NEC Express5800/320Lb Setup and Configuration Guide
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1. WORKGROUP domain box m Click Next ck 15 At the Completing the Windows 2000 Setup Wizard screen m A Windows 2000 has been successfully installed progress bar displays This is a countdown to reboot You can also click Restart m Click Finish when the tasks are completed 16 The system reboots performs its POST tests and starts Windows 17 At the Starting Windows 2000 Server Family screen press Ctrl Alt Del to open the Windows 2000 login screen amp Note Your fault tolerant system has been preloaded at the factory with only one PCI module installed as this is the proper way to set up your system When logging onto the system for the first time the Windows 2000 New Hardware Wizard will display for the newly installed SCSI controller and SCSI disks of the PCI module 2 Click on Finish and decline to reboot the system at this time You will reboot the system later when configuring the mirrored disks 18 At the Windows 2000 Login dialog screen the user name is automatically entered for you Enter the password you set in step 11 of this procedure Click OK to continue 6 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 1 9 The Windows 2000 desktop Windows 2000 Configure Your Server opens and the Windows 2000 Configure Your Server dialog screen displays Follow the From the menu at the left choose the services that you want to run prompts to confi2. click OK when done You are automatically returned to the Regional Settings dialog screen Click Next gt and go to step 9 bie indicatar en teskBar EEK Apai 9 At the Personalize Your yanden AI see See gs Personalize Your Software 3 Software dialog screen enter Setup uses the information you provide about yourself to personalize your Windows Pl your name and organization ANDRE Click Next gt when done Windows 2000 Server Setup 10 At the Your Product Key Your Product Key dialog screen en ter your Your Product Key uniquely identifies your copy of Windows 2000 gt software product key number The key number is on the Certificate of Authenticity that shipped with your system Be sure not to lose the product key number Store the certificate in a secure place Click Next gt when done 4 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 11 At the Computer Name and Administrative Password dialog screen enter a computer name and an administrative password in the appropriate dialog box Retype the password in the Confirm password dialog box exactly the same as you typed in the Administrative password dialog box Be sure to save and store your password in a secure place Click Next gt when done 12 At the Date and Time Settings dialog screen select your time zone and confirm or correct the date and time Clic
3. following procedures to install and configure ESMPRO Manager on your monitoring station Installing ESMPRO Manager amp Note You need a system running Windows to install ESMPRO Manager It must be a system separate from the Fault Tolerant system 1 Insert the EXPRESSBUILDER CD into your monitoring station The Master Control application screen displays 2 Click Setup then click ESMPRO The ESMPRO Setup screen displays 3 Click Manager The setup of ESMPRO Manager displays 4 Follow instructions on the screen to finish the ESMPRO Manager installation Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 11 Changing the TCP IP Timeout Value Change your TCP IP timeout value to adapt to your fault tolerant server characteristics This is necessary to ensure that the management system is properly communicating with the fault tolerant system and not timing out when a CPU module is brought online on your system 1 Launch Windows Explorer 2 Explore the CD folder Go to WINNT W2K 3 Double click FTREG EXE A message box displays 4 Click OK Another message box displays 5 Click OK Your TCP IP settings have been changed Selecting Your Reporting Message Select your reporting method for the ESMPRO Agent installed on your fault tolerant server At a minimum you should use the SNMP method of reporting See below for SNMP configuration information To configure additional reporting methods 1 At the Wi
4. the agreement indows 2000 Server 5 Number of Client Access Licenses for indows 2000 Advanced Server 25 NI II X al don t accept this agreement lt Back Next gt 2 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 6 At the Regional Setting dialog screen check that the system locale user locale and keyboard are correct for your application m If the locales and keyboard display is correct click Next gt and go to step 9 m Ifthe system and user locales require customization go to step 7 m If the keyboard layout requires customization go to step 8 7 If you need to customize the system or user locales click Customize at the Regional Settings screen to open the Regional Options dialog screen Click a tab and enter your choices Click OK when done and automatically return to the Regional Settings dialog screen Click Next gt and go to step 9 Windows 2000 Server Setup Regional Settings You can customize Windows 2000 for different regions and languages Regional Options English United States O rabic O armenian O Baltic O Central Europe O Cyrillic ann Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 3 Regional Options 8 If you need to customize keyboard layout settings click Customize at the Regional ee Settings screen to open the Input Locales dialog screen Make your changes and then
5. Express5800 320Lb Software Notes Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup and Configuration Procedures Proprietary Notice and Liability Disclaimer The information disclosed in this document including all designs and related materials is the valuable property of NEC Solutions America Inc and or its licensors NEC Solutions America Inc and or its licensors as appropriate reserve all patent copyright and other proprietary rights to this document including all design manufacturing reproduction use and sales rights thereto except to the extent said rights are expressly granted to others The NEC Solutions America Inc product s discussed in this document are warranted in accordance with the terms of the Warranty Statement accompanying each product However actual performance of each product is dependent upon factors such as system configuration customer data and operator control Since implementation by customers of each product may vary the suitability of specific product configurations and applications must be determined by the customer and is not warranted by NEC Solutions America Inc To allow for design and specification improvements the information in this document is subject to change at any time without notice Reproduction of this document or portions thereof without prior written approval of NEC Solutions America Inc is prohibited Trademarks Microsoft Windows and Windows 2000 are registered trademarks o
6. click Next to continue A message box is displayed that any file systems on the disks to be upgraded will be dismounted and that once upgraded prior versions of Windows can not be booted click Yes to continue A final confirmation window will appear Confirm that the specification of the disk group is correct and click Finish You are warned that a system reboot is required to complete the upgrade click OK to reboot the system After the reboot press Ctrl Alt Del to logon and enter the Administrator password When the System Settings Changed message box is displayed click Yes to restart the computer again After the reboot press Ctrl Alt Del to logon and enter the Administrator password Press OK to continue The system returns to the Windows desktop At the Windows 2000 desktop click Start Programs VERITAS VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Select the Disk View tab on the right side of the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator screen Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 9 6 Any other disk other than the system disk of PCI module 1 does not have a signature Right click on each disk and select Write Signature Click Yes when asked to confirm that you wish to write a signature for that disk 7 Select the Basic Group and the PCI module 2 slot 1 disk will be displayed in the Disk View panel To identify the disk look at the properties of each disk on the screen use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of
7. erver setup use these software notes to configure your ft server for a dual LAN configuration and to register your VERITAS Volume Manager software Before starting the setup procedure you need to obtain certain information for use during setup The information you need in advance is shown in the following table NECC recommends that you obtain the information from your server administrator and record it in the table before starting After completing setup you might want to use the Windows 2000 Control Panel to configure additional devices or Windows 2000 services and facilities Item Information Required Enter Your Information Here 1 Name of the Windows 2000 user 2 Name of the licensed organization 3 OEM License Key number for MS 2000 Server Software This number is on the Certificate of Authenticity in the documentation pack included with your server 4 Name that you assign to the server 5 Obtain your network configuration information For example TCP IP Configuration values such as IP address values DNS and WINS address resolution facilities DHCP Relay and Routing configuration values 6 OEM license key serial number for VERITAS Volume Manager This number is included with the VERITAS Volume Manager CD and documentation Note that the OEM license key serial number is located on the back of the CD case Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 1 Setup Procedure Use the following procedu
8. f Microsoft Corporation VERITAS Volume Manager is a trademark of VERITAS Software Corporation All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective trademark owners PN 455 01686 000 March 2003 Copyright 2003 NEC Solutions America Inc 10850 Gold Center Drive Suite 200 Rancho Cordova CA 95670 All Rights Reserved Contents Proprietary Notice Introd ctionaeasgassesniscttsstluseh liessen tastisschg ite 1 Setup PE OCC MUNG A ne Ener 2 Configuring for Dual LAN u a an 7 Contiguring Tor Dual Disk ee 9 Entering your VERITAS Volume Manager License oococnoocccconccononcninnncononccinnnccinnnoss 11 Setting up Your Monitoring Facility esseeeseseeeseseeesesreeseessesrrsssessrssresseseresrensessresees 11 Installing ESMPRO Managers nas 11 Changing the TCP IP Timeout Vanessa ber 12 Selecting Your Reporting Message sank ine 12 Configuring your SNMP Trap Destination and Community Rights 12 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes iii Introduction Your system is preloaded with Windows 2000 Advanced Server Operating System OS and is ready for setup on your system Windows 2000 Advanced Server includes the drivers to support devices in your system the TCP IP network protocol and Internet Explorer VERITAS Volume Manager is installed on your system during the setup of Windows 2000 Advanced Server Operating System After completing the Windows 2000 Advanced S
9. ghts of the public community to add the READ WRITE right as it represents a security hole Your Fault Tolerant system is now monitored and ready to report events Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 13
10. gure your on this server You can set up any or all ofthe services depending on how you want to customize your network SETVET Then configure your To set up or find out more about a service click the service name server for a dual LAN eee E 5 Find out What s New in Windows 2000 Server configuration and a dual disk g Check out the latest walkthroughs configuration see the ee following sections Server Return to Server Choices page F Show this screen at startup The setup of your system is almost complete The following five procedures must be performed to complete the installation of your system Configure for Dual LAN Network Adapter Teaming Configure for Dual Disk Mirror System Disk m Enter your VERITAS Volume Manager license m Set up your monitoring facility to be properly alerted if a module fails and needs to be replaced Configuring for Dual LAN The server builds two dual LAN configurations using the Stratus emp 82559 10 100 Enet Adapter and the Stratus emb 82544GC Copper Gigabit Adapter installed in the PCI modules If you have installed additional adapters you will also need to team them also Build the dual LAN configuration as follows 1 2 At the Windows 2000 desktop click Start point to Settings and click Control Panel The Control Panel screen displays Double click the Intel r PROSet II icon The Intel PRO Set II screen displays Right click Network Components a
11. k Next gt when done 13 At the Networking Settings dialog screen select Typical settings and click Next Note This is necessary as your network will be fully configured once you set up your fault tolerant LAN connections Windows 2000 Server Setup Computer Name and Administrator Password You must provide a name and an Administrator password for your computer Windows 2000 Server Setup Date and Time Settings Set the correct date and time for your Windows computer E GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada Tijuana v 1200004 Windows 2000 Server Setup Networking Settings Installing network software allows you to connect to other computers networks and the Internet Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 5 14 At the Workgroup or Windows 2000 Server Setup Computer Domain dialog Workgroup or Computer Domain A workgroup is a collection of computers that have the same workgroup name A screen domain is 4 collection of computers defined by a network administrator ss 1 Do you want this computer to be a member of a domain Select No this You may need to obtain this information from your network administrator computer is not on a network m Leave the default name Yes make this computer a member of the following domain 99 3 WORKGROUP 1n the Workgroup or computer domain Workgroup or computer
12. m of the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator screen The mirroring will continue even if this screen is closed However the system should not be rebooted until mirroring has been completed 12 For each additional disk pair in your system add the disks to a dynamic group create one or more volumes and mirror the volumes The dual disk configuration is effective when mirroring has completed 10 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes Entering your VERITAS Volume Manager License Your system has been configured with a temporary license for VERITAS Volume Manager You ll need to enter your permanent license 1 Launch the Volume Manager by clicking on Start Programs VERITAS VERITAS Enterprise Administrator 2 Select the menu Tools System License in VERITAS Enterprise Administrator The license screen displays amp Note Your license key certificate is located in the accessory box shipped with your Fault Tolerant system 3 Enter your license number and click the Replace button 4 Click OK You license is entered 5 Close VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Your permanent license is now in effect Setting up Your Monitoring Facility Your system includes the ESMPRO Agent installed at the factory You ll need to setup a monitoring station to receive alerts reported by the ESMPRO Agent Refer to the ESMPRO User s Guide located on your EXPRESSBUILDER CD for detailed information Perform the
13. ndows 2000 desktop click Start point to Settings and click Control Panel The Control Panel screen displays 2 Double click the ESMPRO Agent icon The ESMPRO agent screen displays 3 Click Report Setting The Alert Manager screen displays amp Note By using the Menus Setting Base Setting and Settings Destination Settings you can configure additional services to report alerts via email pagers scripts etc Refer to the ESMPRO User s Guide on your EXPRESSBUILDER CD for more information Configuring your SNMP Trap Destination and Community Rights The SNMP Service has been installed on your system You need to set the trap destination to your monitoring station s 1 At the Windows 2000 desktop click Start point to Programs Administrative Tools and click Services The Services Management Console screen displays 2 Right click SNMP Service Click Properties The Properties panel displays 3 Click the Agent tab Setup your contact and location 4 Click the Trap Tab Enter Trap Destinations associated with the public community 5 Click the Security Tab Add a READ WRITE community right by clicking on the Add button 12 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes amp Note The ESMPRO Manager will be able to monitor your system but will not be able to change thresholds if you do not set a community name with the READ WRITE right Also it is possible but not recommended to change the ri
14. nfiguring for Dual Disk To achieve fault tolerance the system disk and up to two additional disks must be mirrored in specific mirror pairs The hard disk drive storage bays can house up to six hard disk drives which when mirrored results in three logical drives see Storage Bays in Chapter 1 of the Express5800 320Lb 320Lb RUser s Guide The physical disk drive slots are numbered 1 to 3 bottom to top on each PCI module Each hard disk on PCI module 1 is mirrored with the hard disk in the same slot on PCI module 2 Perform the following procedure to configure your server for mirrored disk 1 Atthe Windows 2000 desktop click Start Programs VERITAS VERITAS Enterprise Administrator On the tree window left side panel under local host or the server s name expand Disk Groups and select Basic Group The disks are shown on the right panel of the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator screen Right click the system disk and select New Dynamic Disk Group When the initial screen of the Dynamic Disk Group Wizard appears click Next to continue Enter DynamicGroup in the Group Name box and check the Create Windows 2000 Disk Management compatible group check box Confirm that the system disk is selected as a member of the dynamic group and click Next A message box is displayed stating that upgrading these disks may force a reboot click Yes to continue A confirmation window is displayed detailing the contents of the disks to be upgraded
15. re to set up Windows 2000 on your server 1 Power up your server for power up procedures see the Getting Started 2 sheet that came with your server The server goes through its Power On Self Test POST POST displays a series of screens that do not require user intervention At completion of POST a series of Windows 2000 Setup setup is initializing screens and progress bars display Again user intervention is not required At completion of the Windows 2000 Server Setup initialization the Welcome to Windows 2000 Setup Wizard dialog screen displays Click Next gt to continue At the Microsoft Software License Agreement dialog screen read and accept the Microsoft license agreement by clicking I accept this agreement Click Next gt to continue If you click I don t accept this agreement Windows 2000 setup terminates and does not install Windows 2000 Server Setup Welcome to the Windows 2000 Setup Wizard This wizard installs Windows 2000 Server on your computer The wizard needs to gather some information about you and your computer to set up Windows 2000 properly Click Next to continue with Setup Windows 2000 Server Setup License Agreement Do you accept the terms of the License Agreement for Windows 2000 2 Please read the following License Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement To continue with Setup you must accept
16. t the Network Component Tree At the popup menu select Create Team and Fault Tolerance Team 1 Adaptive Fault Tolerance Mode is added to the NetWork Tree Right click Stratus emb 82559 10 100 Enet Adapter at the Network Component Tree At the popup menu select Add to Team and Team 1 to add the adapter A Warning screen displays Click OK Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 7 5 Right click Stratus emb 82559 10 100 Enet Adapter 2 at the Network Component Tree At the popup menu select Add to Team and Team 1 to add the adapter Note that Preferred Primary or Preferred Secondary should not be set for either adapter 6 Right click Network Components at the Network Component Tree At the popup menu select Create Team and either Fault Tolerance or Load Balancing Team 2 Adaptive Fault Tolerance Mode or Team 2 Adaptive Load Balancing Mode is added to the NetWork Tree 7 Right click Stratus emb 82544GC Copper Gigabit Adapter at the Network Component Tree At the popup menu select Add to Team and Team 2 to add the adapter A Warning screen displays Click OK 8 Right click Stratus emb 82544GC Copper Gigabit Adapter 2 at the Network Component Tree At the popup menu select Add to Team and Team 2 to add the adapter 9 Click OK The Intel PRO Set II screen closes after some period of time The Dual LAN settings are now in effect 8 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Setup Software Notes Co
17. the window pane Disk slots 1 2 and 3 correspond to SCSI target ID 0 1 and 2 respectively and PCI modules correspond to different SCSI port numbers Currently only the disk in slot 1 of PCI module 1 has space usage so by elimination the other disk with a SCSI target ID of 0 is the disk in slot 1 of PCI Module 2 Refer to Chapter 1 of the Express5800 320Lb 320Lb R User s Guide to identify which SCSI port number corresponds to which PCI Module 8 Right click the disk and select Add Disk to Dynamic Disk Group The Add Disk to Disk Group Wizard will start Confirm that the disk is selected as a member of the dynamic disk group created in step 2 above and click Next to continue A confirmation screen is displayed click Finish to complete adding the disk 9 From the VERITAS Enterprise administrator tree window select the system volume C from the Volumes tree Right click on the C volume and select Mirror Add 10 When the Add Mirror screen displays click the Manually Select Disk radio button select the new disk and click the Add button A Volume Manager warning screen displays Click OK It is not necessary to modify the boot ini file in order to boot from the mirror of the system disk in the fault tolerant environment 11 The VERITAS Enterprise Administrator screen will indicate if disk mirroring is still in progress The progress of the mirror synchronization can be monitored by clicking the Task tag at the botto
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