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Migrating from SCO OpenServer™ 5.0.5 to UnixWare® 7.1 Using Compaq SmartStart v4.23 9 Note: Compaq will also be releasing the Online Array Configuration Utility for SCO in the near future. New releases of drivers and utilities flow through the various distribution channels at different rates; the version of a driver downloaded from one source may be older than one from a different source--even from the most recent EFS. The drivers in one version may even be incompatible with the drivers in the next release. So, you should also check the SCO website, www.sco.com; the SCO ftp site, ftp://ftp.sco.com; and the Compaq website, www.compaq.com for the latest drivers and utilities that support UnixWare 7.1. For a complete list of sources for Compaq drivers and utilities, see Table 4. Table 4. Location of Compaq device drivers and utilities Software Compaq Array Configuration Utility Compaq ROMPaqs and utilities index Compaq Wellness Driver Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD Compaq System Configuration Utility Drivers/driver supplements for UnixWare 7.1 Extended Feature Supplement (EFS 7.25) for UnixWare 7.1 Location http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/softpaqs/Rompaq/arr ayconfig.html www.compaq.com/support/files/server/Rompaq/index.html www.compaq.com/support/files/server/softpaqs/UNIX/scowellnes s.html Distributed with new servers Subscription Service: www.compaq.com/support/files/portables/us/ssminfo.html www.compaq.com/support/files/server/softpaqs/Rompaq/sysconfi g.html ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/drivers/UW710 http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/softpaqs/UNIX/EFS7 0.html Be sure to also read any documentation that accompanies each driver or utility to ensure its compatibility with your new UnixWare 7.1 OS. The day before you install UnixWare 7.1, you should also checkout the UnixWare 7.1 Runtime Release Notes at http://uw7doc.sco.com/LateNews/RNSWbef.html for late-breaking hardware and installation notes. ? Create EFS Diskettes If you have verified that the latest drivers and utilities reside on the web, download the files to a Windows-based system and create four diskettes: Compaq HBA, Compaq EFS #1, Compaq EFS #2, and Compaq Documentation. Read the text file instructions that accompany the software and follow the instruction guidelines. If the EFS on the SmartStart and Support Software CD) is the most recent, you will create these diskettes during the installation process in Step 13. ? Check for the Latest OS Patches and Supplements There are a number of OS patches, additional features added, and newer versions of other features that are contained in the SCO Release Supplement. In these supplements, there are also a number of corrections to the UnixWare 7 Release Notes that Compaq considers necessary for proper operation of UnixWare 7.1 on Compaq servers. Release supplements can be found on the SCO 0413-0799-A

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Migrating from SCO OpenServer™ 5.0.5 to UnixWare® 7.1 Using Compaq SmartStart v4.23
9
0413-0799-A
Note:
Compaq will also be releasing the Online Array Configuration Utility for SCO in the near
future.
New releases of drivers and utilities flow through the various distribution channels at different
rates; the version of a driver downloaded from one source may be older than one from a different
source––even from the most recent EFS.
So, you should also check the SCO website,
www.sco.com
; the SCO ftp
site,
; and the Compaq website,
www.compaq.com
for
the latest drivers and utilities that support UnixWare 7.1.
For a complete list of sources for Compaq drivers and utilities, see
Table 4.
Table 4.
Location of Compaq device drivers and utilities
Software
Location
Compaq Array Configuration Utility
ayconfig.html
Compaq ROMPaqs and utilities index
www.compaq.com/support/files/server/Rompaq/index.html
Compaq
Wellness Driver
www.compaq.com/support/files/server/softpaqs/UNIX/scowellnes
s.html
Distributed with new servers
Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD
Subscription Service:
www.compaq.com/support/files/portables/us/ssminfo.html
Compaq System Configuration Utility
www.compaq.com/support/files/server/softpaqs/Rompaq/sysconfi
g.html
Drivers/driver supplements for UnixWare 7.1
Extended Feature Supplement (EFS 7.25) for
UnixWare 7.1
0.html
Be sure to also read any documentation that accompanies each driver or utility to ensure its
compatibility with your new UnixWare 7.1 OS. The day before you install UnixWare 7.1, you
should also checkout the
UnixWare 7.1 Runtime Release Notes
at
for late-breaking hardware and installation
notes.
?
?
?
?
Create EFS Diskettes
If you have verified that the latest drivers and utilities reside on the web, download the files to a
Windows-based system and create four diskettes: Compaq HBA, Compaq EFS #1, Compaq EFS
#2, and Compaq Documentation. Read the text file instructions that accompany the software and
follow the instruction guidelines. If the EFS on the SmartStart and Support Software CD) is the
most recent, you will create these diskettes during the installation process in Step 13.
?
?
?
?
Check for the Latest OS Patches and Supplements
There are a number of OS patches, additional features added, and newer versions of other features
that are contained in the
SCO Release Supplement
. In these supplements, there are also a number
of corrections to the
UnixWare 7 Release Notes
that Compaq considers necessary for proper
operation of UnixWare 7.1 on Compaq servers. Release supplements can be found on the SCO
The drivers in one version may
even be incompatible with the
drivers in the next release.