NEC Express5800/LE2200 Release Notes

Brand: NEC

Model: Express5800/LE2200

Type: Release Notes

System Release Notes

Server LE2200/MT2200 System Release Notes

These System Release Notes provide the latest available release information.

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EtherPower is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation.

NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.

SCO is a trademark of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.

Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc.

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System Release Notes

Introduction

These System Release Notes cover the following topics:

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General

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Advisories.

General

The following general comments apply:

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Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested

and recommended are:

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Windows NT 4.0 Server with Service Pack 3

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IntraNetWare 4.11 with Support Pack 2

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SCO Open Server 5.04.

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The current BIOS is:

Version 1.00.02.ESP11

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The SCSISelect utility is part of the system BIOS in

addition to being on the utilities diskette.

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Controller cards incorporating a PCI bridge chip

which does not conform to the specification for PCI

version 2.1 are not supported. For example, the

SMC8434BT EtherPower

Dual channel LAN

adapter board.

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You cannot boot the server from the IDE CD-ROM if

the CD is a floppy image bootable CD.

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This version of BIOS supports up to 333MHz

processors.

Advisories

This section contains advisories on the BIOS, NetWare,

Windows NT, and SCO.

System Release Notes

BIOS

The following advisories apply when using the system

BIOS:

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When booting from the optional RAID, use the

SCSISelect Utility to disable the AIC-7880 BIOS as

described in the Configuring Your System chapter of

your User’s Guide.

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Pressing F2 to enter Setup after the “Press <F2> to

enter SETUP” message during boot time is only

active while the system BIOS is running, not while

the adapter BIOS (i.e., Adaptec or Mylex) is

running.

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During the BIOS IDE device auto detect, BIOS

Setup does not display the attached slave (tape)

device, only the master (CD-ROM) is reported.

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The SCSISelect utility is accessible as part of the

system BIOS in addition to being on the utilities

diskette. During system boot up, the following

prompt is displayed at the time the Adaptec AIC-

7860 and AIC-7880 SCSI BIOS is loaded:

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Press CONTROL + A to start the SCSISelect Utility

for the appropriate SCSI BIOS.

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When disabling access to the SCSISelect Utility, the

SCSISelect utility should be used in conjunction

with the BIOS Setup utility. Changing the BIOS

Setup utility “Allow SCSI Select” parameter to

Disabled prevents the use of the SCSI Select utility,

but the “Press <Ctrl-A> for SCSI Select” prompt is

still displayed. Changing the SCSISelect utility

“Display <Ctrl-A> Message During BIOS

Initialization” parameter to Disabled prevents the

prompt from being displayed. In combination these

parameters can be used to prevent access to the

SCSISelect utility during boot.

System Release Notes

NetWare

The following advisories apply when using NetWare:

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When installing NetWare v4.11, edit the

STARTUP.NCF as follows:

Change “LOAD MPS14.PSM” to

“LOAD MPS14.PSM -A”

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When installing NetWare 4.11 on servers that use 4

GB SCSI hard drives, you might get a message that

there is no DOS partition set to active. This

message can be ignored.

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IDE tape drives are not supported.

Windows NT

The following advisories apply when using Windows

NT:

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When installing Windows NT with a SMC8416 LAN

card, use the driver on the Superdisk 3.0.

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When using the IDE tape drive in Windows NT 4.0,

you cannot do multi-tape backup and restores.

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Windows NT 3.51 requires a set of files from Service

Pack 5 BEFORE the installation can be initiated.

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Windows NT 3.51 does not support IDE tape drives.

System Release Notes

SCO

The following advisories apply when installing SCO

Open Server:

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IDE tape backups and restores can be done as long

as the End of Tape condition is avoided. Appends to

the tape are not supported.

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When installing SCO UNIX 5.04 on a system with

an optional RAID, the Adaptec 7880 controller must

be disabled using the Resource Configuration

Utility (RCU) and the BIOS disabled using the

SCSISelect utility (both described in the

Configuring Your System chapter of your User’s

Guide). You also must use the driver on the diskette

labeled “UNIX AIC-78XX Driver v2.1”.

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When configuring an SMC8416 LAN card for SCO

UNIX, in the “Search for Network Adapter” screen

answer NO to the question “Do you wish to search

for a SMC8216/8416 Adapter?” Then continue with

driver configuration.

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There is a known problem with the current driver

set when adding an SMC9332BDT to a system with

a SMC8432BTA, or installing them at the same

time. The SMC8432BTA will not transmit or

receive.

When installing an SMC9332BDT and a

SMC8432BTA together in the same system, install

the SMC9332BDT first and configure it in the

operating system per the SCO Configuration Guide.

Next, power down and install the SMC8432BTA and

bring the system up and configure the second card

in the operating system.

When adding an SMC9332BDT to a system with a

SMC8432BTA already installed, you must first

remove the SMC8432BTA. Install the SMC9332BDT

and configure it in the operating system. Then re-

install the SMC8432BTA and re-configure it in your

operating system.

NEC Express5800/LE2200 Release Notes

NEC Express5800/LE2200 Release Notes

NEC Express5800/LE2200 Release Notes

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