PCI Token Ring Administrator's Guide

Installing Token Ring

Step 2: Installing Token Ring Hardware

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question about the driver’s presence, or if you are not certain that the

replacement card is identical to the existing card, you can use ioscan

together with rad to investigate.

NOTE If the PCI Token Ring card has a universally administered MAC address

conﬁgured when the online replacement is performed, the new card’s

universally administered MAC address will be used. SNA users who plan

to use online replacement with PCI Token Ring card on L-Class, N-Class,

and Superdome platforms will be affected. Online replacement will

require changing the conﬁguration ﬁle for SNAplus2 to use the new

universally administered MAC address.