System Release Notes Server ES1200 System Release Notes These System Release Notes provide the latest available release information. Copyright 1998 Packard Bell NEC, Inc. Trademarks EtherPower is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc. SCO is a trademark of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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1 Introduction These System Release Notes cover the following topics: ■ General ■ Advisories ■ Documentation Errata. General The following general comments apply: ■ ■ Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested and recommended are: ■ Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 ■ Intra NetWare 4.11 Support Pack 4 ■ SCO Open Server 5.04. The current BIOS is: Version 1.00.01.
2 Advisories This section contains advisories on the BIOS Setup Utility, Resource Configuration Utility (RCU), NetWare, and SCO. BIOS Setup Utility The following advisories apply when using the BIOS Setup Utility: ■ If you change an IDE device (i.e., CD-ROM) from a slave to a master device, the BIOS device auto detect leaves the previous master device options ( i.e., Multi-Sector Transfers, LBA Mode Control, 32 BIT I/O. and Transfer Mode ) set for the CD-ROM.
3 Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations MENU PARAMETER NAME NORMAL SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION MAIN MENU System Time Enter current time (hour, minutes, seconds clock). Current Time on 24 hour System Date Enter current date. Current Date Language Indicates the language used in this bios. English Diskette A: 1 Use +/- to change values; indicates the type drive installed. of diskette Diskette B: 1 Use +/- to change values; indicates the type drive installed.
4 Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations (Continued) MENU PARAMETER NAME NORMAL SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION 7 Transfer Mode Standard IDE Adapter 1 Master Press ENTER for menu. None Autotype Fixed Disk Press Enter Type Cylinders Heads Sectors/Track Write Precomp Current IDE device Multi-Sector Transfers Disabled 2 LBA Mode Control Disabled 3 32 BIT I/O Enabled Transfer Mode Standard 7 IDE Adapter 1 Slave Press ENTER for menu.
5 Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations (Continued) MENU PARAMETER NAME DEFAULT SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY Cache C800-CBFF Uncached Cache CC00-CFFF Uncached Cache D000-D3FF Uncached Cache D400-D7FF Uncached Cache D800-DBFF Uncached Cache DC00-DFFF Uncached YOUR CONFIGURATION Memory Shadow Press ENTER for menu. System Shadow Enabled Video Shadow Regions with Legacy Expansion ROMs Boot Sequence Press ENTER for menu.
6 Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations (Continued) MENU PARAMETER NAME DEFAULT SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY Parallel Mode Bi-directional Diskette Controller Enabled Local Bus IDE adapter Both Mouse Enabled Memory Reconfiguration Press ENTER for menu.
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8 Resource Configuration Utility (RCU) The following advisories apply when using the Resource Configuration Utility (RCU): ■ Do not use the RCU to allow the Embedded - PCI SCSI Controller to share its IRQ. ■ The RCU cannot lock the resources on certain PCI adapter boards (i.e., 3COM 3C905, Mylex DAC960PG, and Intel 10/100). The SMC adapter boards sold with the server operate correctly. NetWare The following advisories apply when using NetWare: ■ When installing NetWare 4.
9 SCO The following advisories apply when installing SCO Open Server: ■ Installing an IDE Tape Drive (ATAPI) The following shows the installation of an IDE tape drive (ATAPI): 1. Make sure there are no users on the system. (Go into single user mode if you need to.) 2. From a # prompt type: mkdev tape. Press ENTER. 3. Choose ‘1’ - Configure SCSI tape drive. 4. Choose ‘1’ - Install a SCSI tape drive. 5. Enter the prefix of the host adapter as: wd. 6.
10 Adding an IDE Hard Drive The following is an example of the installation of an IDE hard drive to a secondary IDE channel: 1. You will need to know if the disk drive is a master or a slave. Make sure that the IDE port that you are connecting the drive to is enabled. 2. Make sure there are no users on the system. (Go into single user mode if you need to.) 3. From a # prompt type: mkdev hd. Press ENTER. 4. Choose ‘2’ - Add a hard disk to a SCSI controller. 5. Enter the prefix of the host adapter as: wd.
11 20. At ‘number of bad tracks to allocate space for (default 15)’, press ENTER. 21. At ‘number of file systems’, enter ‘1’. 22. At ‘manual adjustment’, enter ‘y’. 23. At name, enter ‘n’. 24. At division, enter ‘0’. 25. At name, enter ‘disk1’. 26. Enter ‘q’. 27. At install, enter ‘I’. 28. You will get a ‘file system complete’ message. 29. The disk is now added and is ready for file systems to be added by entering ‘mkdev fs’.
12 Documentation Errata The following changes apply to the ES1200 User’s Guide (101924): ■ On page 2-6 (System Memory and Real-Time Clock/Calendar), system board location incorrectly identified. Correct locations are: DIMM sockets real-time clock battery ■ On page 2-7 (IDE Controller and SCSI Controller), system board location incorrectly identified. Correct locations are: IDE controller SCSI controller ■ System Release Notes Figure 2-3, K and L Figure 2-3, I.
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