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MBA has many operating options that you can configure. For a complete list of all possible
options refer to the configuration tables in this chapter.
Some versions of MBA may not allow you to configure all the options listed in the tables, or a
version of MBA may have some extra options for your specific NIC. Refer to the
Configuration
Supplement
for a description of any exceptions or additions for your version of MBA.
Configuration Supplements
are text files that can be found on the Utility Disk or in the MBA
subdirectory in the Installation directory of the EtherCD. You can view them with the
BWVIEW utility. If there is no
Configuration Supplement
for your NIC then there are no
exceptions or additions. In this case, use the options exactly as listed in this guide.
With few exceptions, the current settings for the options are stored in the NIC’s soft setup
storage area (EEPROM) or they may be stored in the PC's CMOS memory if the MBA base
code is integrated into the PC BIOS. One possible reason for the unavailability of some
options is that the NIC or PC CMOS does not provide enough storage area to save all the
options. In cases where some options are not available, as many options as possible are
made configurable and the others are set to their default values. In the case where an option
is not available, it is not displayed.