NEC POWERMATE 2000 - S 02-2000 Instruction Manual

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NEC PowerMate®2000 Series
Release Notes
Contents
Applications......................................................................................................................... 3
Installing Applications in the Correct Order................................................................... 3
Installing NEC SNMP Agent......................................................................................... 3
Uninstalling the NEC SNMP Agent or LANDesk Client Manager.................................. 4
When Both NEC SNMP Agent and LANDesk Client Manager Are Installed............ 4
When LANDesk Client Manager Is Installed Without the NEC SNMP Agent........... 4
Installing Cheyenne Backup.......................................................................................... 4
Installing PartitionMagic............................................................................................... 4
Installing BootMagic in a System with Windows NT..................................................... 5
Configuring BootMagic........................................................................................... 5
Correcting the BootMagic Configuration.................................................................. 6
System Configuration........................................................................................................... 6
Configuring the System for the NEC SNMP Agent........................................................ 6
Configuring the System for NEC WebTelligent ............................................................. 6
Configuring the System for Microsoft Internet Explorer................................................. 7
Changing Network Settings........................................................................................... 7
Using Hard Drive Security............................................................................................. 8
Establishing Hard Disk Drive Passwords.................................................................. 8
Changing Hard Disk Drive Passwords...................................................................... 8
Using Hard Disk Drive Password Protection ............................................................ 9
Moving the Hard Drive............................................................................................ 9
Setting Boot Order in BIOS........................................................................................... 9
Getting CD-ROM Support in Command Prompt Only Mode........................................ 10
Display Capabilities........................................................................................................... 10
Fix OS Restore Option....................................................................................................... 10

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Applications
The system comes with the operating system preloaded. Microsoft®Internet Explorer®5.0
already comes preinstalled on systems with the Windows®98 and Windows 2000 operating
systems. Install all other applications and the online NEC INFO Center documentation from the
NEC Application and Driver CD.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 also comes on the NEC Application and Driver CD for systems
with the Windows NT®operating system.
Installing Applications in the Correct Order
Follow these guidelines when you install applications:
1. For systems with the Windows NT operating system, install Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
first and alone, before installing any other application from the NEC Application and Driver
CD.
Internet Explorer already comes preinstalled on systems with the Windows 98 or Windows
2000 operating system.
2. Install LANDesk®Client Manager alone and before installing the Cheyenne Backup utility,
NEC Configuration Change Notification, NEC Auto Backup utility, or NEC
WebTelligent™ software.
The NEC Configuration Change Notification, NEC Auto Backup utility, and NEC
WebTelligent are NEC ToolTelligent™ software components.
Note LANDesk Client Manager should be installed before any of the applications or utilities
that function in conjunction with it. Install the Cheyenne Backup utility, the NEC Configuration
Change Notification, NEC Auto Backup utility, and the NEC WebTelligent software after installing
LANDesk Client Manager.
3. Do not install both the NEC SNMP Agent and LANDesk Client Manager on the same
computer. The two applications are incompatible. If both NEC SNMP Agent and LANDesk
Client Manager are installed, it is not possible to remove either application. To remove
them, a full restore must be performed after which all applications must be reinstalled.
Do not install both the NEC SNMP Agent and LANDesk Client Manager
on the same computer.
See “NEC Application and Driver CD” in Chapter 3 of the PowerMate 2000 Series User’s
Guide for detailed information about installing applications from the NEC Application and
Driver CD.
Installing NEC SNMP Agent
See the previous section “Installing Applications in the Correct Order” and see “NEC SNMP
Agent” in Chapter 4 of the PowerMate 2000 Series User’s Guide for detailed installation
information.
Do not install both the NEC SNMP Agent and LANDesk Client Manager
on the same computer.

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Uninstalling the NEC SNMP Agent or LANDesk Client Manager
LANDesk Client Manager and the NEC SNMP Agent are not fully compatible when both are
installed on the same computer. See the following sections for information about uninstalling
these applications.
When Both NEC SNMP Agent and LANDesk Client Manager Are Installed
If both applications have been installed, LANDesk Client Manager does not function correctly,
and cannot display ASIC-related tabs for temperature, fan, voltage, and chassis intrusion status.
In addition, each time the computer is restarted, a Service Control Manager window displays an
error message and prompts the user to press Enter.
If LANDesk Client Manager and the NEC SNMP Agent have both been installed, it is not
possible to remove either application using the uninstall utility. If you attempt to remove one of
the applications, you must perform a full operating system restore using the NEC OS Restore
CD.
After the full restore, reinstall all appropriate applications from the NEC Application and Driver
CD. Do not reinstall both LANDesk Client Manager and the NEC SNMP Agent.
When LANDesk Client Manager Is Installed Without the NEC SNMP Agent
You can use the uninstall utility to remove LANDesk Client Manager if the NEC SNMP Agent
has not been installed on the system. When you uninstall LANDesk Client Manager, do not
interrupt the uninstall process or power off the system. The uninstall utility displays a message
box indicating that the uninstall process takes 10 minutes or longer to completely remove
LANDesk Client Manager.
Note NEC Management Tools, such as the NEC Configuration Change Notification and NEC
Auto Backup, require the installation of LANDesk Client Manager. If you remove LANDesk Client
Manager, also remove the NEC Management Tools to prevent error message reports.
If you interrupt the uninstall process or power off the system, you cannot use the uninstall utility
to remove the LANDesk application. You must then use the NEC OS Restore CD to perform a
full operating system restore. After the full restore, you must reinstall all appropriate
applications from the NEC Application and Driver CD.
Installing Cheyenne Backup
After installing the Cheyenne®Backup utility on the system and rebooting the system, an
“Unable to connect to Group”error message might be displayed. This message indicates that a
backup tape unit is not installed. Installing a tape unit or reconfiguring the Cheyenne Backup
utility removes this message.
Installing PartitionMagic
Install PartitionMagic™files from the NEC Application and Driver CD. Select the
PartitionMagic software from the Applications tab in the Installation utility menu. The utility
loads files from the NEC Application and Driver CD to C:\Program Files\PowerQuest\
PartitionMagic4. You can find setup and documentation files in the following folders:
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Btmagic
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Diskette
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Setup
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Userinfo.

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If the PartitionMagic setup program asks you for a serial number, enter the following number:
PM400ENOEMCD-673785
See the documentation in the Userinfo folder for information about using PartitionMagic,
BootMagic™, and the recovery diskette program. Reading the Userinfo files requires Adobe®
Acrobat®Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader comes on the NEC Application and Driver CD.
Note If you are installing BootMagic in a system with the Windows NT operating system, see
the next section, “Installing BootMagic in a System with Windows NT.”
Installing BootMagic in a System with Windows NT
BootMagic™is a utility included in the PowerQuest PartitionMagic™software. See the
previous section, “Installing PartitionMagic,”for general installation information.
If you have a Windows NT operating system, use the information in the following section to
correctly configure BootMagic.
If you already installed BootMagic and the configuration resulted in an error message, see
“Correcting the BootMagic Configuration.”
Configuring BootMagic
If you have a system with the Windows NT operating system, use the following procedure to
correctly configure BootMagic.
1. Follow the instructions in the PartitionMagic Userinfo folder to install BootMagic. When
the “BootMagic Configuration”box appears at the end of the installation, continue to the
next step.
2. Configure BootMagic.
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If you want to use BootMagic:
Click the ENABLE BOOTMAGIC button. The BootMagic menu appears during the next
bootup sequence and lets you select Windows NT as the operating system.
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If you do not want to use BootMagic:
Do not select the ENABLE BOOTMAGIC button. The BootMagic menu does not appear
at bootup.
3. Select SAVE/EXIT in the BootMagic Configuration box to complete the configuration
process. Either choice, to enable BootMagic or to not enable BootMagic, requires the
SAVE/EXIT selection.
To correctly complete the BootMagic configuration, you must select
SAVE/EXIT from the BootMagic Configuration box, even if you do not want to use BootMagic.
Omitting this step results in an error message.

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Correcting the BootMagic Configuration
If you installed BootMagic in a system with the Windows NT operating system and the
installation resulted in an error message, use the following procedure to correct the configuration
information.
1. In the Windows Start menu, select Programs, PowerQuest BootMagic, and BootMagic
Configuration. The BootMagic Configuration box appears.
Nothing should be listed under the MENU NAME heading in the center of the box.
2. Click ADD. The “Bootmagic Add OS”box appears. This is the only option listed and it is
already highlighted.
3. Click OK. Click OK again. The main BootMagic Configuration screen appears with
“Windows NT”listed under MENU NAME.
4. Check the BootMagic configuration.
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If you want to use BootMagic:
Click the ENABLE BOOTMAGIC button. The BootMagic menu appears during the next
bootup sequence and lets you select Windows NT as the operating system.
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If you do not want to use BootMagic:
Do not select the ENABLE BOOTMAGIC button. The BootMagic menu does not appear
at bootup.
5. Select SAVE/EXIT in the BootMagic Configuration box. Either choice, to enable BootMagic
or to not enable BootMagic, requires the SAVE/EXIT selection.
To correctly complete the BootMagic configuration, you must select
SAVE/EXIT from the BootMagic Configuration box, even if you do not want to use BootMagic.
Omitting this step results in an error message.
System Configuration
See the following sections for system configuration information.
Configuring the System for the NEC SNMP Agent
TCP/IP must be enabled before you can use the NEC SNMP Agent. See “Changing Network
Settings”in this document to enable TCP/IP. See “Installing Applications in the Correct Order”
in this document and “NEC SNMP Agent”in Chapter 4 of the PowerMate 2000 Series User’s
Guide for installation information.
Configuring the System for NEC WebTelligent
TCP/IP must be enabled before you can use NEC WebTelligent. See “Changing Network
Settings”in this document to enable TCP/IP. See “NEC WebTelligent”in Chapter 4 of the
PowerMate 2000 Series User’s Guide for detailed installation information.

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Configuring the System for Microsoft Internet Explorer
TCP/IP must be enabled before you can use Microsoft Internet Explorer. See the next section,
“Changing Network Settings,”to enable TCP/IP. Install Internet Explorer from the NEC
Application and Driver CD.
Note Internet Explorer 5.0 comes preinstalled on systems with the Windows 98 or Windows
2000 operating system.
Changing Network Settings
All systems are configured with the NetBEUI and NWLink protocols enabled. However, before
you connect a system to your network you might need to:
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enable a different network protocol
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disable unneeded protocols for enhanced system performance
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add or change network, domain, and gateway information.
The following procedure describes how to disable the NetBEUI and NWLink protocols, enable
TCP/IP, and provide network, domain, and gateway information. (If a different protocol is
enabled, the menu choices might differ from those described in the procedure.)
1. From the Windows desktop, click Start on the taskbar, point to Settings, and click Control
Panel.
2. Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel window.
3. Click the Configuration tab. In the Configuration display, the following protocols are
loaded:
NetBEUI Protocol
NWLink IPXSPX-Compatible Transport
NWLink NetBIOS
4. Highlight NWLink IPXSPX-Compatible Transport and click Remove. A warning window
appears asking for confirmation to continue.
5. Click Yes. The NWLink IPXSPX-Compatible Transport and NWLink NetBIOS lines
disappear from the Configuration display.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to remove the NetBEUI Protocol.
7. In the Configuration tab display, click Add. Highlight Protocol and click Add.
8. Highlight Microsoft and then TCP/IP and click OK. The TCP/IP Setup window appears. If
there is a DHCP server on the network, click Yes; otherwise click No.
9. Change the path in the window to C:\I386. Click Continue. The Network window appears.
If Yes was clicked in step 8, skip to step 16. If No was clicked in step 8, the Windows Setup
window appears.
10. Click Close. The Microsoft TCP/IP Properties Box appears.
11. Fill in the IP Address, the Subnet Mask, and the Default Gateway in the “Specify an IP
address”area.
12. Click the DNS tab and enter the host and domain name in the DNS display.
13. Click the Identification tab and change the Computer Name if appropriate.
14. Click the WINS tab and enter the WINS address if appropriate.
15. Click the Routing tab and enable IP forwarding if appropriate.
16. Click OK. When prompted to restart the system, click Yes.

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Using Hard Drive Security
Your NEC PowerMate 2000 series system allows you to establish password protection for the
internal hard drive. Hard disk drive (HDD) password protection restricts access to the drive only
if the drive is removed from your PowerMate 2000 series computer and installed in another
system. The system does not prompt you to enter your HDD passwords while the drive remains
in your current system.
The HDD passwords are written to the system BIOS and to the hard drive to ensure that the
password protection travels with the drive in the event it is moved to another system.
Establishing Hard Disk Drive Passwords
To establish password protection for your system’s hard drive, you must establish a master
password, establish a user password, and enable the established passwords for the internal hard
drive. Use the following procedure to establish HDD passwords and to enable HDD password
protection.
If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, you can never
remove the passwords. You can change the passwords. If you forget the master password and
install the drive in another system, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.
Once you set these passwords, NEC Computers Inc. has no capability of removing them.
If you install the hard drive in another PowerMate system with hard disk drive security enabled,
you must enter the password to allow access to the hard drive. If this PowerMate system does
not support hard disk drive security, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.
1. Boot your system. Press F2 when prompted to enter BIOS setup. The Main BIOS setup
screen appears
2. Using the arrow keys, select the Security menu.
3. Highlight Assign HDD Password and press Enter. The system prompts you to enter a
master password.
4. Enter a master HDD password and press Enter. The system prompts you to reenter the
password to verify.
5. Reenter the master HDD password and press Enter. The system confirms the creation of the
master password and prompts you to enter a user password.
6. Enter a user password and press Enter. The system prompts you to reenter the password to
verify.
7. Reenter the user password and press Enter.
8. Highlight and select Internal HDD Password. Use the +(plus) and –(minus) keys to
enable the selection. (This enables password protection for the internal HDD.)
Changing Hard Disk Drive Passwords
Use the following procedure to change hard disk drive passwords.
1. Boot your system. Press F2 when prompted to enter BIOS Setup.
2. At the Main BIOS setup screen, select the Security menu.

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3. Highlight Assign HDD Password and press Enter.
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If you enter the current master password, you are prompted to enter a new master
password.
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If you enter the current user password, you are prompted to enter the new user
password.
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If you do not want to establish a new master or user password, press Esc instead of
entering a new password.
4. Save the changes and exit BIOS setup.
Using Hard Disk Drive Password Protection
To facilitate the transfer of one or more HDDs between systems, establish a single master
password (and store the password in a secure place). Forgetting your master password results in
the inability to access the data on your hard drive. Establish different user passwords to limit
access to specific systems.
If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, you can never
remove the passwords. You can change the passwords. If you forget the master password and
install the drive in another system, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.
Once you set these passwords, NEC Computers Inc. has no capability of removing them.
If you install the hard drive in another PowerMate system with hard disk drive security enabled,
you must enter the password to allow access to the hard drive. If this PowerMate system does
not support hard disk drive security, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.
With hard disk drive security enabled on the original NEC PowerMate 2000 series system, the
system boots normally.
If you install the hard drive in another NEC PowerMate system with security enabled, you must
enter the master password to access the hard drive. If the hard drive is installed in another NEC
PowerMate 2000 system with security disabled, the system prompts you to enter the master
password and then a new user password.
Moving the Hard Drive
When a password protected hard drive is moved from its original system and installed in another
system, error messages appear indicating that the drive is locked. Next, the Security Setup
screen appears requiring the user to enter the master password to unlock the drive. Enter the
master password, when prompted.
To take advantage of HDD password protection in another system, the system must be equipped
with the same HDD password protection feature. To determine if the system has HDD password
protection, check the Security menu in the BIOS Setup to see if there are provisions for
establishing HDD passwords.
Setting Boot Order in BIOS
To use the CD-ROM drive as a boot device, the BIOS must list it before the hard drive and/or
before the network.
The system does not boot from a Zip®drive if it is listed as the first boot device.

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Getting CD-ROM Support in Command Prompt Only Mode
CD-ROM support is not available when you select F8 at the “Starting Windows 9x”prompt and
select the Command Prompt Only option. To initiate CD-ROM support in the Command
Prompt Only mode, run DOSSTART.BAT which is located in the C:\WINDOWS directory.
Display Capabilities
The following information replaces the PowerMate 2000 LCD panel display information in the
PowerMate 2000 Series User’s Guide:
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Default brightness
The default brightness is set at the maximum brightness level. Powering off the system or
unplugging the system from the power outlet changes any new brightness setting to the
maximum default brightness.
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Maximum viewing angles
Horizontal –60 degrees from the center to the right or left side of the LCD panel.
Vertical –40 degrees from the center of panel and upwards;
50 degrees from the center of the LCD panel and downwards.
Fix OS Restore Option
Fix OS is a Restore option on the NEC OS Restore CD for PowerMate systems with the
Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems. The Fix OS restore option reinstalls the
Windows operating system while leaving data files intact. It allows you to restore your system to
the point where you can back up your data files. This option is intended as a precursor to a full
format and restore (see “Fixing the Operating System”in Chapter 3 of the PowerMate 2000
Series User’s Guide).
The Fix OS restore option attempts to restore the Windows operating system as it was shipped
on your system. If you updated any of the applications that shipped with the system, such as
Internet Explorer, the Fix OS function might display a series of error messages. If error
messages are displayed, move the error message windows so that they are not layered on top of
each other. Click the OK button to continue the Fix OS restore process.
NEC Power Mate 2000 Series
Release Notes
455-00297-000
2/2000