NEC NEC Express5800 Series How to use

System Release Notes

Express5800 LS2400 System

Release Notes

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February 2000

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Express5800 LS2400 System

Release Notes

The Express5800 Server LS2400 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

Novell NetWare................................................................................................................................. 4

SCO ................................................................................................................................................... 4

Documentation Errata ............................................................................................................................ 4

Chapter 3, BIOS Setup Configuration Tables.................................................................................... 4

Boot Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 4

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Express5800 LS2400 System Release Notes 3

Introduction

These System Release Notes cover the following topics:

!General Comments

!Advisories

!Documentation Errata

General Comments

The following general comments apply to this server.

!Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested and recommended are:

Windows NT® 4.0 Server with Service Pack 4

IntraNetWare 4.11 with Support Pack 5b

Novell® NetWare® 3.12

SCO OpenServer™ 5.04 with Maintenance Supplement 504C

UnixWare 7.1

The system roadmap label located inside your system may incorrectly show

system board Jumper H set at pins 1-2. Jumper H on the system board is actually

set at pins 2-3. The pin 2-3 jumper setting is correct.

Advisories

This section contains advisories on the EXPRESSBUILDER, Novell NetWare, and

SCO.

EXPRESSBUILDER

The following advisory applies to all versions of 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. Run the SSU and other utilities

from diskette.

4Express5800 LS2400 System Release Notes

Novell NetWare

The following advisory applies when using Novell NetWare 3.12.

!CDROM.NLM does not support 32X CD-ROM drives. Because of this,

the 32X CD-ROM drive cannot be mounted and accessed from a remote

client.

!When either the 3C905 or the PRO100+ LAN cards are installed in the

system, the latest versions of the ETHERTSM.NLM and MSM31X.NLM

support modules must be used. These files are located in the

LANDR9.EXE file available from the Novell web site. Additionally,

your operating system should include the latest available 312PTD.EXE

patch, also available from the Novell web site. Install the 312PTD.EXE

patch before installing LANDR9.EXE.

!Installation of two 3C905 LAN cards is not supported.

SCO

The following advisory applies when using SCO 5.04.

!In a multiprocessor environment, the 3C905B LAN card driver IRQ

cannot be shared with another system IRQ.

Documentation Errata

Please note the following changes to the Express5800 LS2400 User’s Guide.

Chapter 3, BIOS Setup Configuration Tables

Replace the Boot Menu table with the following table.

Boot Menu

Feature Choices Description Your Setting

Extended RAM

Step

1MB

1KB

Every Location

No Memory Test

Tests Extended Memory

once per MB, or

once per KB, or

every location, or

no memory test.

Boot Device

Priority

Press ENTER.Refer to “Boot Device Priority

Submenu.”

Hard Drive Press ENTER.Refer to “hard Drive

Submenu.”

Removable

Devices

Press ENTER.Refer to “Removable Devices

Submenu.”

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