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9 Equinox ESP Multi-Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide
Section 2 - Driver Installation
This section contains instructions for installing the ESP driver from the
Equinox SuperSerial CD-ROM. The ESP is supported under Windows
2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 3.51, OpenServer 5.0.5a or higher,
UnixWare 7.0.1a or higher, Linux and AIX 4.3 and 5.1.
2.1 Windows 2000
To install the Windows 2000 ESP driver, you must first run SETUP.EXE
from the Windows 2000 ESP driver diskette that is made using the
Equinox SuperSerial CD-ROM. SETUP.EXE will install the necessary
Device Manager files for the ESP. Insert the diskette into your A: drive, set
your default drive to A: and run SETUP.
The Windows 2000 ESP driver is installed when you install the first ESP.
1. Navigate to Settings - Control Panel - Add/Remove New Hardware.
2. From the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, select Add/troubleshoot a
device.
3. Windows 2000 will search for new Plug and Play hardware on your
computer. ESP devices are network-attached and are not located by the
Add New Hardware Wizard. A list of devices that can be installed will
be displayed. Select Add a new device.
4. From the Find New Hardware page, select No, I want to select the
hardware from a list.
5. A list of hardware types will be displayed. Select Multi-port serial
adapters.
6. Windows 2000 will ask you to select a device driver. Highlight
Equinox Systems Inc., select Equinox Ethernet Serial Provider / Have
Disk and point the Wizard to your A: drive.
7. From the Select a Device Driver page, again select Equinox Ethernet
Serial Provider.
8. The Wizard will locate an ESP on your server’s local subnet and
display information about that ESP. If your ESP does not yet have an
IP address, you must enter the IP address, then click Next.
9. The Wizard will display the ESP conguration for nal verication. If
the IP address you assigned is correct, click Next.
10. The Wizard will now copy les from the Windows 2000 ESP driver
diskette. During this process, the Equinox ESP driver le is examined
for a Microsoft digital signature. If the ESP driver is not signed, a
warning message is displayed. To continue the installation, read the
warning and then click Yes.
If you click No, the installation will terminate and the ESP will not be
installed on your server.