HP Netserver AA Solution Administrator's Guide v4.0 SP1

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Table 5-14 Ethernet Show Port Information
Value Meaning
Vendor Description The manufacturer data reported directly from the card. Typically, this is the
vendor name and model number.
Ethernet descriptions are stored in the Windows Registry under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ NetworkCards\X\Description
Network Binding
Name
Name of Ethernet device bound to the Ethernet Provider. This is defined in the
Windows Registry as the Bind value under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MtcEthP\L
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The name is in the form \Device\ServiceNameN, where the ServiceNameN is
typically the Ethernet device name with a number appended.
Ethernet device service names are stored in the Windows Registry under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ NetworkCards\X\ServiceName
Where X is a number from 1 to the number of NICs installed in the system.
Current Source
Address
The address the NIC is currently using. This address is obtained from
NdisRequest query OID_802_3_CURRENT_ADDRESS.
Permanent Address The MAC address embedded in the adapter hardware. This address is obtained
from NdisRequest query OID_802_3_PERMANENT_ADDRESS.
Vendor Id The three-byte IEEE-registered vendor code followed by a single byte that the
vendor assigns to identify a particular NIC. The IEEE code uniquely identifies
the vendor and is the same as the three bytes appearing at the beginning of the
NIC hardware address. This value is obtained from NdisRequest query
OID_GEN_VENDOR_ID.
MAC Options A bitmask that defines optional properties of the underlying driver or its NIC.
This value is obtained from NdisRequest query OID_GEN_MAC_OPTIONS.
Device State A bitmask containing Endurance internal state information that is reserved for
use by customer support.
Logical Device Id The Endurance logical device ID.
Redir Unsolicited
Requests
The number of unsolicited requests posted by the Redirector for this device.