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System Release Notes
Express5800 LS2400 System
Release Notes
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Express5800 LS2400 System
Release Notes
The Express5800 Server LS2400 System Release Notes provide up-to-date
information on your system. These notes also provide additional valuable
information about your system that was not included in the user’s guide.
Please read these notes in their entirety.
CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 3
General Comments................................................................................................................................. 3
Advisories .............................................................................................................................................. 3
EXPRESSBUILDER......................................................................................................................... 3
Novell NetWare................................................................................................................................. 4
SCO ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Documentation Errata ............................................................................................................................ 4
Chapter 3, BIOS Setup Configuration Tables.................................................................................... 4
Boot Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 4

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Express5800 LS2400 System Release Notes 3
Introduction
These System Release Notes cover the following topics:
!General Comments
!Advisories
!Documentation Errata
General Comments
The following general comments apply to this server.
!Versions of the Network Operating Systems tested and recommended are:
Windows NT® 4.0 Server with Service Pack 4
IntraNetWare 4.11 with Support Pack 5b
Novell® NetWare® 3.12
SCO OpenServer™ 5.04 with Maintenance Supplement 504C
UnixWare 7.1
The system roadmap label located inside your system may incorrectly show
system board Jumper H set at pins 1-2. Jumper H on the system board is actually
set at pins 2-3. The pin 2-3 jumper setting is correct.
Advisories
This section contains advisories on the EXPRESSBUILDER, Novell NetWare, and
SCO.
EXPRESSBUILDER
The following advisory applies to all versions of EXPRESSBUILDER.
!If you already have an operating system installed when creating a
maintenance partition, EXPRESSBUILDER will warn you of the existing
partition. If you want to preserve the installed operating system, do not
create the maintenance partition or the existing operating system will be
overlaid by the maintenance partition. Run the SSU and other utilities
from diskette.

4Express5800 LS2400 System Release Notes
Novell NetWare
The following advisory applies when using Novell NetWare 3.12.
!CDROM.NLM does not support 32X CD-ROM drives. Because of this,
the 32X CD-ROM drive cannot be mounted and accessed from a remote
client.
!When either the 3C905 or the PRO100+ LAN cards are installed in the
system, the latest versions of the ETHERTSM.NLM and MSM31X.NLM
support modules must be used. These files are located in the
LANDR9.EXE file available from the Novell web site. Additionally,
your operating system should include the latest available 312PTD.EXE
patch, also available from the Novell web site. Install the 312PTD.EXE
patch before installing LANDR9.EXE.
!Installation of two 3C905 LAN cards is not supported.
SCO
The following advisory applies when using SCO 5.04.
!In a multiprocessor environment, the 3C905B LAN card driver IRQ
cannot be shared with another system IRQ.
Documentation Errata
Please note the following changes to the Express5800 LS2400 User’s Guide.
Chapter 3, BIOS Setup Configuration Tables
Replace the Boot Menu table with the following table.
Boot Menu
Feature Choices Description Your Setting
Extended RAM
Step
1MB
1KB
Every Location
No Memory Test
Tests Extended Memory
once per MB, or
once per KB, or
every location, or
no memory test.
Boot Device
Priority
Press ENTER.Refer to “Boot Device Priority
Submenu.”
Hard Drive Press ENTER.Refer to “hard Drive
Submenu.”
Removable
Devices
Press ENTER.Refer to “Removable Devices
Submenu.”