Russ, Thanks. That is exactly the information I was looking for. Tom Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Boulay, Russ" <russ.boulay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:40:34 To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Allied Telesys Fiber NIC's, miniport, and REDL Tom, The NICS are MAC based . If you restore a image to a similar PCODE machine...you can either move the NICS and do nothing else or keep the NICS in the new machine and do a registry edit... There is a KPKA (Known Problems Known Answers) written on the procedure.. FAQ How do you change the mac address of NIC cards in the registry? February 21, 2008 Question How do you change the mac address of NIC cards in the registry? Answer On the registry editor select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesFoxboroSystem Configuration Parameters Edit MAC_ALT and MAC_IA to the physical address of the NIC cards and reboot the box. To get the mac address of the NIC cards select: Network Connections -->choose the desired Local Area Connection -->properties -->general tab -->move mouse over the driver name -->the mac address and location are displayed. Supporting Information This procedure is to be followed when loading an AW70 with a ghost image from another AW70 or when replacing faulty NIC cards. This procedure is recommended for I/A 8.2 or higher. -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom VandeWater Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:30 PM To: foxboro Subject: [foxboro] Allied Telesys Fiber NIC's, miniport, and REDL List, I have heard varying reports of being able to leave the existing Allied Telesys fiber NIC's in place. I am uncertain if the miniport used for REDL, (Redundant Ethernet Data Link), communication on the MESH binds to the specific MAC addresses of the fiber NIC's or just slots where the cards are installed in the machine. If it doesn't use the MAC's then it may be possible to backup one like box and restore to another like box and then reboot the new machine onto the MESH. I would like to hear from anyone that has specific experience with this. Russ, you probably know the answer to this. Has anyone backed up from one box and restored to another box that has identical model and hardware configuration and left the fiber NIC's in place without swapping them from the old box to the new box? I have an identical spare box right now and I will try it unless somebody tells me they have done it already and it won't work. We want to know if this is possible because it would make an image backup on one box and image restore on another box possible if you keep exactly identical hardware installed. 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