HP LH4r Microsoft Windows 2000 Installation Guide for HP Servers - Page 31

Tip #13. Windows 2000 Driver Signatures, Tip #14. Upgrading D5013B NIC Drivers for Windows 2000

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automatically launches the Found New Hardware wizard, which you use to install the Windows 2000 drivers for the HP NetRAID-4M controller. 2. The Found New Hardware wizard displays a Files Needed dialog box, which prompts for the location on the A drive for the driver files for the HP NetRAID-4M controller. Insert the drivers diskette created with the Hewlett Packard Navigator CDROM. (See installation steps listed above for procedure on how to create this diskette.). and click OK. The system them installs the driver. 3. When the driver finishes installing, click Finish to exit the Found New Hardware wizard. 4. At the message Do you want to restart the computer now?, remove the diskette from the floppy drive and click Yes to reboot the system. Please use steps #1 to 4 above for installing the "NetRAID-2M" or "NetRAID-1M" Tip #13. Windows 2000 Driver Signatures Windows 2000 checks for digital signatures on driver files to help maintain system integrity. During the installation or update of a driver, if there is no matching signature file Windows 2000 displays a "Digital Signature not Found" box. To expedite release of new products, drivers may be shipped by HP without signature files. All Windows 2000 drivers provided by Hewlett-Packard are submitted to Microsoft for certification testing . Upon completion of testing, Microsoft produces signature files. HP then posts the revised driver package at www.hp.com. If a signature warning is displayed during installation of a driver, you may override the warning. We recommend that you check the HP Website for the latest driver package. If available, install the new driver. You can elect to have Windows 2000 ignore signatures. Right-click My Computer; select Properties, Hardware, then Driver Signing. This is helpful if you are setting up multiple systems. Digital signatures are a powerful way to ensure system integrity as you add drivers -whether provided by Hewlett-Packard or others -- to your system. Tip #14. Upgrading D5013B NIC Drivers for Windows 2000 Windows 2000 installation automatically detects the HP D5013 NIC and installs the driver bundled with the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. The following procedure will help you upgrade the driver using the "Drivers Diskette" created with the "Hewlett Packard Naviagator CD-ROM". ( See Manual Installation section of this document for instructions on how to create the drivers diskette. ) To update the driver for the adapter:

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automatically launches the
Found New Hardware
wizard, which you use to install
the Windows 2000 drivers for the HP NetRAID-4M controller.
2. The
Found New Hardware
wizard displays a
Files Needed
dialog box, which
prompts for the location on the
A
drive for the driver files for the HP NetRAID-4M
controller. Insert the drivers diskette created with the Hewlett Packard Navigator CD-
ROM. (See installation steps listed above for procedure on how to create this
diskette.). and click
OK
. The system them installs the driver.
3.
When the driver finishes installing, click
Finish
to exit the
Found New Hardware
wizard.
4.
At the message Do you want to restart the computer now?, remove the diskette from
the floppy drive and click
Yes
to reboot the system.
Please use steps #1 to 4 above for installing the “NetRAID-2M” or “NetRAID-1M”
Tip #13. Windows 2000 Driver Signatures
Windows 2000 checks for digital signatures on driver files to help maintain system
integrity.
During the installation or update of a driver, if there is no matching signature
file Windows 2000 displays a "Digital Signature not Found" box.
To expedite release of new products, drivers may be shipped by HP without signature
files.
All Windows 2000 drivers provided by Hewlett-Packard are submitted to
Microsoft for certification testing .
Upon completion of testing, Microsoft produces
signature files.
HP then posts the revised driver package at www.hp.com.
If a signature warning is displayed during installation of a driver, you may override the
warning.
We recommend that you check the HP Website for the latest driver package. If
available, install the new driver.
You can elect to have Windows 2000 ignore signatures.
Right-click
My Computer
;
select
Properties
,
Hardware
, then
Driver Signing
.
This is helpful if you are setting up
multiple systems.
Digital signatures are a powerful way to ensure system integrity as you add drivers --
whether provided by Hewlett-Packard or others -- to your system.
Tip #14. Upgrading
D5013B NIC Drivers for Windows 2000
Windows 2000 installation automatically detects the HP D5013 NIC and installs the
driver bundled with the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. The following procedure will help you
upgrade the driver using the “Drivers Diskette” created with the “Hewlett Packard
Naviagator CD-ROM”. ( See Manual Installation section of this document for
instructions on how to create the drivers diskette. )
To update the driver for the adapter: