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HP NetServer Installation Guide

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NOTE

The Client LAN IP addresses and Intra-cluster LAN IP addresses must be on different
subnets.

5.

Once the NT installation is complete, the D5013A NIC drivers must be manually set to the correct LAN
speed. Log on and from the start menu select:

Settings

,

Control Panel

,

Network

, and

Adapters

. For each D5013A adapter, select

Properties

then

Settings

and set the network

speed to the appropriate setting (either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps) for your network. The intra-cluster LAN
should be set to 100 Mbps. Do not use the Auto setting.

LX/LXr Pro

Configure NetServer Hardware and BIOS

1.

Make sure you power down System A and power up System B.

2.

Insert the HP NetServer Navigator CD in the CD-ROM drive of System B and restart the server.
The server boots from the CD and displays the Navigator Main menu.

NOTE

If prompted that the HP NetServer Navigator BIOS is a newer version, choose

Continue

and go to step 3; otherwise go to step 6.

3.

To update the BIOS, choose

Configuration Assistant

, then

Custom

,

Microsoft

, MS

Windows

NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition

, and

No

for automated NOS installation.

4.

Select

Update

, then

Execute

. Follow screen prompts to update the BIOS.

5.

After the server reboots return to the Navigator main menu by clicking the Back button twice on the
displayed window.

6.

From the Navigator Main menu, choose

NetServer Utilities

, then

EISA Configuration

Utility

.

7.

At the Utility window select

Step 3 - View or Edit Details

and:

Make sure

MP Spec Version

is set to

V1.4

.

Disable the on-board IDE Hard Disk Controller by scrolling to

On-board IDE Hard Disk

Controller,

pressing Enter, and choosing

Disable

.

The embedded IDE controller is not used on the HP NetServer LX and LXr Pro.

8.

Save and exit the EISA Configuration Utility.
The utility saves the configuration data, restarts the server, and reloads the HP NetServer Navigator CD.

9.

Install a utility partition on the local storage disk by choosing

Configuration Assistant

, then

Custom

,

Microsoft

, MS Windows

NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition

, and

No

for automated

NOS installation.

10.

Choose

Install/Update Utility Partition

.

When finished, the system reboots and displays the Custom Configuration window.

Install Windows NT

1.

Remove the HP NetServer Navigator CD, insert the first CD of the Microsoft Windows NT Server,
Enterprise Edition, and exit Navigator to reboot the server.

2.

Select the following options when prompted:

Choose the unpartitioned space and install Windows NT.

Choose NTFS file system

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