IBM Netfinity Gigabit Ethernet SX Adapter Supplemental Information
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This diskette contains the new Windows 2000 drivers from the
v1.7 software release.

This software release has been fully certified for Microsoft 
SDG 2.0 for the above adapter.

Please note that this adapter is shipped with a software CD-ROM,
so all help files will refer to CD-ROM as the source medium for
installing the drivers.
For using this diskette, then 'CD-ROM' can mean 'Diskette'.

New in This Software Release
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Release 1.7 of the Netfinity adapter software has the following new
features and improvements:

  - NDIS 5 and Intermediate Teaming drivers support for Windows 2000.

  - Microsoft SDG 2.0 Certification for Windows 2000 and NT with
    Digital Signature files.

  - Full Teaming support with Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT),
    Adaptive Load Balancin (ALB), and Gigabit EtherChannel* (GEC)
    for Windows 2000, NT 4.0, and NetWare.
    
  - Adapter Failover flexibility improved. Adapter Fault Tolerance 
    teams may now consist of a mix of Netfinity Gigabit and 10/100
    Ethernet adapters.

  - Link Aggregation. Link Aggregation delivers scalable bandwidth in 
    2000Mbps increments, up to 8000Mbps full duplex. Unlike ALB, you can 
    configure Link Aggregation to increase both transmission and reception 
    channels between your server and switch. Adapter teams configured for 
    Link Aggregation also provide the benefits of IBMAFT. Requires an IBM  
    switch with Link Aggregation capability.

  - Jumbo Frames. A feature that increases throughput and decreases CPU 
    utilization by putting more data in each packet, thereby sending out 
    fewer packets. Designed for Gigabit networks with an infrastructure 
    that supports Jumbo Frames.

  - A UnixWare 7 driver, in addition to UnixWare 2, is now included in 
    this software release.

  - Linux driver support. Check IBM Support web site for the latest
    Linux driver at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support

  - Additional diagnostics support. The CD includes a DOS-based utility 
    called DIAG1000.EXE. This was previously available on the support 
    Web site only. 

  - The drivers and IBMSet software have been improved. 


Readme Files for Windows* 2000, NT*, NetWare*, and Unix*
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For more information on installing drivers for Windows NT 4.0, NetWare,
and Unix, see the text files in the \info directory on this diskette or
CD-ROM shipped with the adapter.

NetWare 5.0                    NW50.TXT
NetWare 4.11                   NW411.TXT
NetWare 3.12                   NW312.TXT
NetWare Client 32              NWCLT32.TXT
Windows NT 4.0                 MSNT40.TXT
Windows 2000                   MSW2K.TXT
Unix                           UNIXINFO.TXT


Use any standard text editor or word processor to read or print the 
files.

For detailed drivers versions, please read the VERSION.TXT file.



 




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