NEC Express5800/HX4500 Release Notes

Brand: NEC

Model: Express5800/HX4500

Type: Release Notes

System Release Notes

Server HX4500 System Release Notes

These System Release Notes provide the latest available release information.

Trademarks

3COM is a registered trademark of 3COM Corporation.

AcceleRAID and Mylex are trademarks of Mylex Corporation

Novell, NetWare and intraNetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc.

OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation

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

UnixWare 7 is a registered trademark of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.

Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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System Release Notes

Introduction

These System Release Notes cover the following topics:

General Comments

Documentation Errata

Advisories

General Comments

The following general comments apply to this server.

Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested

and recommended:

Windows NT® 4.0 Server with Service Pack 4

intraNetWare® v4.11 with Support Pack 5b

OS/2® WARP 3.x, 4.0, or SMP.

Versions of the Network Operating Systems

restricted:

SCO OpenServer™ 5.04 with Maintenance

Supplement 504c

UnixWare® 7.

Versions of the Network Operating Systems not

supported:

Novell® NetWare® v3.12

The current BIOS is:

Release 4.0 Release 5.12.5.0211

System Release Notes

Advisories

This section contains advisories on E

XPRESS

UILDER

Windows NT and Novell NetWare v4.11.

XPRESS

UILDER

The following advisory applies when using the bootable

version of E

XPRESS

UILDER

2.3:

When creating driver diskettes from

XPRESS

UILDER

, DO NOT use the "Install

Operating System" from the Custom Setup Menu;

use the "Creation of Support FD" option. Select

Creation of Support FD and choose the appropriate

LAN drivers for your system. For the SecuRAID 530

(Mylex AcceleRAID 1100), choose the Mylex option.

Windows NT

The following advisory applies when using Windows

NT:

When installing Windows NT 4.0, the floppy diskette

install procedure must be used if your system is

configured to use the AIC7895 SCSI and the

SecuRAID 530 (Mylex AcceleRAID 1100) controllers.

During the Windows NT installation process, the

following system message is displayed:

Setup automatically detects floppy disk

controllers….. To continue, press ENTER. Setup

will attempt to detect mass storage devices in your

computer (auto-detection). To skip mass storage

device detection, press S. Setup will allow you to

manually select SCSI adapters, CD ROM drives

and disk controllers for installation.

When this message is displayed, press the "S" key to

skip auto-detection. Setup will allow you to

manually select SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives and

special disk controllers for installation.

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Press the "S" to allow you to select the

manufacturer's driver diskettes to be used during

the installation. Place the appropriate driver

diskette(S) into the diskette drive.

SecuRAID 530 and AIC7895 driver diskettes are

created using the E

XPRESS

UILDER CD-ROM.

OS/2

The following advisory applies to OS/2 WARP 3.x, 4.0,

or SMP:

Use the following procedure for a first time

installation of OS/2 WARP 3.x, 4.0, or SMP from

CD-ROM.

Use Diskcopy to make backup copies of all IBM

OS/2 diskettes. Use backup diskettes as your

working diskettes.

NOTE: In the next step, delete adapter driver

files only if the corresponding adapter is not

installed in your system.

Delete some of the existing driver files on the

backup copy of the OS/2 diskette #1 so that

approximately 140KB of disk space is available.

Copy the AIC7870.add driver from the Adaptec

7800 Family Manager Set diskette for OS/2 onto

OS/2 diskette #1.

For each driver removed from the OS/2 diskette

#1, in step 2 above, "rem" out the corresponding

line in the Config.sys file on OS/2 diskette #1.

In the Config.sys file on OS/2 diskette #1, add

the line "set copyfromfloppy=1". This line is

added so that the install process copies the

AIC7870.add driver from the OS/2 diskette #1

rather than the driver included with your OS/2

CD-ROM.

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Run the OS/2 installation program, following the

instructions in your OS/2 documentation, until

the System Configuration Window is displayed.

In the System Configuration Window, click the

SCSI Adapter Support icon.

Deselect any highlighted adapters, including all

Adaptec adapters, and click OK. The text box for

SCSI Adapter Support should read "None".

NOTE: If the SCSI adapters are not deselected,

the driver included on the CD-ROM will be

copied over the driver being installed.

Follow the instructions in your OS/2

documentation to complete the installation.

10.

When the installation is complete, and the

system reboots; should you get the following

error: "System cannot operate you hard disk"

take the following action:

Reboot the system using the OS/2 Installation

diskettes.

Press F3, when prompted, to get to a

command prompt.

Use the OS/2, or DOS text editor (as

appropriate) to edit the Config.sys file, and

ensure that:

The statement "basedev=aic7870.add" is

present.

The aic7870.add driver is present in

C:\OS2 and C:\OS2\BOOT.

System Release Notes

Documentation Errata

The following changes apply to the HX4500 Network

Operating System Configuration Guide (456-00007-000):

Entire document. Ignore all references to SCO

OpenServer 5.04 and UnixWare® 7 Network

Operating Systems. These network operations

systems are not applicable to this system.

Page 2-2, Table 2-1. Replace Table 2-1 with the

following table.

Table 2-1. Devices and Required Diskettes

Device Required Diskettes*

AIC7895 controller Adaptec Family Manager 2.11 for NT, NW and OS/2

NEC SecuRAID 530 (Mylex

AcceleRAID 1100)

DAC960 Software Kit v2.0 for NT/NetWare

Intel PRO/100+ PRO/100+ for NT, NetWare, OS/2

3COM® 3C905BTX Download the 3COM 3C905BTX driver from the Microsoft web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest/hcl/

Select "Advanced" Search

Product Category = Network/LAN

Company Name = 3COM®

Deselect Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 (Alpha)

Click on "Search"

Click on the "100 Fast EtherLink XL-FX NIC (3C905B)" to download the

LAN driver.

* Generated from the NEC E

XPRESS

UILDER

CD and shipped with the system.

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Page 3-2, Table 3-1. Replace Table 3-1 with the

following table.

Table 3-1. Devices and Required Diskettes

Device Required Diskettes*

AIC7895 controller Adaptec Family Manager 2.11 for NT, NW and OS/2

NEC SecuRAID 530 (Mylex

AcceleRAID 1100)

DAC960 Software Kit v2.0 for NT/NetWare

Intel PRO/100+ PRO/100+ for NT, NetWare, OS/2

3COM 3C905BTX Download the 3COM 3C905BTX driver from the Novell web site:

http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3C905B.htm#ship

Download 3C90X1X.EXE. 3C90X1X is a zipped executable. The drivers for

NetWare 3.12 & 4.11 are contained within this file. The drivers for NetWare

5.0 are on the Novell NetWare Operating System CD-ROM.

EZ-SCSI required for DOS CD

access

Adaptec EZ-SCSI

* Generated from the NEC E

XPRESS

UILDER

CD and shipped with the system.

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