HP NetServer AA 4000 Manuale di istruzioni

HP NETSERVER AA SOLUTION

Endurance Release Notes

Release 4.0 Service Pack 1

Printed in August 2001

ii Endurance Release Notes for Release 4.0 Service Pack 1

NOTICE

The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to,

the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages

in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is

not furnished by Hewlett-Packard.

This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No

part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior

written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company.

TRADEMARK NOTICE

Assured Availability, ComputeThru, Computing for the long run, Constant Computing, Endurance, Marathon

Assured, MIAL, SplitSite, and the Marathon logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Marathon

Technologies Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 are either registered trademarks or trade-

marks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.

SOFTWARE REVISION

The revision of the Endurance software that this document supports is Revision 4.0.1-SP.EA.

Hewlett-Packard Company

Network Server Division

Technical Communications MS 45SLE

10955 Tantau Avenue

Cupertino, California 95014 USA

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Table of Conte nts

About This Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

HP Netserver AA Solution Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Additional Documentation on the Customer Support Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Platform Support and System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CE Dual Processor Support and CPU Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CE Configuration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CE Motherboard BIOS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Platform Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Motherboard Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Memory Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Marathon Interface Card (MIC) Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Partition Format Requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Operating System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Endurance Enhancements in Release 4.0 Service Pack 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Support for Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Support for Long Distance SplitSite® Distances Up to 10 Kilometers. . . . . . . . 7

Marathon Interface Card (MIC) 4.3 Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Singlemode Fiber Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Optional Endurance Kit Contents for 10 Kilometer SplitSite Configurations . . 8

Long Distance SplitSite Cabling Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Known Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Release 4.0 Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

CE Driver Signing Policy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Dynamic Disk Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Performance Monitor Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

General Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Known Third-Party Vendor and Application Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Documentation Errata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Endurance Release Notes for Release 4.0 Service Pack 1 1

About This Product

These Release Notes document Endurance®Release 4.0 Service Pack 1 for the Windows®2000

operating system.

This release is a complete Endurance software kit, containing all files needed to perform an

Endurance installation. Follow the instructions in the HP Netserver AA Solution Installation

Guide to perform a new Endurance installation.

You can also use this release to upgrade your Endurance 4.0.0 server to Release 4.0 Service

Pack 1. Follow the instructions in the Endurance Upgrade/Downgrade Procedures to upgrade

your Endurance server.

The following revisions are associated with this release.

HP Netserver AA Solution Documentation

Endurance Release 4.0 documentation is available in hardcopy and online format. The online

documentation is located in the \Docs directory on the HP Netserver AA Solution Endurance

CD. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 3 or Version 4 to read and/or print it.

The Release 4.0 documentation includes the following:

Component Description

Hardware MIC Adapter Revision 4.2 or 4.3†

Firmware MIC BIOS Revision 4.0.61-SP

MIC MicroCode Revision 4.0.88-SP

MIC FPGA Revision 4.2.59–SP

Software English versions: Endurance Software Revision 4.0.1–SP.EA *

Endurance Manager Revision 4.0.62–SP.EA

Japanese versions: Endurance Software Revision 4.0.1–SP.JA*

Endurance Manager Revision 4.0.62–SP.EA

*To confirm the revision of your Endurance software, from Endurance Manager select

View Revision Levels.

†To confirm the revision of your Endurance software, from Endurance Manager select

View Revision Levels.

Table 1 Release 4.0 Documentation

Manual or Document Format

README.txt Online only

Endurance Release Notes Online and hardcopy

2 Endurance Release Notes for Release 4.0 Service Pack 1

Additional Documentation on the Customer Support Web Site

Note: This document contains complete and timely information about the product as of

its publication. However, you should consult the HP NetServer AA Solution Web

page at

http://netserver.hp.com/netserver/products/highlights_assured_avail.asp

to obtain the most recent updates to information about the release.

Platform Support and System Requirements

CE Dual Processor Support and CPU Requirement

Release 4.0 requires two processors in each CE, which are necessary for the server to boot. If

your server is configured with only one CPU in either of the CEs, the server will not boot. Also,

use of the /onecpu switch in the boot.ini file has no effect; even if you set this switch, your

server will boot using both CPUs in the CE.

In addition, all processors in the CEs must be the same model (for example, Pentium®III or

Pentium III XeonTM) and speed. As of the initial Release 4.0, Pentium III or Pentium III Xeon

are the only supported CPU types.

HP Netserver AA Solution Administrator’s Guide Online only

HP Netserver AA Solution Installation Guide Online only

HP Netserver AA Solution Messages Online only

Endurance Upgrade/Downgrade Procedures Online only

Glossary Online only and hardcopy in the HP

Netserver AA Solution Adminstrator’s Guide

Table 1 Release 4.0 Documentation

Manual or Document Format

Endurance Release Notes for Release 4.0 Service Pack 1 3

CE Configuration Requirements

Release 4.0 CEs must be configured identically, and must contain identical chipset versions to

avoid loss of CE synchronization when various system management tools are used. In

particular, the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, Device Manager, and System Information tools

may cause the CEs to lose synchronization unless all of the following conditions are met:

Table 2 CE Configuration Requirements

Element Requirement

CE processors Must have the same model, stepping, and cache configurations.

CE BIOS revision Must match.

CE BIOS settings All configurable BIOS options must be identical (for example, serial and

parallel port settings, etc.).

CE add-in cards Card slot placements must match.

CE RAM The same DIMM slots must be occupied by DIMMS of the identical

manufacturer, type, and size.

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CE Motherboard BIOS Settings

Use the BIOS Setup Utility to verify that all onboard device settings between the two CEs are

identical. We strongly recommend that parallel, serial, SCSI, and network devices be disabled

on the CE.

Make sure that the following devices are enabled:

• Video adapter

• Keyboard

•Mouse

• 3.5-inch Floppy Disk — this can be disabled when it is not needed for maintenance

operations, such as flashing the BIOS.

In addition, the CE MICs must use the same IRQ and addresses, or the CEs will not be permitted

to synchronize.

On some systems, disabling of embedded devices is not allowed. Ensure that the embedded

devices that are still enabled on the CE motherboard use the same IRQ on both CEs. Not doing

so may result in a prompt from Windows requesting to reboot because a new device has been

installed.

In Windows 2000, if a device’s resource requirement changes between reboots, Windows will

recognize the device as a new device and install supporting software for the device. The

installation of supporting software may result in a prompt from Windows to reboot the system

because a new device has been installed. You may experience this behavior when the IRQ of

enabled embedded devices is not the same on both CEs.

This occurs because the responsibility for booting Windows may be on one CE during a boot

cycle, during which it presents the embedded devices with its assigned resources. But, on the

next boot cycle, the other CE may be responsible for booting Windows. In that case, it presents

the embedded devices with a difference set of assigned resources, causing Windows to

recognize the device as a new device.

Platform Support

The Endurance server supports only Pentium III or Pentium III Xeon processors on the CEs and

IOPs. However, use of the Pentium III serial number (PSN) is not supported in applications on

the CEs. For more updated information about additional platforms that are qualified to run

Endurance Release 4.0, refer to the HP Customer Support Web site.

Endurance Release Notes for Release 4.0 Service Pack 1 5

Motherboard Requirement

The motherboards on all computers (CEs and IOPs) in the server must be capable of supporting

two or more processors.

Memory Requirement

An Endurance server requires a minimum of 256 MB of memory in the CEs and IOPs. In

addition, the server can support up to 4 gigabytes of memory in the CEs. There is no limit to

supported memory in the IOPs.

Marathon Interface Card (MIC) Requirement

An Endurance server requires the Marathon Interface Card (MIC) version 4.2 or 4.3. For best

performance in the IOPs, we recommend configuring the MIC with its own interrupt if possible,

rather than sharing an interrupt. Also, you should install the MIC in a primary PCI bus slot, and

not behind a secondary bridge chip.

If you plan to configure your server for extended long distance SplitSite, with tuples installed

up to 10 kilometers apart, you must use version 4.3 of the MIC. Refer to the section Marathon

Interface Card (MIC) 4.3 Available for information about this MIC and how to recognize

whether you have this version of the MIC.

Partition Format Requirement

Endurance Release 4.0 requires the use of NTFS partitions for all disks used in the server. Also,

the CE boot partition size is limited to 4000 megabytes. Refer to General Limitations for more

information about extending this partition size limit.

Operating System Requirements

In addition to the installation requirements listed in the HP Netserver AA Solution Installation

Guide, the operating system versions that are supported for Endurance Release 4.0 Service Pack 1

are described in Table 3.

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Table 3 Endurance Release 4.0 Service Pack 1 Supported Operating System Versions

Note: International customers other than those in Japan should use the English version

of Endurance software (Endurance software revision 4.0.1-SP.EA).

Endurance Enhancements in Release 4.0 Service Pack 1

Endurance Release 4.0 Service Pack 1 includes the following enhancements to the Endurance

software.

Support for Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

Release 4.0 Service Pack 1 introduces support for Windows 2000 Service Pack 2. If you choose

to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, you must be running Endurance Release 4.0.1-SP

software. Do not attempt to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 on any Endurance release

earlier than Release 4.0.1-SP.

If you choose to upgrade your Endurance server to use Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, you must

reboot the server after each installation, as follows:

For additional information, refer to Endurance Upgrade/Downgrade Procedures on the

Endurance CD.

Windows®Version Endurance

Component

Supported Windows Service

Packs

English Language Version — Windows and Endurance Software and Documentation

Windows 2000 Server CEs and IOPs Windows 2000 Service Packs 1 and 2

Windows 2000 Advanced Server CEs and IOPs Windows 2000 Service Packs 1and 2

Japanese Language Version — Windows and Endurance Software and Documentation

Windows 2000 Server CEs and IOPs Windows 2000 Service Packs 1 and 2

Windows 2000 Advanced Server CEs and IOPs Windows 2000 Service Packs 1 and 2

Step Action

1 Install Release 4.0.1-SP Endurance software on your server CEs and IOPs.

2 Reboot your server.

3 Install Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 on your CEs and IOPs.

4 Reboot your server.

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