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C
HAPTER
5: C
ONFIGURING
THE
NIC
For more information on using, configuring,
and troubleshooting the MBA boot ROM, see the
Managed PC Boot Agent User Guide
, located with the
MBA software on the 3Com EtherLink Server CD.
Disabling the 3Com Logo
To disable the 3Com logo that appears during startup:
1 Make sure that the NIC, the network driver, and the
3Com NIC Diagnostics program are installed.
2 Open the Windows Start menu.
3 Select Programs, and then 3Com NIC Utilities.
4 Click 3Com NIC Doctor.
The 3Com NIC Diagnostics General screen appears.
5 On the General screen, clear the Show Bitmap on
Startup check box.
6 Exit the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program.
Non-BBS
BIOS-Compatible
Computers
1
Make sure that the NIC boot ROM setting is
Enabled.
See
Configuring the Managed PC Boot Agent (MBA)
on page 68
.
2
Change the MBA default boot setting from
Local
to
Network
.
To change the default boot setting or any other MBA
configurations, use the MBACFG utility located on the
MBA utility diskette or press Ctrl+Alt+B when the
following message appears:
Initializing MBA. Press Ctrl+Alt+B
to configure...