NEC Express5800/HX4600 Release Notes

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System Release Notes
EXPRESS5800 HX4600
System Release Notes
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July 1999
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Express5800 HX4600 System
Release Notes
The Express5800 HX4600 System Release Notes provide up-to-date information
on your system. These notes also provide additional valuable information about
your system that was not included in the user’s guide.
Please read these notes in their entirety.
CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 3
General Comments................................................................................................................................. 3
Advisories .............................................................................................................................................. 3
ExpressBuilder .................................................................................................................................. 3
Windows NT ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Novell NetWare................................................................................................................................. 4
SCO ................................................................................................................................................... 4
UnixWare 7.01 .................................................................................................................................. 4
UnixWare 7.1 .................................................................................................................................... 4
HX4600 System Release Notes 3
Introduction
These System Release Notes cover the following topics:
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General Comments
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Advisories
General Comments
The following general comments apply to this server.
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Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested and recommended are:
Windows NT® 4.0 Server with Service Pack 4
Novell® NetWare® 4.2
Novell NetWare 5.0
SCO OpenServer™ 5.05 with Maintenance Supplement 505A
UnixWare® 7.01
UnixWare 7.1.
Note:
The Pentium III XEON Processor Serial Number
detection feature is disabled in BIOS as the default.
Advisories
This section contains advisories on ExpressBuilder v2.5, Windows NT, Novell
NetWare, SCO OpenServer and UnixWare.
ExpressBuilder
The following advisory applies when using the bootable version of
E
XPRESS
B
UILDER
v2.5:
!
The HX4600 User’s Guide may not be viewable when selected from the
HX4600 User’s Guide PDF icon located within the Documentation
Menu. To view the HX4600 User’s Guide PDF file, leave the
ExpressBuilder CD in your system CDROM drive and perform the
following steps:
1.
If you do not have the Adobe™ Acrobat™ Reader v3.01
installed on your system, follow the How To Install Browsers
procedure on the ExpressBuilder CDROM and install the
Acrobat Reader.
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HX4600 System Release Notes
2.
Open Adobe Acrobat Reader and select your CDROM drive
Ebuilder directory.
3.
The HX4600 User’s Guide PDF file (HX4600us.pdf) is located
in the \docs\HX4600\usergde\pdf subdirectory. Locate the
HX4600us.pdf file.
4.
Double-click on HX4600us.pdf to open, view and print the
HX4600 User’s Guide.
Windows NT
!
Windows NT version 3.51 is not supported.
Novell NetWare
!
Novell NetWare version 3.12 is not supported.
SCO
The following advisory applies when using SCO OpenServer 5.05.
!
When using the SecuRAID 530 (Mylex™ AcceleRAID™ 1164P) RAID
Controller, the Symbios "slha" driver, version 40405, is required to allow
use of this RAID controller. This driver is available on the
E
XPRESS
B
UILDER
CDROM shipped with your system.
!
When this server is communicating with certain Legacy LAN cards over
a LAN Network, some performance degradation may occur.
!
When installing SMP, Maintenance Supplement 505A should be installed
immediately afterwards before rebooting to avoid a system hang at
"hd_config."
UnixWare 7.01
The following advisory applies when using SCO UnixWare 7.01.
!
The UnixWare 7.01 Symbios driver does not support IRQ sharing. To
ensure sharing does not occur, run the BIOS Setup Utility (F2) at bootup,
and specify all IRQs. Refer to Table 3-2, PCI IRQ Bus and Controller
Assignments in your User's Guide for information on IRQ assignments.
UnixWare 7.1
The following advisory applies when using SCO UnixWare 7.1:
!
If your system hard disk drive(s) are connected to the onboard Symbios
controller, the Symbios boot order must be checked to ensure the root
hard drive is connected to controller 0. Refer to Chapter 3 of the HX4600
User’s Guide for information on setting the Symbios controller boot
order. The HX4600 User’s Guide is located on the ExpressBuilder
CDROM that was shipped with your system.
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NEC Express5800/HX4600 Release Notes

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