IBM Netfinity 10/100 Fault Tolerant Adapter
               Ethernet Device Driver for Windows 2000
                         README File

This README file contains the latest information about installing
the Microsoft Windows 2000 Ethernet device driver for the IBM
Netfinity  10/100 Fault Tolerant Adapter and for all imbedded NICs
based on AMD networking technology.

CONTENTS
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1.0   Known Problems
2.0   Change History
3.0   Installation and Configuration
4.0   Web Sites and Support Phone Number
5.0   Trademarks and Notices
6.0   Disclaimer



1.0   Known Problems
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o  none



2.0  Change History
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o  This release, version 4.30

- Fixed 1c_reset test failure of Microsoft test suite.

o  Release, version 4.29

- Deserialization of nic miniport functions.
- 802.1p support
- User administrated network address
- Bug fixes to those submitted by MS.
- Fixed bug - transmit stalls under stress
- Support for WMI (DMI attributes)
- Support for AMD-based fiber NIC

o  Initial IBM release, version 4.23

   Note that the AMD device driver which comes on the Windows 2000
   CD (version 4.09) contains known problems



3.0   Installation and Configuration
*Note: If installing from an update package, see additional instructions, in Appendix A.

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When the adapter is installed it will automatically be detected by
the operating system.  Take the required steps to select the driver
from this diskette instead of the driver built into the Windows 2000
CD and follow the on-screen installation instructions.



4.0   WEB Sites and Support Phone Number
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IBM Support Web Site:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/support

IBM Marketing Netfinity Web Site:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/netfinity

If you have any questions about this update, or problems
applying the update go to the following Help Center World
Telephone Numbers URL:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QLY.html.



5.0   Trademarks and Notices
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The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the
United States or other countries or both:

IBM
Netfinity

Microsoft and Windows 2000 are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation.

AMD is a  registered trademark of
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.


Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service
marks of others.


6.0  Disclaimer
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THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.  IBM
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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Note to U.S. Government Users -- Documentation related to restricted
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Appendix A: Package Specific Installation Instruction


        This update is packaged as a self-extracting Package for the web (PFW). To
        unpack, this update requires that your TEMP environment variable be set to a
        path with read/write access. You must be logged in as an administrator.
        
        The command-line syntax for Package-For-The-Web Driver update package is: 
        
        Package.exe [-s] [-a [-s] | [-x directory] | [-?] ]
        
        [-s] This initial -s tells the Package-For-The-Web software to install silently 
        and will not prompt if files need to be over-written in the %temp% directory. 
         
        [-a] Tells the Package-For-The-Web software to pass all subsequent commands to 
        the install package (i.e. the update). 
        
        [-s] The second -s option indicates to run the update silently and unattended.
        For firmware updates the update is scheduled to run on the next reboot. An
        immediate reboot can be forced with the -r option.
        
        [-x directory] Use with firmware updates to extract the update to directory 
        named directory. Since the Package-For-The-Web extracts itself to subdirectory
        in the %TEMP% directory, a relative directory will be relative to that location. 
        Normally the user will want to specify an absolute directory.         
         
	[-?] Display information about the command line switches. Only the 
	apply-update-silently (-s) option is necessarily unattended, that is the
	other command line options such as display help (-?) may require the user 
	to "hit any key" to continue. 


        If Windows packages are run without any command line options, a GUI is
        displayed.  This GUI offers all the options available at the command line,
        except that the -w option is not available.