Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 14)

l Only experienced network administrators should force speed and duplex manually.
l You cannot change the speed or duplex of Intel adapters that use fiber cabling.
Intel 10 Gigabit adapters that support 1 gigabit speed allow you to configure the speed setting. If this option is not
present, your adapter only runs at its native speed.
Manually Configuring Duplex and Speed Settings
If your switch supports the NWay* standard, and both the adapter and switch are set to auto-negotiate, full duplex con-
figuration is automatic, and no action is required on your part. Not all switches support auto-negotiation. Check with
your network administrator or switch documentation to verify whether your switch supports this feature.
Configuration is specific to the driver you are loading for your network operating system. To set a specific Link Speed
and Duplex mode, refer to the section below that corresponds to your operating system.
CAUTION: The settings at the switch must always match the adapter settings. Adapter performance may
suffer, or your adapter might not operate correctly if you configure the adapter differently from your
switch.
Windows
The default setting is for auto-negotiation to be enabled. Only change this setting to match your link partner's speed
and duplex setting if you are having trouble connecting.
1. In Windows Device Manager, double-click the adapter you want to configure.
2. On the Link Speed tab, select a speed and duplex option from the Speed and Duplex drop-down menu.
3. Click OK.
More specific instructions are available in the Intel PROSet help.
Linux
See Linux* Driver for the Intel® Gigabit Family of Adapters for information on configuring Speed and Duplex on Linux
systems.
Windows* Server Push Install
Introduction
A "Push", or unattended installation provides a means for network administrators to easily install a Microsoft Windows*
operating system on similarly equipped systems. The network administrator can create a bootable media that will auto-
matically log into a central server and install the operating system from an image of the Windows installation directory
stored on that server. This document provides instructions for a basic unattended installation that includes the install-
ation of drivers for Intel® Networking Devices.
As part of the unattended installation, you can create teams and VLANs. If you wish to create one or more team-
s/VLANs as part of the unattended installation, you must also follow the instructions in the "
Instructions for Creating
Teams and VLANs (Optional) " section of this document.
The elements necessary for the Windows Server unattended installation are:
l A Windows Server system with a shared image of the Windows Installation CD.
l If you want to create teams/VLANs as part of the unattended installation, you need to create a configuration file
with the team/VLAN information in it. To create this file, you need a sample system that has the same type of
adapters that will be in the systems receiving the push installation. On the sample system, use Intel® PROSet
for Windows Device Manager to set up the adapters in the teaming/VLAN configuration you want. This system
could also be the Windows Server mentioned above. For clarity, this system is referred to in this page as the
configured system.
l An unattended installation configuration file that provides Windows setup with information it needs to complete
the installation. The name of this file is UNATTEND.XML.
NOTE: Intel® 10GbE Network Adapters do not support unattended driver installation.