Express5800/120Ld System Release Notes

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1 System Release Notes Express5800/120Ld System Release Notes PN:

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3 Express5800/120Ld System Release Notes The Express5800/120Ld 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 BIOS Setup Utility...4 SCO...4 System Hardware...4

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5 Introduction These System Release Notes cover the following topics:! General Comments! Advisories General Comments Advisories ExpressBuilder The following general comments apply to this server.! Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested and recommended are: Windows 2000 Windows NT 4.0 Server with Service Pack 6 Novell NetWare 5.0 IntraNetWare 4.11 with Support Pack 5b SCO OpenServer 5.05 with Maintenance Supplement 505A. UNIXWare 7.1 This section contains advisories on the ExpressBuilder, SCO, and the BIOS Setup Utility. The following advisory applies to ExpressBuilder.! If you already have an operating system 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 operating system will be overlaid by the maintenance partition.! ExpressBuilder EasySetup will always configure the Windows 2000 TCP/IP Protocol IP settings to obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP), regardless of the setting specified in EasySetup.! After installation, the Windows 2000 Device Manager may show an NEC GEM SCSI Processor Device and/or an Unknown Device under Other Devices. The Unknown Device is referenced on the baseboard management controller. Both of these conditions can be cleared by installing the ESMPRO Agent.! The ExpressBuilder DOS ASPI driver is not supported. Express5800/120Ld System Release Notes 3

6 ! The Administrator Menu in the System Information Management segment of the Offline Maintenance Utility is not user accessible.! ExpressBuilder operates in floppy emulation mode. Your system CD-ROM drive is designated Drive A and 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. BIOS Setup Utility SCO The following advisories apply to the BIOS Setup Utility (F2):! General Help (F1) description states that pressing the ESC or Alt-X keys exits the BIOS Setup Utility. Pressing either of these keys exits the current menu and returns you to the previous menu. If you are displaying the BIOS Setup Utility Main Menu, pressing either of these keys takes you to the Exit Menu. The following advisory applies when using SCO 5.05:! During the installation of SCO or any time thereafter when booting SCO a warning message may appear as follows: WARNING: Cannot connect to APM, error 0x0036 System loaded, press <Return> to start: To prevent the WARNING message from appearing, boot the system to singleuser Mode. Edit the /etc/default/boot file. Add "apm.check=no" to the end of the line indicated by the "DEFBOOTSTR=" entry. System Hardware The following advisory applies to the Plug and Play feature of your server's I/O expansion boards.! The Windows 2000 Operating System requires that your server s PnP O/S feature be enabled. Before installing the Windows 2000 Operating System, run the BIOS Setup Utility as described in Chapter 3 of your User s Guide, to verify the PnP O/S feature is enabled. Your User s Guide is included on ExpressBuilder. The following advisory applies to the USB ports on your server's external device connectors.! The factory standard default value of the USB ports on your server is "Disabled". To enable them, the USB Controller feature in the Peripheral Configuration Submenu of the BIOS Setup Utility "BIOS Setup Configuration Settings" must be changed to "Enabled". Refer to Chapter 3 of your User s Guide. Your User s Guide is included on ExpressBuilder. 4 Express5800/120Ld System Release Notes