NEC Express5800/ES1200 Release Notes
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1. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 11 At number of bad tracks to allocate space for default 15 press ENTER At number of file systems enter 1 At manual adjustment enter y At name enter n At division enter O At name enter disk1 Enter q At install enter I You will get a file system complete message The disk is now added and is ready for file systems to be added by entering mkdev fs Known Problem with LAN Boards There is a known problem with the current driver set when adding an SMC9332BDT toa system with a SMC8432BTA or installing them at the same time The SMC8432BTA will not transmit or receive When installing an SMC9332BDT anda 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 toa 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 System Release Notes 12 Documentation Errata The following changes apply to the ES1200 User s Guide 101924 System Release Notes On page 2 6 System Memory and R2. Enter q to quit 17 Enter y to create a new kernel now System Release Notes 10 Adding an IDE Hard Drive System Release Notes The following is an example of the installation of an IDE hard drive to a secondary IDE channel 1 no uu A W 15 16 17 18 19 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 Make sure there are no users on the system Go into single user mode if you need to From a prompt type mkdev hd Press ENTER Choose 2 Add a hard disk toa SCSI controller Enter the prefix of the host adapter as wd System will prompt for which wd host adapter 0 1f0 14 primary 1 170 15 secondary At What SCSI bus is this device attached to use default of 0 At What is the target D use 0 master or 1 slave At What is the LUN use default of 0 10 11 12 13 14 At Update SCSI configuration enter Y Enter y to create a new kernel now After kernel is relinked reboot the system From a prompt type mkdev hd Press ENTER Choose 1 Add a hard disk toa IDE controller At you may choose to overwrite all or part enter Y Continue by selecting q To use entire disk for UNIX enter 2 and press ENTER to continue Quit by entering q Quit again by entering q 20
3. 1924 Table 4 5 BIOS Setup Configurations MENU PARAMETER NAME NORMAL SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION System Time Enter current time hour minutes seconds clock on 24 hour i System Date Current Date Enter current date Language Indicates the language used in this bios Diskette A Use to change values indicates the type drive installed Diskette B Use to change values indicates the type drive installed IDE Adapter 0 Master Press ENTER for menu of diskette of diskette Autotype Fixed Disk Type Cylinders Heads Sectors Track Write Precomp Multi Sector Transfers LBA Mode Control 32 BIT I O Transfer Mode IDE Adapter 0 Slave Press ENTER for menu Autotype Fixed Disk Type Cylinders Heads Sectors Track Write Precomp Multi Sector Transfers LBA Mode Control 32 BIT I O This parameter will be overwritten by the RCU setting English 1 44MB 3 1 2 Not Installed Current IDE HDD Auto or User Enabled Enabled Fast PIO 4 Current IDE CD ROM Disabled Disabled Enabled This parameter should be enabled for HDD and disabled for other IDE devices In this parameter the Enabled CHS setting must be selected for disk drives less than 8 GB and previously formatted in Extended CHS This parameter should be Fast PIO 4 for hard disk drives and Standard for other IDE devices System Release Notes Table
4. 4 5 BIOS Setup Configurations Continued MENU PARAMETER NAME NORMAL YOUR SETTING OR CONFIGURATION DISPLAY ONLY Transfer Mode Standard IDE Adapter 1 Master None Press ENTER for menu Autotype Fixed Disk Type Current IDE device Cylinders Heads Sectors Track Write Precomp Press ENTER for menu Autotype Fixed Disk Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 2 3 i Press ENTER for menu cache Memon Regions SSS This parameter will be overwritten by the RCU setting This parameter should be enabled for HDD and disabled for other IDE devices Tn this parameter the Enabled CHS setting must be selected for disk drives less than 8 GB and previously formatted in Extended CHS 7 This parameter should be Fast PIO 4 for hard disk drives and Standard for other IDE devices Type Current IDE device Cylinders Heads Sectors Track Write Precomp System Release Notes Table 4 5 BIOS Setup Configurations Continued OR DISPLAY ONLY CONFIGURATION rend Press ENTER for menu Regions with Legacy Expansion ROMs Press ENTER for menu Floppy Check Enabled Numlock Press ENTER for menu Numos oo o een o Press ENTER for menu This parameter will be overwritten by the RCU setting On On POST Errors Enabled al System Release Notes Table 4 5 BIOS Setup Configurations Continued OR DISPLAY ONLY CONFIGURATION Parallel Mode Diskette Controller
5. Local Bus IDE adapter Memory Reconfiguration a Press ENTER for menu SMB Configuration es Press ENTER for menu ITF Monitoring Observation Boot Monitoring Boot Monitoring timeout period Advanced Chipset Control La Press ENTER for menu DMA Aliasing 8 bit I O Recovery 16 bit I O Recovery Plug amp Play O S Used for double sided DIMMs only System Release Notes Table 4 5 BIOS Setup Configurations Continued OR DISPLAY ONLY CONFIGURATION Reset Configuration Data n Pentium II BIOS Update Enabled fe e ssecuntymenu Supervisor Passoa foe e E set supersor pasoa fesen OOOO SetUser Paswan o e e A C T A Ce E C S System backup reminder osma OOOO Execute Userrom foe SS Fallow sest see fe O E S Ree ee e SeRVERMENU Petite TT Press ENTER for menu Thermal Sensor E e E e A Esm asic mert foe SSS wooo e S Event oginivaization oswa SSS wW Se Clear Event Log No Console Redirect Port Disabled Enabling supervisor password requires a password for entering SETUP These parameters require prior setting of supervisor password System Release Notes Resource Configuration Utility RCU The following advisories apply when using the Resource Configuration Utility RCU m Do not use the RCU to allow the Embedded PCI SCSI Controller to share its IRQ m TheRCU cannot lock the resources on certain PCI adapter boards i e 3COM 3C905 Mylex DAC960PG and Intel 10 100 The SMC adapte
6. 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 Printed in the United States of America PN 904703 01 5 20 98 Introduction General These System Release Notes cover the following topics General Advisories Documentation Errata The following general comments apply Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested and recommended are m Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 3 m Intra NetWare 4 11 Support Pack 4 m SCO Open Server 5 04 The current BIOS is Version 1 00 01 AC E07 If your server has SCSI hard drives connected to the on board 7880 SCSI controller you cannot boot the server from the IDE CD ROM if the CD isa floppy image bootable CD The system does not support controller cards incorporating a PCI bridge chip which does not conform to the specification for PCI version 2 1 For example the SMC8434BT EtherPower Dual channel LAN adapter board Note If you received system diskettes with your server these diskettes provide the latest available system utilities information
7. Use these diskettes instead of running the system utilities from the EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM System Release Notes 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 System Release Notes If you change an IDE device i e CD ROM froma 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 When this occurs enter Setup and manually change these options to the defaults outlined in the ES1200 User s Guide Pressing F2 to enter Setup after the Press lt F2 gt to enter SETUP message during boot time is only active while the system BIOS is loading not while the adapter BIOS i e Adaptec or Mylex is loading Setup identifies the IDE tape drive as a CD ROM To determine the IDE channel connection for the IDE tape see the ES1200 User s Guide If you have disk drives less than 8 GB and previously formatted in Extended CHS you must select the Enabled CHS setting under the IDE Adapter parameter LBA Mode Control All new drives should use LBA Mode Control Enabled The following changes highlighted apply to the BIOS Setup Configuration settings shown in Table 4 5 of the ES1200 User s Guide 10
8. eal Time Clock Calendar system board location incorrectly identified Correct locations are DIMM sockets Figure 2 3 J real time clock battery Figure 2 3 T On page 2 7 IDE Controller and SCSI Controller system board location incorrectly identified Correct locations are IDE controller Figure 2 3 K andL SCSI controller Figure 2 3 On page 2 8 Peripheral Controller and External Device Connectors system board location incorrectly identified Correct locations are external I O connectors Figure 2 3 H diskette connector Figure 2 3 M On page 5 6 Figure 5 2 Replacing the Non Volatile Memory the non volatile memory is oriented incorrectly Correct orientation is 13 Figure 5 2 Replacing the Non Volatile Memory 6 fe oo System Release Notes 14 System Release Notes
9. r boards sold with the server operate correctly NetWare The following advisories apply when using NetWare m When installing NetWare 4 11 on servers that use 4 GB SCSI or 4 or 6 GB IDE hard drives you might get a message that there is no DOS partition set to active This message can be ignored m IDE tape drives are not supported System Release Notes 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 From a prompt type mkdev tape Press ENTER Choose 1 Configure SCSI tape drive Choose 1 Install a SCSI tape drive Enter the prefix of the host adapter as wd Anu BF WN System will prompt for which wd host adapter 0 1f0 14 primary 1 170 15 secondary 7 At What SCSI bus is this device attached to use default of 0 8 At What is the target D use 0 master or 1 slave 9 At What is the LUN use default of 0 10 At Enter vendor ID string press ENTER for default 11 At Enter SCSI version press ENTER for default 12 At Enter Reponse Data Format press ENTER for default 13 Choose 5 for QIC Cartridge tape drive 14 Enter q toleave current string as is 15 Enter q toreturn to main menu 16
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