NEC Express5800/320Ma Comment utiliser

NEC Solutions (America), Inc.

NR004W

Release Notes:

Express5800/320Ma

Release 4.1.0

Manual Name: Release Notes: Express5800/320Ma Release 4.1.0

Part Number: NR004W

Express5800/320Ma Software Release Number: 4.1.0

Publication Date: January 2006

NEC Solutions (America), Inc.

10850 Gold Center Drive, Suite 200

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

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Contents iii

Contents

Preface v

1. Release Notes 1-1

Release Contents 1-2

Installing Express5800/320Ma Software 1-3

Special Procedures and Restrictions 1-4

Known Problems 1-5

Documentation 1-6

Documentation Updates and Corrections 1-7

Obtaining Documentation 1-7

Getting Help 1-8

Contents

iv Release Notes: Express5800/320Ma Release 4.1.0

Preface v

Preface

Purpose of This Manual

TheReleaseNotes:Express5800/320MaRelease4.1.0describereleasecontentsand

significant known problems. They also document new information that does not yet

appear in other Express5800/320Ma online documentation.

Audience

This document is intended for system administrators who will install this

Express5800/320Ma software release and for others who need an overview of the

release.

Notation Conventions

This document uses the notation conventions described in this section.

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

Warnings, cautions, and notes provide special information and have the following

meanings:

WARNING

!A warning indicates a situation where failure to take

oravoid a specified actioncouldcausebodilyharmor

loss of life.

CAUTION

!A caution indicates a situation where failure to take or

avoidaspecifiedaction coulddamagea hardware device,

program, system, or data.

NOTE

Anoteprovidesimportantinformationabouttheoperation

of an Express5800/320Ma system.

Preface

vi Release Notes: Express5800/320Ma Release 4.1.0

Typographical Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in Express5800/320Ma documents:

•The bold font emphasizes words in text or indicates text that you type, the name of

a screen object, or the name of a programming element. For example:

Before handling or replacing system components, make sure that you are

properly grounded by using a grounded wrist strap.

In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab.

Call the RegisterDeviceNotification function.

•Theitalic fontintroduces new terms and indicatesprogrammingandcommand-line

arguments that the user defines. For example:

Many hardware components are customer-replaceable units (CRUs), which

can be replaced on-site by system administrators with minimal training or tools.

copy filename1 filename2

Pass a pointer for the NotificationFilter parameter

•The monospace font indicates sample program code and output, including

message text. For example:

#include <iostream.h>

The operation completed successfully.

Notices

•All regulatory notices are provided in the site planning guide for your system.

•Although this guide documents modem functionality, modems are not available for

all systems. Ask your sales representative about modem availability.

•ActiveService Network (ASN) is not currently available, but may be ordered in the

future.

Release Notes 1-1

Chapter 1

Release Notes1-

This document provides information about the following topics:

•“Release Contents”

•“Installing Express5800/320Ma Software”

•“Special Procedures and Restrictions”

•“Known Problems”

•“Documentation”

•“Getting Help”

NOTE

The notes for this release may have changed since this

document was printed. Before proceeding, check for an

update at http://support.necsam.com/servers/.

Release Contents

Express5800/320Ma software and documentation are distributed on two compact

discs (CD-ROMs).

•The ExpressBuilder CD (1 of 2), contains the System software required to operate

your system.

•The ExpressBuilder CD (2 of 2), contains Express5800/320Ma documentation in

both online Help and Portable Document Format (PDF) formats.

NOTE

You need both CD-ROMs to complete the installation.

If you ordered Microsoft®Windows®Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, an

ExpressBuilderCDisincluded,tobeused if youneedtoperformaninitialprogramload

(IPL) of Express5800/320Ma System software.

Release Contents

1-2 Release Notes: Express5800/320Ma Release 4.1.0

New Features Available in This Release

Express5800/320Ma System software includes the following new features:

•Support for Express5800/320Ma Dual-Core systems. These systems use

dual-core Intel®Xeon®processors for increased performance.

•Support for Express5800/320Ma Active Upgrade™ technology. Using the

optionalActiveUpgradeproduct,youcan,inmanycases,installsoftwareupgrades

or hot fixes on your system with only a few seconds of interruption to your

application processing. See the Express5800/320Ma: Active Upgrade User’s

Guide for information about this product.

•Rapid Disk Resync (RDR) enhancements. The following enhancements have

been added:

– Improved performance during disk verification. Also, the action Stop Verify

has been added to ftSMC.

–Break Physical Disk from RDR Virtual Disk in ftSMC. This action allows you

to temporarily isolate a physical disk from an RDR virtual disk so that you can

back up a snapshot of the disk contents.

– Support for GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks. GPT partition style, new with

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, is now supported for data

(non-system) disks only, in addition to master boot record (MBR) partition style.

See the Express5800/320Ma: System Administrator’s Guide for information about

RDR disk verification and Break Physical Disk from RDR Virtual Disk.

•ActiveService™ Network (ASN) related enhancements. The following features

have been added to enhance ASN functionality:

– Autonomous Call-Home. Virtual Technician Modules (VTMs) can now send

alarms over the ASN even when the Windows operating system is not running

(for example, in the rare case when a Fault-Resilient Boot (FRB) is unable to

start the system).

– Internet Dial-In. A modem is no longer necessary for the NEC Technical

Support to dial in and provide system support over the ASN, if your VTMs are

connected to a network with Internet access.

– Modem control from ftSMC. You can now take an ASN modem out of service

during replacement procedures and return it to service from ftSMC. See the

Express5800/320Ma: System Administrator’s Guide for details.

NOTE

ActiveService Network (ASN) is not currently available.

NEC may offer this optional service in the future.

Installing Express5800/320Ma Software

Release Notes 1-3

For a list of new and updated documents for this release, as well as information not yet

included in the documents, see “Documentation” on page 1-5.

Installing Express5800/320Ma Software

Table 1-1 lists the Express5800/320Ma system installation and configuration

documents. There are two documents associated with each model:

•The document listed in the Initial Installation column explains how to install

Express5800/320Ma software for the first time or how to complete the installation

of software preinstalled on a new system.

•The document listed in the Configuration, Upgrade, and Remote Management

column explains how to configure your system after it has been installed, how to

install Express5800/320Ma System software, Windows, and firmware upgrades,

and how to install Express5800/320Ma System software on PCs for remote

management.

Special Procedures and Restrictions

The following are special procedures and restrictions that apply to this release.

Preserving Application Data When Using Active Upgrade™ Software

When you perform an upgrade using Active Upgrade™ software with saved

configuration files, the software does not provide a warning when itdiscovers a system

disk (that is, a disk that has a boot partition or a paging file) that has not been declared

in the configuration files.

CAUTION

!If you place a paging file on adisk that contains persistent

(non-temporary) application data, the Active Upgrade™

software will automatically declare that disk to be a

system disk. When the upgrade is committed, the disk on

the production side will be overwritten, possibly with stale

data, from theupgradeside, which may result in data loss.

Table 1-1. Express5800/320Ma Installation and Configuration Documentation

Model Initial Installation Configuration, Upgrade, and

Remote Management

Express580

0/320Ma Express5800/320Ma: Installation

Guide Express5800/320Ma: Software

Installation and Configuration Guide

Known Problems

1-4 Release Notes: Express5800/320Ma Release 4.1.0

Follow these guidelines to avoid data loss during upgrades:

•When configuring applications, make sure that you do not write persistent

application data to a disk that has a boot partition or a paging file, or is declared to

be a system disk in an Active Upgrade configuration file.

•When creating Active Upgrade configuration files, do not declare a disk that

contains persistent application data to be a system disk.

•When configuring paging files, do not place them on disks that contain persistent

application data.

For information about correctly using Active Upgrade™ software, see the

Express5800/320Ma: Active Upgrade User’s Guide.

Avoiding Problems with the EMC®SANSurfer FC HBA Manager Utility

If your Express5800/320Ma system is connected to an EMC Storage System, avoid

installing the EMC utility SANSurfer FC HBA Manager. This utility prevents failover of

QLogic®host bus adapters (HBAs). It also prevents Active Upgrade from working .

CAUTION

!If you do install the SANSurfer FC HBA Manager utility to

update the firmware on a QLogic HBA, uninstall it

immediately after use. While it is installed, your system

cannot fail over a QLogic HBA, so that the fault tolerance

of your system is compromised.

Configuring VTMs

The SMM Admin Dialback Number, a configuration setting for Virtual Technician

Modules(VTMs),isnotyetimplemented.Youcanconfigureadialback numberfor your

administrator account, but when you dial in to a VTM, it does not hang up the

connection and dial the dialback number. When you dial into and log into the VTM, the

connection remains established until you log out and hang up. See the

Express5800/320MaVirtualTechnicianModule User’sGuideforadditionalinformation

on configuring VTMs.

Known Problems

This section describes known problems in this release.

Message Box May Block Shutdown or Restart

Description Intermittently, a message dialog box with the following message may

appear when the system is being shut down or restarted:

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