Shortcut Threshold on page 9 3 9 Choose the OK button The MPOA Properties dialog box reappears If you added a new QoS preference it now appears in the list VOdIN Buunbyuo9 OD 3 a 2 o 72 U OD O 3 i i wo ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 9 11 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 10 11 12 You can re arrange the order of preferences in the list by using the Move Up and Move Down buttons A preference higher in the list has priority over a preference lower in the list For example if the flow specification of the first preference of the list applies to all flows to destination address 123 11 22 3 using TCP and the second preference applies to all destinations using TCP a connection to 123 11 22 3 using TCP will use the first preference in the list that matches it Note that the user defined QoS preferences in the upper list have priority over the predefined preferences in the lower list After arranging the list in th
267. s are loaded The FOREOSP or FOREOSP3 module supports the following LOAD line parameters TRACE lt level gt Optional Specifies the level and type of tracing to perform For the tracing information to appear the FOREOSP TRACE_LEVEL parameter must be set to the appropriate level usually DEBUG TRACE output goes to the console Each bit in the level value is used for different tracing The bits are defined as follows 0x00000100 Debug general timeouts 0x00000200 Debug buffer allocations TRACE_LEVEL Optional Specifies the level of tracing for all NLMs in lt WARNING NOTICE INFO the ForeThought stack The default is NOTICE INFO and DEBUG gt DEBUG are progressively more verbose and WARNING is less verbose 7 6 5 1 Example The following is an example of a LOAD command for the FOREOSP3 NLM note that this com mand could only work on a NetWare 3 12 server LOAD FOREOSP3 TRACE_LEVEL DEBUG TRACE 0x00000100 7 6 6 LAN Emulation Client FORELEC NLM The LAN Emulation Client FORELEC NLM implements the ATM Forum s LAN Emulation Client Specification 1 0 This module is loaded automatically when other modules are loaded This component currently has no LOAD line parameters 7 6 6 1 Example The following is an example of a LOAD command for the FORELEC NLM LOAD FORELEC 7 30 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Instal
268. s as necessary The logical components of an ATM address are e The NSAP or switch prefix consisting of the first 13 bytes which is typically the same for all ports on a single switch For example 47000580ffe1000000f2150f5b e The end system identifier ESI consisting of bytes 14 through 19 which usually is the six byte hardware MAC address of a particular adapter card For example 002048102aef e The selector byte the last byte of the ATM address serves the same purpose as a TCP port which is to identify a service access point For example Oa The following is a sample of the entire ATM address ZAIOSUIM YUM J9pPIAO1d ELINTEN 47000580ffe1000000f2150f5b002048102aef0a o 5 a gt D S ie m ba Ed ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual D 11 Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 12 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 11 110 3 802 1d Spanning Tree Bridging the IEEE standard for bridging a MAC layer standard for transparently connecting two or more LANs often called subnetworks that are running the same protocols and cabling This arrangement creates an extended network in which any two workstations on the linked LANs can share data 802 3 Ethernet the IEEE standard for Ethernet a physical layer standard that uses the CSMA CD access method on a bus topology LAN 802 5 Token Ring the IEEE physical layer
269. s device click Have Disk Manufacturers Network Adapters wer ATM RFC 1577 Adapter Have Disk Cancel Figure 4 13 Select Network Adapters Dialog Box 4 22 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 4 Select ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter and choose Prop erties as shown in Figure 4 14 The ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter Properties dialog box appears as shown in Figure 4 15 Network HE Configuration Identification Access Control The following network components are installed Client for Microsoft Networks E Client for NetWare Networks 34 ForeRunner ELAN Adapter rainbow 1 Select here MESSES AR E AAN s aa Rat Pte Tala if ForeRunnerLE PCI ATM Adapter Add Remove Properties 2 Click Properties Here Primary Network Logon Client for Microsoft Networks File and Print Sharing Description Classical IP Adapter driver Name in parenthesis refers to Classical IP instance Id Version 4 0 Figure 4 14 Network Control Panel with IP Over ATM Driver ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D o gt D 2 o 5 G6 SMOpUIM Windows 95 Installation 5 Edit the Adapter Configuration parameters as necessary for your site The only tabs you can edit are the Adapter Configuration Configuration Params and PVC Connections
270. s for install ing the FORE adapter drivers on a system running the Microsoft Windows 95 operating sys tem hapter 5 Windows NT Installation Provides the requirements and instructions for install ing the FORE adapter drivers on a system running the Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 operating system hapter 6 NetWare HSM Driver Installation Provides the requirements and instructions for installing the FORE HSM driver for use with the Novell LEC on a system running the Nov ell 4 11 operating system hapter 7 NetWare Full Driver Installation Provides the requirements and instructions for installing the full FORE ATM and LANE drivers on a system running the Novell 4 11 and 3 12 operating system hapter 9 Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters Provides procedures for configuring MPOA and QoS parameters for the Windows 95 and Windows NT drivers ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual ELTTEYE Preface hapter 10 Using InFOREmation Center Describes the nFOREmation Center utility for Windows NT and Windows 95 which provides performance monitoring and debugging tools for a FORE adapter running on the Windows NT or Windows 95 operating system hapter 11 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare Describes the FORESTAT utility for use on NetWare systems using the full FORE ATM and LANE drivers This utility can be used with the ForeThought 4 1 6 NetWare drivers Appendix A LED Indica
271. s that carrier is on The other method is to look at the faceplate of the adapter card in the machine The PCA 200EPC adapter receive LEDs will display a red light if no carrier is present The faceplates and LEDs are described in Possible solution If there is no carrier plug in or replace your fiber cable as appropriate Check that the receive and transmit connectors are attached to the correct ports C 2 3 Is the adapter plugged into the correct port on your switch The media type used by the adapter SONET OC 3 UTP must match that of the port into which it plugs in the switch Possible solution Contact your system administrator for switch information if appropriate Verify that the adapter media matches that of the network module it plugs into C 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting C 2 4 Are the adapter drivers loaded An instance of the Novell ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC driver must be loaded for each ELAN to which you are connecting and an instance of the FORENP2E driver for each PCA 200EPC you have installed How to check 1 At the NetWare console type modules 2 In the list of modules make sure that you have ATMELEC or ATMTRLEC and at least one FORENP2E adapter driver loaded Possible solution If the required modules are not loaded load them as necessary either man ually or by adding the LOAD commands to the AUTOEXEC NCF file and restarting
272. sary parameters for IPX support For a FOREFPLE driver the operator could issue the following command to use either of these configuration files LOAD FOREFPLE ATMTCPIP The CFG extension is optional 7 40 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual a li E 4 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Drivers This chapter describes how to upgrade the FORE drivers on a Windows 95 or Windows NT operating system To load new drivers or reconfigure drivers refer to the installation chap ters Chapter 4 Windows 95 Installation for Windows 95 and Chapter 5 Windows NT Installa for Windows NT 8 1 Upgrading the FORE Adapter Software CAUTION When upgrading the FORE drivers on Windows 95 or NT always use the UPGRADE utility provided by S FORE as described in this procedure Attempting to PO upgrade the drivers by deleting old drivers manually 2 HI may lead to problems with your Windows 95 or NT 02 system OS o Tn sg m Use the following procedure to upgrade previously installed ForeThought ATM software on your Windows 95 or NT workstation 1 Insert the ForeRunner software CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Display the Run dialog box by choosing the Start button and then choosing Run 3 Specify the directory path appropriate for your operating system where D indi cates your CD ROM drive as shown in Figure 8 1 D WIN95 UPGRADE EXE for Windows 95 D WINNT I386 UPGRADE EXE for Windows NT
273. second Kb sec Help Displays on line help and version information for InFOREmation Center 10 5 On line Help in InFOREmation Center On line help is available for INFOREmation Center To display the on line help select the Contents option of the Help menu The InFOREmation Center Help window appears as shown in Figure 10 3 You can display help about each field and table displayed in NFOREma tion Center Whang the inPOAE maton Gentes eee Beet Dreem Yeo Vie dee larang copes om inpia ik beni a al dee am YE Na bl Palagi binh lasa 1E Cem lhapirrieq iban Yara La apay aan kal chop ana ran iniwanan an hs kaaa iar naia od ra gaan mara This hapim a KOPI ethan Casa ender earn ibat YAH ian akoa Laaa LA dl Pakana ini ama en MIAR bad maa ink Lesi der blka nagmana a pala kah an ka cher a a LA a Im Laii ints AF Casha Dakia aai Commas Carmien Lew lah Tl hoa iia reapers ow po aan ah ia a GAGA NG Tam id jan pa Buisn AAi a 5 T O D m 3 D S 3 Figure 10 3 InFOREmation Center Help Window 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using InFOREmation Center 10 6 Copying Fields in InFOREmation Center You can copy the contents of fields in INFOREmation Center and paste them into other appli cations To copy an address click on the field and press lt Ctr1 C gt In the application in which you want to paste the address press lt Ctr1 v gt The
274. ser AppleTalk a networking protocol developed by Apple Computer for communication between Apple s products and other computers Independent of the network layer AppleTalk runs on LocalTalk EtherTalk and TokenTalk ARP Address Resolution Protocol a method used to resolve higher level protocol addressing such as IP into the appropriate header data required for ATM i e port VPI and VCI also defines the AAL type to be used ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange a standard character set that typically assigns a 7 bit sequence to each letter number and selected control characters Assigned Cell a cell that provides a service to an upper layer entity or ATM Layer Manage ment entity ATMM entity asxmon a FORE program that repeatedly displays the state of the switch and of all its active ports ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing a method of sending information that resembles normal TDM except that time slots are allocated as needed rather than preassigned to specific transmitters ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode a transfer mode in which the information is organized into cells It is asynchronous in the sense that the recurrence of cells containing information from an individual user is not necessarily periodic ATM Forum an international non profit organization formed with the objective of accelerat ing the use of ATM products and services through a rapid convergence of intero
275. sing the LECS and other default values LECS auto discovery automatic ELAN selection Ethernet LAN Type with a Frame Size of 1516 you can choose the OK button and proceed immediately to step 8 on page 5 22 Otherwise edit the parameters as needed a Ifyou want to disable this driver so it does not start when the system is rebooted select Disable Virtual Driver When this option is selected all parameters for the driver are grayed out and cannot be edited 5 18 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation b Select the media type of the ELAN to which this driver connects either Ethernet or Token Ring c Select the appropriate Frame Size This value must match the frame size of the ELAN d Ifyou have more than one FORE adapter in your system and you want to associate this ELAN with an adapter other than the first you must specify a value inthe Adapter Identifier box This field is read only if only one FORE ATM adapter is installed in your system 5 D o D D 2 o 3 1N SMopuim The adapter identifier for each adapter was assigned in step 8 on page 5 12 of the previous procedure e Ifyou are using an LECS you can choose Automatic ELAN Selection in order to use the default ELAN specified by the LECS In this case you don t need to enter a value in the Emulated LAN Name field and can pro ceed to step 8 f Enter the Emulated LAN Name that you want to join A
276. six full duplex ATM physical connections to the ForeRunner switch NMS Network Management Station the system responsible for managing a network or a portion of a network The NMS talks to network management agents which reside in the managed nodes NNI Network to Network Interface or Network Node Interface the interface between two public network pieces of equipment nonvolatile a term used to describe a data storage device memory that retains its contents when power is lost ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 17 Glossary NuBus a high speed bus used in the Macintosh family of computers structured so that users can put a card into any slot on the board without creating conflict over the priority between those cards OAM Operation and Maintenance Cell a cell that contains ATM LM information It does not form part of the upper layer information transfer octet a grouping of 8 bits similar but not identical to a byte OID Object Identifier the address of a MIB variable OOF Out of Frame a signal condition and alarm in which some or all framing bits are lost OpenView Hewlett Packard s network management software OSI Open Systems Interconnection the 7 layer suite of protocols designed by ISO com mittees to be the international standard computer network architecture OSPF Open Shortest Path First Protocol a routing algorithm for IP that incorporates least
277. sk Manufacturers Network Adapters 3 4 ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter 8 ForeRunner PCA 200E PC PCI Adapter Have Disk Cancel Figure 4 7 Select Network Adapters Dialog Box 3 Select Fore Systems Inc and ForeRunner ELAN Adapter The Network control panel appears with the ELAN driver in the list of installed net work components as shown in Figure 4 8 4 Ifyou are using all of the default values for the driver Using the LANE services the LES and LECS Using the automatic ELAN name in which the driver finds out which ELAN to join from the LECS Using other default values such as using Ethernet rather than Token Ring You don t have to configure the ELAN driver Skip ahead to step 8 4 14 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation Network HEI Configuration The following network components are installed 1 Select here EF ForeRunner ELAN Adapter default if ForeRunnerLE PCI ATM Adapter IP lt SPX compatible Protocol gt ForeRunner ELAN Adapt IP lt SPX compatible Protocol gt ForeRunnerLE PCI ATW NetBEUI gt ForeRunner ELAN Adapter default A b 2 Click Properties Here Add Remove Primary Network Logon Windows Logon 7 Properties Bie and mt Shanna m Description Emulated Adapter driver Name in parenthesis refers to emulated Lan Name
278. sock2 index htm http www sockets com http www winsock com wsresource wsresrce html Many published reference books are also devoted to development in WinSock The WinSock 2 SDK runtime files are required NOTES only for Windows 95 The Winsock 2 support is built in to Windows NT 4 0 ZX90SUIM nc 2 o lt 53 5a Oc 2 25 2H paa z gJ z2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual D 3 Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 2 2 Summary of WinSock2 Features WinSock2 expands the earlier WinSock interfaces and includes support for the following new features This is a partial list of WinSock2 features For the complete list and description of the WinSock2 API refer to the WinSock2 specifications and the WinSock2 SDK e Multiple protocols including ATM The WinSock2 architecture is designed so that the WinSock interface can be used for simultaneous access to up to four different installed protocol stacks e Quality of Service QoS WinSock2 provides mechanisms that allow applications to negotiate for the required quality of service taking advantage of ATM s QoS capabilities e Multipoint and Multicast WinSock2 allows applications to take advantage of ATM point to multipoint capabilities e Overlapped I O WinSock2 supports overlapped I O and other features that can assist applications in performing Real time Multimedia Communications D 2 3 ATM Extensions to the
279. specific adapter as listed in step 9 on page 7 8 and specify the correct ELAN driver either FOREVETH or FOREVTOK 5 D o D D 2 o 3 FENG UG LINEN ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation The sample AUTOEXEC NCF file uses the NOTES BEDROCK CFG file to specify configuration for a ELAN driver A sample BEDROCK CFG file is shown in Figure 7 2 NAME BEDROCK 8022 ECS ADDRESS 47 0005 80 ffe100 0000 f215 0f5b 002048102aef 0a ELAN NAME BEDROCK FRAME ETHERNET 802 2 Figure 7 2 Sample BEDROCK CFG File for a Virtual Ethernet Driver l The ELAN name is case sensitive 7 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation load the adapter driver for your FORE adapter this xample shows the driver for the ForeRunnerLE adapter LOAD FOREFPLE load the virtual ethernet interface using the BEDROCK ELAN configuration file BEDROCK CFG LOAD FOREVETH BEDROCK load a second frame type for the BEDROCK ELAN LOAD FOREVETH FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME BEDROCK II bind the protocols to the ELAN BIND IPX BEDROCK 8022 NET 4 BIND IP BEDROCK II ADDR 198 29 15
280. ssociate destination IP addresses with shortcut circuits Ingress LEC MPCs use configurable parameters called flow descriptors to determine whether and when to trigger creation of shortcut circuits The ingress LEC MPC also monitors the most recent use of a shortcut circuit to determine when to tear down the shortcut Specifically when an ingress LEC MPC sends a packet 1 If a shortcut circuit already exists to the IP destination the LEC MPC sends the packet over this circuit 2 If no shortcut circuit exists the LEC MPC determines whether shortcuts to this IP address are allowed If shortcuts to the destination IP address are not allowed the LEC MPC sends the packet to the gateway router 3 If no shortcut circuits exist and shortcuts to the IP address are allowed the LEC MPC determines if the packet traffic flow exceeds the shortcut enable trigger value set by the flow descriptors for the destination IP address s flow If the flow exceeds the trigger value the LEC MPC tries to establish a shortcut circuit to the destination LEC MPC called the egress LEC MPC If the flow does not exceed the trigger value the ingress LEC MPC simply sends the packet traffic to the gateway router ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 15 Introduction 1 4 5 4 Making a Shortcut When the ingress LEC MPC determines that the packet traffic flow exceeds the shortcut trig ger value the ingress LEC MPC tries to es
281. standard that uses the token passing access method on a ring topology LAN AAL ATM Adaptation Layer the AAL divides the user information into segments suitable for packaging into a series of ATM cells There are several types of AALs in use FORE Sys tems currently supports AAL 5 and AAL 3 4 AAL 3 4 supports connection oriented VBR data transfer and connectionless VBR data transfer respectively AAL 5 is defined as Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer SEAL AAL Connection an association established by the AAL between two or more next higher layer entities ABR Available Bit Rate a type of traffic for which the ATM network attempts to meet that traffic s bandwidth requirements It does not guarantee a specific amount of bandwidth and the end station must retransmit any information that did not reach the far end ACR Allowable Cell Rate parameter defined by the ATM Forum for ATM traffic manage ment ACR varies between the MCR and the PCR and is dynamically controlled using con gestion control mechanisms Address Mask a bit mask used to identify which bits in an address usually an IP address are network significant subnet significant and host significant portions of the complete address This mask is also known as the subnet mask because the subnetwork portion of the address can be determined by comparing the binary version of the mask to an IP address in that subnet The mask holds the same number of bits as the protocol
282. t Addressing and ARP The LAN Emulation Address and ARP Cache Table is displayed as shown in Figure 11 8 ELAN Name rainbow AIM Address MAC Address T 47 0005 86 FFE16 60660 F21C 6067 002048066838 00 66 26 48 66 68 38 47 VUUS 8U FFEL1UU UUNN F4LIA WIBY NUZMANUYUYIA NU MU ZU 4N U7 UY 1A 47 6605 86 FFE100 6000 F41N 2235 002048086BC1 66 66 26 48 68 G6B C1 47 VUUS NU FFE1UU UUNN FZIA MUFE NUZMANIINZZN NU MU ZU 4N 13 02 28 ESCAPE Previous Menu Alt F16 Exit Figure 11 8 ARP Cache Screen The following ARP Cache information is given in the LAN Emulation Address and ARP Cache table ATM Address 20 octet ATM address of a host with which this host has communicated via the ELAN If the cache entry is unresolved the message unresolved appears in this field MAC Address 6 octet Media Access Control MAC address being 11514 emulated by the host with the above ATM address TTL The Time To Live is the time in milliseconds for which ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare an idle table entry remains valid Because Token Ring and Ethernet LANs transmit E gt MAC addresses in opposite bit order Token Ring MAC addresses are shown in opposite bit order compared to Ethernet MAC addresses 11 4 4 Displaying Connection Information To display connection information 1 From the Available Options menu select LAN Emulation 2 A list of avai
283. t ELANs each LEC MPC can join which peer server in a DLE ELAN that each LEC MPC should join and which ELAN the LEC MPC should attempt to join first If a LECS is not available or if you choose not to use it you can manually specify the information required to join a specific ELAN 4 The LEC MPC contacts the LES associated with the ELAN it wants to join and reg isters its MAC ATM address pair It also contacts the BUS associated with the ELAN At this point the LEC MPC and the LES have the information required to allow this host to communicate with other hosts on the ELAN as if it were an Ether net or Token Ring network Refer to the following section for a description of how the LEC MPC connects to other hosts on the ELAN 1 3 2 2 The Connection Process To send packets to another host on the ELAN 1 The LEC MPC calls the LES to map the MAC destination address into an ATM address The LES maintains a mapping table of the address of all LEC MPCs on the ELAN 2 Ifthe LES finds an entry in its table for the destination MAC address it returns the destination ATM address to the LEC MPC 3 The LEC MPC then opens up a point to point ATM connection to the destination host to send the packet 1 3 2 3 Multicast and Broadcast Packets The LEC MPC sends outgoing multicast and broadcast packets to the BUS which uses a point to multipoint connection to send the packets to multiple ATM addresses in the ELAN 1 3 2 4 Accessing Fast Ether
284. tablish a shortcut circuit to the egress LEC MPC The following describes how a shortcut is set up 1 The ingress LEC MPC initiates the shortcut creation process by sending a request called a next hop resolution protocol NHRP request to the MPS it uses as a gate way router this MPS is called the ingress MPS This NHRP request includes the destination s IP address and asks for the corresponding ATM destination address 2 This request is passed along hop by hop until it reaches the final MPS called the egress MPS on the route to the destination IP address 3 The egress MPS looks up the ATM address corresponding to the destination IP address and checks if the device at that address has registered with the local LES as MPOA capable If so it returns the destination ATM address in a NHRP response hop by hop to the ingress LEC MPC 4 When the ingress LEC MPC receives the NHRP response containing the destina tion s ATM address it first checks if a shortcut circuit to that ATM address already exists If a shortcut circuit to that address already exists it sends the packets via the existing shortcut circuit For example this would occur if the ingress MPC was trying to set up a shortcut to a second Ethernet IP station attached to a single Pow erHub If no shortcut circuit exists it opens a new shortcut circuit and begins sending packets over it to the destination 1 4 5 5 Shortcut Teardown Application programs and networking pr
285. tabs Do not attempt to configure the driver through the Driver Type Bindings and Advanced tabs Information config ured through the Advanced tab is ignored by the driver By default the driver is configured to use the Microsoft ARP server at the well known address If the Microsoft ARP server is not available or your site is using a specific ARP server you must specify the ATM address of the ARP Server that this driver uses to resolve addresses of other hosts Get this address from your system administrator You must also specify an identifier for this CLIP driver For other parameters you can use the defaults unless directed otherwise by your sys tem administrator ForeRunner IP over ATM RFC 1577 Adapter Instance Pro KA KA Driver Type Bindings Advanced Adapter Configuration Configuration Params PVC Connections Disable Virtual Driver Toj Click to return all ARP Server ARP Connection Defaults 1 fields to default values MS Default Server Yo Persistent ET p Help Click to display X Non Persistent i ipti FORE field descriptions SYSTEMS Adapter Card Identifier fp CLIP Adapter Identifier ARP Server ATM Address Prefix ESI Sel Copyright c 1996 1998 FORE Systems Inc All rights reserved Figure 4 15 Adapter Configuration Tab 4 24 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 6 Choose the Configuration P
286. tandards develops interface modem and data network rec ommendations Membership includes PTTs scientific and trade associations and private com panies CCITT is part of the International Communications Union a United nations treaty organization in Geneva CDV Cell Delay Variation a quantification of cell clumping for a connection The cell clumping CDV yk is defined as the difference between a cell s expected reference arrival time ck and its actual arrival time ak The expected reference arrival time ck of cell k of a specific connection is max c 1 T a T is the reciprocal of the negotiated peak cell rate CE Connection Endpoint a terminator at one end of a layer connection within a SAP CEI Connection Endpoint Identifier an identifier of a CE that can be used to identify the connection at a SAP Cell an ATM Layer protocol data unit PDU The basic unit of information transported in ATM technology each 53 byte cell contains a 5 byte header and a 48 byte payload Cell Delineation the protocol for recognizing the beginning and end of ATM cells within the raw serial bit stream Cell Header ATM Layer protocol control information ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 5 Glossary Cell Port a port on the CellPath 300 that transmits and receives traffic in cell format Cell Rate Adaptation a function performed by a protocol module in which empty cells known
287. te Eni Ta GES Figure 5 6 Network Settings Control Panel 4 SelectHave Disk The Insert Disk dialog box appears as shown in Figure 5 8 5 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation Select Network Adapter HES Click the Network Adapter that matches your hardware and then Ha click OK If you have an installation disk for this component click Have Disk 5 D o D D 2 o 3 1N SMopuim Network Adapter 83 Building Network Adapter Option List Figure 5 7 Select Network Adapter Dialog Box ae Insert disk with software provided by the software or hardware manufacturer If the files can be found at a different location for example on another drive type a pana new path to the files below d winnt Figure 5 8 Insert Disk Dialog Box ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows NT Installation 5 Insert the ForeRunner software CD into the CD ROM drive and change the default drive specification to indicate D windows winnt as shown in Figure 5 8 D indicates your CD ROM drive 6 Choose the OK button The Select OEM Option dialog box appears as shown in Figure 5 9 Select OEM Option Choose a software supported by this hardware manufacturer s disk ForeRunner ATM ELAN Adapter ForeRunnerHE 6 Th ForeRunner PCA ATM eee Cancel Help Figure 5 9 Select OEM Option Dialog Box 7
288. tem that performs data forward ing address resolution and other control functions when communicating with other compo nents within an ELAN lecs a FORE program that implements the assignment of individual LECs to different emu lated LANs LECS LAN Emulation Configuration Server the LECS is responsible for the initial config uration of LECs It provides information about available ELANs that a LEC may join together with the addresses of the LES and BUS associated with each ELAN leq a FORE program that provides information about an ELAN This information is obtained from the LES and includes MAC addresses registered on the ELAN together with their corre sponding ATM addresses LES LAN Emulation Server the LES implements the control coordination function for an ELAN The LES provides the service of registering and resolving MAC addresses to ATM addresses Link Down Trap a Cell Path 300 SNMP trap that signifies that the Ethernet interface has tran sitioned from a normal state to an error state or has been disconnected Link Up Trap a CellPath 300 SNMP trap that signifies that the Ethernet interface has transi tioned from an error condition to a normal state ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 15 Glossary LLC Logical Link Control a protocol developed by the IEEE 802 committee for data link layer transmission control the upper sublayer of the IEEE Layer 2 OSI protocol t
289. ter ELAN shortcuts according to their user editable or factory default settings ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 1 3 Introduction LAN Emulation Server LES Broadcast and Unknown Server BUS Runs on a PowerHub 7000 a ForeRunner switch or a Solaris workstation Maintains information about the LEC MPCs within a single ELAN and performs address resolution The LES can be configured to support or disable MPOA operation in an ELAN The LES accepts MPOA parameters from registering LEC MPCs and MPSs and also distributes MPOA parameters to LEC MPCs in response to queries This is the mechanism used by LEC MPCs to determine whether routers in the ELAN are MPOA aware Runs on a PowerHub 7000 a ForeRunner switch or a Solaris workstation Provides services within a single ELAN allowing broadcasts multicast and unknown unicasts The BUS is MPOA ignorant 1 3 2 An Example LANE Configuration Figure 1 1 shows an example configuration of a single ELAN in a FORE network The ELAN includes PC Workstations each running a LEC MPC Each has a ForeRunner ATM adapter the ForeRunner driver for the adapter and one or more ForeRunner ELAN drivers installed Two ForeRunner ASX 200BX switches running LESs BUSs and LEC MPCs Each switch is also running an LECS The LES BUS pairs are configured as peers under DLE The peer configuration allows the LEC MPCs associated with a particular LES BUS automatically
290. termines the point at which the driver creates a direct connection with a destination rather than using the Broadcast and Unknown Server BUS By avoiding the creation of direct connections for infrequent traffic such as SNMP polls the overhead of switch CPU and circuit resources can be reduced The LANE virtual circuit threshold applies only to destinations within the host s ELAN When the amount of traffic sent by the driver on this connection reaches this threshold the driver will create a VC for the LANE traffic Below this threshold the driver uses the BUS to handle the traffic for this connection 9 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Configuring MPOA and Quality of Service Parameters 9 1 3 MPOA Shortcut Threshold This parameter specified as a rate in packets per second determines the point at which the driver attempts to create an MPOA shortcut to handle traffic for a particular traffic flow to a destination outside the host s ELAN and must therefore be routed The shortcut avoids any routers in the network creating a direct connection with the destination MPOA shortcuts apply only to destinations outside the host s ELAN and do not have QoS parameters applied to them When the amount of traffic sent by the driver on this connection reaches this threshold the driver will attempt to create the shortcut The driver tears down idle shortcuts when traffic on the shortcut drops below a thresho
291. th 300 SNMP trap that indicates that SNMP alarm messages or agents have been enabled Yellow Alarm an alarm that occurs on a device when the signal from the device is not received at the far end 11 110 3 X 21 ITU T standard for serial communications over synchronous digital lines The X 21 pro tocol is used primarily in Europe and Japan X 25 ITU T standard that defines how connections between DTE and DCE are maintained for remote terminal access and computer communications in PDNs X 25 specifies LAPB a data link protocol and PLP a network layer protocol Frame Relay has to some degree super seded X 25 See also Frame Relay LAPB and PLP ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 27 Glossary Glossary 28 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Index Numerics 50 micrometer core fiber 1 25 A AAL statistics viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 22 viewing in NetWare 6 11 11 5 adapter unit number NetWare 7 36 address resolution cache 11 14 architecture adapter software 1 23 ARP cache entries viewing in INFOREmation Center 10 7 viewing in NetWare 11 14 ATM addresses format of 3 4 D 11 ATM Forum LAN Emulation Over ATM Version 1 0 cece eee eee 1 2 ATM statistics application for Windows 10 1 NetWare a 11 1 ATM definition 0 1 1 D 1
292. the LES You want to bind additional frame types to the ELAN driver The default frame type is 802 2 for Ethernet and TOKEN SNAP for Token Ring You want to modify any other default information specified by the installation process To add this information manually you must edit the AUTOEXEC NCF file to add parameters to the LOAD FOREVETH or LOAD FOREVTOK command The parameters for the LOAD FORE VETH and LOAD FOREVTOK statements are described in the following sections Virtual Ethernet Driver FOREVETH LAN on page 7 31 Virtual Token Ring Driver FOREVTOK LAN on page 7 33 In the AUTOEXEC NCF There must be one LOAD FOREFxxx statement for each FORE ATM adapter you have installed There must be one LOAD FOREVETH or LOAD FOREVTOK statement for each ELAN to which you are connecting You can also include additional LOAD FORE VETH or LOAD FOREVTOK statements to bind additional frame types to the driver ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 21 5 D o D D 2 o 3 FENG UG LINEN NetWare Full Driver Installation A portion of a sample AUTOEXEC NCF file is shown in Figure 7 11 The lines that begin with are informational and need not be entered when modifying the AUTOEXEC NCF file The ELAN name is case sensitive LOAD parameters for the LAN drivers that are misspelled or which
293. the PC User s Manual On NAA WA Hardware Installation This section provides procedures for installing a PCA 200EPC ForeRunnerLE or ForeRunnerHE ATM adapter in a PC These adapters are listed in Table 2 1 Table 2 1 FORE PC Adapters Adapter Bus Requirement PCI 2 0 2 1 ForeRunnerLE also referred to as the LE adapters Bus Master Slot PCI 2 0 2 1 ForeRunner PCA 200EPC also referred to as the PCA adapter Bus Master Slot DateRiunierHE Giso sete toas he HE adapters PETA oreRunner also referred to as the adapters Bus Master Slot TI 2 Please read all information carefully before attempting installation S O Pi 5 You cannot install a PCA 200EPC and a a mi ForeRunnerLE or ForeRunnerHE adapter in the same 5 PC o 2 1 General Installation Procedures Installation of an FORE adapter into a PC is a simple procedure However because there are wide variations in the procedures used to open the various PC system units these instructions provide the common steps for all PCs These instructions may not exactly match the procedure for your specific PC When installing a FORE adapter please refer to your o gt PC system User s Manual for additional installation information ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Installation 2 1 1 PCI Slot Configuration Some PCs may have a BIOS that requires configuration of the PCI slot PCs with a BIOS that conforms to the Plug
294. the name of the adapter driver The default name is the name of the adapter driver file e g FOREFPLE in the case of a ForeRunnerLE adapter driver OC3 FRAMING Optional applies to OC 3 adapters only Specifies the lt SONET SDH gt type of framing used for this adapter SONET or SDH The default is SONET EMPTY CELL Optional applies to OC 3 adapters only Specifies lt IDLE whether empty cells are marked as idle or unassigned UNASSIGNED gt The default is unassigned Loading the adapter driver automatically loads several other components e FOREMUX the adapter multiplexing layer e FOREOSP or FOREOSP3 for NetWare 3 12 the Operating System Portability module FOREPRSR the parser 7 6 1 1 Example The following is an example of the LOAD command for the driver LOAD FOREFPLE NAME ATMDRIVER SLOT 1 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 6 2 Adapter Multiplexor FOREMUX NLM The adapter multiplexor FOREMUX NLM allows the adapter driver to support multiple adapter cards and allows the network stack to support adapter cards of different types e g adapters simultaneously This module is loaded automatically when other modules are loaded The adapter multiplexor supports the following LOAD line parameter TRACE lt level gt Optional Specifies the level and type of tracing to perform For the tracing information to appear the FORE
295. the protocol control information located at the end of a PDU Glossary 24 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary Transit Delay the time difference between the instant at which the first bit of a PDU crosses one designated boundary and the instant at which the last bit of the same PDU crosses a sec ond designated boundary trap a program interrupt mechanism that automatically updates the state of the network to remote network management hosts The SNMP agent on the switch supports these SNMP traps 11 110 3 UAS Unavailable Seconds a measurement of signal quality Unavailable seconds start accruing when ten consecutive severely errored seconds occur UBR Unspecified Bit Rate a type of traffic that is not considered time critical e g ARP messages pure data allocated whatever bandwidth is available at any given time UBR traf fic is given a best effort priority in an ATM network with no guarantee of successful trans mission UDP User Datagram Protocol the TCP IP transaction protocol used for applications such as remote network management and name service access this lets users assign a name such as RVAX 2 S to a physical or numbered address Unassigned Cells a generated cell identified by a standardized virtual path identifier VPI and virtual channel identifier VCI value which does not carry information from an applica tion using the ATM Layer service
296. the server C 2 5 Is the adapter receiving and transmitting cells How to check 1 Load the MONITOR NLM module 2 Select LAN WAN information from Available Options 3 Select the FORENP2E adapter from the list 4 Review the Connection Manager statistics Possible solution If cells are not being transmitted or received recheck that the adapter is plugged into the correct media type on the switch and that the correct FORE modules are loaded If these are all correct it is possible you have a hardware problem Contact FORE Technical Support ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual YIOM 9N 21EMI9N 9A0N fo c z D 72 T fo fe 3 Q Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting C 2 6 Has the adapter connected to the desired ELAN How to check 1 Issue the command for Ethernet ELANSs LOAD ATMELEC STATUS or for a Token Ring ELAN LOAD ATMTRLEC STATUS 2 If the LEC STATE is not LEC OPERATIONAL you may have misconfigured the driver or there may be a problem with the LANE services on the network Possible solution Check that any unavailable addresses are specified correctly in the LOAD ATMELEC or LOAD ATMTRLEC command in the AUTOEXEC NCF file If they are specified cor rectly contact your system administrator or refer to the documentation for the platform on which the LANE Emulation services are running C 2 7 Is the adapter using the correct
297. thernet or Token Ring only faster FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing a method of dividing an available frequency range into parts with each having enough bandwidth to carry one channel FEBE Far End Block Error an error detected by extracting the 4 bit FEBE field from the path status byte G1 The legal range for the 4 bit field is between 0000 and 1000 representing zero to eight errors Any other value is interpreted as zero errors FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification bit set by a Frame Relay network to inform data terminal equipment DTE receiving the frame that congestion was experienced in the path from source to destination DTE receiving frames with the FECN bit set can request that higher level protocols take flow control action as appropriate Compare with BECN Glossary 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary FERF Far End Receive Failure a line error asserted when a 110 binary pattern is detected in bits 6 7 8 of the K2 byte for five consecutive frames A line FERF is removed when any pat tern other than 110 is detected in these bits for five consecutive frames FIFO First In First Out a method of coordinating the sequential flow of data through a buffer Aiessoj5 Flag a specific bit pattern used to identify the beginning or end of a frame Frame a variable length group of data bits with a specific format containing flags at the beginning and end to p
298. tion eee eae eens 1 4 1 3 2 1 The Initialization Process a 1 5 1 3 2 2 The Connection Process 0 000 e eee eee eee 1 6 1 3 2 3 Multicast and Broadcast Packets A aa 1 6 1 3 2 4 Accessing Fast Ethernet and FDDI Networks 1 6 1 3 2 5 Intelligent BUS 0c eee 1 6 1 3 2 6 Multiple ELANS 222 2 1 7 1 3 2 7 Distributed LAN Emulation 0 0 0 0000 1 7 1 3 2 8 Automatic ELAN Selection 000 c eee eee 1 7 1 3 2 9 ILMI LECS Discovery 0 0000 e eee eee 1 7 MPOA OvervieW 0 2 2 tenet eee 1 8 1 4 1 LANE Without MPOA 000 000 e eee tees 1 8 1 4 2 Next Hop Resolution Protocol NHRP cee eee 1 9 1 4 3 MPOA Integrates LANE and NHRP 00 000s eeee 1 10 1 4 3 1 MPOA Shortcuts 00 000 ee 1 10 1 4 4 MPOA Components 2 0000 e eee eae 1 11 1 4 4 1 LANE MPOA Client LEC MPC 00005 1 11 1 4 4 2 MPOA Server MPS 222 cece eee eee eee 1 12 1 4 5 MPOA Example 0 000 eee eee eee 1 12 1 4 5 1 MPS Configuration 000 ce eee 1 14 1 4 5 2 LEC MPC Initialization 00 0000 eee eee 1 14 1 4 5 3 Flow Analysis 0 00 00 aaa 1 15 1 4 5 4 Making a Shortcut 000 c eee eee 1 16 1 4 5 5 Shortcut Teardown 0 00 ce eee 1 16 Overview of Classical IP Windows 95 and NT 20000 cee cena 1 17 1 5 1 Logical IP Subnets e430 snes ATEN NG NG
299. to reconnect to the remaining functional peer if their home LES BUS fails A Powerhub 7000 running a LEC MPC and providing access to non ATM net works ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction LEC MPC ATM E a Ei Each PC a Al Ca PC2 F m runs a aia PC5 a PC1 PC3 LEC MPC PC4 PC6 El ASX 200BX Runs an LECS ASX 200BX Runs an LECS S SWITCH LES BUS and SWITCH LES BUS and 5 ko LEC MPC PowerHub 7000 Runs a LEC MPC MPS ly ma a layed oo a Fast Ethernet FDDI Ethernet OT Q Figure 1 1 An Example of an ELAN 1 3 2 1 The Initialization Process Each LEC MPC goes through the following process when it starts up 1 The LEC MPC obtains its own ATM address via address registration Optionally you can manually specify the ATM address 2 The LEC MPC establishes a connection to a LECS using a well known address the Permanent Virtual Circuit 0 17 or via ILMI Optionally you can manually specify the address of the LECS ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Introduction 3 The LEC MPC requests the information necessary to join a specified ELAN or the default ELAN The LECS has information about available ELANs wha
300. tor does not add an extension The Name Space Provider can be installed and registered with WinSock at the same time as the Service Provider as described in Installing and Upgrading the Service Provider on D 6 D 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 2 Getting Started WinSock2 and the Service Provider Because the FORE ATM Service Provider is integrated as a behind the scenes component of the WinSock2 API developers familiar with WinSock2 should be able to use the Service Pro vider without great difficulty This document is intended to point out information that applies to ATM in general using the ATM extensions to WinSock2 and the current status of the FORE ATM Service Provider The following sections describe where to find further comprehensive information on Win dows Sockets 2 and provide required information for developing applications with the FORE ATM Service Provider and Windows Sockets 2 Refer to Brief Overview of ATM on page for ATM concepts such as SVCs and PVCs D 2 1 Refer to the WinSock 2 Software Development Kit SDK Intel and Microsoft provide the Windows Sockets 2 SDK to developers As a WinSock2 devel oper you should reference the documentation in the SDK Also there are numerous World Wide Web sites devoted to development in WinSock Among these are e http www stardust com http www intel com ial win
301. tors Describes the meaning of the LED status indicators on the FORE adapter Appendix B Network Troubleshooting Describes troubleshooting techniques for the adapter in a Windows NT or Windows 95 system Appendix C Novell NetWare Network Troubleshooting Describes troubleshooting tech niques for the adapter in a NetWare system Appendix D Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 Describes how to use the FORE WinSock Service Provider Interface SPI provided with the FORE adapter driv ers This SPI can be used with WinSock running on Windows 95 or NT Use of the SPI requires knowledge of ATM networking and WinSock programming ii ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Preface Technical Support In the U S A customers can reach FORE Systems Technical Assistance Center TAC using any one of the following methods PETTEYE 1 Select the Support link from FORE s World Wide Web page http www fore com 2 Send questions via e mail to support fore com 3 Telephone questions to support at 800 671 FORE 3673 or 724 742 6999 4 FAX questions to support at 724 742 7900 Technical support for customers outside the United States should be handled through the local distributor or via telephone at the following number 1 724 742 6999 No matter which method is used to reach FORE Support customers should be ready to pro vide the following e A su
302. tory contain ing the files downloaded from the FORE FIP site 2 Follow the instructions of the installation utility You are given the following options depending on what you want to do Install the Service and Name Provider on a machine for the first time Upgrade the Service and Name Provider on a machine on which an earlier version of the SPI has been installed Remove the Service and Name Provider When you have completed all steps a message appears indicating that the SPI has been installed upgraded or deleted ZHOOSUIM Nec Du lt 53 O Q 9 2 ZO ay 2 m z5 SE ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual D 7 Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 4 Using the Service Provider D 4 1 Recognizing the Service Provider in Your Application FORESP DLL must be registered with WS2_32 DLL as described in Installing and Upgrad ing the Service Provider on page D 6 After the registration WS2_32 DLL relies on the parameters of the API socket creation functions socket and WSASocket to determine which Service Provider to utilize In the case of the socket function the WS2_32 DLL finds the first entry in the set of installed WSAPROTOCOL_INFO structs that matches the values supplied in the tuple formed by the address family socket type protocol parameters To preserve backwards compatibility the WinSock2 DLL treats the value of zero for either address
303. trol Panel The Control Panel appears c Double click on the System icon The System Properties control panel appears 2 Choose the Device Manager tab The Device Manager information appears as shown in Figure 4 19 A question mark appears next to the PCI card 5 D o D D 2 o 5 S6 SMOPUIM ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 31 Windows 95 Installation System Properties ka Ka General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection Computer c89 CDROM c3 Disk drives a Display adapters 23 Floppy disk controllers 3 Keyboard Monitor A Mouse 89 Network adapters D Other devices pe a Ports COM amp LPT o SCSI controllers Sound video and game controllers Bi System devices Properties Refresh Remove Print coca Figure 4 19 Device Manager Tab GOES BOSSES 4 Remove and reboot or select Properties CF FE 3 At this point you have two options a You can remove the unknown card from the list by highlighting it and choosing the Remove button You can then reboot the machine Windows 95 will discover the adapter and you can proceed to install the driver as described in Installing the FORE ATM Adapter Driver on page 4 6 b You can continue with the manual installation by proceeding to step 4 of this procedure 4 32 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters fo
304. ts LISs Using NHRP routers are still required to interconnect these subnets but NHRP permits inter mediate routers to be bypassed on the data path NHRP allows entities called Next Hop Cli ents NHCs to send queries between different subnets These queries are propagated using Next Hop Servers NHSs via paths found using standard routing protocols Consequently NHRP enables the establishment of VCC data paths across subnet boundaries without requir ing physical routers in the data path ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 o Qa c O Pad o m Introduction 1 4 3 MPOA Integrates LANE and NHRP The ATM Forum developed the Multi Protocol over ATM MPOA specification to integrate the intra ELAN communications that LANE supports with the cross subnet communications that routers and NHRP support By integrating these two protocols MPOA provides faster more predictable cross subnet connections MPOA introduces LANE MPOA Clients LEC MPCs and MPOA Servers MPSs and defines the protocols that are required for LEC MPCs and MPSs to communicate LEC MPCs issue queries for ATM addresses and receive replies from the MPS using these protocols MPOA also maintains interoperability with the existing infrastructure of routers MPOA Serv ers reside in routers that run standard Internetwork Layer routing protocols such as OSPF thus providing integration with existing networks 1 4 3 1 MPOA Shortcuts For
305. typically the same for all ports on a single switch For example 47000580ffe1000000f2150f5b e The end system identifier ESI consisting of bytes 14 through 19 which usually is the six byte hardware MAC address of a particular adapter card For example 002048102aef e The selector byte the last byte of the ATM address For example Oa The following is a sample of the entire ATM address 47000580ffe1000000f2150f5b002048102aef0a If you are specifying the address in NetWare Windows NT or Windows 95 you can use peri ods to separate the logical components of the address 47000580ffe1000000f2150f5b 002048102aef 0a The periods used in the sample address above are included to make the address easier to read Their use is not required and they can be placed at irregular intervals as frequently as every byte 3 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Pre Installation Checklist 3 4 How to Create Installation Diskettes If you cannot install the ForeThought drivers from the ForeRunner software CD you can create diskettes using the CRDISK utility included with the CD When creating diskettes note that you must create separate installation diskettes for LE and PCA adapters You will need three diskettes to hold the installation files 1 Ina DOS window open the WINNT or WIN95 directory in the ForeRunner 5 0 software CD depending on which operating system you are installing on 2 Insert a blank floppy dis
306. ual Token Ring driver To upper level protocols this driver appears to be a conventional Token Ring driver You can install a total of 16 FOREVETH or FOREVTOK drivers allowing you to connect to up to 16 ELANSs simultaneously through your FORE adapter After loading the ATM driver and FOREVETH or FOREVTOK drivers you must bind your higher level protocols to the FOREVETH and FOREVTOK drivers as if they were Ethernet or Token Ring drivers 7 2 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual NetWare Full Driver Installation 7 2 The FORE Driver Files The relevant FORE driver files are included in the windows netware ft4 1 6 directory of the ForeThought software CD and are listed in Table 7 1 The same software CD is used for installation on NetWare 3 12 4 1 or 4 11 If you must install the files from a diskette refer to E gt the README TXT file on the CD for information about creating a NetWare installation diskette Table 7 1 NetWare Files on the ForeThought Software CD NetWare Driver Files fsi2001 cfg forefp2e lan foreprsr nim fsi2002 cfg forefp2e ldi foresig nlm fsi2003 cfg forefple lan foreveth lan forecon nim forefple ldi fForeveth ldi forefe2 lan foreilmi nlm Forevtok lan forefe2 1di fForeinst nlm Forevtok 1ldi forefe2e lan forelec nlm install ncf forefe2e ldi foremux nim install3 dat forefp2 lan foreosp nlm install4 dat forefp2 1di fo
307. uration Server LECS on the local host Glossary 14 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary LAN Access Concentrator a LAN access device that allows a shared transmission medium to accommodate more data sources than there are channels currently available within the transmission medium LAPB Link Access Procedure Balanced Data link protocol in the X 25 protocol stack LAPB is a bit oriented protocol derived from HDLC See also HDLC and X 25 LAX 20 a FORE Systems LAN Access Switch designed to connect Ethernet Token Ring and FDDI LANs to ForeRunner ATM networks The LAX 20 is a multiport multiprotocol internet working switch that combines the advantages of a high performance LAN switch and a full featured ATM interface capable of carrying LAN traffic 1 11 10 3 Layer Entity an active layer within an element Layer Function a part of the activity of the layer entities Layer Service a capability of a layer and the layers beneath it that is provided to the upper layer entities at the boundary between that layer and the next higher layer Layer User Data the information transferred between corresponding entities on behalf of the upper layer or layer management entities for which they are providing services le a FORE program that implements both the LAN Emulation Server LES and the Broad cast Unknown Server BUS LEC LAN Emulation Client the component in an end sys
308. us ATM devices and with endpoints at the termination of the ATM network EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory see PROM EQL Equalization the process of compensating for line distortions ES End System a system in which an ATM connection is terminated or initiated An origi nating end system initiates the ATM connection and a terminating end system terminates the ATM connection OAM cells may be generated and received ES Errored Seconds a second during which at least one code violation occurred ESF Extended Superframe T1 framing standard that provides frame synchronization cyclic redundancy and data link bits Ethernet a 10 Mbps coaxial standard for LANs in which all nodes connect to the cable where they contend for access Fairness as related to Generic Flow Control GFC fairness is defined as meeting all of the agreed quality of service QoS requirements by controlling the order of service for all active connections Far End in a relationship between two devices in a circuit the far end device is the one that is remote FCC a board of commissioners appointed by the President under the Communications Act of 1934 with the authority to regulate all interstate telecommunications originating in the United States including transmission over phone lines FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface high speed data network that uses fiber optic as the physical medium Operates in similar manner to E
309. ver FORENP2E LAN or FOREHE LAN i Via PCA adapter to ATM network Figure 6 1 FORE and Novell Driver Configuration ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 5 D a HI D e 5 Installation Using INETCFG 4914 NSH 9JEMI9N NetWare HSM Driver Installation The FORE ATM HSM driver included on the NOTES ForeRunner 5 0 software CD can only be used with the PCA 200EPC adapter It cannot be used with a ForeRunnerLE or ForeRunnerHE adapter 6 1 Installation Using INETCFG 6 1 1 Step One Install and Configure the FORE HSM 1 Insert the ForeThought software CD into the CD ROM drive If you must install the drivers from a diskette copy NOTES the FORENP2E LAN and FORENP2E LDI files from the windows netware hsmdriver pca directory of the CD to a diskette 2 From the NetWare console prompt add a search path to indicate the directory con taining the drivers corresponding to your adapter search add g windows netware hsmdriver pca In this example the CD ROM drive is indicated by g Be sure to indicate the correct path for your CD ROM drive or floppy drive 3 Load the INETCFG module LOAD INETCFG 4 Select Boards The Configured Boards list appears it might be empty if you have no configured adapters on your server Press the lt Insert gt key A list of adapter drivers appears Press the lt Insert gt key again The New Driver window appe
310. vice Provider There are different FORESP DLL files for Windows 95 and Windows NT e FORENAME DLL the DLL file for the FORE Name Service Provider e WSATMDRV VXD a driver file used in Windows 95 e WSATMDRV SYS a driver file used in Windows NT These files are installed upg graded or deleted ay the setup utility described in Installing and The WINSOCK2 directory also contains files for the Setup utility and sample files to aid in understanding the use of the FORE ATM service and name providers with WinSock2 ZHOOSUIM nc Du lt 53 0 Q Ps 2 ZO 2 D 2 m z5 SE ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual D 5 Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 3 Installing and Upgrading the Service Provider Installation of the FORE ATM service and name provider requires the following steps 1 Check that you have the required WinSock 2 files in the correct directories on your machine On Windows 95 you must install the Windows Sockets 2 SDK prior to installing running the setup utility to install the FORE service provider 2 Download the FORE service provider and name service provider files from the FORE FIP site 3 Run the Setup utility to install the service provider and register it with your Win Sock 2 files Setup copies the relevant directories and files to the required locations on your hard drive and registers the service provider files with WinSock The fol lowing s
311. w a pair of DCE and DTE devices to share the implementation of a particular WAN protocol The protocols all define the packet formats used to transport data packets between DCE and DTE devices E1 Wide area digital transmission scheme used predominantly in Europe that carries data at a rate of 2 048 Mbps E1 lines can be leased for private use from common carriers 11 110 3 E3 Wide area digital transmission scheme used predominantly in Europe that carries data at a rate of 34 368 Mbps E3 lines can be leased for private use from common carriers EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory an EPROM that can be cleared with electrical signals rather than the traditional ultraviolet light EFCI Explicit Forward Congestion Indication the second bit of the payload type field in the header of an ATM cell the EFCI bit indicates network congestion to receiving hosts On a congested switch the EFCI bit is set to 1 by the transmitting network module when a certain number of cells have accumulated in the network module s shared memory buffer When a cell is received that has its EFCI bit set to 1 the receiving host notifies the sending host which should then reduce its transmission rate EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol used by gateways in an internet connecting autonomous networks EIA Electronics Industries Association a USA trade organization that issues its own standards and contributes to AN
312. with Yes If older versions of the files exist in the SYS SYSTEM directory the installation application asks if you want to save or overwrite the older files Choose the appropriate action for your requirements The installation application prompts for confirmation 12 Once the installation application copies all files from the ForeThought software CD to the server SYS SYSTEM partition the installation application displays two windows see Figure 7 8 FOREFxxx x Parameters Board FOREFxxx x Driver FOREFxxx Actions 5 D o D D 2 o 3 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 7 17 NetWare Full Driver Installation 13 You can accept the default value for the Bus Slot field the default value is blank in the section FOREFxxx_x Parameters This field determines which physical board uses this driver How slot numbers are assigned NetWare associates the driver that is loaded first with the first matching physical board in the lowest numbered slot 14 In the section Board FOREFxxx_x Driver FOREFxxx Actions choose Save parameters and load driver see Figure 7 8 FOREFPLE_1 Parameters PCI Bus Slot Driver version Version 4 00C 9684215 Select Modify driver parameters Save parameters and load driver Help XF1 Previous screen lt Esc gt Change Lists lt Tab gt Abort lt Alt gt lt F1i gt Figure 7 8 NetWare Driver Actions Screen 15 The
313. wo specifies a virtual connection On a switch fabric each virtual channel switches cells with a specific VPI and VCI received on a specific port to another port with a new VPI and a new VCI Unlike through paths virtual channels describe a single virtual connection between two endpoints connected to a switch fabric D 10 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Using the FORE ATM Service Provider with WinSock2 D 5 1 1 Switched and Permanent Virtual Channels There are generally two types of virtual channels e Switched Virtual Channels SVCs which are established by network signalling and last only for the duration of the information transfer e Permanent Virtual Channels PVCs which are established manually for dedi cated long term information transport between locations PVCs may be required when signalling cannot be used PVCs can be created from the WinSock API using WSAIoct1 SIO ASSOCIATE PVC The virtual channels are identified by the VPI and VCI In this release of the FORE Service Provider only ma VPI 0 zero is available D 5 1 2 ATM Addresses The ATM address is 20 bytes in length and is specified as 40 hexadecimal characters Three address formats have been specified DCC ICD and E 164 FORE Systems implements the ICD ATM format Per the UNI specifications all private networks should accept initial call setup messages containing ATM address with any of the approved formats and forward the call
314. y for 01 17 1996 at 14 11 04 AAL 3 4 AAL 5 Total Cells Transmitted 0 69480 69480 Cells Received 0 67670 67670 Cells Dropped 0 0 0 Cell Payload CRC Errors 0 Cell Protocol Errors 0 Cell Congestion Experienced 0 PDUs Transmitted 0 42697 42697 PDUs Received 0 44387 44387 PDUs Dropped 0 0 0 PDU Protocol Errors 0 0 0 PDU CRC Errors 0 VPI OutRange NoConnect 0 0 VCI OutRange NoConnect 0 31581 RecvBuffs Alloc Fail 0 Receive Carrier ON RecvDescr Alloc Fail 0 LAN Emulation and Address Resolution Cache for ELAN bambam ELAN State Connected bar ELAN Type Ethernet z Max MTU Size 1516 Bytes as ATM Address 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 00204811323F 00 ra LECS Address 47 0079 00 000000 0000 0000 0000 00A03E000001 00 o a LES Address 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 0020481A0352 08 5 BUS Address 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 0020481A0352 09 ATM Address MAC Address TTL 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 002048112FF1 00 00 20 48 11 2F F1 0 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 00204811323A 00 00 20 48 11 32 3A 2000 Figure 11 10 Sample NetWare Log Part One of Two ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 11 19 Viewing ATM Statistics in NetWare Connection Table for ELAN bambam VPCI AAL ATM Address Type TTL 61 5 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 002048112FF1 00 SVC 0 41 5 47 0005 80 FFE100 0000 F21A 0352 00204811323A 00 SVC 2000 Driver Firmware Adapter Revision Information Card Type PCA 20
315. y see IP addresses written in dot notation for instance 192 228 32 14 see IP net mask ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Glossary 13 Glossary IP Netmask a pattern of 32 bits that is combined with an IP address to determine which bits of an IP address denote the network number and which denote the host number Netmasks are useful for sub dividing IP networks IP netmasks are written in dot notation for instance 255 255 255 0 see IP address IPX Protocol Internetwork Packet Exchange a NetWare protocol similar to the Xerox Network Systems XNS protocol that provides datagram delivery of messages IS Intermediate system a system that provides forwarding functions or relaying functions or both for a specific ATM connection OAM cells may be generated and received ISA Bus a bus standard developed by IBM for expansion cards in the first IBM PC The orig inal bus supported a data path only 8 bits wide IBM subsequently developed a 16 bit version for its AT class computers The 16 bit AT ISA bus supports both 8 and 16 bit cards The 8 bit bus is commonly called the PC XT bus and the 16 bit bus is called the AT bus ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network an emerging technology that is beginning to be offered by the telephone carriers of the world ISDN combines voice and digital network ser vices into a single medium or wire ISO International Standards Organization a volunta
316. yer Using this AAL type packs all 48 bytes of an ATM cell information field with data It also assumes that only one message is crossing the UNI at a time That is multiple end users at one location cannot interleave messages on the same VC but must queue them for sequential transmission Segment a single ATM link or group of interconnected ATM links of an ATM connection Semipermanent Connection a connection established via a service order or via network management SES Severely Errored Seconds a second during which more event errors have occurred than the SES threshold SF Superframe Common framing type used on T1 circuits SF consists of 12 frames of 192 bits each with the 193rd bit providing error checking and other functions SF has been super seded by ESF but is still widely used Also called D4 framing See also ESF SGMP Simple Gateway Management Protocol the predecessor to SNMP Shaping Descriptor n ordered pairs of GCRA parameters LL used to define the negotiated traffic shape of an APP connection The traffic shape refers to the load balancing of a network In this context load balancing means configuring the data flows to maximize the efficiency of the network SIR Sustained Information Rate the long term average data transmission rate across the User to Network Interface SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service a high speed datagram based public data network service expected to be widely use
317. you must use the procedure in Installing the ATM Driver Manually on page 4 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual 4 7 5 D o L D 2 o 5 S6 SMOPUIM Windows 95 Installation 4 4 4 Configuring the FORE ATM Adapter Driver If Necessary Windows 95 installs the FORE ATM driver using the default values If these default values are not acceptable for your site you must configure the driver using the following procedure You must configure the driver if one of the following is true e You are not using ILMI e You want to change the default transmit or receive buffer and queue sizes the default values which are acceptable for most sites are listed on page 4 11 Contact your system administrator to determine if any of these conditions apply to you Use the following procedure if you must configure the FORE ATM Adapter driver 1 Display the Network control panel shown in Figure 4 3 by using the following procedure a Choose the Start button on the Taskbar a Choose Settings b Choose Control Panel The Control Panel appears c Double click on the Network icon The Network control panel appears as shown in Figure 4 3 4 8 ForeRunner HE 200E LE ATM Adapters for the PC User s Manual Windows 95 Installation 2 Select the ForeRunner xxx ATM Adapter in the list of installed network components and choose the Properties button Network 24x Configuration The followi

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