Contents
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AT-2931SX BASP Configuration for Red Hat and United Linux Distributions ......................................................................54
AT-2931SX BASP Configuration and Startup for Other Linux Distributions .........................................................................56
AT-2931SX BASP Configuration Scripts for Red Hat Distributions ......................................................................................58
Broadcom NICE Patches......................................................................................................................................................59
Uninstalling the RPM Package .............................................................................................................................................60
Removal of Physical Interface in Generic Trunking and 802.3ad Mode...............................................................................61
AT-2931SX BASP SNMP Agent for Linux............................................................................................................................62
Installing the TAR Archive .............................................................................................................................................62
Installing the RPM Package ..........................................................................................................................................63
SNMP Files....................................................................................................................................................................63
Uninstalling the RPM Package (Both Source and Binary).............................................................................................64
Known Problems...................................................................................................................................................................64
Chapter 5: Key Protocols and Interfaces .........................................................................................................................65
Adapter Teaming ..................................................................................................................................................................66
Smart Load Balancing (SLB)™......................................................................................................................................66
Link Aggregation (802.3ad) ...........................................................................................................................................66
Generic Link Aggregation (Trunking).............................................................................................................................66
Smart Load Balance Auto-Failback Disable..................................................................................................................67
Failover Teaming..................................................................................................................................................................68
VLANs Overview...................................................................................................................................................................69
VLANs Support..............................................................................................................................................................71
Adaptive Interrupt Frequency ........................................................................................................................................71
Dual DMA Channels......................................................................................................................................................71
32-bit or 64-bit PCI Bus Master .....................................................................................................................................72
ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor..........................................................................................................................72
Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................................................................73
Verifying the Correct Drivers are Loaded..............................................................................................................................74
Windows........................................................................................................................................................................74
Software Problems and Solutions.........................................................................................................................................76
Windows 2000...............................................................................................................................................................76
Linux-BASP ...................................................................................................................................................................77
AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) ..........................................................................................78
Chapter 7: Manageability Features ..................................................................................................................................79
CIM .......................................................................................................................................................................................80
SNMP ...................................................................................................................................................................................81
BASP Sub-agent ...........................................................................................................................................................81
AT-2931SX BASP Extensible-agent..............................................................................................................................82
