IBM manual IBM xSeries 440 Planning and Installation Guide

Known problems with NetWare are:

￿NetWare 5.1 is currently not supported, but it should still install. See RETAIN tip H176163 for details on a known shutdown problem:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-43679.html

￿With NetWare 6.0, the server may show extreme CPU utilization values (for example, 13000%). This will be fixed with NetWare 6.0 Support Pack 2. See RETAIN tip H176060 at:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-43532.html

The overall process is as follows:

1.Install NetWare and the Gigabit Ethernet driver

2.Apply the latest NetWare Support Pack

3.Install additional drivers

4.Add support for the RXE100

5.Enable Hyper-Threading

You will need the following device drivers:

￿Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet, from http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-43369.html

￿Remote Supervisor Adapter, from http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-42317.html

￿IBM Active PCI driver, from http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-42423.html

￿A new NetWare Bus Interface driver, NBI.NLM, from http://support.novell.com/filefinder/ (search for NBIUP1.EXE)

To install NetWare 6 on x440, do the following:

1.Disconnect the RXE-100 if you have one attached. You should reconnect it after the Support Pack is installed and before the NBI driver is installed.

2.Power on the x440 with bootable NetWare 6 CD in the CD-ROM drive.

3.Follow the NetWare installer screen instructions up to the device driver screen, shown in Figure 4-10 on page 123. The NetWare installer cannot detect the Broadcom Gigabit controller.

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