Configuring Your System
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For information about installing a specific option, refer to the documentation for that
option.
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Your system supports two EISA option slots. Your ECU display may show
more than two slots, but only the first two are valid.
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3.
Familiarize yourself with the utility.
You can find more information about the ECU by reading the ECU online help. To
read the online help, start the ECU (refer to "Configuring EISA Options" later in this
chapter). Online help for the ECU is located under step 1, "Important EISA
Configuration Information."
4.
Familiarize yourself with the configuration procedure for your system:
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If you are installing, moving, or removing an EISA option, refer to "Configuring
EISA Options" later in this chapter.
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If you are installing, moving, or removing an ISA option, refer to "Configuring
ISA Options" later in this chapter.
5.
Locate the ECU diskette for your operating system. It is shipped in the accessories
box with your system. Make a copy of the diskette and keep the original in a safe
place. Use the backup copy for configuring options.
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ECU Diskette DECpc Alpha for Windows NT
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ECU Diskette DECpc Alpha for Digital UNIX and OpenVMS Alpha
Configuring EISA Options
EISA options are recognized and configured automatically. To configure an EISA bus that
contains no ISA options, follow these steps:
1.
Install, move, or remove the EISA option card. See Chapter 5, "Installing and
Removing Components".)
Use the instructions provided with the EISA option.
2.
Invoke the console firmware.
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For systems running Windows NT:
Shut down the operating system or power up to the console Boot menu.
