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Netfinity 5500 / 5500 M10 - Installing Novell NetWare 3.2
Applicable to: World-Wide
Revision: 1.00
Updated: 6/8/98
Follow the NOS instructions provided in this document sequentially unless you are instructed differently. Screens and messages might differ from those in this document.
This document contains the following:
1.0 What You Will Need
2.0 Where to Download Device Drivers/Files
3.0 Quick Installation Instructions for Experienced Users
4.0 Detailed Installation Instructions
4.1 Setting Up the Hardware for NOS Installation
4.2 Setting Up the BIOS
4.3 Configuring Arrays Using the Integrated PC ServeRAID II
4.4 NOS Installation Using the Integrated PC ServeRAID II
1.0 What You Will Need
A supported hard disk drive. Refer to http://www.us.pc.ibm.com/compat/ for a list of supported options and part numbers for your server).
A licensed copy of MS-DOS 6.22 (or later) or PC-DOS 6.3 (or later).
A licensed copy of Novell NetWare 3.2
IBM Netfinity 3500 and 5500 IDE CD-ROM Support Package, v1.45 (filename: 10L8832.EXE) or later.
IBM Netfinity and PC Server Ethernet Controller and Netfinity 10/100 Fault Tolerant Device Driver, v2.03 (filename: 33L3918.EXE) or later.
The on-board IBM ServeRAID II Adapter requires:
IBM ServeRAID and ServeRAID II Device Driver Diskette, Version 2.82 (filename 24L8051.EXE) or later.
IBM ServeRAID and ServeRAID II Configuration Diskette, Version 2.82 (filename: 24L8048.EXE) or later.
2.0 Where to Download Device Drivers/Files
IBM BBS (U.S.): 1-919-517-0001
IBM FTP site: ftp://ftp.infania.net/pccbbs/pc_servers/
IBM U.S. web site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/searchfiles.html
For IBM PC sites in other countries, begin at http://www.pc.ibm.com
Novell web site: http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm#3.2
Novell FTP site: ftp://ftp.novell.com/pub/updates/nwos/nw32top/
If you are very familiar with SCSI, hardware, and the installation process, continue with '3.0 Quick Installation Instructions for Experienced Users'. If not, continue with '4.0 Detailed Installation Instructions'.
3.0 Quick Installation Instructions for Experienced Users:
1. If you plan to use the installed the ServeRAID II Adapter as the startup device and also plan to use an external DASD enclosure, refer to the documentation provided with the external enclosure for proper set up.
2. If any ISA devices are installed (or will be installed) that need IRQs (or other system resources such as I/O ports or memory) reserved, go into the BIOS settings and select Plug and Play and then the desired resource type you want to reserve. Change the desired resource from Plug and Play to ISA Legacy.
Note: Set IRQ 15 to 'ISA Legacy' because of how Novell NetWare handles interrupts.
3.Virtual Wire Mode Selection needs to be set to Virtual Wire PIC Mode when installing Novell 3.2 on the Netfinity 5500. This setting can be accessed through the BIOS Configuration / Setup Utility, choose Advanced Setup and Virtual Wire Mode Selection. F1 General Help screen for this setting is as follows 'The default is Virtual Wire IOAPIC Mode. Virtual Wire PIC Mode should only be selected to run uni-processor operating systems such as Novell NetWare v3.12, v3.20, and versions of Novell NetWare v4.11 and v4.2 where the Symmetric Multiprocessor Option is not selected.'
Note: Possible errors with an incorrect setting include 'Primary interrupt controller detected a lost hardware interrupt' (on the server console) when accessing the server's harddrives.
4. Install DOS using a DOS partition between 50MB and 2GB.
5. Install the IDE CD-ROM device driver from the IDE CD-ROM support package diskette.
6. Install the IBM PC ServeRAID device driver using the IBM ServeRAID and ServeRAID II Device Driver Diskette.
7. Install NetWare from the NetWare 3.12 diskettes or CD without specifying a LAN adapter. Add the 3.2 upgrade; then, restart the server and add the ODI331 LAN driver updates.
8. Use the IBM Netfinity PCNet Ethernet Controller Device Driver diskette for the integrated Ethernet 10/100 controller.
4.0 Detailed Installation Instructions
4.1 Setting Up the Hardware for NOS Installation
1. Disconnect the power cord from the power supply.
2. Looking at the server from the rear, loosen the two thumbscrews on the top-back of the server and remove the top access panel.
3. For the initial installation, remove all adapters and devices that are not required to get the base operating system installed. For example, if installing multiple network adapters, only install one at this time. If a tape drive or external SCSI devices will be used, disconnect them temporarily. The installation instructions only will cover the on-board Ethernet adapter. After the operating system is starting (booting) without errors, add these devices one at a time. This procedure streamlines the installation process.
Note: If you plan to use an external DASD enclosure, the following instructions will not apply. Refer to the documentation provided with the external enclosure for proper set up, then proceed to 4.2 Setting Up the BIOS.
4. Verify that the SCSI cable runs from the on-board RAID controller to the top of the hot-swap backplane.
5. Install the desired number of hot-swap hard disk drives into the hot-swap bays beginning at the top and proceeding downward.
6.Virtual Wire Mode Selection needs to be set to Virtual Wire PIC Mode when installing Novell 3.2 on the Netfinity 5500. This setting can be accessed through the BIOS Configuration / Setup Utility; choose Advanced Setup and Virtual Wire Mode Selection. F1 General Help screen for this setting is as follows The default is Virtual Wire IOAPIC Mode. Virtual Wire PIC Mode should only be selected to run uni-processor operating systems such as Novell NetWare v3.12, v3.20, and versions of Novell NetWare v4.11 and v4.2 where the Symmetric Multiprocessor Option is not selected.
Note: Possible errors with an incorrect setting include Primary interrupt controller detected a lost hardware interrupt (on the server console) when accessing the servers harddrives.
4.2 Setting Up the BIOS
1. Power-on the server; then, press F1 when the IBM logo appears to enter Configuration/Setup.
2. When the Configuration/Setup Utility menu appears, move the highlighted selection to Load Default Settings and press Enter. Press Enter again to return to the Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
3. Verify that you are at the latest level of BIOS.
a) Find the latest level by checking the IBM web, ftp, or bbs site.
b) Determine the version of BIOS running on your server by highlighting the menu option System Information; then, selecting Product Data and pressing Enter. The Flash EEPROM Revision Level field contains the BIOS version. The numbers in position 5, 6, and 7 of the level are the current BIOS level. For example, KIE146AUS is BIOS level 46A, U.S. English.
c) Press Escape twice to return to the Configuration Utility menu. If you determine that your BIOS does not need to be updated, continue with step 6.
4. If your BIOS needs to be updated, download the appropriate image and build the diskette image by running the .EXE file. Answer Y on the last page of the licensing agreement. The current diskette image is KIJT46A.IMG and is labeled IBM Netfinity 5500 Flash BIOS Update Diskette.
5. Start (boot) with the BIOS diskette in the server and answer the question appropriately. After the BIOS update is complete, you might receive a '162 Configuration has changed' error on startup (boot). Ignore this message. Setup will start and you can continue with step 6.
Note: If you do not see the '162 Configuration has changed' message at startup (boot) time, you will need to press F1 when the IBM logo appears to enter Setup.
6. Move the highlighted selection to Start Options and press Enter.
7. Verify that the Primary Startup Sequence is set to the following (change if necessary):
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First Startup Device |
Diskette Drive 0 |
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Second Startup Device |
Hard Disk 0 |
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Third Startup Device |
CD-ROM |
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Fourth Startup Device |
Disabledv |
9. Move the highlighted selection to Plug and Play and press Enter.
10. Move the highlighted selection to Interrupt Resources and press Enter.
11. Change the IRQ 15 setting from Available to ISA Legacy.
12. If you do not have any ISA devices installed in the server, continue with step 16. Otherwise, continue with the next step.
13. Determine the I/O, Memory, DMA, and Interrupt resources that each ISA adapter will require.
14. Select the appropriate resource type and press Enter.
15. Scroll through the selections to the value that matches the ISA Legacy Resource and use the arrow key to change the value from Available to ISA Legacy. Press Escape to return to the Configuration/Setup Utility menu and continue with step 17.
16. Press Escape twice to return to the Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
17. Move the highlighted selection to Exit Setup and press Enter.
18. At the Exit Setup menu, select the menu option Yes, save and exit the Setup Utility and press Enter.
4.3 Configuring Arrays Using the Integrated PC ServeRAID II
1. Insert the PC ServeRAID Configuration Diskette, Version 2.82 (or later) and start (boot) the server.
Upon initial startup (boot), an error message similar to the following might occur:
- Following drives not responding (oldstate:newstate:ch:bay)
(ONL:DDD:2:1)(ONL:DDD:2:2)
Your system has a configuration error due to above condition(s).
Press F5 - Update adapter configuration to exclude NON-RESPONDING drives to accept any configuration changes that might occur. The drives will be set up later in this section to match your configuration.
IMPORTANT: NON-RESPONDING drives will be set to DDD, DHS, or EMP state.
2. Select 3. EZ-RAID Configuration from the Main Menu.
3. Select Yes from the Configuration Menu and press any key.
4. Exit the utility by pressing any key. Ignore the message to back up the RAID configuration, again confirming with a Yes.
4.4 NOS Installation using the Integrated PC ServeRAID II
DOS Installation:
1. Install DOS. Be sure to create a DOS partition between 50 MB and 2 GB in size. Novell recommends 50 MB for typical installations.
2. After installing DOS restart the server. If you receive a message Virus Warning it can be ignored. Select Change is expected in response to the warning message.
Loading the IDE CD-ROM Device Driver:
1. Insert IDE CD-ROM Support Package diskette and type A:\UINSTALL.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions.
3. Using a standard text editor, determine if the following lines are contained within the CONFIG.SYS on C:. If they are, type REM at the beginning of them:
DOS=HIGH
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
Notes:
a) The default drive letter for the CD-ROM drive is D. However, x will be used in all of the following examples in case you choose to change the default drive letter assignment.
b) If you do not want to use the default CD-ROM drive letter, you can assign the drive letter for the CD-ROM. Edit the C:\MSCDEX /D:IBMCD100/M:10 line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT by replacing or adding the statement /L:x to the end of the line. The x is the drive letter you want to assign.
Running the NetWare 3.2 Installation Program Using the PC ServeRAID II:
1. Restart the server. At the DOS command prompt, type MD SERVER.312 to create the SERVER.312 directory.
2. Move to the SERVER.312 directory by typing CD SERVER.312. Insert the PC ServeRAID Device Driver and Utilities Diskette into the diskette drive. Type A:\NETWARE\INSTALL to copy the necessary RAID and SCSI device drivers to the directory.
3. Insert the NetWare 3.12 Operating System CD into the CD-ROM drive. Move to the CD-ROM drive letter and type: CD NETWARE.312\ENGLISH
Press Enter; then, type INSTALL and press Enter to begin the installation.
4. Read the ETHERNET USERS PLEASE NOTE: window; then, press any key to continue.
5. From the Select an Installation Option window, select Install new NetWare v3.12 and press Enter.
6. From the Disk Partition Options menu, select Retain current disk partitions and press Enter.
7. Type the server name and press Enter.
8. Unless you have a specific method of setting internal IPX numbers, accept the default by pressing Enter.
9. At the Copy server boot files to the DOS partition window, insert the NetWare 3.2 License Diskette into the diskette drive and press Enter.
10. Select a locale configuration for the server by highlighting the options and pressing Enter. Press F10 when selection is complete.
11. Select DOS Filename Format (for DOS, Win 3.0, Win 3.1). If you require long file name support (OS/2, Win 95 and Win NT use long file name support), choose NetWare Filename Format. Refer to your NetWare documentation for more information on choosing a file name format.
12. Highlight Yes to Do you want to specify any special startup set commands and press Enter.
13. Add the following commands:
SET MAXIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS = 500
SET MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS = 100
REGISTER MEMORY 1000000 7000000
Press F10 to save and continue.
Note: If you have installed more than 128MB of memory, you will need to adjust the 7000000 value in the REGISTER MEMORY command above to be the hexadecimal equivalent of the amount of memory installed minus 16MB. For example, 16MB = 1000000, 256MB = F000000, 384MB = 17000000, 512MB = 1F000000, and 1024MB = 3F000000.
14. Choose whether or not to automatically load SERVER.EXE, and press Enter (the default is Yes). If you choose Yes, specify a path to the DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT and press Enter.
15. To load the necessary patches and disk drivers for the PC ServeRAID II Adapter to create Partitions and Volumes at the System Console, type: LOAD C:\SERVER.312\NPAPATCH.NLM
Press Enter; then, type: LOAD C:\SERVER.312\IPSRAID.HAM
Ignore the loader patch message at this time. Record the slot number for step 36 below. Press Enter to accept the slot option.
16. At the server console, type LOAD INSTALL; then, press Enter to continue to install NetWare.
17. Highlight Disk Options and press Enter.
18. Select Partition Tables and press Enter.
19. If multiple hard disk drives are installed in the server, you will need to select a drive by highlighting the drive and pressing Enter.
20. Select Create NetWare Partition and press Enter.
21. Specify the Partition size by pressing Enter on the Partition Size field, typing the new partition size, and pressing Enter again. Next, specify Redirection Area size by pressing Enter on the Redirection Area field, typing the new Redirection Area size, and pressing Enter again. Press Escape; then, press Enter when you have completed the Partition changes.
Note: Redirection Area might be set down to 0.5% in most situations without jeopardizing system reliability. Refer to your NetWare 3.12 documentation for further information.
22. Create one or more partitions of the necessary size. After you have completed all the changes, press Escape; then, press Enter.
23. Select Return to Previous Menu from the Available Disk Options menu; then, press Enter when you have created all the partitions.
24. Select Volume Options and press Enter.
25. Press Insert to create a new volume.
26. Press Enter while any item is highlighted to make modifications. The first volume is by default SYS, which you must accept. You may name any additional volumes any name. When you have completed all the changes, press Escape; then, press Enter.
27. Create additional volumes by repeating the preceding two steps. When you have created all the volumes, press Escape.
28. Highlight System Options and press Enter.
29. Highlight Copy System and Public Files and press Enter. You will receive the message Volume SYS needs to be mounted before the selected action can be done (Press Escape To Continue), this is normal. Press Escape; then, press Enter to Mount Volume SYS.
30. Press F6 to specify the CD-ROM path.
31. Delete A:\; then, type x:\NETWARE.312\ENGLISH (where x:\ is the CD-ROM drive letter).
32. System and Public files are now copied to the SYS Volume. Press Escape when the File Upload Complete window appears.
33. Highlight Create AUTOEXEC.NCF File and press Enter.
34. Press Escape; then, press Enter to save AUTOEXEC.NCF.
35. Highlight Edit STARTUP.NCF and press Enter twice to accept the path.
36. Modify the load IPSRAID.HAM statement to add slot=x where x is the slot number of the ServeRAID adapter and reported in step 15 above.
37. Press Escape; then, press Enter to save STARTUP.NCF.
38. Press Escape to return to the main menu.
39. Replace the NetWare 3.12 Operating System CD with the 3.2 Enhancement Pack CD in CD-ROM drive x:.
40. Select Product Options from the Installation Options menu of INSTALL.
41. Press Insert. Delete A:; then, type x:\32ENH and press Enter (where x: is the CD-ROM drive letter).
42. Press Alt-F10; then, press Enter to exit the NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack Installation.
43. Press Escape; then, select Exit and press Enter. Press Enter again to confirm exit to the NetWare system console.
44. Insert the IBM Netfinity 10/100 Fault Tolerant Adapter Diskette.
45. Type DOWN and press Enter. Type EXIT and press Enter.
46. Enter the following DOS commands (where x: is the CD-ROM drive letter):
MD C:\SERVER.312\DRIVERS
COPY x:\DRIVERS\ODI331\*.* C:\SERVER.312\DRIVERS
COPY A:\NOVELL\VER3_X\*.* C:\SERVER3.12\DRIVERS
NOTE: If a version of the IBM Netfinity and PC Server Ethernet Controller and Netfinity 10/100 Fault Tolerant Device Driver prior to v2.03 is used, change the third line above to read:
COPY A:\NETWARE\*.* C:\SERVER.312\DRIVERS
47. At the DOS prompt, type SERVER and press Enter. This will reload NetWare with the 3.2 Enhancements.
48. At the server console, type LOAD INSTALL and press Enter.
49. Highlight System Options and press Enter.
50. Highlight Edit AUTOEXEC.NCF file and press Enter. Below the IPX Internal Net line, add the following:
SEARCH ADD 1 C:\SERVER.312\DRIVERS
LOAD PCNTNW SLOT=10001
LOAD CDROM.NLM
51. Below these lines, add any bind statements for Network Protocol support. These will vary depending upon which Network Protocols you choose to add to the server and internal network number you might already have in use. This is an example of a bind statement:
BIND IPX TO PCNTNW NET=1234
52. Press Escape; then, press Enter to save the changes.
Note: If you want your volumes to automatically mount when the server is started, include the statement MOUNT ALL as the very last line of the AUTOEXEC.NCF. Press Escape; then, press Enter to save the changes.
53. Press Escape to go back to the main menu; then, select Exit. Select Yes to return to the server console.
54. At the server console, type DOWN and press Enter; then, press EXIT and Enter to shut down and exit the server.
55. Before using the CD-ROM as a volume in NetWare, comment out any lines in the DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files that pertain to CD-ROM support. To comment out these lines, type REM at the beginning of each line.
56. Remove all diskettes and CDs, and restart (reboot) the server before continuing to step 57.
57. Restart the server by typing SERVER at the C:\SERVER.312 prompt.
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