Installing IBM* Ethernet Quad-BT and -B2 PeerMaster* Server Adapters into AT&T System Servers running Windows NT =============== Section Listing =============== Section 1: "Overview" Section 2: "Supported Environments" Section 3: "Before You Begin" Section 4: "MCA Hardware Installation" Section 5: "PCI Hardware Installation" Section 6: "Contents of IBM PeerMaster Option Diskette" Section 7: "S/W Installation and Configuration Overview" Section 8: "Precautions, Limitations and Guidelines" Section 9: "S/W Installation and Configuration" Section 10: "Error Messages" Section 11: "Selectable Parameters" ===================== Section 1: "Overview" ===================== The IBM Ethernet Quad PeerMaster adapters operate in either of two modes: traditional adapter mode or VNET (Virtual Network) mode. In traditional mode, the four ports of a PeerMaster adapter are treated as separate adapters operating on separate subnets, with unique MAC addresses. Cross-subnet traffic must be routed, either internally by the server, or externally by a local router. When a PeerMaster adapter operates in VNET mode, the multiple LAN segments to which the ports are attached are treated as a single subnet, called a VNET. To protocol stacks, such as TCP/IP and NetBIOS, a VNET appears to be a single adapter. Multiple PeerMaster adapters may be configured to interoperate in various ways: as one large VNET (up to 24 segments when using 6 adapters); as multiple independent VNETs; as traditional subnets; or in any combination of VNETs and traditional subnets. Each port within a VNET is configured with the same MAC address. Cross-segment traffic within a VNET is switched by the adapter(s), shielding the server from the task of handling and routing such traffic. External internetworking devices are not required to provide communication between segments of a VNET. The following guidelines apply to PeerMaster adapters in either traditional or VNET mode: * Do not externally join (using bridges, switches, or concentrators) ports of adapters. * You may configure as many nodes as necessary; the adapter places no limit on the number of nodes per segment. For additional information on VNET Switch Mode refer to the IBM Ethernet Quad PeerMaster Installation Guide provided with your adapters. =================================== Section 2: "Supported Environments" =================================== The LAN software provided on your Option Diskette supports the following versions of Microsoft NT Advanced Server: NT Advanced Server 3.5 NT Advanced Server 3.51 The PeerMaster driver provided on your Option Diskette is designed to control the following adapters: IBM Ethernet Quad-BT PeerMaster Server Adapter (Micro Channel) IBM Ethernet Quad-B2 PeerMaster Server Adapter (Micro Channel) IBM Ethernet PCI PeerMaster Server Adapter (PCI) Installation instructions are provided for all supported adapters. Follow the instructions specific to the adapters that you are installing. ============================= Section 3: "Before You Begin" ============================= In addition to a printed copy of this readme file, you will require the following items: * The PeerMaster adapters to be installed. * The IBM PeerMaster Option Diskette that came with your adapters. * A writable, working copy of the AT&T Reference Diskette that came with your server (for MCA servers). * Appropriate tools and documentation to install the adapters into your server. * The IBM Ethernet Quad PeerMaster Installation Guide provided with your adapters. If any items are missing or damaged, contact your place of purchase. ====================================== Section 4: "MCA Hardware Installation" ====================================== This section guides you through the process of installing PeerMaster adapters into AT&T Micro Channel System 3000 servers. Before you begin, do the following: 1. Determine where the adapter is going to be installed; it can be installed in any empty MCA expansion slot. 2. Make sure you have a writable, working copy of the AT&T Reference Diskette. Also, make sure you label the diskette as the working copy of the AT&T Reference Diskette. ------------------------ Preparing the MCA System ------------------------ Use the following procedure to prepare the system for IBM Ethernet PeerMaster adapter installation: 1. Shut down the NT server via the Program Manager. 2. Turn the power switch of the console and of the system to the OFF position. Disconnect the system power cord from the rear panel of the system or from the wall outlet. On some models, you may also need to flip the circuit breakers and remove the CMOS battery fuse. 3. Install the PeerMaster adapter into the desired slot as instructed in "AT&T 345x/35xx Unit Installation, Care and Cleaning". Note: The IBM Quad PeerMaster is a type 5 Micro Channel option adapter. To create sufficient clearance for type 5 adapters it is necessary to remove the brackets used to position and hold shorter option adapters. 4. Reboot the system from the AT&T Reference Diskette; make a copy of the Reference Diskette. ---------------------------- Reconfiguring the MCA System ---------------------------- Perform the following procedures to reconfigure the system. Change the Configuration 1. Press the ESC (escape) key to return to the main menu. 2. Select and then select or . 3. When instructed to insert the new adapter diskette, remove the Reference Diskette and insert the IBM Ethernet Quad PeerMaster Option Diskette. Alternate diskettes as prompted until the process is complete. 4. From the Configuration menu, select . 5. Use the arrow keys to highlight the slot for the IBM Ethernet PeerMaster adapter and press the Enter key. Information such as the following will be displayed: Fixed resources "Fixed resources" Device I/O Address 1C00h-1C1Fh Interrupt Level Level 3 MCA Arbitration Level Level 1 Streaming Data Enabled Selected Feedback Return Disabled Address and Data Parity Disabled 6. Using the arrow keys and Enter key, choose values for the Device I/O Address, Interrupt Level, MCA Arbitration Level, Shared Memory Window Location, and Full Memory Window Location so that they do not conflict with other adapters or system resources. Conflicts are indicated by an asterisk to the left of the selected value. IMPORTANT!: Select one of the first 16 choices for the FULL MEMORY WINDOW location. The remaining choices result in conflicts under Windows NT that are not detected during MCA configuration. 7. Press the F10 key to save the selected configuration values. To install more than one IBM Ethernet PeerMaster adapter, repeat steps 5 through 7 for each additional PeerMaster adapter. 8. Press the ESC key to return to the CONFIGURATION menu. ----------------------------- Back Up the MCA Configuration ----------------------------- 1. Select . A configuration backup file is written to the working copy of the AT&T Reference Diskette so it can be used to restore the configuration information, if necessary. 2. When the Backup is complete, remove the working copy of the AT&T Reference Diskette from the drive. 3. Press the ESC key as many times as necessary to exit the system setup; the system is automatically rebooted and the Windows NT operating system is reloaded. ====================================== Section 5: "PCI Hardware Installation" ====================================== This section to be supplied at a later date. ======================================================= Section 6: "Contents of IBM PeerMaster Option Diskette" ======================================================= The following files are included on the Option Diskette provided with your PeerMaster adapter: A:\ (Root Directory) * README.TXT Installation information not available at the time of this readme file. * @8F6D.ADF Adapter Configuration File for the Quad-BT PeerMaster. (used for MCA adapters only) * @8F6A.ADF Adapter Configuration File for the Quad-B2 PeerMaster. (used for MCA adapters only) * PSSETUP.EXE Adapter Setup and Diagnostics software. (used for PCI adapters only) A:\NT (PeerMaster Windows NT Program Files) * MXMCA4BT.BIN MCA Quad-BT PeerMaster firmware download file. * MXMCA4TN.BIN MCA Quad-B2 PeerMaster firmware download file. * MXPCI4BT.BIN PCI PeerMaster firmware download file. * OEMSETUP.INF Used at install/configure time to drive the dialog boxes, verify parameters, and to put parameters in the registry. * QSTATS.EXE A utility that permits you to view PeerMaster statistics. * QUADENET.SYS The device driver for both traditional MAC and VNET functions. * QUADENET.DLL Contains the dialog boxes issued at install/configure time. * QUADPCI.SYS Detects the presence of PCI PeerMaster adapters during adapter installation and configuration. * QUADENET.HLP Contains help files invoked from dialogue boxes. * QDNCDET.DLL Detects the presence of MCA PeerMaster adapters during system installation. * README.TXT Provides LAN software installation instructions. ======================================================== Section 7: "S/W Installation and Configuration Overview" ======================================================== You have already completed the hardware portion of the installation process. This file contains the instructions to complete the installation and configuration of the LAN software. The following list provides the basic flow of the LAN software installation process. The details required to perform each step are provided in the following sections. Note: Multiple ports of PeerMaster adapters may be bound to protocols as a single virtual network, hereafter called 'VNET'. The driver that creates these virtual networks is QUADENET.SYS. The basic procedure is as follows: a) Install and configure your NT Server as described by the installation manuals provided with that product. b) Review Section 8: "Precautions, Limitations and Guidelines" for NT specific precautions. c) Install and configure your Quad PeerMaster adapter(s) and protocols using the NT Network Control Panel Applet (NCPA). Section 9: "S/W Installation and Configuration", guides you through this process. ==================================================== Section 8: "Precautions, Limitations and Guidelines" ==================================================== 1. A single PeerMaster adapter may not be included into multiple VNETs. 2. You may configure multiple adapters as a single VNET, multiple VNETs, multiple traditional subnetworks, or as any combination of traditional and virtual subnetworks. 3. A single PeerMaster adapter must be configured to operate exclusively either as a VNET switch or a traditional adapter. Both modes cannot be supported simultaneously. 4. Values placed into the Network Address edit box on the Virtual Adapter Setup dialog box will override the factory programmed network address for your adapters, and will be applied to all ports within the VNET. 5. Initialization, configuration and re-configuration changes do not take effect until the system is rebooted. 6. All PeerMaster adapters (MCA and PCI) are configured in the same manner. 7. It is NOT necessary to set up the Flash Slot parameter using PSSETUP on adapters being installed in NT servers. The PCI device number assigned by PCI BIOS is used as the slot number for each adapter. You may use PSSETUP to identify and label each adapter with it’s PCI device number. Note that the device number may change as PCI devices are added to, or removed from, your system. PCI device numbers are also subject to change should a different revision of BIOS be installed on your system. Should this occur, you may use PSSETUP to identify the PCI device numbers assigned to each adapter, and re-label the adapters. 8. At least one, and no greater than eight, adapters must be included into a VNET. At least one port must be activated on each adapter included into a VNET. =============================================== Section 9: "S/W Installation and Configuration" =============================================== The program files for the PeerMaster Adapter are installed and configured via the NT Network Control Panel Applet (NCPA). NCPA automates the installation and configuration of LAN Adapters and Protocols. NCPA copies installation files from the PeerMaster Option Diskette and updates the NT registry with the selected configuration options. The following steps describe installation and configuration for both Traditional and VNET modes of operation using NCPA. The following instructions assume: * The PeerMaster Adapter has been installed. * The required configuration information is known. * The installer has a basic familiarity with MS Windows. 1. Select the MAIN window. 2. From the "Control Panel" window, select the "Network" option. The NETWORK SETTINGS dialog box will appear presenting a number of options. 3. From the NETWORK SETTINGS dialog box, select "Add Adapter" and wait for the ADD NETWORK ADAPTER window to display. 4. In the ADD NETWORK ADAPTER window, use the mouse (or the DOWN ARROW) with the NETWORK ADAPTER CARD option to scroll through a list of available adapters. Select OTHER (at bottom of menu) and then click on CONTINUE. 5. When prompted for the location of the installation software, insert the PeerMaster Option Diskette into an available drive, enter the appropriate drive letter and the path NT into the edit box, for example: A:\NT Then click on OK and wait for the PeerMaster Adapter Setup dialog box to display. 6. This step guides you through the process of installing a single PeerMaster port as a traditional adapter. To configure multiple ports as a virtual subnetwork, skip to step 7. After completion of this step, you may return to step 3 of this section and configure another port as a traditional adapter or skip to step 8 if no more ports are to be installed. You may press the HELP button at any time during this process to display on-line information pertaining to the available options. To display information within the HELP dialog box, click on the desired field using your mouse or highlight the desired field using the tab key then press . a) The Socket Id field permits you to select a specific PeerMaster port to install/configure in Traditional adapter mode. Use the pull-down menu to display a list of all available adapter/ports. A Socket Id is comprised of the following three sub-fields: Bus number: For MCA and PCI systems, this identifies the system bus in which the target adapter is installed. This field is meaningful only in multi-bus servers. The bus type of the target adapter (MCA or PCI) is displayed in the Socket Id box. Slot number: For MCA systems, this is the number of the expansion slot in which the target adapter is installed. For PCI systems, this is the PCI device number assigned to the adapter by PCI BIOS. You may use PSSETUP to identify and label each installed adapter with the PCI device number assigned to it. Note: PCI device numbers are subject to change as additional PCI devices are installed in your system, or if the BIOS revision on your system is changed. Port number: For MCA and PCI systems, this is the target Ethernet port number of the adapter being installed. Port one of the adapter is the connector furthest from the gold fingers that insert into the expansion slot on the system board of your computer. Port four is the connector that is closest to the expansion slot connector pins on the adapter. b) You may override the factory set network address. Use the edit box to enter a Locally Administered Network Address. Valid network addresses are twelve hex characters long. The Locally Administered bit must be set to one and the Group bit set to zero. c) You may optionally disable link test for the selected port. Link test applies to 10BaseT adapters only. If the specified port is cabled to a hub that does not support 10BaseT link signals then clear the Link Test Enable check box. d) You may override the default values for the Advanced Adapter settings at this time. Select ADVANCED to invoke the Adapter Advanced Setup dialog box and wait for the dialog box to display. Please note that only knowledgeable system administrators should modify the Advanced Setup values. Select CONTINUE when complete to save the settings and return to the PeerMaster Adapter Setup dialog box. The following advanced settings may be configured: Full Memory Window: Description: To support peer-to-peer DMA transfers PeerMaster adapters require a memory window in system address space to enable peer adapters to access to their local memory. The location of this window is normally auto-selected during adapter installation. On some IBM Model 85 Micro Channel computers, this window is not auto- configurable, thus default window base addresses are used by the device driver. This parameter allows manual override of the default values. The edit box specifies a megabyte value for a window base address. A value of 200, for instance, specifies a system memory base address of 200MB. For each adapter, the first configured port sets the base address for that adapter. A unique value must be used for each adapter. Range: 2 - 255 Default: Based upon adapter slot as follows: slot 1: 255 slot 2: 254 slot 3: 253 slot 4: 252 slot 5: 251 slot 6: 250 slot 7: 249 slot 8: 248 WatchDog Timer: Description: Time interval, in seconds, indicating how often a Watchdog command/reply must be exchanged between the driver and adapter. A value of zero disables the watchdog function. If the adapter fails to respond to a watchdog request within the specified timeout, the driver will reset and restart the adapter. Range: 0 - 255 Default: 0 e) Click on CONTINUE to save the settings for this PeerMaster port. The Adapter Setup dialog box will now exit and the remaining program files will be copied from the PeerMaster Option Diskette. 7. This step is required to create a virtual adapter (VNET) consisting of multiple PeerMaster adapters. Do not perform this step for ports configured as traditional adapters. After completion of this step, you may return to step 3 of this section to create another VNET or continue with step 8 to complete the installation process. You may press the HELP button at any time during this process to display on-line information pertaining to the available options. To display information within the HELP dialog box, click on the desired field using your mouse or highlight the desired field using the tab key then press . a) Select the Create VNET button and wait for the Virtual Adapter Setup dialog box to appear. This dialog box permits you to specify the adapters included into the VNET. b) Click the check box next to each adapter to include it into this VNET. A check box will not be selectable if: * The indicated adapter has at least one port configured in traditional mode, or... * the indicated adapter is included into another VNET, or... * no adapter is indicated. Note: A single VNET must contain one to eight adapters. Adapters not included into a VNET may be configured as traditional adapters or as part of another VNET. c) You may override the factory set network address. Use the edit box to enter a Locally Administered Network Address. This address will be used for all ports within the VNET. Valid network addresses are twelve hex characters long. The Locally Administered bit must be set to one and the Group bit set to zero. d) You may override the default values for the Advanced Virtual Adapter settings at this time. Select ADVANCED to invoke the Virtual Adapter Advanced Setup dialog box and wait for the dialog box to display. Please note that only knowledgeable system administrators should modify the Advanced Setup values. Select CONTINUE when complete to save the settings and return to the Virtual Adapter Setup dialog box. The following advanced settings may be configured: Bridge Aging Timer: Description: When the VNET Switch function is active the PeerMaster adapters maintain both in-host and on-board databases to associate network addresses with specific adapters/ports. Unused entries are periodically purged to prevent overflow of these databases. This parameter defines the rate (in seconds) that inactive entries are purged. Setting this value to zero disables the aging process (inactive entries are not purged). Range: 0 - 65535 Default: 120 WatchDog Timer: Description: Time interval, in seconds, indicating how often a Watchdog command/reply must be exchanged between the driver and adapter. A value of zero disables the watchdog function. If the adapter fails to respond to a watchdog request within the specified timeout, the driver will reset and restart the adapter. Range: 0 - 255 Default: 0 e) Click on CONTINUE. This will cause a Virtual Adapter Port Setup dialog box to appear. Wait for the new dialog box to appear. f) The dialog box indicates which adapter is currently being set up. Click the check box next to each port to activate it within the VNET. At least one port must be selected. g) You may override the default values for the Virtual Adapter Advanced Port Setup settings at this time. Select ADVANCED to invoke the Virtual Adapter Advanced Port Setup dialog box and wait for the dialog box to display. Please note that only knowledgeable system administrators should modify the Advanced Setup values. Select CONTINUE when complete to save the setting and return to the Virtual Adapter Port Setup dialog box. The following advanced settings may be configured: Full Memory Window: Description: To support peer-to-peer DMA transfers PeerMaster adapters require a memory window in system address space to enable peer adapters to access to their local memory. The location of this window is normally auto-selected during adapter installation. On some IBM Model 85 Micro Channel computers, this window is not auto- configurable, thus default window base addresses are used by the device driver. This parameter allows manual override of the default values. The edit box specifies a megabyte value for a window base address. A value of 200, for instance, specifies a system memory base address of 200MB. For each adapter, the first configured port sets the base address for that adapter. A unique value must be used for each adapter. Range: 2 - 255 Default: Based upon adapter slot as follows: slot 1: 255 slot 2: 254 slot 3: 253 slot 4: 252 slot 5: 251 slot 6: 250 slot 7: 249 slot 8: 248 Link Test Enable: Description: Link test applies to 10BaseT adapters only. If the specified port is cabled to a hub that does not support 10BaseT link signals, then clear this check box. Settings: Enabled or Disabled Default: Enabled h) Click on CONTINUE to save the port settings for this adapter. This process repeats itself for each adapter included into the VNET. When the settings for all adapters in the VNET have been saved, the Virtual Adapter Setup dialog box will exit and the remaining program files will be copied from the PeerMaster Option Diskette. 8. Select OK. A prompt will appear, requesting that the system be restarted so that the changes may take effect. Remove any diskettes and select RESTART. The computer will be restarted with the network interface installed. 9. Once restarted, the PeerMaster adapters will be active within your server. You may re-configure your adapters using the REMOVE ADAPTER, ADD ADAPTER and CONFIGURE options on the NCPA dialog box. Using the CONFIGURE option, you may add additional adapters to, or activate inactive ports within, an existing VNET. You may also modify basic and advanced configuration parameters associated with traditional or virtual adapters. These changes will not take affect until the system is rebooted. =================================== Section 10: "PeerMaster Statistics" =================================== The PeerMaster Option Diskette contains a utility program to display traditional and switch statistics for PeerMaster adapters. The utility is called QSTATS.EXE and is copied to default Windows NT system directory during the installation process. QSTATS may be run from Program Manager or from a DOS command prompt. The program takes two command line parameters, as follows: QSTATS /device:NAME /slot:NN Where: NAME specifies the driver name to be queried. Each instance of the PeerMaster driver is given a unique name, such as quadenet[x], where x is the number that NCPA displays before the driver name. NN specifies the slot number of the adapter as reported by NCPA. For example, NCPA displays the following list of adapters: [2] IBM Quad PeerMaster Adapter [3] IBM Quad PeerMaster Adapter If adapter [2] is installed into slot 7, then statistics for that adapter are displayed as follows: QSTATS /device:quadenet2 /slot:7 QSTATS displays the following traditional statistics for all ports of the specified adapter: Traditional Stats Description ----------------- ------------------------------------------ InOctets Octets received InMcast Multicast packets received InDisc Packets dropped due to lack of resources OutOctets Octets transmitted OutMcast Multicast packets transmitted OutDisc Tx packets dropped due to lack of resources BusTransmitErrors Errors on system bus PeerRxResources Memory allocated for peer transfers AdapterRxResources Total number of receive buffers OperationalVersion Current firmware version FCSErrors Frames received with bad CRC MultipleCollisions Tx frames than collided more than once DeferredTransmission Tx frames that were deferred ExcessiveCollisions Tx frames that collided 16 times CarrierSenseErrors Tx carrier sense errors MacRxErrors Frames dropped internally InUcast Unicast frames received InBcast Broadcast frames received InErrors Corrupt frames received OutUcast Unicast frames transmitted OutBcast Broadcast frames transmitted OutErrors Frames transmitted unsuccessfully HostTransferErrors System bus errors PeerTxResources Memory allocated for peer transfers AdapterTxResources Adapter transmit buffers AlignmentErrors Corrupt receive frames SingleCollisions Tx frames that collided one time SQETestErrors Collision detection test failures LateCollisions Collisions detected after first 64 bytes InternalMacTxErrors Tx frames dropped internally FramesTooLong Frames that exceed max frame length QSTATS displays the following switch statistics for all ports of the specified adapter: Switch Stats Description ------------ ------------------------------------------ LearnedEntryDiscards The number of address learning table entries that had to be discarded due to table overflow. PeerInFrames The number of packets that were transferred by peer adapters to this PeerMaster adapter. PeerOutFrames The number of packets that were sent by this PeerMaster adapter to peer adapters. PeerInDiscards The number of packets that were sourced by peer adapters to this PeerMaster adapter that were discarded (filtered) by the Forwarding Process. Eth N InFrames The number of packets received by port N that were passed to the switching function. Eth N OutFrames The number of packets passed from the switching function to port N. Eth N InDiscards The number of packets received by port N that were filtered by the switching function. ================================ Section 11: "Event Log Messages" ================================ This section describes entries posted by the driver in the event viewer in case of a malfunction. Using the event viewer find the latest entry entitled QuadEnet in the system log and double click on the entry. Look for a data window at the bottom of the screen containing text starting with "Err: " followed by 8 ASCII digits. Use the following tables to interpret the error. If you are not able to resolve the error, record the error information and call for service. The first ASCII (left most) digit represents the module where the error occurred: ASCII Module 1 init.c 2 ndis.c 3 adapter.c 4 mib.c 5 intr.c The second ASCII digit represents the routine where the error occurred: ASCII Routine 1 ConfigureAdapter 2 MacAddAdapter 3 MacOpenAdapter 4 VerifySharedMemory 5 SlotDownLoad 6 PortSetMulticastList 7 ReceiveCommand The third and fourth ASCII digits provide a description of the failed function: ASCII Function 20 no function specified 10 NDIS function, NdisMapFile 11 NDIS function, NdisOpenConfiguration 12 NDIS function, NdisReadMcaPosInformation 13 NDIS function, NdisImmediateReadPciSlot Information 14 NDIS function, NdisInitializeInterrupt 15 NDIS function, NdisWriteConfiguration 16 NDIS function, NdisAllocateMemory 17 NDIS function, NdisMapIoSpace 18 NDIS function, NdisAllocateSharedMemory 19 NDIS function, NdisOpenFile 31 Filter function, EthNoteOpenFilterAdapter 32 Filter function, EthCreateFilter The fifth through eighth digits provide the exact cause of the error: ASCII Cause of Error 0000 NDIS function or filter function error 0001 Error in registry, an invalid MAC address specified 0006 Adapter id specified in the POS registers is invalid 0007 According to the POS registers, the adapter is not enabled 0009 NdisInitializeInterrupt failed due to a resource conflict 0010 The adapter is in an unexpected state 0011 The transport does not support the media type 802.3 (Ethernet) 0012 Error in registry, no slot number specified for a MAC driver 0013 Error in registry, no bus number specified 0014 Error in registry, no bus type specified 0015 Slot in error state, cannot add or open adapter 0016 Error in registry, no port number specified 0017 Error in registry, no download file specified 0018 Cannot open download file 0019 Error in registry, bus type invalid 0020 Shared memory error, signature in control boot structure invalid 0021 Shared memory error, invalid checksum in control boot structure 0022 Unknown card type stored in Slot structure 0023 Invalid sequence number in pipe status response to status request 0024 Invalid pipe response to a status request during download 0026 Invalid sequence number in response to download file transfer 0027 Error deleting multicast address 0028 Error in registry, no VSlot entry 0029 Error in registry, no IsVnet entry 0030 Error in registry, Slot/Port used in more than one entry 0032 Error in registry, Slot used for VNET and in another entry 0034 Received CommandPipeIn interrupt, received function error response 0035 Vendor Id is invalid using NdisImmediateReadPciSlotInformation 0036 Device Id is invalid using NdisImmediateReadPciSlotInformation 0037 I/O base address is invalid using NdisImmediateReadPciSlotInformation 1001 Could not allocate memory for binding structure 1002 Could not allocate memory for VNET structures, buffers or statistics ---------------------------------------------------------------- PeerMaster adapters contain on-board Power-On-Self-Tests (POST) that run each time the adapter powers up or is restarted. POST results are verified by the driver prior to downloading and initializing the adapter. The PeerMaster driver logs POST errors into the system event log. When this occurs the system will, upon start-up, display a warning that a device failed to function properly, and indicates that information is available via the event viewer. When the system is up, invoke the event viewer and find the latest entry entitled QuadEnet in the system log and double click on the entry. A message in the log will indicate that the adapter returned an invalid value. Look for a data window at the bottom of the screen containing text starting with "POST: " followed by an ASCII error number. Use the following table to interpret and respond to the error. POST Error # Description ------- -------------------------- 1 Message: POST Flash Main Sector Checksum Failure Action : Call for service. 2 Message: POST was not performed - board restarted Action : Call for service. 3 Message: POST Test Sequencer Internal Failure Action : Call for service. 4 Message: POST Flash Boot Sector Checksum Failure Action : Call for service. 5 Message: POST DRAM Size Detection Failure Action: Power down the server. Verify proper seating of the DRAM SIMM on the board and try again. If failure persists, call for service. 6 Message: POST DRAM Byte (8 bit) Wide Failure Action : Power down the server. Verify proper seating of the DRAM SIMM on the board and try again. If failure persists, call for service. 7 Message: POST DRAM Short (16 bit) Wide Failure Action : Power down the server. Verify proper seating of the DRAM SIMM on the board and try again. If failure persists, call for service. 8 Message: POST DRAM Word (32 bit) Wide Failure Action : Power down the server. Verify proper seating of the DRAM SIMM on the board and try again. If failure persists, call for service. 9 Message: POST DRAM Long (64 bit) Wide Failure Action : Power down the server. Verify proper seating of the DRAM SIMM on the board and try again. If failure persists, call for service. 10 Message: POST DRAM Trip (96 bit) Wide Failure Action : Power down the server. Verify proper seating of the DRAM SIMM on the board and try again. If failure persists, call for service 11 Message: POST DRAM Quad (128 bit) Wide Failure Action : Power down the server. Verify proper seating of the DRAM SIMM on the board and try again. If failure persists, call for service. 12 Message: POST DRAM Addressability Failure Action : Power down the server. Verify proper seating of the DRAM SIMM on the board and try again. If failure persists, call for service. 13 Message: POST SRAM Size Detection Failure Action : Call for service. 14 Message: POST SRAM Byte (8 bit) Wide Failure Action : Call for service. 15 Message: POST SRAM Short (16 bit) Wide Failure Action : Call for service. 16 Message: POST SRAM Word (32 bit) Wide Failure Action : Call for service. 17 Message: POST SRAM Long (64 bit) Wide Failure Action : Call for service. 18 Message: POST SRAM Trip (96 bit) Wide Failure Action : Call for service. 19 Message: POST SRAM Quad (128 bit) Wide Failure Action : Call for service. 20 Message: POST SRAM Addressability Failure Action : Call for service. 21 Message: POST Timer Failure Action : Call for service. 22,23 Message: POST Ethernet Port N Internal Loopback 24,25 Failure (N = 1, 2, 3, or 4) Action : Call for service. 26,27 Message: POST Ethernet Port N External Loopback 28,29 Failure (N = 1, 2, 3, or 4) Action : Call for service. 30,31 Message: POST Ethernet Port N Device Verification 32,33 Failure (N = 1, 2, 3, or 4) Action : Call for service. =================================== Section 12: "Selectable Parameters" =================================== A list of the user-configurable parameters follows: Keyword Minimum Maximum Default Usage --------------- -------- ------- ------- ----------------------- BridgeAgeTimer 0 65535 120 Specifies address cache flush interval FullMemoryWindow 2 255 slot Specifies interadapter memory window address. Default based on slot: Slot 8: 255 MByte Slot 7: 254 MByte Slot 6: 253 MByte Slot 5: 252 MByte Slot 4: 251 MByte Slot 3: 250 MByte Slot 2: 249 MByte Slot 1: 248 MByte LinkTestEnabled Disable Enable Enable Enables/disables 10BaseT Link Error Testing NetworkAddress N/A N/A N/A Specifies locally administered MAC address WatchDogTimer 0 65535 0 Specifies watchdog interval ========== TRADEMARKS ========== The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in this README file, are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries: IBM PeerMaster IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY RELATED PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS. (c) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1995. All rights reserved. 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