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D-Link DGE-500SX manual

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  • Page 1

    DGE-500SX Giga-Ether Adapter User’s Guide Rev. 01 (Septem ber, 1999) 6DGE500SX.01 Printed in Taiwan RECYCLABLE[...]

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    1 Trademarks Copyright  1999 D-Lin k Corporation. Conten ts subject to c hange with out prior notice. D-Link i s a regis tered tra demark of D-Li nk Corporati on/D-Link Systems , Inc. All other t rademark s belong t o their respect ive proprietors . Copy right Statement No part o f this p ublicatio n may be rep ro du ce d in any fo rm or by an y[...]

  • Page 3

    2 D-LINK SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UND ER THIS WARRANTY IF ITS T ESTING AND EXAM INATION DISCLO SE THAT THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PRO DUCT D OES NO T EXIST OR WAS CAUSED BY THE CUSTOMER' S OR ANY THIRD PERSO N'S MISUSE, NEGL ECT, IMPROPER I NSTALLATION OR T ESTING, UNAUTHO RIZED ATTEMPT S TO REPAIR, OR ANY OTH ER CAUSE BEY OND THE RANGE OF THE [...]

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    3 Introduction Thank you for choo sing the D-Link DG E-500SX Giga-Ethe r adapter for PCI Bu s-equipped person al compute rs. The DGE-500SX is ideal fo r speedin g up data transfe rs for netw ork servers and other computers , such a s thos e used for video-conferencing, that send and/or receive large amounts o f data. The DG E-500SX also include s t[...]

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    4 eventuall y operate over uns hielded twis ted-pai r (UTP) ca bling, outfitt ing your network with a powe rful 1000Mbps-capable backbo ne/server co nnection create s a flexible f oundation for the next generat ion of network t echnology products. The DGE-500SX Speed The DG E-500SX transmits an d receiv es data at o ne g igabit per se cond (1G bps [...]

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    5 • Operate s in a 32- or 64-bit, 33/66 MHz PCI Bus slo t. A 32-bit PCI Bus at 33Mhz supp orts 1Gbps throughp ut, a 64-bit PCI Bus at 33Mhz su pports 2Gbps. • PCI Bus Mas ter greatl y reduces the l oad on the CP U, freeing it for other tas ks. • Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN specifications, w ith memory for up to 16 VLANs. • Multi-mode SC Opt i[...]

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    6 Installation Unpacking CAUTION: Under ordinary circum stances, a DGE-500SX card will not be affected by static charge as m ay be received through your body during handling of the unit. However, there are special circumstances where you may carry an extraordinarily high static charge, and possibly damage the card and/or your com puter. It is good [...]

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    7 6. Click "OK" and Windows NT 4.0 will co py the file s from the d river disk. 7. After the file has been co pied, click "Prope rties" and modify the DGE-500SX co nfiguration (see below) . 8. Click "OK" afte r making the con figuration se tting changes. Win dows NT 4.0 will then ask you to rebo ot the PC. Select "[...]

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    8 4. Press the <In sert> key to in stall an unlisted d river. 5. Insert the dri ver disket te int o the floppy dis k drive or the driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive (depending on which was included). 6. Press the <Ent er> k ey to continue the insta llat ion or press <F3> to speci fy the directory whi ch includes DLKGE.LDI, DLKGE[...]

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    9 The Ne tWare server w ill now automatically load/bind the d river. If the driver fil es have al ready been copied t o your system’s Netware directory and you simply wish to load them: 1. Start the N etWare Serv er by typin g in the f ollowing c ommands: CD NWSERVER SERVER . 2. After bo oting up, typ e the follo wing comm and: NWCONFIG 3. Selec[...]

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    10 LOAD C:NWSERVERNBI.NLM LOAD C:NWSERVERMSM.NLM LOAD C:NWSERVERETHERTSM.NLM LOAD C:NWSERVERDLKG E SLOT=1 FRAME=Ethernet_802.3 NAME= DLKGE_1_E 83 BIND IPX DL KGE_1_E83 NET = xxxx LOAD C:NWSERVERDLKG E SLOT=1 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 NAME= DLKGE_1_E 82 BIND IPX DL KGE_1_E82 NET = xxxx LOAD C:NWSERVERDLKGE SLOT=1 FRAME=Ethernet_II NAME= DLKGE[...]

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    11 T roubleshooting If you experience any problems with t he adapter, fi rst confir m that t he appropriat e driver is loaded; tha t the proper gra de of cable i s employed for th e network connection; and that the switch it is conn ected to is pr operly qualif ied for the ap plication (such as 1000BASE- SX). The DG E-500SX Adapter fe atures four L[...]

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    12 Specifications Jumperle ss Hardware Media interface: Optical Fiber T ransceiver SC Connector EMI Certifications: • FCC Class B • CE Certification Class B • VCCI Class B and C-Tick Host inter face: PCI Bu s (Bus Master) I/O base add ress assigned by Plug and Play system Interr upt Numbe r Assigned by Plug and Play sy stem Physical Dimensio [...]

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    13 Offices AUSTRALIA D-LINK AUSTRALAS IA Unit 16, 390 Easter n Valley Way, Rose v ille, NSW 2069, Austr alia TEL: 61-2- 9417- 7100 F AX : 61-2-9417-1077 TOLL FREE: 1800-177-100 (Australia), 0800-900900 (New Zealan d) WEB: www.d link.com .au E- MAIL: inf o@dli nk.com.a u CANADA D-LINK CANADA 2180 Winston Par k D rive, Oak v ille, Ontari o L6H 5W1 Ca[...]