System Release Notes. Server LE2200/MT2200 System Release Notes. These System Release Notes provide the latest available release information.

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1 Server LE2200/MT2200 These provide the latest available release information. &RS\ULJKW 3DFNDUG %HOO 1(&,QF 7UDGHPDUNV EtherPower is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation. NetWare is a registered trademark 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. 3ULQWHG LQ WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV RI $PHULFD 31

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3 1 Introduction These cover the following topics: General Advisories. General The following general comments apply: Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested and recommended are: Windows NT 4.0 Server with Service Pack 3 IntraNetWare 4.11 with Support Pack 2 SCO Open Server The current BIOS is: Version ESP11 The SCSISelect utility is part of the system BIOS in addition to being on the utilities diskette. Controller cards incorporating a PCI bridge chip which does not conform to the specification for PCI version 2.1 are not supported. For example, the SMC8434BT EtherPower 2 Dual channel LAN adapter board. You cannot boot the server from the IDE CD-ROM if the CD is a floppy image bootable CD. This version of BIOS supports up to 333MHz processors. Advisories This section contains advisories on the BIOS, NetWare, Windows NT, and SCO.

4 2 BIOS The following advisories apply when using the system BIOS: When booting from the optional RAID, use the SCSISelect Utility to disable the AIC-7880 BIOS as described in the Configuring Your System chapter of your User s Guide. Pressing F2 to enter Setup after the Press <F2> to enter SETUP message during boot time is only active while the system BIOS is running, not while the adapter BIOS (i.e., Adaptec or Mylex) is running. During the BIOS IDE device auto detect, BIOS Setup does not display the attached slave (tape) device, only the master (CD-ROM) is reported. The SCSISelect utility is accessible as part of the system BIOS in addition to being on the utilities diskette. During system boot up, the following prompt is displayed at the time the Adaptec AIC and AIC-7880 SCSI BIOS is loaded: 3UHVV &75/!$! IRU 6&6,6HOHFW 8WLOLW\!!! Press CONTROL + A to start the SCSISelect Utility for the appropriate SCSI BIOS. When disabling access to the SCSISelect Utility, the SCSISelect utility should be used in conjunction with the BIOS Setup utility. Changing the BIOS Setup utility Allow SCSI Select parameter to Disabled prevents the use of the SCSI Select utility, but the Press <Ctrl-A> for SCSI Select prompt is still displayed. Changing the SCSISelect utility Display <Ctrl-A> Message During BIOS Initialization parameter to Disabled prevents the prompt from being displayed. In combination these parameters can be used to prevent access to the SCSISelect utility during boot.

5 3 NetWare The following advisories apply when using NetWare: When installing NetWare v4.11, edit the STARTUP.NCF as follows: Change LOAD MPS14.PSM to LOAD MPS14.PSM -A When installing NetWare 4.11 on servers that use 4 GB SCSI hard drives, you might get a message that there is no DOS partition set to active. This message can be ignored. IDE tape drives are not supported. Windows NT The following advisories apply when using Windows NT: When installing Windows NT with a SMC8416 LAN card, use the driver on the Superdisk 3.0. When using the IDE tape drive in Windows NT 4.0, you cannot do multi-tape backup and restores. Windows NT 3.51 requires a set of files from Service Pack 5 BEFORE the installation can be initiated. Windows NT 3.51 does not support IDE tape drives.

6 4 SCO The following advisories apply when installing SCO Open Server: IDE tape backups and restores can be done as long as the End of Tape condition is avoided. Appends to the tape are not supported. When installing SCO UNIX 5.04 on a system with an optional RAID, the Adaptec 7880 controller must be disabled using the Resource Configuration Utility (RCU) and the BIOS disabled using the SCSISelect utility (both described in the Configuring Your System chapter of your User s Guide). You also must use the driver on the diskette labeled UNIX AIC-78XX Driver v2.1. When configuring an SMC8416 LAN card for SCO UNIX, in the Search for Network Adapter screen answer NO to the question Do you wish to search for a SMC8216/8416 Adapter? Then continue with driver configuration. There is a known problem with the current driver set when adding an SMC9332BDT to a system with a SMC8432BTA, or installing them at the same time. The SMC8432BTA will not transmit or receive. When installing an SMC9332BDT and a SMC8432BTA together in the same system, install the SMC9332BDT first and configure it in the operating system per the SCO Configuration Guide. Next, power down and install the SMC8432BTA and bring the system up and configure the second card in the operating system. When adding an SMC9332BDT to a system with a SMC8432BTA already installed, you must first remove the SMC8432BTA. Install the SMC9332BDT and configure it in the operating system. Then reinstall the SMC8432BTA and re-configure it in your operating system.