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  • Page 1 DXE-820T Dual Port 10GBASE-T RJ-45 PCI Express Adapter Manual V1.00...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Index Introduction ......................7 1.1. Functionality and Features ..............7 1.1.1. Functional Description ..............7 1.1.2. Features..................7 System Requirements .................... 9 2.1. Hardware Requirements ................ 9 2.2. Operating System Requirements ............9 2.2.1. Microsoft Windows ................ 9 2.2.2.
  • Page 3 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 6.2. BACS Interface ..................27 6.2.1. Explorer View Pane ..............27 6.2.2. Context View Selector ..............28 6.2.3. Context View Pane ............... 28 6.2.4. Menu Bar..................29 6.2.5. Description Pane ................30 6.3. Configuring Preferences in Windows ........... 30 6.4.
  • Page 4 6.12.1. Supported Operating Systems ............. 77 6.12.2. Installation ................... 77 6.13. Troubleshooting BACS ................77 User Diagnostics in DOS: D-Link DXE-820T Network Adapter User Guide ..79 7.1. Introduction ..................79 7.2. System Requirements ................79 7.3. Performing Diagnostics ................ 79 7.4.
  • Page 5 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 9.11. Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) ........94 9.12. Linux ..................... 96 9.13. NPAR ..................... 96 9.14. Miscellaneous ..................97...
  • Page 6 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2013 D-Link Corporation. All rights reserved. This document is protected by copyright and is distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Broadcom Corporation.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the D-Link DXE-820T, the value leader among 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters for PCI Express Bus personal computers. The D-Link DXE-820T PCI Express 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter is a high performance adapter designed for the high-speed PCI Express Bus Architecture.
  • Page 8 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual  TCP segmentation  Adaptive interrupts  Receive Side Scaling (RSS)  Manageability  Statistics for SNMP MIB II, Ethernet-like MIB, and Ethernet MIB (IEEE Std 802.3z, Clause 30)  SMBus controller  IPMI support  Advanced network features ...

  • Page 9: System Requirements

     VMware ESX 3.5  VMware ESX 4.0  VMware ESX 4.1  VMware ESXi 5.0  VMware ESXi 5.1 2.3. Connecting the Network Cables Note: DXE-820T supports Automatic MDI Crossover (MDIX), which eliminates the need crossover cables when connecting machines back-to-back.
  • Page 10 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual connected directly together. 1. Select an appropriate cable. Table 1 lists the copper cable requirements for connecting to 10/100/1000BASE-T and 10GBASE-T ports: Table 1: 10/100/1000BASE-T and 10GBASE-T Cable Specifications Port Type Connector Media Maximum Distance 10BASE-T...

  • Page 11: Installing Management Applications

    3. Installing Management Applications The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite version 4 (BACS4) is a management application for configuring the DXE-820T, also known as Converge Network Adapters (CNAs). BACS4 software operates on Windows and Linux server and client operating systems. This chapter describes how to install the BACS4 management application.

  • Page 12: Installing The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite And Related Management Applications

     CIM Provider. Common Information Model provider. This component presents the network adapter information to WMI based management applications. Select this component on a host which has D-Link DXE-820T adapter installed and which you want to manage using the GUI client.
  • Page 13 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Using Silent Installation Notes:  All commands are case sensitive.  User must "Run as Administrator" for Vista when using "msiexec" for "silent" install/uninstall(s).  For detailed instructions and information about unattended installs, refer to the Silent.txt file in the MgmtApps folder.

  • Page 14: Installing On A Linux System

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual start /wait setup /s /w /v/qn 3.1.2. Installing on a Linux System The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) software can be installed on a Linux system using the Linux RPM package. This installation includes a BACS GUI and a CLI client.
  • Page 15 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Click Finish to close the wizard. Reboot your system to complete the modification of the management applications. Repairing Management Applications To repair the management applications: In Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs. Click Broadcom Management Programs, and then click Change.

  • Page 16: Advanced Teaming Concepts

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 4. Advanced Teaming Concepts The concept of grouping multiple physical devices to provide fault tolerance and load balancing is not new. It has been around for years. Storage devices use RAID technology to group individual hard drives. Switch ports can be grouped together using technologies such as Cisco Gigabit EtherChannel, IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation,...

  • Page 17: Teaming And Network Addresses

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual broadcast address is sent to all devices on a network. 4.2. Teaming and Network Addresses A team of adapters function as a single virtual network interface and do not appear any different to other network devices than a non-teamed adapter. A virtual network adapter advertises a single Layer 2 and one or more Layer 3 addresses.

  • Page 18: Smart Load Balancing And Failover

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual team) Smart Load Balancing and Failover (with two to eight load balance team members) (Auto-Fallback Disable) Link Aggregation (802.3ad) Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static 4.3.1. Smart Load Balancing and Failover The Smart Load Balancing™ and Failover type of team provides both load balancing and failover when configured for load balancing, and only failover when configured for fault tolerance.
  • Page 19 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual occur that the switch could not handle. Note: IPv6 addressed traffic will not be load balanced by SLB because ARP is not a feature of IPv6. Receive load balancing is achieved through an intermediate driver by sending gratuitous ARPs on a client-by-client basis using the unicast address of each client as the destination address of the ARP request (also known as a directed ARP).

  • Page 20: Generic Trunking

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual This is very rare and not recommended for most applications. Transmit traffic through a router will be load balanced as transmit load balancing is based on the source and destination IP address and TCP/UDP port number. Since routers do not alter the source and destination IP address, the load balancing algorithm works as intended.

  • Page 21: Slb (Auto-Fallback Disable)

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual only requires both ends of the link to be in a link up state. Because manual aggregation provides for the activation of a member link without performing the LACP message exchanges, it should not be considered as reliable and robust as an LACP negotiated link.

  • Page 22: Ieee 802.1P Qos Tagging

    Ethernet frame to a maximum size of 9000 bytes. Though never formally adopted by the IEEE 802.3 Working Group, support for jumbo frames has been implemented in D-Link network adapters. The BASP intermediate driver supports jumbo frames, provided that all of the physical adapters in the team also support jumbo frames and the same size is set on all adapters in the team.

  • Page 23: Preboot Execution Environment

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual environment. The BASP intermediate driver supports VLAN tagging. One or more VLANs may be bound to a single instance of the intermediate driver. 4.4.4. Preboot Execution Environment The Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) allows a system to boot from an operating system image over the network.

  • Page 24: Nic Partitioning

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 5. NIC Partitioning NIC partitioning (NPAR) divides a D-Link switch into multiple virtual NICs by having multiple PCI physical functions per port. Each PCI function is associated with a different virtual NIC. To the OS and the network, each physical function appears as a separate NIC port.
  • Page 25 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual mode. To configure a NIC for partitioning using the CCM utility Select the NIC from Device List. From the Main Menu, select Device Hardware Configuration. Change the Multi-Function Mode to NPAR. Configure the NIC parameters for your configuration based on the options shown in Table 1.
  • Page 26 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual between the functions in case of congestion. 0 or 100. Maximum Configures the maximum bandwidth (in Bandwidth percentage) of the physical port link. Network Displays the network MAC address. Address iSCSI Displays the iSCSI MAC address.

  • Page 27: Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 4

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 6. Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 4 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) is an integrated utility that provides useful information about each network adapter that is installed in your system. BACS also enables you to perform detailed tests, diagnostics, and analyses on each adapter, as well as to view and modify property values and view traffic statistics for network objects.

  • Page 28: Context View Selector

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual The Explorer View pane lists the objects that can be viewed, analyzed, tested, or configured by BACS. When an item is selected in the Explorer View pane, the tabs showing the information and options that are available for the item appear in the Context View pane.

  • Page 29: Menu Bar

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual selected in the Explorer View pane. The parameters are grouped by tabs and categories, depending on the parameter type. The available tabs are Information, Configuration, Diagnostics, and Statistics. Because the BACS interface is context-sensitive, only the parameters that apply to the selected object can be viewed or configured in the Context View pane.

  • Page 30: Description Pane

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Manage Targets Wizard The Manage Targets Wizard is available from the iSCSI menu. Follow the prompts in the wizard to add and remove targets, and to login or logout of a target. Manage iSNS Servers The Manage iSNS Servers window is available from the iSCSI menu. From this window, you can add or remove Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) servers.

  • Page 31: Connecting To A Host

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 6.4. Connecting to a Host You can add one or more Windows or Linux hosts to manage from BACS. To add a local host From the Action menu, click Add Host. For both Windows and Linux hosts, do not change the default settings. The User name and Password are not required while connecting to the local host.

  • Page 32: Information Tab: Iscsi Initiator

    Portal List Displays all iSCSI portal IP addresses configured on the selected host. Note: Some information may not be available for all D-Link network adapters. To configure the host Select the host in the Explorer View pane, and then select the Configuration tab to configure host-level parameters.
  • Page 33 The number of PCI-E lanes connected to the bridge. This information is only available for D-Link DXE-820T network adapters. Bridge Speed The clock speed on PCI-E bus. This information is only available for D-Link DXE-820T network adapters. Slot Number The slot number on the system board occupied by the adapter. This item is not available for PCI Express type adapters.

  • Page 34: Viewing Hardware Information

    The chip version of the DXE-820T adapter (this information is not available for adapters made by others). Bootcode Version The version of the boot code. This information is only available for D-Link DXE-820T network adapters. Family Firmware Version The global firmware version that represents all firmware on the device.

  • Page 35: Hardware And Resource Configuration Wizard: Introduction

    6.6.8. Hardware and Resource Configuration Wizard: Configure Resources The following are configurable at the function level. Click Next after making changes. When NIC partitioning is enabled (on DXE-820T adapters only), four functions are created under each port. The functions are numbered 0 to 7. All odd function numbers (1, 3, 5, 7) are created on one port and all even functions (0, 2, 4, 6) are created on the remaining port.

  • Page 36: Hardware And Resource Configuration Wizard: Commit And Finish

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual  It is possible for the sum of all maximum bandwidth values across the four functions of a single port to exceed the physical link speed value of either 10 Gbps or 1 Gbps. This case is considered as oversubscription. In a case where oversubscription congestion occurs on transmit, the Relative Bandwidth Weight value comes into effect.

  • Page 37: Viewing Vital Signs

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual below. Select Information tab in the context view panel on the right side. 6.7.2. Viewing Vital Signs The Vital Signs section of the Information tab has useful information about the network adapters that are installed in your system, such as the link status of the adapter and general network connectivity.

  • Page 38: Viewing Nic Partitioning Information

    (see Configuring Teaming). 6.7.3. Viewing NIC Partitioning Information The NIC partitioning feature is available on D-Link DXE-820T network adapters only. The NIC Partitioning section of the Information tab displays information about the partitions for the selected network adapter.
  • Page 39 PCI physical functions per port. Each PCI function is associated with a different virtual NIC. To the OS and the network, each physical function appears as a separate NIC port. For more information, see the NIC Partitioning topic in the D-Link DXE-820T Network Adapter User Guide.

  • Page 40: Testing The Network

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual value comes into effect.  The Maximum Bandwidth setting is only valid in the context of Tx, but not Rx. 6.7.4. Testing the Network The Network Test option on the Diagnostics tab lets you verify IP network connectivity.

  • Page 41: Running Diagnostic Tests In Windows

     You must have administrator privileges to run diagnostic tests.  The network connection is temporarily lost while these tests are running.  Some tests are not supported on all DXE-820T adapters. To run the diagnostic tests once using the BACS GUI 1.
  • Page 42 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Control Registers This test verifies the read and write capabilities of the network adapter registers by writing various values to the registers and verifying the results. The adapter driver uses these registers to perform network functions such as sending and receiving information.

  • Page 43: Analyzing Cables In Windows

     You must have administrator privileges to run the cable analysis test.  The network connection is temporarily lost during an analysis.  This option is not available for DXE-820T 10 GbE network adapters.  This option is not available for all Broadcom network adapters.
  • Page 44 Speed & Duplex driver settings are also set to Auto. 2. Click the name of the adapter to test in the Explorer View pane. Note: For D-Link DXE-820T network adapters, select a VBD driver; for other adapters, select an NDIS driver.

  • Page 45: Managing The Lan Device

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual In Interactive mode, use the list <view> and select <idx> commands to select the desired target device. Use the cablediag command to run the cable analysis test for the selected target. Example: 1. The following command runs the cable diagnostics test for the currently selected NDIS adapter.

  • Page 46: Configuring The Ndis Driver

    Offload Capabilities The offload capabilities supported by the adapter. This information is only available for D-Link DXE-820T network adapters.  iSCSI. iSCSI offload for block-level transfer of data.  LSO. Large Send Offload (LSO) prevents an upper level protocol such as TCP from breaking a large data packet into a series of smaller packets with headers appended to them.
  • Page 47 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Notes:  You must have administrator privileges to change the values for a property.  The list of available properties for your particular adapter may be different.  Some properties may not be available for all Broadcom network adapters.
  • Page 48 Large Send Offload property, the TCP segmentation can be done by the network adapter. The default setting for this property is Enabled. This property is only available for D-Link DXE-820T network adapters. IPv6 Checksum Offload Normally, the checksum function is computed by the protocol stack. When you select one of the Checksum Offload property values (other than None), the checksum can be computed by the network adapter.
  • Page 49 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual The Locally Administered Address is a user-defined MAC address that is used in place of the MAC address originally assigned to the network adapter. Every adapter in the network must have its own unique MAC address. This locally administered address consists of a 12-digit hexadecimal number.
  • Page 50 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual the new line speed and duplex mode. A speed of 1 Gbit/s is enabled by selecting Auto, when that speed is supported.  1 Gb Full Auto must be attached to a link partner that is also capable of a 1 Gb connection.
  • Page 51 Risk Assessment of VLAN Tagging through the NDIS Miniport Driver Broadcom's NDIS 6.0 miniport driver provides the means to allow a system containing a DXE-820T adapter to connect to a tagged VLAN. On Windows XP systems, this support was only provided through the use of an intermediate driver (e.g., Broadcom Advanced Server Program - BASP).
  • Page 52 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Crash dump is used to collect information on adapters that were booted remotely using iSCSI. To enable crash dump, set to Enable and reboot the system. If you perform an upgrade of the device drivers, re-enable iSCSI Crash Dump. If iSCSI Boot is configured to boot in the HBA path, then this parameter cannot be changed.

  • Page 53: Viewing Resource Information

    The information provided on the Statistics tab allows you to view traffic statistics for both Broadcom network adapters and network adapters made by others. Statistical information and coverage are more comprehensive for DXE-820T adapters. To view Statistics information for any installed network adapter, click the name of the adapter listed in the Explorer View pane, then click the Statistics tab.
  • Page 54 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual A count of the frames that were successfully transmitted. This counter is incremented when the transmit status is reported as Transmit OK. Frames Rx OK A count of the frames that were successfully received. This does not include frames received with frame-too-long, frame check sequence (FCS), length, or alignment errors, nor frames lost due to internal MAC sublayer errors.
  • Page 55 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual The number of login requests that were not accepted by the target. Login Redirect Responses The number of responses that required further action by the initiator. Login Authentication Failed Responses The number of login requests that failed due to party authentication failure.
  • Page 56 Custom Statistics Note: Custom statistics are available only for an enabled Broadcom network adapter. Out of Recv. Buffer The number of times the adapter ran out of Receive Buffer Descriptors. This information is only available for D-Link DXE-820T network adapters.

  • Page 57: Viewing Resource Reservations

    This shows the number of active Virtual Functions (VF). 6.10.3. Viewing Resource Reservations Notes:  Resource Reservation information is only available for DXE-820T adapters and VBD drivers.  Not all offload technologies are available with all adapters.  Resource Reservation information is not available in BACS on Linux systems.

  • Page 58: Configuring Teaming

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Depending on the protocol you will be using, for IPv4 DHCP or IPv6 DHCP, select Enable (not available for iSCSI booted adapters) to set the IP address dynamically using a DHCP server. Or select Disable to set the IP address using a static IP address.

  • Page 59: Team Types

     SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) – The Auto-Fallback Disable feature is configured for Smart Load Balance and Failover type teams in the Teaming Wizard. Note: DXE-820T network adapters with iSCSI enabled is supported only in an SLB team type. Smart Load Balance and Failover In this type of team, a standby member handles the traffic if all of the load balance members fail (a failover event).

  • Page 60: Standby Team Member And Auto-Fallback Disable Mode

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual load balancing and failover for both outbound and inbound traffic. SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) This team is identical to Smart Load Balance and Failover, with the following exception: when the standby member is active, if a primary member comes back online, the team continues using the standby member rather than switching back to the primary member.
  • Page 61 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual To configure an existing team, right-click one of the teams in the list and select Edit Team. This option is only available if a team has already been created and is listed in the Team Management pane.
  • Page 62 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Select the type of team you want to create. Select Enable Hyper-V Mode if you want to enable Windows virtualization services. If the team type is an SLB type team, click Next. If the team type is not an SLB type team, then a dialog box appears.
  • Page 63 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual From the Available Adapters list, click the adapter you want to add to the team and then click Add. Remove team members from the Team Members list by clicking the adapter and then clicking Remove. Click Next.
  • Page 64 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual If you want to designate one of the adapters as a standby member (optional), select Use the following member as a standby member, then choose the standby member from the list of adapters. The Auto-Fallback Disable mode feature allows the team to continue using the standby member rather than switching back to the primary member if the primary member comes back online.
  • Page 65 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Next. 11. Select the probe interval (the number of seconds between each retransmission of a link packet to the probe target) and the maximum number of probe retries (the number of consecutively missed responses from a probe target before a failover is triggered).
  • Page 66 The benefit of this is that your system can have one network adapter that can belong to multiple subnets. Note: VLANs can only be created when all team members are DXE-820T adapters. 16. Type the VLAN name and then click Next.
  • Page 67 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 17. To tag the VLAN, select Tagged and then click Next. Otherwise, click Untagged, click Next, and continue with the wizard to add additional VLANs. 18. Type the VLAN tag value and then click Next. The value must be between 1 and...
  • Page 68 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 19. Select Yes to add or manage another VLAN and then click Next. Repeat until you do not want to add or manage any additional VLANs. Note: You can define up to 64 VLANs per team (63 VLANs that are tagged and 1 VLAN that is not tagged).
  • Page 69 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual and Exit the wizard. To apply your changes but continue using the wizard, select Save changes and continue to manage more teams. Click Finish. Note: At any point in the Broadcom Teaming Wizard procedure, click Preview to get a...

  • Page 70: Using Expert Mode

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 21. Click the team name in the Team Management pane to view the team's properties in the Information tab, transfer and receive data in the Statistics tab, and team customization options in the Configurations tab. 6.11.5. Using Expert Mode Use Expert Mode to create a team, modify a team, add a VLAN, and configure LiveLink for a Smart Load Balance and Failover and SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) team.
  • Page 71 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Note: The Create Team tab appears only if there are teamable adapters available. Click the Team Name field to enter a team name. Click the Team Type field to select a team type. Click Hyper-V Mode if you want to enable Windows virtualization services.
  • Page 72 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual network adapters be added as members to a team. Type the value for Team MTU. 10. Click Create to save the team information. 11. Repeat steps 4. through 10. to define additional teams. As teams are defined, they can be selected from the team list, but they have not yet been created.
  • Page 73 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Properties. Configure the IP address and any other necessary TCP/IP configuration for  the team, and then click OK when finished. Modifying a Team After you have created a team, you can modify the team in the following ways: ...
  • Page 74 You can define up to 64 VLANs per team (63 VLANs that are tagged and 1 VLAN that is not tagged). VLANs can only be created when all teams members are DXE-820T adapters. If you try to create a VLAN with a different adapter, an error message is displayed.
  • Page 75 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Select the VLAN to delete. From the Teams menu, select Remove VLAN. Click Apply. Click Yes when the message is displayed indicating that the network connection will be temporarily interrupted. Note: If you delete a team, any VLANs configured for that team will also be deleted.

  • Page 76: Viewing Basp Statistics

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual click the desired probe interval in the Probe interval (seconds) list and click the desired maximum number of probe retries in the Probe maximum retries list. Set the Probe VLAN ID to correspond with the VLAN where the probe target(s) resides.

  • Page 77: Configuring With The Command Line Interface Utility

     Linux Server For information on the latest supported OS versions, see BACSCLI_Readme.txt in your software distribution. 6.12.2. Installation On a system with DXE-820T network adapters, BACSCLI is installed when BACS is installed with the installer. 6.13. Troubleshooting BACS Problem: When attempting to open BACS on a Linux System, the following error message displays: "Another instance of the BACS client appears to be running on this system.
  • Page 78 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual remove the file: "/dev/shm/sem.Global-BACS-{C50398EE-84A7-4bc3-9F6E-25A69603B9C0}."...

  • Page 79: User Diagnostics In Dos: D-Link Dxe-820T Network Adapter User Guide

    7.1. Introduction Broadcom NetXtreme II User Diagnostics is a MS-DOS based application that runs a series of diagnostic tests (see Table 3) on the D-Link DXE-820T network adapters in your system. Broadcom NetXtreme II User Diagnostics also allows you to update device firmware and to view and change settings for available adapter properties.
  • Page 80 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual uxdiag -F Forces an upgrade of the image without checking the version. uxdiag -fbc <bc_image> Specifies the bin file to update the bootcode. uxdiag -fib <ib_image> Specifies the bin file for iSCSI boot. uxdiag -fibc Programs the iSCSI configuration block. Used only with -fib <ib_image>.
  • Page 81 Table 6: uediag Command Options Command Options Description uediag Performs all tests on all D-link DXE-820T network adapters in your system. uediag -c <device#> Specifies the adapter (device#) to test. Similar to -dev (for backward compatibility). uediag -cof Allows tests to continue after detecting a failure.

  • Page 82: Diagnostic Test Descriptions

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual uediag -help Displays the Broadcom NetXtreme II User Diagnostics (uediag) command options. uediag -I <iteration#> Specifies the number of iterations to run on the selected tests. uediag -idmatch Enables matching of VID, DID, SVID, and SSID from the image file with device IDs: Used only with -fnvm <raw_image>.
  • Page 83 Group B: Memory Tests TXP Scratchpad The Group B tests verify all memory blocks of the D-Link DXE-820T network TPAT Scratchpad adapter by writing various data patterns (0x55aa55aa, 0xaa55aa55, walking zeroes, walking ones, address, etc.) to each memory location, reading back the RXP Scratchpad data, and then comparing it to the value written.
  • Page 84 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual values to confirm that the DMA operation completed successfully. RBUF Allocation Verifies the RX buffer (RBUF) allocation interface by allocating and releasing buffers and checking that the RBUF block maintains an accurate count of the allocated and free buffers.
  • Page 85 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Group D: Ethernet Traffic Tests MAC Loopback Enables MAC loopback mode in the adapter and transmits 5000 Layer 2 packets of various sizes. As the packets are received back by Broadcom NetXtreme II User Diagnostics, they are checked for errors. Packets are returned through the MAC receive path and never reach the PHY.

  • Page 86: Specifications: D-Link Dxe-820T Network Adapter User Guide

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual 8. Specifications: D-Link DXE-820T Network Adapter User Guide 8.1. 10/100/1000BASE-T and 10GBASE-T Cable Specifications Table 8: 10/100/1000BASE-T Cable Specifications Port Type Connector Media Maximum Distance 10BASE-T RJ-45 Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted pairs 100m (328 feet)

  • Page 87: Troubleshooting: D-Link Dxe-820T Network Adapter User Guide

    Safety Precautions. The following checklist provides recommended actions to take to resolve problems installing the D-Link DXE-820T network adapter or running it in your system.  Inspect all cables and connections. Verify that the cable connections at the network adapter and the switch are attached properly. Verify that the cable length and rating comply with the requirements listed in Connecting the Network Cables.

  • Page 88: Checking If Current Drivers Are Loaded

    D-Link DXE-820T User Manual passes the tests, the other adapters may be causing contention. 9.4. Checking if Current Drivers are Loaded 9.4.1. Windows See Viewing Vital Signs to view vital information about the adapter, link status, and network connectivity. 9.4.2. Linux To verify that the bnx2.o driver is loaded properly, run:...

  • Page 89: Running A Cable Length Test

    | grep -i "Broadcom" | grep -i "bnx2" 9.5. Running a Cable Length Test For Windows operating systems, see Analyzing Cables in Windows for information on running a cable length test. Cable analysis is not available for DXE-820T network adapters. 9.6. Testing Network Connectivity Note: When using forced link speeds, verify that both the adapter and the switch are forced to the same speed.

  • Page 90: Microsoft Virtualization With Hyper-V

    (child partition) for full functionality. 9.7.1. Single Network Adapter Windows Server 2008 When configuring a DXE-820T network adapter on a Hyper-V system, be aware of the following:  An adapter that is to be bound to a virtual network should not be configured for VLAN tagging through the driver's advanced properties.

  • Page 91: Teamed Network Adapters

    CO and LSO in an IPv6 network. Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 When configuring a DXE-820T network adapter on a Hyper-V system, be aware of the following:  An adapter that is to be bound to a virtual network should not be configured for VLAN tagging through the driver's advanced properties.
  • Page 92 Teaming. Windows Server 2008 When configuring a team of DXE-820T network adapters on a Hyper-V system, be aware of the following:  Create the team prior to binding the team to the Hyper-V virtual network.  Create a team only with an adapter that is not already assigned to a Hyper-V virtual network.

  • Page 93: Removing The Device Drivers

    VNICs to the guest OS. This can be done in the Hyper-V Manager. Windows Server 2008 R2 When configuring a team of DXE-820T network adapters on a Hyper-V system, be aware of the following:  Create the team prior to binding the team to the Hyper-V virtual network.

  • Page 94: Upgrading Windows Operating Systems

     From Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2  From Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 Prior to performing an OS upgrade when a D-Link DXE-820T network adapter is installed on your system, Broadcom recommends the procedure below.
  • Page 95 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual Solution: Prior to creating the team, unbind NLB from the DXE-820T adapter, create the team, and then bind NLB to the team.  Problem: A system containing an 802.3ad team causes a Net logon service failure in the system event log and prevents it from communicating with the domain controller during boot up.

  • Page 96: Linux

    Solution: On architectures where the default vmalloc size is relatively small and not sufficient to load many interfaces, use vmalloc=<size> during boot to increase the size.  Problem: Routing does not work for DXE-820T network adapters installed in Linux systems. Solution: For DXE-820T network adapters installed in systems with Linux kernels older than 2.6.26, disable TPA with either ethtool (if available) or with the driver...

  • Page 97: Miscellaneous

    Solution: Enable iSCSI Crash Dump from the Advanced section of the BACS Configuration tab.  Problem: The D-Link DXE-820T network adapter may not perform at optimal levels on some systems if it is added after the system has booted. Solution: The system BIOS in some systems does not set the cache line size and the latency timer if the adapter is added after the system has booted.
  • Page 98 D-Link DXE-820T User Manual the Resource Reservations section of the Configurations tab (see Viewing Resource Reservations). If NDIS is disabled and SNP is removed, there is no access to re-enable the device.  Problem: A DCOM error message (event ID 10016) appears in the System Even Log during the installation of the drivers.

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