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    HP Pr oL ian t Netw or k A dapt er So f tw ar e and C onf igur ati on Guide Part Number 441877-00F March 2008 (Sixth Edition)[...]

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    © Copyright 2005, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Develop ment Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to chan ge without no tice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such produc ts and services. Nothing herei n should be construed as constituting an additional w arr[...]

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    Contents 3 Con te nt s Overv iew ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Supported adapters and operating systems....................................................................................... ............ 5 Adapter driver and so ftware info rmat[...]

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    Contents 4 Technical suppo rt .............................................................................................................. .......... 63 Before you contac t HP .......................................................................................................... .................... 63 HP contact in formation .................[...]

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    Overview 5 Ov er v ie w Supported adapters and operating systems The following is a list of HP NC-Series adapters that are support ed on HP ProLiant servers. Standup adapters : • HP NC110T PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC150T PCI 4-port Gig abit Combo Switch Adapter • HP NC310F PCI-X Gig abit Server Adapter • HP NC320T PCI Express[...]

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    Overview 6 • HP NC7770 PCI-X Gig abit Server Adapter • HP NC7771 PCI-X Gig abit Server Adapter Embedded adapters : • HP NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC320i PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC324i PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC325i PCI Express Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC326i PCI Expr[...]

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    Overview 7 • Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions • Windows® 2000 (NDIS5) • DOS NDIS2* NetWare • NetWare 6.5 Server • NetWare 6.6 Server • NetWare Open Enterprise Server Linux 32 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service • SUSE Linux Enterprise[...]

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    Overview 8 • Microsoft® Window s Server 2008 WIN2008x64 • Microsoft® Window s Server 2003 WIN2003 • Microsoft® Window s Server 2003 x64 WIN2003x64 • Microsoft® Window s® 2000 WIN2000 • Linux LINUX Documentation in the HP SoftPaq • HP Network Adapter Software and Configuration Guide (NACONFIG.pdf) • HP Accelerated iSCSI for M[...]

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    Installation 9 Inst allati on Downloading files 1. Go to the HP website ( http://www.hp.com ). 2. Click Software & Driver Downloads from the left menu bar. 3. Type the product name in the For product box and press Enter . For example, type NC373T. 4. Select an operating system. 5. Click HP ProLiant Networking . 6. Click download and save the HP[...]

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    Installation 10 1. On the desktop, click Start and select Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management to display the Computer Management window. 2. Click Device Manager and then scroll down the list of hardware devices to Network Adapters and click the plus (+) . This expands the list of adapters curre ntly config[...]

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    Installation 11 Windows 2008 x64 drivers The following Windows Server 2008 x64 network adapter drivers ar e used in this relea se: • N1G6032E.sys for NC310F, NC340T, NC61xx, and NC71xx server adapters • Q57ND60A.sys for NC105x, NC150x, NC32x, NC10xx, NC67xx, and NC77xx server adapters • BXND60A.sys for Multifunction server adapters • N1E603[...]

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    Installation 12 Components for these drivers are located in the WIN2000 dir ectory in the HP SoftPaq file. Adapter support on Linux The following Linux drivers are available for HP adapters: • bnx2—Supports multifunction server adapters • diags—HP ProLiant Webmin Network Server Adapter Diagnostics Module • e1000—Supports NC110T, NC310F[...]

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    Installation 13 Parameter Options Description CheckSum = Default = ON Selections are: ON, OFF, Tx, Rx Enables or disables the transmit and receive checksum off-loading feature. Checksum is supported under NetWare 5.x only. If you want to enable the CheckSum parameter, you need to load it on the first instance. Frame = type Valid types are: Ethernet[...]

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    Installation 14 Parameter Options Description Jumbo = Set maximum physical receive packet Size = 18000 in the STARTUP.NCF. Choices are Jumbo = 1514–9000. T his keyword is only supported on NetWare 6.x. Enables/disables Jumbo Frame support. When enabled, jumbo packets of up to 9000 bytes are supported. Not supported on NC1020 adapters. Link= Defau[...]

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    Installation 15 When an adapter configuration is saved, the NetWar e install program adds load and bind statements to the autoexec.ncf file. By acce ssing this file, you can verify the p arameters configured fo r each adapter, modify them, or enter additional parameters. NOTE: The Novell monitor program and the CONFIG command are also useful for ve[...]

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    Installation 16 # BIND IPX Q57_1_E82 NET=FAFD3D25 # LOAD Q57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_802.3 NAME=Q57_1_E83 # BIND IPX Q57_1_E83 NET=5A2D8D6D # LOAD Q57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_SNAP NAME=Q57_1_ESP # BIND IPX Q57_1_ESP NET=477A35BD # LOAD Q57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_II NAME=Q57_1_EII # BIND IPX Q57_1_EII NET=C3C8F2E4 # BIND IP Q57_1_EII ADDR=172.16.1.1 MASK[...]

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    Installation 17 Where n = 10 or 100 or 1000 o Default = The adapter automatically detects network speed. • NODE. This keyword specifies a locally administered address (LAA) unique to each adapter. Use this option to provide your own unique node addre ss for the adapter. The node address is a 12-digit hexadecimal number. The second digit must be o[...]

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    Installation 18 Advanced Network Services help - supported keywords • AGG_SELECTION o Syntax: AGG_SELECTION=[BANDWIDTH | COUNT] o Description: Sets active aggregator selection mode by bandwidth or count • BALANCE_INTERVAL o Syntax: balance_interval=nnn o Description: Changes Balance interval, nnn counts 1/ 18 sec • BALANCE_SET_DEFAULT o Synta[...]

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    Installation 19 • PRIMARY o Syntax: primary | secondary o Description: Identifies the primary adapter. Supported only in BIND command • PROBE_BURST_SIZE o Syntax: probe_burst_size=nnn o Description: Changes number of probes to send in a retry • PROBE_CHECK_INTERVAL o Syntax: probe_check_interval=nnn o Description: Changes probes check interva[...]

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    Installation 20 o Description: Supported on ly after Commit command • SECONDARY o Syntax: primary | secondary o Description: Identifies the secondary ada pter. Supported only in BIND command. • SMPMODE o Syntax: SMPMODE=[SMP | NONSMP] o Description: Enables /disables SMP aware • STATUS o Syntax: status [team=nnn] o Description: Prints CPQANS [...]

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    Firmware upgrade utility 21 F ir m w ar e upgr ade utility HP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility The HP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter Firmwa re Upgrade Utility supports the following adapters. • NC37xx • NC380x The utility runs under DOS from a bootable diskette or US B drive. To install, copy all files and fol[...]

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    Firmware upgrade utility 22 • HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC373m Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter The ccfwupg2.bat command upgrades the Boot Code and Option ROM firmware image on the following c-C lass Gi gabit S erver Adapte rs: • HP NC326i PCIe Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC326m PCIe Dual Port Gigabit[...]

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    Firmware upgrade utility 23 where, o -i indicates the interface command o NX_NIC specifies the int erface, NX_NIC, NX_NIC1, e tc. (must be upper case) o --all updates all of the firmware While upgrading, you should notice that a back up fi le of the current firmware is generated. If a restore is required, use this back up file to restore the adapte[...]

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    Adapter configurations 24 A dapter conf igur ati ons HP NC-Series 10GbE Adapters The following information describes the adapter prop erties available for HP NC-Series 10GbE adapters in the Windows operating system. See the HP Nework Configuration Utility online h elp for the properties available through the NCU. See the Linux readme files for the [...]

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    Adapter configurations 25 Property Parameter Locally Administered Address Enables users or administrators to set the Lo cally Administered Address. This address overrides the permanent address of the adap ter (that may have been flashed to the hardware). • Format: Hex • Values: Valid/Not Valid (if Valid, enter the 12 hex characters of MAC addre[...]

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    Adapter configurations 26 Property Parameter Status Ring Size A descriptor ring size (queue size) for the status given by the network adapter to the driver. Setting this value too low will impact t he throughput because the network adapter will start dropping packets. This parameter only affects receiv e operations and does not affect transmit oper[...]

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    Adapter configurations 27 • Disabling—Each adapter can be disabled independently. Configuring multiple ports on 10GbE adapters HP multiple port adapters—such as the NC512m Dual Port 10 GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter—have multiple ports on a single card. • Requirements : Each port requires a separate IP address, and each port should be on [...]

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    Adapter configurations 28 2. Execute the following command to disable PXE functionality: nxflash -i NX_NIC<Device #> --opt-rom-off Complete the following step s to enable or disable PXE functionality for Linux. 1. Execute the following comm and to enable PXE functionality: nxflash -i eth<#> --opt-rom-on 2. Execute the following command [...]

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    Adapter configurations 29 Troubleshooting Unable to boot host system on Windows or Linux Problem: Unable to boot the host system with the network adapter installed on Windows or Linux operating systems. Troubleshooting: • Remove the network adapter and reboot. Verify that the system is able to boot without the network adapter. • Verify that the[...]

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    Adapter configurations 30 HP NC-Series Broadcom adapter pro perties • Flow Control. The Flow Control property allows th e user to enable or disable the receipt or transmission of PAUSE frames. PAUSE frames en able the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate. The side that is receiving the PA USE frame will momentarily stop transmittin[...]

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    Adapter configurations 31 o 1 Gb Full Auto. Sets the speed to 1 Gbps and mode to Full-Duplex o 10 Mb Full. Sets the speed to 10 Mbps and mode to Full-Duplex o 10 Mb Half. Sets the speed to 10 Mbps and mode to Half-Duplex o 100 Mb Full. Sets the speed to 100 Mbps and mode to Full-Duplex o 100 Mb Half. Sets the speed to 100 Mbps and mode to Half-Dupl[...]

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    Adapter configurations 32 Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 configurations Although the default values should be appropriate in most cases, you may change any of the available options to meet the requirements of your specifi c system. It is recommended that you use the HP Networ k Configuration Utility to update HP NC-Series adapter p[...]

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    Adapter configurations 33 • Speed & Duplex. The Speed & Duplex property allows the user to set the connection speed to the network and mode. The Duplex Mo de allows the adapter to transmit and receive network data simultaneously. The adapter is set to Auto (optimum connection) by default. Set the speed and mode as described below: o 1 Gb [...]

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    Adapter configurations 34 o None. Disables chec ksum offloading o Rx TCP/IP Checksum. Enables receive TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offloading o Tx TCP/IP Checksum. Enables transmit TCP, IP, and UDP checksum offloading o Tx/Rx TCP/IP Checksum. (Default) Enables transmit and receive TCP, IP, and UDP checksu m offloading • Ethernet@WireSpeed. The Ether[...]

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    Adapter configurations 35 the type of frame that will cause the adapter to wake up, select the appropriate option from the Value drop-down list on the Adva nced tab. This property is not supported on NC150T adapters. o Both. (Default) Selects both Magic Packet and Wake up Frame as wake up frames o Magic Packet . Selects Magic Pa cket as t he wake u[...]

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    Adapter configurations 36 o Default for NC6170 and NC7170 adapters = No Action o Range for NC6170 and NC7170 adapters = Disabled; Enabled; Hardware Default; No Action • Flow Control. Determines the type of flow control that is needed. Flo w control enables the transmission of PAUSE frames. Not supported on NC71xx adapters. o Default = Rx/Tx Enabl[...]

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    Adapter configurations 37 • Locally Administered Address. Specifies the user-defined MA C Address of the adapter, which overrides the burned-in MAC Address. This box is disabled if the selected adapter has been teamed. o Default = Not Present o Range: Value; Not Present • Log Link State Event. Enables or disables the logging of link state chang[...]

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    Adapter configurations 38 for auto-negotiation. If this feature is on, and the speed is not set to auto-negotiation, the driver will wait for a short time for link to complete befor e reporting the link state. o Default = Auto Detect o Range = Auto Detect; Off; On • Wake on Link Settings. Wakes the computer if the net work connection establishes [...]

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    Adapter configurations 39 o Auto. (Default) Auto detect flow control o Disable. PAUSE frame receipt an d transmission is disabled o Tx PAUSE. PAUSE frame transmission is enabled o Rx PAUSE. PAUSE frame receipt is enabled o Rx/Tx PAUSE. PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is enabled NOTE: User control of Flow Control parameter is not available for [...]

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    Adapter configurations 40 o Range = Off; On • Offload Transmit TCP Checksum. Offloads the task of computing the checksu m for outgoing TCP or UDP packets, thereby improving performance. o Default = On o Range = Off; On • Offload Transmit IP Checksum. This property does not apply to the NC6132 or NC6134 adapters. Offloads the task of computing t[...]

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    Adapter configurations 41 Boot Agent The Intel® Boot Agent is a software product that allo ws your networked client co mputer to boot using a program code image supplied by a remote server. Implementation support for the Boot Agen t includes: • Multi-protocol boot RO M code designed for remote bootin g from Gigabit Ethernet Adapters • Complian[...]

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    Adapter configurations 42 To customize the behavior of the Bo ot Agent software in a pre-boot PXE or RPL environment complete the following steps: 1. Press the Ctrl+S keys immediately after the initializati on message appears. A configuration setu p menu appears allowing you to set configuration valu es for the Boot Agent. The configuration setup m[...]

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    Adapter configurations 43 Configuration settings Possible values Description Show Setup Prompt • Enabled • Disabled Controls whether or not the Boot Agent displays the Ctrl+S prompt after POST. If you select Enabled, the Ctrl+S prompt appears after POST so that you can press Ctrl+S within the number of seconds allowed by the Setup Menu Wait Tim[...]

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    Adapter configurations 44 Use IBAUtil to enable or disable WOL or Boot Ag ent features. To obtain this utility download the HP ProLiant Networking SoftPaq as desc ribed in "Downloading files (on page 9 )" and navigate to the APPSBOOTAGNTN100X directory. • Wake-On-LAN. When enabled, the adapter can reac t to special "wake up"[...]

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    Adapter configurations 45 Parameter Description -UPGRADE or -UP Downloads the Boot Agent st ored within IBAUtil to the adapters in the system. -FLASHENABLE or -FE Enables Boot ROM. Saves -FLASHDISABLE or -FD Disables Boot ROM. -SAVE Saves existing Intel Boot Agent and EEPROM settings to a file. The file is named based on the PCI Vendor and Device I[...]

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    Adapter configurations 46 • 2–Invalid adapter • 3–Bad command line parameter • 4–EEPROM chec ksum failure • 5–EEPROM read failure • 6–EEPROM write fail ure • 7–EEPROM dump failure • 8–(Not used) • 9–No memory • 10–No adapters found Examples of IBAUtil command lines The following are examples of som e typical IBAU[...]

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    Adapter configurations 47 • PXE-E01: PCI Vendor and Device IDs do not match! Image vendor and device ID do not match those loca ted on the card. Be sure the correct flash image is installed on the adapter. • PXE-E04: Error reading PCI configuration space. The Boot Agent cannot continue. PCI configuration space could not be read. Machine is prob[...]

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    Adapter configurations 48 • PXE-EC1: Base-code ROM ID structure was not found. No base code can be loca ted. An incorrect flas h image is installed or the image has becom e corrupted. Try to update the flash image. • PXE-EC3: BC ROM ID structure is invalid. Base code cannot be installed. An incorrect fl ash image is installed or the image has b[...]

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    Adapter configurations 49 If you are having problems with the local (client) or networ k operating system, contact the operating system manufacturer for assistance. If you are havi ng problems with some appl ication program, contact the application manufacturer for assistance. If you ar e having problems with any of your computer's hardware or[...]

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    Adapter configurations 50 team members. Af ter you press the D key, the information remains displayed until you reboot your computer. Actual diagnostics information may vary, dependin g upon the adapter(s) installed in your computer. Diagnostics information may includ e the following items: • PWA Number—The Printed Wire Assembly number of the d[...]

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    Adapter configurations 51 o Range = 1– 32 • Flow Control Settings. The Flow Control property allows the user to enable or disable the recei pt or transmission of PAUSE frames. PAUSE frames en able the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate. The side that is receiving the PA USE frame will momentarily stop transmitting. The recommen[...]

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    Diagnostics 52 Di agnos tic s HP NC-Series NetXen 10GbE diagnostics Please note that network traffic will be interru pted while you are r unning diagnostic tests. The diagnostic utilities for Window s operating systems perform the followin g tests: • Control registers test • Flash memory test • Interrupt loop-back test • Internal loop-back [...]

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    Diagnostics 53 For CX4 (copper interface) applications an external module is required to co nnect the four transmit lanes to the four corresponding receiv e lanes. This module must contain all of the associated handshake signals required to redirect the four transm it lanes to the four receive lanes. For XFP (10 Gigabit small form factor pluggable [...]

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    Diagnostics 54 This tests the external link connection. For the fibe r mediu m, this is simply another external loopback test. For the copper medium, this is not applicable. Group B: Memory tests Various patterns (0x55aa55aa, 0xaa55aa55, & address) are used to test each of the memory blocks. • B1. TXP scratchpad • B2. TPAT scratchpad • B3[...]

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    Diagnostics 55 • C6. NVM access and reset-corruption tests This tests the non-volatile memory access (both re ad and write). It also tests for appropriate access arbitration among multiple entities (CPUs). Another test is to check to issue chip reset while NVM block is servicing data to look for any NVM data corrup tion. This test requires the pr[...]

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    Diagnostics 56 • D6. RPC test (D06) This test checks the r eceive catch-up path b y sendin g packets to a different Tx chain. T he packets will go through the RPC logic and return to the receive buffers as Rx packets. The integrity of each packet is checked to ensure no data corruption. HP NC-Series Broadcom adapter diagnostics Starting the Q57DI[...]

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    Diagnostics 57 o Pseudo random data test: A pre-calculated pseudo random dat a is used to write a unique data into each test RAM. After the first pass of the test, the progra m reads back one more time to ensure data stays correct. • B2. BD SRAM test This tests the BD SRAM by perf orming the tests as described in test B1. The Scratc h pad test. ?[...]

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    Diagnostics 58 The content of VPD is saved first before performing the test. After it is saved, the test writes one of the five pattern test data, 0xff, 0xaa, 0x55, incremen t data, or decrement data, into VPD memory. By default, increment data pattern is used. It writes and reads back the data for the entire test range, and then it restores the or[...]

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    Diagnostics 59 • Test aborted by user • Tx DMA:Got 0x%08x @ 0x%08x. Expected 0x%08x • Rx DMA:Got 0x%08x @ 0x%08x. Expected 0x%08x • Tx DMA failed • Rx DMA failed • Data error, got 0x%08X at 0x%08X, expected 0x%08X • Second read error, got 0x%08X at 0x%08X, expected 0x%08X • Failed writing EEPROM at 0x%04X • Failed reading EEPROM a[...]

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    Diagnostics 60 • File size %d is too big, max is %d • Invalid %s • Failed writing 0x%x to 0x%x • *1 • *1 • *1 • *1 • Cannot perform task while chip is not runn ing. (need driver) • Cannot open register define file or content is bad • ASF Reset bit did not self-cleared • ATTN_LOC %d cannot be mapped to %cX CPU event bit %d • [...]

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    Diagnostics 61 3. Type DIAGS and press the Enter key. The test utility program automatically scans the hardware and lists all supported adapters. If you have a multiport adapter, each port is listed separately starting with "Port 1." 4. Using the arrow keys, select the adapter to test then press the Enter key. The main menu of the diagnos[...]

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    Diagnostics 62 The Display Diagnostic Log option allows you to view a detailed report of the tests you just ran. When Diagnostic Log is enabled, test results are recorded in a log file named DIAGS.LOG. If it does not already exist, the test utility creates it. If it already exis ts, new data is appended to it. The DISPLAY DIAGNOST IC LOG command di[...]

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    Technical support 63 T ec hnical su pport Before you contact HP Be sure to have the following inform ation available before you call HP: • Technical support registration number (if applicable) • Product serial number • Product model name and number • Product identification number • Applicable error messages • Add-on boards or hardware ?[...]

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    Technical support 64 • Navigate to a specific product, and then look for support information from the list of support resources at the HP support website ( http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/ files/server ). • For downloadable support software for HP Digital Networking Products, Hubs, Integrated Acc ess Devices, Modems and ISDN, Adapt ers, Remot[...]

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    Acronyms and abbreviations 65 A c r on y ms and abbr e v iati ons BIOS Basic Input/Output System DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol IPL initial program load MAC Media Access Control PCI peripheral component interface PDU power distribution unit PXE Preboot Execution Environment ROM read-only memory RSS Receive-Side Scaling SAN storage area ne[...]

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    Acronyms and abbreviations 66 UNDI Universal Network Driver Interface[...]

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    Index 67 B Boot Agent 41 C configuration 24, 50 D diagnostics 52, 53, 56, 60 Diver and software information 7 F Firmware upgrade 21, 22 I installation 9, 10, 12 P properties 32, 50 PXE configuration HP NC-Series NetXen 10GbE adapters 27 S supported operating systems 5 T technical support 63 W Windows 2000 driver software NC150, NC32x, NC37x, NC380,[...]