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
- ITSO Technical Bulletin Evaluation RED000

Index
Special Characters
.ADF files 85
.CFG file 75
Numerics
16/4 Token-Ring Bus Master Adapter 32
32-bit addressing 2, 168
80486DX2 2
80C186 19
A
abbreviations 205
acronyms 205
active client, NetFinity 43
adapter descriptor files, Micro-Channel 85
address bus 2
administering RAID arrays 151
advanced diagnostics, MCA machines 99
alert manager, NetFinity 42, 155
alerts, NetFinity 146
APC PowerChute 53
application dimension, SystemView 46
arithmetic logic unit (ALU) 1
asymmetric multiprocessing 3
asynchronous SCSI device 19
AUTOEXEC.NCF file 128, 134, 142
automatic configuration, Micro-Channel 85
availability 22
average access time 21
B
base executable, NetFinity 44
battery voltage 53
BIOS Scan 81
blackouts, AC power 52
block size 176
boot options, configuring 68
boot password 72
bottleneck 32, 168
bridging 33
brownouts 52
burst data transfer 19
bus architectures
EISA 13
ISA 13
MCA 13
PCI 15
bus master 31, 32, 168
C
cable cover 35
cache buffer size 176
cache memory
cache hit 4, 171
cache miss 4
coherency of 6
enabling/disabling 68
hit rate 168
L1 cache 4
L2 cache 4
L3 cache 5
lazy-write cache 4
MESI protocol 6
tags 6
write-back cache 4
write-through cache 4
caching, on disk subsystems 22, 179
calculating memory requirements 187
CD-ROM, Installing NetWare 4.1 135
central processing unit (CPU) 1, 167
clock doubling 1, 2
clock rate 1
CMOS RAM 88
common command set 18
Component Interface (CI) 39
configuration, hardware 65
configuring NetFinity Services 120, 145
connections, NetWare 119
console 95
context, NetWare 126, 141
coping system and public files 132
CPU 187
CPU overlap 18
creating a NetWare partition 131
creating a NetWare volume 131
critical file monitor, NetFinity 42
D
DASD
See
Direct Access Storage Device (DASD)
data bus 2, 168
data dimension, SystemView 46
data spanning 24
data streaming 14, 16, 168
data stripe mirroring 25
data striping 24
DatagLANce 172
date and time, EISA machines 68
date and time, MCA machines 92
decoding protocols 172
dedicated cache 5
Copyright IBM Corp. 1995 207