Software Configuration Procedure - SMC Networks Elite16 Manual

Software Configuration
P r o c e d u r e
Software changes can be made
without the VV1 jumper block being
configured for SOFT. However, values
you entered using the setup program
(I/O base address, IRQ, and RAM base
address) will not take affect until you
set W1 to SOFT. Similariy, in order for
the ROM base address to be con-
figured with the value you enter, the
W2 jumper block must be set to
NONE/SOFT after the changes have
been made.
If necessary, you can use the con-
figuration software in one computer
to configure an adapter that will be in-
stalled jn a second computer, such as
a "diskless" workstation. If you do
this, make sure that the adapter's 1/0
base address does not conflict with
any other option board installed in the
computer used for configuration.
Once you have installed the Ethemet
adapter in your computer, and you are
sure that network software is not run-
ning on the computer, you are ready
to configure theadapter using the
setup program. Use either the interac-
tive method to configure the adapter
(where the program prompts you), or
use a command line.
After installing the Ethernet adapter,
use the software setup program to
configure the adapter only if:
• Neither of the two preconfigured
Wl jumper settings is suitable be-
cause of conflicts with other
devices.
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• You are installing.more than two .
adapters in the same computer,
thus requiring more than two
configurations.
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• You wish to configure tvvisted pair
to disable link integrity
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