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Chapter 10 Configuring the HP NetServer • Configure Disk Array: This configures your HP disk array, but you must decide how you want the Disk Array configured, such as RAID levels, drive partitions, etc., before proceeding. Click Help for more details. • Install Utility Partition: This step creates an 32 MB utility partition on the HP NetServer's hard disk where HP Navigator will copy DiagTools, the BIOS Update utility, the Event Log Report utility, the Disk Array utility, the NIC Configuration utility, the Integrated Remote Assistant utilities, troubleshooting utilities, and other utilities. However, this is not available for SCO UNIX. Select Execute on the Install Utility Partition screen. • Execute Card Utilities: Use this function when Configuration Assistant detects installed boards, which have additional configuration utilities on the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM. By selecting Execute on the Execute Board Utilities screen, you can execute these utilities to complete the configuration of the boards. Custom Configuration Only select Custom on the Configuration Assistant menu, if you are experienced in HP NetServer configuration and have a preferred sequence of steps, or if you prefer to configure your system one component at a time. In Custom configuration mode, you perform the same configuration steps as provided in Express configuration mode, but these can be done in any order. After you have selected the NOS, version, and NOS installation mode (automated or manual), and after you have viewed the Configuration Advisories, the Custom Configuration screen displays the following menu: Essential Steps • Configure Remote Management: This executes Integrated Remote Assistant configuration utility. TopTools Remote software can test the card, but it is configured separately. • Configure Disk Array: This configures your HP disk array with RAID levels, drive partitions, etc. Click Help for more details. 115

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Chapter 10
Configuring the HP NetServer
115
•
Configure Disk Array:
This configures your HP disk array, but you must decide how you want the
Disk Array configured, such as RAID levels, drive partitions, etc., before
proceeding. Click
Help
for more details.
•
Install Utility Partition:
This step creates an 32 MB utility partition on the HP NetServer’s hard
disk where HP Navigator will copy DiagTools, the BIOS Update utility,
the Event Log Report utility, the Disk Array utility, the NIC Configuration
utility, the Integrated Remote Assistant utilities, troubleshooting utilities,
and other utilities. However, this is not available for SCO UNIX.
Select
Execute
on the Install Utility Partition screen.
•
Execute Card Utilities:
Use this function when Configuration Assistant detects installed boards,
which have additional configuration utilities on the HP NetServer
Navigator CD-ROM. By selecting
Execute
on the Execute Board Utilities
screen, you can execute these utilities to complete the configuration of the
boards.
Custom Configuration
Only select
Custom
on the Configuration Assistant menu, if you are experienced
in HP NetServer configuration and have a preferred sequence of steps, or if you
prefer to configure your system one component at a time. In Custom configuration
mode, you perform the same configuration steps as provided in Express
configuration mode, but these can be done in any order.
After you have selected the NOS, version, and NOS installation mode (automated
or manual), and after you have viewed the Configuration Advisories, the Custom
Configuration screen displays the following menu:
Essential Steps
•
Configure Remote Management:
This executes Integrated Remote Assistant configuration utility. TopTools
Remote software can test the card, but it is configured separately.
•
Configure Disk Array:
This configures your HP disk array with RAID levels, drive partitions, etc.
Click
Help
for more details.