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4.4.1 Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
4.4.2 Software Requirements
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4.4.3 Information Requested at Time of Installation
............. 127
4.4.4 Installation Files
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4.4.5 Installation Procedure
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4.5 Installing NetWare 4.1 with the Original CD-ROM
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4.5.1 Hardware Requirements
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4.5.2 Software Requirements
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4.5.3 Installation Procedure
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4.6 NetFinity Services for NetWare
......................... 144
4.6.1 System Requirements
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4.6.2 Installing NetFinity Services for NetWare
................ 144
4.7 The RAID Administration for NetWare Utility
................. 151
4.7.1 Installing the Utility
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4.8 Hard Disk Failure Simulation
.......................... 152
4.8.1 Simulating with a Hot Spare Drive
.................... 153
4.8.2 Simulating without a Hot Spare Drive
.................. 160
Chapter 5. Performance Tuning
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5.1 Hardware Tuning
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5.1.1 General Performance Characteristics
.................. 168
5.2 Performance Analysis Tools
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5.2.1 DatagLANce
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5.2.2 NetWare Monitoring Tools
......................... 173
5.3 Tuning NetWare
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5.3.1 Disk Subsystem
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5.3.2 Network Subsystem
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5.3.3 System Memory
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5.3.4 Memory Requirements
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5.3.5 System Processor
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Appendix A. EISA Configuration File
....................... 189
Appendix B. Hardware Compatibility, Device Driver, and Software Patch
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
B.1 Finding Compatibility Information on the World Wide Web
........ 199
B.2 Finding Device Drivers on the World Wide Web
.............. 200
B.3 Finding Software Patches on the World Wide Web
............. 201
Appendix C. Configuring DOS CD-ROM Support
................ 203
C.1 Installing CD-ROM Support for PCI Adapters.
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C.2 Installing CD-ROM Support for Adaptec Adapters
............. 203
C.3 Installing CD-ROM Support for Micro-Channel Adapters
......... 203
List of Abbreviations
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Index
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