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System Release Notes
Server HX4100/HX6100 System Release Notes
These System Release Notes provide the latest available release information.
Copyright
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.
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1998 Packard Bell NEC, Inc.
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Introduction
General
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These System Release Notes cover the following topics:
General
Advisories
Documentation Errata.
The following general comments apply:
Versions of the Netw ork Operating Systems te sted
and recommended are:
Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise Ed ition with
Service Pack 3
IntraNetWare 4.11 with Support Pack 4
SCO Open Server 5.04 with Maintenance
Supplement 504C.
Advisories
The current BIOS is:
Version 5.12.5.0103
On systems with RAID, the DACCF utility version
4.76 can not be used to save the RAID config uration
to a diskette.
On systems with RAID, you should use the DACCF
utility to configure write through caching during
network operating system installation.
This section contains advisories on the Ex pressBuilder
CD-ROM, Windows NT, SCO, and NetWare.
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ExpressBuilder
The following advisories apply when using the
ExpressBuilder Version 2.0:
The setup, running utilities, and creating driver
diskettes functions are supported only when booting
ExpressBuilder on the target server.
The Off-Line Maintenance Utility is intended for
future enhancements and currently provide s no
useful function.
If you already have an operating sy stem installed
when creating a 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 ope rating system will be
overlaid by the maintenance partition. Run the RCU
and other utilities from diskette.
Windows NT
SCO
The following advisory applies when using Windows NT:
Windows NT 4.0 diagnostics report diffe rent IRQ
assignments than the RCU. This is normal because
Windows NT uses the secondary I/O APIC.
The following advisories apply when using SCO:
UnixWare 2.1 is not supported.
SCO UNIX 5.04 does not support the Adaptec
3940UW SCSI Controller card.
With SCO UNIX 5.04, virtual memory errors occur
when running multiprocessing with over 750MB of
memory. When running multiprocessing, limit the
memory size to 750 MB.
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NetWare
The following advisory applies when using NetWare:
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When installing NetWare v4.11, edit the
STARTUP.NCF as follows:
Documentation Errata
The following change applies to the HX4100/6100
Network Operating System Configuration
(904464):
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On page 2-13 (Installation for a Running Windows
NT System), step 8 incorrectly states y ou can test
the PRO/100 adapter. This step can be skippe d.
Change “LOAD MPS14.PSM” to
“LOAD MPS14.PSM -A”
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