Allied Telesis AT-2931SX Network Card User Manual


 
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Preface ..................................................................................................................................................................................6
Safety Symbols Used in this Document..................................................................................................................................7
Where to Find Web-based Guides .........................................................................................................................................8
Contacting Allied Telesyn.......................................................................................................................................................9
Online Support ................................................................................................................................................................9
Email and Telephone Support.........................................................................................................................................9
Returning Products..........................................................................................................................................................9
Sales or Corporate Information .......................................................................................................................................9
Management Software Updates......................................................................................................................................9
Chapter 1: Advanced Server Program Overview ............................................................................................................10
AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Overview .................................................................................11
AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) Features.......................................................................................12
AT-2931SX BASP for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003...................................................................................................13
Failover and Load Balance............................................................................................................................................13
Virtual LAN (VLANs)......................................................................................................................................................13
AT-2931SX BASP for Linux..................................................................................................................................................14
Failover and Load Balance............................................................................................................................................14
Virtual LAN (VLAN) .......................................................................................................................................................14
Chapter 2: AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) Applications ......................................................15
Overview...............................................................................................................................................................................16
Information Provided by the BACS Applications ...........................................................................................................17
BACS Features .............................................................................................................................................................17
Installing the AT-2931SX BACS Application......................................................................................
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Installing with the GUI ...................................................................................................................................................18
Using Silent Installation.................................................................................................................................................19
Updating the AT-2931SX BACS Application ........................................................................................................................20
Removing the AT-2931SX BACS Application.......................................................................................................................21
Initializing the AT-2931SX BACS Application.......................................................................................................................22
Configuring the AT-2931SX BACS Application ....................................................................................................................23
Vital Sign .......................................................................................................................................................................23
Resources .....................................................................................................................................................................26
Hardware.......................................................................................................................................................................27
Network Test .................................................................................................................................................................28
Diagnostics....................................................................................................................................................................28
Statistics........................................................................................................................................................................30
BASP Statistics .............................................................................................................................................................33
Configuring Teaming.....................................................................................................................................................34
Chapter 3: Installing BACS on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Systems ...............................................................44
Installing the AT-2931SX BASP ...........................................................................................................................................45
Uninstalling the AT-2931SX BASP.......................................................................................................................................46
Chapter 4: Installing BACS on a Linux System ..............................................................................................................47
BASP Driver for Linux...........................................................................................................................................................48
Packaging.............................................................................................................................................................................49
Installing BASP................................................................................................................
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Installing the BASP Source RPM Package for Red Hat and United Linux ...........................................................................51
Installing the AT-2931SX BASP TAR Archive ......................................................................................................................52
AT-2931SX BASP Files........................................................................................................................................................53
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