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Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Information, System Diagnostics, Linux Enumeration of NICs

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Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Information If you install the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system using the Dell Server Assistant and reboot the system, Windows Device Manager may not initially display all installed Broadcom NIC ports. The Device Manager may also display the following error message: This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. If this situation occurs, restart the system. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB918417 on support.microsoft.com. System Diagnostics In the list of PCI devices displayed by the system diagnostics program, the system's integrated Broadcom NIC ports and optional Broadcom dual-port Ethernet daughter cards will be identified as Vendor 14E4 Product 16AC. The functionality of the ports is not affected. Linux Enumeration of NICs Linux operating system versions that use the udev kernel device manager enumerate the NICs differently than earlier Linux versions that used the devfs device manager. Although this does not affect system functionality, when using Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (version 4) or SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating systems, the NICs are enumerated in reverse: NIC1 is configured as eth1 rather than as eth0, and NIC2 is configured as eth0 rather than as eth1. For further information and methods of changing default device enumerations, see the "Network Interface Card Naming" white paper available at linux.dell.com. System Setup Program Updates Following are updates to the System Setup program. Main Screen Figure 1-1 shows the updated main System Setup program screen. Table 1-3 describes a new option on the System Setup main screen. 6 Information Update

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Information Update
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Information
If you install the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system using the Dell Server
Assistant and reboot the system, Windows Device Manager may not initially display all installed
Broadcom NIC ports. The Device Manager may also display the following error message:
This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use.
If this situation occurs, restart the system. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article
KB918417 on
support.microsoft.com
.
System Diagnostics
In the list of PCI devices displayed by the system diagnostics program, the system’s
integrated Broadcom
NIC ports and optional
Broadcom dual-port Ethernet daughter cards will be identified as
Vendor 14E4
Product 16AC
. The functionality of the ports is not affected.
Linux Enumeration of NICs
Linux operating system versions that use the
udev
kernel device manager enumerate the NICs differently
than earlier Linux versions that used the
devfs
device manager. Although this does not affect system
functionality, when using Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux (version 4) or SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server 9
operating systems, the NICs are enumerated in reverse: NIC1 is configured as
eth1
rather than as
eth0
,
and NIC2 is configured as
eth0
rather than as
eth1
. For further information and methods of changing
default device enumerations, see the "Network Interface Card Naming" white paper available at
linux.dell.com
.
System Setup Program Updates
Following are updates to the System Setup program.
Main Screen
Figure 1-1 shows the updated main System Setup program screen. Table 1-3 describes a new option
on the System Setup main screen.