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    1 ITIpci  5232E Four Port Ethernet and Fast Ethernet PCI Host Adapter Installation and User’s Guide Order Number 9806-5232M I ntraServer Technology , I nc., Copy rig ht 1998 quad_enet.doc[...]

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    2 Copyright 1998 First Pr inting, June 1998 Copyright Copy right  1998 I ntraServer Technology , I nc. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form, mechanical or electronic without the prior written consent of I ntraServer Technology , I nc. Seven October Hill Road, Holliston, MA 01746. Trademarks The following are trademarks of I ntraS[...]

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    3 Class B Device Certification Statements Federal Com m unications Com m ission Radio Frequency Interference Statem ent This equipment has been tested and found to co mply w ith the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC ru les. These limits are desig ned to provide reasonable protection against a harmfu l interference[...]

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    4 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 6 ITI-5232E Four Port Ethernet and F AST Ethernet Kit Contents ........................................ 7 Connectors and Indicator LEDs ..............................................................................[...]

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    5 Tables Table 1 ITI-5232E Adapt er Model s ________________________________________________________7 Table 2 Connect ions and Indicator LE Ds ___________________________________________________8 Table 3 Cont ents o f Software Dist r ibution Floppy ___________________________________________ 11 Table 4 Digit al UNIX and OpenVM S SRM Consol e Media [...]

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    6 Introduction I ntraServer’s Four Port I TI -5232E provides four FAST (10/100Mb/sec) channels from a sing le PCI host slot, providing the maximum network integration for high performance network server needs. Each of four ports is capable of running FAST, FA ST Full Duplex, or 10Mb/sec for configuration flexibility , allowing a single c ard to c[...]

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    7 - OpenVMS - MS/DOS - L inux Two ITI-5232E models are available, as described in Table 1. Mo del Interrupts Required Interrupt Assignment Description ITI-5232E-N 1 Chan nel 0 – In terrupt A Chan nel 1 – In terrupt A Chan nel 2 – In terrupt A Chan nel 3 – In terrupt A Four P ort Cha nnel FAST Etherne t Adap ter fo r Window s NT, Window s 95[...]

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    8 Connectors and Indi cator LEDs The I TI-5232E provides four 8-pin Modular J ack (MJ) connectors for connection with y our network. Each of these four ports supports either Twisted Pair Category 3 or 5 cable for 10Mb/s connections, or Category 5 cable for 100Mb/sec operation. Figure 1 shows the I TI-5232E Adapter connectors and indicator L EDs. Po[...]

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    9 Hardw are Inst allation This chapter describes how to install the I TI -5232E adapter in y our PCI based bus master compatible computer, and how to connect it to y our network. The I TI -5232E host adapter is Plug and Play on the host sy stems PCI bus, and no configuration of the adapter hardware is necessary. System Requirements Before y ou begi[...]

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    10 5. Locate a free PCI expansion slot (small white connector on th e sy stem ’s motherboard) and remove the scre w and metal brac ket for the selected slot. B e certain not to install the adapter in an I SA or EISA slot, which are long er than the PCI slots 6. I nstall the adapter in the selected slot. The module should fit without forcing, and [...]

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    11 Netw ork Device Driv er Inst allation Instructions Windows NT The I TI -5232E Four Port Ethernet and Fast Ethernet adapter uses the industry leading Fast Network Engine, Dig ital’s DC21143 PCI MAC. Digital’s DC21X4.SYS mini-port driver is used to support the four Ethernet channels on the card. Contents of th e driver kit Your I TI -5232E kit[...]

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    12 I nstalling the I TI-5232E (DC21X4 Driver) on Windows NT: Follow the procedure below to install the NT driver on y our Intel or Alpha based sy stem. The choices y ou are given may vary slightly from these ex amples based on y our machine’s current network configuration and options. See y our system administrator for any additional information.[...]

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    13 I f a dialog box asks y ou "Do y ou want to install NT Networking? " select YES and continue. Place the Windows NT installation media the CD-ROM reader, and complete the Windows NT network installation. Consult Windows NT documentation if y ou are unfamiliar with this proce ss. Follow the on-scree n prompts until y ou are prompted for [...]

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    14 5. I nsert the I TI -5232E driver diskette in y our floppy drive and select OK.[...]

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    15 6. From the “Select OEM Option” dialogue, Select “I ntraServer ITI 5232E Four Port 10/100 Mbps Ethernet” adapter, and select OK . 7. A “Connection Ty pe” dialog box will allow you to select the connection ty pe appropriate for y our network configuration. The default connection type is AutoSense, which should be correct for most netw[...]

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    16 9. Upon completion, the selected adapter port(s) is (are) added to the I nstalled Adapter Cards list in the Network Setting box (the number prefixing the ada pter is the adapter port number). 10. S elect OK to complete the Network Setting initialization. Based on the protocols y ou are running, one, or more dialog boxes may appear. See your netw[...]

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    17 11. Shutdown and reboot the system.[...]

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    18 Windows 95 Installation for PCI systems The following step should be taken in order to use the IntraServer Technology, Inc. ITI- 5232E Four Port Fast Ethernet 10/100 adapter in a system running Windows 95: 1. Power the machine down, unplug the AC power line, and remove the access cover. 2. I nstall the I TI 5232 into an unused PCI slot. Attach t[...]

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    19 12. W indows ’95 may prompt you to insert the distribution media disk(s) to be installed at this time. 13. Some files will be copied from y our distribution media disk(s) and some from the OEM distribution floppy disk. 14. If Windows prompts y ou for a file location of the distribution files, select the default location A: and select OK .[...]

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    20 15. W hen all necessary files have been copied to your sy stem, select Fin i sh from the “Add New Hardware Wizard” dialogue. 16. The preceding steps will be repeated for EACH of the four ports detected by Windows ’95. You will need to repeat the above procedures until each of the four ports have been added to y our configuration. 17. Each [...]

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    21 19. The ITI -5232E is capable of full AutoSense, which should allow plug and play operation with y our network. Should the need arise to specify the phy sical media, select the “Advanced” tab, th en select Connection Type, and select the connection ty pe that matches your network. 20. Select OK. Based on the network protocols running on y ou[...]

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    22 21. When prompted, allow the machine to restart, to a llow the new network setting s to become active.[...]

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    23 NetWare The Novell Netware driver, DC21x4 is used with both Netware 3.1x and Netware 4.x servers. Netware 3.x Server Driver 1. Prepare the hard drives of your server according to the instructions i n y our Netware 3.1x documentation. 2. While the server is down, insert the IntraServer Setup diskette into y our server’s A drive. 3. Copy the con[...]

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    24 9. Enter information as prompted. You may modify the adapter’s default configuration by changing its parameters when prompted. The de fault settings provide best results in most cases.[...]

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    25 Linux For information regarding drivers, installation, and support for Linux please visit our World Wide Web site at http://intraserver.com/support/faq.html[...]

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    26 Digital UNIX Drivers for the I TI -5232E are on the Digital UNI X distribution kit beginning with Version 4.0D. Digital UNI X will identify the I TI-5232E as four 21140 based Ethernet controllers. Once the hardware is installed in y our system, boot the sy stem using genvmunix , in the following manner: >>>boot –file genvmunix This wi[...]

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    27 Digital OpenVMS Drivers for the I TI -5232E are on the Digital OpenVMS distribution kit beg inning with Version 7.1. Digital OpenVMS will identify the ITI -5232E as four 21140 based adapters. Follow the documentation for the network software y ou will be running on the adapter for specific configuration information. Note: Digital OpenVMS relies [...]

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    28 A ppendix A Digital’s SRM Console Settings When the ITI -5232E is being used in a Digital Alpha platform running OpenVMS or Digital UNI X, the SRM console is used to set the port speed, media (cable) type and boot protocols, and can also be used to test the module. After powering y our system up, and before booting your operating sy stem, the [...]

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    29 For example, to set the media ty pe and speed to F AST Twisted Pair, en ter the command: >>>set ewa0_mode FAST I f y ou will be remote booting via the Ethernet, y ou must also set the boot protocol to match that of the boot node. Ty pically OpenVMS uses MOP protocol and UNI X uses BOOTP. For example t o set a port to MOP (VMS ) use: >[...]

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    30 A ppendix B Connector Pin Assignments Each of the Four 8-pin MJ connectors for 10/100 Mb/sec are wired as shown in Figure 2: Figure 2 8-Pin MJ Connector (Front) With the connection pins assigned as shown in Table 5: Pin Num ber Sig na l Name 1 Transmit + TX (+) 2 Transmit - TX (-) 3 Receive + RX (+) 4 No Co nnection NC 5 No Co nnection NC 6 Rece[...]

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    31 Table 6 Adapter to Network Hub Wiring Connection from the I TI -5232E adapter to another network adapter (point to point) must be made as shown in Table 7: Crossover Ada pt e r 1 Pin Adap te r 2 Pin TX ( +) 1 ÇÈ 3R X ( + ) TX ( -) 2 ÇÈ 6R X ( - ) RX (+) 3 ÇÈ 1T X ( + ) 44 55 RX (-) 6 ÇÈ 2T X ( - ) 77 88 Table 7 Adapter to Ad apter (point[...]

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    32 A ppendix C: T roubleshooting Windows NT Version 4.0 and 3.51 The most common problem encountered on Windows NT for Ethernet devices is a mismatch of the port’s speed a nd media setting s to those in use on the network. The most simple check of correct cabling is to observe the status lights on the handle of the card. Once the card is installe[...]

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    33 DC21X4_ERRMSG_TXM_JABBER_TI MEOUT 0x 07 Table 8 DC21X4 NT driver error codes Driver initialization e rrors: NDI S_ERROR_CODE_UNSUPP ORTED_CONFI GURATION DC21X4_ERRMSG_REGI STRY The AdapterTy pe Registry ’ s key is missing or its value is unsupported by the adapter board NDI S_ERROR_CODE_ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND No board matching the AdapterCFI D Regi[...]

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    34 NDI S_ERROR_CODE_HARDWARE_FAIL URE DC21X4_ERRMSG_SYSTEM_ERROR Sy stem_Error interrupt (bus parity error) NDI S_ERROR_CODE_HARDWARE_FAIL URE DC21X4_ERRMSG_TXM_JABBER_TI MEOUT Transmit Jabber timer expired Windows 95 I f the adapter is not detected by Windows 95 after installing the adapter, and rebooting Windows 95, check the following: 1. Double[...]

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    36 A ppendix D: A dapter Specifications ITI-5232E Four Port 10/100 Ethernet PCI adapter Bus Interface PCI 32-bi t bus master Hardw are Interrup ts I TI -5232E-N - supports shared interrupts I TI -5232E-O/U – does not support shared interrupts Base I/O Addresses Assigned by BIOS Data Transfer Rates Up to 800 Mbps in Fast full duplex mode Power Req[...]