Enabling or Disabling a LAN or WAN Board

To enable or disable a LAN or WAN board, complete the following steps:

1. Load NIASCFG, then select the following parameter path:

   Select Configure NIAS > Protocols and Routing > Boards

2. Select the board you want to enable or disable, then press Tab .

   The screen displays the board's new status (Enabled or Disabled ).

   IMPORTANT:  If you disable a board that uses an AIO or CAPI driver and you reinitialize the system, then all other boards that use the same driver will also be disabled. If this happens, you must restart the server to reload all instances of the driver that were loaded for another product in AUTOEXEC.NCF (without NIASCFG). As an example, if you have two WHSMAIO boards defined for AIOCOMX ports, one loaded automatically by NIASCFG and the other loaded in AUTOEXEC.NCF, disabling the board configured in NIASCFG and reinitializing the system unloads WHSMAIO and AIOCOMX and disables both boards. The board loaded by NIASCFG can be reloaded by enabling the board in NIASCFG and reinitializing the system. However, the board loaded in AUTOEXEC.NCF will remain inoperable until you restart the server or until you enter the LOAD command at the console and reinitialize the system. To avoid this problem, use NIASCFG to load both drivers.

3. Press Esc to return to the Internetworking Configuration menu.