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