Chapter 3

Installing and Configuring

To use the Startup CD-ROM on a Windows PC, you must have an HTML browser tool (like Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x, or Netscape Navigator version 4.x or greater) to view the HTML format.

￿￿DOS Boot method - This method allows you to boot the HP Startup CD-ROMas a bootable CD-ROM and launch HP Diagtools Utility directly from the CD-ROM in DOS.

NOTE

The NetWare NOS installation contains a known software error (not product-specific) that

 

does not allow you to boot from CD-ROM. To work around this problem, boot from a

 

DOS diskette and create a bootable DOS partition on the drive.

 

 

Contents of the HP Startup CD-ROM

The HP Startup CD-ROMcontains the following drivers and utilities:

￿￿NOS Drivers (IDE, SCSI, NIC, Video) for all supported NOSs on the HP Server tc2110 (IDE and SCSI models).

￿￿Diagtools Utility

￿￿BIOS Flash Utility

NOS Installation

The instructions for manually installing your specific network operating system (NOS) and the respective NOS drivers are provided in the HP Server tc2110 NOS Installation Guide. The HP Server tc2110 NOS Installation Guide will help you when creating and copying the appropriate drivers (NOS, IDE, SCSI, NIC, and Video) onto the required diskettes. In some cases you will use the diskettes to load the appropriate drivers onto the Server, or load the drivers directly from the HP Startup CD-ROMonto the Server. Refer to the Welcome menu on the HP Startup CD-ROM.

Diagtools

This utility provides an easy-to-use hardware diagnostic for Server verification, burn-in, and rapid troubleshooting. It is launched from the CD-ROM when the HP Startup CD-ROMis used to boot the server in DOS.

NOTE

HP recommends using the HP Diagtools Utility to verify all Server functions are

 

operating correctly, after completing all the configuration topics. The HP Diagtools Utility

 

also generates a text file containing the hardware detected and the Diagtools test results.

 

This text file, called a support ticket, should be saved to a diskette and used for future

 

reference, especially by your support provider.

 

The HP Diagtools Utility will start automatically when the HP Startup CD-ROMis booted

 

in the HP Server in DOS.

 

 

BIOS Setup Utility

Use the BIOS Setup Utility to configure items in the BIOS using the following menus:

￿￿Main

￿￿Advanced

￿￿Security

￿￿Boot

￿￿Power

￿￿Exit

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