System Release Notes
Express5800/120Lf
System Release Notes
PN: 455-01627-001
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Express5800/120Lf
System Release Notes
The Express5800/120Lf 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
Documentation Errata.............................................................................................................................5
Express5800 Series 120Lf User’s Guide............................................................................................5
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Introduction
These System Release Notes cover the following topics:
General Comments
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Advisories
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Documentation Errata
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General Comments
The following general comments apply to this server.
Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested and recommended are:
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Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 2
Windows NT® 4.0 Server with Service Pack 6
Novell® NetWare® 5.1
SCO OpenServer™ 5.06.
Advisories
EXPRESSBUILDER
The following advisories apply to EXPRESSBUILDER.
EXPRESSBUILDER Express Setup always configures the Windows 2000
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TCP/IP Protocol IP settings to "Obtain an IP address automatically"
(DHCP), regardless of the IP address setting specified in Express Setup. If
static TCP/IP addressing is required, TCP/IP must be reconfigured. Refer to
Windows documentation for instructions.
After installing Windows 2000, the Windows 2000 Device Manager may
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show an NEC GEM SCSI Processor Device and/or an Unknown Device
under Other Devices. The Unknown Device is a reference to the baseboard
management controller. Installing the ESMPRO Agent can clear both of
these conditions.
Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 must be installed using
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EXPRESSBUILDER Express Setup to take full advantage of NEC specific
software for your server.
Note:
system was preloaded at the factory.
This advisory does not apply if your operating
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EXPRESSBUILDER Express Setup does not support installation of
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Windows 2000 Service Pack 2. After installing Windows 2000, close
Express Setup, remove the EXPRESSBUILDER CD, and install Windows
2000 Service Pack 2 using the Microsoft Service Pack 2 media.
Unspecified results may occur if Windows NT 4.0 is installed without using
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EXPRESSBUILDER Express Setup. Always use EXPRESSBUILDER
Express Setup when installing Windows NT 4.0 Server with Service Pack 6.
If you already have an operating system installed when creating a
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maintenance partition, EXPRESSBUILDER will warn you of the existing
partition. If you want to preserve the installed operating system, do not
create the maintenance partition or the existing operating system will be
overlaid by the maintenance partition.
The Administrator Menu in the System Information Management segment
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of the Offline Maintenance Utility is accessible only by NEC authorized
service representatives.
EXPRESSBUILDER operates in floppy emulation mode. The emulated
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floppy drive portion of your system CD-ROM is designated Drive A and the
remaining portion(s) of the CD-ROM is designated Drive Q. Your system
diskette drive is Drive B. After creating the Off-line Maintenance Utility
diskette, EXPRESSBUILDER prompts you to remove the diskette from
Drive B. At this prompt, remove the diskette from your diskette drive.
The server must be powered OFF in order to perform an MWA connection
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check.
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Documentation Errata
Express5800 Series 120Lf User’s Guide
Please note the following addition to the Express5800 Series 120Lf User’s
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Guide, 456-01575-001. Replace the RAID controller installation procedure
on page 4-31 of user’s guide with the following text.
Use this procedure to install a RAID controller board.
1. Install the RAID controller board into any PCI slot on the system board. See
Installing an Option Board described earlier in this chapter.
2. Cable the RAID controller board as described below:
Remove the end of the SCSI interface cable (1) that is plugged into the
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Ultra 160 SCSI hard disk drive bay connector (SCSI A) on the system
board. See Figure 4-27.
Reinstall the end of the SCSI interface cable (2) just removed into the
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Channel 0 connector on the RAID board.
2
1
Figure 4-27. Cabling the RAID Controller Board
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The disk array controller LED cable has a white connector on one end
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and a black connector on the other end of the cable. Install the white end
of the disk array controller LED cable into the LED cable connector on
the system board connector (Figure 4-28, A). This connector is keyed for
easy installation.
Install the black end of the disk array controller LED cable into the LED
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cable connector pins on the RAID controller board. See Figure 4-28, B.
Notice that only two of the four pins of the connector at this end of the
LED cable are used. Position the connector over the pins on the RAID
controller board as shown in Figure 4-28. The connector must be
positioned so that either pins 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 of the cable connector
are connected to the board.
B
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A
A
B
Figure 4-28. Installing the DAC LED Cable
System board LED cable connector
Disk Array Controller LED connector
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