Chapter 9
Configuring the NetServer Using the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM
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Execute Board Utilities: When HP Navigator finds installed boards for
which there are additional configuration utilities on the CD-ROM, this
option becomes available to complete the configuration of the boards.
Select
Execute
on the Execute Board Utilities screen.
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Install NOS (in automated NOS installation mode), or Create Drivers
Diskette(s) (in manual NOS installation mode).
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Recommended Steps:
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Update System BIOS: Use this to update the system BIOS to the newer
version on the
HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM
.
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Install Utility Partition: This step creates a 32 MB utility partition on
the server hard disk where HP Navigator will copy DiagTools, the
BIOS update utility, the disk array utility, the NIC configuration
utility, the Remote Console feature, troubleshooting utilities, and
other utilities. It is not available for SCO UNIX. Select
Execute
on
the Install Utility Partition screen.
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Select
View System Information
on the Show System Information
screen to display information about standard and accessory boards
and devices in the system.
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Select
View Resources
on the Show System Information screen to
display used and available system resources, such as memory ranges,
I/O port ranges, DMA channels, and interrupt (IRQ) levels.
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Show NOS Installation Instructions: Select this option and
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.
The NOS installation process, whether automated or manual, is the same as in
Express configuration mode:
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For Manual NOS Installation Only: 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: You may already have done this directly
from the Custom Configuration menu option Show NOS Instructions.
