Allied Telesis NETEXTREME II AT-2973SX - Manual (Page 43)

AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, and AT-2973T/4 NetExtreme II Family Adapters Installation and User’s Guide
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Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment
Setting up a Multiple Book Agent (MBA) in a client environment involves
the following:
 “Enabling the MBA Driver” on page 43
 “Configuring the MBA Driver” on page 43
 “Setting Up the BIOS” on page 44
Enabling the
MBA Driver
To enable or disable the MBA driver, do the following:
1. Boot up your system in DOS mode.
Note
The uxdiag.exe file is included in when you download the driver
software files from the Allied Telesis web site.
2. Enter the following:
uxdiag -mba [ 0-disable | 1-enable ] -c devnum
where
devnum is the specific device(s) number (0,1,2, ...) to be programmed.
Configuring the
MBA Driver
This procedure describes how to configure the MBA driver on the
AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, and AT-2973T/4 adapters.
To configure the MBA driver, do the following:
Note
You can use the MBA Configuration Menu to configure the MBA
driver one adapter at a time as described below, or you can use the
MS-DOS based application to simultaneously configure the MBA
driver for multiple adapters. See Chapter 12, “User Diagnostics” on
page 155.
1. Restart your system.
You are prompted to press CTRL +S.
2. Press CTRL+S within 4 seconds after the prompt is displayed.