E1752 ® PEB-G21 PCI Express x1 Network Interface Card User Guide First Edition October 2004
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Contents Introduction ........................................................................................ 5 Package contents ............................................................................... 5 Features .............................................................................................. 8 LED descriptions ................................................................................. 9 System requirements ........................................................................
Installing Solaris Driver Software ........................................... 32 SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 .......................................................... 35 UnixWare/OpenUnix 8 ........................................................... 38 ASUS Contact Information ................................................................
Introduction Thank you for buying the ASUS PEB-G21 PCI Express x1 Network Interface Card! This user guide tells you how to install and configure the card. It is assumed that you have adequate knowledge on PCs and some familiarity with Ethernet networks. Package contents Check the following items if present in your package. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer.
Models The ASUS PEB-G21 network interface card comes with a standard bracket for regular PCs.
Layout LAN controller R PEB-G21 ACT/LNK BROADCOM BCM5721 10=OFF 100=ORG 1000=GRN PCI-Express interface ASUS PEB-G21 User Guide 7
Features PCI-Express x1 Interface • PCI Express 1.0a host interface compliant • x1 PCI Express lane • Supports PXE, RPL, ASF 2.
LED descriptions The RJ-45 LAN port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN). Refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.
System requirements Your PC or server should meet the following system requirements before installing the ASUS PEB-G21 network interface card: • PCI Express x1, x4, x8 or x16 slot (PCI Express 1.0a host interface) • optical drive • at least 10 MB free hard disk space • supported operating system (any of the following) - Windows Server 2000/2003, Windows 2003 64-bit - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 64-bit, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0, Red Hat 9.0 - SuSE Linux 9.1, SuSE Linux Enterprise 8.0 - NetWare 6.
Installing the network card Follow these steps to install the card into your PC. C A U T I O N ! Before handling the network card, touch a bare metal portion of your PC to discharge the static electricity from your body. Wear a wrist strap grounded to the PC chassis when handling the card. 1. Unplug the power cord from the electrical socket. 2. Remove the PC cover. 3. Locate an empty, PCI Express x1 slot and remove its slot cover. Save the screw for later use.
Connecting the network cable Follow these steps to connect the card to the network. The RJ-45 port on the network card provides a 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps connection, depending on the speed of the connected hub or switch. 12 1. Plug the RJ-45 connector of the twisted-pair network cable into the RJ-45 port on the card backplate. 2. Connect the other end of the network cable to an active network port. 3. Turn on the PC.
Running the installation program The support CD that came with the PCI Express card package contains the drivers that you have to install to avail all the features of this card.
Using the Driver Installer To install the adapter software for Windows Server 2003, do the following Before beginning this procedure, verify that the Windows Server 2003 system has been upgraded to the latest version with the latest service pack applied. The following instructions are based on the latest beta versions of Server 2003. 1. Start Windows Server 2003 and log in. Note that you must have Administrator privileges to install the driver software.
From the Windows S t a r t menu, click R u n and type the following on the command line, d : \ B I N \ A S S E T U P . E X E then press the Enter key. (Assuming that d : \ is your optical drive) The following screen appears. 3. From the D r i v e r s tab, click the P E B - G 2 1 L A N c a r d item.
The following describes the items on the menu: PEB-G21 LAN Card Installs the PEB-G21LAN card driver. PEB-G21 LAN Card Driver Disk Image Allows you to create a driver disk for the PEB-G21 LAN card. Broadcom Software Utility Installs the Broadcom® software utility. 4. 16 Follow the succeeding screen instructions.
Windows® 2000 Driver Software Installing the Driver Software The ASUS PEB-G21 PCI Express x1 Network Interface Card must be physically installed in your system prior to installing the driver software. See Installing the Hardware for details. When the Windows 2000 system first boots up after installing a new hardware device, such as a Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, the system automatically detects the new hardware and prompts you to install the driver software for that device.
When updating the adapter software on existing ASUS devices, the Advanced Property settings may not be updated unless the existing ASUS device is removed by following the instructions in the Removing the Driver Software section. You must then perform a scan for hardware changes in the device manager, followed by reinstalling the ASUS device with the current adapter software as described in the Installing the Driver Software section.
Example: e:\ Where "e" is the designation of the CD-ROM drive on your system. 5. In the Driver Files Search Results window, verify that the correct path to the driver software is shown, then click Next. If the Insert Disk screen appears, do not insert the Windows 2000 disk. Some early versions of Windows 2000 may display a spurious message prompting you to insert the Windows 2000 disk. If this occurs, leave the software and drivers CD-ROM in the drive and click OK.
W i n d o w s N T® Driver Software Installing the Driver Software • The ASUS PEB-G21 PCI Express x1 Network Interface Card must be physically installed in your system prior to installing the driver software. See "Installing the Hardware" for details. • A network device driver must be installed before the Gigabit Ethernet Adapter can be used with your Windows NT system. BACS2 Help files require Internet Explorer 4.0 or later to work properly. • We recommend using Internet Explorer 5.
3. Open the Control Panel. 4. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. 5. When the Network window opens, select the Adapters tab. 6. To install a new adapter, select the adapter and click Add . All previously installed drivers are listed under Network Adapters. 7. When the Select Network Adapter window opens, click Have Disk....
8. When prompted, insert the driver installation media, or choose a location to install the driver from. Type the path to the driver, and click OK. For example, to install the adapter driver software for Windows NT, type e:\ in the Insert Disk location box (where "e:" is the designation of the CD-ROM drive on your system). If you acquired the adapter software on floppy disk or from the ASUS support website, enter the path to where the adapter driver files reside on your system. 9.
Installing Linux Driver Software Installing Source RPM Package 1. Install the source RPM package: rpm -ivh bcm5700-.src.rpm 2. Change the directory to the RPM path and build the binary driver for your kernel: cd /usr/src/{redhat,OpenLinux,turbo,packages,rpm ..} rpm -bb SPECS/bcm5700.spec or rpmbuild -bb SPECS/ bcm5700.spec Note that the RPM path is different for different Linux distributions. 3. Install the newly built package (driver and man page): rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/bcm5700-.i386.
The driver will be installed in one of the following paths: • 2.2.x kernels: /lib/modules//net/bcm5700.o • 2.4.x kernels: /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/bcm5700.o • 2.4.x kernels with bcm5700 driver patched in: /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/bcm/ bcm5700.o or /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/addon/ bcm5700/bcm5700.o 2. Load the driver: insmod bcm5700 3.
Building Driver From TAR File 1. Create a directory and extract the TAR files: tar xvzf bcm5700-.tar.gz 2. Build the driver bcm5700.o as a loadable module for the running kernel: cd bcm5700-/src make 3. Test the driver by loading it: insmod bcm5700.o 4. Install the driver and man page: make install See the RPM instructions above for the location of the installed driver. 5. To configure network protocol and address, refer to the manuals supplied with your operating system.
Installing Novell NetWare Server 4.2/5.x/6.0 Driver Software The following instructions outline the installation of Novell NetWare Server 4.2, 5.x, or 6.0 driver software. If you need instruction on installing Novell NetWare Server 6.5 driver software, proceed to Installing Novell NetWare Server 6.5 Driver Software. Ensure that the server has the latest support pack available installed. The latest support packs can be found at: http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm.
4. Choose the Load an additional driver option and press Enter. 5. Insert the CD or driver disk created using the Broadcom MakeDisk utility, and select the Install an unlisted driver option, by pressing Insert. 6. If you are using the archive disk that you created, insert the disk into drive A: and press Enter. If you have the CD ROM mounted as a NetWare volume, press F3 and enter : NetWware\Driver as the source path.
If you are performing an initial installation of NetWare 4.2/5.x/6.0 and have more than two adapters installed, the install program will allow you to allocate the actual number of packet receive buffers needed by the adapter. During installation, the RxBuffers value should be set to 32, the minimum number of buffers the driver requires for each adapter. Although this setting affects adapter performance, it allows installation of the operating system and up to eight adapters during initial install.
Example: The default maximum number of receive buffers for the system is 500; the default minimum is 128. Edit the startup.ncf file to have the following entries. The actual numbers will be a function of the number of ports in the system.
Installing Novell NetWare Server 6.5 Driver Software The following instructions outline the installation of Novell NetWare Server 6.5 driver software. If you need instruction on installing Novell NetWare Server 4.2, 5.x, or 6.0 driver software, please proceed to Installing Novell NetWare Server 4.2/ 5.x/6.0 Driver Software. Please ensure that the server has the latest support pack available installed. The latest support packs can be found at: http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm.
4. Scroll down to Network boards and press Enter. 5. From Additional Driver Options, scroll down to Modify and press Enter. 6. Insert the CD or driver disk created using the Broadcom MakeDisk utility, and select the Add option, by pressing Insert. 7. Select the Install an unlisted driver option, by pressing Insert. 8. If you are using the archive disk that you created, insert the disk into drive A: and press Enter.
Installing Solaris Driver Software The driver for Solaris 8.0 is released in three formats: 1. BRCMbcme.pkg : Datastream format 2. BRCMbcme.tar.Z : Compressed and TAR file system format 3. bcmedu.img : Driver Update (DU) binary image which is used to create DU diskette. Installing the Driver 1. Change directory to where BRCMbcme.pkg resides 2. pkgadd -d BRCMbcme.pkg or Copy BRCMbcme.tar.Z to /tmp cd /tmp uncompress BRCMbcme.tar.Z tar xvf BRCMbcme.
3. Execute prtconf to determine instance number of the NIC. 4. ifconfig bcme[instance_number] plumb 5. ifconfig bcme[instance_number] ip_address netmask.... To make these changes permanent, follow these steps: 1. Use a text editor (e.g., vi) and create a file named hostname.bcme[instance_number] in the /etc directory. Add the IP address of the interface to this file, then save and exit. 2. Add a proper subnet mask to the file /etc/netmasks. In Solaris 7.
Since this memory might be used by other driver in the system, 200 of 4K of memory is allocated.
Installing the UNIX Driver Software: SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Overview This procedure describes the installation of the SCO OpenServer driver. This driver is released as a media image file containing the driver package. The media image file can be copied to the target machine directly for installation, or from an installation diskette that you can create. Creating a Diskette 1. Copy the file VOL.000.000 to an SCO system. 2. Create a diskette using: dd if=VOL.000.000 of=/dev/rfd0135ds18.
3. After added, modify the hardware configuration in Advanced Options to change the Line Speed and Flow Control if desired.
1000 Mbps (1 Gbps) full-duplex fixed speed is only valid for fiber connections. For copper, twisted-pair connections, 1 Gbps can only be set through auto-negotiation with a 1 Gbps partner. Flow Control • Off • AutoNegotiate (Symmetric Pause advertised) (NOTE 2) (default) • RxPause • TxPause • RxPause/TxPause 1. Auto-negotiation of Flow Control is only valid when the Line Speed is set to AutoNegotiate (all speeds advertised or single speed advertised). 2.
Installing the UNIX Driver Software: UnixWare/OpenUnix 8 Overview This procedure describes the installation procedure for the UnixWare driver. The driver is released as an installable package in datastream format. Installing the Driver 1. Do the following to install the bcme package on the Unixware system: pkgadd -d . Where is the full path name of the installable package bcme.pkg. 2.
• 10 Mbps Half-Duplex Fixed • 10 Mbps Half-Duplex Auto (only 10 Mbps half-duplex advertised) • 10 Mbps Full-Duplex Fixed • 10 Mbps Full-Duplex Auto (only 10 Mbps full-duplex advertised) • 100 Mbps Half-Duplex Fixed • 100 Mbps Half-Duplex Auto (only 100 Mbps half-duplex advertised) • 100 Mbps Full-Duplex Fixed • 100 Mbps Full-Duplex Auto (only 100 Mbps full-duplex advertised) • 1000 Mbps Half-Duplex Auto (only 1000 Mbps half-duplex advertised) • 1000 Mbps Full-Duplex Fixed (NOTE 1) • 100
Flow Control 40 • Disabled • Auto Negotiation (Symmetric Pause advertised) (NOTE 2) (default) • Receive Pause • Transmit Pause • Receive & Transmit Pause ASUS PEB-G21 User Guide
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