5-6 CHAPTER 5: ATMLINK UTILITY

The bus number, slot number, and IRQ values are set by the system BIOS. The maximum number of VCCs is preset by the network driver. All other values are set by using the ATMLink install utility. See Chapter 3 for more information on configuring and reconfiguring NICs and ELANs.

Table 5-3 describes the NIC information fields.

Table 5-3 Windows NT NIC Information Fields

Field

Displayed Values

 

 

PCI Bus Number

Number of the PCI bus on which the selected NIC is installed

PCI Slot Number

Number of the PCI slot into which the selected NIC is inserted

IRQ Level

Interrupt request level assigned to the selected NIC by the

 

operating system

Max Number of VCC

1024

VPI/VCI Range

0 bits VPI, 12 bits VCI

 

1 bits VPI, 11 bits VCI

 

2 bits VPI, 10 bits VCI

 

4 bits VPI, 8 bits VCI

Signaling Version

UNI 3.0

 

UNI 3.1

Max Frame Size

1514—default value for Ethernet link type

 

4542—default value for 4 Mbps token ring link type

 

9232—default value for 16 Mbps token ring link type

Number of ELANs

0–16—number of LECs configured on selected NIC

Resiliency

Primary—the selected NIC is an active NIC

 

Standby—the selected NIC is a standby NIC

Card State

Link up

 

Link down

 

 

 

Reset

Selecting Reset from the Control menu reinitializes the network driver for the selected NIC. All link and ATM open connections of the NIC are momentarily lost, but reestablished when the driver reactivates.

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