Intergraph InterServe 800 SL User manual

InterServe 800 SL
Late-Breaking News
November 1998
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General
450 MHz Pentium II Processors
Systems are now shipping with 450 MHz Pentium II processors. If your system has 450 MHz
Pentium II processors, please note that these processors may not be mentioned in your
system’s documentation.
Three-Button Primax Mouse
If your system was delivered with a three-button Primax mouse, you may see a message that
says “MouseWare has detected a new Wheel Mouse....” and asks if you want to configure the
new device. If this happens, select No. If you experience any other anomalies while using the
Primax mouse, reinstall the mouse driver found on the Windows NT software CD-ROM.
Logitech Wheel Mouse
If your system was delivered with a Logitech wheel mouse, you can find information on using
it by right-clicking the mouse icon in the taskbar tray, or by going to Start/Settings/Control
Panel/Mouse and clicking Help in the toolbar.
If the wheel on the mouse does not function, or if you experience any other anomalies while
using the wheel mouse, install theLMOUSE driver software from the Intergraph System CD
using InterSite Version Manager.
Using Version Manager with the Intergraph
System CD
When you run Version Manager with the Intergraph System CD delivered with your system,
InterServe 800 SL may not display as a system type. If it does not, you can select InterServe
80 SL as the system type. System software for the InterServe 80 SL can be used with the
InterServe 800 SL.
Operating System Support for USB Peripherals
Your system includes Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports to which you can connect USB
peripherals. Windows NT 4.0 does not currently support USB peripherals. Microsoft will
add support for USB peripherals to a future Windows NT release.

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Intrusion Alert on Initial System Shipments
On initial shipments of InterServe 800 SL, the intrusion alert available through InterSite
Hardware Monitor was not enabled. If you need to use this feature and find it not functional,
check the Support pages on the World Wide Web (http://www.intergraph.com/ics) or the
Intergraph Bulletin Board Service (1-205-730-8786) for an update to the Hardware Monitor
for InterServe 800 SL (HWMON_GL2) that enables this feature.
Supporting an InterSite Server Monitor Card
The InterSite Server Monitor (ISM) Card (also called the Emergency Monitor Card, or EMC)
is supported in the InterServe 800 SL for server monitoring capability. After installing the
card, you must set up the BIOS for the system to recognize the card.
NOTE BIOS versions 1.15 and later support the ISM card.
See the System Setup document delivered with the system for detailed information on using
BIOS Setup to change BIOS settings. In BIOS Setup, go to the Advanced screen, and then to
PCI/PnP Configuration, and do the following:
u Change the Emergency Monitor setting to Enable. Once enabled, the Emergency
Monitor’s resources display.
u Under PCI/PnP Exclusion, select the ISM card’s IRQ value from the list, and change its
status to Reserved.
u Under PCI/PnP DMA Exclusion, select the ISM card’s DMA channel from the list, and
change its status to Reserved.
u Under PCI/PnP UMB Exclusion, select the ISM card’s UMB region from the list, and
change its status to Reserved.
These settings are included in the BIOS or the documentation delivered with the ISM card.
Supporting a Parallel Zip Drive
The parallel Zip drive is supported on InterServe 800 SL systems. After installing the Zip
drive, you must configure the system to support the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS)
version 1.1 and make the Zip drive functional. MPS 1.1 is compatible with Windows NT;
MPS 1.4 is the default setting. You can do this by changing the appropriate BIOS setting.
NOTE BIOS versions 1.15 and later support the parallel Zip drive.

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See the System Setup document delivered with the system for detailed information on using
BIOS Setup to change BIOS settings. In BIOS Setup, go to the Main screen, select the MPS
Version, and change its setting to 1.1.
Configuration Utility for Symbios SCSI Adapter
On a system equipped with an optional Symbios SCSI adapter, you may need to use the SCSI
Configuration Utility to configure the operation of SCSI peripherals connected to the adapter.
You can find the SCSI Configuration Utility (PCI_CFG.EXE) on the SYSUTIL diskette delivered
with the system. This utility lets you configure the SCSI adapter, perform a low-level format
on a SCSI disk drive, select boot order, and verify media.
To run the SCSI Configuration Utility:
1. Insert the
SYSUTIL diskette in the system’s floppy disk drive.
2. Shut down and restart the system.
3. When the Startup Menu displays, select SCSI Configuration Utility and press ENTER.
See SCSI Configuration Utility Help and the Symbios SCSI adapter documentation for
instructions on using the SCSI Configuration Utility.
Disk Drive Delayed Start
Hard disk drives draw an extra amount of power when the system is first powered on. The
power supply can support up to two hard disk drives powering on (spinning up) at once. If
you use more than two hard disk drives in a system, you must activate the delayed start feature
on the additional hard disk drives. Doing this forces these drives to pause before spinning up,
allowing the power supply to finish starting the first drives. See the disk drive documentation
or the disk drive label for information on activating delayed start.
Document Errata
In Chapter 4 of System Setup, under “Booting from an External SCSI Disk Drive,” the NOTE
about slot ordering of SCSI adapters should read as follows:
NOTE If you have more than one SCSI adapter installed, the system BIOS will attempt to start the
system using a hard disk drive connected to the SCSI adapter in the highest PCI slot. To start
the system using a specific external SCSI hard disk drive, you must ensure the drive’s SCSI
adapter is installed higher in slot order than all other SCSI adapters.

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Windows NT 4.0
Installing 3Com Network Adapter Driver Software
On a system with a 3Com network adapter, the driver software is not preinstalled. You must
install the driver software during operating system Setup.
To install 3Com network adapter driver software during Setup:
1. When prompted to install the network adapter, choose Select from list.
2. From the displayed list, choose 3Com Fast Etherlink XL Adapter (3C905).
3. Continue installation by following the instructions displayed.
Ensuring PC Card Support and Operation
The optional PC Card adapter is used with devices based on standards developed by the
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA). See the operating
system documentation and Help for more information on PC Card device support.
To ensure proper operation of PC Card devices with a system running Windows NT, make
sure the device drivers that control PC Card device operation are set to start correctly. Do this
before using the PC Card adapter, or anomalous behavior may result. Go to Devices in the
Control Panel and do the following:
u Set the Pcmcia device to start as a Boot device.
u Set the Atdisk device to start as a System device.
Restart the system after making these changes. As the system restarts, run BIOS Setup and
make the following BIOS changes to ensure proper operation of specific PC Card devices:
u For a PC Card hard disk device (ATA or AT type), go to Advanced/PCI-PnP
Configuration/PCI-PnP IRQ Exclusion and reserve IRQ 9.
u For a PC Card modem, go to Advanced/Integrated Ports and disable serial port B.
See System Setup for more information on using the BIOS Setup program.
To use a PC Card modem, take these additional steps:
1. Insert the PC Card modem into the PC Card adapter, and then restart the system.

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Go to Devices/Modems in the Control Panel, and use the Modem Wizard to auto-detect the
PC Card modem. Follow the directions displayed to select the proper driver software for the
PC Card modem.

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