DEC Turbo Port Addresses Appear Reported Incorrectly

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Systems Management Server appears to incorrectly report the actual port address for DEC Turbo network cards.

CAUSE

DEC Turbo DE20x NICs support only a primary or secondary I/O port address. Because of this, the DEC Turbo MAC driver needs only to configure the drivers I/O port Registry entry for 0x1 or 0x2.

Systems Management Server reads the Registry entries for NIC drivers when it collects hardware inventory. Because of the special configuration of DEC Turbo NIC Registry entries, Systems Management Server reports the NIC I/O port addresses as 0x1 or 0x2.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

DEC Turbo network cards are manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.