D-Link DFE-570TX User's Manual
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1. eee 8 Using a Crossover Cable sse 8 SOFTWARE 9 Driver Installation nc cccccccccccccccccccccscccscscscsesessscseseseseseseseseseseseseeees 9 Status and 5 00 8 10 Status and Aleris rreren ee eren enne 10 Introduction Thank you for choosing the D Link Server Card the value leader among Fast Ethernet adapters for PCI Bus server computers This Introduction chapter will be useful if you are new to Fast Ethernet and other new technology featured by the Server Card Otherwise skip ahead to the Installation chapter About Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet is a network technology specified by IEEE Standard 802 3u It extends the traditional 10Mbps Ethernet technology to achieve 100Mbps transmission and reception while retaining the same CSMA CD Ethernet protocol Thus while Fast Ethernet provides a tenfold increase in network capacity it is wholly compatible with traditional 10Mbps Ethernet network facilities About Auto negotiation Auto negotiation is a IEEE 802 3 procedure of negotiating the highest data flow capability between the device in this case our Adapter and it s link partner some other device The data flow information to be negotiated consists of the data speed 10Mbps or 100Mbps data transfer half duplex full duplex communication The physical process of auto negotiation requires only a few millise2. half duplex operation selected by auto negotiation Three per port LED indicators provide information to assist in troubleshooting Installation Hardware Requirements e NT Server or Workstation with Intel Pentium single or multiple processors Dual Pentium or higher is recommended for high traffic load mouse or compatible pointing device e 3 5 high density disk drive at least this or better e VGA video adapter e 32 e 2 MB HDD space Operating System Requirements e Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 3 and NDIS Hot Fix Installation of a Server Card requires hardware installation first then software installation The Server Card requires a 5 volt not 3 3 volt PCI connection and enough room behind the connector to accommodate a full length card Most computers are equipped with 5 volt PCI connectors and if your computer is not the Server Card will not fit into the slot Unpack and Inspect CAUTION Under ordinary circumstances the Server Card will not be affected by static charge as may be received through your body during handling of the unit In special circumstances where you may carry an extraordinarily high static charge it is good practice to reduce the charge by touching a ground before handling the adapter card Open the shipping carton and carefully remove all items In addition to this User s Guide ascertain that you have One Ethernet Adapter Server Card
3. OR BY ACCIDENT FIRE LIGHTNING OR OTHER HAZARD LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN NO EVENT WILL D LINK BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA LOSS OF PROFITS COST OF COVER OR OTHER INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT THE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE USE PERFORMANCE FAILURE OR INTERRUPTION OF A D LINK PRODUCT HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF D LINK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE IF YOU PURCHASED A D LINK PRODUCT IN THE UNITED STATES SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU Table of Contents ABOUT FAST ETHERNET ccccccccssssssseccececeessnsaceececsessnsaeeeeeceenss 2 ABOUT AUTO NEGOTIATION creen ener nnne ntn nnns seen 2 ABOUT ADAPTIVE LOAD 2 3 ABOUT FAULT TOLERANCE eee 3 SERVER CARD FEATURES cessere nennen enne sene nnns nen 3 Hardware Requirements eese 3 Operating System Requirements eese 5 UNPACK AND INSPECT cccscccccceceesessscececececsesseaeceeececeessaeseeeeeeeenes 6 INSTALL THE ADAPTER e herpe etae eo enke een NRE EENE OENES Ee ike SKi 6 CONNECT THE NETWORK 0 000 eene enne 7 Connecting for Fast Ethernet 100Mbps esses 8 Connecting for 10Mbps Ethernet
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5. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Limited Warranty Hardware Warranty service may be obtained by contacting a D Link office within the applicable warranty period and requesting a Return Material Authorization RMA number If a Registration Card for the product in question has not been returned to D Link then a proof of purchase such as a copy of the dated purchase invoice must be provided If Purchaser s circumstances require special handling of warranty correction then at the time of requesting RMA number Purchaser may also propose special procedure as may be suitable to the case After an RMA number is issued the defective product must be packaged securely in the original or other suitable shipping package to ensure that it will not be damaged in transit and the RMA number must be prominently marked on the outside of the package The package must be mailed or otherwise shipped to D Link with
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7. e Server Card Software Diskette Install the Adapter 1 Shutdown the computer unplug its power cord and remove the chassis cover 2 Insert the contact edge of the Server Card into the connector of any available PCI Bus Master expansion slot Press the card firmly into the connector and ascertain that the card s contacts are fully seated in the connector 3 Install the bracket screw which secures the card to the computer chassis 4 Replace the computer s chassis cover 5 Reconnect the computer s power cord and switch computer power on If the BIOS section of your computer s boot program is Plug and Play compliant then at power up the BIOS will automatically configure any newly installed Server Card adapter NOTE Due to a fault in some Plug n Play BIOS programs it happens occasionally that a newly installed adapter is assigned an Interrupt Number which is already assigned to another device such a case the conflict of Interrupt Number will cause faults in the behavior of both devices Then it is necessary to run the CMOS Setup utility and manually assign a non conflicting Interrupt Number Connect the Network Cable Category 5 UTP cable qualifies for both the Fast Ethernet and Ethernet cabling rules The maximum length of any single cable run between any station and its supporting hub is 100 meters The maximum length of a cable joining two switches is 10m in general but is 100m when both switches qualify as Ether
8. D Link DFE 570TX Fast Ethernet Server Adapter User s Guide Rev 01 October 1998 rinted in Taiwan RECYCLABLE Copyright Statement No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation transformation or adaptation without permission from D Link Corporation D Link Systems Inc as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976 FCC Certifications This equipment 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 residential 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 guarantee 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 correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna ncrease the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected
9. all costs of mailing shipping insurance prepaid D Link will ordinarily reimburse Purchaser for mailing shipping insurance expenses incurred for return of defective product in accordance with this warranty D Link shall never be responsible for any software firmware information or memory data of Purchaser contained in stored on or integrated with any product returned to D Link pursuant to this warranty Any package returned to D Link without an RMA number will be rejected and shipped back to Purchaser at Purchaser s expense and D Link reserves the right in such a case to levy a reasonable handling charge in addition mailing or shipping costs Software Warranty service for software products may be obtained by contacting a D Link office within the applicable warranty period A list of D Link offices is provided at the back of this manual together with a copy of the Registration Server Card If a Registration Server Card for the product in question has not been returned to a D Link office then a proof of purchase such as a copy of the dated purchase invoice must be provided when requesting warranty service The term purchase in this software warranty refers to the purchase transaction and resulting license to use such software D Link warrants that its software products will perform in substantial conformance with the applicable product documentation provided by D Link with such software product for a period of ninety 90 days from the da
10. conds to choose the fastest communications capability between the two devices About Adaptive Load Balancing Adaptive Load Balancing balances server traffic among as many as four like adapters providing redundant links and easy scalability in 100Mbps increments up to 800Mbps Traffic is automatically distributed among multiple adapters or among multiple ports in a dual port adapter without the time and expense of segmenting the network About Fault Tolerance Adapter Fault Tolerance safeguards vital network links with transparent backup connections using multiple link adapters If a link fails traffic is automatically transferred to the remaining adapters or to the remaining port on a dual port adapter User applications and the server stay up and running Server Card Features Designed for versatility and performance the Server Adapter provides the following features Load Balances incoming and outgoing traffic for greatest performance e Failover protection without loss of connection or data e Operates in a 5 Volt PCI Bus Master slot of a Pentium computer independent of CPU speed PCI Bus Master memory access for high throughput and low CPU demand 32 bit Intelligent Ethernet controller Complies with IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX and 10Base T Ethernet standards 4 RJ 45 connectors for network cable connection 100Mbps Fast Ethernet or 10Mbps Ethernet data transfer selected via auto negotiation Full duplex
11. e Business OPersonal 2 How many employees work at installation site employee 02 9 0110 49 0150 99 1100 499 1500 999 01000 or more 3 What network protocol s does your organization use OXNS IPX OTCP IP ODECnet OOther 4 What network operating system s does your organization use OD Link LANsmart ONovell NetWare ONetWare Lite OSCO Unix Xenix C NFS 3 Open OBanyan Vines ODECnet Pathwork Windows NT OWindows NTAS OWindows 95 OOther hat network management program does your organization use View OHP OpenView Windows OpenView Unix OSunNet Manager LINovell NMS NetView 6000 LlOther WI o What network medium media does your organization use OFiber optics OThick coax Ethernet OThin coax Ethernet E WI E Hu WI o OBASE T UTP STP 100 5 L1100BASE T4 O100VGAnyLAN hat applications used your network esktop publishing LISpreadsheet DWord processing OCAD CAM atabase management LlAccounting LlOther hat category best describes your company Aerospace LIEngineering OEducation OFinance OHospital OLegal OInsurance Real Estate OManufacturing etail Chainstore Wholesale OGovernment OTransportation Utilities Communication OVAR OSystemhouse companyO Other 9 Would you recommend your D Link product to a friend OYes ONo why don t know yet 10 Your comments on this product
12. eatures three LED indicators to assist in the resolving of network diagnostics 100M Speed Indicator is located in the upper left corner of each port This LED lights green ON when 100Mbps speed is selected and dark OFF when 10Mbps is negotiated e LINK ACT Indicator is located in the upper right corner of each port A steady green LED indicates good linkage between the Server Card and it s corresponding device A flashing green LED indicates that the adapter is sending or receiving ACTivity e FULL A port cooresponding LED lights green for the data transfer of each port in full duplex mode Specifications Network Type e Fast Ethernet 100Base TX IEEE 802 3u standard for 100Mbps baseband CSMA CD local area network Ethernet 10 5 IEEE 802 3 standard for 10Mbps baseband CSMA CD local area network Auto negotiation functionality Media interface four RJ 45 ports Host interface 5 volt PCI 2 1 Bus Bus Master Physical Dimensions 19 cm x 10 cm Weight 128g for PCBA EMI Compatibility FCC Class B VCCI Class B CE Class B Environment Storage Temperature 25 to 55 C 4 to 176 F Storage Humidity 5 to 90 RH non condensing Operating Temperature 0 to 50 C 32 to 131 Operating Humidity 20 to 80 RH non condensing Power Consumption 7 5 W 1 5A 5V max D Link Offices D Link U S A 53 Discovery Drive Irvine CA 92618 USA TEL 1 714 788 0805 FAX 1 714 753 7033 BBS 1 714
13. in one hour default and the software has pulled the adapter from the array This state prevents the Server Card from constantly failing over on faulty adapters that should be replaced NOTE By default the Server Card is permanently removed from the adapter array if it goes down three times within one hour To change this refer to the SetupGuide pdf documentation Troubleshooting If you experience any problems with the Server Card first verify that the appropriate driver has been loaded that the proper grade of cable is employed for the network connection and that the supporting switch or workstation is functioning properly 1 Ascertain that the adapter is fully and firmly seated in the slot connector Check the length and rating of connecting cables Ascertain that the adapter s PCI slot is not deactivated at the BIOS level The CMOS Setup utility in PCI computers ordinarily provides the option to activate or deactivate PCI slots Replace the adapter in question with a verified adapter and run the diagnostic test again Install the questioned adapter in another PCI computer and run the tests again Remove all other PCI adapters from the computer and run the tests again If the verification diagnostic run is then normal then there is probably an interrupt number conflict which will have to be resolved manually by a CMOS Setup utility run after you have reinstalled all of the expansion cards The Server Card f
14. net Class 2 Repeaters all D Link Ethernet switches do qualify However these cable runs may need to be shorter than the given individual maximum lengths because their lengths are globally restricted by the rule that the maximum aggregated cable run between any two stations is 205m Up to 4 cables can be used in any combination per Server Card Connecting for Fast Ethernet 100Mbps Category 5 UTP cable is required for Fast Ethernet operation The maximum cable run between the Server Card and the supporting switch is 100m The cable must be straight not a crossover cable with a RJ 45 plug at each end Make the network connection by plugging one end of the cable into the RJ 45 jack of the Server Card and the other end into a port of the supporting switch Connecting for 10Mbps Ethernet Category 3 Category 4 and Category 5 UTP cable as well as EIA TIA 568 100 ohm STP cable all qualify under Ethernet cabling rules The maximum cable run between the Server Card and the supporting switch is 100 meters The cable must be straight not a crossover cable with a RJ 45 connector at each end Make the network connection by plugging one end of the cable into the RJ 45 jack of the Server Card and the other end into a port of the supporting switch Using a Crossover Cable A crossover cable can be used to connect the Server Card directly to the workstations without the use of a switch In this configuration it is recommended that the line s
15. owing the steps below 1 2 3 Open the Network Control Panel applet and select the Protocols tab Select Server Card and click on the Properties button The Server Card dialog should be displayed with two tabs Setup and Status Select the Status tab to display the current condition of each port and throughput statistics for arrays or individual ports Throughput statistics can be viewed on per second of cumulative basis To toggle between these two modes use the pull down window in the center of the dialog Also throughput can be viewed for individual ports of for the entire segment or array Choose the Segment array name for which you wish to view Statistics in the upper window or choose the individual Server Cards within the array Status and Alerts Within the Status dialog box you can also view the status The software keeps track of five different states for each Server Card in an array These states are represented using different color icons for the Server Card in the tree view The five states with explanations are shown below Green Adapter Adapter is working properly and has not failed Green Adapter with Red X Adapter has stopped working for the first time since the server was booted Yellow Adapter Adapter has gone down at least once since the last boot Yellow Adapter with Red X Adapter is currently down and has been down before Red Adapter Adapter has failed more than three times
16. peed be overridden by selecting either 10Mbps or 100Mbps in the driver configuration rather than let the Server Card use auto negotiation Software Installation Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 3 and NDIS Hot Fix or later is needed before network drivers are installed Note Please make sure you have installed SNMP service before you installed Service Pack 3 and NDIS Hot Fix Driver Installation After properly installing the adapter into the server the next step is to install the driver software 1 2 3 4 Start the server with Windows NT 4 0 and insert the software diskette into drive A Open the icons My Computer Control Panel gt Networks Select Add Adapter Have Disk Choose D Link DFE 570TX PCI Fast Ethernet Server Adapter After driver files are copied to the server a configuration window will appear From here you can assign the Connection Type and Network Address for adapter It is suggested that you choose the default values for both of these 5 Restart the computer D Link Network Adapter Load Balancing and Failover Installation Please reference the SetupGuide pdf Status and Statistics At any time you can instantly gauge the status of any port in a Server Card array and review performance statistics on each array or individual ports To view the status information reload the Network Control applet and view the properties of the Server Card foll
17. te of purchase from D Link or its Authorized Reseller D Link warrants the magnetic media on which D Link provides its software product against failure during the same warranty period This warranty applies to purchased software and to replacement software provided by D Link pursuant to this warranty but shall not apply to any update or replacement which may be provided for download via the Internet or to any update which may otherwise be provided free of charge D Link s sole obligation under this software warranty shall be to replace any defective software product with product which substantially conforms to D Link s applicable product documentation Purchaser assumes responsibility for the selection of appropriate application and system platform software and associated reference materials D Link makes no warranty that its software products will work in combination with any hardware or any application or system platform software product provided by any third party excepting only such products as are expressly represented in D Link s applicable product documentation as being compatible D Link s obligation under this warranty shall be a reasonable effort to provide compatibility but D Link shall have no obligation to provide compatibility when there is fault in the third party hardware or software D Link makes no warranty that operation of its software products will be uninterrupted or absolutely error free and no warranty that all defects in
18. the software product within or without the scope of D Link s applicable product documentation will be corrected D Link Offices for Registration and Warranty Service The product s Registration Server Card provided at the back of this manual must be sent to a D Link office To obtain an RMA number for warranty service as to a hardware product or to Obtain warranty service as to a software product contact the D Link office nearest you An addresses telephone fax list of D Link offices is provided in the back of this manual LIMITATION OF WARRANTIES IF THE D LINK PRODUCT DOES NOT OPERATE AS WARRANTED ABOVE THE CUSTOMER S SOLE REMEDY SHALL BE AT D LINK S OPTION REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED EITHER IN FACT OR BY OPERATION OF LAW STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE D LINK NEITHER ASSUMES NOR AUTHORIZES ANY OTHER PERSON TO ASSUME FOR IT ANY OTHER LIABILITY CONNECTION WITH THE SALE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE OR USE OF D LINK S PRODUCTS D LINK SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER THIS WARRANTY IF ITS TESTING AND EXAMINATION DISCLOSE THAT THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT DOES NOT EXIST OR WAS CAUSED BY THE CUSTOMER S OR ANY THIRD PERSON S MISUSE NEGLECT IMPROPER INSTALLATION OR TESTING UNAUTHORIZED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR OR ANY OTHER CAUSE BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE INTENDED USE
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