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Document ID: ROSN-45PTLW

Network Station - Warranty Software Defect Support for Non-Support Line Customers

Applicable to: World-Wide

For non - Support Line customers needing IBM Network Station Software Defect Warranty Support, please print out this Web page, answer the following questions, and either FAX or MAIL to the following destinations:

FAX: 507-253-5124

U.S. Mail:
IBM
LYM 663-A201
3605 HWY 52 North
Rochester, MN 55901
Attn: Squires - 663 A201

We will respond to you within one business week (baring any FAX/MAIL failures).


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Severity Level 1 - 4 (i.e. Sev 1 = Server Down, Sev 4 = Slight Problem):

PLEASE ANSWER ALL OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS COMPLETELY SO THAT WE MAY SERVE YOU BETTER:

1. What is the platform and the level of the platform Operating System?AS/400 -
NT -
AIX -
OS/390 -
VM -
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2. Describe the network topology (for example; Ethernet 10/100, Token Ring 4/16) :

3. Identify any: switches, bridges, routers, hubs, gateways, (anything) in between the Network Stations and the server (AS/400, RS/6000, NT, S/390 etc.) :

4. How did you obtain the Network Station Manager product (e.g. from a CD, downloaded from the Web, or some other way) ?

5. How did you install the Network Station Manager product ?

6. What is the Level of Network Station Manager product (R2.5, R3.0, R3 PTF 1 - 4, R3.1 etc.) ?

7. What is the Level of Boot Monitor ?

8. What is the boot protocol (BootP, DHCP, NVRAM) ?

9. How is authentication done (kiosk mode, jserver, xdm, or actlogin) ?

10. What is being used for (1) a boot host, (2) authentication host, and (3) application host ?

11. When the Network Station is booted and the login screen is presented, which language is the text of the login dialog box (English, Japanese Korean, etc.) ?

12. When the login screen is presented, press ALT+Shift+Home to bring up the console window. Click on the statistics menu item and then the show version menu item. On the screen presented, provide the following information:
Boot Monitor

  1. Keyboard
  2. Memory

13. After login, the menu items should be displayed at the bottom of the screen. In which language are they displayed (English, Japanese, Korean, etc.) ?

14. Are there corrupted characters presented on the screen ?

15. Are any client applications starting automatically ?

16. Which client applications are you using ?




17. Describe an example of any problems you are seeing:










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Date Created

05-03-99

Last Updated

11-05-99

Revision Date

12-06-99

Brand

IBM Network Station, Network Computers

Product Family

Network Station, AS/400 - Network Station, NT Server - Network Station, OS/2 Warp Server - Network Station, RS/6000 - Network Station, S/390 OS/390 - Network Station, S/390 VM/ESA - Network Station

Machine Type

8361, 8362

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