LANAID & LANAIDC For IBM EtherJet ISA Family Adapter CONTENTS Table of Contents =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1.0 IBM PC300 & PC700 2.0 IBM Value Point High Performance Models: 6472 6482 6484 6492 6494 3.0 EMM386 4.0 LANAID / LANAIDC 5.0 Systems with PnP BIOS or PnP Operating System 6.0 Configuring IBM EtherJet ISA Family Adapters in EISA Systems 7.0 Windows NT 8.0 Windows 95 9.0 OS/2 DOS BOX 10.0 Manual Setup & Locked PnP Resources 11.0 PnP BIOS Systems Not Detected as PnP 1.0 IBM PC300 & PC700 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LANAID checks system BIOS levels on PC300 and PC700 machines. Contact the IBM PC Company Help Center at (800) 772-2227 if assistance is required in getting or installing the appropriate update. Customers in Canada should call IBM's HelpPC at (800) 565-3344. 2.0 IBM Value Point High Performance Models: 6472 6482 6484 6492 6494 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please ensure that the BIOS level for these machines is at least LDET58A (The BIOS level is visible if you press F1 when the white box appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen). Contact the IBM PC Company Help Center at (800) 772-2227 if assistance is required in getting or installing the appropriate update. Customers in Canada should call IBM's HelpPC at (800) 565-3344. 3.0 EMM386 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A common source of install problems is conflicts between EMM386 and the RAM and ROM areas assigned to the adapter. Please ensure that you exclude the area (RAM and ROM) used by the adapter from use by EMM386. '/X=CC00-D000' on the EMM386 line in CONFIG.SYS will exclude the region from CC00 through D000 from being used by EMM386. Remember to reboot your machine after changing CONFIG.SYS. 4.0 LANAID & LANAIDC =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The LANAID program on DISK 2 has is supplemented with the LANAIDC program (also on DISK 2). This program has all the capabilities of LANAID, except for diagnostics, but requires that all options be entered on its command line. This may be useful for people who need to configure multiple systems, for inclusion into a batch file. Type LANAIDC /H for usage instructions. LANAIDC consists of the files: LANAIDC.EXE LANAIDC.MSG LANAID (for hardware configuration only) consists of: LANAID.EXE LANAID.DAT LANHELP.DAT IBM1010.MSG 5.0 Systems with PnP BIOS or PnP Operating System =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- It is recommended in general that if your system is enabled for plug and play, then you should configure the adapter as plug and play enabled as well. This is the default configuration that LANAID will recommend when plug and play system software or BIOS is detected. LANAID 3 choices for configuring your EtherJet ISA Family Adapter. PnP enabled. All resource choices are available to the PnP BIOS. The adapter will power up inactive, waiting to be activated by the PnP system. Some PnP systems only configure adapters that are required by the system to boot (Thinkpads, Aptiva). In these systems you cannot use the PnP enabled setting. PnP enabled. Locked Resources. The adapter will present a single choice to the PnP system. If this request cannot be satisfied the adapter will not be activated by the PnP BIOS/Software. Use this selection if you wish to control assignment of resources (memory, interrupts, etc) and you are installing in a PnP enabled system. Manual configuration. The adapter will power up active. If the configuration stored in the adapter is in conflict with other adapters in the system, then the system may be inoperative until the conflict is resolved. You should use this setting for non-PnP enabled systems. This setting may also be required for some PnP enabled systems, depending on the implementation (some Thinkpads, Aptiva's when RPL is disabled on the adapter). 6.0 Configuring IBM EtherJet ISA Family adapters in EISA Systems =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- As an ISA adapter, the IBM EtherJet ISA Family Adapters are completely compatible with EISA systems. If your system has PnP support, then the configuration utility will be able to find and configure the adapter without loading the EISA configuration file. If your EISA system has NO PnP support, then you should * configure your adapter using LANAID (manual, non-PnP system) * use your EISA configuration program to tell the EISA system how and where you configured the adapter. This will prevent the EISA configuration utility from assigning used resources to other adapters. To ensure that the adapter's resources are included in the database, perform the LANAID configuration process described in the Installation and Testing Instructions *and* make a note of the Interrupt, I/O Address, RAM Address, and ROM Address assigned by LANAID. After completing the LANAID configuration process, run the EISA configuration utility supplied with your computer. Select the option to add an adapter (normally "Add or remove boards"). To add the IBM EtherJet ISA Family Adapter, insert Disk 1 (EtherJet). EISA configuration information is found in the file !IBM1010.CFG on the root directory. When the EISA utility has added the adapter, select "View or edit details" to see the resources assigned by the EISA utility. Edit the Interrupt, I/O Address, RAM Address, and ROM Address to be identical to those assigned by LANAID. When you save the configuration, these resources will be assigned in the EISA computer's configuration database and thus cannot be assigned to adapters installed later. Remember that the EISA configuration utility will not configure the IBM EtherJet ISA Family Adapter. The purpose of this process is to ensure that other adapters are not configured to resources used by this adapter. 7.0 Windows NT =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LANAID (and LANAIDC ) will not run correctly from the command prompt of a Windows NT system. To configure an adapter on a Windows NT system, the adapter must either be installed and configured on another system and then moved, or LANAID must be run after booting the machine from diskette 1. 8.0 Windows 95 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LANAID / LANAIDC does not detect Windows95 as a PnP Operating System. 9.0 OS/2 DOS BOX =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- When running LANAIDC under the OS/2 DOS box you may be need to adjust the DOS environment settings. To do this, under the DOS settings button for the DOS full screen ICON, Click on EMS_FRAME_LOCATION and change it to NONE. Click on SAVE and close. Retry the LANAIDC program. 10.0 Interrupt, Memory, and I/O Resource Detection =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LANAID checks the system resources (interrupts, memory, and I/O ) usage and displays them as in use or available when using Manual Setup or Locked PnP Resources Modes. Used resources may not be detected by LANAID and unused resources my be detected as used. This is especially true for interrupt detection. After Manual Setup or Locking PnP Resources if you experience system hangs or erratic operation try reconfiguring the adapter with different resources. Most hang condition will be the result of interrupt conflicts. Interrupts 3, 4, & 7 are commonly used by Interrupts 10 and 11 are usually the most commonly available for communication adapters. 11.0 PnP BIOS Systems Not Detected as PnP =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- If LANAID/LANAIDC does not detect your PnP system as PnP, the PnP BIOS may be functioning properly, but the PnP BIOS signature needed by operating systems to detect it has not implemented. You may wish to check with the system manufacture for a latter System BIOS level.