IBM RS/6000 User Manual

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7. Select a bus memory address that is not currently in use.

The valid bus memory values for use with the 4-Port Multi-Protocol ISA Adapter
start at 0x0e0000 and increment by 0x002000. For example 0x0e2000,
0x0e4000, 0x0e6000, etc. The previous example shows

ampx

is using the first

bus memory range of 0X0e000 and

apm

is using the second range of

0x0e2000.

8. Install the 4-Port Multi-Protocol ISA Adapter device driver and diagnostic by

choosing:

smit isa

Install ISA Adapter Software

to install the fileset

device.isa.mm2.

9. After installing the software, you might enter:

smit isa

Add an ISA Adapter

10. Select portmaster isa Multiport Model 2 Adapter from the SMIT pop-up

menu.

11. Select bus1 Available ISA Bus from the following SMIT pop-up menu.

12. From the menu described in Figure 38 select the correct Interrupt Level, Bus

I/O Address and Bus Memory values, and press Enter.

Add a Multiport Model 2 Adapter

Type or select values in entry fields.
Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.

[Fields]

Description

Multiport Model 2 Adapter

Parent Device

bus1

ISA Interrupt Level

[7]

Bus IO Address

[ x6A ]

Bus Memory Address

[ xE2

]

Define device only, do not configure

yes

F1=Help

F2=Refresh

F3=Cancel

F4=List

F5=Reset

F6=Command

F7=Edit

F8=Image

F9=Shell

F1 =Exit

Enter=Do

Figure 38. SMIT Configuration Menu for Adding an 4-Port Multi-Protocol ISA Adapter

This configuration menu also provides the capability to select the Define
device only, do not configure
option to have the adapter defined but not
configured. Change this field value to yes. It will allow you to define the
adapter without configuring it. If any parameter conflicts were detected, an
error message similar to the following is displayed:

Chapter 6. Adapter and Device Configuration on PCI-Based RS/6000 Servers

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