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Installing ServeRAID Manager on Windows XP, Windows 2000,
Windows NT 4.0, Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95
Notes:
1. When installed on Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, or Windows NT
4.0, this version of the ServeRAID Manager program supports up to 12
ServeRAID controllers.
2. When installed on Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 98, and Windows
95, the ServeRAID Manager program works only as a console. You can use the
console to connect to remote servers that contain ServeRAID controllers.
Servers installed with Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95 as the
operating system
do not support ServeRAID controllers.
Complete the following steps to install the ServeRAID Manager program on
Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Me, Windows 98, or
Windows 95:
1. Insert the IBM ServeRAID Support CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. When the installation program starts, follow the instructions on the screen to
install the program.
Note: If you are installing ServeRAID Manager on an IBM server that supports
Active PCI under Windows NT 4.0, select the IBM ServeRAID Hot
Replace Wizard to enable the hot-replace feature. This feature also
requires that you install the DMI Service provider and the IBM Hot Plug
for Windows NT 4.0 Package, version 4.2 or later. For more information,
see “Using a ServeRAID controller in a server with Active PCI features”
on page 11.
Installing ServeRAID Manager on NetWare
Note: The NetWare version of the ServeRAID Manager program supports up to
eight ServeRAID controllers.
Important
Before you install the ServeRAID Manager program, complete the following tasks:
v Install the latest Support Pack before installing the Novell Java
™
Virtual Machine (JVM)
for NetWare. You can download the latest Support Pack from the Novell Web site at
http://support.novell.com/misc/patlst.htm#nw/.
v Check that your Novell JVM is version 1.2.2 or later. Versions older than 1.2.2 are not
compatible with the ServeRAID Manager program. To check your JVM version, load Java
and type at the NetWare command prompt:
JAVA -VERSION
You can download the latest JVM from the Novell Web site at
http://www.novell.com/download/.
Complete the following steps to install the ServeRAID Manager program on Novell
NetWare:
1. Insert the IBM ServeRAID Support CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. From the command-line prompt, type the following and press Enter:
load cdrom
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