Diagnostics information may include the following items:
Item
Description
PWA
The Printed Wire Assembly number identifies the adapter's model and version.
Number
MAC
The unique Ethernet address assigned to the device.
Address
Memory
The memory address assigned by the BIOS for memory-mapped adapter access.
I/O
The I/O port address assigned by the BIOS for I/O-mapped adapter access.
IRQ
The hardware interrupt assigned by the system BIOS.
UNB
The address in upper memory where the Boot Agent is installed by the BIOS.
PCI ID
The set of PCI identification values from the adapter in the form:
VendorID/DeviceID/SubvendorID/SubdeviceID/Revision
Slot
The PCI bus address (slot number)reported by the BIOS.
NOTE: The number displayed is the BIOS version of the PCI slot number. Therefore, actual
positions of NICs within physical slots may not be displayed as expected. Slots are not
always enumerated in an obvious manner, and this will only report what is indicated by the
BIOS.