Specifications
Table Of Contents
- IBM PC Server and Novell NetWare Integration Guide
- Abstract
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Special Notices
- Preface
- Chapter 1. IBM PC Server Technologies
- Processors
- Clock Rate
- External Interfaces
- Processor Types
- Multiprocessing
- Memory
- Caches
- Memory Interleaving
- Dual Path Buses
- SynchroStream Technology
- Memory Error Detection and Correction
- Standard (Parity) Memory
- Error Correcting Code (ECC)
- Error Correcting Code- Parity Memory (ECC- P)
- ECC on SIMMs (EOS) Memory
- Performance Impact
- Memory Options and Speed
- Bus Architectures
- ISA Bus
- EISA Bus
- Micro Channel Bus
- PCI Bus
- Disk Subsystem
- Hard Disk Interfaces
- SCSI Technology
- SCSI Adapters
- Hard Disk Drives
- RAID Technology
- RAID Classifications
- Recommendations
- LAN Subsystem
- Shared RAM Adapters
- Bus Master Adapters
- PeerMaster Technology
- Security Features
- Tamper- Evident Cover
- Secure I/ O Cables
- Passwords
- Secure Removable Media
- Selectable Drive Startup
- Unattended Start Mode
- Systems Management
- DMI
- SNMP
- NetFinity
- SystemView
- Fault Tolerance
- NetWare SFT III
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
- APC PowerChute
- Chapter 2. IBM PC Server Family Overview
- Chapter 3. Hardware Configuration
- The Setup Program
- Main Menu
- Advanced Menu
- Security
- EISA Configuration Utility
- SCSI Select Utility Program
- System Programs
- Starting From the System Partition
- Starting From the Reference Diskette
- Main Menu Options
- Backup/ Restore System Programs Menu
- Set Configuration Menu
- Set Features Menu
- Test the Computer
- More Utilities Menu
- Advanced Diagnostic Program
- RAID Controller Utility
- Drive Information
- Formatting the Disks
- Defining a Hot- Spare Disk
- Creating a Disk Array
- Defining Logical Drives
- Setting the Write Policy
- Initializing the Array
- Backup/ Restoring the Configuration
- Chapter 4. Novell NetWare Installation
- ServerGuide Overview
- Starting ServerGuide
- Installing NetWare 4.1 with ServerGuide
- Installing NetWare 3.12 with Diskettes
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- Information Requested at Time of Installation
- Installation Files
- Installation Procedure
- Installing NetWare 4.1 with the Original CD- ROM
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- Installation Procedure
- NetFinity Services for NetWare
- System Requirements
- Installing NetFinity Services for NetWare
- The RAID Administration for NetWare Utility
- Installing the Utility
- Hard Disk Failure Simulation
- Simulating with a Hot Spare Drive
- Simulating without a Hot Spare Drive
- Chapter 5. Performance Tuning
- Appendix A. EISA Configuration File
- Appendix B. Hardware Compatibility, Device Driver, and Software Patch Information
- Appendix C. Configuring DOS CD-ROM Support
- List of Abbreviations
- Index
- Special Characters C
- Numerics
- A
- B
- D
- E
- F
- H
- M
- I
- N
- K
- L
- O
- P
- S
- Q
- R
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z
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Acknowledgments
This project was designed and managed by:
Tim Kearby
International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center
The authors of this document are:
Wuilbert Martinez Zamora
IBM Mexico
Jean-Paul Simoen
IBM France
Angelo Rimoldi
IBM Italy
Tim Kearby
International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center
This publication is the result of a residency conducted at the International
Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center.
Thanks to the following people for the invaluable advice and guidance provided
in the production of this document:
Barry Nusbaum, Michael Koerner, Gail Wojton
International Technical Support Organization
Tom Neidhardt, Dave Laubscher, Marc Shelley
IBM PC Server Competency Center, Raleigh
Ted Ross, Ron Abbott
IBM PC Company, Raleigh
Gregg McKnight, Phil Horwitz, Paul Awoseyi
IBM PC Server Performance Laboratory, Raleigh
John Dinwiddie, Alison Farley, Victor Guess, Dottie Gardner-Lamontagne
IBM PC Server Unit, Raleigh
Parts of this document are based on an earlier version of the
NetWare
Integration Guide,
which was produced by the IBM European Personal Systems
Center in Basingstoke, U.K.
Thanks also to the many people, both within and outside IBM, who provided
suggestions and guidance, and who reviewed this document prior to publication.
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