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Part "6 Shared Storage Software Setup" in the Shared Storage Supplement and start with Install Fibre Channel HBA Driver. LPr These procedures provide instructions for servers using NetRAID and SureStore E 12H shared storage solutions. NOTE If you are use NetRAID adapters for both shared and local storage go to the next procedure, LPr (with NetRAID Local and Shared Storage) on page 26. 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 and restart the server. 3. If you have special NetServer local SCSI bus options enter the Symbios utility by pressing Ctrl+C at the Symbios boot banner during boot and set the options you need; otherwise allow the server to boot. 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 4; otherwise go to step 6. 4. To update the BIOS, choose NetServer Utilities | More NetServer Utilities | BIOS Update Utility. Select Execute and follow the 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, install a utility partition on the local storage disk by choosing Configuration Assistant and Installation Assistant, Custom, Microsoft, then either: • MS Windows NT4.0 Enterprise Edition Cluster Server if using Navigator if L.15.05 or later. • MS Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition, and No for automated NOS installation if using Navigator L.15.04 or earlier. 7. Choose Install/Update Utility Partition and Execute. When finished, the system reboots and displays the Custom Configuration window. 8. Make an NT 4.0 Drivers floppy disk by choosing Create Driver Diskette(s), Execute, and following the prompts. Label the floppy disk NT 4.0 Drivers. 9. Press the Back button three times to return the Navigator Main Menu. 10. If you are using a NetRAID adapter for either shared or local storage, create a set of installation floppy disks for NetRAID Assistant by choosing NetServer Utilities | Diskette Library. Select NetRAID Assistant for WindowsNT and Windows95 from the list and then the Execute button. Follow the instructions to create the NetRAID Assistant installation floppy disks. Label the floppy disks HP NetRAID Assistant 1 and HP NetRAID Assistant 2. HP NetServer Installation Guide 24

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HP NetServer Installation Guide
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Part "6 Shared Storage Software Setup" in the
Shared Storage Supplement
and start with
Install Fibre Channel HBA Driver.
LPr
These procedures provide instructions for servers using NetRAID and SureStore E 12H shared storage
solutions.
NOTE
If you are use NetRAID adapters for both shared and local storage go to the next
procedure, LPr (with NetRAID Local and Shared Storage) on page 26.
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 and restart the server.
3.
If you have special NetServer local SCSI bus options enter the Symbios utility by pressing Ctrl+C at the
Symbios boot banner during boot and set the options you need; otherwise allow the server to boot.
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 4; otherwise go to step 6.
4.
To update the BIOS, choose
NetServer Utilities | More NetServer Utilities |
BIOS Update Utility
.
Select
Execute
and follow the 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, install a utility partition on the local storage disk by choosing
Configuration Assistant and Installation Assistant
,
Custom
,
Microsoft
,
then either:
MS Windows NT4.0 Enterprise Edition Cluster Server
if using Navigator if
L.15.05 or later.
MS Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition
, and
No
for automated NOS installation if
using Navigator L.15.04 or earlier.
7.
Choose
Install/Update Utility Partition
and
Execute
.
When finished, the system reboots and displays the Custom Configuration window.
8.
Make an
NT 4.0 Drivers
floppy disk by choosing
Create Driver Diskette(s),
Execute,
and following the prompts.
Label the floppy disk
NT 4.0 Drivers
.
9.
Press the
Back
button three times to return the Navigator Main Menu.
10.
If you are using a NetRAID adapter for either shared or local storage, create a set of installation floppy
disks for NetRAID Assistant by choosing
NetServer Utilities | Diskette Library
.
Select
NetRAID Assistant for WindowsNT
and
Windows95
from the list and then the
Execute
button.
Follow the instructions to create the NetRAID Assistant installation floppy disks.
Label the floppy disks
HP NetRAID Assistant 1
and
HP NetRAID Assistant 2
.