Create Installation Floppy Diskettes | HP NetServer NetRAID-4M

HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Services Installation Guide

Hardware, Drivers and Utilities

2.1 Create Installation Floppy Diskettes

NOTE Refer to an HP NetServer Cluster Configuration Guide for the supported versions of the Navigator CD, server BIOS and NetRAID-4M firmware and driver.

1.Power on Server A and immediately insert the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM into the Server A CD-ROM drive.

2.Allow Server A to boot from the HP Navigator CD-ROM.

3.If the HP Navigator prompts you to update the NetServer BIOS, do so and then return here to continue.

4.Click the language box to select preferred language, then Continue.

5.Verify or set today’s date and time and click Continue.

6.From the menu, select the MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server - Cluster option and click Continue.

7.Read the advisory note about Q252332. Because this configuration has the latest Service Pack installed which includes the referenced hot fix, this is no longer an issue. Click OK.

8.Select the Diskette Library option to create the following installation diskettes:

NOTE HP does not currently support loading drivers directly from the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM, but directory paths to the FAST and Cluster Kit installation utilities on the CD-ROM are provided later in this document.

∙NOS Drivers (for the server model that you are using) – only one diskette is required, assuming that the HP 10/100BaseT LAN Adapter (D5013B) driver is already installed. (The second diskette in this option is for the LAN adapter drivers.)

∙NetRAID Firmware: NetRAID-4M (D9161A, D9151A, D9352A) – Diskette 1 is bootable and runs a firmware flash utility. Two diskettes required or use the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM.

∙NetRAID Software-NT/Win2000 (for NetRAID-4M) – contains the HP NetRAID-4M FAST (Flexible Array Storage Tool) Utility – three diskettes required or use the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM.

∙NetRAID Software-NT/Win2000 Cluster (for NetRAID-4M) – HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Setup Software (Cluster Kit) – two diskettes required or use the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM.