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HP Network Adapter
Software and Configuration Guide
Part Number 441877-00B
March 2007 (Second Edition)
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© Copyright 2005-2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP requir
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Contents Overview..................................................................................................................................... 5 Supported adapters and operating systems................................................................................................... 5 Adapter driver and software information ...................................................................................................... 7 PCI Hot Plug .........................................
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Multifunction gigabit server adapter teaming ............................................................................................ 129 Windows 2000 and Windows NT4 teaming............................................................................................130 NetWare teaming ................................................................................................................................. 139 VLAN properties........................................................
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Overview In this section Supported adapters and operating systems ................................................................................................. 5 Adapter driver and software information..................................................................................................... 7 PCI Hot Plug ............................................................................................................................................ 9 Duplex support..............
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• HP NC6136 Gigabit Server Adapter (PCI 1000 SX) • HP NC6170 Dual Port PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC7131 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter • HP NC7132 Gigabit Ethernet Upgrade Module for the NC3134 Server Adapter * • HP NC7170 Dual Port PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC7770 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC7771 PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter Embedded adapters: • HP NC320i PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC324i PCI Express Dual
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• Windows® 2000 (NDIS5) • Windows NT® 4.0 (NDIS4) (only supported on adapters that shipped before January 1, 2003) • 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 Server 9 Service Linux 64 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T • Red Hat Enterprise Lin
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5. Click HP ProLiant Networking Software . 6. Click download and save the HP SoftPaq (sp#####.exe) file to a directory on your hard drive. The SoftPaq file is a self-extracting executable with a file name based on the SoftPaq number. 7. Click the SoftPaq file to extract the files and then open the cmponent.htm file. Drivers Drivers are found in the following folders: • Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 \WIN2003 • Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 x64 \WIN2003x64 • Microsoft® Windows® 2000
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Linux documentation • Linux readme.txt file is located in the \LINUX directory • HP iSCSI Boot User Guide for Linux in the \docs directory PCI Hot Plug PCI Hot Plug is an industry-standard solution that provides increased system availability and non-stop serviceability in business-critical computing environments. PCI Hot Plug enables PCI networking adapters to be replaced or added to a server without taking the system down. HP pioneered this technology and has worked closely with the
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No support • Linux No support Upgrading the adapter with a persistent driver To upgrade the adapter with a persistent driver: 1. Manually remove (unload) the driver. 2. Power down the slot and remove the adapter. 3. Upgrade the adapter (add the option module). 4. Reinstall the upgraded adapter. 5. Power up the slot to let NetWare automatically detect the (upgraded) adapter. Duplex support Duplexing is a performance option that allows you to choose how the adapter sends and rec
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3. Set Speed/Duplex on the adapter to Auto/Auto, 10/Half, 10/Full, 100/Half, 100/Full, or 1000/Full. 4. Click OK until prompted to restart. 5. Restart Windows NT® 4.0. Windows® 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2003 x64 For new installations, Windows® 2000 automatically installs the adapter drivers. Exception: For the NC150T, NC310F, NC32xx, NC37xx, NC340x, NC1020, NC6136, NC6170, NC71xx and NC77xx adapters, you must install the appropriate driver components located in the
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Examples: o 100 Mbps full-duplex: FORCEDUPLEX=2 SPEED=100 o 10 Mbps full-duplex: FORCEDUPLEX=2 SPEED=10 • Syntax: SPEED= n (n = 10 or 100 or 1000) Specifies the speed the driver uses. If you do not use this parameter, the driver automatically detects the network speed. If unable to detect the network speed, the driver defaults to 10 Mbps. If you use this parameter, the driver operates at the specified speed instead of auto-detecting network speed. NOTE: The NC3133 adapter supports
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Installation In this section Download latest drivers, firmware, and documentation............................................................................... 13 Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 ............................................................................ 13 Windows 2000 and Windows NT........................................................................................................... 15 Linux..........................................................
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5. Click HP ProLiant Networking Software . 6. Click download and save the HP SoftPaq (sp#####.exe) file to a directory on your hard drive. The SoftPaq file is a self-extracting executable with a file name based on the SoftPaq number. 7. Click the SoftPaq file to extract the files and then open the cmponent.htm file. Windows Server 2003 x6 4 IMPORTANT: NC31xx, NC6132, NC6133, and NC7132 adapters are not supported in Windows Server 2003 x64. The following Windows Server 2003 x64
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1. Run the appropriate Driver Component Package (listed as CPxxxxxx.exe) in a directory on your hard drive. The component is a self-extracting executable with a file name based on the component number. 2. Click the Install button to proceed with the installation. 3. After the drivers have been installed, you may delete the Component Package that you copied. Removing the driver software To remove the driver software: 1. Before physically removing an adapter from your system, first remov
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To update the network driver, follow these instructions: Locate the driver on the CD, diskette, or directory on your hard drive where you copied it from an updated source. See Technical Support for a list of online sources for software and driver updates. 1. Run the appropriate Driver Component Package (listed as CPxxxxxx.exe) in a directory on your hard drive. The component is a self-extracting executable with a file name based on the component number. 2. Click the Install button to pro
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5. Copy driver installation files: Xcopy the HP Configuration and Drivers Disk to the proper location under Adapter Device Driver folder (NT40.INS\i386\DRVLIB.NIC\CPQANC folder on the Windows NT® server). This enables the installation program to find the same file structure as on the Drivers disk. Be sure to use the /s /e switches on xcopy. 6. On the Windows NT® server, prepare the Microsoft® Client Installation disk using the Windows NT® Network Client Administrator: a. Prepare a system
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;transport=ms$netbeui,MS$NETBEUI ;lana0=ms$ne2clone,1,ms$netbeui ;lana1=ms$ne2clone,1,ms$ndishlp transport=tcpip,TCPIP lana0=ms$ne2clone,1,tcpip [ms$ne2clone] drivername=N100$ CACHEFLUSH=1 ; CACHEFLUSH line is required ONLY IF NDIS2 does not shut down ; properly ;INTERRUPT=3 ;IOBASE=0x300 ;SlotNumber=1 [protman] drivername=PROTMAN$ PRIORITY=MS$NDISHLP ;[MS$NDISHLP] ;drivername=ndishlp$ ;BINDINGS=ms$ne2clone ;[ms$netbeui] ;drivername=netbeui$ ;SESSIONS=10 ;NCBS=12 ;
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[network drivers] netcard=N100.DOS ;transport=ndishlp.sys,*netbeui transport=tcpdrv.dos,nemm.dos devdir=A:\NET LoadRMDrivers=yes [Password Lists] *Shares=a:\net\Share000.PWL USERID=A:\NET\USERID.PWL • AUTOEXEC.BAT path=a:\net a:\net\net start rem a:\net\net logon userid password /yes net use W: \\ServerName\nt40.ins W:winnt /s:W:\ /u:a:\unattend.txt • UNATTEND.TXT [Unattended] OemPreinstall = yes NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1 FileSystem = LeaveA
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InstallServices = ServicesSection JoinWorkgroup = workgroup [ProtocolsSection] TC = TCParamSection [TCParamSection] DHCP = yes [CPQAdapters] CPQANC.1 = CPQNic1ParamSection, \i386\drvlib.nic\CPQANC ;CPQANC.2 = CPQNic2ParamSection, \i386\drvlib.nic\CPQANC ;CPQANC.3 = CPQNic3ParamSection, \i386\drvlib.nic\CPQANC ;CPQANC.4 = CPQNic4ParamSection, \i386\drvlib.nic\CPQANC [CPQNic1ParamSection] ;NetAddress = "" ;SpeedDuplex = 0 ; 0 means autonegotiation ;MaxFrameSize = 0 ; 0 is us
