Compaq Armada E700 Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products - Page 14

Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products 14 Feature Category PC Card Support Additional Features Description Support for Modem and ATA Storage PC Cards Support for FFS Flash and FTL Flash PC Cards Support for LAN and SCSI PC Cards Support for Multifunction PC Cards APM 1.2 Compliant Standby and hibernation with PC Cards Socket Power Management Configuration on card insertion Automatic setup application launch on card insertion System Tray accessible PC Card slot naming Hot swapping of Modem and ATA Storage PC Cards Hot swapping of SRAM and Flash PC Cards Hot insertion of LAN, SCSI and Combo PC Cards Hot removal of LAN, SCSI and Combo PC Cards46 Data/Fax Software Hot swapping of MultiBay devices47 Programmable keys IDE Bus Master support Windows 2000 Professional As a long-time premier Microsoft Windows NT provider, Compaq continues to lead the way with its commitment to Windows 2000 - from development through testing, to delivery and support. To demonstrate that commitment, Compaq is investing resources in Microsoft proof-of-concept laboratories to engineer and test Windows 2000 and will be among the first companies to deploy Windows 2000 across the enterprise. With this combined research and first-hand experience, Compaq continues to offer the best choice of highly optimized and integrated solutions that increase reliability, improve manageability, and result in a lower total cost of ownership. Microsoft initiated the Deployment Program for Windows 2000 to create awareness and gain practical feedback from customers on the deployment of Windows 2000 before actual release. Customers who are participants in the Deployment Program have committed to be early adopters of Windows 2000. They are actively evaluating and testing all early releases of the product in their environment. The Deployment Program will help insure that the final release of Windows 2000 is robust and ready to deploy in corporate environments. Compaq has been Microsoft's chosen premier platform partner in the development and deployment of Windows 2000. Compaq provided equipment from portables to servers in the test labs on the Microsoft campus and to the early participants in the Deployment Program. This 45 This feature is not available on the LTE 5000 or Armada 4100 products using Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. 46 LAN and SCSI PC Cards that have Award CardWare-aware drivers offer hot swapping capabilities. Cards known to offer this support include: Adaptec 1480 SCSI CardBus, TDK Network Flyer 100 CardBus, Madge Token Ring CardBus, Madge TR MK2 (non-CardBus) 47 Limited to hot swapping of CD-ROM, DVD, floppy drives, and batteries in the Compaq MultiBay. NA120D/0199