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™
3C971-F ATMLINK
®
PCI 155 FIBER
NETWORK ADAPTER
USER GUIDE
Part No. 09-0897-000
April 1996
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LIFETIME W ARRANTY ® ™ ® ® 3Com’s ATMLink , EtherLink , TokenLink , ™ ™ Fast EtherLink, FDDILink , and 3Com Impact ISDN ISA adapters have a Lifetime Warranty. To ensure the very best 3Com service and support, take the time to complete the product registration card. Any defective 3Com adapter will be repaired or replaced, at 3Com’s option, for as long as the ® adapter resides in its original IBM Personal ® Computer, Personal System/2 , or compatible computer (driver
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Customers in the countries shown below should send the completed registration card to the appropriate address. Customers in other non-U.S. locations should send the registration card to the U.S. address on the front of the card. n Asia n Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Malta 3Com Asia Ltd., Marketing Department 3Com Mediterraneo Srl, Room 2506-07, 25/F. Marketing Department Citibank Tower Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1 Citibank Plaza, Central 20093 Cologno Mon
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™ 3C971-F ATMLINK ® PCI 155 FIBER NETWORK ADAPTER USER GUIDE Part No. 09-0897-000 Published April 8, 1996
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3Com Corporation n 5400 Bayfront Plaza n Santa Clara, California n 95052-8145 © 3Com Corporation, 1996. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without permission from 3Com Corporation. 3Com Corporation reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content from time to time without obligation on the part
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CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE Introduction i How to Use This Guide i Conventions ii 1 INTRODUCTION 3C971-F ATMLink PCI Adapter 1-1 Product Features 1-2 Software Drivers 1-3 3C971-F Adapter Installation Kit 1-3 PCI Technology 1-3 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Installation Overview 2-1 Tools Required 2-1 Installing the 3C971-F Adapter 2-2 3 WINDOWS NT DRIVER INSTALLATION Overview 3-1 Multiple LAN Emulation Clients 3-
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Editing the AUTOEXEC.NCF File 4-14 Removing a Driver from NetWare 4-15 5 TROUBLESHOOTING Overview 5-1 Startup Problems 5-1 Bootup Problems 5-2 Applications Problems 5-2 Adapter Problems 5-3 A SPECIFICATIONS Hardware A-1 Memory A-1 Bus Interface A-1 PCI Master A-1 PCI Slave A-2 Interrupts A-2 Diagnostics A-2 Board Dimensions A-2 Power Requirements A-2 Network Connections A-2 Standards Compliance A-2 Environm
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INDEX LIMITED WARRANTY FCC CLASS A VERIFICATION STATEMENT CE NOTICE
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FIGURES 1-1 3C971-F ATMLink PCI Adapter 1-1 2-1 Removing Expansion Slot Cover 2-3 2-2 Adapter Card Installed in Chassis 2-3 2-3 SC Duplex Connection 2-5 3-1 Network Settings Screen 3-5 3-2 Add Network Adapter 3-5 3-3 Selecting the Floppy Drive 3-6 3-4 Loading the 3C971-F Adapter Hardware Driver 3-7 3-5 PCI Adapter Setup 3-7 3-6 Configuring the Signaling Transport 3-9 3-7 Completed Network Settings 3-10 3-8 TCP/IP Configu
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4-10 Change IPX Frame Type 4-9 4-11 Locating the Channel Number 4-9 4-12 Selecting the Channel Number 4-9 4-13 LECS/LES ATM Network Address Entries 4-10 4-14 Setting the Network Number 4-12 4-15 Prompt for Additional Channels 4-13 4-16 Reselect the Driver for Additional Channels 4-13 4-17 Selecting the NCF Files Editor 4-14 4-18 Selecting the NCF Files Editor 4-16
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ABOUT THIS GUIDE Introduction This guide describes how to install the 3C971-F ATMLink™ PCI 155 Fiber adapter and the network drivers into a host computer system. It is intended for system administrators or those with equivalent technical experience. Throughout this guide, the 3C971-F ATMLink PCI 155 Fiber adapter is referred to as the 3C971-F adapter. How to Use This Guide The following table shows where to find specific information in this guide. If you are looking for: Turn to: Informatio
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ii ABOUT THIS GUIDE Conventions The following tables list text and icon conventions that are used throughout this guide. Text Description Text represented This typeface is used to represent displays that as screen appear on your terminal screen, for example: display NetLogin: Text represented This typeface is used to represent commands as commands that you enter, for example: cd /usr/tmp Keys When specific keys are referred to in the text, they are called out by their labels, such as “the R
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1 INTRODUCTION 3C971-F ATMLink PCI Adapter ® ™ The 3Com ATMLink 3C971-F adapter supports a data rate of 155 Mbps over a standard Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network for ® ™ ® Microsoft Windows NT workstations and Novell ™ ® NetWare file servers with Intel x86-based processors. The 3C971-F adapter is a full-size, single-slot PCI bus ATM adapter utilizing SONET OC-3c for multimode fiber. Packet-to-cell fragmentation and cell-to-packet reassembly functions take place in the hardware, wh
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1-2 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Product Features The 3C971-F adapter supports the following features: n 155 Mbps SONET OC-3c over multimode fiber n AAL5 ATM adaptation layer n Switched virtual circuit (SVC) software driver n UNI 3.0/3.1 standard signaling for switched virtual circuit (SVC) connections n ATM Forum standard LAN emulation client n LAN emulation configuration server capability n Communication with up to four LAN emulation servers n PCI Local Bus specification revision 2.1 compliance n 32
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Software Drivers 1-3 Software Drivers The ATM device drivers for the 3C971-F adapter are standard Windows NT NDIS and NetWare ODI drivers for Intel PCI-based hardware, and conform to the following: n ATM Forum LAN emulation standard, version 1.0 n UNI 3.0/3.1 signaling, implemented in Windows NT as a standard Transport Driver Interface (TDI) running in kernel mode, and implemented in NetWare as a standard NetWare Loadable Module (NLM). 3C971-F Adapter Installation Kit The 3C971-F adapter
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1-4 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION The PCI specification defines two types of PCI devices: a target and a master. A target is a device that accepts commands and responds to the requests of a master. The master, or bus master, is a more intelligent device that can conduct processing independently of the bus or other devices. A bus master device shares the bus with the main processor and targets. Bus mastering allows a peripheral device to take control of the system bus and not rely on the central
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2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Installation Overview This section describes the procedure for installing the 3C971-F adapter hardware in your host computer. Follow all applicable instructions included with your system documentation for installing PCI bus adapters. Hardware installation consists of these basic steps: n Unpack the 3C971-F ATMLink PCI adapter. n Turn off the power to your computer and remove the computer cover. Refer to your system documentation for specific instructions. n Install
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2-2 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION Keep the 3C971-F ATMLink PCI adapter in the protective antistatic bag until you are ready to install it. To prevent adapter damage due to electrostatic discharge, wear a grounding strap and handle the adapter only by its edges. Do not touch the components or any metal parts on the adapter, except for the backplate. Installing the 3C971-F Adapter To install the 3C971-F adapter in your computer, perform the following steps: 1 Attach a grounding strap to
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Installing the 3C971-F Adapter 2-3 Mounting screw Expansion slot cover Expansion slots 32-bit PCI slots Figure 2-1 Removing Expansion Slot Cover 7 Insert the 3C971-F adapter in the selected slot, as shown in Figure 2-2. Mounting screw Figure 2-2 Adapter Card Installed in Chassis
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2-4 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION 8 Press down gently and firmly on the board to seat it properly. 9 Use the screw removed in step 6 to secure the 3C971-F adapter bracket to the system chassis. 10 Replace the system cover. 11 Connect the 3C971-F adapter to the network. The connectors and cabling available for the 3C971-F adapter are SC duplex type connectors for multimode fiber, as shown in Figure 2-3.
