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Preface10Contacting Allied Telesis This section provides Allied Telesis contact information for technical support as well as sales or corporate inform

11Chapter 1Starting and Using BACS 3This chapter provides detailed information about the minimum and recommended .NET Framework versions for BACS3. In

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 312Starting Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 includes the runtime and associated files

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide13Windows Vista .NET 2.0 Included in .NET 3.0 which is included during OS installation.NET 2.0 SP1 Downl

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 314Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3To start BACS 3, click Broadcom Control Suite 3 in the Control Panel. Cli

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide15Figure 1. Device Management PageTo list items in Device Management by connection, do the following: A

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 316Device Icons The icon next to each device in the Device Management pane shows its status. An icon next to a devi

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide17ConfiguringBACS UserInterface OptionsThis section describes how to enable and disable the BACS Tray ic

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 318 If the Vital Signs section within the Information tab is not visible, do the following. From the Context View

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide19Link Status The Link Status indicates the status of the network link. There are two states:  Up. A li

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Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 320Viewing DriverInformationThe Driver Information section of the Information tab displays data about the driver fo

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide21Displaying Resource Information The Resources section of the Information tab displays information abou

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 322Slot No Indicates the slot number on the system board occupied by the adapter. This item is not available for PC

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide23To view Hardware for any installed network adapter, click the name of the adapter listed in the Device

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 324Subsystem Vendor ID Indicates the subsystem vendor ID. Subsystem ID Indicates the subsystem ID. Testing theNetwo

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide255. Click Run. The results of the network test are displayed in the Result field of Figure 8. Figure 8.

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 3263. From the Select a test to run list, select Diagnostic Tests. If the Diagnostic Tests option is not available,

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide277. In the error message window that warns of the network connection being temporarily interrupted, cli

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 328Test LED This test causes all of the port LEDs to blink 5 times for the purpose of identifying the adapter. Anal

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide296. In the error message window that warns of the network connection being temporarily interrupted, cli

3ContentsPreface ...

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 330Status The result of the analysis for the indicated pair can be one of the following:  Good. Good cable/PCB sig

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide31To set adapter properties, do the following:1. Click the name of the adapter in the Device Management

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 332Figure 11. Advanced Page802.1p QOS Enables the quality of service (QoS) feature, which is an Institute of Electr

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide33Flow Control Enables or disables the receipt or transmission of PAUSE frames. PAUSE frames allow the n

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 334LSO & Jumbo Frames Enables the network adapter to transmit and receive oversized Ethernet frames that are gr

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide35The appropriate assigned ranges and exceptions for the locally administered address include the follow

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 336Note10 Mb Half and 100 Mb Half settings force the network adapter to connect to the network in Half-Duplex mode.

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide37WOL Speed Sets the speed at which the network adapter connects to the network while the network adapte

Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 338Displaying Statistics The information provided on the Statistics tab allows you to display traffic statistics fo

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide39Figure 12. General Statistics PageDirected Frames Tx A count of directed data frames that were success

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Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 340transmitted to multicast addresses are not broadcast frames and are excluded. Directed Frames Rx A count of dire

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide41Frames Tx after Deferral. A count of the frames that were delayed being transmitted on the first attem

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43Chapter 2Configuring TeamingThe teaming function allows you to group any available network adapters together to function as a team. Teaming is a met

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming44NoteThe TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Large Send Offload (LSO), and Checksum Offload properties are enabled for a team onl

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide45Defining Team Types You can create four types of load balance teams:  Smart Load Balance and Failover

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming46Load Balancing and Failover type of team in which auto-fallback occurs. In addition, the LiveLink feature is supported

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide47Using the Broadcom Teaming Wizard To use the Broadcom Teaming Wizard to create a team, configure an ex

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming48Figure 14. Edit Team PathNoteIf you prefer to work without the wizard, click Expert Mode. If you want to always use Ex

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide49Figure 15. Broadcom Teaming Wizard Page6. Type the team name and then click Next. If you want to revie

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Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming50Figure 16. Creating/Modifying a Team: Team Name Page7. Select the type of team you want to create. If the team type is

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide51Figure 17. Creating/Modifying a Team: Team Type Page9. From the Available Adapters list, click the ada

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming52support and are configured for the feature. If this is the case, then the team offload capabilities appear on the bott

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide53The Creating/Modifying a Team: Designating a Standby Member Page is displayed. See Figure 19.Figure 19

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming54Figure 20. Creating/Modifying a Team: Configuring LiveLink Page13. Select the probe interval (the number of seconds be

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide5515. Click the probe target at the top of the list, click Edit Target IP Address, type the target IP ad

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming56NoteAll of the member IP addresses must be in the same subnet as the subnet of the probe targets. Figure 22. Creating/

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide57NoteVLANs can only be created when all team members are Broadcom adapters. Figure 23. Creating/Modifyi

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming58Figure 24. Creating/Modifying a VLAN: Naming Page19. To tag the VLAN, select Tagged and then click Next. Otherwise, cl

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide59Figure 25. Creating/Modifying a VLAN: Tagging Page20. Type the VLAN tag value and then click Next. The

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Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming60Figure 26. Creating/Modifying a VLAN: Tag Value Page21. Select Yes to add or manage another VLAN and then click Next.

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide61Figure 27. Creating/Modifying a VLAN: Additional VLANs Page22. To apply and commit the changes to the

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming62Figure 28. Congratulations! Page

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide63NoteAt any point in the Broadcom Teaming Wizard procedure, click Preview to get a visual representatio

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming64Figure 30. Team Properties Page

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide65Using the Expert Mode Use Expert Mode to do the following team activities: “Creating a Team” on page

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming66This option is not available if there are no devices listed in the "Unassigned Adapters" sections, which mea

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide675. Click the Create Team tab. The Manage Load Balance Members Page is displayed. See Figure 32.NoteThe

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming68NoteYou must assign at least one Allied Telesis or Broadcom-based network adapter to the team. The TCP Offload Engine

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide69NoteThe maximum number of team members is 8. NoteWhen team configuration has been correctly performed,

7PrefaceThis guide contains instructions on how to install and use the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 for Ethernet Network adapters.The Broadcom Ad

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming70d. Configure the IP address and any other necessary TCP/IP configuration for the team, and then click OK when finished

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide715. Click the Edit Team tab.The Manage Teams Page: Edit Team Tab is displayed. See Figure 35.Figure 35.

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming72Adding a VLANYou can add virtual LANs (VLANs) to a team. This enables you to add multiple virtual adapters that are on

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide73Figure 36. Manage VLAN(s) Page9. Click Yes when the message is displayed indicating that the network c

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming74Deleting a VLANTo delete a VLAN in Expert Mode, do the following:1. Click the Team Management button at the bottom of

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide75NoteYou can specify up to four probe targets. NoteThe IP address assigned to either a probe target or

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming76To specify different values, click the desired probe interval in the Probe interval (seconds) list and click the desir

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide77NoteOnly the first probe target is required. You can specify up to 3 additional probe targets to serve

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming78Saving and Restoring the ConfigurationThis section provides procedures to save and restore the teaming configuration.T

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide79Viewing BASP Statistics The BASP Statistics section displays performance information about the network

Preface8Safety Symbols Used in this DocumentThis document uses the safety symbols defined in Table 1.Table 1. Safety SymbolsSymbol Meaning Description

Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming80Figure 38. General Page

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