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Windows NT® Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme™ Gigabit Ethernet Adapter User Guide

Installing the Driver Software
Changing Configuration Properties
Updating the Driver Software
Removing the Driver Software
Installing Broadcom Advanced Server Program
Uninstalling Broadcom Advanced Server Program
Configuring Teaming
Configuring VLANs

Installing the Driver Software

The Gigabit Ethernet Adapter must be physically installed in your system prior to installing the driver software. See "Installing the Hardware" for details.

NOTES: A network device driver must be installed before the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter can be used with your Windows NT system. BACS Help files require Internet Explorer 4.0 or later to work properly. We recommend using Internet Explorer 5.0 to view help files. Hot Plug installation is not supported on dual port devices with Windows NT4. We recommend using Internet Explorer 5.0 to view help files.

Install the adapter software for Windows NT as follows:

1. Verify that the Windows NT system is upgraded with Service Pack 4 or later.
   
   
2. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have System Administrator privileges to install the driver software.
   
   
3. Open the Control Panel.
4. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.

5. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab.

6. To install a new adapter, select the adapter and click Add .

   All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters.

7. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click Have Disk....
8. When prompted, insert the driver installation media, or choose a location to install the driver from. Type the path to the driver, and click OK.

   For example, to install the adapter driver software for Windows NT, type e:\ in the Insert Disk location box (where "e:" is the designation of the CD-ROM drive on your system).

NOTE - If you acquired the adapter software on floppy disk or from the Broadcom support website, enter the path to where the adapter driver files reside on your system.

9. With Gigabit Ethernet Controller highlighted in the Select OEM Option window, click OK.

   

The adapter files are installed, then the Network window is displayed showing the newly installed adapter.

10. Click Close, then the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties window appears.

    

11. Configure the TCP/IP protocol and click OK.

12. When prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.

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Changing Configuration Properties

Once the adapter driver software has been installed, you can examine and change the configuration options at any time. The following adapter parameters are user-configurable:

• Basic properties: Tx and Rx Flow Control, Duplex Mode, and Port Speed
• Optional properties: Failover Team Configuration and VLAN Configuration

Gigabit Ethernet Controller Properties Screen

To configure adapter properties, first bring up the Gigabit Ethernet Controller parameters screen as follows:

1. Open the Control Panel and right-click the Network icon.

2. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab.

The bus and slot numbers of the highlighted adapter are listed as part of the adapter name in the Network Adapter window.

3. Select the desired adapter from the Network Adapters window and click on Properties. The Gigabit Ethernet Controller parameters window opens.

The possible adapter property types are:

• Speed & Duplex
• Flow Control
• Jumbo Mtu

Refer to the property settings below for configuration details.

Speed & Duplex

The Speed & Duplex property allows the user to set the connection speed duplexed to the network. Note that Duplex Mode 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 and shown below:

• Auto - (Default) Sets the speed and mode for optimum network connection (recommended)
• 10 Mb Half - Sets the speed at 10 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex
• 10 Mb Full - Sets the speed at 10 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex
• 100 Mb Half - Sets the speed at 100 Mbps and mode to Half Duplex
• 100 Mb Full - Sets the speed at 100 Mbps and mode to Full Duplex

NOTES – Auto is the recommended selection. This selection allows the adapter to dynamically detect the line speed and duplex mode of the network. Whenever the network capability changes, the adapter will automatically detect and adjust to the new line speed and duplex mode. Also, when Auto is selected, the 1 Gbps speed detection is enabled.

Flow Control

The Flow Control property allows the user to enable or disable the receipt or transmission of PAUSE frames. PAUSE frames enable the adapter and the switch to control the transmit rate. The side that is receiving the PAUSE frame will momentarily stop transmitting. The recommended selection is Disable, which will configure the adapter to ignore PAUSE frames. Disabled by default, to enable Flow Control to receive, transmit, or receive and transmit PAUSE frames, select the appropriate parameter from the drop-down menu described and shown below.

• Disable - (default) PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is disabled (recommended)
• Rx PAUSE - PAUSE frame receipt is enabled
• Tx PAUSE - PAUSE frame transmission is enabled
• Rx/Tx PAUSE - PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is enabled
• Auto - PAUSE frame receipt and transmission is optimized

Jumbo Mtu

The Jumbo Mtu property allows the adapter to transmit and receive oversized Ethernet frames that are greater than 1514 but less than 9000 bytes in length. Note that this parameter will require a switch that is able to process large frames.

Set at 1500 bytes by default, to increase the size of the received frames, select the byte quantity in 500-byte increments from the drop-down menu shown below.

Save Settings

1. When adapter property configuration is complete, click Continue at the Gigabit Ethernet Controller screen to accept the settings..

2. When prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.

The system restarts, using the new configuration settings.

3. When the system returns to proper operation, verify that the adapter port LEDs operate as described in Table 1 in the Introduction.

NOTE - If no configuration changes have been made, you can click No to close the configuration session without restarting your system.

NOTE – If other adapters in your system use TCP/IP bindings, the TCP/IP Properties window opens. Perform any necessary TCP/IP configuration and click OK when finished. For help in configuring TCP/IP protocol, consult your Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 documentation.

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Updating the Driver Software

Do the following to replace version 4.0 adapter driver software with newer versions as they become available.

1. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have Network Administrator privileges to install the driver software.

2. Open the Control Panel and double-click the Network icon.

3. When the Network window opens, click the Adapters tab.

   

Any previously installed Gigabit Ethernet driver software is listed under Network Adapters.

4. Select a Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and click Update.

5. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click Have Disk....

   

6. When prompted, insert the Broadcom CD-ROM into your system's CD-ROM drive, type the root path to the drive, and click Continue.

   For example, type e:\

   (Where "e:" is the designation of the CD-ROM drive on your system).

   The system then copies the appropriate adapter files from the CD-ROM.

NOTE - If you acquired the adapter software on floppy disk or from the Broadcom support website, enter the path to where the adapter driver files reside on your system.

7. When the copying process is complete, click Close in the Network window.

8. When prompted to restart your computer, click Yes. The system restarts using the new configuration settings.

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Removing the Driver Software

Before physically removing an adapter from your system, first remove the adapter driver software.

1. Start your Windows NT system and log in. You must have Network Administrator privileges to remove the driver software.

2. Open the Control Panel and double-click the Network icon.

3. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab.

   

Any previously installed Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is listed under Network Adapters.

5. Individually select each Gigabit Ethernet Adapter you want to remove and click Remove.

6. Once the appropriate adapters have been removed, click Close.

7. When prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.

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Installing Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP)

1. Right click on Network Neighborhood.

2. Select Properties.

3. Select the Protocols tab.

4. Select Add. The following screen appears.

5. If you have and installation disk, click Have Disk.

6. Insert the disk provided by the manufacturer. Enter the path to the files and click OK.
   
   The following screen appears.

7. Select OK.

8. The Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver screen appears. You can choose to configure a team, or select OK and perform the configuration procedure at a later time.

9. Select OK. The Network Dialog Box appears.

10. Select Close. The reboot screen appears.

11. Select Yes. This completes the NT installation procedure.

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Uninstalling Broadcom Advanced Server Program

1. Right click on Network Neighborhood.

2. Select Properties.

3. Select the Protocols tab. The following screen appears.

   

4. Highlight Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver and click Remove. The following screen appears.

   

5. Select Yes to continue.

6. Select Close. The following screen appears.

   

7. Select Yes. This completes the uninstall procedure.

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Configuring Teaming

NOTE – To use the BASP teaming software, you must have at least one Broadcom adapter present in the team.

Teaming configuration is optional. Before configuring teaming, see the "Teaming Overview."

NOTE – To avoid failover problems when using BASP, make sure that the spanning tree is disabled on the switch that the network adapter is connected.

Configuring Teaming consists of the following tasks:

• Accessing the Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver Properties (BASP).
• Creating teams and assigning adapters
• Assigning an IP address to the teams
• Rebooting the system

For complete instructions refer to Configuring Teaming located in the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite document.

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