Allied Telesis Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Preface .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Safety Symbols Used in this Document ............................................................................................................. 8
Where to Find Web-based Guides ..................................................................................................................... 9
Contacting Allied Telesis .................................................................................................................................. 10
Online Support ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Email and Telephone Support.................................................................................................................... 10
Returning Products .................................................................................................................................... 10
For Sales or Corporate Information............................................................................................................ 10
Warranty..................................................................................................................................................... 10
Management Software Updates................................................................................................................. 10
Chapter 1: Starting and Using BACS 3 ........................................................................................................ 11
Starting Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 .................................................................................................. 12
Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 ..................................................................................................... 14
Using the Interface ..................................................................................................................................... 14
Displaying Device Management Information.............................................................................................. 14
Configuring BACS User Interface Options ................................................................................................. 17
Setting User Interface Appearance ............................................................................................................ 17
Viewing Vital Signs..................................................................................................................................... 17
Viewing Driver Information ......................................................................................................................... 20
Displaying Resource Information...................................................................................................................... 21
Testing the Network ................................................................................................................................... 24
Running Diagnostic Tests .......................................................................................................................... 25
Analyzing Cables ....................................................................................................................................... 28
Setting Adapter Properties ......................................................................................................................... 30
Displaying Statistics.......................................................................................................................................... 38
General Statistics ....................................................................................................................................... 38
Chapter 2: Configuring Teaming .................................................................................................................. 43
Defining Team Types ....................................................................................................................................... 45
Smart Load Balance and Failover.............................................................................................................. 45
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)........................................................................................................................ 45
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static ................................................................................... 45
SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) ...................................................................................................................... 45
Using the Broadcom Teaming Wizard.............................................................................................................. 47
Using the Expert Mode ..................................................................................................................................... 65
Creating a Team ........................................................................................................................................ 65
Modifying a Team....................................................................................................................................... 70
Displaying VLANs and Running VLAN Tests............................................................................................. 73
Configuring LiveLink................................................................................................................................... 74
Saving and Restoring the Configuration........................................................................................................... 78
Viewing BASP Statistics ................................................................................................................................... 79