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®
EtherLink 10/100 PCI
®
Network Interface Card
with 3XP processor
User Guide
3CR990 Family of EtherLink NICs
You can print this user guide using Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is provided on
the EtherCD that shipped with this product. Acrobat Reader is located in the
language subdirectory.
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Part No. 09-1742-000
Published August 1999
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3Com Corporation Copyright © 1999, 3Com Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be 5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, Clara, California 95052-8145 transformation, or adaptation) without written 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 1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN Product Registration 9 EtherCD Navigation 10 Root Subdirectories 10 Auto Insert 11 Text Files 11 Installation Overview 12 Check List 12 Windows 2000 12 Windows 98/95 12 Windows NT 4.0 12 Windows NT 3.51 12 Netware Server 12 Minimum System Requirements 12 Making a DOS-Bootable Diskette 13 Diskette Installation 13 Making NIC Installation Diskettes 13 Installing from Diskettes 14 2
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4 WINDOWS DRIVERS Windows 2000 27 Windows 98 28 Windows 95 29 New Hardware Found 30 Update Device Driver Wizard 31 Windows NT 4.0 32 Windows NT 3.51 32 Verifying Successful Installation 34 Windows 2000 34 Windows 98 and Windows 95 34 Windows NT 4.0 34 Windows NT 3.51 35 Multiple NICs 35 Windows 2000 35 Windows 95 and Windows 98 36 Windows NT 4.0 37 5 NETWARE DRIVERS Obtaining NetWare Loadable Modules 39 NetWa
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7 UPGRADING DRIVERS Windows 2000 47 Windows 98 47 Windows 95 48 Determining the Version 48 Windows 95 Version A (Build 950) 48 Windows 95 OSR2 49 Windows NT 4.0 49 Windows NT 3.51 50 8 CONFIGURATION Configuration Options 51 Definitions 51 3Com DOS Configuration Program 52 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program 53 Starting the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program 53 Displaying Settings 53 Changing Settings 53 9 TROUBLESHOOTING Accessing the 3
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A SPECIFICATIONS NIC Specifications 65 Network Connection Criteria 66 Network Cable 66 Cabling Requirements 66 Twisted-Pair Cable 66 Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cable Categories 66 10BASE-T Description 66 100BASE-TX Description 67 RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments 67 Flow Control 68 Pause Frames 68 Link Negotiation 68 B TECHNICAL SUPPORT Register this Product 69 Online Technical Services 69 World Wide Web Site 69 3
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F DYNAMICACCESS TECHNOLOGY DynamicAccess Features 79 Client PC Requirements 79 Installing DynamicAccess Technology 80 Verifying Successful Installation 81 Configuring DynamicAccess Technology 81 Removing DynamicAccess Technology 82 Windows 95/98 82 Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT 3.51 83 INDEX WARRANTY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION 3Com Corporation Limited Warranty 87 Regulatory Compliance Information 88
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN 1 Product Registration The United States government places registration requirements on using data encryption products. To obtain customer support for 3CR990 NICs, you are required to register your NIC product with 3Com. You can register this product electronically or by U.S. mail. In addition to enabling customer support for your NIC, registration also entitles you to receive upgrade information and advance feature information. NOTE:
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HAPTER EFORE OU BEGIN 10 C 1: B Y EtherCD Navigation This section provides information about EtherCD content and navigation. If auto insert is enabled for your CD-ROM drive, the 3Com Welcome screen is displayed when you insert the EtherCD in your CD-ROM drive. If the Welcome screen is not displayed when you insert the EtherCD in your CD-ROM drive, you can either enable the auto insert feature for your CD-ROM drive or navigate to the root subdirectories. Go to: Auto Insert. Go to: Root
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EtherCD Navigation 11 Auto Insert If auto insert is not enabled for your CD-ROM drive, the EtherCD Welcome screen is not displayed when you insert the EtherCD in your CD-ROM drive. To enable auto insert on your CD-ROM drive: 1 Right-click the My Computer icon, and then select Properties. 2 Select the Device Manager tab. 3 Click the + symbol next to CD ROM in the list. 4 Select the name of your CD-ROM drive. 5 Click Properties, and then select the Settings tab. 6 Select the check box for Auto i
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12 CHAPTER 1: BEFORE YOU BEGIN Installation Overview This section provides basic information that you need before you start the installation. Check List Before you start the installation, verify that you have all of the components that shipped with this product. If any of these items are damaged or missing, contact your shipper or network supplier. 3CR990 NIC Remote Wake-Up cable (Used only for 2.1 PCI specification-compliant PCs.) EtherCD Version 1.0 for the 3CR990 Family You also need t
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Making a DOS-Bootable Diskette 13 Making a For installation and configuration procedures that require you to boot from DOS, DOS-Bootable you cannot successfully use the MS-DOS prompt from within Windows. Perform a Diskette “clean” boot from DOS or use a DOS boot disk. NOTE: To use the CD-ROM drive on a PC or server in a DOS environment, the DOS drivers for the CD-ROM drive must be installed. Consult the documentation that accompanied your CD-ROM drive or your motherboard for information about
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14 CHAPTER 1: BEFORE YOU BEGIN Installing from Diskettes To install NIC software, you will need the NIC, your Windows operating system source diskettes, and the NIC installation diskettes. To install NIC software using installation diskettes, see the file DISKETTE.PDF on the EtherCD. The path for this file is: Installations \ Diskette.pdf To make installation diskettes Go to: Making NIC Installation Diskettes.
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3CR990 NICS 2 NIC Overview The 3CR990 network interface cards (NICs) represent a new generation of secure, intelligent client NICs with an on-board RISC processor (3XP processor). The RISC processor is designed to optimize system and network performance. Optimization occurs by offloading key networking and security tasks even when running bandwidth-intensive applications such as voice, video, imaging, and Internet and intranet applications. These NICs connect your PCI-compliant PC to a 10 Mb
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TX DATA ACT 10 L N 100 K 16 CHAPTER 2: 3CR990 NICS The following figure shows the 3CR990 NIC and the location of its major components. Encryption chip Remote Wake-Up (RWU) connector 3XP processor 3CR990 NICs support up to 168-bit (3DES) encryption NIC Features The 3CR990 NICs provide these features for supported IP and IPX environments: Integrated Boot ROM Remote Wake-Up Desktop Management Interface (DMI) DHCP server prevention Broadcast storm limitation Offline diagnostics Integrate
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NIC Features 17 MBA preboot support allows you to use management applications to perform tasks such as: Installing and configuring a new PC that has never been connected to the network. Upgrading software. Scanning for viruses. Performing disaster recovery tasks. In addition to firmware, MBA has a complete set of tools, utilities, and pre-OS software that enables network administrators to perform tasks such as: Reconfiguring multiple systems at once. Backing up hard drives automatica
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18 CHAPTER 2: 3CR990 NICS Desktop Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is a network management standard that Management Interface is widely accepted for managing Intel-based computers. The 3Com DMI Agent allows any DMI management application to access information such as the NIC driver location, version, and size; packets sent statistics; crc receive errors; and much more. The 3Com DMI Agent consists of a DMI browser with the following components: DMI service layer DMI agent GUI install
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Windows 2000 Offload Features 19 Enabling Offloads Windows 2000 provides the capability to individually enable or disable each of the four offload features. (The default setting for these features is enabled.) NOTE: For users running the Beta 3 version of Microsoft Windows 2000, the Offload function must be globally enabled in Windows 2000 before individual offload features can be enabled or disabled. See the readme.txt file in the root of the EtherCD for the latest information about enabling and
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20 CHAPTER 2: 3CR990 NICS Hex Value Offload Function Enabled Hex Value Offload Function Enabled 7 IP and TCP Checksum F 802.1P Packet Priority TCP Segmentation IP and TCP Checksum IPSec TCP Segmentation IPSec
