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
defunct drives 158
design considerations
availability 22
cost 23
performance and capacity 22
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 37
browser in NetFinity 44
communicating service 38
Component Interface (CI) 39
manageable products 38
management applications 38
Management Information Format (MIF) 38
Management Interface (MI) 39
MI commands
get 39
list 39
set 39
destination address 172
detecting disk failures 155
diagnostics 97
diagnostics, running 85
Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) 16
average access time 21, 28
block size 176
cache buffer size 176
caching 22
failures 152
file caching 179
latency 22, 24, 168
maximum transfer rate 21
on-board cache size 21
read after write verify 182
rotational delay 21
seek time 22
Direct Memory Access (DMA) 32
directory caching 178
directory tree, NDS 126, 141
dirty disk cache delay time 181
disconnect/reconnect 18, 80
discovering workstations 146
disk cache 168, 170
disk driver 128
disk duplexing 24
disk failure 152
disk mirroring 24
disk partitions 122
disk read after write verify 182
disk subsystem 16, 168, 172
diskette drive
ejecting diskettes 36
locking 36
unlocking 36
diskette factory 117
DMI
See
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
double-bit errors 9
DRAM
See
dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
driver efficiency 182
driver for token-ring, installing 132
dual path bus 7
duplexing 24
dynamic random access memory (DRAM) 3
E
ECC
See
Error Correcting Code (ECC)
ECC Memory on SIMMs (EOS) 9, 11
ECC on SIMMs memory 11
ECC-P
See
Error Correcting Code Parity (ECC-P)
EISA
See
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
(EISA)
ejecting diskettes 36
Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
(EEPROM) 36
encryption, of software products 115
end-use dimension, SystemView 45
Enhanced Small Device Interface (ESDI) 16
EOS memory
See
ECC Memory on SIMMs (EOS)
Error Correcting Code (ECC) 9
ECC configuration, NetFinity 42
Error Correcting Code Parity (ECC-P) 9
error logs, NetFinity 155
ESDI
See
Enhanced Small Device Interface (ESDI)
EtherStreamer LAN adapter 33
event scheduler, NetFinity 44
Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) 12
configuration 65, 74
F
fast SCSI interface 18
fast startup mode, enabling 96
fast/wide SCSI interface 18
fat indexing 177
file caching 179
file purging 181
file transfer, NetFinity 44
flash EEPROM 36
flash ROM, updating 73
H
hard disk interfaces
bus level interface 16
device level interface 16
disk cache 168, 170
ESDI 16
SCSI 16
ST506 16
hardware configuration 65
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