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Installing Device Drivers
This chapter describes how to install device drivers for the
Netfinity Advanced System Management processor.
Notes
1. If you plan to install Netfinity Manager, you must
install the required device drivers
before you
install Netfinity Manager.
2. For a list of supported operating systems, see
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/netfinity/ on the World
Wide Web.
3. If you plan to install Windows NT from diskette
(using ServerGuide), you must also use the
ServerGuide Diskette Factory CD to create
Advanced System Management device driver
diskettes for use during the operating system
installation process.
Required Device Drivers:
The following device
drivers are required:
Ÿ
For OS/2 operating system: IBMSPO.DLL and
IBMSPO.SYS
Ÿ
For Microsoft Windows NT operating system:
IBMSPW.DLL and IBMSPW.SYS
Ÿ
For Novell NetWare operating system: IBMSPN.NLM
Device-Driver Installation Instructions:
The
device drivers necessary for the Netfinity Advanced
System Management processor to function properly can be
installed in one of two ways:
Ÿ
Using the ServerGuide Netfinity Applications CD
(OS/2 and Windows NT only).
To install the device drivers with the ServerGuide
Netfinity Applications CD, follow the instructions
provided on the CD.
Ÿ
Using the ServerGuide Diskette Factory CD to create
the diskettes that you will need to install the device
drivers (OS/2, Windows NT, NetWare, or UNIXWare).
You will need to create the Netfinity Advanced
System Management Device Driver Diskette.
Note
This diskette contains device-driver information
for all operating systems that are supported on
Netfinity servers that include Netfinity Advanced
System Management processor hardware.
Follow the instructions provided on the ServerGuide
Diskette Factory CD to create the diskettes.
If you are installing OS/2 or Windows NT you can use the
ServerGuide Netfinity Applications CD to install the device
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