Adapter Supplemental Information

Server Adapter and Client Adapter Supplemental Information
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Readme Files for Windows* NT*, NetWare*, Unix, and Other Operating 
Systems.
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For more information on installing drivers for Windows NT 4.0, NetWare,
and Unix, see the following files:

Microsoft Windows              \INFO\MS\MS.TXT
Novell NetWare                 \INFO\NETWARE\NETWARE.TXT
Other Operating Systems        \INFO\OTHER\OTHER.TXT


Use any standard text editor or word processor to read, search, or print 
the files. These files are also viewable with the DOS Text Viewer in 
Setup. To use the viewer, type: SETUP /README at the DOS prompt.


Server Adapter Teaming Features
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Server adapters support advanced teaming features:

   Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
   Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
   Fast EtherChannel* (FEC)

For more information on these teaming features and how to set up
teaming on specific adapters, see the file TEAMING.TXT in the 
\INFO\GENERAL directory.


VLANS on PRO/100 Adapters
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A VLAN is a logical grouping of network devices put together as a LAN regardless 
of their physical grouping or collision domains. VLANs let a user see and access 
only specified network segments. This optimizes network efficiency and maintains 
security access restrictions. VLANs require special switches that are capable of 
supporting VLANs. All PRO/100+, PRO/100 S PCI and PRO/1000 adapters currently 
support VLANs when attached to a VLAN enabled switch. The PRO/100 VE and VM 
Desktop Adapters and Network Connections do not support VLANs.

A VLAN offers you the ability to group users and client PCs together into 
logical workgroups, a critical consideration when connecting clients to servers 
that are geographically dispersed across the building, campus, or enterprise 
network.

Typically, VLANs consist of a common set of coworkers within the same department 
but in different locations, a cross-functional team working on a joint project, 
or a diverse set of users sharing the same network application. Joining workers 
across the network forms logical working groups.
By using VLANs on your network, you can:

  -  Improve network performance
  -  Limit broadcast storms
  -  Improve adds, moves, and changes
  -  Minimize security problems
  -  Ease your management task

For overview information on Intel VLANs, visit the Intel Networking Web site: 

   http://www.intel.com/network

For more specific information, read the white paper on VLANs:

   http://www.intel.com/network/tech_brief/virtual_lans.htm


Making Floppy Disks for NetWare and Windows Installation
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If you need to use a floppy disk to install the adapter 
drivers, use the MAKEDISK.BAT utility located in the 
\MAKEDISK directory on this CD.

MAKEDISK [operating system] [destination]

where [operating system] is the OS for which you are creating the
diskette, and [destination] is the drive letter and path (such
as A:). If no destination is specified, the A: drive will be used.

The possible [operating system] options are:

NT  = Microsoft Windows NT
W2K = Microsoft Windows* 2000
W95 = Microsoft Windows 95
W98 = Microsoft Windows 98
NW  = Novell NetWare servers and clients
DOS = Microsoft DOS and IBM OS2

Make sure you have a 1.44 MB formatted, non-bootable diskette in
the floppy drive when using this utility.

NOTE: This utility MUST be run from the \MAKEDISK directory.
 
      Alternately, you can use the following .BAT files (located
      in the root directory on this CD) to simplify this process:

      MAKEW95.BAT -- Creates a drivers disk for Windows 95.

      MAKEW98.BAT -- Creates a drivers disk for Windows 98.

      MAKENT.BAT  -- Creates a drivers disk for Windows NT.

      MAKEW2K.BAT -- Creates a drivers disk for Windows 2000.
 
      MAKENW.BAT  -- Creates a drivers disk for Novell NetWare
                     servers and clients.


Management Adapters
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For more information on the Management adapters, see the 
file MANAGE.TXT in the \INFO\GENERAL directory.



Push Installations
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If you are a network administrator interested in unattended installation
of the adapter drivers (push installation), see the following readme
files:

     Windows 95/98...\push\win9x\w9xpush.txt
     Windows NT......\info\ms\ntpush.txt






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