NEC 320Lb User Manual

EXPRESS5800/320Lb/320Lb-R

EXPRESSBUILDER

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Using This Guide

Text Conventions..................................................................................................................vi

Related Documents..............................................................................................................vii

Safety Notices.....................................................................................................................viii

Safety Notices for Users Outside of the U.S.A. and Canada...........................................ix

Care and Handling.................................................................................................................x

1 Introduction

Overview.............................................................................................................................1-2

EXPRESSBUILDER CD ...................................................................................................1-2

2 Windows 2000 Advanced Server Installation

What You Need..................................................................................................................2-2

Initial Setup.........................................................................................................................2-2

Install Windows 2000.........................................................................................................2-3

Configuring for Dual LAN.................................................................................................2-8

Configuring for Dual Disk..................................................................................................2-9

Entering your VERITAS Volume Manager License........................................................2-11

Setting-up Your Monitoring Facility................................................................................2-11

Enable Boot Monitoring..............................................................................................2-11

Installing ESMPRO Manager......................................................................................2-12

Changing the TCP/IP Timeout Value..........................................................................2-12

Selecting Your Reporting Message.............................................................................2-12

Configuring your SNMP Trap Destination and Community Rights ...........................2-13

3 EXPRESSBUILDER Tools

Tools Menu.........................................................................................................................3-2

Utilities ...............................................................................................................................3-2

Off-line Maintenance Utility.........................................................................................3-2

System Diagnostics.......................................................................................................3-2

Create Support Disk ......................................................................................................3-3

BIOS/FW Update..........................................................................................................3-3

System Management Function......................................................................................3-3

4 EXPRESSBUILDER with Windows

EXPRESSBUILDER for Windows....................................................................................4-2

Online Document................................................................................................................4-2

Setup...................................................................................................................................4-3

Make OEM-Disk...........................................................................................................4-3

Update EXPRESS5800 System.....................................................................................4-3

ESMPRO.......................................................................................................................4-3

ESMPRO Agent ............................................................................................................4-3

Additional Applications.................................................................................................4-4

MWA.............................................................................................................................4-4

VERITAS Volume Manager.........................................................................................4-4

ESMPRO Report Service for VERITAS Volume Manager..........................................4-4

Adobe Acrobat Reader..................................................................................................4-4

Contents iii

A Set TCP/IP Protocols

TCP/IP Protocol Settings.................................................................................................. A-2

iv Contents

Introduction

! Overview ! EXPRESSBUILDER CD

Overview

This document outlines the procedures for installing the following operating system and utilities on the EXPRESS5800/ft Series servers:

! Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Operating System ! ESMPRO ! Management Workstation Application (MWA)

! VERITAS Volume Manager.

EXPRESSBUILDER is support software for the EXPRESS5800/ft Series servers. The EXPRESSBUILDER software simplifies the installation and configuration of the server.

EXPRESSBUILDER CD

The EXPRESSBUILDER CD contains:

! Bootable EXPRESSBUILDER. Use this to install Windows 2000

Advanced Server in case of corruption or it can be used to run EXPRESS5800 utilities independently of an installed operating system.

! EXPRESSBUILDER for Windows. Use this to read/print documentation

and to install Adobe Acrobat Reader, ESMPRO, Management Workstation Application (MWA) or VERITAS Volume Manager. It can also be used to create an OEM diskette.

Included on the EXPRESSBUILDER CD are the following utilities, drivers, and documentation:

! EXPRESS5800 software utilities ! EXPRESS5800 software drivers ! ESMPRO ! MWA Setup and Configuration Guide ! EXPRESSBUILDER User’s Guide (this document) ! Adobe Acrobat Reader.

1-2 Introduction

There are several ways to use the EXPRESSBUILDER CD. You can use it to:

! Boot the server from the EXPRESSBUILDER CD to install the Windows

2000 Advanced Server operating system and run several utilities (see Chapter 2).

! Run the EXPRESSBUILDER for Windows to access documentation or to

set up several applications (see Chapter 3).

Note: The EXPRESS5800/ft Series server supports only

the Windows 2000 Advanced Server Operating System. The server does not support the Windows 2000 Server or Windows NT operating systems.

Introduction 1-3

Windows 2000 Advanced Server Installation

! What You Need ! Initial Setup ! Install Windows 2000 ! Configuring for Dual LAN ! Configuring for Dual Disk. ! Entering your VERITAS Volume Manager License. ! Setting-up Your Monitoring Facility

What You Need

You can use EXPRESSBUILDER to reinstall the Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system if it becomes corrupted or unusable. To reinstall Windows 2000 Advanced Server, you need the following:

! EXPRESSBUILDER CD ! Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server CD ! Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 CD and above.

Initial Setup

Perform the following initial setup before doing the Windows 2000 Advanced Server installation.

1. Connect the mouse, keyboard, monitor, and any other peripherals.

OS installation must be performed with only PCI module #1 installed and with only one hard disk drive installed in slot #1 of PCI module #1. Otherwise, the keyboard, mouse and additional hard disk drives may not be recognized..

CAUTION

2. Remove PCI module #2 from the server. Refer to Chapter 4 of your user’s

guide for information on removing PCI modules.

3. Remove hard disk drives installed in slots #2 and #3 of PCI module #1.

Refer to Chapter 4 of your user’s guide for information on removing hard disk drives from PCI modules.

4. Remove any optional PCI boards installed in PCI module #1. Refer to

Chapter 4 of your user’s guide for information on removing PCI option boards.

5. Remove any LAN cables connected to the server.

6. Power up the server and its peripherals.

7. At the startup screen, when prompted, press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup and

disable Boot Monitoring.

! Select Advanced on the BIOS Setup Main Menu. ! Select Monitoring Configuration on the Advanced window and press

Enter.

! Select Boot Monitoring and change the setting to Disabled to disable

Boot Monitoring.

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