NEC NEC Express5800 Series Instruction Manual

System Release Notes
Express5800 MC2400 System
Release Notes
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Express5800 MC2400 System
Release Notes
The Express5800 MC2400 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
System Hardware............................................................................................................................... 3
EXPRESSBUILDER......................................................................................................................... 4
Novell NetWare................................................................................................................................. 4
SCO ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Documentation Errata ............................................................................................................................ 4
Chapter 3, BIOS Setup Configuration Tables ................................................................................... 4
Boot Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 4

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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
Novell® NetWare® 3.12
IntraNetWare 4.11 with Support Pack 5b
SCO OpenServer™ 5.04 with Maintenance Supplement 504C.
UNIXWare 7.1
Advisories
This section contains advisories on the System Hardware, EXPRESSBUILDER,
Novell NetWare, and SCO.
System Hardware
The following advisory applies to the Expansion Board Slots:
!When installing or removing an expansion board, it is recommended that
the board be held by its top edge or upper corners, aligned with its mating
connector on the system board (when installing), and pressed firmly into
or pulled firmly from its expansion slot. You might need to gently rock
the board side-to-side to align and seat or unseat it fully in or out of its
connector.
The following advisory applies to installing or removing a hard disk drive:
!When installing or removing a hard disk drive, it is recommended that its
carrier handle be left in a straight outward position after it is opened, until
either the carrier is fully seated in its connector or removed from the drive
bay. To move a hard disk drive in or out of a bay, the outside edges of the
carrier's front panel should be used.

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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.
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.
!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.”