SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP3306 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Compaq Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 (Files rather than diskettes) VERSION: 1.23 Rev A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Systems/Drivers PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Professional Workstation 5000, 6000, and 8000; Compaq ProSignia and ProLiant Servers OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows NT Version 3.51 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: 11 August 1997 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.x SUPERSEDES: SP3256 for Windows NT 3.51 only DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq creates two files -- a description file and a large self-extracting executable file. The self-extracting executable file contains Compaq Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 that supports the subsystems and features listed below for Compaq Professional Workstations and ProLiant and ProSignia Servers. NOTE: This same software is available in SoftPaq SP3297 in a form that creates diskettes rather than copying installation files to the hard disk. NetFlex/NetFlex-2/NetFlex-3 network adapter family NetFlex-3 network adapter monitoring, configuration and duplex utility Compaq 10T PCI UTP and 10/100 TX PCI UTP IDA/IDA-2 disk controller SMART/SMART-2 array controller 32-Bit SCSI-2 Family of controllers ProLiant Storage System System Management/Health driver UPS support Compaq HAL Support (ISA, Uniprocessor, and Multiprocessor) Compaq Integrated Management Display Utility Compaq Recovery Server, Standby Agent with SMART-2 support Compaq Recovery Server, Online Agent with SMART-2 support Compaq Remote Insight Board driver Compaq Remote Insight board WAN driver Compaq Support Software diskette Installation utility Matrox Millennium/Millennium II video controller ELSA Gloria-L video controller ESS AudioDrive audio controller ----- Enhancements/Fixes in this Release ----- This release supports the new Compaq ProLiant 6500 with hot plug software features. Other enhancements are listed below and in NTREADME.HLP. Compaq Advanced Network Control Utility - Added support for automatic duplex setting for all duplex auto-negotiation enabled Network Interface Controllers. - Added support to resolve NetFlex-3 Controller instances resulting from missing Network Interface Controllers. - Added support for the ProLiant 6500 and PCI adapters. - Updated the Graphical User Interface. - Added new icons. Compaq Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) - HALMPS.DLL (v302.01) and HALUP.DLL (v302.01) - Added fixes from Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5 and Hotfix 62660. - Added support for the /PCILOCK boot.ini option. - HALMPS.DLL (v302.01) only - Added support for use of the high-resolution 8254 counter as a profiling timer and the /USE8254 boot.ini option. - Added a new boot.ini option-/USETSC. Compaq Remote Insight Management Board - Added Integrated Management Log (IML) support for ProLiant 6500 and previous server products. This new log requires the systems management driver from SSD 1.23 A. - Added Windows NT graphical remote access support. - You can view the console screen remotely and control NT as if you were using the local console. - Carbon Copy and pcANYWHERE are supported. - Added browser support. - Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer are supported. - Supports all previous console application features and previous control activities. Compaq System Management Driver - Added support for Compaq ProLiant 6500 Health features. - Fixed a driver issue for the ProLiant 6000 redundant fans which requires the use of SSD 1.23 A or SSD 2.00 A. The driver was not reporting fan redundancy to the Insight Agents, though it was reporting correctly to the Event Viewer and the Integrated Management Display. Compaq Integrated Management Display Utility - Fixed the context-sensitive help for the tabs located on the Options dialog box. ELSA Gloria-L Video Driver - Added support for the Compaq Professional Workstation 8000 and the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000. - Updated the Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 third party graphics driver files for the ELSA Gloria-L Video Driver. Matrox Millennium Graphics Driver for NT 3.51 - Added Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Display Driver support to the updated version (2.31) of Matrox Millennium/Millennium II display adapters so that the adapters will provide support for the Compaq Professional Workstation 8000 and the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000. Compaq 32-Bit SCSI-2 Controller - Fixed the Moselle/P6 installation problem for the Compaq Ultra Wide controller where it does not run at 20 MTS if the EISA configuration has never been run. - Notified the port driver of aborted pending irp's on a SCSI bus reset in the CPQFWS2E.SYS (a Windows NT file) and CPQ32FS2.SYS. This notification prevents irp’s from timing out. SMART-2DH Controller - Added new hardware support for the SMART-2DH Controller. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. The file that is downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to unpack the files. The number of files to be created and total file size is displayed. You will be given the chance to specify the target directory for the files, or default to the download directory. The following files will be created: README.TXT NTSSD.EXE 3. After the files have been created, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1. 4. From the directory in which the files are created, execute the self-extracting executable: NTSSD.EXE [ENTER] 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to extract (unzip) the support software files to a folder on your hard drive and run the program SETUP.EXE to install the software. Copyright 1997, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.