HP Remote Assistant Card User Manual
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3 Server Software Installation and Configuration
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Installing the DOS-Based HP Remote
Assistant Server Software
In order to remotely run DOS utilities and perform DOS file transfers, you must install
the HP Remote Assistant software on the server.
NOTE
If you previously installed a NetServer Navigator Utility Partition, you can
skip the procedures described in this section. The DOS based Remote
Assistant server software is automatically installed by the Navigator.
An installer program provided on the HP Remote Assistant Server Diskette installs the
following software in a DOS partition on the server:
•
HP Remote Assistant Configuration Utility
•
Keyboard layout files
•
DOS file transfer utility
•
EISA Configuration Utility (provided with your HP NetServer)
•
HP Diagnostic Assistant
NOTE
HP Remote Assistant allows you to run DOS-level utilities from a remote
console if you have a DOS partition set up on your server's hard disk. (For
best performance, the DOS partition should be at least 8 MB in size.) See the
documentation provided with your NOS for setting up a DOS partition.
To install the HP Remote Assistant software on the default drive, drive C:
1. Insert the HP Remote Assistant Server Diskette into your disk drive.
2. From the DOS prompt, switch to drive A: and type:
\dos\install
OR
If you want to install the server software on a drive other than drive C:, type:
\dos\install -d
x
where x is the drive ID.
A prompt appears, informing you that if you want to run the EISA Configuration
Utility from the remote console, you must install it on the server hard disk. To do