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{\author Paul Austin}
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\pard\plain \keepn \fs20\lang2057
#{\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Contents}
${\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Contents}
+{\footnote madgehelp:01}
K{\footnote Contents}
\pard \keepn \par {\plain\b Madge Smart 16/4 Ringnode NDIS3 Driver Help}
\par \pard
\par\plain Help is available on the following topics : \par\par\tx360
\tab{\uldb Madge Smart 16/4 ISA Ringnode Configuration}{\v Madge_ISA_Dialog}\line
\tab{\uldb Madge Smart 16/4 EISA and MCA Ringnode Configuration}{\v Madge_EISA_MCA_Dialog}\line
\tab{\uldb Madge Smart 16/4 PCI Ringnode Configuration}{\v Madge_PCI_Dialog}\line
\tab{\uldb Locally Administered Addresses}{\v locally_administered_address}\line
\tab{\uldb Maximum Frame Sizes}{\v max_frame_size}\line
\tab{\uldb Rx/Tx Buffers}{\v rx_tx_slots}\line
\tab{\uldb Traffic Statistics Gathering}{\v stats}\line
\par\pard\page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \fs20\lang2057 Madge_ISA_Dialog}
${\footnote \pard\plain \fs20\lang2057 Madge Smart 16/4 ISA Ringnodes Help}
+{\footnote madgehelp:02}
K{\footnote ISA Bus Cards; AT Bus Cards}
\keepn\par{\plain\b Madge Smart 16/4 Ringnode ISA Configuration Dialog}
\par\pard\sb200
This dialog allows you to configure the Madge Smart 16/4 Ringnode Driver to
work with any Madge ISA bus adapters that you have installed.
You should set the switches on the cards as directed in the documentation
that accompany them, being careful to avoid conflicts with other devices
in the system.
\par
The driver must then be told how each card has been configured, using
this dialog for each one.
You must set the {\ul IO Location}{\v io_location}, the {\ul IRQ Level}{\v irq_channel},
and the {\ul Transfer method}{\v dma_channel} to match the switch settings on
the card.
If you have disabled DMA, or the adapter card does not support
DMA, then for transfer method select {\i PIO}.
Otherwise select the DMA channel for which your adapter is configured.
\par
If you chose automatic Smart Ringnode installation then some or all
of the settings may have been automatically determined.
Settings that have been determined will be shown on the right of the dialog
box under the headering "Current hardware settings".
Any settings that are not shown as {\i UNKNOWN} should not need changing.
Those that are shown as {\i UNKNOWN} must be manually set to match the
values set by the switches on the adapter.
\par
If the machine you are installing the driver on only has one processor
then you should set the {\i Number of processors in PC} value to {\i one}.
If the machine is a multi-processor then this value should be set to
{\i multiple}.
\par
The remaining fields in the dialog are optional and allow modification
of the behaviour of the
adapter card. The driver will work quite happily if they are not touched,
however. For further details, see the following topics :
\par\tx360\tab{\uldb Maximum Frame Size}{\v max_frame_size}\line
\tab{\uldb Locally Administered Addresses}{\v locally_administered_address}\line
\tab{\uldb Rx/Tx Buffers}{\v rx_tx_slots}\line
\tab{\uldb Traffic Statistics Gathering}{\v stats}
\par \pard \page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Madge_EISA_MCA_Dialog}
${\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Madge Smart 16/4 EISA and MCA Ringnodes Help}
+{\footnote madgehelp:03}
K{\footnote EISA Bus Cards; MicroChannel Cards; MCA Cards}
\pard \keepn\par{\plain\b Madge Smart 16/4 Ringnode EISA and MCA Configuration Dialog}
\par\pard\sb200\tx360
This dialog allows you to configure the Madge Smart 16/4 Ringnode Driver to
work with any Madge EISA bus or Madge MCA bus adapters that you have
installed.
An EISA or MC adapter is identified by the number of the slot containing
the adapter.
This should be printed on the back of the machine near where the lobe
cable is plugged into the adapter.
\par
If you chose automatic Smart Ringnode installation then this
setting should have been automatically determined.
Settings that have been determined will be shown on the right of the
dialog box under the headering "Current hardware settings".
Any settings that are not shown as {\i UNKNOWN} should not need changing.
\par
If the machine you are installing the driver on only has one processor
then you should set the {\i Number of processors in PC} value to {\i one}.
If the machine is a multi-processor then this value should be set to
{\i multiple}.
\par
The remaining fields in the dialog are optional and allow modification
of the behaviour of the
adapter card. The driver will work quite happily if they are not touched,
however. For further details, see the following topics :
\par\tx360\tab{\uldb Maximum Frame Size}{\v max_frame_size}\line
\tab{\uldb Locally Administered Addresses}{\v locally_administered_address}\line
\tab{\uldb Rx/Tx Buffers}{\v rx_tx_slots}\line
\tab{\uldb Traffic Statistics Gathering}{\v stats}
\par \pard \page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Madge_PCI_Dialog}
${\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Madge Smart 16/4 PCI Ringnodes Help}
+{\footnote madgehelp:04}
K{\footnote PCI Bus Cards}
\pard \keepn\par{\plain\b Madge Smart 16/4 Ringnode PCI Configuration Dialog}
\par\pard\sb200\tx360
This dialog allows you to configure the Madge Smart 16/4 Ringnode Driver to
work with any Madge PCI bus adapters that you have installed.
PCI adapters are identified by the {\i PCI Device Number}.
This value is assigned to the adapter by the PCI BIOS when the PC is
powered up or reset.
If you do not have a way of determining the PCI Device Number of your
Madge PCI Ringonde(s) (some manufacturer's configuration utilities provide
this information) then it is recommended that you set the PCI Device
Number setting to {\i UNKNOWN}.
If the Madge NDIS3 Miniport driver is installed with the PCI Device Number
setting set to {\i UNKNOWN} then when the driver starts it searches for
the Madge PCI Ringnode with the lowest PCI Device Number that is not
already in use.
\par
Many PCs and workstations have numbers marked on their PCI slots and it
is common for the PCI Device Numbers assigned to PCI adapters to increase
with the slot numbers.
(Though it is unlikely that the PCI Device Numbers will be the same as
the slot numbers.)
Therefore, if the Madge NDIS3 Miniport driver is installed for multiple
Madge PCI Ringnodes and all of the PCI Device Numbers are set to
{\i UNKNOWN}, it is quite likely that the first installation will be for
the Madge PCI Ringnode in the lowest number slot, the second installation
for the Madge PCI Ringnode in the second lowest numbered slot and so on.
\par
Smart 16/4 PCI Ringnodes support two {\ul Transfer methods}{\v dma_channel}.
The extremely high performance MMIO method and the PIO method.
Normally you should select {\i MMIO} for the transfer method.
However, if you have experienced problems using the MMIO method
then select {\i PIO}.
(You may experience problems with MMIO in certain PCI PC's or with
certain combinations of PCI adapters.)
\par
Smart 16/4 PCI Ringnodes (BM) also support
two {\ul Transfer methods}{\v dma_channel}.
Bus Master DMA and PIO.
Normally you should select {\i DMA} for the transfer method.
\par
If the machine you are installing the driver on only has one processor
then you should set the {\i Number of processors in PC} value to {\i one}.
If the machine is a multi-processor then this value should be set to
{\i multiple}.
\par
The remaining fields in the dialog are optional and allow modification
of the behaviour of the
adapter card. The driver will work quite happily if they are not touched,
however. For further details, see the following topics :
\par\tx360\tab{\uldb Maximum Frame Size}{\v max_frame_size}\line
\tab{\uldb Locally Administered Addresses}{\v locally_administered_address}\line
\tab{\uldb Rx/Tx Buffers}{\v rx_tx_slots}\line
\tab{\uldb Traffic Statistics Gathering}{\v stats}
\par \pard \page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \fs20\lang2057 max_frame_size}
${\footnote \pard\plain \fs20\lang2057 Maximum Frame Size}
+{\footnote madgehelp:05}
K{\footnote Maximum Frame Size; MFS}
\pard\keepn\par{\plain\b Maximum Frame Size}
\par\pard
\sb200\plain
On a sixteen megabits per second token ring, the adapter card can send and
receive frames up to 17839 bytes in length. For many applications this may
be too big, so a facility is provided to limit the size of frames sent onto
the ring. On a four megabits per second token ring the maximum frame size is
nearer four and a half thousand bytes. By default, the driver will use a frame
size of 4096 bytes, but you
can edit the {\i MaxFrameSize} control to set it to a larger
(or indeed smaller) value.
\par Note that if you set a value which is too big, the software will
automatically truncate it, and write an error into the event log that
contains as one of the data words the actual maximum frame size.
\par Note also that if you know how big the frames used by higher
layer prototocols are going to be, you should set the driver maximum
frame size accordingly to enable it to make more efficient use of its
buffer space.
\par\pard {\plain \lang2057 \page }
#{\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 locally_administered_address}
${\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Locally Administered Address}
+{\footnote madgehelp:06}
K{\footnote LAA; Locally Adminstered Address}
\pard\keepn\par{\plain\b Locally Administered Addresses}\par\pard
\sb200
Every network adapter card has a unique six byte address encoded in it
which it uses in network frames to identify itself. It is possible
to override the address that the adapter recognises as its own by
setting the {\b Locally Administered Address}.
As the name suggests, this is locally administered, and so cannot
be guaranteed unique - it is up to the network manager to ensure this.
\par The {\i LAA} can be set to any six byte value at all, as long
as the first digit is somewhere between four and seven (i.e. the
first two binary bits of the address must be "01"). Other than that,
there are no restrictions on its value.
In setting it, it can be entered as either a string of twelve contiguous
hexadecimal digits, or it can be entered as a sequence of six pairs
of hexadecimal digits separated by "-" (minus) characters\line
e.g. 40-01-02-03-04-05.
\par Normally, the {\b LAA} need not be set, but certain pieces of
communications software do use this facility.
\page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 rx_tx_slots}
${\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Rx/Tx Buffers}
+{\footnote madgehelp:07}
K{\footnote Rx/Tx Buffers}
\pard\keepn\par{\plain\b Rx/Tx Buffers}\par\pard
\sb200
MdgMPort associates a pool of receive (Rx) and transmit (Tx) buffers with each
adapter card installed.
The default value of 4 receive buffers and 4 transmit buffers has been
chosen to be optimal for a '486' class machine being used as a workstation.
If you have a machine that will be used as a server or is a high performance
RISC platform then you may wish to increase the number of receive and
transmit buffers. However, be warned that increasing the number
of buffers increases MdgMPort's use of memory, which may cause problems
if there are multiple adapters in the machine.
\page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 stats}
${\footnote \pard\plain \s245 \fs20\lang2057 Traffic Statistics Gathering}
+{\footnote madgehelp:08}
K{\footnote Traffic Statistics Gathering}
\pard\keepn\par{\plain\b Traffic Statistics Gathering}\par\pard
\sb200
The Madge NDIS3 Miniport driver can support products that gather statistics on,
and analyse network traffic.
To enable this support select the "enabled" option.
Unfortunately enabling this support results in the computer having to perform
much more network processing and performance may be degraded.
Madge therefore recommend that unless you must have this support you
set the option to "disabled".
\page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \fs20\lang2057 io_location}
\plain The {\i IO Location} specifies the address of a range of I/O ports
used to communicate with the adapter card.
These must not conflict with any other device in the system, including
other network adapter cards.
\par\page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \fs20\lang2057 irq_channel}
\plain The {\i Interrupt Level} is how the adapter card is identified
when it interrupts the host.
For each Interrupt Level that is in use in the system, there will be a
handler to attend to the device's needs.
\par\page
#{\footnote \pard\plain \fs20\lang2057 dma_channel}
\plain The {\i Transfer method} is used to indicate what method
an adapter should use to transfer data to and from host memory.
\par
Some adapters support bus master DMA and do not required a specific
channel to be identified; in which case {\i DMA} can be specified as the
transfer method.
Other adapters may support bus master DMA but require a particular
DMA channel to be identified.
In this case {\i DMA Channel nn} can be specified for the transfer method.
{\i nn} is the number of the DMA channel for which the adapter is
configured (by switches on older adapters or the DIAG configuration
utility on newer adapters).
\par
An alternative transfer method is {\i PIO} (Programmed I/O)
which causes the card to interrupt the host when it wants to perform
a transfer.
The host then reads/writes one of the IO Locations repeatedly
until the transfer is complete.
This transfer method is supported by all adapter types except for
EISA and MC.
{\i PIO} can be used if an adapter does not support DMA or DMA has been
disabled by switches on the adapter or the configuration utility.
\par
A final transfer method is {\i MMIO} (Memory Mapped I/O) which is similar
to but faster than {\i PIO}.
\par\page
}
