IBM 8685 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 33
System Partition, Typical NOS installation, Notes
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v The ServerGuide program displays a confirmation summary, so that you will know when you have completed all the required tasks. Then, you are ready to install your NOS. Notes: 1. Plug and Play adapters are configured automatically. Non-Plug and Play adapters or non-IBM adapters might require switch settings, additional device drivers, and installation after the NOS is installed. See the documentation that comes with the adapter. 2. Diagnostics for your server come in BIOS code or on a separate diagnostics CD. System Partition The ServerGuide program creates a 50 MB System Partition on the default drive. The System Partition contains server-specific utility programs such as service processor disk operating system (DOS) utilities, system diagnostics, flash BIOS updates, and other programs. Programs in the System Partition vary by server model, and not all server models run utility programs from the System Partition. To determine which ones do, start the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD and view the online overview. After setup is complete, you can access programs in the System Partition by restarting the server and pressing Alt+F1 when the prompt is displayed. The System Partition menu displays the programs that are available on your server model. Typical NOS installation You can use the ServerGuide program to shorten your installation time. The ServerGuide program provides the device drivers that are required for your hardware and for the NOS that you are installing. This section describes a typical ServerGuide NOS installation. Note: Features and functions can vary slightly with different versions of the ServerGuide program. 1. After you have completed the setup process, the NOS installation program starts. (You will need your NOS CD to complete the installation.) 2. The ServerGuide program stores information about the server model, service processor, hard disk drive controllers, and network adapters. Then, the program checks the CD for newer device drivers. This information is stored and then passed to the NOS installation program. 3. With some NOS installations, you can create a NOS-replication diskette for setting up additional servers. This diskette contains the Internet protocol (IP) address, server name, and other selections. 4. The ServerGuide program presents NOS partition options that are based on your NOS selection and the installed hard disk drives. 5. If you are installing the NOS from diskette, the ServerGuide program lists the diskettes that you must create and the optional diskettes that you might want to create. The diskettes that you can create are the device-driver diskettes for the installed adapters or controllers. 6. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your NOS CD and restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the NOS takes control to complete the installation. Chapter 2. Configuration 23
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