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Selecting the Appropriate NIC Address
Before starting the OS/2 ODI client driver installation
process, you should decide whether the 3C359 NIC will use
the universal address or a locally administered address.
■
Universal address (UAA)—
A default address for the
NIC. It is encoded on the NIC during manufacturing and
is often called the “burned-in” address. For example:
00600891CCA8.
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Locally administered address (LAA)—
A user-assigned
address that overrides the NIC’s universal address. This
address must consist of 12 hexadecimal digits in the
range from X’4000 0000 0000’ to X’7FFF FFFF FFFF’ and
must be unique throughout the network.
Displaying the Universal Address
The Configuration and Diagnostic Program displays the
3C359 NIC’s universal address. Follow these steps to
display the universal address:
1 Boot from a DOS diskette to run the diagnostic
program. Display the DOS prompt.
2 If you are using the 3.5-inch
TokenDisk
diskettes,
insert
TokenDisk
diskette #1 in the drive and make
that drive the active drive. For example, enter:
a:
If you are using the
TokenDisk
CD, insert it and
make the CD-ROM drive the active drive. For
example, enter:
d:
3 Enter the following command:
3pcid
The Configuration and Diagnostic Program window
is displayed as shown in Figure 3-1.
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