the 3com management programs is a graphical user interface that functions with the windows 2000 server operating systems (server, advanced server, and datacenter server). see "3com management programs" on page 85 for additional information.

    3com management programs have the following features:

    ■ vital sign-the vital sign screen allows you to view vital nic information, network status, and network connectivity. active nics are listed.

    ■ diagnostics-the diagnostics screen allows you to view information and utilize functions to test this network interface card or lom.

    ■ cable analysis-from the cable analysis screen the user can monitor conditions of an ethernet cat5 cable connection within a cable plant in an ethernet network. the software detects various cable conditions such as cable lengths between two given nodes, cable pair breakage, cable pair polarity, and data skew between cable pairs.

    ■ load balance/virtual lans-the load balance/virtual lans screen allows you to configure advanced features. any available nic can be configured as part of a team.

    ■ statistics-the statistics screen allows you view traffic statistics for most nics.

    statistical values and coverage are more comprehensive for some nics than for others.