HP P5389A - Intel Pentium III-S 1.4 GHz Processor Upgrade Installation Manual
Hp server novell netware installation guide (including v 6.5)
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Novell NetWare Installation Guide
Including 6.5
August 25, 2003
Objective
The intent of this document is to provide you with key information required for
completing the installation of NetWare on an HP Server (HP Server series or HP
Netserver series). Installation requires familiarity with both DOS and NetWare. Please
refer to Novell's NetWare Installation Guide for detailed step-by-step instructions.
This document only details how to create a DOS partition and install Network, SCSI, and
Disk Array drivers.
Table of Content
Section 1. Novell NetWare Installation Overview
Section 2. Automated Installation via the HP NetServer Navigator CD
Section 3. Creating the Drivers Diskette and Installing the IDE CD-ROM Drivers
Creating the Drivers Diskette
Installing the IDE Drive with FDATACD. SYS and MSCDEX.EXE
Section 4. Installing NetWare on the HP NetServer
NetWare 4.2 Installation
NetWare 5.1 or NetWare Small Business Suite 5/5.1 Installation
NetWare 6.0 Installation
NetWare 6.5 Installation
Section 5. General NetWare Installation Tips
Tip #1. Using the REGISTER MEMORY Command to allow NetWare 4.xx to Use
All System Memory
Tip #2. Installing NetWare 6.5 on a 4GB hard disk drive
Section 6. On-Line Information and Software Sources
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Summary of Contents for HP P5389A - Intel Pentium III-S 1.4 GHz Processor Upgrade
- Page 1 HP Server Novell NetWare Installation Guide Including 6.5 August 25, 2003 Objective The intent of this document is to provide you with key information required for completing the installation of NetWare on an HP Server (HP Server series or HP Netserver series).
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Page 2: Section 1. Novell Netware Installation Overview
Section 1. Novell NetWare Installation Overview Installing NetWare on your network server requires two major steps: Step 1: Preparing the bootable devices (creating a DOS partition, formatting the partition, installing DOS, and connect the system to a CD-ROM drive.) Step 2: Install NetWare and the appropriate HP NetServer mass-storage drivers. Section 2. - Page 3 3. Once at the NetServer Navigator Main Menu, verify information in top right corner of the screen, and then select Diskette Library. 4. Select the desired driver. Once the desired driver is highlighted, insert a blank formatted 1.44 MB floppy diskette into the floppy drive and select Create Diskette(s).
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Page 4: Section 4. Installing Netware On The Hp Netserver
Copy A:\CDROMDRV\IDEDOS\*.* C:\directoryname 8. Use the edit utility to add the following lines to your CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=C:\directoryname\FDATACD.SYS /D:driver1 Where directoryname is the path to the directory containing the FDATACD.SYS driver, and driver1 specifies the driver signature name of the first CD-ROM device driver. - Page 5 2. Boot the HP NetServer into DOS. 3. Create a directory named NWUPDATE. 4. Copy all drivers from the NOS Drivers disk to the NWUPDATE directory. NOTE: If you desire to use HP NetRAID series adapters in I20 mode, ensure the appropriate drivers have been created from the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM and copy them to the NWUPDATE directory you created and omit any drivers for RAID.
- Page 6 NOTE: You may receive the following message: Install found the following hardware but found more than one driver supporting this hardware: xxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx Press <F3> to continue without selecting. The installation program for NetWare should load all drivers placed in the NWUPDATE directory and match appropriate drivers to the hardware.
- Page 7 23. Once back at the Disk Partition Options, select Return to previous menu and repeat steps 18 through 26 until all devices are partitioned. 24. After all devices are partitioned press F10 and select continue with installation from the Disk Partition and Mirroring Options. NOTE: Press Enter through any messages you may receive.
- Page 8 NOTE: Refer to the Novell Netware 4.2 installation procedures for all other installation issues. After completing the installation of Netware 4.2, you must install the latest support pack from Novell. This can be downloaded from: http://support.novell.com Installing the SMP driver MPS14.PSM for Netware 4.2 The Netware 4.2 installation program no longer auto-detects more than one CPU and asks the user if they wish to install SMP.
- Page 9 - An HP NetRAID (D4943A) or HP NetRAID-1 (D4992A) is present in the system (do not use the mega4_xx.ham driver in this case). - You wish to use the Hewlett-Packard NetRAID Config for NetWare or the Hewlett-Packard NetRAID Monitor for NetWare utility.
- Page 10 For NetWare 5.1 5. After reading the License Agreement, highlight Accept License Agreement and press Enter. 6. Highlight Continue with Existing Partition and press Enter. For Small Business Suite 5/5.1 7. When prompted to Create or keep a DOS Partition select Continue with existing partition and click Next.
- Page 11 the Platform Specific Module. Hot Plug support module may optionally display depending on whether or not your HP NetServer supports Hot Plug PCI. 17. Under Driver names ensure that you see the same instances of drivers as controllers in your system. If you are using any HP NetRAID series adapter, ensure that you see the same instances of drivers as adapters in your system.
- Page 12 29. Select your time zone and click Next. 30. Choose whether to create a New NDS Tree or use and Existing NDS Tree and click Next. 31. Enter the Tree name, the Context for Server Object, and the administrator password and click Next. 32.
- Page 13 - An HP NetRAID (D4943A) or HP NetRAID-1 (D4992A) is present in the system (do not use the mega4_xx.ham driver in this case). - You wish to use the Hewlett-Packard NetRAID Config for NetWare or the Hewlett-Packard NetRAID Monitor for NetWare utility.
- Page 14 9. Change the prompt from Upgrade to New server and then arrow down to Continue and press the [enter] key. 10. Inspect Server Settings. If you do not want the "SERVER" to automatically load after reboot, MODIFY the Load Server at reboot parameter to NO. 11.
- Page 15 Type "load a:\<directory>\<driver_name>", then the installation program will prompt you to choose the slot number. At this point, NetWare will automatically the display the valid slot numbers. Do not select a slot number by pressing the [Esc] key to avoid loading the driver.
- Page 16 26. Repeat until all free space is allocated and select Next to continue. 27. Highlight the network board and specify the protocol. Once all Network boards have been assigned a protocol, click Next. NOTE: NetWare 6 requires at least one network card to have an IP address. 28.
- Page 17 Preparing for a new installation Please visit the following hp website for the latest supported BIOS, Firmware, and Driver versions for Netware 6.5: www.hp.com Please download any software that may apply to your configuration prior to beginning your installation.
- Page 18 Performing a new installation Inspect the system to confirm that it meets the minimum RAM and disk space requirements needed for installation. 1. Power on the server. 2. Insert the NetWare 6.5 Operating System CD. Note After booting the NetWare 6.5 CD, if an existing NetWare installation is detected a message will appear prompting you to either (I) Install or (R) Run NetWare.
- Page 19 17. The NetWare 6.5 installation will begin the preliminary DOS file copy. When complete, select and load the proper drivers for the following subsystems: Storage Adapters – varies by server model Network Adapters – varies by server model 18. Create the SYS: volume. The default is 4 GB, which is a satisfactory size for most installation types.
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Page 20: Section 5. General Netware Installation Tips
27. Select the proper time zone for the server installation. 28. Ensure that the proper time has been configured on the system prior to NetWare 6.5 installation. This setting will prevent eDirectory time synchronization issues after installation. 29. Select the proper eDirectory installation type. 30. -
Page 21: Section 6. Online Information And Software Sources
.TXT file (included with the self-extracting file) to install NetWare. Section 6. Online Information and Software Sources Novell Network Internet site: www.novell.com Hewlett-Packard Internet site: www.hp.com HP Server Online Documentation CD (included with your system): includes all Server documentation online http://support.novell.com http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/nw65/index.html?page=/documentation/lg/nw6... - Page 22 Table 9. Web resources Resource description Web address HP and Novell Partnership site http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/novell/index.html Latest SmartStart home page www.hp.com/servers/smartstart White paper: “hp launches a ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/management/ redesigned SmartStart” smartstart/SS-6-Transition-WP.pdf Installation guide: “ProLiant Essentials ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/management/ Foundation Pack, hp SmartStart” smartstart/webposter-ss6.pdf SmartStart 5.50 home page http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/ SmartStart/index.html SmartStart 5.50 installation guide...