DuraLink - Failover Readme for Windows NT 3.51 Workstation or Server
Section 1 ..........Instructions for Duralink installation when
networking is currently setup on Windows NT.
Section 2 ..........Instructions for Duralink installation when
networking is not currently setup on Windows NT.
Section 3 ..........SNMP Management Station - Files needed to manage
the ANA-6911
NOTE: If you plan to use TCP/IP, you will need to obtain your IP
address and subnet information prior to installation. You
may have a DHCP server that will provide the IP information
automatically. If you are not sure if you have a DHCP server
or what IP address to use, contact your network administrator.
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** SECTION 1 ***
Duralink installation instructions for Windows NT 3.51 Workstation or
Server when networking has previously been setup
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1. Place two Adaptec PCI adapters (such as the ANA-6911A/TX's) in the
system.
2. Boot your system with Windows NT 3.51. (If you are using Windows
NT version 4.0, please refer to the NT40.TXT file for Duralink
Failover installation instructions).
3. Open the "Main" Program Group in Program Manager.
**** REMOVING EXISTING ADAPTEC ETHERNET DRIVERS ****
NOTE: If you do not currently have Adaptec or Cogent PCI drivers
installed, please skip to step #9.
4. Open "Control Panel".
5. Open the Network Setup Applet.
6. In the "Installed Adapter Cards" section of the Network Settings
screen, remove all Adaptec or Cogent PCI adapters by highlighting
them and then clicking "Remove". Repeat this step until you have
removed all of the Adaptec or Cogent PCI adapters.
7. Close the Network Settings dialog box and allow the system to reboot.
NOTE:
When restarting Windows NT, you may get message from the Service
Control Manager that a service failed during system startup. This
message is a result of all adapters being removed in the previous
steps. This message will go away after adding the new drivers in
the following steps. Click "OK" to continue.
8. Log back on to the Windows NT system.
9. Open "Control Panel".
**** ADDING DURALINK DRIVERS ****
10. Open the Network Setup Applet.
11. Click Add Adapter... in the Network Settings window.
12. At the "Add Network Adapter" window, select "<Other> Requires disk
from manufacturer" from the drop down list and then click Continue.
13. You are now prompted to "Insert disk with software provided by the
software or hardware manufacturer." Insert the disk with the
DuraLink Failover driver. Be sure to enter the path to the
directory where the driver and OEMSETUP file is located.
Click OK.
**** DRIVER CONFIGURATION ****
14. From the "Select OEM Option" window, Choose the model of your
Adaptec network adapter. Click OK.
15. The "Duralink Setup by Adaptec" window is now displayed. You may
change the connection type in the drop down list to match your
needs. The options are:
Autodetect Default Connection
Detects the cable type and optimal line speed for the
specific Adaptec PCI adapter model in use. This is the
default and recommended connection type to select.
Refer to the NT Help file in the adapter configuration
screen for the specific default settings for a given adapter.
InitSense/Half Duplex
Detects the line speed (10 or 100 Mb/s) when the adapter
initializes and is set for Half Duplex mode.
InitSense/Full Duplex
Detects the line speed (10 or 100 Mb/s) when the adapter
initializes and is set for Full Duplex mode.
ActiveSense/Half Duplex
Detects the line speed (10 or 100 Mb/s) when the adapter
initializes and continues to check to see if the line speed has
changed. The adapter will be configured for Half Duplex mode.
ActiveSense/Full Duplex
Detects the line speed (10 or 100 Mb/s) when the adapter
initializes and continues to check to see if the line speed has
changed. The adapter will be configured for Full Duplex mode.
10 Mbps UTP/Half Duplex
Forces the connection to 10 Mb/s in Half Duplex mode.
10 Mbps UTP/Full Duplex
Forces the connection to 10 Mb/s in Full Duplex mode.
100 Mbps/Half Duplex
Forces the connection to 100 Mb/s in Half Duplex mode.
100 Mbps/Full Duplex
Forces the connection to 100 Mb/s in Full Duplex mode.
THIN
Use this when connecting to the BNC port of a Combo adapter.
This is a 10 Mb/s Half Duplex only connection.
THICK
Set the connection type to "THICK" if you have an adapter that
has an AUI port and you will be using that port. This is a
10 Mb/s Half Duplex only connection.
TX
Sets cable type to RJ-45 TX twisted pair - 10 or 100Mb/ps
T4
Sets cable type to RJ-45 T4 twisted pair - 10 or 100Mb/ps
** Make sure to select the appropriate cable type for your network.
Also, make sure that both failover ports have been configured to use
the same connection type.
16. After choosing your connection type click Continue.
17. Repeat steps 15 and 16 for each Adaptec adapter installed in your
system. NOTE: Each adapter can be identified by its unique
PCI Bus/PCI Slot number.
18. If SNMP has not been setup on this computer you will receive the
following Setup Message:
"! SNMP Service is not installed. To activate SNMP and Adaptec
network management features on this system, install the NT SNMP
Service. On the network management station, use the configure
option to configure Server related MIBs."
This is not an error, it is an information dialog.
Click "OK" to continue.
NOTE: This section assumes that you have already installed the desired
protocols. If you have not installed a protocol see steps 17 &
18 of section 2 "Duralink installation instructions for Windows
NT 3.51 Workstation or Server when networking has NOT previously
been setup."
**** CONFIGURING THE PRIMARY PORT ****
19. In the Network Settings dialog box, highlight the adapter (in the
section "Installed Adapter Cards:") that you wish to have as the
Primary adapter. Click Configure...
20. The "Duralink Setup by Adaptec" window will now be displayed. In the
Failover section click Configuration.
NOTE: The Failover section was grayed out when you configured the
Connection type in step 15.
21. On the Duralink Failover Manager screen you will find a section
titled "Available Backup Ports", highlight the adapter you want
as a backup and click Add.
22. You may now change the Link check Timeout value if you desire.
This is the amount of time in seconds between each time that
Duralink will poll to see if there is a failure of the Primary
link. (The default is 10).
23. Click OK to close the Duralink Failover Manager.
24. Click Continue to open the "Duralink Setup by Adaptec" dialog box.
25. Click OK to exit the Network Setting dialog box.
**** TCP/IP CONFIGRUATION ****
26. If you are using TCP/IP you will be prompted to provide the
TCP/IP configuration information for the Primary port. After
providing that information click OK.
27. Click Restart Now.
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** SECTION 2 ***
Duralink installation instructions for Windows NT 3.51 Workstation or
Server when networking has not previously been setup-
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1. Place two Adaptec PCI adapters (such as the ANA-6911A/TX's) in the
system.
2. Boot your system with Windows NT 3.51. (If you are using Windows
NT version 4.0, please refer to the NT40.TXT file for Duralink
Failover installation instructions).
3. Open the "Main" Program Group in Program Manager.
4. Open "Control Panel".
**** SETTING UP WINDOWS NT NETWORKING ****
5. Open the Network Applet.
6. Networking was not previously setup so you will get the following
message:
"Windows NT Networking is not installed. Install it now?
Click Yes.
7. The Windows NT Setup Screen will appear prompting you to enter
the path of the Windows NT distribution files. Place the Windows
NT CD in the CD ROM drive of your computer and at the prompt type:
D:\I386 (this is assuming D:\ is you CD ROM drive). If your I386
directory or installation files reside in another location, specify
the path to that location. Now click Continue.
**** INSTALLING DURALINK DRIVERS ****
8. Click Do Not Detect in the screen titled "Network Adapter Card
Detection".
9. A new dialog box will appear with the message, "Setup did not
detect a network card." Click Continue.
10. At the "Add Network Adapter" window, select "<Other> Requires disk
from manufacturer" from the drop down list and then click Continue.
11. You are now prompted to "Insert disk with software provided by the
software or hardware manufacturer." Insert the disk with the
DuraLink Failover driver. Be sure to enter the path to the
directory where the driver and OEMSETUP file is located.
Click OK.
12. From the "Select OEM Option" window, Choose the model of your
Adaptec network adapter. Click OK.
**** DRIVER CONFIGURATION ****
13. The "Duralink Setup by Adaptec" window is now displayed. You may
change the connection type in the drop down list to match your
needs. The options are:
Autodetect Default Connection
Detects the cable type and optimal line speed for the
specific Adaptec PCI adapter model in use. This is the
default and recommended connection type to select.
Refer to the NT Help file in the adapter configuration
screen for the specific default settings for a given adapter.
InitSense/Half Duplex
Detects the line speed (10 or 100 Mb/s) when the adapter
initializes and is set for Half Duplex mode.
InitSense/Full Duplex
Detects the line speed (10 or 100 Mb/s) when the adapter
initializes and is set for Full Duplex mode.
ActiveSense/Half Duplex
Detects the line speed (10 or 100 Mb/s) when the adapter
initializes and continues to check to see if the line speed
has changed. The adapter will be configured for Half
Duplex mode.
ActiveSense/Full Duplex
Detects the line speed (10 or 100 Mb/s) when the adapter
initializes and continues to check to see if the line speed
has changed. The adapter will be configured for Full
Duplex mode.
10 Mbps UTP/Half Duplex
Forces the connection to 10 Mb/s in Half Duplex mode.
10 Mbps UTP/Full Duplex
Forces the connection to 10 Mb/s in Full Duplex mode.
100 Mbps/Half Duplex
Forces the connection to 100 Mb/s in Half Duplex mode.
100 Mbps/Full Duplex
Forces the connection to 100 Mb/s in Full Duplex mode.
THIN
Use this when connecting to the BNC port of a Combo adapter.
This is a 10 Mb/s Half Duplex only connection.
THICK
Set the connection type to "THICK" if you have an adapter that
has an AUI port and you will be using that port. This is a
10 Mb/s Half Duplex only connection.
TX
Sets cable type to RJ-45 TX twisted pair - 10 or 100Mb/ps
T4
Sets cable type to RJ-45 T4 twisted pair - 10 or 100Mb/ps
** Make sure to select the appropriate cable type for your network.
Also, make sure that both failover ports have been configured to use
the same connection type.
14. After choosing your connection type click Continue.
15. Repeat steps 13 and 14 for each Adaptec adapter installed in your
system. NOTE: Each adapter can be identified by its unique
PCI Bus/PCI Slot number.
16. If SNMP has not been setup on this computer you will receive the
following Setup Message:
"! SNMP Service is not installed. To activate SNMP and Adaptec
network management features on this system, install the NT SNMP
Service. On the network management station, use the configure
option to configure Server related MIBs."
This is not an error, it is an information dialog.
Click "OK" to continue.
**** PROTOCOLS AND NETWORK SERVICES ****
17. Select one or more of the following protocols:
NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport
TCP/IP Transport (default)
NetBEUI Transport
After selecting the protocol(s) you want to use, click Continue.
18. If in the previous step you selected TCP/IP Transport as one of
your protocols you will now need to select any TCP/IP services
you wish to use and then click Continue.
NOTE: Some of the TCP/IP services require additional configuration.
Please refer to your Windows NT documentation on configuring
these options.
**** CONFIGURING THE PRIMARY PORT ****
19. In the Network Settings dialog box, highlight the adapter (in the
section "Installed Adapter Cards:") that you wish to have as the
Primary adapter. Click Configure...
20. The "Duralink Setup by Adaptec" will now be displayed. In the
Failover section click Configuration.
21. On the Duralink Failover Manager screen you will find a section
titled "Available Backup Ports", highlight the adapter you want
as a backup and click Add.
22. You may now change the Link check Timeout value if you desire.
This is the amount of time in seconds between each time that
Duralink will poll to see if there is a failure of the Primary
link. (The default is 10).
23. Click OK to close the Duralink Failover Manager.
24. Click Continue for the "Duralink Setup by Adaptec" dialog box.
25. Click OK for the Setup Message:
"! Configured Failover agent"
26. Click OK for the Setup Message:
"! Configured DMI agent"
27. Click OK in the Network Setting dialog box.
NOTE: Do step 28 if you are using TCP/IP as one of your protocols.
**** CONFIGURING TCP/IP ****
28. If you are using TCP/IP you will be prompted to provide the
TCP/IP configuration information for the Primary port. After
providing that information click OK.
29. Provide the Workgroup or Domain information. Click OK.
30. Restart the Computer.
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SNMP Management Station
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For SNMP Management Station:
1. The following MIB files need to be compiled on the SNMP Management
station in order to manage the Adaptec product:
A. ADPTDMI.MIB - Adaptec Ethernet DMI/SNMP MIB
B. FAILOVER.MIB - Adaptec Duralink Failover MIB
These files can be found on DISK2.
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*** APPENDIX ***
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Duralink Single Port Configuration :
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1) At any time, the primary or backup adapters can be configured
in non-failover mode by using the 'Configuration' option from
the 'Failover' group in the driver configuration area of the
network setup applet.
Additional Configuration Notes:
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1) A backup adapter can be identified in the Network applet in
Control Panel as: "Adaptec PCI Ethernet Adapter (-->[X])"
where X is the adapter number of the port that is being backup up.
2) The "Link Check Timeout" may be changed from the default of 10.
This setting is in the Failover Manager window. To get to the
"Failover Manager" window: from "Control Panel" select "Network"
and then highlight the Primary adapter. Select the "Configure"
button and then in the Failover section select the "Configuration"
button.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.