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International Technical Support Organization IBM PC Server and Windows NT Integration Guide March 1997 SG24-4763-00 IBML This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Take Note! Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information in Appendix F, “Special Notices” on page 163. First Edition (March 1997) This edition applies to current models of IBM PC Servers for use with Windows NT Server 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii The Team That Wrote This Redbook ......................... vii Comments Welcome . . . . . . . . . . .
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5.3.5 System Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 5.3.6 B asic Configuration and HAL Options ................... 89 5.3.7 Selecting the Correct HAL ..................
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix A. Sources of Drivers and Information ................ 147 A. 1 Compatibility Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 A .2 Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Preface This redbook will help you implement Windows NT Server 4.0 on an IBM PC Server and to understand how to configure for the best performance.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Tim Kearby Angelo Rimoldi Wuilbert Martinez Zamora Jean-Paul Simoen Thanks to the following people for their invaluable contributions to this project: Gail Wojton, Melinda Allen Systems Management and Networking ITSO Center, Raleigh.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 1 . Introduction Windows NT Server 4.0 is one of the major network operating systems available on the market today, and is continuing to gain market acceptance. At the time of publishing, previews are being shown of what may appear in version 5.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. The mission at the Kirkland Center is to adapt Microsoft ′ s products to IBM hardware to satisfy customer requirements. This requires early involvement in the design cycle, timely adaptation and porting, development of complimentary software and drivers, extensive testing, and performance monitoring.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 2 . Hardware Configuration This chapter focuses on the setup and configuration of your IBM PC Server hardware. The most common tasks are presented here. For more information about these tasks, please see the user guides that came with your system.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. For this redbook, we have used the PC Server 330 for the screen shots and descriptions. The BI OS in this machine is indicative of the current range of PC Servers from IBM. To access the setup program: 1. Turn o n t h e s e r v e r a n d watch the screen for the blue IBM logo to appear.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2.1.1.2 System Information This choice also shows read-only summaries of your server, divided into two sections: • Product Data • PCI Routing Selectin.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2.1.1.7 Advanced Setup Selecting this menu choice shows you this window: ┌──────────────────────────.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PCI Bus Control │ ├──.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. EISA Configuration Utility Help=F1 Steps in configuring your computer Step 1 : Important EISA configuration information Step 2 : Add or remove boards Step 3 : View or edit details Step 4 : Examine switches or print report Step 5 : Save and Exit Select=Enter <Cancel=ESC> Figure 3.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. EISA Configuration Diskettes EISA adapters are shipped with a diskette that contains a configuration file (a .CFG file) that the EISA configuration utility needs so that it knows what parameters are available for the adapter.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Use the Edit Resources option to change interrupt request levels, I/O addresses and other parameters whose settings may need to be changed to avoid conflicts with other devices.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 1. Turn o n t h e server and watch the screen. 2. When t h e message Press <Ctrl><A> appears, press Ctrl and A simultaneously.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2 Host Adapter SCSI Termination All SCSI interfaces use daisy-chained cabling. The cable starts at the adapter and goes to the first device, and then out of that device to the next device and so on until it reaches the last device in the chain.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. The SCSI-2 Fast and Wide Adapters issue the start unit command to each drive one at a time. The SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID adapter issues the start unit command to two drives at a time.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Use the arrow keys to select the parameter to modify. • Press Enter to edit the parameter. • Use the arrow keys to select the new value or press Esc to quit. • Press Enter to validate the new value.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. These programs are obtainable in several ways: • Shipped with the server on two diskettes called the reference diskette and the diagnostic diskette. • Created from images for these diskettes on the ServerGuide CD-ROM that is shipped with the system.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 1 . U s e th e up arrow ke y or down arrow key to highlight a choice. 2. Pr ess Enter. 2.4.1.3 Main Menu Options Regardless of whether you started the system programs by booting from the system partition or from the reference diskette, the main menu similar to Figure 12 will be displayed.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 4 S et configuration This option contains programs used to view, change, back up, or restore the configuration information.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Backup / Restore System Programs Select One: 1. Backup the system diskette 1 2. Backup the system partition 2 3. Restore the system partition 3 Enter F1=Help F3=Exit Figure 13.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Set Configuration Select One: 1. View configuration 1 2. Change configuration 2 3. Backup configuration 3 4. Restore configuration 4 5. Run automatic configuration 5 6.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. View Configuration Total System Memory Installed memory....................................32768KB(32.0MB) Usable Memory.......................................32584KB(31.6MB) Built In Features Installed Memory.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2 Change configuration Change configuration allows you to change configuration information used by the server. Use the Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, Up and Down arrow keys to move from field to field, and F5 and F6 to scroll through the choices.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. memory specification (EMS) page frame. Figure 16 o n page 25 shows the Memory Map panel. Memory Map 0C000H SVGA Adapter Micro Channel slot............................5 Size(in KB)..................
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Set and View SCSI Device Configuration SCSI Configuration Verification................[Enabled] Slot 1-IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Adapter SCSI Address (ID)...........................7 SCSI Device Device type.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Set Features Select one: 1. Set date and time 1 2. Set password and unattended start mode 2 3. Set keyboard speed 3 4. Set console 4 5. Set startup sequence 5 6.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Select this option if you want to use a display and keyboard as the server console. Errors will occur when the server is turned on if the display or the keyboard is not attached. 2. Display only Select this option if you want to use a display without a keyboard as the server console.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7 Set power-on features This panel lets you set the options for when and how the server can be started. It can be turned on automatically at a set time, or be turned on from a remote location through a modem.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Set Passwords and Security features Select one: 1. Set Power-On password 1 2. Change Power-On password 2 3. Remove Power-On password 3 4. Set unattended start mode 4 5.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3. Pr ess Enter. 3 Remove power-on password This option shows the instructions for removing the current power-on password, which are: 1 . Tu rn o ff t he server and wait a few seconds, then turn it on .
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 6 Change privileged-access password This option allows you to change the administrator password. You must know the current privileged-access password in order to complete the procedure. 7 Remove privileged password This option removes the administrator password.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. More Utilities Select one: 1. Display revision levels 1 2. Display system error log 2 3. Stand-alone utility information 3 4. Set system identification 4 5. Set character font 5 Enter F1=Help F3=Exit Figure 22.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. System Error Log page 1 of 1 Type of error: Processor board replaced Previous system identifier: 00001B4B Previous manufacturing identifier: 30343.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. After a few seconds, a panel similar to the one in Figure 25 on page 35 appears. Advanced Diagnostic Menu Select One: 1. Run System Checkout 1 2. Format the hard disk 2 Enter F1=Help F3=Exit Figure 25.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2. 5 RAID Adapter Utilities On PC Servers with SCSI RAID adapters, the RAID utility is used to configure the attached SCSI devices.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ Select Adapter │ ├──────────────────────────────┤ │ 1.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. To format a device: 1. From t he main menu, select Advanced Functions . The following menu appears: IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Rebuild Priority This parameter sets the priority of the execution order of the rebuild I/O requests with respect to the system I/O requests. The rebuild priority can be changed without affecting data in the logical drive.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌───────────────────────────.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5 . Pr es s any key to return. Now that an array has been defined, it is necessary to create the logical drives on this array. Logical drive definitions for created arrays must be done before exiting the Create/Delete Array menu.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌──────────┐ ┌───────────────.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 ┌───────────┐ ┌──────────────.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Note It is not necessary to define multiple logical drives of the same RAID level. You can partition these logical drives the same way you partition a real disk when you install the operating system. 8. Select Exit to leave this menu.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. In write-through mode, the data is written directly to the disk and no acknowledgement is sent until the operation is complete. This is the default. 2.5.1.7 Initializing the Array If you are using RAID level 1 or 5, you must select Initialize logical drives for proper operation.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. IBM RAID Controller Configuration Ver 2.12 Adapter in Slot 1 (2.14) ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────────.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2.5.2.1 ServeRAID Adapter Support Diskettes Prior to publication, IBM released version 2.0 of the support diskettes for the ServeRAID Adapter. The two major functional enhancements that this new version provided are: 1.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Images of these diskettes plus an online (HTML) version of the ServeRAID Installation and User ′ s Guide are available from IBM ′ s PC Server Web site. Refer to Appendix A, “Sources of Drivers and Information” on page 147 for details.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter Disk Array Configuration Ver. 2.00 Adapter Number: 1 Bus Number: 0 Host ID = Null Config ┌─────────.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3 EZ-RAID Configuration This option give you an automatic method to create an IBM PC ServeRAID configuration based on the number of physical drives that are in the ready (RDY) state. The bays are scanned for the physical drives in the RDY state.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter Disk Array Configuration Ver. 2.00 Adapter Number: 1 Bus Number: 0 Host ID = Null Config ┌─────────.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 6 IBM RAID Subsystem Diagnostic Select this option to run the ServeRAID Adapter self test. Low-level formatting of drives is provided as well as a drive media test.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter Disk Array MiniConfiguration Utility Ver. 2.00 ┌───────────────────────.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. This displays data about the adapter hardware and the PCI registers. Boot CD-ROM Configuration: This menu choice gives you options to support bootable CD-ROMs. If you wish to boot from CD-ROM, set each option to Yes and then save the configuration to the adapter.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2.5.2.6 Possible POST Errors During POST, the ServeRAID adapter compares the stored configuration information to the configuration that is actually present. If a discrepancy exists, one or more status messages appear after POST completes, but before the operating system loads.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. F4 Retry. F7 Restore the configuration from diskette. Press F7 when you replace a faulty adapter or when you move an entire disk array from one system to another without also moving the adapter.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 3. Pre-installation Considerations This chapter is aimed at providing guidelines regarding hardware, software and capacity consideration requirements when installing NT 4.0. Windows NT Server 4.0 is a 32-bit operating system and is very hardware intensive.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3.1.2 Hardware Configuration In order to successfully install Windows NT, we recommend that you obtain the following information: Adapter Card Required in.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3.1.2.3 Unsupported Hardware NT 4.0 does not currently support the following controller and BIOS enhancements: • 32-bit I/O BIOS switch • Enhanced drive access • Multiple block addressing or rapid IDE • Write-back cache on disk controllers • Power management features 3.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. See 3.10, “Installation Over the Network” on page 68 for more details. Note: The method of copying the I386 directory can also be used when there are drive or driver issues that otherwise block the use of the CD-ROM.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 3.3 Viruses NT 4.0 will not install on a system infected by a virus. One of the common problems associated with a virus infection rears it head while you are busy installing, as described in Chapter 5, “Installing Windows NT Server 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. for the Windows NT code, page file and DOS or Windows 95 installation. Formatting the boot partition with the FAT file system gives you the ability to boot to DOS if necessary, to copy over drivers, or boot files in the event of a file corruption or upgrade problem.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. NT 4.0 is not aware of any of these changes and the device drivers that address these adapters will fail. We recommend that, if possible, you should disable these BIOS features of your server and on any adapters in the server.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 4. Find a n y device driver diskettes that pertain to adapters installed in your se rve r. If possible, try to establish by checking the time and date stamp of the files if they are newer than any supplied with NT 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 9. Once t he copying process is complete, N T 4 . 0 will modify the boot partition. The server will reboot and the installation process continues.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 4. Installation Using ServerGuide 3.0 ServerGuide is a set of CD-ROMs containing installation tools and code designed to aid users to install their operating systems with a minimum of effort. It i s included with all new IBM PC Servers.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 4. 1 ServerGuide 3.0 and NT 4.0 For the purposes of this document, this chapter concentrates on the aspects of ServerGuide 3.0 as it pertains to the installation of Windows NT Server 4.0. For the installation of NT 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 47. ServerGuide 3 . 0 Country and Keyboard S elections Select your country and keyboard; then on the following panel, confirm these choices. Note: ServerGuide will now perform a hardware detection function to determine which IBM components are installed in the server.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 48. ServerGuide 3 . 0 Ma in Menu From here, you can view online or print (in PostScript format) any of the following: − Manuals that came with yo.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. For NT 4.0, you can use your own license code only; an activation key is not available for this version. You will then be prompted to insert your retail CD-ROM (US version only) to verify your license before ServerGuide will create your custom installation diskettes.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 4.3.2 AutoPilot AutoPilot lets you learn about ServerGuide and then be guided step-by-step through the hardware configuration of the server. It includes checking (and if necessary updating) the BIOS level, configuring the adapters, and configuring the disk arrays.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 51. Selecting N T 4 .0 from ServerGuide 3 .0 Notice that Transfer License from retail package option is the only option available. ServerGuide 3.0 only supports installing NT 4.0 from the retail version of the code supplied by you.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 52. ServerGuide 3 . 0 Installed Adapters/Controllers. ServerGuide automatically detects what adapters yo u have installed. This figure shows the result on our test Server 320. 6 . A listbox n ow appears showing recommended di skette packages and optional diskette packages.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 53. ServerGuide 3 . 0 Installation Diskette Pa c kages. The Setup Diskettes package contains the three boot diskettes for NT 4.0. The TME 10 NetFinity package contains diskettes for TME 10 NetFinity Manager.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 5. Installing Windows NT Server 4.0 This chapter describes the installation of Windows NT Server 4.0 using the commercially available version of the software. The installation process will be specified in general terms that relate to all IBM PC server models.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. partitioning that you may require. The second component, following a reboot, sets up the software options and builds the networking environment for this machine. 5.3.1 Starting the Process Insert the NT 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Tip Check the location (path) of the device drivers on the diskettes supplied by the manufacturers before you start the installation process, as you will not have the opportunity during the next section of the installation process.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Windows NT Server Setup ======================= Setup has recognized the following mass storage devices in your computer: Adaptec AHA-294X-394X/AI.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Windows NT Server Setup ======================= You have asked to specify an additional SCSI adapter, CD-ROM drive, or special disk controller for use with Windows NT.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Select the adapter you have installed in your server (in this example, the IBM PC ServeRAID adapter), and press Enter. Setup then returns you to the panel showing all the currently selected adapters (Figure 5 9 ) .
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. CD-ROM, the following two error panels are likely to occur at this point (see Figure 60 on page 87 and Figure 61 on page 87 ) .
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. To overcome the problem, recreate the installation disks. The correct syntax is WINNT /OX from a DOS prompt or WINNT32 /OX while running NT 3.5 or later. This will correct the problem in most cases when the installation process is restarted with the freshly created installation disks.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. RAID Arrays and Logical Drives Remember, when using drives attached to an IBM RAID controller, the physical drives are combined into a RAID array. Within this array, you can specify how much of the total available (drive array) disk space will be assigned to a certain RAID level (RAID-0, -1 or -5).
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Windows NT Server Setup ======================= Setup has determined that your computer contains the following hardware and software components: C.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. You are now presented with a list of Hardware Abstraction Layer choices. Table 4 on page 91 lists the appropriate HAL choices for each server. It is also recommended that you use any IBM-supplied HAL diskette if it is more current than the one supplied with the NT 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. If you have not partitioned your disk, you can do so now. We recommend that you create only one partition at this stage, as we have found that creating more than one partition may hang Windows NT during the installation process.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Windows NT Server Setup ======================= You have asked Setup to create a new partition on 800 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 3 on ispraidn. * To create the new partition, enter a size below and press ENTER.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. As requested, re-insert any manufacturer-supplied driver diskettes such as the IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter diskette. 5.3.10 F i le Transfer Windows NT Setup copies all required files from the CD-ROM to your hard disk.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5.5.1 Naming the Server Enter the name you want to assign to this server. This name identifies this server on the network and it has to be unique on the network. Put some thought into naming your servers, as it will save you a lot of duplication and effort during the life cycle of your network.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5.5.3 The Administrator Password When prompted, set the administrator user ID and password. Do not forget this password as there is no way of resetting the password if it is lost or forgotten.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5. 6 Installing Windows NT Networking This next phase of the installation concentrates on the networking side of the NT 4.0 configuration. 5.6.1 Network O ptions At this point, you will specify and install the networking components of NT 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 68. Auto-Detection of Network Adapters If your adapter is not auto-detected by setup, you may either select the adapter from the list provided by Setup or you need to provide a hardware manufacturer ′ s adapter support diskette.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 70. Adapter Drivers Found on the OE M Diskette 5.6.3 Network Protocols After the network adapters are selected, you need to define the network protocol stacks to be used for network communication. Select the required network protocols from the list provided by setup (Figure 7 1 ).
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. communicating with other networks, then the best choice would be the NetBEUI protocol. This limitation is due to the fact that NetBEUI is a broadcast-intensive protocol with no routing capabilities. It can be bridged, increasing the broadcasting on all bridged subnets.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 5.6.5 Specifics of the Auto LANStreamer PCI Adapter As a result of selecting the Auto LANStreamer PCI Token-Ring Adapter, the window in Figure 73 is displayed. You can either accept the defaults or modify them according to your requirements.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 74. Reviewing Network Bindings NT 4.0 will now start the network and complete the networking installation. Setup will also start the networking functionality. This may take a while, depending on the services and adapters you have selected.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 75. Service Failed During Startup 5.8.1 Determining Which Services Have Started To inspect which of the services have started, use the services function located in the control panel. From the task bar at the bottom of your screen, click on the Start but ton.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 77. Event Vi ew e r . T h i s window shows t wo items marked with a red stop symbol that indicates a problem or failure was detected by the service listed in this row.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 79. Details of a Spurious Error. T his window shows a spurious or misleading error that occurred only because the previous error occurred (see Figure 78). Note: The rule to remember here is to fix the preceding errors first.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 6. TME 10 NetFinity Overview This chapter provides an overview of the TME 10 NetFinity product. It also shows how to install and configure TME 10 NetFinity on the NT 4.0 platform (including hardware and software requirements).
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Another way to connect to your remote workstations is to use the Internet or your company ′ s intranet.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 82. Choice of TME 10 NetFinity Client 5 . T he following ar e the different types of clients that you can install.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 83. Completion of the Installation Figure 8 3 shows the end of the installation process. In this dialog box you are reminded to run the security manager in order to prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to your server.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 84. Installation Options for the TM E 10 NetFinity Manager for NT 4 . 0 Figure 85. The Windows NT Folder f or TM E 1 0 NetFinity Manager The TME 10.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. their structure can be found in Chapter 5 of Systems Management from an NT Server Point of View , SG24-4723. • TME 10 NetFinity Database Administration The administration functions are used to define the kind of database being used.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. The System Name field can be any combination of alphanumeric characters including blanks. It shows the name of the workstation. This name can be seen later in the management process when monitoring the client groups.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. workstations. The next time you access the same workstation, TME 10 NetFinity will automatically provide the same user ID and password that was specified on your first connection.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 6. 5 TME 10 NetFinity Main Menu Figure 88. NetFinity Services Manager. Some of these icons ma y n ot be visible if you have installed the client code. The main menu of TME 10 NetFinity Manager is shown in Figure 8 8 .
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Service Configuration Manager • Software Inventory - shows what software you have installed on your system (useful when collecting this data from ma.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 90. Available System Monitors Figure 90 may differ slightly from what will be displayed in your window, depending on which devices you have installed. You can select one or more mo ni to rs . For example, you can select monitors for CPU and the C drive utilization, as per Figure 9 1 .
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. network administrator actions when accessing the user ′ s workstation. The information from these actions may also be logged in the alert log.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 7. Performance Monitor Overview Performance Monitor is one of the most valuable tools that NT has to offer. It can measure a wide variety of system components, and can be extended by other compliant applications, such as Microsoft ′ s SQL Server.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7. 2 Collecting Data with Performance Monitor To collect and display Performance Monitor data, you can either choose from the View pull-down menu one of the following options, or you can click on one of the smart icons located at the top of the Performance Monitor main panel.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 93. Performance Monitor - Chart View 7.3.1.1 Adding Objects to be Monitored From the Edit pull-down menu of the Performance Monitor, select Add to chart , or click on smart icon . To select an object to monitor, first choose an object and a related counter (see Figure 9 4 ).
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Note: It may take a while to display this window while the network is checked for other Windows NT systems.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 97. A List of Installed Objects 7.3.1.4 Choosing an Object Instance Some objects have multiple instances. For example, a counter can have multiple instances relating to the same measurement but for different but equivalent devices, such as multiple CPUs.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 99. Chart Options Window Selecting Histogram from the Gallery box can be useful for simultaneously monitoring many instances of a given counter. With the Histogram view, you cannot see the history of the measured objects but will be able to gain a feel for how they relate to each other.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 100. Performance Monitor - Alert View 7.4.1.1 How to Measure Objects Using Alert View To add an object for monitoring in Alert view, click on Add to Alert from the Edit pull-down menu, or click on smart icon .
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7.4.1.2 How to Set Up Alerts The procedure for adding an object to be measured in Alert view is similar to the Chart view function, but you also have to complete the Alert If field. The steps are as follows: 1.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7.5.1.1 Selecting Objects to be Added to the Log File On the pull-down menu bar, click on Edit then Add to Log or click on the smart icon . Figure 103 appears. Select each object you wish to log and click on the Add button.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. To stop the logging once it starts, click on Stop Log from the Log Options window. Note: To create a log file, first select the objects that you want to capture data from. If you have not selected any objects, the Start Log button shown in Figure 104 on page 127 will be grayed out.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 7.5.1.5 Exporting the Log Once you have displayed the log information using either the Chart, Report or Alert views, you can export that view in text format for analysis by other applications. The data can be exported in • .
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Chapter 8. Monitoring and Performance Tuning Windows NT Server 4.0 is one of the few operating systems that has the ability to self optimize. This can be deceptive, as it will only administer certain aspects of the operating system.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 108. System Performance Properties If you are not planning to run applications interactively on the server console, move the Boost indicator to None . This will give all background applications higher priority when multitasking takes place.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 109. Specifying Virtual Memory Values You can set the Initial Size and the Maximum Size of the paging file for a specific drive. It is not necessary to make changes to the registry size and it will only waste space if you increase it unnecessarily.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Another way to gain better performance from your virtual memory system would be to establish paging files on more than one drive. Minimums and Maximums When specifying a pagefile size, increase the minimum value to equal the maximum value.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Note: Refer to 8.7, “Network Components Bottleneck” on page 142 for more details on network object monitoring.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 112. CPU Utilization with TM E 1 0 NetFinity 8.4.1.1 Measuring Multiprocessor Load In a multiprocessor server, the best way to measure the overall load experienced by the combination of CPUs is to check the following object (Figure 113): Object: System Counter: % Total Processor Time Figure 113.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. that it could experience. The opposite is also true when the system experiences medium- or low-load conditions; the amount of unused memory could decrease as a result of the memory cache being flushed and decreased in size.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 8.5.1.2 Using Performance Monitor A good place to start measuring memory usage is the Performance Monitor. Check the following object (Figure 115): Object: Memory Counter: Pages/sec. This counter should be in the range of 5 or less.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. and Object: Logical Disk (location of the PAGEFILE.SYS) Counter: Avg. Disk sec/Transfer The product of these two counters equals the percentage of the disk access time used by paging memory blocks to disk.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Memory Usage in Figure 117 on page 140 is the usage of the total amount of memory available. Figure 117. Monitoring Percentage Memory U se Note SQL Server and Sybase have parameters that can be set to limit the amount of memory used by these products.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. You should also check the amount of drive space available on each drive. If a ny of the drives are near capacity you will not be able to cope with surge load conditions and it will have detrimental impact on the confidence that the user is supposed to have in your system.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Object: Physical Disk Counter: Disk Bytes/sec A Disk Bytes/sec count lower than 20,000 may indicate that an application is accessing a disk inefficiently.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. An increase in Work Item Shortage should cause a change in the registry value(s) InitialWorkItems and/or MaximumWorkItems (depending on when the outage occurred).
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 121. Monitoring D at a Received via the Network To measure these values accurately, we recommend that you use any one of the commercially available network monitoring and measuring devices available.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 122. Changing the Network Object Properties Select the Bindings tab at the top of the panel, as seen in Figure 123.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Keep token-ring devices to less than 70 per ring. • Employ switching to segment your network or use the IBM Quad PeerMaster Ethernet adapter. Avoid using the server to achieve this. • Keep your protocol mix simple (least is better).
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix A. Sources of Drivers and Information One of the challenges that LAN administrators face is ensuring that the adapters they want to use are supported and then finding the latest level of device drivers for these adapters.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. In addition to this Web site, IBM has another site that contains a file that has LAN adapter device driver information. This file is a matrix of adapters and drivers and version levels. It is updated frequently as new drivers become available.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • Customize your user interface • Get up and running - fast • Put NT on the Net • Gain control of your network • Manage more efficiently • Unlock security secrets • Pick up NT ′ s performance Appendix A.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix B. IBM TechConnect Program The IBM TechConnect program is a server training, certification and information resource program. It is designed to help network specialists increase their technical skills and proficiency on IBM servers as well as networking and open computing solutions.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • IBM Professional Server Expert (PSE) - Novell NetWare • IBM Professional Server Expert (PSE) - IBM LAN Server • IBM Professional Server Expert (PS.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix C. Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Packs It is advisable to install the latest service pack available from Microsoft, as this will contain the most recent bug fixes for the product. Service packs for NT 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Figure 124. Encryption Components in the Service Pack. If y o u us e 128-bit encryption, you should click on Cancel in order not to overwrite the encryption files. If you choose not to install the encryption components, you will gain some security benefits in a secure C2 environment.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix D. Tips on Windows NT and IBM Hardware This chapter provides hints and tips about some common problems experienced by end users installing Windows NT on IBM platforms.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. A device connect to the system is not functioning. As per the Knowledge Base entry the cause of this bug is: The MCA Setup program and the adapter ′ s OEMSETUP.INF file identify the slots on an MCA bus differently than the Windows NT hardware abstraction layer (HAL).
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. 2 . I B M Triple LANStreamer PC I Adapter F RU part 25H6305 (Option part 25H6304) D.7 Problems Associated with Third Party OEM Network Driver Diskettes When installing NT 4.0 you might experience problems during the installation phase.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix E. The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) The Hardware Abstraction Layer is a software interface between the hardware and the rest of the operating system that makes Windows NT portable across platforms.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. • HAL.DLL (system-specific HAL*.DLL has to be copied and renamed to HAL.DLL) • KERNEL32.DLL • NTDLL.DLL • WINSRV.DLL • WIN32K.SYS (new for NT 4.0) Although the UPTOMP.EXE file from the Windows NT 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Windows NT Server Setup ========================= Setup has found Windows NT on your hard disk in the directory shown below. C:WINNT ″ Windows NT Server Version 4.00 ″ Setup recommends upgrading this windows NT installation to Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Domain Controller . This will promote the BDC to the PDC function, and demote the PDC to be the BDC. You can then take the BDC (which was the original PDC) offline, and reinstall it, specifying the correct HAL.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix F. Special Notices This publication is intended to help IBM customers, business partners, systems engineers and consultants implement Windows NT Server 4.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. The following terms are trademarks of other companies: C-bus is a trademark of Corollary, Inc. PC Direct is a trademark of Ziff Communications Company and is used by IBM Corporation under license.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Appendix G. Re l ated Publications The publications listed in this section are considered particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion of the topics covered in this redbook.
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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. Index Special Characters .ADF files 20 .CFG f i l e 11 Numerics 100/10 PCI Ethernet Adapter, problems with 156 A advanced diagnostics, MCA machines 34 Ant.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. H HAL for IBM servers 91 multiprocessor capable machines 91 selecting 8 9 upgrading 1 5 9 hardware abstraction layer See HAL hardware compatibility list (.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. O OEM driver diskettes, problems with 15 7 options diskette, Micro Channel 20 P parity placement, in RAID arrays 41 partitions 6 5 PC Server 704 and Serve.
This soft copy for use by IBM employees only. TME 10 NetFinity (continued) diskettes 7 4 installation 1 0 8 installation tips 11 7 main menu 11 5 network driver configuration 11 2 overview 1 07 passiv.
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