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Update the BIOS, if Necessary

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Chapter 2 Preparation ◊ If this message does appear, you must update the BIOS. You will do it after you view the Readme file. 3. Go to the HP NetServer Navigator Main Menu. 4. On the Main Menu, choose Readme File. CAUTION Versions of the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM other than the one that shipped with the new processor modules may not contain the appropriate BIOS for these new processor modules. Therefore, use only the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM that shipped with the new processor modules, or a later version. Update the BIOS, if Necessary Update the BIOS if, when you viewed the Readme file, you received an error message that the version of BIOS on the NetServer Navigator CD-ROM is newer than the BIOS detected in your NetServer. • If this message did not appear, your BIOS contains the proper BIOS for the processors. Go to Chapter 3 or 4, depending upon which NetServer model you have. • If this message did appear, you must update the BIOS. Before you do so, write down the hard drive priority, so that you can reconfigure it later. Write Down Hard Drive Priority Updating the BIOS will reset your NetServer's hard drive priority in the boot device order. • If you already know the Hard Drive Priority setting in the Setup Utility, go to the section, "Update System BIOS." • If you do not know the Hard Drive Priority setting in the Setup Utility, run the Setup utility and write down the Hard Drive Priority. Use that information to reconfigure the boot order after you update the BIOS. Run the Setup utility, as follows: 1. Click Exit and Yes to restart the NetServer. 2. When you see the message 7

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Chapter 2
Preparation
7
◊
If this message
does
appear, you must update the BIOS. You will do it
after you view the Readme file.
3.
Go to the HP NetServer Navigator Main Menu.
4.
On the Main Menu, choose
Readme File
.
CAUTION
Versions of the
HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM
other than
the one that shipped with the new processor modules may not
contain the appropriate BIOS for these new processor
modules. Therefore, use only the
HP NetServer Navigator
CD-ROM
that shipped with the new processor modules, or a
later version.
Update the BIOS, if Necessary
Update the BIOS if, when you viewed the Readme file, you received an error
message that
the version of BIOS on the NetServer Navigator CD-ROM is
newer than the BIOS detected in your NetServer
.
•
If this message did
not
appear, your BIOS contains the proper BIOS for
the processors. Go to Chapter 3 or 4, depending upon which NetServer
model you have.
•
If this message
did
appear, you must update the BIOS. Before you do so,
write down the hard drive priority, so that you can reconfigure it later.
Write Down Hard Drive Priority
Updating the BIOS will reset your NetServer’s hard drive priority in the boot
device order.
•
If you already know the Hard Drive Priority setting in the Setup Utility, go
to the section, "Update System BIOS."
•
If you do
not
know the Hard Drive Priority setting in the Setup Utility,
run the Setup utility and write down the Hard Drive Priority. Use that
information to reconfigure the boot order after you update the BIOS.
Run the Setup utility, as follows:
1.
Click
Exit
and
Yes
to restart the NetServer.
2.
When you see the message