Hardware management, Viewing card properties – Interphase Tech iSPAN User Manual

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Chapter 9: Setting up Firmware and Hardware

iSPAN Serial WAN Adapter Users Guide

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Hardware Management

The Cards section of the WAN Adapters Setup dialog box
displays all the iSPAN WAN adapters installed in the
machine, their status, and their available communication ports.
The Firmware section displays information about the adapter
selected in the Cards section. You can use the buttons in the
Cards section to add, remove, or configure WAN adapters.

The adapter status is represented by its icon color, as described
in the following table.

Use the following buttons to set up adapter hardware.

Viewing Card Properties

To view the card’s hardware properties, in the Cards section of
the WAN Adapters Setup dialog box, select the iSPAN-Serial
WAN card and click the Properties button.

Icon Color

Meaning

Gray

The adapter is detected but is not working.

Yellow

The hardware configuration has been changed but not
applied.

Green

The adapter is running.

Click...

To do this...

Add

Add a new adapter to the operating system. This option is
enabled if one or more Interphase adapters can be installed.

Remove

Remove an existing adapter. This option removes an adapter
and its drivers from the operating system.

Properties

View an adapter’s hardware properties or configure serial
port properties.

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