NEC Express5800-ES1200 Release Notes
System Release Notes
Server ES 1200 System Release Notes
These System Release Notes pr o vid e t he lates t av ailable r elease infor mat io n.
Copyright 1998 Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
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Introduction
General
These System Release Notes cover the following topics:
General
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Advisories
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Documen tation Errata.
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The following general comments apply:
Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested
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and reco mmended are:
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
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Intra NetWare 4.11 Support P ack 4
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SCO Open Server 5.04.
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The current BIOS is:
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Version 1.00.01.AC E07
If your server has SCSI hard drives connected to
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the on-boar d 7880 SCSI contr oller, yo u cannot bo ot
the server from the IDE CD-ROM if the CD is a
floppy image bootable CD.
The system does not support controller cards
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incorporating a PCI bridge chip which does not
confor m to the specific ation for PCI v ersion 2.1. For
example, th e SMC8434BT Ether Power
™
Dual
channe l LAN adapter board.
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Note:
If you received system diskettes with your
server , these d iskettes prov ide the latest available
system utilities inf ormation. Use th ese diskettes
instead of running the system utilities from the
E
XPRESSBUILDER
CD-ROM.
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Advisories
BIOS Setup Utility
This section contains advisories on the BIOS Setup
Utility, Resourc e Configuration Utility (RCU),
NetWare, and SCO .
The following advisories apply when using the BIOS
Setup Utility:
If you change an IDE device (i.e., CD-ROM) from a
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slave to a master de vice, th e BIOS devic e auto
detect leaves th e previou s 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 oc curs, en ter Setup and manually ch ange
these options to the defaults outlined in the ES1200
User’s Guide.
Pressing F2 to enter Se tup after th e “Press <F2> to
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enter SETUP” message during boot time is only
active while the system BIOS is loading, not while
the adapter BIO S (i.e., Adapte c or Myle x) is loading.
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Setup identif ies the IDE tape dr ive as a CD-RO M.
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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
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previou sly formatted in Ex tended CHS yo u must
select the “En abled (CHS)” setting under th e IDE
Adapter paramete r “LBA Mode Con trol”. All new
drives should use LBA Mode Control “Enabled”.
The following changes (highlighted) apply to the
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BIOS Setup Configuration settings shown in Table
4-5 of the ES1200 User’s Guide (101924).
Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations
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MENU PARAMETER NAME NORMAL
SETTING OR
CONFIGURATION
DISPLAY ONLY
MAIN MENU
System Time
Enter current time (hour, minutes, seconds on 24 hour
clock).
System Date
Enter current date.
Language
Indicates the language used in this bios.
Diskette A:
1
Use +/- to change values; indicates the type of diskette
drive installed.
Diskette B:
1
Use +/- to change values; indicates the type of diskette
drive installed.
IDE Adapter 0 Master
Press ENTER for menu.
Autotype Fixed Disk Press Enter
Type
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors/Track
Write Precomp
Multi-Sector Transfers 16 Sectors
LBA Mode Control Enabled
32 BIT I/O Enabled
Transfer Mode Fast PIO 4
IDE Adapter 0 Slave
Press ENTER for menu.
Autotype Fixed Disk Press Enter
Type
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors/Track
Write Precomp
Multi-Sector Transfers Disabled
LBA Mode Control Disabled
32 BIT I/O Enabled
1
This parameter will be overwritten by the RCU setting.
2
This p arameter sh ou ld be en abled for HDD a n d disa b led for ot h e r IDE devices.
3
In 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.
Current Time
Current Date
English
1.44MB, 3 1/2”
Not Installed
None
Current IDE HDD
Auto or User
2
2, 3
7
None
Current IDE CD-ROM
2
2
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