1. 2700FX20.exe Driver
2. GROUPING.TXT File Contents

GROUPING.TXT Driver File Contents (2700FX20.exe)

Grouping, Windows NT 4.0:

Capabilities

The AT-2700/2450 (NIC) Series NDIS4 Windows NT Driver
(ATNICm4P.SYS) provides the Grouping (Permant) capability
for the Allied Telesyn AT-2700/2450 Series of Ethernet
adapters. This driver only works with Windows NT v4.0.
 
The Grouping feature allows users to configure a pair of
AT-2700/2450 Series adapters as primary and secondary.
This provides the ability to automatically fail-over from
the primary adapter to the secondary adapter should the
link status for the primary adapter fail. While the
secondary adapter is in operation, the driver will
continuously poll the link status of the primary adapter.
If the link status in the primary adapter is restored, the
driver will switch operation back to the primary adapter.
All of these actions take place without any interference in
network traffic flow to and from the server.

Whenever a fail-over event occurs, an appropriate message
is logged in the Windows NT Event Viewer.

For the PermaNet Server feature to work in Windows NT 4.0
environment, the user will have to use the PermaNet Server
enhanced NDIS4 driver, INF and DLL files that is available
on the CardAssistant diskette.

The driver supports four adapters per system, two of which
can be configured as a PermaNet Server pair. The other two
adapters will be capable of individual operation if
necessary.


Making the PermaNet Server Feature Work:

To configure a pair of adapters and enable the Grouping
feature and follow these steps:


1. Go to the Network Control Panel, select Network
Configuration Manager, and then select the Add option.
Choose the Have Disk option, and insert the floppy disk
containing the PermaNet Server enhanced driver and
associated files in the root directory. 

2. Select the driver and click OK.


3. Click on Properties and configure each card using the
Properties dialog box that will appear on your screen.
You may click on the Help button for further instructions.

4. Click your mouse on the Group check box.


5. Click on the pull down menu for the Primary Adapter. A list of options with bus numbers and slot numbers will appear. For example:

ATNICmP1	<Bus Number>/<Slot Number>
ATNICmP2	<Bus Number>/<Slot Number>
ATNICmP3	<Bus Number>/<Slot Number>

6. Select the appropriate option for the Primary Adapter.

7. Click on the pull down menu for the Secondary Adapter.
A list of similar options with bus numbers and slot numbers
will appear.

8. Select the appropriate option for the Secondary Adapter,
and click OK.

If an error message appears, then you may have selected the
same adapter as primary and secondary. Please make the
appropriate corrections. Contact your system administrator
if the problem is not resolved.

If you are using the TCP/IP protocol, a dialog box will
appear after you either click on the Bindings Tab or Close
button in the Network Control Panel. Enter a valid IP
address for the primary adapter only. For the secondary
adapter, enter an invalid IP address value since NT requires
an address in order to complete the binding configuration.
The driver does not use this second address when PermaNet
is enabled.

Important Note: The secondary adapter IP address must never
be the same as the primary adapter IP address.

Your PermaNet Server feature is now enabled and ready to go!