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EISA Configuration Utility
Overview
The EB3486-TN system board
requires
the use of the
EISA Configuration Utility (ECU). The ECU is used to
configure EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architec-
ture) computer systems.
EISA system boards and EISA adapter cards are much
more complex than the designs of ISA (Industry Stan-
dard Architecture) boards and adapter cards, making the
setup of jumpers and switches more complicated. The
ECU was created to automate this configuration process.
The CFG files that come with each EISA expansion
board are copied onto the ECU diskette. The ECU then
stores this configuration data in the system's Extended
CMOS Memory. The CFG file tells the ECU what
choices the user has in configuring the card and what
system resources to reserve for the card. The
EB3486-TN system board uses the "DFI0300.CFG" file.
File Structure
The ECU uses three different files: the CFG, CMS and
INF files.
CFG Files
Each EISA expansion board comes with a CFG file. A
board's CFG file contains detailed information about the
board as well as the functions the board can perform.
For the EB3486-TN system board, choose the
"DFI0300.CFG" file to be configured.