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- | SMCPWRN driver for Intel [tm] Windows NT [tm] 3.1 / 3.5 |
- | - Version V1.1 - |
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- 1. Copyright Notice:
-
- First Edition, April 1994
-
- Digital Equipment Corporation makes no representations that
- the use of its products in the manner described in this
- publication will not infringe on existing or future patent
- rights, nor do the descriptions contained in this
- publication imply the granting of licenses to make, use, or
- sell equipment or software in accordance with the
- description.
-
- Copyright Digital Equipment Corporation 1994.
- All rights reserved.
-
- Do not redistribute the driver files.
-
- Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
-
- Windows, Windows NT, and NT are trademarks of
- Microsoft Corporation.
- Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS are registered trademarks of
- Microsoft Corporation.
-
- Alpha AXP, AXP, DEC, DECchip, DECnet, Digital, PATHWORKS,
- ThinWire, and the DIGITAL logo, are trademarks of
- Digital Equipment Corporation.
-
- All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
- property of their respective holders.
-
-
-
- 2. Overview:
-
- This Readme file explains how to install the Windows NT driver
- for x86-based platforms. The driver is currently supported for
- the SMC 8432 PCI Ethernet Controller and the SMC 9332 PCI
- Fast Ethernet Controller.
-
-
- 3. Requirements:
-
- A. Hardware Requirements:
-
- o An IBM-compatible personal computer with 80386 or higher microprocessor
- and EISA or PCI bus.
-
- o A DECchip 21040-based Ethernet adapter or a DECchip 21140-based Fast
- Ethernet adapter for that bus.
-
-
- B. Software Revision Requirements:
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- Windows NT Version 3.1 or later
-
-
- 4. Files and directories:
-
-
- Table 1: The Server Directory Files
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- README.TXT This file.
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- SMCPWRN.SYS The driver.
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- OEMSETUP.INF The driver's setup file.
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- 5. Installing the Hardware Boards:
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- A. Installing the SMC 8432 PCI Ethernet Controller:
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- To install the SMC 8432 see the board's User Guide.
-
- B. Installing the SMC 9332 PCI Fast Ethernet Controller:
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- To install the SMC 9332 see the board's User Guide.
-
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- 6. Installing the SMCPWRN NT Driver Software:
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- 1. From the Windows NT Main Menu, select the Control Panel icon.
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- 2. From the Control Panel menu select the Network icon.
- If a dialog box asks you "Do you want to install NT
- Network?" select YES and Continue. Then place
- the Windows NT CDROM in the CD-ROM reader.
-
- Select the drive that matches the configuration of your system
- and complete the install.
-
- 3. You will see several messages. To add a network adapter, select Yes
- and then Continue
-
- 4. For each additional message, select continue.
-
- 5. From the Add Network Adapter dialog box, scroll through the menu to
- select Other.
-
- 6. When the Insert Diskettes menu prompts you for a disk, insert the
- SMCPWRN driver installation diskette for Windows NT into drive A.
- Then select OK.
-
- 7. Select your option
- [SMC 8432 PCI Ethernet Controller ]
- [SMC 9332 PCI Fast Ethernet Controller ]
- from the Select OEM Option box, then select OK.
-
- 8. Modify the default distribution path in the Windows NT [tm]
- Setup box to point to the correct drive and path, then click
- on [Continue]
-
- 9. For PCI options, a Dialog box pops up to select the:
-
- ConnectionType:
-
- o AutoDetection In AutoDetection mode the driver
- checks first the Twisted Pair port.
- If the Link Test fails the driver
- checks the BNC Thinwire port. If no
- carrier is detected the driver switches
- to the AUI Thickwire port.
- o Twisted Pair
-
- o Twisted Pair-Full Duplex To connect to Full Duplex hubs
-
- o Twisted Pair-No Link Test To connect hubs not supporting
- the Link Integrity Test
- o BNC-Thinwire BNC connector
-
- o AUI-Thickwire 15_pin connector
-
- 10. Upon completion, one of the following adapters
- [ [n]SMC 8432 PCI Ethernet Controller ]
- [ [n]SMC 9332 PCI Fast Ethernet Controller ]
- appears in the Installed Adapter Cards list of the
- Network Setting box (n is the adapter number).
-
- 11. Click on [Close] to complete the Network Setting
- initialization.
-
- 12. If needed, modify the values in the registry (see section 7 below).
-
- 13. Shutdown and reboot the system.
-
-
- 14. Installing multiple PCI boards:
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- Repeat the procedure above.
-
-
-
- 7. Parameters
-
- To overwrite the driver default values, add or edit the
- following values in the Registry SMCPWRN_<adapter_number> Parameters
- subtree:
- NetworkAddress = REG_SZ { xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx }
-
- Mandatory if no Serial ID PROM is plugged in
- Overwrite the Serial ID PROM if plugged in
- NetworkAddress 00-00-00-00-00-00 is ignored
-
- SoftwareCRC = REG_DWORD { 0 | 1 } (rev 1.x, 2.0 & 2.2 only)
-
- 0 The CRC is generated by the adapter
- 1 (default) The CRC is generated by software for
- transmit packets bigger than the transmit threshold.
-
- NOTE: This option affects performances and could be
- disabled if the adapter does not report transmit
- underflows in its statistic counters
-
- The following values allow to overwrite the SMCPWR default setting.
- Refer to the DECchip 21040 & DECchip 21140 Engineering specifications
- for detailled description:
-
- BurstLength = REG_DWORD { 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 }
-
- CSR0<PBL> 1 doubleword
- 2 doublewords
- 4 doublewords
- 8 doublewords (default)
- 16 doublewords
- 32 doublewords
-
- FifoArbitration = REG_DWORD { 0 | 1 }
-
- CSR0<BAR> 0 Rcv/Txm Arbitration (default)
- 1 Round_Robin
-
- StopBackoffCounter = REG_DWORD { 0 | 1 }
-
- CSR6<SB> 0 Disabed (Default)
- 1 Enabled
-
- BackPressure = REG_DWORD { 0 | 1 }
-
- CSR6<BP> 0 Disabed (default)
- 1 Enabled
-
- CaptureEffect = REG_DWORD { 0 | 1 }
-
- CSR6<CA> 0 Disabed (Default)
- 1 Enabled
-
-
- For WNT 3.1 on I386 only:
-
- PciMechanism = REG_DWORD { 0 | 1 | 2 }
-
- 0 - detect system's PCI mechanism automatically
- 1 - force PCI mechanism #1 accesses to the
- PCI configuration space
- 2 - force PCI mechanism #2 accesses to the
- PCI configuration space
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