Allied Telesis AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, AT-2973T/4 Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment

AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, and AT-2973T/4 NetExtreme II Family Adapters Installation and User’s Guide

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

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

where

devnum is the specific device(s) number (0,1,2, ...) to be programmed.

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.