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8237 Hub Installation and Planning Guide
Getting New Microcode
The latest version of 8237 microcode is made available on the IBM PC Company
Bulletin Board System (BBS), as well as the IBM Networking Environment Support
WWW and anonymous FTP sites on the Internet. The latest IBM 8237 private MIB
is also available from these sites under the file name
8237MIB.EXE
.
To get the microcode from the Internet:
FTP Site
1
Access the IBM Networking Environment Support anonymous ftp site:
Lansupport.raleigh.ibm.com
2
Login as anonymous. Enter your entire e-mail address as your password.
3
The files are in the pub/products/lanprods/hub directory.
4
Find the file containing the microcode and download it to your computer.
The name of the microcode file will be in the format
8237xddd.EXE
, where:
x is a number indicating the target product type: 1 for Model 001, 2 for
Model 002, and 3 for Model 003.
ddd
is a 3-digit number that indicates the microcode version.
Transfer the microcode file to your computer. If your communications
software offers the option, download the file in
binary
form.
Note: For convenience and to avoid overwriting existing files, you might want
to place the file in a temporary subdirectory that you create for the purpose.
5
Decompress the microcode file.
At a DOS or OS/2 command prompt, enter 8237xddd, where
x
is the target
product and
ddd
is the appropriate version number, and the compressed file
will decompress into two files:
•
The microcode file,
IBMxddd.IMG
•
A README file,
README.TXT
WWW Site
1
Access the IBM Networking Environment Support Internet World Wide Web
site:
http://www.networking.ibm.com/nes/neshard.htm
2
Repeat step 4 above.
3
Repeat step 5 above.
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