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1 | The Digi International RightSwitch SE-X (dgrs) Device Driver |
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3 | This is a Linux driver for the Digi International RightSwitch SE-X | |
4 | EISA and PCI boards. These are 4 (EISA) or 6 (PCI) port Ethernet | |
5 | switches and a NIC combined into a single board. This driver can | |
6 | be compiled into the kernel statically or as a loadable module. | |
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8 | There is also a companion management tool, called "xrightswitch". | |
9 | The management tool lets you watch the performance graphically, | |
10 | as well as set the SNMP agent IP and IPX addresses, IEEE Spanning | |
11 | Tree, and Aging time. These can also be set from the command line | |
12 | when the driver is loaded. The driver command line options are: | |
13 | ||
14 | debug=NNN Debug printing level | |
15 | dma=0/1 Disable/Enable DMA on PCI card | |
16 | spantree=0/1 Disable/Enable IEEE spanning tree | |
17 | hashexpire=NNN Change address aging time (default 300 seconds) | |
18 | ipaddr=A,B,C,D Set SNMP agent IP address i.e. 199,86,8,221 | |
19 | iptrap=A,B,C,D Set SNMP agent IP trap address i.e. 199,86,8,221 | |
20 | ipxnet=NNN Set SNMP agent IPX network number | |
21 | nicmode=0/1 Disable/Enable multiple NIC mode | |
22 | ||
23 | There is also a tool for setting up input and output packet filters | |
24 | on each port, called "dgrsfilt". | |
25 | ||
26 | Both the management tool and the filtering tool are available | |
27 | separately from the following FTP site: | |
28 | ||
29 | ftp://ftp.dgii.com/drivers/rightswitch/linux/ | |
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31 | When nicmode=1, the board and driver operate as 4 or 6 individual | |
32 | NIC ports (eth0...eth5) instead of as a switch. All switching | |
33 | functions are disabled. In the future, the board firmware may include | |
34 | a routing cache when in this mode. | |
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36 | Copyright 1995-1996 Digi International Inc. | |
37 | ||
38 | This software may be used and distributed according to the terms | |
39 | of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference. | |
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41 | For information on purchasing a RightSwitch SE-4 or SE-6 | |
42 | board, please contact Digi's sales department at 1-612-912-3444 | |
43 | or 1-800-DIGIBRD. Outside the U.S., please check our Web page at: | |
44 | ||
45 | http://www.dgii.com | |
46 | ||
47 | for sales offices worldwide. Tech support is also available through | |
48 | the channels listed on the Web site, although as long as I am | |
49 | employed on networking products at Digi I will be happy to provide | |
50 | any bug fixes that may be needed. | |
51 | ||
52 | -Rick Richardson, rick@dgii.com |