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If your NIC supports updateable (i.e., flashable) ROMs, you can update your ROM using the
MBAFLASH utility. MBAFLASH contains the MBA software within itself and will program your
ROM chip with this software. Therefore, you must obtain the MBAFLASH for the version of
MBA that you want to program into your ROM. You can obtain MBAFLASH for the latest MBA
upgrades from the 3Com web site at
http://www.3com.com/managedpc or by contacting the
3Com customer service organization.
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your PC vendor for updates.
Command Line Options
Although you can use MBAFLASH interactively, you can also automate some of the process
using command line options. This feature is helpful if you wish to use MBAFLASH as part of a
batch file. The command line options are:
Usage: mbaflash [.ROM Filename] [/?] [/p] [/b] [/0] [/sX]
options:
.ROM Filename - filename of a .ROM file that you wish to program into your ROM
chip instead of using the MBA version that is within MBAFLASH.EXE
/? - show this help
/p - display no prompts
/b - do not create a backup of current ROM contents
/0 - reset all MBA options to default values after updating MBA
/sX - if multiple NICs with MBA are in the PC, select MBA number X in the list
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If your NIC does not support updateable ROMs, you must remove the NIC from the PC and
replace the ROM chip with a newer version.
When you execute MBAFLASH on a PC containing more than one NIC, MBAFLASH will display
a selection menu which lists the NICs that it finds. You can then select the NIC that you wish
to update with MBA software. The selection menu will show some technical information on
each NIC; such as the PCI Device and Vendor IDs, the PCI Bus and Slot numbers, and the
name of the NIC. You may use this information to identify the specific NIC that you wish to
select. You may also use the /s command line option to automatically select a NIC from the
selection menu list.
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MBAFLASH contains within itself MBA software code that it programs into the ROM chip on
your NIC. You can override this self-contained MBA software and instruct MBAFLASH to use
another version of MBA software instead. To do this you must specify, on the command line,
the filename of the .ROM file that contains the MBA software that you want MBAFLASH to
use; for example:
mbaflash 8109401.ROM
This method is used to restore a backup version of ROM code that was created by
MBAFLASH. When you use MBAFLASH to update your ROM, it asks you whether you wish to