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102 Hardware Maintenance Manual: xSeries 250
Windows NT Server hot-plug setup: IBM Hot Plug PCI for Windows NT Server 4.0
package is available for download from the IBM Web site at:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/support
Enter the brand type of Server, click on Downloadable files and look for Hot Plug.
The IBM Hot Plug PCI for Windows NT Server 4.0 package uses the Intel Desktop
Management Interface (DMI) to control hot-plug support for the Ethernet controllers.
The Ethernet controller in the computer is DMI compliant. Download and install the
following software in the order listed:
1. IBM PCI Hotplug for Windows NT 4.0 Failover DMI Agent
2. IBM PCI Hot Plug for Windows NT 4.0 Solution
3. IBM 10/100 Fault Tolerant Adapter device drivers
Note: The order of installation is important. You must install the IBM Hot Plug for
Windows NT Server 4.0 package before you install the IBM 10/100 Fault
Tolerant Adapter driver. If you install the adapter device driver before the PCI
Hot Plug Solution package, the adapter device driver will not recognize the
hot-plug code. This happens because the adapter device driver only checks
the NT registry for the Hot Plug package during installation. If the PCI Hot
Plug Solution package is added after the adapter device driver is installed, the
adapter must be removed and added again in order for it to detect the PCI
Hot-Plug Solution code.
To install the IBM PCI Hotplug for Windows NT 4.0 Failover DMI Agent:
1. Download the IBM PCI Hotplug for Windows NT 4.0 Failover DMI Agent DMI
Agent file from the Support web page and extract the files onto a diskette.
2. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive.
3. From the Start menu, select the Run option.
4. Type A:\SETUP.EXE in the Open box.
5. Click Ok. The setup wizard opens.
6. Follow the instructions that are given by the setup wizard until the program is
installed.
7. Restart the server.
To install the IBM PCI Hot Plug for Windows NT 4.0 Solution package:
1. Download the IBM PCI Hot Plug for Windows NT 4.0 Solution file from the
support web page and extract the files onto a diskette.
2. Log on to Windows NT Server as a user in the Administrator group.
3. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive.
4. From the Start menu, select the Run option.
5. Type A:\SETUP.EXE in the Open box.
6. Click OK. The Setup wizard opens.
7. Follow the instructions given by the setup wizard until the program is installed.
Windows NT Server failover setup: To install the IBM 10/100 Fault Tolerant Adapter
device drivers:
1. Add the redundant NIC adapter according to the instructions that are provided
with the adapter.
2. Use the ServerGuide CDs to install the AMD PCNet Ethernet Family adapter
device driver.
3. Do not select the Grouping box at this point; you must first restart the machine.