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HP Tc2100 - Server - 128 MB RAM Installation Manual

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HP Server tc2100
Network Operating System

Installation Guide

For:
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Small
Business Server 2000
Novell NetWare 5.1 and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1
Red Hat Linux 7.1
TurboLinux Server 6.5
HP Part Number P4648-90002
Printed August 2001

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  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    HP Server tc2100 Network Operating System Installation Guide For: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Novell NetWare 5.1 and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 Red Hat Linux 7.1 TurboLinux Server 6.5 HP Part Number P4648-90002 Printed August 2001...
  • Page 2 Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Preparing your HP Server tc2100 for your NOS installation....... 1 Section 1. Hardware Setup................1 Preparing your Hard Disk Drives..............1 Section 2. Updating your Server BIOS .............. 1 Section 3. Run HP Diagtools ................2 Section 4. Using the Startup CD................ 2 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server..........
  • Page 4 Contents 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 17 Prepare the Installation..................17 High level process flow..................17 Section 1. Perform Windows 20000 Installation..........17 PHASE 1 – Windows 2000 Installation ............18 PHASE 2 – Perform Hardware Status Check ..........20 PHASE 3 - Initialize Hard Disk Drive............
  • Page 5 Contents PHASE 4– Install the Support Pack ............39 Troubleshooting ....................40 Tip #1. Restarting NetWare Installation ............40 On-Line Information and Software Sources ............ 40 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 7.1................41 Prepare the Installation..................41 High level process flow..................41 Perform Red Hat Linux Installation..............

  • Page 7: Preparing Your Hp Server Tc2100 For Your Nos Installation

    1 Preparing your HP Server tc2100 for your NOS installation Section 1. Hardware Setup Prepare your HP server following the instructions in the HP Server tc2100 Installation Guide. It is recommended that you do not install any third party adapter until you verify that the HP equipment is functioning properly and you complete the NOS installation.

  • Page 8: Section 3. Run Hp Diagtools

    Chapter 1 Preparing your HP Server tc2100 for your NOS installation Section 3. Run HP Diagtools To perform HP Diagtools hardware diagnostic on your HP Server tc2100, switch off your HP server then reboot on the Startup CD and follow the on-screen instructions.

  • Page 9: Installing Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 Server

    2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing your HP Server tc2100 for your NOS installation" for our recommendations on the server preparation. Then gather the following material: • HP Server tc2100 Startup CD •...

  • Page 10: Section 2. Create Microsoft Windows Nt Installation Diskettes

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server NOTE If the Windows PC does not auto-start the Startup menu, start it by opening Startup.htm found at the root level of the Startup CD. Section 2. Create Microsoft Windows NT Installation Diskettes Three installation diskettes are required to install Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 on your server.

  • Page 11: Phase 1 - Drivers Installation

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server PHASE 1 – Drivers Installation 1. Insert the Windows NT Setup/Boot Diskette #1 and boot the system. 2. Replace the diskette when prompted and press Enter. 3. Once under Windows NT Server Setup menu, press Enter to continue. 4.

  • Page 12: Phase 3 - System Configuration Details

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server NOTE Windows NT setup will prompt a different menu if you have reconfigured your new HP server to use a hard drive already containing data. 3. Insert the Windows NT CD-ROM when prompted then press Enter. NOTE Your CD-ROM drive needs few seconds to detect the newly inserted CD-ROM.

  • Page 13: Phase 4 - Configure The Network

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server NOTE Your CD-ROM drive needs few seconds to detect the newly inserted CD-ROM. If the window "Files Needed" appears, press Enter again. 2. Click Next at the Windows NT Server Setup screen to gather information about your computer.

  • Page 14: Phase 5 - Completing The Installation

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server NOTE The network settings need to be customized to your environment. Please refer to Microsoft NT Server manuals should you need further details on the networking settings. 6. Click Next to install all above selected components when prompted by Windows NT Server Setup.

  • Page 15: Phase 6 - Install The Service Pack

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server perform this operation later. Click OK to leave this window, then OK again to close the "Display Properties" window. 5. When prompted, insert the blank formatted disk to create the Emergency Repair Disk then click OK. 6.

  • Page 16: Phase 7 - Install Hp Video Driver

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server PHASE 7 – Install HP Video Driver The Microsoft Windows installation process has installed the standard VGA video driver. If you would like to make use of the high-resolution video driver, follow these steps: 1.

  • Page 17: Section 5. Perform Hardware Status Check

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Section 5. Perform Hardware Status Check This section will provide a simple way to verify your installation of Windows NT. Note that Windows NT Resource Guide CD-ROM (available from Microsoft) provide utilities to generate activities to stress the system. The following steps use standard tools provided with the Windows NT Server installation.

  • Page 18: Section 7. Installing Additional Adapters Drivers

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server 3. Connect clients PC to the network your HP server operates on. 4. Open a command prompt window on your HP server (Start | Program | Command Prompt) and verify the TCP/IP configuration you have set during Windows NT installation by entering: ipconfig /all 5.

  • Page 19: Hp Netraid-1M Adapter

    4. Click Have Disk when given a list of SCSI Adapters drivers then browse the A: drive to locate the appropriate NetRAID-1M driver (in directory A:\NETRAID). Click OK to install it. 5. Select the "Hewlett-Packard NetRAID 1M Adapter", and click 6. In the System Settings Change windows, click Yes to restart Windows NT. NOTE...

  • Page 20: Tip #2. Nt Warning About Drives With More Than 1024 Cylinders

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server adapter configuration and Windows NT no longer boots, follow these steps to recover: 1. Undo any hardware changes you have made to the computer since it was last operational. 2. Reboot the computer. Press the spacebar when the message "Press spacebar NOW to invoke the Last Known Good menu."...

  • Page 21: Tip #3. Service Pack Files Replaced Without Feedback

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Tip #3. Service Pack Files Replaced Without Feedback Some system configuration changes may ask you to install the original Windows NT drivers diskette. This may cause some system files to be replaced with the old version.

  • Page 22: On-Line Information And Software Sources

    Chapter 2 Installing Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server On-Line Information and Software Sources • HP World Wide Web access: http://www.hp.com • Microsoft World Wide Web access: http://www.microsoft.com • Microsoft Product Support Services: http://support.microsoft.com/directory • Windows NT Automated Database Advanced Systems at (800) 936-4400 •...

  • Page 23: Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server And Small Business Server

    3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing your HP Server tc2100 for your NOS installation" for our recommendations on the server preparation. Then gather the following material: •...

  • Page 24: Phase 1 - Windows 2000 Installation

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 PHASE 1 – Windows 2000 Installation 1. Boot your new server from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. 2. You will see a message that reads "Setup is inspecting your hardware configuration.".
  • Page 25 Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 b. At the "Create partition size" prompt, type 2048 and press Enter. c. HP recommends that you create all the partitions needed for each hard drive present on your system. Select unpartitioned space and press C again to create additional partitions.

  • Page 26: Phase 2 - Perform Hardware Status Check

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 20. If you installed Windows 2000 Server, "Windows 2000 Configure Your Server" will launch. Close this window as we will postpone the customization of your server until completion of all the installation steps. 21.

  • Page 27: Phase 3 - Initialize Hard Disk Drive

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 NOTE Windows 2000 Event Viewer may have recorded network errors because your network is not configured yet. Please discard these errors. 6. Exit event viewer. PHASE 3 - Initialize Hard Disk Drive To manage your different drives and partitions: 1.

  • Page 28: Phase 4 - Adding Terminal Server Services

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 PHASE 4 - Adding Terminal Server Services 1. Open Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add Remove Programs. 2. Click "Add/Remove Windows Components". 3. Scroll to and click "Terminal Services" checkbox then click Next. 4.

  • Page 29: Section 2. Configure The Network

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 Install the Client Utility on a Client Workstation 1. Insert diskette 1 in the target client and run A:\setup.exe 2. Click Continue at the setup screen. 3. Complete the "Name and Organization Information" form. You will be prompted for this information only the first time the diskettes are used.

  • Page 30: Phase 2 - Attach Clients To Network And Test Network Link

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 4. Click the OK to continue, then OK again to exit the "Local Area Connection Properties" window. Click Yes to restart your computer and take this settings into account. PHASE 2 - Attach Clients to Network and Test Network Link 1.

  • Page 31: Phase 3 - Domain Controller Setup

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 4. Complete the "UserID, Password" login form. PHASE 3 - Domain Controller Setup The Windows 2000 reference guide calls this process "Promoting the server to a domain controller". 1.

  • Page 32: Section 3. Completing The Installation

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 15. Click Next to accept the default permission value: "Permissions compatible with pre-Windows2000 Server." 16. Enter and confirm the Administrator password and click Next. 17. Review the "Summary" display and click Next to continue. 18.

  • Page 33: Phase 2 - Install The Hp Video Driver

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 PHASE 2 – Install the HP Video Driver The Microsoft Windows installation process has installed the standard VGA video driver. If you would like to make use of the high resolution video driver, follow these steps: 1.

  • Page 34: Phase 4 - Install Windows 2000 Recovery Console

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 4. From the "Adapter Properties" dialog box, click the Driver tab then Update Driver to open the Update Device Driver Wizard. Click Next. 5. At the prompt "What do you want the wizard to do?", select "Search for a suitable driver for my device", and click Next.

  • Page 35: Tip #3. Configure The Parallel (Lpt) Port For Ecp Mode

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 The cause of this problem is that the NTLOADER is encountering a duplicate hard drive signature. This signature is calculated by the NTLOADER code after reading a specific sector offset from the hard drive. The following list provides some of the things that can cause hard drive to have duplicate signatures: 1.

  • Page 36: Tip #4. Installing Hp Netraid-1M Driver After Windows 2000 Is Installed

    • To expedite release of new products, drivers may be shipped by HP without signature files. All Windows 2000 drivers provided by Hewlett-Packard are submitted to Microsoft for certification testing . Upon completion of testing, Microsoft produces signature files. HP then posts the revised driver package...

  • Page 37: Tip #6. Windows 2000 Recovery Options

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 • If a signature warning is displayed during installation of a driver, you may override the warning. We recommend that you check the HP Website for the latest driver package. If available, install the new driver. •...
  • Page 38 Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 4. Command prompt. Provides an alternate command shell CMD.EXE instead of the explorer. This is dictated by the registry key: hklm\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\AlternateShell There is a Safe-Mode boot loophole. Since NTLDR loads "Boot Load" drivers, these drivers bypass the IO Manager's Safe Mode check.

  • Page 39: Tip #7. Restarting Windows 2000 Installation

    Chapter 3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Small Business Server 2000 2. Open a command prompt, and type D:\I386\WINNT32 /CMDCONS (Where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter) 3. Follow the screen instructions to complete the RC installation. Booting RC 1.

  • Page 41: Installing Novell Netware 5.1 And Novell Small Business Suite 5.1

    4 Installing Novell NetWare 5.1 and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing your HP Server tc2100 for your NOS installation" for our recommendations on the server preparation. Then gather the following material: •...

  • Page 42: Section 3. Perform Netware 5.1 Or Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 Installation36

    Chapter 4 Installing Novell NetWare 5.1 and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 2. Insert your HP Startup CD in a Windows PC and follow the on-screen instructions to create the HP Server tc2100 NetWare SCSI and LAN drivers (HP disk NW). NOTE If the Windows PC does not auto-start the Startup menu, start it by opening Startup.htm found at the root level of the...

  • Page 43: Phase 2 - Install Hp Drivers

    Chapter 4 Installing Novell NetWare 5.1 and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 For Small Business Suite 5.1 1. A graphic interface will display. Select your language then click Next. 2. When prompted about the DOS Partition, select "Create a new DOS partition"...
  • Page 44 Chapter 4 Installing Novell NetWare 5.1 and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 e. Press Insert to add a driver, then Insert again to add an unlisted driver. f. Press F3 and specify the path: A:\SCSI then press Enter. g. The installation program takes a few seconds then automatically add the HP driver on the driver list.

  • Page 45: Phase 3 - Configure The Network

    Chapter 4 Installing Novell NetWare 5.1 and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 PHASE 3 – Configure the Network 1. The installation proceeds under a graphical interface. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your network: server name, IP adress, Host name and domain, etc.

  • Page 46: Troubleshooting

    Chapter 4 Installing Novell NetWare 5.1 and Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 8. Scroll up to select "Install a Product Not Listed". 9. Press F3 and specify the path, including the volume name (for example, NW51SPx:\, where x = version of support pack). 10.

  • Page 47: Installing Red Hat Linux 7.1

    5 Installing Red Hat Linux 7.1 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing your HP Server tc2100 for your NOS installation" for our recommendations on the server preparation. Then gather the following material: • HP Server tc2100 Startup CD •...

  • Page 48: Phase 3 - Complete The Installation

    Chapter 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 7.1 • HP recommends selecting a Custom System installation type, because this mode includes the X Window graphical interface. ("Install Options" section) • HP recommends using the default partitioning mode: Automatically partition and REMOVE DATA ("Disk Partitioning" section) NOTE The network settings need to be customized to your environment.

  • Page 49: On-Line Information And Software Sources

    Chapter 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 7.1 On-Line Information and Software Sources • HP World Wide Web access: http://www.hp.com • Red Hat World Wide Web access: http://www.Red Hat.com • Red Hat Errata World Wide Web access: http://www.Red Hat.com/errata...

  • Page 51: Installing Turbolinux Server 6.5

    6 Installing TurboLinux Server 6.5 Prepare the Installation Please refer to the Chapter 1 "Preparing your HP Server tc2100 for your NOS installation" for our recommendations on the server preparation. Then gather the following material: • HP Server tc2100 Startup CD •...

  • Page 52: Phase 3 - Complete The Installation

    Chapter 6 Installing TurboLinux Server 6.5 • Your HP server comes with a Generic 104-key PC keyboard and a 2 Button Mouse. • HP recommends using Automatic Partitioning ("Partition Disk" section) NOTE The network settings need to be customized to your environment.

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