Installation guide

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Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................................................15
Safety Symbols Used in this Document ...........................................................................................................16
Contacting Allied Telesis ..................................................................................................................................17
Chapter 1: Introducing the AT-ANC10S/2 and AT-ANC10S/4 Adapters ...................................................19
Functional Descriptions ....................................................................................................................................20
AT-ANC10S/2 Adapter...............................................................................................................................21
AT-ANC10S/4 Adapter...............................................................................................................................22
Features ...........................................................................................................................................................24
Adaptive Interrupt Frequency.....................................................................................................................24
ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor ......................................................................................................24
Supported Operating Environments...........................................................................................................25
Chapter 2:
Installing the Hardware ..............................................................................................................27
Reviewing the Contents of Your Shipment.......................................................................................................28
Reviewing Safety Precautions..........................................................................................................................30
Pre-Installation Checklist ..................................................................................................................................32
Installing the Standard Bracket on the AT-ANC10S/2 Adapter ........................................................................33
Installing a Network Adapter Card....................................................................................................................35
Installing SFP+ Transceivers in the AT-ANC10S Adapters..............................................................................39
Chapter 3: Installing Broadcom Boot Agent Driver Software ...................................................................41
Overview...........................................................................................................................................................42
Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment..........................................................................................................43
Enabling the MBA Driver............................................................................................................................43
Disabling the MBA Driver...........................................................................................................................43
Setting Up the BIOS...................................................................................................................................43
Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment: Red Hat Linux PXE Server............................................................44
Chapter 4: Installing the Linux Drivers ........................................................................................................45
Overview...........................................................................................................................................................46
bnx2x Driver Limitations.............................................................................................................................46
Packaging ..................................................................................................................................................46
Installing Linux Driver Software ........................................................................................................................47
Installing the Source RPM Package...........................................................................................................47
Building the Driver from the Source TAR File ............................................................................................48
Unloading the Linux Driver.........................................................................................................................49
Patching PCI Files (Optional).....................................................................................................................50
Network Installations..................................................................................................................................50
Setting Optional Properties for the bnx2x Driver........................................................................................50
Checking the bnx2x Driver Defaults...........................................................................................................51
Checking Driver Messages ........................................................................................................................52
Teaming with Channel Bonding .................................................................................................................52
Statistics.....................................................................................................................................................52