Adaptec ANA-62022 User Guide - Page 23

Link Configurations

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Product Overview Link Configurations Adaptec DuraLAN NICs provide a standard (standalone) port configuration on all supported OSs (see Software Requirements on page 1-3). In a Standalone configuration, each port is independent with its own address. It typically connects to a physically separate network. In addition to the Standalone configuration, the Duralink64 software suite supports link configurations that minimize downtime and optimize throughput. Available link configurations vary depending on your OS. The following table lists each type. All configurations are described in this chapter. Driver Type Supporting OS DuraLAN Standalone Driver Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT 4.01 Windows 2000 Windows XP NetWare 4.2, 5.x, 6.0 and Novell Client32 UnixWare 7.x Linux Kernel 2.42 Duralink64 Failover Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 Windows XP NetWare 4.2, 5.x, 6.0 Duralink64 Port Aggregation Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 Windows XP NetWare 4.2, 5.x, 6.0 and Novell Client32 Fast EtherChannel (FEC) Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 Windows XP NetWare 4.2, 5.x, 6.0 and Novell Client32 1 When installing the Duralink64 driver on Windows NT, you need to specify the features you want to include. 2 In Linux Kernel 2.4 and later, third-party drivers are embedded. These drivers are not supported by Adaptec. If you have an older version of the kernel, links to these drivers are available at Adaptec's Web site. 1-7

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Product Overview
Link Configurations
Adaptec DuraLAN NICs provide a standard (standalone) port
configuration on all supported OSs (see
Software Requirements
on
page 1-3
). In a Standalone configuration, each port is independent
with its own address. It typically connects to a physically separate
network. In addition to the Standalone configuration, the
Duralink64 software suite supports link configurations that
minimize downtime and optimize throughput. Available link
configurations vary depending on your OS. The following table
lists each type. All configurations are described in this chapter.
Driver Type
Supporting OS
DuraLAN Standalone
Driver
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT 4.0
1
Windows 2000
Windows XP
NetWare 4.2, 5.
x
, 6.0 and Novell Client32
UnixWare 7.
x
Linux Kernel 2.4
2
1
When installing the Duralink64 driver on Windows NT, you need to
specify the features you want to include.
2
In Linux Kernel 2.4 and later, third-party drivers are embedded. These
drivers are not supported by Adaptec. If you have an older version of the
kernel, links to these drivers are available at Adaptec’s Web site.
Duralink64 Failover
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
NetWare 4.2, 5.
x
, 6.0
Duralink64 Port
Aggregation
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
NetWare 4.2, 5.
x
, 6.0 and Novell Client32
Fast EtherChannel (FEC)
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
NetWare 4.2, 5.
x
, 6.0 and Novell Client32