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NI-VXI Software Installation and Configuration
Table 3-1. Logical Address Configuration Characteristics (Continued)
Characteristic
Servant Area Size
Protocol Register
Response for Servant-
Side Word Serial
Read Protocol query
Number of Handlers
Number of
Interrupters
VXI-SB2020 and NI-VXI for Solaris
Description
Servant area size is supplied when the SB-MXI
receives the Read Servant Area command from
the Resource Manager. The Servant area size
is an 8-bit value (0 through 255) that indicates
the SB-MXI Servant area. The Servant area
begins at the logical address following the
SB-MXI's logical address, and includes N
contiguous logical addresses, where N is the
value of the Servant area size.
Range = 0 to 255
Copy of the Protocol register, indicating which
protocols the device supports. (Refer to the
VXIbus System Specification.)
The protocols that are supported, which are
supplied when the SB-MXI receives the Read
Protocol query from the Resource Manager.
(Refer to the VXIbus System Specification.)
The number of interrupt handlers that the
application requires the SB-MXI to support.
Range = 0 to 7
The number of interrupters that the application
requires the SB-MXI to support.
Range = 0 to 7
3-10
Default Value
0
0x0ff0
0x8448
1
0
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