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Monitoring Failover Pairs in WindowsNT 4.0

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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide 6 When you are done, click OK. You will return to the Adapters tab of the Network window. indicates that Port 2 is the backup port for Port 1. Note: The Adapters tab identifies one model only, even when several DuraLAN NIC models are installed. The DuraLAN NIC model displayed is the same as the first model you chose in Step 8 during the driver installation. 7 When you are done, click Close. You will return to the Network Settings window. 8 If SNMP is not set up on your computer, you will receive the Setup Message below. Ignore the message, and click OK. 9 Enter the protocol information. Consult your Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 documentation for help configuring the protocol (such as entering values for TCP/IP). 10 Remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive. 11 Restart the system. Note: If you were required to insert the Windows NT CD, you must reinstall the latest version of Microsoft Windows NT Service Pack, then restart the system. Monitoring Failover Pairs in Windows NT 4.0 There are three ways to monitor the status of the Failover pairs: s SNMP Manager-When Failover occurs, SNMP traps are sent to network management stations and error logs are updated through the OS event log. In order to manage SNMP agents, compile the following .mib file on the SNMP management station: a:\snmpmibs\duralink.mib 4-10

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When you are done, click
OK
. You will return to the Adapters
tab of the Network window.
<Backup NIC1>
indicates that
Port 2 is the backup port for Port 1.
Note:
The Adapters tab identifies one model only, even
when several DuraLAN NIC models are installed. The
DuraLAN NIC model displayed is the same as the first
model you chose in Step 8 during the driver installation.
7
When you are done, click
Close
. You will return to the
Network Settings window.
8
If SNMP is not set up on your computer, you will receive the
Setup Message below. Ignore the message, and click
OK
.
9
Enter the protocol information. Consult your Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0 documentation for help configuring the
protocol (such as entering values for TCP/IP).
10
Remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive.
11
Restart the system.
Note:
If you were required to insert the Windows NT CD,
you must reinstall the latest version of Microsoft Windows
NT Service Pack, then restart the system.
Monitoring Failover Pairs in Windows NT 4.0
There are three ways to monitor the status of the Failover pairs:
SNMP Manager
—When Failover occurs, SNMP traps are sent
to network management stations and error logs are updated
through the OS event log. In order to manage SNMP agents,
compile the following
.mib
file on the SNMP management
station:
a:\snmpmibs\duralink.mib