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Aborting Controller Startup, Configuring the HPNetRAID-4M Remote Agent for NetWare, Clear NVRAM

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Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide The default is Normal. Maintenance mode allows the system to be started in cases where you are experiencing HP NetRAID4M problems and cannot otherwise boot your system. s Clear NVRAM- When Enabled, this option clears the HP NetRAID-4M NVRAM (nonvolatile DIMM) of its contents. The default is Disabled. ! Caution: Clearing the NVRAM can have serious consequences! Loss of data occurs if the NVRAM is cleared when it contains valid data which has not been written to disk. Only an authorized individual should clear the NVRAM. Aborting Controller Startup If the controller is not functioning properly and cannot start, you can by-pass the controller startup process without having to wait several minutes for the controller to time-out. To bypass the controller startup process, press - when you see the following prompt on the console: Press to abort waiting for controller to start Note that if the controller is functioning properly, the - key is disabled after the first two minutes at boot-time. Configuring the HP NetRAID-4M Remote Agent for NetWare The NetWare HP NetRAID-4M remote agent allows you to disable remote access, permit read-only access and require a remote user to supply a password before allowing a remote connection. You can configure the HP NetRAID-4M remote agent by editing the hpnagent.nlm file. To edit the file, type load edit hpnagent.ini at the NetWare console prompt. Make the desired changes to the .ini file and exit the editor (see Access and Communications on page C-6 for settings). After the file has been edited, restart the hpnagent.nlm application so that the software recognizes that configuration changes have occurred. To do this, type unload hpnagent followed by load hpnagent at the console prompts. C-4

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Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide
The default is
Normal
. Maintenance mode allows the system to
be started in cases where you are experiencing HP NetRAID-
4M problems and cannot otherwise boot your system.
■
Clear NVRAM
—
When
Enabled
,
this option clears the
HP NetRAID-4M NVRAM (nonvolatile DIMM) of its contents.
The default is
Disabled
.
Caution:
Clearing the NVRAM can have serious
consequences! Loss of data occurs if the NVRAM is
cleared when it contains valid data which has not been
written to disk. Only an authorized individual should
clear the NVRAM.
Aborting Controller Startup
If the controller is not functioning properly and cannot start, you can
by-pass the controller startup process without having to wait several
minutes for the controller to time-out. To bypass the controller
startup process, press <Ctrl>-<K> when you see the following
prompt on the console:
Press <Ctrl><K> to abort waiting for
controller to start
Note that if the controller is functioning properly, the <Ctrl>-<K>
key is disabled after the first two minutes at boot-time.
Configuring the HP NetRAID-4M Remote Agent
for NetWare
The NetWare HP NetRAID-4M remote agent allows you to disable
remote access, permit read-only access and require a remote user to
supply a password before allowing a remote connection. You can
configure the HP NetRAID-4M remote agent by editing the
hpnagent.nlm
file. To edit the file, type
load edit
hpnagent.ini
at the
NetWare console prompt. Make the desired changes to the
.ini
file
and exit the editor (see
Access
and
Communications
on page C-6 for
settings). After the file has been edited, restart the
hpnagent.nlm
application so that the software recognizes that configuration
changes have occurred. To do this, type
unload hpnagent
followed by
load hpnagent
at the console prompts.
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