When To Use The Diagnostic Utility - 3Com ATMLINK 155 PCI User Manual

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HAPTER IAGNOSTICS AND ROUBLESHOOTING

When to Use the Diagnostic Utility

3Com suggests that you run the diagnostic utility immediately
after installing the 3C975 ATMLink NIC, and before installing
the network drivers.
Use the diagnostic utility in the following cases:
To verify that the hardware works before the network drivers
are installed
If the NIC or the PCI bus is not functioning properly, you save
the trouble of loading and configuring the network driver
and ELANs.
If you want to correlate the PCI slot number with the MAC
address of a 3C975 ATMLink NIC
You need this information for installing and configuring
Windows NT network drivers when there is more than one
physical NIC in the system.
If the network drivers fail to load
The internal and external tests determine whether the
components on the NIC are functioning correctly.
If there is no network activity, or if irregular activity is reported
by the server or the switch
If you require specific manufacturer's information about the
3C975 ATMLink NIC
The diagnostic utility reports the product revision number,
date of manufacture, SRAM size, EEPROM size, and the MAC
address of each installed 3C975 ATMLink NIC.
If you require specific configuration information about the
3C975 ATMLink NIC
The diagnostic utility reports the device number, bus number,
slot number, I/O port address, and interrupt request level (IRQ).