Chapter 9
Configuring the NetServer Using the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM
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the configuration of the boards by selecting
Execute
on the Execute Board
Utilities screen.
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Install NOS:
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Automated NOS Installation: For certain versions of Novell NetWare
or Microsoft Windows NT Server, Configuration Assistant partitions
and formats the hard disk drive, and Installation Assistant guides you
through the NOS installation and configures the NOS with the
appropriate drivers for the HP-bundled configuration and for Network
Interface Cards on HP's TPL.
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Manual NOS Installation: Before you perform a manual NOS
installation, you must print instructions and manually create
NOS-specific drivers diskettes, as follows:
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Create Drivers Diskette(s): On the Create Drivers Diskette(s)
screen, select
Create Drivers Diskette(s)
to create one or more
customized diskettes containing HP drivers and configuration files
to use when you install the NOS.
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Print and Read Instructions: On the Show NOS Installation
Instructions screen, select
Save to Disk
to copy the Network
Operating System Installation Instructions to disk. Then print
them out from the disk. Read the instructions first, and follow
them to manually install the NOS.
Custom Configuration
In Custom configuration mode, you perform the same configuration steps as for
Express configuration mode, but you can do them in any order. Select
Custom
on
the Configuration Assistant menu if you are experienced in NetServer
configuration and have a preferred sequence of steps, or if you prefer to configure
your system one component at a time.
After you have selected the NOS, version, and NOS installation mode (automated
or manual), and after you have viewed the Configuration Advisories, the Custom
Configuration screen displays the following menu:
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Essential Steps:
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Configure Disk Array: If you have an HP disk array, you must
configure it with the disk array utility. Select
Execute
on the
Configure Disk Array screen to start the Disk Array utility.
