SMC/Western Digital 8003/8013 series

Notes on these network adapters are provided here:

• IBM Ethernet Adapter/A (WD8003E/A compatible) MCA adapter

• IBM PS/2 Adapter/A (SMC8013E/A compatible) series adapters

• SMC 8003/8013 series adapters

• SMC 8003/8013 Microchannel series adapters

• Western Digital 8003/8013 series adapters

• Western Digital 8003/8013 Microchannel series adapters

See also:

• ``Driver configuration'' in Configuring Network Connections

SMC/Western Digital 8003/8013 series ISA adapters

Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMC) has replaced the Western Digital Ethernet adapters with their own interchangeable adapters. Your SCO system provides support for both the older Western Digital 8003 and 8013 adapters as well as their SMC replacements.

If you have a SMC or Western Digital 8003 or 8013 series ISA network adapter and you selected autodetect while completing the initial system installation procedures, and you later want to modify your hardware configuration, note:

• To modify the I/O Base address, select Modify hardware configuration from the Hardware menu.

• To modify any other configuration setting (for example, Shared RAM or IRQ), you first must select Remove network device from the Hardware menu to remove the card, and then Add LAN adapter to add the card back into the system.

During installation, do not use I/O base addresses 200, 220, 340, 3C0, or 3e0 for the WD 8003E and 8013EBT adapters. Because of register-address aliasing, these addresses can cause your machine to hang at boot time.

IBM Ethernet Adapter/A (WD8003E/A compatible) MCA adapter

These IBM adapters are compatible with the Western Digital and SMC adapters listed in the following table; all use the same SCO wdn driver.

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 IBM                   Western Digital/SMC
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 Ethernet Adapter/A    WD8003E/A EtherCard PLUS
 PS/2 Adapter/A        SMC8013EP/A EtherCard PLUS16 Elite/A
 PS/2 Adapter/A (TP)   SMC8013WP/A EtherCard PLUS16/A Elite 10T/A

SMC/Western Digital 8003/8013 Microchannel series adapters

Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMC) has replaced the Western Digital Ethernet adapters with their own interchangeable adapters. Your SCO system provides support for both the older Western Digital MCA adapters as well as their SMC replacements.

Because these are MCA adapters, begin by installing your adapter and running your machine's MCA reference disk. After configuring your adapter, run the Network Configuration Manager to configure your adapter's driver.