HP NetServer AA 4000 Mode d’emploi

HP NetServer AA 6200

Solution

Release Notes

(Release 3.0 Service Pack 1)

HP Part Number 5971-0814

Printed in October 2000

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SOFTWARE REVISION

The revision of the software that this document supports is Revision 3.0.1–SP.EA.

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Contents

About This Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

HP NetServer AA Solution Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Additional Documentation on the Customer Support Web Site . . . . . . . 2

Platform Support and System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CE Dual Processor Support and CPU Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Platform Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Motherboard Requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Memory Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Marathon Interface Card (MIC) Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Operating System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

HP NetServer AA Solution Enhancements in Release 3.0 Service Pack 1 . . . 5

Support for 4 Gigabytes of Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Endurance_APP_DATA Environment Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installation Verification Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Endurance Manager Support for Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Redirected Gigabit Ethernet Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Endurance Performance Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Operating the Endurance Performance Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Redirected Ethernet Card Replacement without Server Reboot . . . . . . 7

Acrobat Reader Version 4 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

New Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

MtcCEX Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MtcMon Fault Handler Status Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MtcMon Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

IVP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Changed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

MtcEthP Status Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

MtcMon FRU Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MtcScsiP Status Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Contents

Maintenance Improvements – Release 3.0 Service Pack 1 . . . . . . . . . . 11

Features Introduced in HP NetServer AA Solution Release 3.0 . . . . . . . . 12

CE Dual Processor Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Extended BIOS and Embedded Testing Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Redirected Video Support and the CE Desktop Application. . . . . . . . 12

Point-to-point Fiber Interconnects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Endurance Manager Support for Windows 95/98 Clients . . . . . . . . . 13

Endurance Manager Non-privileged Operational Mode . . . . . . . . . . 13

Automatic Derivation of MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Operational Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Service Pack Installation Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Known Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

General Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Known Third-Party Vendor and Application Limitations . . . . . . . . . . 16

Documentation Errata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

HP NetServer AA Solution Release Notes

About This Product

These Release Notes document HP NetServer AA Release 3.0 Service Pack 1. This Service

Pack is a complete HP NetServer AA Solution software kit, containing all files needed to

perform an HP NetServer AA Solution server installation.

The following revisions are associated with this Service Pack.

HP NetServer AA Solution Documentation

HP NetServer AA Solution Release 3.0 Service Pack 1 documentation is available in both

online and hardcopy format, with selected documents available in one format or theother, while

other documents are available in both formats. The online documentation is located in the \Docs

directory on the HP NetServer AA Solution CD. Use Acrobat Reader to read and/or print it.

If you currently have HP NetServer AA Solution Release 3.0 installed at your site and plan to

upgrade to Release 3.0 Service Pack 1, first install the latest HP NetServer AA Solution online

documentation located on the CD from which you will install your software. Once the online

documentationis installed,youcan view (and/or print)the Upgrade and Downgrade Procedures

or, if you are reading this document online, access them by clicking on the link in Table 1-1.

Component Description

Hardware MIC Adapter Revision 4.2

Firmware MIC BIOS Revision 4.0.53–SP

MIC MicroCode Revision 4.0.81–SP

MIC FPGA Revision 4.2.53–SP

Software English versions: Endurance Software Revision 3.0.1–SP.EA *

Endurance Manager Revision 3.0.52–SP.EA

Japanese versions: Endurance Software Revision 3.0.1–SP.JA *

Endurance Manager Revision 3.0.52–SP.EA

* To confirm the revision of your software, from Endurance Manager select

View Revision Levels.

HP NetServer AA Solution Release Notes

The complete documentation for HP NetServer AA Solution Release 3.0 Service Pack 1

includes the following:

†This documentation applies to Release 3.0 and Release 3.0 Service Pack 1.

Additional Documentation on the Customer Support Web Site

This document contains complete andtimely information about the productas ofitspublication.

However, you should consult the HP NetServer AA Solution Web page at

http://netserver.hp.com/netserver/products/highlights_assured_avail.asp

to obtain the most recent updates to information about the release.

Table 1-1 HP NetServer AA Solution Documentation

Document or Manual Format Release

README.txt Online only Release 3.0 Service Pack 1

HP NetServer AA 6200 Solution Release

Notes (Release 3.0 Service Pack 1) Online and hardcopy Release 3.0 Service Pack 1

HP NetServer AA Solution

Administrator’s Guide Online and hardcopy Release 3.0 †

HP NetServer AA Solution Installation

Guide Online and hardcopy Release 3.0 †

HP NetServer AA Solution Messages Online only Release 3.0 Service Pack 1

HP NetServer AA Solution Upgrade/

Downgrade Procedures (Release 3.0

Service Pack 1)

Online only, as well as on the HP

NetServer Web site Release 3.0 Service Pack 1

Glossary Online and hardcopy in

HP NetServer AA Solution

Administrator’s Guide

Release 3.0 †

Online Help Online only Release 3.0 †

HP NetServer AA Solution Release Notes

Platform Support and System Requirements

CE Dual Processor Support and CPU Requirement

Release 3.0 of the HP NetServer AA Solution server introduced support for the use of two

processors inthe CEs, which are required for the server to boot.If your server is configured with

only one CPU in the CEs, the server will not boot. Also, use of the /onecpu switch in the

boot.ini file has no effect; even if you set this switch, your server will boot both CPUs in the

CE.

In addition, all processors in the CEs must be the same model (for example, Pentium®III or

Pentium III XeonTM) and speed. These requirements also apply to Release 3.0 Service Pack 1.

Platform Support

Starting with Release 3.0, the HP NetServer AA Solution server includes support for Pentium

III or Pentium III Xeon processors on the CEs and IOPs. However, use of the Pentium III serial

number (PSN) is not supported in applications on the CEs.

Motherboard Requirement

Starting with HP NetServer AA Solution Release 3.0, the motherboards on all computers (CEs

and IOPs) must be capable of supporting two or more processors.

Memory Requirement

Starting with Release 3.0, the HP NetServer AA Solution server requires a minimum of 256 MB

of memory in the CEs and IOPs. In addition, starting with Release 3.0 Service Pack 1, HP

NetServer AA Solution server can support up to 4 gigabytes of memory in the CEs.

Marathon Interface Card (MIC) Requirement

Starting with Release 3.0, the HP NetServer AA Solution server requires the new high

performance version of the Marathon Interface Card (MIC): version 4.2. For best performance

in the IOPs, HPrecommends configuring the MIC with its own interrupt if possible, rather than

sharing an interrupt. Also, you should install the MIC in a primary PCI bus, and not on a

secondary bridge chip.

HP NetServer AA Solution Release Notes

Operating System Requirements

In addition to the installation requirements listed in the HP NetServer AA Solution Installation

Guide, the operating system versions that can be used for HP NetServer AA Solution 3.0

Service Pack 1 are restricted to those described in Table 1-2. Note that international customers

other than those in Japan should use the English version of HP NetServer AASolutionsoftware

(HP NetServer AA Solution software revision 3.0.1-SP.EA).

Table 1-2 HP NetServer AA Solution Release 3.0 Service Pack 1 Supported Operating

System Versions

Note: HP concurs with Microsoft in recommending the use of Service Pack 6a, which

includes the latest updates to Windows NT 4.0.

Windows NT®Version HP NetServer AA

Solution

Component

Required Windows NT Service

Packs

English Language Version — HP NetServer AA Solution Software and Documentation

Windows NT Server 4.0

(US and language variations) CEs and IOPs Windows NT Service Pack 6 and 6a

Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition

(US and language variations) CEs and IOPs Windows NT Service Pack 6 and 6a

Windows NT Server, Terminal Server

Edition (US and language variations) CEs and IOPs Windows NT Terminal Server Edition

Service Pack 5 and 6

Japanese Language Version of Windows NT and HP NetServer AA Solution Documentation

Windows NT Server 4.0 CEs and IOPs Windows NT Service Pack 6a

Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition CEs and IOPs Windows NT Service Pack 6a

Windows NT Server, Terminal Server

Edition CEs and IOPs Windows NT Terminal Server Edition

Service Pack 4 and 5

HP NetServer AA Solution Release Notes

HP NetServer AA SolutionEnhancements in Release 3.0

Service Pack 1

Release 3.0Service Pack 1includes a number ofenhancementsto the Release 3.0 HP NetServer

AA Solution software.

Support for 4 Gigabytes of Memory

Release 3.0 Service Pack 1 includes support for 4 gigabytes of memory in the CEs.

Endurance_APP_DATA Environment Variable

Beginning with Release 3.0, HP NetServer AA Solution uses a new installation path to comply

with Microsoft’s direction that programs install within the \Program Files path for

compliance with Windows 2000. Due to this installation path change, customers who had

written scripts to take advantage of the previous HP NetServer AA Solution installation path

might find that their scripts no longer work as expected.

Starting in Release 3.0 Service Pack 1, HP recommends the use of the ENDURANCE_APP_DATA

environment variable to compensate scripts for the new installation path. Using this

environment variable, scripts can locatethe HP NetServer AASolution utilities on any language

variation of Windows NT. To take advantage of this capability, take the following steps:

Installation Verification Procedure

Release 3.0 Service Pack 1 introduces an Installation Verification Procedure for Ethernet

bindings. Each time an IOP boots, this procedure runs automatically, evaluating the server’s

Ethernet bindings and reporting its findings to the event log on the local IOP.

Step Action Notes

1 Verify the existence of a system environment variable to

each IOP and the CE environment. The Endurance installation process

automatically adds the variable

%ENDURANCE_APP_PATH%. This

variable reflects the path

“c:\Program Files\Marathon

Endurance”.

2 Edit each script so that the first non-comment line is:

if NOT “%ENDURANCE_APP_PATH%”==““set

path=%ENDURANCE_APP_PATH%;%path%

HP NetServer AA Solution Release Notes

You can also run the installation verification procedure manually whenever you want to re-

evaluate the Ethernet bindings. To run the procedure, open an MS-DOS command window and

type mtcivp. The results will be written to the event log on the IOP from which you run the

procedure. To view the data on the screen as well as in the event logs, use the verbose form of

the command. To do so, type mtcivp /verbose.

The messages about these findings constitute a new class of HP NetServer AA Solution

messages, the IVP messages. These unprefixed messages are described in Chapter 3 in HP

NetServer AA Solution Messages. They are also listed in these Release Notes in the section IVP

Messages.

Endurance Manager Support for Windows 2000

Starting with Release 3.0 Service Pack 1, Endurance Manager can be installed and run on

computers with the Windows 2000 Professional operating system.

Redirected Gigabit Ethernet Support

Release 3.0 Service Pack 1 includes gigabit Ethernet support for redirected network adapters.

Refer to the Supported Configurations List on the HP NetServer Web site at

http://netserver.hp.com/netserver/products/highlights_assured_avail.asp

for information about the adapters that are qualified to take advantage of this support.

Endurance Performance Monitor

Although HP NetServer AA Solution has multiprocessing on the CEs, the standard Windows

NT Performance Monitor allows you to view only one CE processor (Processor 0). However,

Release 3.0 Service Pack 1 includes the Endurance Performance Monitor, a plug-in for the

standard Windows NT Performance Monitor that enables it to display the activity of the second

CE processor. In Release 3.0 Service Pack 1, the Endurance Performance Monitor is

implemented in English only.

The HP NetServer AA Solution plug-in adds the Endurance Processor object to the existing set

of supported objects, thus enabling the monitoring of the HP NetServer AA Solution server’s

use of Processor 1. The Endurance Processor object contains the % Processor 1 Time counter.

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