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Setting up mba in a client environment, Enabling the mba driver, Configuring the mba driver – Allied Telesis NetExtreme II Adapters User Manual

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AT-2973SX, AT-2973T, AT-2973T/4, and AT-VNC10S Adapters Installation and User’s Guide

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Setting Up MBA in a Client Environment

Setting up a Multiple Boot Agent (MBA) in a client environment involves
the following:

“Enabling the MBA Driver” on page 45

“Configuring the MBA Driver” on page 45

“Setting Up the BIOS” on page 46

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, AT-2973T/4, and AT-VNC10S 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 157.

1. Restart your system.

You are prompted to press CTRL +S.

2. Press CTRL+S within 4 seconds after the prompt is displayed.