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Express configuration – HP Netserver L Server series User Manual

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• If you need to verify or modify SCSI host adapter settings, or if you need to

low-level format SCSI disks or verily SCSI disk media, run the SCSISelect
utility. Refer to "Run SCSISelect Utility" in Chapter 1, "Installation
Overview."

If you have installed an ISA non-Plug-and Play accessory board, you must

reserve system resources for it. Refer to the "Installing ISA Non-Plug-and-
Play Boards" in Chapter 4, "Accessories," for instructions.

Alter you run Con^guration Assistant and Installation Assistant, remember to
install TopTools. Refer to the

HPNetServerManagementReference Guide.

Express Configuration

Express con^guration is the preferred method to con^gure your HP NetServer,
since it leads you through the con^guration process in sequence and offers you
default selections. Express con^guration includes the following steps:

Update System BIOS: This step appears if Con^guration Assistant detects

that a newer version of the BIOS is available on the HP Navigator

CD-ROM. You must update your BIOS to the new version if you want to
continue in Express mode. You can also update the language that the BIOS
displays.

Configure ISA Non-Plug-and-Play Board: If you have installed an ISA

non-Plug-and-Play board, and you have not reserved system resources for
it, select Configure Non-PnP board on the information window that pops
up.

Select NOS: You will be asked to select the NOS and version that you plan

to install.

Select NOS Installation Mode: For certain versions ofNovell NetWare /

IntranetWare and Microsoft Windows NT Server, you will be asked,

Would you like to use H P ' s automated mode of NOS

installation?

0 Select Yes for automated NOS installation, which will guide you

through the NOS installation, set up the hard disk drive, and con^gure
your NOS with appropriate drivers for HP-bundled con^gurations.
Perform an automated NOS installation for ^st-time installation of
Novell NetWare / IntranetWare or Microso^ Windows NT Server on a
factory-con^gured HP NetServer.

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