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PCI shared interrupts

Shared interrupts are normal in PCI servers, but not all PCI device drivers support them. Although these adapters support shared interrupts, other PCI drivers used by your server may not.

If you are having problems with a shared interrupt, try one of the following:

•Use the BIOS setup program for your server to change the interrupt assigned to this adapter.

•Be sure that the adapter device driver loads AFTER the driver or any other device sharing this interrupt.

•Contact the manufacturer of the other adapter or add-in card that is sharing this interrupt for a new driver.

HP NC-Series Intel adapter diagnostics

Overview

The diagnostic software lets you test adapters to see if there are any problems with the adapter hardware, cabling, or network connections. HP recommends that you run diagnostics every time you install an adapter.

Prerequisites

The diagnostic utility runs under MS-DOS® v6.22 or later. It will not run from a DOS window in IBM OS/2® or any Microsoft Windows products. This utility is designed to test hardware operation and confirm the adapter's ability to communicate with another adapter in the same network, which primarily confirms cabling status.

This diagostic utility is not a throughput measurement tool. The utility can test the adapter whether or not there is a responder on the network; however, to conduct a thorough test you should set up a second system on the network as a responder prior to starting a test.

Starting the DIAGS.exe tests

NOTE: If there is a DOS network driver present, such as NDIS2 or DOS-ODI, the test utility and/or the network driver could become unstable. You should reboot and ensure that there are no network drivers loaded.

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