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  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 1

    SG24-4763-00 IBM PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide March 1997 This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. ...

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    International Technical Support Organization IBM PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide March 1997 SG24-4763-00 IBML This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Take Note! Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information in Appendix F, “Special Notices” on page 163. First Edition (March 1997) This edition applies to current models of IBM PC Servers for use with Windows NT Server 4.0 Comments may be addressed ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii The Team That Wrote This Redbook ......................... vii Comments Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5.3.5 System Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 5.3.6 B asic Configuration and HAL Options ................... 89 5.3.7 Selecting the Correct HAL .......................... 90 5.3.8 Partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix A. Sources of Drivers and Information ................ 147 A. 1 Compatibility Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 A .2 Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 A. 3 Tuning Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. vi PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Preface This redbook will help you implement Windows NT Server 4.0 on an IBM PC Server and to understand how to configure for the best performance. It explores the tools necessary to configure the server hardware, presents topics that should be considered before installing Windows NT, and details the op ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Tim Kearby Angelo Rimoldi Wuilbert Martinez Zamora Jean-Paul Simoen Thanks to the following people for their invaluable contributions to this project: Gail Wojton, Melinda Allen Systems Management and Networking ITSO Center, Raleigh. Marc Shelley, Dave Laubscher IBM PC Server Technology Center, Research ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 1 . Introduction Windows NT Server 4.0 is one of the major network operating systems available on the market today, and is continuing to gain market acceptance. At the time of publishing, previews are being shown of what may appear in version 5.0 of the product. This demonstrates the fact the pr ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. The mission at the Kirkland Center is to adapt Microsoft ′ s products to IBM hardware to satisfy customer requirements. This requires early involvement in the design cycle, timely adaptation and porting, development of complimentary software and drivers, extensive testing, and performance monitoring. ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 2 . Hardware Configuration This chapter focuses on the setup and configuration of your IBM PC Server hardware. The most common tasks are presented here. For more information about these tasks, please see the user guides that came with your system. The different technologies used to implement the ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 14

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. For this redbook, we have used the PC Server 330 for the screen shots and descriptions. The BI OS in this machine is indicative of the current range of PC Servers from IBM. To access the setup program: 1. Turn o n t h e s e r v e r a n d watch the screen for the blue IBM logo to appear. 2. When prompted ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2.1.1.2 System Information This choice also shows read-only summaries of your server, divided into two sections: • Product Data • PCI Routing Selecting Product Data shows you the following information (as per our test Server 330): ┌────────────────────── ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Devices and I/O Ports │ ├──────────────────────────────────────── ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Power-on Password │ ├────────────────────────────────────? ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2.1.1.7 Advanced Setup Selecting this menu choice shows you this window: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Advanced Setu ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PCI Bus Control │ ├──────────────────────────────────────┤ │ PCI Data Parity NMI [Enabled ] │ ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   EISA Configuration Utility Help=F1 Steps in configuring your computer Step 1 : Important EISA configuration information Step 2 : Add or remove boards Step 3 : View or edit details Step 4 : Examine switches or print report Step 5 : Save and Exit Select=Enter <Cancel=ESC>   Figure 3. E ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. EISA Configuration Diskettes EISA adapters are shipped with a diskette that contains a configuration file (a .CFG file) that the EISA configuration utility needs so that it knows what parameters are available for the adapter. This .CFG file should be copied to the EISA configuration diskette. If the fil ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Use the Edit Resources option to change interrupt request levels, I/O addresses and other parameters whose settings may need to be changed to avoid conflicts with other devices. Note Sometimes changing a setting during this step requires you to change a switch or jumper setting on the system board or on ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 1. Turn o n t h e server and watch the screen. 2. When t h e message Press <Ctrl><A> appears, press Ctrl and A simultaneously. A panel similar to the one in Figure 7 will appear. ┌────────── Adapter AIC-7880 Ultra/Ultra W at Bus:Device 01:04h ───────── ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.  2  Host Adapter SCSI Termination All SCSI interfaces use daisy-chained cabling. The cable starts at the adapter and goes to the first device, and then out of that device to the next device and so on until it reaches the last device in the chain. The last device has an incoming cable and a termina ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 25

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. ┌──────────────────── SCSI Device Configuration ──────────────────────┐ │ │ │ SCSI Device ID #0 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 │ │ ────────────────────────────? ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. The SCSI-2 Fast and Wide Adapters issue the start unit command to each drive one at a time. The SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID adapter issues the start unit command to two drives at a time. Note In order to take advantage of this option, verify that the autostart jumpers have been removed on hard drive ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 27

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Use the arrow keys to select the parameter to modify. • Press Enter to edit the parameter. • Use the arrow keys to select the new value or press Esc to quit. • Press Enter to validate the new value. When finished: • Press Esc to quit the SCSI Advanced Configuration options menu. • Press Es ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 28

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. These programs are obtainable in several ways: • Shipped with the server on two diskettes called the reference diskette and the diagnostic diskette. • Created from images for these diskettes on the ServerGuide CD-ROM that is shipped with the system. • On the system partition of the machine. Non-ar ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 29

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 1 . U s e th e up arrow ke y or down arrow key to highlight a choice. 2. Pr ess Enter. 2.4.1.3 Main Menu Options Regardless of whether you started the system programs by booting from the system partition or from the reference diskette, the main menu similar to Figure 12 will be displayed.   Main M ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 30

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.  4  S et configuration This option contains programs used to view, change, back up, or restore the configuration information. It also contains the Automatic Configuration program. The configuration information consists of: • Installed system options • Memory size • Adapter locations and assi ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Backup / Restore System Programs Select One: 1. Backup the system diskette  1  2. Backup the system partition  2  3. Restore the system partition  3  Enter F1=Help F3=Exit   Figure 13. System Programs - Backup/Restore System Programs Menu The following options are availab ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Set Configuration Select One: 1. View configuration  1  2. Change configuration  2  3. Backup configuration  3  4. Restore configuration  4  5. Run automatic configuration  5  6. Display memory map  6  7. Set and view SCSI device configuration  7  Enter ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   View Configuration Total System Memory Installed memory....................................32768KB(32.0MB) Usable Memory.......................................32584KB(31.6MB) Built In Features Installed Memory....................................32768KB(32.0MB) Diskette drive 0 Type.............. ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.  2  Change configuration Change configuration allows you to change configuration information used by the server. Use the Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, Up and Down arrow keys to move from field to field, and F5 and F6 to scroll through the choices. Use F10 to save the changes to non-volatile CMOS ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 35

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. memory specification (EMS) page frame. Figure 16 o n page 25 shows the Memory Map panel.   Memory Map 0C000H SVGA Adapter Micro Channel slot............................5 Size(in KB)...................................32 0C8000H IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter Micro Channel Slot......... ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Set and View SCSI Device Configuration SCSI Configuration Verification................[Enabled] Slot 1-IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Adapter SCSI Address (ID)...........................7 SCSI Device Device type............................Hard Disk Device Address (ID,LUN)................6,0 Device size .. ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 37

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Set Features Select one: 1. Set date and time  1  2. Set password and unattended start mode  2  3. Set keyboard speed  3  4. Set console  4  5. Set startup sequence  5  6. Set fast startup mode  6  7. Set power-on features  7  Enter F1=Help F3=Exit  ? ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 38

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Select this option if you want to use a display and keyboard as the server console. Errors will occur when the server is turned on if the display or the keyboard is not attached. 2. Display only Select this option if you want to use a display without a keyboard as the server console. 3 . N o console Sel ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 39

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.  7  Set power-on features This panel lets you set the options for when and how the server can be started. It can be turned on automatically at a set time, or be turned on from a remote location through a modem. When you select this option from the Set Features menu, a panel similar to the one in F ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 40

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Set Passwords and Security features Select one: 1. Set Power-On password  1  2. Change Power-On password  2  3. Remove Power-On password  3  4. Set unattended start mode  4  5. Set privileged-access password  5  6. Change privileged-access password  6  7. Remo ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3. Pr ess Enter.  3  Remove power-on password This option shows the instructions for removing the current power-on password, which are: 1 . Tu rn o ff t he server and wait a few seconds, then turn it on . 2 . T h e following message will appear: Enter password Type the current password followed by ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 42

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.  6  Change privileged-access password This option allows you to change the administrator password. You must know the current privileged-access password in order to complete the procedure.  7  Remove privileged password This option removes the administrator password. You must know the current ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 43

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   More Utilities Select one: 1. Display revision levels  1  2. Display system error log  2  3. Stand-alone utility information  3  4. Set system identification  4  5. Set character font  5  Enter F1=Help F3=Exit   Figure 22. More Utilities Menu This panel has th ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   System Error Log page 1 of 1 Type of error: Processor board replaced Previous system identifier: 00001B4B Previous manufacturing identifier: 30343236 Model: F8 Submodel: 47 BIOS revision level: 03 Number of occurrences: 1 Date of error: 01/30/95 Time of error:19:55 F1=More information F3=Exit F4 ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. After a few seconds, a panel similar to the one in Figure 25 on page 35 appears.   Advanced Diagnostic Menu Select One: 1. Run System Checkout  1  2. Format the hard disk  2  Enter F1=Help F3=Exit   Figure 25. Advanced Diagnostic Menu The following choices are available:  1 ? ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 46

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2. 5 RAID Adapter Utilities On PC Servers with SCSI RAID adapters, the RAID utility is used to configure the attached SCSI devices. This section describes two of the utilities used on IBM PC Servers: 1 . T he utility for the IBM SCSI-2 F a st/Wide S treami ng RA ID Adapter/A and th e IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wid ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ Select Adapter │ ├──────────────────────────────┤ │ 1. Help │ │ 2. RAID Controll ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ Drive Information │ │┌─────────┐? ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. To format a device: 1. From t he main menu, select Advanced Functions . The following menu appears:   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ Advanced Functions │ ├─? ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌───────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ Advanced Functions │ │┌───────? ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Rebuild Priority This parameter sets the priority of the execution order of the rebuild I/O requests with respect to the system I/O requests. The rebuild priority can be changed without affecting data in the logical drive. • Parity Placement Parity placement defines how parity is placed in the dis ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ Create/Delete Array │ │┌─────────┐ ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ Create/Delete Array │ │┌─────────┐ ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5 . Pr es s any key to return. Now that an array has been defined, it is necessary to create the logical drives on this array. Logical drive definitions for created arrays must be done before exiting the Create/Delete Array menu. Notes: 1 . U p to fo ur arrays can be defined pe r controller. 2 . A n arr ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌──────────┐ ┌────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │Select │ │ Create/De ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌───────────┐ ┌────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │Enter Size │ │ Cr ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Note It is not necessary to define multiple logical drives of the same RAID level. You can partition these logical drives the same way you partition a real disk when you install the operating system. 8. Select Exit to leave this menu. 9. Select Yes to save the changes. Figure 40 shows an example of a co ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. In write-through mode, the data is written directly to the disk and no acknowledgement is sent until the operation is complete. This is the default. 2.5.1.7 Initializing the Array If you are using RAID level 1 or 5, you must select Initialize logical drives for proper operation. This sets the drive to a ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 (2.14) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ Confirm │ │ Advanced Functions │ ├─────────┤ ├────? ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 60

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2.5.2.1 ServeRAID Adapter Support Diskettes Prior to publication, IBM released version 2.0 of the support diskettes for the ServeRAID Adapter. The two major functional enhancements that this new version provided are: 1. Internal Ho t- Swap Drive Support for the I BM P C Server 7 0 4 The IBM PC ServeRAID ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 61

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Images of these diskettes plus an online (HTML) version of the ServeRAID Installation and User ′ s Guide are available from IBM ′ s PC Server Web site. Refer to Appendix A, “Sources of Drivers and Information” on page 147 for details. 2.5.2.2 IBM PC Server Support To support the ServeRAID firmwa ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 62

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter Disk Array Configuration Ver. 2.00 Adapter Number: 1 Bus Number: 0 Host ID = Null Config ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu │ ├────────────────? ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.  3  EZ-RAID Configuration This option give you an automatic method to create an IBM PC ServeRAID configuration based on the number of physical drives that are in the ready (RDY) state. The bays are scanned for the physical drives in the RDY state. A maximum of nine drives will be selected on a fir ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter Disk Array Configuration Ver. 2.00 Adapter Number: 1 Bus Number: 0 Host ID = Null Config ┌───────────────────────────────────┐┌────────┬────────┬────? ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.  6  IBM RAID Subsystem Diagnostic Select this option to run the ServeRAID Adapter self test. Low-level formatting of drives is provided as well as a drive media test.  7  Init/View/Synchronize Config This option lets you initialize the configuration of the adapter back to the factory default ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 66

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter Disk Array MiniConfiguration Utility Ver. 2.00 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu │ ├───────────────────────────────? ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 67

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. This displays data about the adapter hardware and the PCI registers. Boot CD-ROM Configuration: This menu choice gives you options to support bootable CD-ROMs. If you wish to boot from CD-ROM, set each option to Yes and then save the configuration to the adapter. ┌────────────? ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2.5.2.6 Possible POST Errors During POST, the ServeRAID adapter compares the stored configuration information to the configuration that is actually present. If a discrepancy exists, one or more status messages appear after POST completes, but before the operating system loads. You will be given a list o ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 69

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. F4 Retry. F7 Restore the configuration from diskette. Press F7 when you replace a faulty adapter or when you move an entire disk array from one system to another without also moving the adapter. New Adapter There may be situations (for example using a factory-fresh adapter as the replacement) where the ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 70

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 60 PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 71

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 3. Pre-installation Considerations This chapter is aimed at providing guidelines regarding hardware, software and capacity consideration requirements when installing NT 4.0. Windows NT Server 4.0 is a 32-bit operating system and is very hardware intensive. With most 16-bit operating systems, suc ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 72

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3.1.2 Hardware Configuration In order to successfully install Windows NT, we recommend that you obtain the following information: Adapter Card Required information Video Adapter or chipset type Network Card IRQ, I/O address, DMA (if used) connector type (BNC, twisted pair, etc) SCSI Controller Adapter m ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 73

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3.1.2.3 Unsupported Hardware NT 4.0 does not currently support the following controller and BIOS enhancements: • 32-bit I/O BIOS switch • Enhanced drive access • Multiple block addressing or rapid IDE • Write-back cache on disk controllers • Power management features 3.2 Setup Options There ar ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 74

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. See 3.10, “Installation Over the Network” on page 68 for more details. Note: The method of copying the I386 directory can also be used when there are drive or driver issues that otherwise block the use of the CD-ROM. We used the standard setup method (option 1) in our testing. 3.2.1 Unsupported Setu ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 75

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3.3 Viruses NT 4.0 will not install on a system infected by a virus. One of the common problems associated with a virus infection rears it head while you are busy installing, as described in Chapter 5, “Installing Windows NT Server 4.0” on page 8 1. You may encounter an error stop (a blue screen wit ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 76

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. for the Windows NT code, page file and DOS or Windows 95 installation. Formatting the boot partition with the FAT file system gives you the ability to boot to DOS if necessary, to copy over drivers, or boot files in the event of a file corruption or upgrade problem. We recommend that all other partition ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 77

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. NT 4.0 is not aware of any of these changes and the device drivers that address these adapters will fail. We recommend that, if possible, you should disable these BIOS features of your server and on any adapters in the server. Note: Some of the IBM PC Servers, such as the PC Server 320 have the ability ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 78

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 4. Find a n y device driver diskettes that pertain to adapters installed in your se rve r. If possible, try to establish by checking the time and date stamp of the files if they are newer than any supplied with NT 4.0. 5. Refer to both the Microsoft and IBM hardware compatibility lists. These ca n be fo ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 79

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 9. Once t he copying process is complete, N T 4 . 0 will modify the boot partition. The server will reboot and the installation process continues. Chapter 3 . Pre-installation Considerations 69 ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 70 PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 4. Installation Using ServerGuide 3.0 ServerGuide is a set of CD-ROMs containing installation tools and code designed to aid users to install their operating systems with a minimum of effort. It i s included with all new IBM PC Servers. The current version, ServerGuide 3.0, aids the installation ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 4. 1 ServerGuide 3.0 and NT 4.0 For the purposes of this document, this chapter concentrates on the aspects of ServerGuide 3.0 as it pertains to the installation of Windows NT Server 4.0. For the installation of NT 4.0, ServerGuide provides assistance building driver diskettes for the various IBM produc ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 83

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 47. ServerGuide 3 . 0 Country and Keyboard S elections Select your country and keyboard; then on the following panel, confirm these choices. Note: ServerGuide will now perform a hardware detection function to determine which IBM components are installed in the server. 5 . A t this point, the main ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 84

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 48. ServerGuide 3 . 0 Ma in Menu From here, you can view online or print (in PostScript format) any of the following: − Manuals that came with your IBM PC Server − The TME 10 NetFinity publications − The various integration guides, including the previous version of this book − The PC Serv ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 85

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. For NT 4.0, you can use your own license code only; an activation key is not available for this version. You will then be prompted to insert your retail CD-ROM (US version only) to verify your license before ServerGuide will create your custom installation diskettes. Blank diskettes are provided for thi ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 86

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 4.3.2 AutoPilot AutoPilot lets you learn about ServerGuide and then be guided step-by-step through the hardware configuration of the server. It includes checking (and if necessary updating) the BIOS level, configuring the adapters, and configuring the disk arrays. At each stage, the server online docume ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 51. Selecting N T 4 .0 from ServerGuide 3 .0 Notice that Transfer License from retail package option is the only option available. ServerGuide 3.0 only supports installing NT 4.0 from the retail version of the code supplied by you. 4. Select Installed Adapters ServerGuide 3.0 automatically detect ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 88

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 52. ServerGuide 3 . 0 Installed Adapters/Controllers. ServerGuide automatically detects what adapters yo u have installed. This figure shows the result on our test Server 320. 6 . A listbox n ow appears showing recommended di skette packages and optional diskette packages. Select the ones you wan ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 53. ServerGuide 3 . 0 Installation Diskette Pa c kages. The Setup Diskettes package contains the three boot diskettes for NT 4.0. The TME 10 NetFinity package contains diskettes for TME 10 NetFinity Manager. 7 . I f you wish to build any of the packages, ensure they a re selected. Then press the ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 80 PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 5. Installing Windows NT Server 4.0 This chapter describes the installation of Windows NT Server 4.0 using the commercially available version of the software. The installation process will be specified in general terms that relate to all IBM PC server models. An y information relating to specifi ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 92

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. partitioning that you may require. The second component, following a reboot, sets up the software options and builds the networking environment for this machine. 5.3.1 Starting the Process Insert the NT 4.0 installation diskette 1 in drive A: and the NT 4.0 CD-ROM in your server ′ s CD-ROM drive, and ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Tip Check the location (path) of the device drivers on the diskettes supplied by the manufacturers before you start the installation process, as you will not have the opportunity during the next section of the installation process. NT 4.0 setup displays the following panel (Figure 5 5 ) :   Window ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Windows NT Server Setup ======================= Setup has recognized the following mass storage devices in your computer: Adaptec AHA-294X-394X/AIC-78XX SCSI Controller * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows NT, including those for ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Windows NT Server Setup ======================= You have asked to specify an additional SCSI adapter, CD-ROM drive, or special disk controller for use with Windows NT. * To select a mass storage device from the following list, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to move the highlight to to the mass sto ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Select the adapter you have installed in your server (in this example, the IBM PC ServeRAID adapter), and press Enter. Setup then returns you to the panel showing all the currently selected adapters (Figure 5 9 ) . You may repeat the process in selecting additional adapters until you have finished the m ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. CD-ROM, the following two error panels are likely to occur at this point (see Figure 60 on page 87 and Figure 61 on page 87 ) .   Windows NT Server Setup ======================= Setup has determined that your computers startup disk is new or has been erased, or that an operating system is installe ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. To overcome the problem, recreate the installation disks. The correct syntax is WINNT /OX from a DOS prompt or WINNT32 /OX while running NT 3.5 or later. This will correct the problem in most cases when the installation process is restarted with the freshly created installation disks. On the Windows NT ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 99

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. RAID Arrays and Logical Drives Remember, when using drives attached to an IBM RAID controller, the physical drives are combined into a RAID array. Within this array, you can specify how much of the total available (drive array) disk space will be assigned to a certain RAID level (RAID-0, -1 or -5). T hi ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 100

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Windows NT Server Setup ======================= Setup has determined that your computer contains the following hardware and software components: Computer: MPS Multiprocessor PC Display: Auto Detect Keyboard: XT, AT, or Enhanced Keyboard (83-104 Keys) Keyboard Layout: US Pointing Device: Microsof ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. You are now presented with a list of Hardware Abstraction Layer choices. Table 4 on page 91 lists the appropriate HAL choices for each server. It is also recommended that you use any IBM-supplied HAL diskette if it is more current than the one supplied with the NT 4.0 CD-ROM. To confirm which version of ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 102

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. If you have not partitioned your disk, you can do so now. We recommend that you create only one partition at this stage, as we have found that creating more than one partition may hang Windows NT during the installation process. You can define all other partitions using Disk Manager once the installatio ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 103

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Windows NT Server Setup ======================= You have asked Setup to create a new partition on 800 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 3 on ispraidn. * To create the new partition, enter a size below and press ENTER. * To return to the previous panel without creating the partition, press ESC The minimum ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 104

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. As requested, re-insert any manufacturer-supplied driver diskettes such as the IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter diskette. 5.3.10 F i le Transfer Windows NT Setup copies all required files from the CD-ROM to your hard disk. A progress indicator shows the file copy operations. Once it completes, the server reboot ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5.5.1 Naming the Server Enter the name you want to assign to this server. This name identifies this server on the network and it has to be unique on the network. Put some thought into naming your servers, as it will save you a lot of duplication and effort during the life cycle of your network. You have ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5.5.3 The Administrator Password When prompted, set the administrator user ID and password. Do not forget this password as there is no way of resetting the password if it is lost or forgotten. We recommend that you put a password administration policy in place where authorized personnel have access to t ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5. 6 Installing Windows NT Networking This next phase of the installation concentrates on the networking side of the NT 4.0 configuration. 5.6.1 Network O ptions At this point, you will specify and install the networking components of NT 4.0. First, specify how the machine will be connected: either dire ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 108

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 68. Auto-Detection of Network Adapters If your adapter is not auto-detected by setup, you may either select the adapter from the list provided by Setup or you need to provide a hardware manufacturer ′ s adapter support diskette. To select an adapter from the list, click on Select from list... . ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 70. Adapter Drivers Found on the OE M Diskette 5.6.3 Network Protocols After the network adapters are selected, you need to define the network protocol stacks to be used for network communication. Select the required network protocols from the list provided by setup (Figure 7 1 ). Figure 71. Sele ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 110

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. communicating with other networks, then the best choice would be the NetBEUI protocol. This limitation is due to the fact that NetBEUI is a broadcast-intensive protocol with no routing capabilities. It can be bridged, increasing the broadcasting on all bridged subnets. If you intend to extend your netwo ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5.6.5 Specifics of the Auto LANStreamer PCI Adapter As a result of selecting the Auto LANStreamer PCI Token-Ring Adapter, the window in Figure 73 is displayed. You can either accept the defaults or modify them according to your requirements. In this example, we changed the default (the adapter ′ s bur ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 112

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 74. Reviewing Network Bindings NT 4.0 will now start the network and complete the networking installation. Setup will also start the networking functionality. This may take a while, depending on the services and adapters you have selected. 5.6.7 Joining a Domain To join an existing domain, you ne ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 75. Service Failed During Startup 5.8.1 Determining Which Services Have Started To inspect which of the services have started, use the services function located in the control panel. From the task bar at the bottom of your screen, click on the Start but ton. Select the Settings option. Next, clic ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 77. Event Vi ew e r . T h i s window shows t wo items marked with a red stop symbol that indicates a problem or failure was detected by the service listed in this row. In order to obtain more detailed information about the nature of the problem, double-click on the error as highlighted in Figure ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 79. Details of a Spurious Error. T his window shows a spurious or misleading error that occurred only because the previous error occurred (see Figure 78). Note: The rule to remember here is to fix the preceding errors first. To correct this error, simply click on the icon network in the control p ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 106 PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 6. TME 10 NetFinity Overview This chapter provides an overview of the TME 10 NetFinity product. It also shows how to install and configure TME 10 NetFinity on the NT 4.0 platform (including hardware and software requirements). 6.1 What is TME 10 NetFinity under Windows NT? TME 10 NetFinity is a ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Another way to connect to your remote workstations is to use the Internet or your company ′ s intranet. TME 10 NetFinity provides an easy-to-use interface to manage remote clients over the WWW. For more information about TME 10 NetFinity you can also read Systems Management from an NT Server Point of ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 119

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 82. Choice of TME 10 NetFinity Client 5 . T he following ar e the different types of clients that you can install. Figure 82 depicts what the options are. • Stand-alone client The stand-alone client can only perform TME 10 NetFinity functions locally and has no network interface support install ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 83. Completion of the Installation Figure 8 3 shows the end of the installation process. In this dialog box you are reminded to run the security manager in order to prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to your server. 8. Reboot th e s e rv e r . Failure to do so may cause unpredictable ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 84. Installation Options for the TM E 10 NetFinity Manager for NT 4 . 0 Figure 85. The Windows NT Folder f or TM E 1 0 NetFinity Manager The TME 10 NetFinity folder for managers, as seen in Figure 85, includes the following services: • NetFinity Service Manager The TME 10 NetFinity Manager give ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 122

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. their structure can be found in Chapter 5 of Systems Management from an NT Server Point of View , SG24-4723. • TME 10 NetFinity Database Administration The administration functions are used to define the kind of database being used. You may select IBM DB2 using ODBC or Microsoft SQL Server using ODBC. ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. The System Name field can be any combination of alphanumeric characters including blanks. It shows the name of the workstation. This name can be seen later in the management process when monitoring the client groups. I t is used to easily identify your workstations. • Network Drivers The Network Drive ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 124

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. workstations. The next time you access the same workstation, TME 10 NetFinity will automatically provide the same user ID and password that was specified on your first connection. This might be risky, because if somebody else gets access to your managing workstation, they can access your clients without ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 125

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 6. 5 TME 10 NetFinity Main Menu Figure 88. NetFinity Services Manager. Some of these icons ma y n ot be visible if you have installed the client code. The main menu of TME 10 NetFinity Manager is shown in Figure 8 8 . The icons provide access to the following functions. Note Only System Monitor is descr ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 126

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Service Configuration Manager • Software Inventory - shows what software you have installed on your system (useful when collecting this data from many machines in your network) • System Information - shows the hardware and software configuration of your system • System Monitor - allows you to ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 127

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 90. Available System Monitors Figure 90 may differ slightly from what will be displayed in your window, depending on which devices you have installed. You can select one or more mo ni to rs . For example, you can select monitors for CPU and the C drive utilization, as per Figure 9 1 . Figure 91. ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 128

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. network administrator actions when accessing the user ′ s workstation. The information from these actions may also be logged in the alert log. If a n y problem occurs later, then there is a chance that you can tell who accessed the workstation, what services they tried to use and what the problem migh ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 7. Performance Monitor Overview Performance Monitor is one of the most valuable tools that NT has to offer. It can measure a wide variety of system components, and can be extended by other compliant applications, such as Microsoft ′ s SQL Server. This chapter covers some of the built-in functi ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7. 2 Collecting Data with Performance Monitor To collect and display Performance Monitor data, you can either choose from the View pull-down menu one of the following options, or you can click on one of the smart icons located at the top of the Performance Monitor main panel. The options are: 1. Chart ( ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 93. Performance Monitor - Chart View 7.3.1.1 Adding Objects to be Monitored From the Edit pull-down menu of the Performance Monitor, select Add to chart , or click on smart icon . To select an object to monitor, first choose an object and a related counter (see Figure 9 4 ). Figure 94. Adding Obj ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Note: It may take a while to display this window while the network is checked for other Windows NT systems. Figure 95. Adding Objects from Re mo te Servers 7.3.1.2 Knowing What the Objects are Measuring If you click on the Explain >> butto n, you will see a brief description of the selected object ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 97. A List of Installed Objects 7.3.1.4 Choosing an Object Instance Some objects have multiple instances. For example, a counter can have multiple instances relating to the same measurement but for different but equivalent devices, such as multiple CPUs. This is shown in Figure 9 8 . Figure 98. S ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 99. Chart Options Window Selecting Histogram from the Gallery box can be useful for simultaneously monitoring many instances of a given counter. With the Histogram view, you cannot see the history of the measured objects but will be able to gain a feel for how they relate to each other. 7. 4 Aler ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 100. Performance Monitor - Alert View 7.4.1.1 How to Measure Objects Using Alert View To add an object for monitoring in Alert view, click on Add to Alert from the Edit pull-down menu, or click on smart icon . You will see a window similar to the one in Figure 101. Figure 101. Adding an Alert Cha ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7.4.1.2 How to Set Up Alerts The procedure for adding an object to be measured in Alert view is similar to the Chart view function, but you also have to complete the Alert If field. The steps are as follows: 1. Choose a n object to measure. 2. Choose th e c o un t e r to measure. 3. Choose th e instance ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7.5.1.1 Selecting Objects to be Added to the Log File On the pull-down menu bar, click on Edit then Add to Log or click on the smart icon . Figure 103 appears. Select each object you wish to log and click on the Add button. When you are finished selecting objects to log, click on the Done button. Figure ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. To stop the logging once it starts, click on Stop Log from the Log Options window. Note: To create a log file, first select the objects that you want to capture data from. If you have not selected any objects, the Start Log button shown in Figure 104 on page 127 will be grayed out. 7.5.1.3 Retrieving Da ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7.5.1.5 Exporting the Log Once you have displayed the log information using either the Chart, Report or Alert views, you can export that view in text format for analysis by other applications. The data can be exported in • .TSV format (tab separated variable) • .CSV format (comma separated variable) ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 130 PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 8. Monitoring and Performance Tuning Windows NT Server 4.0 is one of the few operating systems that has the ability to self optimize. This can be deceptive, as it will only administer certain aspects of the operating system. Self tuning of the operating system focuses on pagefile and memory mana ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 142

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 108. System Performance Properties If you are not planning to run applications interactively on the server console, move the Boost indicator to None . This will give all background applications higher priority when multitasking takes place. For an application or a database server, moving the Boos ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 143

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 109. Specifying Virtual Memory Values You can set the Initial Size and the Maximum Size of the paging file for a specific drive. It is not necessary to make changes to the registry size and it will only waste space if you increase it unnecessarily. To test the effectiveness of the paging file, us ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 144

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Another way to gain better performance from your virtual memory system would be to establish paging files on more than one drive. Minimums and Maximums When specifying a pagefile size, increase the minimum value to equal the maximum value. W hen the pagefile needs to grow past the minimum value, it will ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Note: Refer to 8.7, “Network Components Bottleneck” on page 142 for more details on network object monitoring. Figure 111. Checking CPU Us e using Performance Monitor Note Be careful when making this measurement since the amount of foreground applications that are open drastically influences what yo ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 112. CPU Utilization with TM E 1 0 NetFinity 8.4.1.1 Measuring Multiprocessor Load In a multiprocessor server, the best way to measure the overall load experienced by the combination of CPUs is to check the following object (Figure 113): Object: System Counter: % Total Processor Time Figure 113. ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 147

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. that it could experience. The opposite is also true when the system experiences medium- or low-load conditions; the amount of unused memory could decrease as a result of the memory cache being flushed and decreased in size. There are well-thought-through memory algorithms that control the memory use of ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 8.5.1.2 Using Performance Monitor A good place to start measuring memory usage is the Performance Monitor. Check the following object (Figure 115): Object: Memory Counter: Pages/sec. This counter should be in the range of 5 or less. Anything above this level indicates that your system is thrashing and c ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. and Object: Logical Disk (location of the PAGEFILE.SYS) Counter: Avg. Disk sec/Transfer The product of these two counters equals the percentage of the disk access time used by paging memory blocks to disk. If the product of these two counters is greater than 10 on a sustained basis, the system is spendi ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Memory Usage in Figure 117 on page 140 is the usage of the total amount of memory available. Figure 117. Monitoring Percentage Memory U se Note SQL Server and Sybase have parameters that can be set to limit the amount of memory used by these products. Thus, upgrading memory but not changing these parame ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 151

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. You should also check the amount of drive space available on each drive. If a ny of the drives are near capacity you will not be able to cope with surge load conditions and it will have detrimental impact on the confidence that the user is supposed to have in your system. System Monitor can provide this ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 152

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Object: Physical Disk Counter: Disk Bytes/sec A Disk Bytes/sec count lower than 20,000 may indicate that an application is accessing a disk inefficiently. Note Be careful when analyzing this data. The excessive swapping to disk caused by the lack of memory may give the false impression that the server h ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 153

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. An increase in Work Item Shortage should cause a change in the registry value(s) InitialWorkItems and/or MaximumWorkItems (depending on when the outage occurred). Using the Performance Monitor, check the following: Object: Server Counter: Raw Reads Rejected/sec and Object: Server Counter: Raw Writes Rej ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 121. Monitoring D at a Received via the Network To measure these values accurately, we recommend that you use any one of the commercially available network monitoring and measuring devices available. Fluke is only one of many companies that produce these devices in a wide variety of models. 8.8.1 ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 122. Changing the Network Object Properties Select the Bindings tab at the top of the panel, as seen in Figure 123. Figure 123. Changing the Protocol Binding Order By selecting a protocol and clicking on the Move Up and Move Down buttons, you will be able to change the binding order of your proto ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Keep token-ring devices to less than 70 per ring. • Employ switching to segment your network or use the IBM Quad PeerMaster Ethernet adapter. Avoid using the server to achieve this. • Keep your protocol mix simple (least is better). • The IPX protocol is, in most circumstances, slower than bot ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 157

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix A. Sources of Drivers and Information One of the challenges that LAN administrators face is ensuring that the adapters they want to use are supported and then finding the latest level of device drivers for these adapters. Another problem they face is trying to find information about known softw ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. In addition to this Web site, IBM has another site that contains a file that has LAN adapter device driver information. This file is a matrix of adapters and drivers and version levels. It is updated frequently as new drivers become available. The file is named DRVRLIST.EXE and is a self-extracting ZIP ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Customize your user interface • Get up and running - fast • Put NT on the Net • Gain control of your network • Manage more efficiently • Unlock security secrets • Pick up NT ′ s performance Appendix A. Sources of Drivers and Information 149 ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 150 PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix B. IBM TechConnect Program The IBM TechConnect program is a server training, certification and information resource program. It is designed to help network specialists increase their technical skills and proficiency on IBM servers as well as networking and open computing solutions. IBM TechConn ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • IBM Professional Server Expert (PSE) - Novell NetWare • IBM Professional Server Expert (PSE) - IBM LAN Server • IBM Professional Server Expert (PSE) - Microsoft Windows NT • IBM Professional Server Enterprise Expert (PSEE) The Professional Server Enterprise Expert (PSEE) curriculum, open to th ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix C. Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Packs It is advisable to install the latest service pack available from Microsoft, as this will contain the most recent bug fixes for the product. Service packs for NT 4.0 are available from Microsoft on CD-ROM, or they can be downloaded from the Internet at the ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 124. Encryption Components in the Service Pack. If y o u us e 128-bit encryption, you should click on Cancel in order not to overwrite the encryption files. If you choose not to install the encryption components, you will gain some security benefits in a secure C2 environment. Either choice does ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix D. Tips on Windows NT and IBM Hardware This chapter provides hints and tips about some common problems experienced by end users installing Windows NT on IBM platforms. Please refer to Appendix A, “Sources of Drivers and Information” on page 1 4 7 for more details on where to get the latest ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. A device connect to the system is not functioning. As per the Knowledge Base entry the cause of this bug is: The MCA Setup program and the adapter ′ s OEMSETUP.INF file identify the slots on an MCA bus differently than the Windows NT hardware abstraction layer (HAL). The Windows NT HAL identifies the ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2 . I B M Triple LANStreamer PC I Adapter F RU part 25H6305 (Option part 25H6304) D.7 Problems Associated with Third Party OEM Network Driver Diskettes When installing NT 4.0 you might experience problems during the installation phase. You will see error messages relating to the network adapter, for exa ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 158 PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix E. The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) The Hardware Abstraction Layer is a software interface between the hardware and the rest of the operating system that makes Windows NT portable across platforms. The HAL also acts as the interface between the operating system and the controlling hardware ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • HAL.DLL (system-specific HAL*.DLL has to be copied and renamed to HAL.DLL) • KERNEL32.DLL • NTDLL.DLL • WINSRV.DLL • WIN32K.SYS (new for NT 4.0) Although the UPTOMP.EXE file from the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit does copy the correct files, WIN32K.SYS is not copied with this utility. E.1.1 Re ...

  • IBM SG24-4763-00 - page 171

    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.   Windows NT Server Setup ========================= Setup has found Windows NT on your hard disk in the directory shown below. C:WINNT ″ Windows NT Server Version 4.00 ″ Setup recommends upgrading this windows NT installation to Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0. Upgrading will preserve user a ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Domain Controller . This will promote the BDC to the PDC function, and demote the PDC to be the BDC. You can then take the BDC (which was the original PDC) offline, and reinstall it, specifying the correct HAL. Once the installation is complete, use Server Manager again to promote your newly installed s ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix F. Special Notices This publication is intended to help IBM customers, business partners, systems engineers and consultants implement Windows NT Server 4.0 on an IBM PC Server platform. The information in this publication is not intended as the specification of any programming interfaces that a ...

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    This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. The following terms are trademarks of other companies: C-bus is a trademark of Corollary, Inc. PC Direct is a trademark of Ziff Communications Company and is used by IBM Corporation under license. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open ...

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