Installation guide

Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide: Microsoft Windows Edition 2-1
2 Software Installation
2.1 Software Installation Overview
This chapter covers the installation of the software required for an Accelerator under
Windows, using Windows Server 2008 as the example. The same procedure applies
to other versions of Windows, though the specific windows may appear different than
shown. For Windows Server Core 2008, refer to Section 4.1
Note: TCP Chimney offload will not work with the following features:
 Windows Firewall (Windows XP enabled by Default)
 Internet Protocol security (IPsec)
 Internet Protocol Network Address Translation (IPNAT)
 Third-party firewalls
 NDIS 5.1 intermediate drivers
If any one of these features is turned on, TCP Chimney offload will not
work regardless of the registry settings. See Section 5.4.1 for instructions
on disabling Windows Firewall.
Note: On XP x64 and Server 2003, Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack must be
installed prior to installing Alacritech software. If Scalable Networking
Pack is not installed, you will get the following popup and be unable to
complete the installation. Scalable Networking Pack is included as Part of
WS2003 SP2.