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Sun Microsystems 817-3630-11 User's Manual

1. Your SunPCi 111 computer name the name you enter when you install Microsoft Windows or Linux If you are not using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP to obtain an IP address you also need The IP address for your SunPCi III card Note The IP address for your SunPCi III card must be different from your Sun system s IP address a The subnet mask for your site s network a The IP address for your router or gateway if used Note If you are using virtual networking you cannot use DHCP for both your Sun system and the SunPCi II card m The host name domain name and IP address for each Domain Name Service DNS server at your site if used To configure TCP IP open the Network icon in the Control Panel in Microsoft Windows or choose Network from the System Settings in Linux Enter the information you obtained into the corresponding fields For more information refer to your operating system documentation Chapter 4 Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software 3 34 Note Microsoft Windows and Linux provides a number of different ways to install hardware Follow the instructions in this section even if you have installed hardware before How to Set Up Physical Ethernet Networking To configure the physical Ethernet network perform the following steps Connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the back of the SunPCi II card Connect the other end of the cable to the netwo
2. ICES 003 Class B Notice Avis NMB 003 Classe B This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada VCCI B EITDUVT 222 AVCCI BRIDE dee A 061 04158 7 2 3 BLUATY a IS DAA ER RECT CHSOM MIC PRORHAA USES A AE EB tl td VCCI D PERHS lt Re Sim CT COR CARRERE CHE 9 5 CMR GE 5 EE ZT I EAN HOEFT COWMAICIMEAAAE DSM R ET ES 3112 5 2016 0 9 23A B VCCI DT Y52BVCCI DER BESZI YAF Y a BEUTI a 25 ABRAM TS CHSOOWMICI FRORAMRYLET CORAL MARE eS 1 VCCT DSEMEICIED IIA BANA CT COREL ARE CHATS 2 0 1 TORTA 5 VAT VEY VS RICHER CA ANS 2 REA Sie 353 4715506 0 26 CIEUvWW0vv amp UTC lt ESV BSMI Class A Notice The following statement is applicable to products shipped to Taiwan and marked as Class A on the product compliance label xiv SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 SENA ARA AAA ER E TE 120519 R CRE 5 5 2 NR gt D33012 C Regulatory Compliance Statements xv xvi SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Declaration of Conformity Compliance Model Number BLPN Product Name SunPCi III 2134A X2134A EMC USA FCC Class B This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This equipment may not cause harmful interfere
3. Install the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software on your system Configure one card and its emulated drive software completely D 0 Q Configure the rest of your SunPCi III cards See the SunPCi II Quick Start Installation Guide for complete instructions Caution SunPCi III cards cannot coexist with earlier SunPCi cards Your Sun server or Sun system can only accommodate the same version of SunPCi cards You also need to clearly identify configuration files and cards before finalizing your software configuration and starting the software You should have done this when installing the cards 22 Advanced Server Support for Configuration Options For advanced SunPCi III server support concerning SunPCi II memory CPUs and benchmark information consult the SunPCi Web site http www sun com desktop products sunpci SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Configuring Multiple Cards With SunPCi III Software The first time the SunPCi III software is started a default filename ini configuration file is created as pc SunPC ini This ini file is specified from the sunpci command line to start the desired emulated C or D drive In a multiple card system an emulated drive can be associated with only one card at a time By default the drives attach to the next available card although you can specify a particular card if needed Default ini Configuration File In order to start an emulated C or D drive t
4. TABLE 3 1 Sample File Names in a Multiple Card Configuration ini File Names Disk Image Names Inside Each ini File SunPC ini default C diskimage D diskimage win2k ini C win2k diskimage Unless you specify differently the following convention is the default SunPCi III 3 2 1 graphical user interface GUI behavior when you use the sunpci command with the n option The stem of the specified ini file name for example win2k is incorporated into the disk image file name as shown in TABLE 3 1 The following procedure illustrates this behavior How to Create an ini File Using the n Option The following procedure assumes that you have installed an additional card or cards into your system To create a new ini file follow these steps At the Solaris prompt type the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci n filename ini By default after creating an ini file using the sunpci command with the n the emulated drive name will use the ini name as the default name for the emulated drive such as c filename diskimage You can edit the name if needed through the user interface The Create a New Existing Emulated Drive dialog box opens Click OK to accept the default disk image name For additional information refer to Creating an Emulated Drive on page 13 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Using Cards and Emulated Drives Although an emulated drive must run on a SunPCi III card
5. SunClip switch Power On Self Test Diagnostic testing sequence run by the BIOS as the SunPCi session is initiated or reset Enables user to place the Windows operating system in Stand By mode to allow it to reduce power requirements when not in use Existing service that provides printer identification See also network provider DOS based utility that enables a user to access the Solaris filesystems Unlike FSD redirector only works with 8 3 format names and only on Windows 9 x operating systems Only used during install process and never used as part of a user s normal environment A product that enables Windows machines to access UNIX directories files and printers A form of data transfer in which data is transmitted one bit at a time See also parallel Server Message Block A message format used by DOS and Windows to share files directories and devices System Management Interrupt Mechanism SunPCi uses to get screen data when Windows is not fully running such as during installs BSOD and BIOS POST Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module Memory form used by the SunPCi product family System power state S1 S3 in which power is removed only to a portion of the system based on hardware power capabilities Resuming from a standby power state is quicker than resuming from a hibernate power state A utility provided in the SunPCi software that enables users to copy and paste text between the Solaris and
6. You must purchase retail Microsoft Windows or Linux operating system software and your PC applications separately From a PC User s Perspective From the perspective of a PC user SunPCi 111 hardware and software include the following PC features Emulated hard drives which function like local PC hard drives Expandable hard drives which enable you to increase the size of your PC hard drive Extended drives which are similar to networked drives on a PC IBM PC and PC keyboard emulation Access to serial parallel Firewire 1394a and USB 2 0 peripherals such as printers scanners and digital cameras using the SunPCi optional Serial Parallel Port Backplate and the USB Firewire Backplate Chapter 1 Introducing SunPCi III 3 2 1 Hardware and Software 3 m 256 Mbytes of SODIMM standard in one slot plus a second slot for optional memory up to a total of 2 Gbytes of memory m Access to PC based servers workstations and networks including file and print servers Ability to use an optional external VGA monitor m Physical Ethernet which uses a separate Ethernet connection or virtual Ethernet which uses the Sun system s networking capabilities virtual networking is disabled with multiple SunPCi cards and Linux m PC audio with a stereo speaker or headphone output jack and a monaural microphone compatible input jack From a Solaris User s Perspective From the perspective of an Sun system user SunPCi III hardware and
7. Application Installation to Solaris File System Issues 151 Displaying Shortname Tails 152 Japanese Copy and Paste Issue 152 Opening in Safe Mode Only Starts in External Monitor 152 Switching to External Video Monitor After Entering Stand By Mode Displays as a Blank Window 153 SunPCi II Card Stuck in Stand By Mode in Multi Card Environment 153 Keyboard Sometimes Disappears When Leaving Stand By Mode 154 Red Hat Linux Issues 154 Use NFS to Access Solaris Files 5 Physical Networking is Only Supported Network Option 155 Cannot Copy Graphics Between Solaris and Linux 155 Disk Device Naming Inconsistent During Installation 156 Disk Image Installation Must Complete 156 Firewall Prevents NIS From Working 156 15 Partitions per Disk Allowed 156 Display Issue when Viewing Emacs 7 Avoid Scanning Partitions for Bad Blocks 7 Solaris Function Keys of Cut Copy and Paste Do Not Work on Solaris Keyboards 157 Cannot Eject CD From Solaris When Mounted Through Linux 158 USB Keyboards and Mice Only Work With External Monitor 158 Specify the X Input Method for Num Lock and Caps Lock to Work Properly in GNOME 158 Audio Might Not Work 159 Installing Linux in Multi Card Environment Requires Closing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 159 Fully Functional and Configured Network Required for Linux Graphical User Interface to Work on System Monitor 159 Contents xxvii Must Install Networking During Linux Installation to Use Graphical User Inter
8. Caution Before upgrading to a supported operating system you must update your Intel drivers Refer to Updating Intel and Linux Drivers on page 115 for additional information Upgrade Notes Make sure that you have the following before you start an upgrade to Windows 2000 m The retail Windows 2000 Professional CD or Windows 2000 Server installation CD The installation will not work without the retail installation CD in your CD ROM drive m At least 2 Gbytes of available free space on your emulated C drive Tip Before you perform the upgrade make a backup copy of your existing C emulated drive file and disable any anti virus software SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional Caution The setup and configuration procedures for the SunPCi 111 program involve some steps that differ from the Microsoft upgrade steps Do not use the standard Microsoft upgrade procedure provided on the Windows 2000 Professional CD or the installation will fail and your emulated C drive can become corrupted Before You Begin the Upgrade Caution If you are using an external CD RW drive with Windows NT4 WS uninstall the device The upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional will fail unless the device is removed and its software uninstalled Reinstall the device after the upgrade Caution Before starting to upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional you
9. Upgrading Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 on page 75 Upgrading Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows Server 2003 on page 76 Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows Server 2003 on page 78 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Perform a Custom Installation on page 72 How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 on page 75 How to Upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows Server 2003 on page 77 How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter on page 79 How to Configure the Network for Windows Server 2003 on page 81 How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet on page 82 How to Prepare Windows Server 2003 to Display External Video on page 83 How to Configure Windows Server 2003 for External Video Use on page 83 How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor on page 84 71 72 Installing Windows Server 2003 You install operating system software when you create an emulated drive by choosing Create a New Emulated Drive from the SunPCi Options menu See Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 12 If you want to perform a custom installation using scripts that differ from the standard Microsoft installation scripts see How to Perform a Custom Installation on page 72 Caution SunPCi III 3 2 1 does not support simultaneous operation of Windo
10. 14 15 16 17 18 19 Click Next Click the Add Troubleshoot a device radio button Click Next Microsoft Windows searches for new hardware devices The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Choose a Hardware dialog box opens Click the Add a New Device option Click Next The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Find New Hardware dialog box opens Click the No I want to choose the Hardware from a list radio button Click Next The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Hardware Types dialog box opens Click the Network adapters options Click Next The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Select Network Adapter dialog box opens Click Have Disk Click Browse Navigate to c sun sunnet winnet sunndis inf The Locate File dialog box opens Click Open The Install From Disk dialog box opens Click OK The Select Network Adapter dialog box opens Click Next at the Select Network Adaptor dialog box The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Start Hardware Installation dialog box opens Click Next The Completing the Add Remove Hardware Wizard dialog box opens saying hardware installed Click Finish If you are asked to restart the computer choose Yes to complete the configuration To make the virtual adapter function in the network you need to complete the procedure in How to Configure the Network for Windows Server 2003 on page 81 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1User s Guide March 2004 How to Configure the Netwo
11. Connecting Serial and Parallel Port Devices 107 Connecting a Parallel Device 107 Connecting a Serial Device 108 How to Configure a Serial Mouse for an External Monitor 108 Using SunPCi III Software 109 The sunpci Command and Its Options 110 SunPCi 111 Menus 113 File Menu 3 Options Menu 4 Updating Intel and Linux Drivers 115 How to Automatically Update Intel Drivers 115 How to Manually Update Intel Drivers 116 xxiv SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 How to Automatically Update Linux Drivers 117 v How to Manually Update Linux Drivers 7 Boot Boot Support 118 SunPCi Daemon 118 Virtual Network Computing VNC 119 Configuring and Using Boot Boot Support 120 Configuring Boot Boot Support for VNC 120 Preparing SunPCi HI Cards for Boot Boot Support 123 Configuring SunPCi III Cards for Boot Boot Support 123 Listing Boot Boot Sessions 125 Disabling Boot Boot Support for VNC or for SunPCi 11 Cards 125 Shutting Down a VNC or SunPCi II Session 5 Shutting Down the SunPCi Daemon Process 126 Making Manual Changes to the Boot Boot Configuration 127 Using an X Server Other Than Xvnc 127 How to Interact With VNC From a Remote Client 8 Extended Drives and SunPCi II Software 128 File System Drives 129 Network Drives 129 v How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in Microsoft Windows 129 Using the Copy and Paste Commands for the Japanese Locale 0 v How to
12. M MAC address master ini A very fast external bus that supports data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps in 1394a The name Firewire is trademarked by Apple which originally developed the technology Typically used for peripheral devices such as hard disks and CD DVD ROM drives A software notation that signals a particular condition or status Also referred to as a switch or an option Sun s File System Driver Allows Windows to access the Solaris filesystems through the SunPCi session System power state S4 in which power to the system is reduced when the system is not in use See also Stand By Configuration file created the first time SunPCi software is started Sun system monitor SunPCi session is displayed in an X window using the Sun monitor as the display device Also called system monitor See also external monitor The system in which the SunPCi card and software are installed Media Access Control address A hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of an Ethernet network Typically not used by the end user File written in etc that contains information about the SunPCi hardware Appendix Glossary 203 mount The action that enables you to make a mass storage or network storage device available or to install a device such as a disk drive N network provider Existing service that provides network and printer identification See also print provider NTFS NT File System Advanced filesystem
13. PROM Ask your service provider if an updated OpenBoot PROM is available for your system configuration User s Guide March 2004 Startup Error Messages When starting SunPCi III 3 2 1 software you might encounter one of the following error messages TABLE A 5 Startup Error Messages and Solutions Message Solution Command not found Make sure that the SunPCi III program directory by default opt SUNWspci3 bin is in your environment PATH Refer to your Solaris documentation for instructions on how to set up your PATH variable Correct Solaris If you do not have the correct Solaris installation on your Sun system you will Installation encounter issues when attempting to start SunPCi III software SunPCi III software Required requires at least the End User System Developer System or Entire Distribution installation of Solaris software SunPCi III software does not run when you only have the Core System installed Ask your system administrator for assistance in determining which system is installed on your Sun system Appendix A Troubleshooting 143 Emulated Hard Drive Issues The following table describes information about large emulated drives TABLE A 6 Emulated Hard Drive Issues and Solutions Issue Description Explanation Solution I just created a new 8 Gbyte emulated drive but I can only see 2 Gbytes Why Are dual boot emulated drivers supported Disk error message Attachin
14. Quit the other session before running SunPCi III software again If possible remove the card and install it into the PCI slot it first occupied Log in as superuser type halt at the prompt to halt your system again and restart at the ok prompt using boot r Make sure that the card is securely seated in the PCI slot Make more space on your host file system Appendix A Troubleshooting 137 Mouse Issues TABLE A 2 lists some common mouse issues possible causes and solutions TABLE A 2 Mouse Issues and Solutions Issue Possible Cause Solution Two mouse cursors appear on the SunPCi III desktop Windows 2000 pointer moves slowly Mouse pointer movements appear jerky after SunPCi MI installation You have not yet attached the mouse Pointer moves slowly when the display is set to 16 bit or 24 bit mode You might have not yet installed the SunPCi III software drivers for Microsoft Windows or Linux when performing an upgrade or custom installation To use the mouse before installing the drivers press Meta M After installing the drivers the mouse operates normally If two mouse cursors appear after installation the Sun Display Driver was loaded incorrectly or Windows booted in Safe Mode Refer to Double Mouse Pointer Issue on page 164 Refer to Double Mouse Pointer Issue on page 164 Refer to the chapter about using the operating system for information abo
15. Solaris Stale Links Issue on page 145 Missing Master ini File After Factory Installation on page 146 Sun Blade Workstation and Sun Enterprise Server Software Issue on page 146 Multiple Cards and Microsoft Windows Issue on page 147 Configuring Virtual Networking Using SunPCi II Software on page 147 Xinerama Display Issues on page 148 System Clock and Daylight Savings Time Issue on page 148 Unexpected Power Failure Issue on page 149 Colormap Flashing With IDEAS Software on page 149 Issues With Mixing Existing SunPCi Emulated Drives and New Cards on page 149 Backing Up an Emulated C Drive on page 150 Installation Error Message You might see the following error message in your Console window during or after installation of SunPCi 111 software Refer to the actions you can perform to fix the issue Driver failed to attach This message might appear for the following reasons 142 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 The Sun system needs to be restarted after installation Reboot your Sun system using the Solaris boot r command and then restart the SunPCi 111 software The SunPCi III card is not seated securely in the PCI slot Reseat the card If neither of the above actions helps your SunPCi III card might be defective Refer to the SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide for information about service You might need to update the system OpenBoot Programmable Read Only Memory
16. Windows 2000 Server This chapter describes how to install and configure Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Edition operating system software for use with the SunPCi III product This chapter includes the following topics Installing Windows 2000 on page 56 Upgrading Windows NT to Windows 2000 on page 58 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional on page 59 Upgrading Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server on page 60 Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows 2000 on page 62 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Perform a Custom Installation on page 56 How to Upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional on page 59 How to Upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server on page 61 How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter on page 63 How to Configure the Network for Windows 2000 on page 65 How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet on page 66 How to Prepare Windows 2000 to Display External Video on page 67 How to Configure Windows 2000 for External Video Use on page 68 How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor on page 69 How to Configure the MouseKeys Accessibility Option on page 69 Throughout this chapter Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional is referred to as Windows 2000 Profe
17. followed by the command line option followed by any required argument such as a file name card name or command For example opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci option argument Use option to specify the command line option you want to use Use argument to specify the name of the file you want to use with the option Not all options can accept file names Note that there is no space between the dash and the option For example to start SunPCi III software and place customized text in the window s title bar type the following opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci title Text string To start the SunPCi III software with a C drive other than your default C drive type this command and substitute the name of the new C drive file for C newdrive opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci C C newdrive SunPGi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 TABLE 11 1 lists the SunPCi 111 command line options TABLE 11 1 SunPCi III Command Line Options Option No option 6 disk image c cardname D disk image display hostname domain 0 0 Purpose When no option is used with the sunpci command by default SunPCi III opens the SunPCi menu When used in conjunction with the sunpci C disk image file name and c cardname options the B option binds the named cardname MAC address to the disk image file name by writing the cardname card s MAC address into the filename ini file header This action overwrites the
18. the diskimage created will not work You must delete the disk image and use the Create a New Emulated Drive option to restart the installation process When creating and installing Linux always attach and create the diskimage at the same time Do not try to create another drive before the Linux installation is complete or you will not be able to use the Linux diskimage Do Not Attempt to Change to External Monitor Using Display Settings Only In Red Hat Linux 9 you cannot switch from the system monitor to the external monitor by using the Display Settings option You have to exit the SunPCi session and restart SunPCi using the v option to change from the system monitor to the external monitor Refer to the Red Hat Linux chapter How to Prepare Linux to Display External Video on page 91 for information about changing the video display Using VNC With Linux Might Not Work In Red Hat Linux 9 if you use Linux with VNC sometimes VNC might not work properly To avoid this issue you should only bring up Linux with run level 3 in VNC and the console login when running Linux To bring up the console login only you can change the run level in the etc inittab directory by updating the following id 5 initdefault to id 3 initdefault Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 Do not use VNC to launch applications in Linux For additional VNC information refer to the SunPCi III 3 2 User s Guide Solaris and Linux GNOME Desktop Incompati
19. vold the diskette drive the CD ROM drive and audio for SunPCi III 99 Using a Diskette Drive With SunPCi III Software Many Sun systems come with one diskette drive If you have a Sun system that does not have a built in diskette drive you need to have the drive installed if you intend to copy data from diskette If you are running Solaris Volume Manager the vold process on your system you need to disable Volume Manager s control of the diskette drive before it can function with SunPCi III 3 2 1 software You also need to be root to perform this task To disable vold and use the diskette drive with SunPCi 111 run the script opt SUNWspci3 bin vold_floppy_disable at the Solaris prompt before you start the SunPCi III software as root Otherwise you will not be able to use the diskette drive as drive A Note If you have a diskette in the A drive you must use the command line option eject and then physically eject the diskette from the system Failure to use the eject command results in the diskette not operating properly 100 Using a CD DVD Drive With SunPCi IH Software SunPCi III software contains a direct CD ROM driver for Microsoft Windows so mapping the CD DVD drive is not necessary If you have created an emulated D drive the CD ROM drive is automatically mapped to the E drive in the default configuration If you have not created a D drive the CD ROM drive is mapped to the D drive letter Not
20. 120 Configuring and Using Boot Boot Support To use SunPCi Boot Boot support you must configure the SunPCi daemon so that the daemon knows what to run You must log in as root to configure Boot Boot support because the SunPCi daemon runs under the root account Configuring Boot Boot Support for VNC Note Remember that the VNC package must be installed prior to configuring Boot Boot support SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 The first task you must complete to configure Boot Boot is to configure VNC support so that the SunPCi III cards have an X server available that is guaranteed to be running and accepting connections when the cards boot If you want to use another X server to display your SunPCi consoles and the X server is guaranteed to be available for connections at all times you can choose not to use VNC support See Using an X Server Other Than Xvnc on page 127 To configure VNC support you must first add VNC support to the file etc Master ini by using the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpcidadm a VNC This adds the necessary configuration information that the daemon needs to start the Xvnc server Note The sunpcidadm command is case insensitive when referring to VNC or to cards so that the commands sunpcidadm a vnc sunpcidadm a VNC and sunpcidadm a VnC are all handled the same When you initially add the VNC configuration information to the file etc Master ini VNC is confi
21. 138 CD ROM Drive Issues on page 139 Video Display Issues on page 139 Power Management Error Message on page 141 USB and Firewire Connection Issues on page 141 136 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Hardware Error Messages The following table shows some error messages that result from hardware issues possible causes of those issues and solutions TABLE A 1 SunPCi III Hardware Error Messages and Solutions Error Message Possible Cause Solution Driver not found Can t attach to device The SunPCi III drivers could not be loaded Is another session running couldn t be SunPCi1 1 open the Driver loaded cannot device System could not transfer file data from buffers Your system cannot identify the PCI device Your SunPCi III card might not be properly seated in the PCI slot This message might appear for one of the following reasons You already have a SunPCi III session running You removed the SunPCi III card and then reinstalled it in a different PCI slot in your system You started SunPCi III software without first restarting your system after you installed the card Your SunPCi III card might not be properly seated in the PCI slot You have run out of disk space on your host file system Remove and reinstall your SunPCi III card as described in the SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide Perform a corresponding action
22. 202 features of SunPCi 2 File Allocation Table glossary term 202 File menu 113 file system driver definition 203 file systems drivers 96 drives 129 mapping 96 Firewire definition 203 flag definition 203 FSD definition 203 G games running on external VGA 199 glossary term Power On Self Test 205 print provider 205 redirector 205 Samba 205 serial 205 Server Message Block 205 Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module 205 backplate 201 Basic Input Ouput System 201 BIOS 201 Blue Screen of Death 201 boot boot 201 BSOD 201 CMOS 201 color depth 202 Complimentary Metal Oxide Seminconductor 201 daemon 202 daughter card 202 disk growing 202 driver 202 emultated drive 202 external monitor 202 FAT 202 FAT32 202 File Allocation Table 202 file system driver 203 Firewire 203 flag 203 FSD 203 hibernate 203 ini file 203 internal monitor 203 localhost 203 MAC Address 203 master ini file 203 Media Access Control 203 mount 204 network provider 204 NTFS 204 option 204 Packet Internet Groper 204 parallel 204 partition 204 peripheral device 204 physical ethernet 204 PING 204 POST 205 power management 205 SMB 205 SMI 205 SMI mode 205 SODIMM 205 standby 205 SunClip 205 switch 205 system time 206 tape archive file 206 TAR file 206 unformatted disk 206 Universal Serial Bus 206 update drivers 2
23. Area Connection Properties dialog box Close the Network Connections window Note If you see a dialog box with the message Sunndis failed to start ignore the message and click OK This message sometimes appears when DHCP networking is disabled Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 81 82 10 11 12 13 How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet If you need to reactivate the physical network adapter follow these steps Caution Do not activate a virtual and a physical network adapter at the same time Verify that you have disabled the virtual adapter before performing the following procedure On the Windows Server 2003 desktop right click My Computer A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The System Properties dialog box opens Click the Hardware tab Click Device Manager The Device Manager window opens listing the computer s installed device drivers Click the computer name Double click Network Adapters Right click the SunNDIS Virtual Adapter Click Disable A dialog box opens saying that disabling this device causes the adapter to stop functioning Click Yes Right click the VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adaptor A drop down menu opens Choose Enable Close the Device Manager window Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box To enable the physical adapter to use TCP IP in the network you need to complete the procedure
24. Code Pages and SunPCi 111 Software 190 Code Page Table 190 National Language Support Codes 191 The SLANG Variable 192 SunPCi III Online Support 195 SunPCi III Product Web Page 195 SunPCi 111 Documentation 196 SunPCi III Performance Tips 197 Fine Tuning the SunPCi III Configuration 197 Increasing System Memory 197 Specifying Emulated Drives 198 Improving Video Performance 198 Running Game Software on the SunPCi 11 Platform 9 v How to Increase Video Memory 199 Video Display Routing 200 Using a Palm Pilot With SunPCi III Software 200 Glossary 201 Index 207 SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 FIGURE 2 1 FIGURE 2 2 FIGURE 2 3 FIGURE 10 1 FIGURE 10 2 FIGURE 10 3 Figures Create a New Emulated Drive Dialog Box 15 Attach an Existing Emulated Drive Dialog Box 17 Grow an Existing Emulated Drive Dialog Box 9 SunPCi Ill Main Card Backplate 105 SunPCi III USB Firewire Backplate 106 SunPCi Ill Serial Parallel Port Backplate 107 xxxi xxxii SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 TABLE 2 1 TABLE 3 1 TABLE 10 1 TABLE 11 1 TABLE 11 2 TABLE 11 3 TABLE A 1 TABLE A 2 TABLE A 3 TABLE A 4 TABLE A 5 TABLE A 6 TABLE 7 TABLE A 8 TABLE 1 TABLE 2 TABLE 3 TABLE 4 TABLE 1 Tables Microsoft Service Packs Required by SunPCi III 3 2 1 Software 0 Sample File Names in a Multiple Card Configuration 24 LED Colors and Status 1
25. Configure Japanese Copy and Paste Between Microsoft Windows and Solaris 131 Printing From Microsoft Windows or Linux Using Solaris Printers 131 How to Set Up a Solaris Printer From Microsoft Windows 132 Avoid Using Screen Savers 133 Troubleshooting 135 Support forIssues 135 Contents xxv SunPCi II Hardware Issues 136 Hardware Error Messages 137 Mouse Issues 8 Diskette Drive Issue 138 CD ROM Drive Issues 139 Video Display Issues 139 24 Bit Display on Sun Blade Workstations 139 External Video Resolutions 140 Power Management Error Message 141 USB and Firewire Connection Issues 141 SunPCi 111 Software and Solaris Issues 142 Installation Error Message 142 Startup Error Messages 143 Emulated Hard Drive Issues 144 Using Multiple Operating Systems 145 Creating Bootable Partitions 145 Solaris Stale Links Issue 145 Missing Master ini File After Factory Installation 146 Sun Blade Workstation and Sun Enterprise Server Software Issue 146 Multiple Cards and Microsoft Windows Issue 7 Configuring Virtual Networking Using SunPCi II Software 147 Xinerama Display Issues 148 System Clock and Daylight Savings Time Issue 8 Unexpected Power Failure Issue 149 Colormap Flashing With IDEAS Software 149 Issues With Mixing Existing SunPCi Emulated Drives and New Cards 149 Backing Up an Emulated C Drive 150 SunPCi 111 Software and Microsoft Windows Issues 150 xxvi SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 FAT16 File System Limitation Issue 151
26. CustomMode7 CustomMode8 CustomMode9 Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 The tag values do not need to be in any numerical or alphabetical order For example you might add the following to the Display section Display CustomMode 1280 960 16 CustomMode4 1000 800 24 CustomMode2 1280 960 8 This will add 1280x960 16 bit 1000x800 24 bit and 1280x960 8 bit display modes to the list of available modes Note If the display does not support 8 bit graphics an 8 bit entry such as CustomMode2 is ignored and the rejected entry appears in the SunPCi log file The width and height parameters are required However if you do not specify a depth value a mode is created for each depth that is supported by the display Thus on a system that supports 16 bit and 24 bit graphics the following entry could be in the Display section CustomMode6 1200 1000 In this instance two modes are created 1200x1000 16 bit and 1200x1000 24 bit Double Mouse Pointer Issue If you are using supported Microsoft Windows operating systems and attempt to move the Microsoft Windows pointer outside the SunPCi III window two pointers then appear on the desktop one pointer is the Microsoft Windows pointer that freezes on the SunPCi III window border and the other pointer becomes visible outside the SunPCi I window The Microsoft Windows pointer works only while in the SunPCi 111 window The other normally invisible pointe
27. Drive 13 How to Create a New Emulated Drive 14 Attaching Emulated Drives 17 How to Attach an Existing Emulated Drive as a C or D Drive 17 Growing an Existing Emulated Drive 18 v How to Grow an Existing Emulated Drive 18 Microsoft Windows Service Packs 20 Power Management 20 Using Multiple SunPCi HI Cards 21 Multiple Cards Configuration Process 22 Advanced Server Support for Configuration Options 22 Configuring Multiple Cards With SunPCi III Software 23 Default ini Configuration File 3 Naming ini Files When Using Multiple Cards 3 v How to Create an ini File Using the n Option 24 Using Cards and Emulated Drives 25 How to Identify Card Names 25 v How to Start a Specific ini File 6 v How to Start 8 Specific Card 26 Starting Specific Disk Image Files 27 v How to Start a Specific Image and a Specific Card 27 Updating the SunPCi III Card Configuration 28 Rebinding Images and Cards 28 Multiple Card Behavior 29 Networking With Multiple Cards 9 Using the Diskette Drive With Multiple Cards 29 Using the CD ROM Drive With Multiple Cards 9 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Networking With SunPCi HI Hardware and Software 31 Networking With SunPCi 11 31 Setting Up Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software 33 How to Set TCP IP Properties 33 lt How to Set Up Physical Ethernet Networking 34 How to Set Up Virtual Ethernet Networking 34 v How to Use Power Management With Physical Networking 35 U
28. Enabling both check boxes allows the card to come out of Stand By mode when the card wakes up To enable both check boxes do the following On the Windows desktop right click My Computer A drop down menu opens Choose Manage The Computer Management window opens Double click Device Manager Double click Network Adapters Right click the VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adapter Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 6 7 8 10 11 Choose Properties The VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adapter Properties dialog box opens Click the Power Management tab Verify that the Allow this device to bring the computer out of Standby check box is checked and if it is not check it Click the Allow the computer to turnoff this device to save power check box Click OK Close the Computer Management window Keyboard Sometimes Disappears When Leaving Stand By Mode Sometimes when you are waking up in Stand By mode to resume working the keyboard might work intermittently either by disappearing or simply beeping This is an issue in all supported SunPCi III 3 2 1 operating systems If this issue occurs you have to close Microsoft Windows and then exit SunPCi IH by choosing File and then Exit from the SunPCi III menu and then choosing the Shutdown x86 OS and Reset SunPCi button in the SunPCi Exit dialog box Upon restarting your keyboard works normally Red Hat Linux Issues This section lists
29. How to Configure the Network for Windows Server 2003 on page 81 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1User s Guide March 2004 v How to Prepare Windows Server 2003 to Display External Video To use an external monitor you need to attach the monitor to the SunPCi 11 main card backplate and install the external video driver Caution Do not use both system and external monitors at the same time SunPCi III 3 2 1 software does not support multi headed operation 1 Attach the monitor to the external video port connector on the SunPCi III main card backplate Refer to FIGURE 10 1 to find the location of the external video port 2 Close Windows Server 2003 and the SunPCi III software 3 At the Solaris system prompt restart the SunPCi III software using the v option opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci v Note If you do not use the v option the Sun display will appear scrambled The SunPCi III software starts and Windows Server 2003 opens first on the external monitor and then on your system monitor in the SunPCi III window 4 Attach the mouse by pressing Meta M You are now ready to configure the Windows Server 2003 display as described in the following procedure v How to Configure Windows Server 2003 for External Video Use For more information about configuring the display in Windows Server 2003 refer to your Windows Server 2003 documentation 1 On the Windows Server 2003 desktop choose right click A drop down
30. II card You can install a different operating system on each drive then attach it and boot from it to run that operating system on your SunPCi III card A SunPCi II card can run only one operating system at a time If you have only one SunPCi III card installed you can accept the default file name for the emulated drive in a standard installation If you have multiple cards installed consult the section Configuring Multiple Cards With SunPCi III Software on page 23 Within Microsoft Windows because of the inherent limitations of DOS when you create an emulated drive of up to 40 Gbytes that uses the FAT16 file system that portion above 2 Gbytes in size is unavailable to DOS All Microsoft Windows operating systems can use a FAT16 disk but FAT16 format capacity is restricted to a maximum of 2 Gbytes You can reformat convert and or repartition the emulated drive to access the disk portion beyond 2 Gbytes after you have installed your Microsoft Windows operating system Chapter 2 Getting Started 13 14 Tip If you choose the automatic installation of a Microsoft Windows operating system using NTFS you are not constrained by the limitations of DOS When the emulated drive is created for Linux the drive is not partitioned So if this emulated drive is a boot disk the partitioning and formatting will be completed during installation If the emulated drive is not a boot disk you must complete partitioning and format the dr
31. III software with Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 create another C drive When you want to run one of those operating systems from the Options menu choose Attach a Hard Drive command to choose the C drive file that has the corresponding operating system installed on it Then reset the SunPCi 111 software Note In order to use the multiple versions of Microsoft Windows or Linux installed onto separate partitions you need to install a boot drive partitioning utility BootMagic which is packaged with PartitionMagic and ServerMagic have been tested on SunPCi III software Creating Bootable Partitions A bootable partition is a disk partition on which you have installed a supported operating system Each version of Microsoft Windows or Linux has its own requirements for bootable partitions Operating system documentation and the PartitionMagic User Guide contain detailed information about the requirements of each operating system If you are using PartitionMagic for your disk utility consult the User Guide and the Help function in the application for more information about bootable partitions Solaris Stale Links Issue If you have stale links to files in your Sun system s file system such as symbolic links to files or directories that you have deleted or moved update or remove the links Otherwise browsing in the file system can cause Microsoft Windows to freeze Appendix A Troubleshooting 145 Missing Master ini
32. Network Configuration dialog box The Question dialog box opens asking whether you want to save your changes Click Yes Reboot your system How to Prepare Linux to Display External Video Exit Linux and the SunPCi III software At the Solaris system prompt restart the SunPCi III software using the v option opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci v The SunPCi III software starts and Linux opens on the external monitor The external video monitor must support all color and resolution depths to run Linux properly Chapter 8 Using Red Hat Linux 1 92 10 From the Options menu choose Attach the Mouse This attaches the mouse to work properly From the Main menu choose Systems Setting and then choose Display The Display Settings dialog box opens Note The Query dialog box might open asking for the root password before allowing you to proceed Click the Advanced tab Click Configure in the Monitor group box The Monitor Settings dialog box opens Select the monitor s model name Click OK in the Monitor Settings dialog box Click OK in the Display Settings dialog box The Information dialog box opens Click OK The external video configures properly after you reboot your system How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor Exit Linux and the SunPCi III software At the Solaris system prompt restart the SunPCi III software normally opt
33. Options on page 110 for more details How to Start a Specific Card Sometimes you might need to start a specific card with a specific C drive For example you might want to run on a card with a printer that is attached to a port or to run on a card that provides better support for a memory intensive application SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 To start the SunPCi III software with a specific card type the following command 5 opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci c cardname p pathname ini Where cardname is one card s name returned by the system for example Card1 or Card2 Starting Specific Disk Image Files When you want to use the SunPCi software with different operating systems on different disk images you can create additional C drive image files for as many operating systems as you need to run To install the operating system refer to the appropriate chapter in this guide When you want to run a different operating system close the operating system you are using and exit from SunPCi Start the disk image you need using the sunpci command with the p option v How to Start a Specific Image and a Specific Card By starting a specific image and a specific card you can link an image and a card to ensure that a particular image is executing on a specific card Note You can only run one operating system at a time per card e To start SunPCi software with a specific file and a specific card using th
34. See Microsoft Windows Service Packs on page 20 Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Professional 3 44 10 11 12 Installing Japanese Windows XP Professional There are two ways to install the Japanese version of Windows XP Professional on SunPCi 111 automatic and manual How to Perform an Automatic Installation To install the Japanese version of Windows XP Professional using the automatic method perform the following steps Insert the Japanese Windows XP Professional CD into your system s CD ROM drive Start the SunPCi software Click OK The Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box opens Select either Windows XP Professional FAT16 or Windows XP Professional NTFS Click the radio button to attach the drive as a C drive Move the horizontal slider to make the size of the drive at least 4 Gbytes Specify the directory and file name for the drive and click OK SunPCi III software restarts after the disk drive is created Type y and press Return when this message appears This cdrom appears to be Japanese Windows is that correct From the Options menu select Create a New Emulated Drive The Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box opens In the Select an Operating System pane select DR DOS 7 01 Bootable Attach this drive as the D drive Move the horizontal slider to make the size of the drive at least 4 Gbytes Specify the directory and file name for the drive and click O
35. SunPCi III main card backplate and install the external video driver The video drivers are now automatically installed during the SunPCi III installation Caution Do not use both system and external monitors at the same time SunPCi software does not support multi headed operation To complete this configuration perform the following procedures 1 Attach the monitor to the external video port connector on the SunPCi III main card backplate Refer to FIGURE 10 1 to find the location of the external video port 2 Close Windows 2000 and the SunPCi III software 3 At the Solaris system prompt restart the SunPCi III software using the v option opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci v Note If you do not use the v option the Sun display will appear scrambled The SunPCi III software starts and Windows 2000 opens first on the external monitor and then on your system monitor in the SunPCi III window 4 Attach the mouse by pressing Meta M You are now ready to configure the Windows 2000 display as described in the following procedure Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 67 68 10 How to Configure Windows 2000 for External Video Use For more information about configuring the display in Windows 2000 refer to your Windows 2000 documentation On the Windows 2000 desktop choose right click A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The Display Properties dialog bo
36. The log file for the SunPCi session 135 SunPCi III 3 2 1 software creates a separate log file for each card installed in your system By default logging is enabled log files are named Cardn 1log where n is the number of the SunPCi III card and log files are placed in the directory var preserve sunpcilogs If a fatal issue occurs a message should be posted to the log file the Console window and the Launch window In such a case please attach the entire log file to your email message or bug report The logging configuration file is etc opt SUNWspci3 log conf and has the following default contents This file controls the SunPCi logging feature It allows logging to ib nabled the default or disabled In the LogConfig section below uncomment the Status Disabled line to disable all SunPCi logging The log file destination can also be changed Uncomment the Directory entry below and change the directory to any directory with world read and write permissions Log files will be created in the specified directory The default directory is var preserve sunpcilogs LogConfig Status Disabled Directory var preserve sunpcilogs Follow the directions in the file to disable logging or to change the log file destination SunPCi I Hardware Issues This section includes the following topics Hardware Error Messages on page 137 Mouse Issues on page 138 Diskette Drive Issue on page
37. The server would accept connections for display number 10 DISPLAY hostname 10 The process would run under the sunpciadmin account in the group sunpcigroup with the home directory home sunpciadmin and the daemon would also run the opt SUNWspci3 bin VNCStartup script to start up the CDE window manager and an xterm terminal emulator You can add other entries for the Xvnc server for example one that tells Xvnc to use a foreign language keyboard key table For example if the person who will be administering the SunPCi cards has a Sun German Type 5 keyboard you would modify the CmdLineArgs entry as follows CmdLineArgs geometry 1152x900 depth 24 keytable Germany5 The X11 key table files are located in the usr openwin share etc keytables directory See the Xvnc man page for other Xvnc command options After you have configured VNC you must enable it which will cause the SunPCi daemon to start running the Xvnc server To enable VNC for Boot Boot use the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpcidadm 6 VNC This changes the AutoStart line in the etc Master ini file to Enabled and instructs the SunPCi daemon to reprocess the file and spawn the Xvnc server process with the configuration specified in the file Once this is done you can run the vneviewer to interact with any X applications that are displaying to the Xvnc server SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Preparing SunPCi HI Cards for Boot Boot Suppor
38. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Shielded Cables Connections between the workstation and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits Networking connections can be made using unshielded twisted pair UTP cables Modifications Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by Sun Microsystems Inc may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment xiii ICES 003 Class A Notice Avis NMB 003 Classe A This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe A est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada
39. Windows desktops See flag Appendix Glossary 205 system time The time designated by the Solaris operating environment when the SunPCi card is booted T TAR File Tape ARchive A file containing archived data created by the UNIX tar program The TAR program combines a group of files into a single file U unformatted disk A disk that contains no file system or partitioning update drivers Terminology used when you update SunPCi drivers to a new version while still using the same operating system such as SunPCi 3 1 to SunPCi 3 2 upgrade drivers Terminology used when you upgrade the current operating system from a previous version such as Windows 2000 to Windows XP USB Universal Serial Bus An external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps USB 1 1 or 450 Mbps USB 2 0 A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices such as mice modems keyboards and printers V virtual Ethernet Utility provided in the SunPCi software which allows users to use the internal networking driver NDIS driver in the SunPCi software and connect through their system s Ethernet connection See also physical Ethernet VGA Video Graphics Array A graphics display system for PC s In text mode provides resolution of 720x400 pixels In graphics mode resolution is either 640x480 16 bit or 320x200 8 bit VNC Virtual Network Computing A customized version of the GNU Public License
40. You must attach the drive as a C drive for the installation to work properly which by default is named RedHat 9 0 diskimage RedHat 3 ES diskimage or RedHat 3 WS diskimage For best performance create your emulated drives on a local hard disk on your Sun system or server Note When creating and installing Linux always attach and create the disk image at the same time m The Disk Creation Progress dialog box opens and shows the progress of the disk creation When the disk is created the Reset SunPCi dialog box opens and you then can reboot the SunPCi III software Note Your mouse might not be active during the first part of the Linux installation Use the Tab key and arrow key to navigate the Linux Setup screens until the mouse becomes active The installation process continues after rebooting and you are asked a series of questions You can accept the defaults The questions include the following a You can choose a GUI Linux or a text based Linux Press Return for a GUI Linux since that is the default installation for SunPCi b The Choose Language dialog box opens Press Tab and Return to accept the default c The Keyboard Type dialog box opens Press Tab and Return to accept the default d The Installation Method dialog box opens Press Tab and Return to accept the default of Local CDROM The Linux installation continues You are then prompted for additional information in the Red Hat Linux installation win
41. alimentation de ce produit fonctionne uniquement comme un dispositif de mise en veille Le cordon d alimentation constitue le moyen principal de d connexion de l alimentation pour le syst me Assurez vous de le brancher dans une prise d alimentation mise la terre pr s du syst me et facile d acc s Ne le branchez pas lorsque l alimentation lectrique ne se trouve pas dans le ch ssis du syst me Pile au lithium batterie au lithium a t moul e dans l horloge temps r el de type SGS n MK48T59Y MK48TXXB XX MK48T18 XXXPCZ M48T59W XXXPCZ ou MK48T08 Cette batterie ne doit pas tre remplac e par le client Elle risque d exploser en cas de Attention Sur les cartes UC Sun une vi SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 Users Guide March 2004 mauvaise manipulation Ne la jetez pas au feu Ne la d montez pas et ne tentez pas de la recharger Bloc batterie Attention Les unit s SunPCi contiennent H une batterie tanche au plomb Produits nerg tiques portatifs n TLC02V50 Il existe un risque d explosion si ce bloc batterie est manipul ou install de facon incorrecte Ne le remplacez que par un bloc batterie Sun Microsystems du m me type Ne le d montez pas et n essayez pas de le recharger hors du syst me Ne le jetez pas au feu Mettez le au rebut conform ment aux r glementations locales en vigueur Couvercle du systeme Pour ajouter des cartes de la m moire ou des unit s de stockage inte
42. and country names represent code pages in PC terminology If you want to change your code pages and keyboard language tables use the instructions in this appendix To set up international keyboard support for SunPCi III 3 2 1 software use the KBTYPE and KBCP environment variables to select the correct keyboard language table and code page for your installation Refer to Using the Keyboard Environment Variables on page 186 for more information and to the procedure to use with your operating system 185 Note To configure Microsoft Windows to work with Japanese copy and paste functions refer to How to Configure Japanese Copy and Paste Between Microsoft Windows a nd Solaris on page 131 Using the Keyboard Environment Variables This section describes the following topics KBCP E KBIYP KBTYPE Environment Variable Values on page 186 nvironment Variable Values on page 187 How to Set an Environment Variable on page 188 How to Turn Off an Environment Variable on page 188 E Environment Variable Values The KBTYPE environment variable specifies the keyboard language table to use with the SunPCi III software To set KBTYPE refer to How to Set an Environment Variable on page 188 TABLE B 1 lists the values for KBTYPE and the corresponding languages TABLE B 1 KBTYPE Values KBTYPE Value Keyboard Language be Belgium cf Canadian French dk Dan
43. boot process a prompt opens which states SunPCi package change detected Update SunPCi Linux drivers lt Y N gt You have several options m If you choose Y the Linux driver updates start and the drivers are updated After the update completes the machine reboots If you choose N the dialog box closes and no updates occur If you do not update the drivers every time you start SunPCi you will be asked to update the drivers m If you do not choose any button the dialog box times out after a specified amount of time closes and no update occurs You will be asked to automatically update your Linux drivers each time you open SunPCi v How to Manually Update Linux Drivers With SunPCi III 3 2 1 software the Linux drivers are automatically updated However in rare situations the automatic update process might fail and you need to then update the Intel drivers manually To manually update your existing Linux drivers follow these steps 1 Become superuser 2 Goto the etc init d drivers chk directory 3 Double click drivers chk After the update completes the machine reboots 4 Exit the superuser account The drivers are now updated Chapter 11 Using SunPCi lll Software 7 Boot Boot Support Boot Boot is a feature that you can configure to automatically start the SunPCi III software on one or more SunPCi III cards when it is installed on a Sun system The ability to automatically restart SunPCi sessions if
44. card you use the sunpcidadm command with the 8 option For example to add Boot Boot support for Card1 use the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpcidadm a cardl Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 123 124 This adds the following information to the already existing configuration information for Card in the etc Master ini file Card1 CmdLineArgs p pc cardl ini c cardl xwait AutoStart Disabled UID root User ID GID root Group ID HomeDir Home directory This information instructs the SunPCi daemon that Card1 is to be added to its internal list to handle As with VNC when you add Boot Boot support for a card the card is configured with AutoStart disabled Again this is to give the person who will configure the card the opportunity to customize the way the SunPCi software will run on the card before starting the SunPCi software The information shown above which was added to the Card1 section of the etc Master ini file contains many of the same items that are in the VNC section The UID GID and HomeDir entries as well as the CmdLineArgs and AutoStart options are all common to both and act similarly For example under normal circumstances if you change the UID GID or HomeDir entries in the VNC section make the same changes for each card that is configured for Boot Boot After you have configured one or more cards properly you can enable them using the sunpcidadm comman
45. click A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The Display Properties dialog box opens Click the Settings tab Click Video 2 The driver listed underneath the video changes to Default Monitor on Sun Microsystems on SunPCi video Click the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click the Use this device as the primary monitor check box Click Video 1 The driver listed underneath the video changes back to Sun Microsystems SunPCi Video Uncheck the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click Apply Your monitor is now active in Windows 2000 How to Configure the MouseKeys Accessibility Option To use MouseKeys on the system monitor in Windows 2000 Professional do the following Click Start and choose Settings and Control Panel from the Windows 2000 Professional menu The Control Panel window opens Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 69 70 10 11 12 13 14 15 Double click the Display icon Click the Settings tab Choose the True Color 24 bit option in the Colors group box Click OK to close the Display Properties dialog box Double click the Mouse icon Click the Pointers tab Click the Enable pointer shadow check box Note This step is only required when 24 bit color is displayed Click OK to close the Mouse Properties dialog box Double click the Access
46. de estas directrices puede causar un recalentamiento y repercutir en la fiabilidad del producto Sun Precauci n El nivel de ruido en el lugar de trabajo definido en el apartado 1000 de DIN 45 635 debe ser 70 Db A o inferior Cumplimiento de la normativa SELV Las condiciones de seguridad de las conexiones de E S cumplen las normas SELV Conexi n del cable de alimentaci n Precauci n Los productos Sun han sido dise ados para funcionar con sistemas de alimentaci n monof sicos que tengan un conductor neutral a tierra Para reducir el riesgo de descargas el ctricas no enchufe ning n producto Sun a otro tipo de sistema de alimentaci n Si no est seguro del tipo de alimentaci n del que se dispone en el edificio p ngase en contacto con el encargado de las instalaciones o con un electricista cualificado alimentaci n tienen la misma clasificaci n de corriente Los cables de prolongaci n Precaucion No todos los cables de SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 Users Guide March 2004 dom sticos no ofrecen protecci n frente a sobrecargas y no est n dise ados para ser utilizados con sistemas inform ticos No utilice cables de prolongaci n dom sticos con el producto Sun Precauci n El producto Sun se suministra con un cable de alimentaci n de tres hilos con conexi n a tierra Para reducir el riesgo de descargas el ctricas enchufe siempre el cable a una toma de corriente con conexi
47. dialog box as follows m Select DR DOS 7 01 Bootable as the operating system to auto install Be sure to make the drive at least 2 Gbytes in size which can be expanded later if needed Attach the drive as a C drive m For best performance create your emulated drives on a local hard disk on your Sun system or server The SunPCi III software reboots The OpenDOS prompt C gt opens 2 Install the SunPCi III drivers The default location for the Windows XP Professional files is r cdrom cdrom0 i386 However if your Windows XP Professional files reside at a location other than the default one you need to use the s switch to specify where the files are located For example if your Windows XP Professional disk image is located in your Solaris directory at export home winxp you would access it from the R drive in OpenDOS Note Copy all the contents of the installation CD files to the winxp folder before starting the installation Type the following command all on one line 0 lt drivers winxp setupwxp s r export home winxp i386 The setup process takes a few minutes to complete Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Professional 9 When the setupwxp script finishes copying the Windows XP Professional files to your C drive it reboots the SunPCi III software The Windows XP Professional Setup screen opens When Windows XP Professional Setup finishes copying files it reboots the SunPCi III
48. for the new drive The horizontal slider automatically sets to the recommended default size The left end of the scale is restricted to the required minimum drive size for the operating system you selected With SunPCi III 3 2 1 you can use only 90 of the maximum free space available to create a new disk For example if you have 10 Gbytes of space available in the directory home twtone the maximum allowable size is 9 Gbytes for that disk Note For best performance install your Microsoft Windows or Linux applications locally on drive C or D Select the option on how to attach the new drive Click the C D or Do Not Attach radio button In the New Emulated Drive Filename drop down list box either select or type the path of the new emulated drive You can click Browse to view existing files You must specify a new disk image name for the emulated drive or accept the defaults For best performance create your emulated drives on a local hard disk on your Sun system Performance of Microsoft Windows or Linux is significantly better on a local hard drive Click OK The Disc Creation Process dialog box opens indicating progress of the disk file creation When complete the Reset SunPCi dialog box opens Click Reset Now The SunPCi software reboots If you chose to auto install an operating system insert the first installation CD into your CD ROM drive when prompted and follow the instructions Refer
49. fresh installation of FrontPage 2002 fails when installing to a file system drive using Windows XP and must be installed to the emulated drive Microsoft Office XP Installation and SunFSD on Windows 2000 Professional In Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Office XP fails if it is installed to a SunFSD or a Samba drive in which any of the directories in the path are longer than the DOS 8 3 format For example Office XP fails if you install it to the directory longpathname namel name2 but it works if you install it to shortnme namel name2 There are two workarounds for this problem a Install Office XP to an emulated drive m Make sure that the path name on a SunFSD or Samba drive contains only short names eight characters or fewer 182 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 WordPerfect 9 Installation and SunFSD on Windows XP Professional WordPerfect 9 is part of the Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 Software Suite You might not be able to open WordPerfect 9 installed on a SunFSD while using Windows XP Professional You might receive a Microsoft Windows error message if Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 was installed into a folder name that was more than seven characters To avoid this issue install Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 to a folder with a name of seven characters or fewer Retrospect Software and SunFSD In Microsoft Windows if you use Retrospect software Version 5 6 or 6 0 to back up data through SunFSD an erro
50. how to configure the network 65 how to reconfigure the network adaptor for physical Ethernet 66 installation notes 56 installing 56 upgrading NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server 60 62 upgrading NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional 59 upgrading to Windows Server 2003 75 upgrading Windows NT4 Server to Windows 2000 Server 60 Windows disk drives creating 13 Windows Explorer mapping network drives 129 177 using file system drives 129 Windows NT upgrading to Windows 2000 59 60 upgrading to Windows 2000 Server 60 upgrading to Windows Server 2003 76 upgrading to Windows XP Professional 41 Windows Server 2003 configuring virtual Ethernet networking 78 custom installation 72 how to add a virtual network adaptor 79 how to configure external video 83 how to configure external video back to system monitor 84 how to configure external video drivers 83 how to configure the network 81 how to reconfigure the network adaptor for physical Ethernet 82 installation notes 72 installing 72 upgrading to 74 upgrading Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 75 upgrading Windows NT4 Server to Windows Server 2003 76 Windows XP configuring virtual Ethernet networking 46 custom installation 39 how to add a virtual network adaptor 47 how to configure external video 52 how to configure external video back to system monitor 53 how to configure the network 49 how to configure the network adaptor for physical Ethernet 50 in
51. in place Failure to take this precaution may result in personal injury and system damage Laser Compliance Notice Sun products that use laser technology comply with Class 1 laser requirements Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser Klasse 1 CD ROM Caution Use of controls adjustments or the performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure GOST R Certification Mark TT Conformit aux normes de s curit Lisez attentivement la section suivante avant de commencer la proc dure Le document ci dessous pr sente les consignes de s curit respecter au cours de l installation d un produit Sun Microsystems Mesures de s curit Pour votre protection observez les mesures de s curit suivantes lors de l installation de l quipement Observez tous les avertissements et consignes indiqu s sur l quipement m Assurez vous que la tension et la fr quence de votre source d alimentation lectrique correspondent la tension et la fr quence indiqu es sur l tiquette de la tension lectrique nominale du mat riel N ins rez en aucun cas un objet quelconque dans les orifices de l quipement Des tensions potentiellement dangereuses risquent d tre pr sentes dans l quipement Tout objet tranger conducteur risque de produire un court circuit pouvant pr senter un risque d incendie ou de d charg
52. it is in Stand by mode while using physical networking do the following Click and highlight My Computer Right click on My Computer Choose Manage Click Device Manager Click Network adaptors Click VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adaptor Properties The VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adaptor Properties dialog box opens Click the Power Management tab Click the Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby check box Click OK Close the Computer Management window Chapter 4 Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software 5 36 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 5 Using Windows XP Professional This chapter describes how to install and configure Microsoft Windows XP Professional on your SunPCi III system It also describes how to upgrade an existing emulated drive to Windows XP Professional This chapter includes the following topics Installing Windows XP Professional on page 38 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS and Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional on page 40 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional on page 41 Upgrading Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional on page 42 Installing Japanese Windows XP Professional on page 44 Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows XP Professional on page 46 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Perform a Cust
53. mapping 1 localhost opt sunwspci3 m newer correct mapping I localhost opt SUNWspci3 Network Startup Is Slow After Configuration After you configure your network and start Microsoft Windows for the first time the network may take several minutes to start This is especially true when you are using DHCP with your SunPCi 111 card This is normal behavior for first time startup Cannot Connect to Other Systems Note This section applies only to virtual Ethernet networking configurations If you are using the physical Ethernet connection skip this section Before you start to diagnose issues with using SunPCi III software to connect to other systems on the network make sure that you have configured SunPCi III software and your system as follows Your system and SunPCi III software host must have different IP addresses Both the SunPCi III software host and the Sun system should be located on the same physical subnetwork although they can be on different virtual subnetworks Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 Your Sun system and SunPCi 111 software must have the same network mask The value of the network mask depends on the type of network you are using Contact your network administrator for more information Note You need to know the names and IP addresses of another system on the same subnet as your Sun system and of a system not on the same subnetwork Contact your network administrator if you do not h
54. multicards configuring 23 networking 31 networking hardware 31 networking software 31 parallel port 107 power management 20 serial port 108 sessions shutting down 125 starting 11 stopping 11 system requirements 10 white papers 195 sunpci command 11 111 SunPCi daemon about 118 shutting down 126 SunPCi hardware installation xl switch definition 205 system requirements 10 system time definition 206 T tape archive file definition 206 TAR file definition 206 TCP IP configuring 33 information required for configuration 33 setting properties 33 setting properties for use with NDIS driver 33 title 112 troubleshooting 135 CD ROM Drive issues 139 212 SunPGi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 emulated hard drive 144 hardware error messages 137 hardware issues 136 Linux issues 154 Microsoft Windows application issues 178 mouse problems 138 networking issues 154 172 Red Hat issues 154 software installation error messages 142 software issues 142 150 software startup error messages 143 SunFSD issues 172 support for issues 135 troubleshooting SunPCi and Microsoft Windows applications Corel 10 181 Corel Draw 2000 179 Corel Office 2000 and 2002 180 Microsoft Office 2000 179 Microsoft Windows 2000 180 Microsoft Windows XP 180 PC Anywhere 180 Powerpoint 179 Teamwork design template 179 WordPerfect 2000 on Microsoft Windows XP 180 troubleshooting Su
55. must update your Intel drivers Refer to Updating Intel and Linux Drivers on page 115 for additional information How to Upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional Insert the Windows 2000 Professional CD into your system s CD ROM drive Click the Start button and choose Programs and Windows Explorer The Windows Explorer window opens Using the Windows Explorer window find the following path C sun w2kupg upgrade bat Note If you cannot find this directory on your C drive either you have installed the wrong version of the SunPCi III software or you did not update your SunPCi III drivers Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 59 gt amp 4 Double click upgrade bat The upgrade process continues This program automatically maps a network drive for its own use If you do not have a network drive letter available in Windows Explorer the process fails Follow the prompts on the window and enter the information that Microsoft Windows requests For example enter the CD key on the back of your CD case and your administrator s password when prompted When you are finished entering all the information the SunPCi III software reboots into Windows 2000 Professional Tip This step can take several minutes to complete Install the Service Pack To complete the process you need to install the appropriate Service Pack See Microsoft Windows S
56. n a tierra La precauci n siguiente s lo se aplica a aquellos dispositivos que posean un interruptor de alimentaci n de espera Precauci n El interruptor de alimentaci n del producto funciona como dispositivo de espera solamente El cable de alimentaci n act a como el dispositivo de desconexi n primario del sistema Cerci rese de enchufar el cable de alimentaci n a una toma de corriente con conexi n a tierra situada cerca del sistema y a la que se pueda acceder con facilidad No conecte el cable de alimentaci n cuando se haya quitado la fuente de alimentaci n del bastidor del sistema Bater a de litio Precauci n En la placa CPU de los productos Sun hay una bater a de litio incorporada en el reloj en tiempo real SGS n m MK48T59Y MK48TXXB XX MK48T18 XXXPCZ M48T59W XXXPCZ o MK48T08 Los usuarios no deben cambiar las bater as Podr an estallar si no se utilizan adecuadamente No arroje la bater a al fuego No la desmonte ni intente recargarla Paquete de bater as Precauci n Las unidades SunPCi contienen una bater a de plomo sellada Productos el ctricos port tiles n m TLC02V50 Existe el riesgo de explosi n si el paquete de bater as no se utiliza correctamente o se sustituye de forma incorrecta Sustit yalo s lo por el mismo tipo de paquete de bater as de Sun Microsystems No lo desmote o intente recargarlo fuera del sistema No arroje la bater a al fuego Desh gase de las ba
57. software include the following features m Reliable access to thousands of PC applications m Ability to display super VGA graphics with 16 bit and 24 bit color m Ability to share network resources such as printers and files between the PC and Solaris environments Ability to copy and paste text between Microsoft Windows or Linux and OpenWindows GNOME or CDE this feature is not available for Microsoft Windows server products m Access to PC based networks including Novel NetWare file and print servers only physical networking not virtual networking is supported with multiple cards 4 Supported Citrix MetaFrame Software Citrix MetaFrame software enables Solaris clients to display and use SunPCi III 3 2 1 software running the Windows 2000 Server operating system on a remote host Citrix server software must be installed on an emulated drive that contains Windows 2000 Server operating system software and that is attached to a SunPCi II card When the server is configured to use Virtual Network Computing VNC you can boot SunPCi III software as part of server startup eliminating the need to specifically start the SunPCi III software before clients can use it SunPCi 111 3 2 1 hardware and software support use of the following Citrix MetaFrame products SunPGi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Citrix MetaFrame 1 8 for Microsoft Windows Citrix MetaFrame XP for Microsoft Windows See the following Web site f
58. software again After the SunPCi III software reboots from the Windows XP Professional window choose Attach Mouse from the Options menu or press Meta M to attach the mouse This enables the mouse to work with Windows XP Professional during the installation process Once the installation is complete the proper mouse drivers are installed and you no longer need to attach the mouse manually 4 Change directory to the location for your customized installation scripts 5 Complete the installation using your customized installation scripts 40 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS and Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional In SunPCi III software you can upgrade emulated disk drive images You can upgrade an existing C drive that is configured for the of the following operating systems discussed in these sections Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional on page 41 Upgrading Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional on page 42 Upgrade Notes Make sure that you have the following media and disk drive space available before you start an upgrade to Windows XP Professional m The Windows XP Professional retail software installation CD the installation will not work without the CD in your CD ROM drive m At least 2 Gbytes of available space on your emulated C drive Tip Before you perform the upgrade make a backup copy of your existing C emulated drive file and disable any an
59. start in the internal monitor To fix this issue connect and then use the external monitor This is a known issue and is currently under investigation 152 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 2 Switching to External Video Monitor After Entering Stand By Mode Displays as a Blank Window After installing SunPCi III 3 2 1 when you enter Stand By mode in the internal monitor and then wake up the system and resume working with the internal monitor if you attempt to switch to an external monitor that external monitor displays as a blank window If this issue occurs you have to restart your system Upon restarting you can work normally and switch between internal and external monitors For optimal performance use the external monitor to enter Stand By mode and then to wake up the external monitor since this not an issue when working exclusively in an external monitor SunPCi HI Card Stuck in Stand By Mode in Multi Card Environment When you are using Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 in a multi card environment when the Allow this device to bring the computer out of Standby check box is checked but the Allow the computer to turnoff this device to save power check box is not checked in the VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adapter Properties dialog box the SunPCi 111 card will not resume working normally after it wakes up in Stand By mode To fix this issue you must check both check boxes
60. static IP address for physical networking and are switching to virtual networking and want to use your static IP address you must remove your static IP address in physical networking If you do not remove your static IP address first you will receive error messages about conflicting IP addresses How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter On the Windows Server 2003 desktop right click My Computer A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The System Properties dialog box opens Click the Hardware tab Click Device Manager The Device Manager window opens with a list of installed device drivers Double click Network Adapters Right click VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adaptor Click Disable A message opens saying that disabling this device will cause it to stop functioning Click Yes Close the Device Manager window Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box This completes the first section of this task Proceed with the second section to complete adding a virtual network adapter Click Start and choose Settings and Control Panel from the Windows Server 2003 menu Double click Add Hardware The Add Hardware Wizard dialog box opens Note Click Switch to Classic View under the Control Panel heading in the upper left side of the Control Panel window and the traditional Control Panel window opens Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 9 80 10 11 12 13
61. support in their file systems and thus no issues arise Displaying Shortname Tails On older Microsoft applications such as in the DOS Command Prompt window if file names are longer than eight characters the file name might be truncated into the 8 3 DOS file name format and a number added to the file name such as 1 This number is called a shortname tail When reading long file names on extended drives in the DOS window or Windows Command Prompt the window can only display shortname tails ending in the number 1 It cannot display 2 3 and so on Note The term DOS session refers to the Command Prompt window It does not refer to OpenDOS windows running under OpenDOS 7 01 Japanese Copy and Paste Issue If you edited your HOME pc SunPCi ini file to support Japanese copy and paste functions you may see the following error message Warning bad clipboard translation codeset specified in SunPC ini file codeset Ignoring This message indicates that there might be an error in the file that you edited Refer to How to Configure Japanese Copy and Paste Between Microsoft Windows and Solaris on page 131 for more information Opening in Safe Mode Only Starts in External Monitor When opening Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 in Safe Mode when the external monitor is not connected the operating system attempts to start in the external monitor The internal monitor remains blank and Windows does not
62. table and used by your keyboard screen and printer An example is the set of letters numbers and symbols such as accent marks used by French Canadians When the character set is put into a table for use by DOS it becomes the Canadian French code page There are two types of code pages hardware and prepared A hardware code page is built into a device For example a printer manufactured for use in Portugal has a Portuguese hardware code page in it Many devices can use only their own hardware code page 190 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Prepared code pages are provided in code page information CPTI files in your software OpenDOS includes the following prepared code pages 437 United States code page 850 Multilingual code page including all characters for most languages of European North American and South American countries m 860 Portuguese code page m 863 Canadian French code page 865 Nordic code page including all characters for the Norwegian and Danish languages National Language Support Codes Both Swiss French and Swiss German use country code 041 Country codes 358 and 972 assume United States code page 437 but include country specific date and time conventions For example if you use country code 351 Portugal you can use prepared code pages 860 and 850 and the po Portugal keyboard code You could not use the us United States keyboard code TABLE 8 3 Nationa
63. the external monitor and then on your system monitor in the SunPCi III window 4 Attach the mouse by pressing Meta M You are now ready to configure the Windows XP Professional display as described in the following procedure Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Professional 51 52 10 How to Configure Windows XP Professional for External Video Use For more information about configuring the display in Windows XP Professional refer to your Windows XP Professional documentation On the Windows XP Professional desktop choose right click A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The Display Properties dialog box opens Click the Settings tab Note There are two displays shown in the window marked 1 and 2 Video 2 is highlighted showing that it the system monitor is the primary display Video 1 is dimmed indicating that it is not the primary display Click Video 1 The driver listed underneath the video changes to Default Monitor on 3 Graphics ProSavage DDR Click the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click the Use this device as the primary monitor check box Click Video 2 The driver listed underneath the video changes back to Sun Microsystems SunPCi Video Uncheck the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box The icons representing Video 1 and Video 2 change position so that Video 1 appears first Click Apply Your external mon
64. travail tel qu il est d fini par la norme DIN 45 635 section 1000 doit tre inf rieur ou gal a 70Db A Conformit aux normes SELV Le niveau de s curit des connexions E S est conforme aux normes SELV Raccordement la source d alimentation lectrique Attention Les produits Sun sont concus pour fonctionner avec des syst mes d alimentation lectrique monophas s avec prise de terre Pour r duire les risques de d charge lectrique ne branchez jamais les produits Sun sur une source d alimentation d un autre type Contactez le g rant de votre Safety Agency Compliance Statements v b timent ou un lectricien agr si vous avez le moindre doute quant au type d alimentation fourni dans votre b timent Attention Tous les cordons d alimentation n ont pas la m me intensit nominale Les cordons d alimentation usage domestique ne sont pas prot g s contre les surtensions et ne sont pas con us pour tre utilis s avec des ordinateurs N utilisez jamais de cordon d alimentation usage domestique avec les produits Sun un cordon d alimentation avec raccord la terre triphas Pour r duire les risques de d charge lectrique branchez toujours ce cordon sur une source d alimentation mise la terre Attention Votre produit Sun est livr avec L avertissement suivant s applique uniquement aux syst mes quip s d un interrupteur Veille Attention L interrupteur d
65. user interface when using GNOME is section 508 compliant meaning it adheres to federal standards for user accessibility The SunPCi user interface when using CDE looks similar to earlier versions of SunPCi II Note The SunPCi graphics and illustrations in this chapter are from the GNOME user interface The tasks and steps are the same in both interfaces even though the graphics and illustrations look slightly different SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Starting and Stopping the SunPCi III Software This section provides instructions for starting and stopping the SunPCi software How to Start the SunPCi III Software To start the SunPCi software open a terminal window and type the following command at the Solaris prompt opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci When you start the SunPCi III software for the first time the software creates a Solaris directory named pc into which several SunPCi III files are installed You then see a SunPCi splash screen and the SunPCi window opens Note If you modify the path statement in your 1ogin file you can create a shortcut to open SunPCi For information about customizing the SunPCi path refer to your Solaris software documentation How to Exit the SunPCi III Software Stopping the SunPCi software involves two steps closing Microsoft Windows or Linux and then closing the SunPCi software Caution Always close Microsoft Windows or Linux before exiting from S
66. you set in KBTYPE Using an International Keyboard Under DOS Your Sun international keyboard fully emulates the local language DOS AT 102 keyboard Each keyboard offers all the characters in the US ASCII and the local AT 102 character set plus any other characters routinely used within that country International Keyboard If there are three characters shown on the key you press the Alt Graph key while pressing the key to get the third character However there are a few special ways in which the keyboard operates under DOS m The keyboard provides access to more characters than are available on the local language DOS keyboard Under both DOS and Solaris operating systems some characters are used both as accents and as separate characters such as the carat and the tilde Under the Solaris system these characters have separate keys one for use as a floating accent and one for the separate character Under DOS there is one key that provides both functions To use the key to enter a floating accent press the key To use the key to enter a separate character simultaneously press the key and the space bar m Characters that are not available on the local DOS keyboard might be ignored when you attempt to use them Appendix SunPCi lll International Support 9 DOS Character Set When you or a program you are using creates a file under DOS the DOS character set is used When you create a file under the Sol
67. 0 2000 3rd Edition CB Scheme Certificate No Evaluated to all CB Countries UL 60950 3rd Edition 2000 CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 File Vol Sec Supplementary Information This product was tested and complies with all the requirements for the CE Mark S S Dennis P Symanski DATE Pamela J Dullaghan DATE Manager Compliance Engineering Quality Program Manager Sun Microsystems Inc Sun Microsystems Scotland Limited 4150 Network Circle MPK15 102 Springfield Linlithgow Santa Clara CA 95054 USA West Lothian EH49 7LR Tel 650 786 3255 Scotland United Kingdom Fax 650 786 3723 Tel 44 1 506 672 395 Fax 44 1 506 670 011 xviii SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Contents Preface xxxv Introducing SunPCi III 3 2 1 Hardware and Software 1 Supported Microsoft Windows and Linux Operating Systems 1 SunPCi 111 3 2 1 Features 2 From a PC User s Perspective 3 From a Solaris User s Perspective 4 Supported Citrix MetaFrame Software 4 Getting Help for SunPCi 11 Software 5 v How to View Solaris Manual Pages 5 Getting Help for Microsoft Windows and Linux Software 6 Viewing the Documentation PDF Files 6 Removing Microsoft Windows Software 7 Getting Started 9 System Requirements 10 Starting and Stopping the SunPCi IT Software 11 How to Start the SunPCi III Software 11 v How to Exit the SunPCi II Software 1 v Shutting Down SunPCi 111 Software 12 Contents xix Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software 12 Creating an Emulated
68. 03 SunPGi Ill Command Line Options 111 File Menu Commands 113 Options Menu Commands 114 SunPCi III Hardware Error Messages and Solutions 7 Mouse Issues and Solutions 8 CD ROM Drive Issues and Solutions 139 External Video Resolutions VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR 141 Startup Error Messages and Solutions 143 Emulated Hard Drive Issues and Solutions 144 Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Issues and Solutions 167 Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications 9 KBTYPE Values 186 KBCP Values 187 National Language Support 191 SLANG Variable Settings 193 Video Display Routing Options 200 xxxiii xxxiv SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Preface The SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide provides setup and operation instructions for the SunPCi III software Use this guide after you have installed your SunPCi III cards and the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software into your Sun system In addition this guide explains how to install the following Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems for your SunPCi III cards Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Red Hat Linux Refer to the SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide for more information about installing cards and the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software Who Should Read This Book This guide is intended for all users of the SunPCi III product Thi
69. 06 upgrade drivers 206 USB 206 VGA 206 Video Graphics Array 206 virtual ethernet 206 Virtual Network Computing 206 VNC 206 H h 111 hard drive attaching 16 creating anew 16 hanging 176 troubleshooting 144 help 111 help 5 getting help for Linux 6 getting help for man pages 6 getting help for Solaris 6 getting help for Windows 6 Help menu 114 hibernate definition 203 Index 209 l ini file definition 203 installation system requirements 10 Intel drivers automatic update 115 manual update 116 updating 115 internal monitor definition 203 J Japanese copy and paste configuring 131 K known problems in SunPCi 135 L 111 Linux color depth 93 color depth and system monitor issues 93 how to configure external video 92 how to configure external video back to system monitor 92 how to reconfigure networking 91 installing 88 installing the network 90 Linux drivers automatic update 117 manual update 117 updating 115 local printer connecting to SunPCi 107 localhost definition 203 log file name and location 136 LPT port 107 M MAC Address definition 203 main card backplate 105 210 SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 man pages 5 MANPATH variable 5 manual pages 5 mapping enabling 97 file systems 96 master ini file definition 203 Media Access Control definition 203 memory fine tuning 197 performance tips 197 memory VGA 199 menu comma
70. 112 p 112 R 112 sunpci 110 title 112 v 112 vga 112 w 112 xwait 112 compliance documents Declaration of Conformity xvii Regulatory Compliance Statements xiii Safety Agency Compliance Statements iii Complimentary Metal Oxide Seminconductor definition 201 configuring multiple cards 19 22 connecting to external devices 103 copy and paste 130 Japanese configuring 131 Copy command 130 creating a new hard drive 16 D D 111 D drive about 12 creating and configuring 13 daemon definition 202 daughter card definition 202 Declaration of Conformity xvii depth 111 devices peripheral 103 disk growing definition 202 disk image name for new card 24 disk operating system See DOS diskette drive 100 display 111 documentation on Sun Web site 196 DOS 208 SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 character set 190 directory operations 152 shortnames 152 driver definition 202 drivers Intel 115 drivers Linux 115 drivers updating 115 E emulated drive 12 creating 13 definition 202 expanding 18 growing 18 performance tip 198 troubleshooting 144 Ethernet virtual 46 62 78 Ethernet networking configuring in Windows 2000 62 configuring in Windows Server 2003 78 configuring in Windows XP 46 expanding an emulated hard drive 18 extended drives 129 network drives 129 using 128 external monitor definition 202 F f 111 FAT definition 202 FAT32 definition
71. 150 Network Circle Santa Clara California 95054 Etats Unis Tous droits r serv s Sun Microsystems Inc a les droits de propri t intellectuels relatants a la technologie incorpor e dans le produit qui est d crit dans ce document En particulier et sans la limitation ces droits de propri t intellectuels peuvent inclure un ou plus des brevets am ricains num r s http www sun com patents et un ou les brevets plus suppl mentaires ou les applications de brevet en attente dans les Etats Unis et dans les autres pays Ce produit ou document est prot g par un copyright et distribu avec des licences qui en restreignent l utilisation la copie la distribution et la d compilation Aucune partie de ce produit ou document ne peut tre reproduite sous aucune forme parquelque moyen que ce soit sans Vautorisation pr alable et crite de Sun et de ses bailleurs de licence s il y ena Le logiciel d tenu par des tiers et quicomprend la technologie relative aux polices de caract res est prot g par un copyright et licenci par des fournisseurs de Sun Des parties de ce produit pourront tre d riv es des syst mes Berkeley BSD licenci s par l Universit de Californie UNIX est une marque d pos e aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays et licenci e exclusivement par X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems le logo Sun AnswerBook2 docs sun com SunPCi OpenBoot Sun Blade Sun Ray Sun Enterprise SunSolve Acces
72. A message opens saying that disabling this device will cause it to stop functioning Click Yes Close the Device Manager window Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box This completes the first section of this task Proceed with the second section to complete adding a virtual network adapter From the Start menu choose Control Panel from the Windows XP Professional menu Double click Add Hardware The Add Hardware Wizard dialog box opens Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Professional 47 48 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Click Next The Add Hardware Wizard dialog box opens Click the Yes I have already connected the hardware radio button Click Next Click Add a New Hardware Device Click Next Click the Install the hardware that I manually select from a list Advanced radio button A dialog box opens asking what type of hardware you are installing Click Next Click the Network adapters options Click Next The Add Remove Hardware Wizard opens Click Have Disk Click Browse Navigate to c sun sunnet winxp sunndis inf The Locate File dialog box opens Click Open The Install From Disk dialog box opens Click OK The Select Network Adapter dialog box opens Click Next A dialog box opens listing the SunNDIS Adapter Driver as the new hardware to install Click Next Files are copied and the Completing Add Hardware Wiza
73. Appendix SunPCi lll Performance Tips 9 Video Display Routing The following table describes some video output routing in SunPCi III software TABLE D 1 describes the type of video output that occurs for the operating system you want to use the video driver you installed and whether you typed sunpci v at the prompt TABLE D 1 Video Display Routing Options PC Operating System With VGA Monitor Connected Without VGA Monitor Connected DOS Video is routed to VGA monitor Video is discarded SunPCi HI window v switch used displays Video routed message DOS Video is routed to SunPCi III Video is routed to SunPCi III window on v switch not used X Window on your Sun system your Sun system screen screen Windows XP Video is routed to SunPCi III Video is routed to SunPCi III window on Professional or X Window on your Sun system screen your Sun system screen Windows 2000 to use external monitor Professional When SunPCi III drivers installed automatically Using a Palm Pilot With SunPCi III Software The SunPCi III software supports the hotsync function with the Palm Pilot For best results select a specific hotsync speed on the Palm Pilot rather than As Fast As Possible 200 SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Glossary This appendix defines terms used when describing the SunPCi product This glossary is not an exhaustive list but it provides an explanation of some less common terms B ba
74. Backplate How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor On the Windows Server 2003 desktop choose right click A drop down menu opens SunPCi Ill 3 2 1User s Guide March 2004 Choose Properties The Display Properties dialog box opens Click the Settings tab Click Video 2 The driver listed underneath the video changes to Default Monitor on Sun Microsystems on SunPCi video Click the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click the Use this device as the primary monitor check box Click Video 1 The driver listed underneath the video changes back to Sun Microsystems SunPCi Video Uncheck the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click Apply Your monitor is now active in Windows Server 2003 Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 85 86 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 8 Using Red Hat Linux This chapter describes how to install and configure the Red Hat Linux 9 and Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 operating systems on your SunPCi III system This chapter includes the following topics a Installing Red Hat Linux on page 88 Color Depth Issues with Linux and the System Monitor on page 93 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Install Red Hat Linux on page 88 How to Configure Networking for Linux on page 90 How to Reconfigure Networking
75. D is fully mounted when the LED stops blinking before clicking OK The Corel installer freezes if you do not wait for the CD to mount In the ini file under Display add the following entry DirectDraw off Changing this entry allows the Teamwork design template to open normally Appendix A Troubleshooting 179 TABLE A 8 Problem Cause Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications Solution When installing Corel WorkPerfect 2000 on Windows XP Professional the installation appears to hang Norton Antivirus 2002 might require increase in the Solaris file limit Some image rendering problems exist when working with Office XP Word Art files in Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional If a SunPCi III session running Windows XP Professional is used as a PC Anywhere host the graphics display on the remote system is not updated Corel Office 2000 and Corel Office 2002 installations do not work properly and will not install The Installation Wizard dialog box is waiting for user information while the user s registration dialog box is open in the background and covered by another Installation Wizard dialog box The installation is placed in waiting mode Norton Antivirus seems to hold on to many of the files it opens which might result in the log file message Too many open files Frame buffer is set to 8 bit color depth Mouse movements are sent and effected
76. E 10 2 shows the options available on the USB Firewire backplate gt j USB S1 usB E Firewire FIGURE 10 2 SunPCi 111 USB Firewire Backplate Refer to the SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide for instructions on how to install the backplate 106 SunPCilll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Connecting Serial and Parallel Port Devices The Serial Parallel Port backplate included with the SunPCi III card features a parallel port that you can use to connect a parallel device such as a printer to operate with SunPCi III software FIGURE 10 3 shows the connectors on the Serial Parallel Port backplate Installing this backplate is optional __ Parallel Port __ Serial Port FIGURE 10 3 SunPCi III Serial Parallel Port Backplate Refer to the SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide for instructions on how to install the backplate Connecting a Parallel Device Once you have installed the backplate you can attach the parallel cable to the backplate s parallel port The SunPCi III card s parallel port is assigned to LPT1 Chapter 10 Using Drives and Configuring Peripheral Devices 107 108 To print to the parallel port with SunPCi III software simply use the Print command from your PC based application Note These instructions apply to a local printer that you attach to the parallel port on your SunPCi 111 card For information about how to use you
77. File After Factory Installation If you have SunPCi III 3 2 1 software preinstalled or if you install the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software before the hardware the etc Master ini file will not get created and you will receive the following message when attempting to first open SunPCi III ERROR there are no cards specified in the Master ini file To run SunPCi III 3 2 1 software properly you must force the reloading of the SunPCi Solaris driver as well as the creation of the etc Master ini file by doing the following 1 Go to the opt SUNWspci3 drivers solaris directory in SunPCi III 3 2 1 software 2 Type the sunpcload command Note You must be superuser for the sunpcload command to work properly This command reloads the Solaris driver for SunPCi III 3 2 1 software and creates the etc Master ini file which contains the configuration information needed to properly run SunPCi II 3 2 1 software Sun Blade Workstation and Sun Enterprise Server Software Issue If you have a SunPCi III card preinstalled in a Sun Blade workstation or a Sun Enterprise server or if the software version is not SunPCi III 3 2 1 you might need to install the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software after you configure your preinstalled Solaris image e To verify whether your SunPCi III software is already installed type the following command at the system prompt pkginfo 1 SUNWspci3 146 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 If you
78. For Linux on page 91 How to Prepare Linux to Display External Video on page 91 How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor on page 92 For more information about Linux and general installation information go to the following Web site http www redhat com docs SunPCi III 3 2 1 currently only supports the following versions of Red Hat Linux 9 Red Hat Linux 9 Personal and Professional edition Kernel 2 4 20 6 Red Hat Linux 9 Download Edition Kernel 2 4 20 8 Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 ES Kernel 2 4 21 4EL Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 WS Kernel 2 4 21 4EL Note Only the Linux listed above work with SunPCi III 3 2 1 Caution The SunPCi III software comes with physical Ethernet networking enabled by default You must use physical networking with Linux since Linux does not support virtual networking You must configure physical Ethernet during installation or the Linux graphical user interface will not be available 87 88 Installing Red Hat Linux You install the Linux operating system when you create an emulated drive by choosing Create a New Emulated Drive from the SunPCi Options menu See Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 12 Installation Notes Make sure that you have the following media and information available before you begin installation m Red Hat Linux software in one of the following formats a Red Hat Linux 9 download version or retail installat
79. I 3 2 1 software you need the following A PCI based Sun system with one or more SunPCi III cards installed See the SunPCi III 3 2 1 Product Notes for a complete list of supported systems Solaris 7 Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 operating environment GNOME or Common Desktop Environment CDE X Window manager A CD ROM drive either local attached to your system or remote attached to another system on your network Note You must use a Sun CD ROM drive during installation of SunPCi III software You can use third party CD ROM drives for other products and applications after SunPCi III installation A hard disk either local or remote local preferred with at least 60 Mbytes of available storage space for the SunPCi III package and additional storage space of 4096 Mbytes for each operating system The SunPCi III card comes with 256 Mbytes of RAM To use any of the supported operating systems with your SunPCi III system your SunPCi III card should have installed 256 Mbytes RAM Memory requirements for operating systems are based on the number and type of users connecting Consult the SunPCi Web site for further information http www sun com desktop products sunpci Tip Information about using multiple SunPCi III cards is described in Using Multiple SunPCi III Cards on page 21 The SunPCi III 3 2 1 user interface when using GNOME looks slightly different than earlier versions The SunPCi
80. II There are two ways to connect each SunPCi III card to your network Physical Ethernet Use the external Ethernet connector on the back of the SunPCi IH card and connect the card to a second physical Ethernet connection Virtual Ethernet Use the internal networking driver NDIS driver in the SunPCi III software and connect through your system s Ethernet connection Note When more than one SunPCi III card is installed in a system virtual networking is disabled by the SunPCi III software 31 32 Note Only Physical Networking is supported with Linux Physical Ethernet networking is faster than virtual Ethernet but it requires an additional port to connect to your network This means that you need to have two separate Ethernet connections one for your Solaris system and one for your SunPCi III card Physical Ethernet networking eliminates the need for routing to a third host in order for the Solaris system and the SunPCi II card to communicate with each other over the Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP Once physical Ethernet networking is set up you can see both your SunPCi II card and your workstation in the list of network hosts Virtual Ethernet networking eliminates the need for a second network port You share a single Ethernet connection between your system and your SunPCi III card If you use virtual networking you are not able to generate a network path between yo
81. Installation and SunFSD on Windows XP Professional Some software applications cannot be installed to a network drive including SunFSD and must be installed directly to the emulated disk This is exactly the same behavior with a standard PC running Windows XP Professional and using a Samba drive In Windows XP Professional some software applications do not install to a SunFSD drive The current list includes the following m Adobe Photoshop 7 Appendix A Troubleshooting 181 Corel Draw 10 Corel WordPerfect 2002 Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Microsoft Office XP Microsoft Project 2002 Microsoft Visio 2002 Note This is not an exhaustive list but includes the known applications that cannot be installed to a SunFSD at this time Note If you are running Windows XP Professional the installation of these software applications must be on the SunPCi 111 emulated drive Upgrading to Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Fails if FrontPage 2000 Installed on SunFSD On Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 if you are upgrading FrontPage 2000 to FrontPage 2002 while using a SunFSD drive the upgrade fails To avoid this problem in Windows 2000 uninstall and remove the older version of FrontPage and then do a fresh full installation of FrontPage 2002 to a file system drive To avoid this problem in Windows XP uninstall and remove the older version of FrontPage and then do a fresh full installation of FrontPage 2002 to the emulated drive A
82. K SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 13 14 15 10 11 12 13 Click OK when you receive a message asking you to shut down Windows and reset SunPCi III From the File menu select Reset PC When the system finishes copying files the SunPCi III software restarts When the Windows XP Professional operating system asks where to install Windows install the software to the C drive The installation routine continues Follow the steps displayed on the screen After you finish the installation you can detach the D drive delete the emulated drive file and remove it from your SunPC ini file How to Perform a Manual Installation To install the Japanese version of Windows XP Professional using the manual method perform the following steps Insert the Japanese Windows XP Professional CD into your system s CD ROM drive Start the SunPCi software Click OK The Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box opens In the Select an Operating System pane select DR DOS 7 01 Bootable Click the radio button to attach the drive as a C drive Move the horizontal slider to make the size of the drive at least 4 Gbytes Specify the directory and file name for the drive and click OK SunPCi III software reboots after the disk drive is created From the Options menu select Create a New Emulated Drive The Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box opens In the Select an Operating System pan
83. S SUN microsystems SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara CA 95054 U S A 650 960 1300 Part No 817 3630 11 March 2004 Revision A Submit comments about this document at http www sun com hwdocs feedback Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara California 95054 U S A All rights reserved Sun Microsystems Inc has intellectual property rights relating to technology embodied in the product that is described in this document In particular and without limitation these intellectual property rights may include one or more of the U S patents listed at ttp www sun com patents and one or more additional patents or pending patent applications in the U S and in other countries This document and the product to which it pertains are distributed under licenses restricting their use copying distribution and decompilation No part of the product or of this document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors if any Third party software including font technology is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems licensed from the University of California UNIX is a registered trademark in the U S and in other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo AnswerBook2 do
84. SUNWspci3 bin sunpci The SunPCi III software starts and Linux opens on the system monitor SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Color Depth Issues with Linux and the System Monitor When using the system monitor the color depth used on your SunPCi Linux desktop depends on the following m The color depths available on your Solaris desktop m The XserverOptions in the Linux section of your SunPC ini file The color depth on your system monitor for your Linux application depends on the supported color depths on your Solaris X server Upon installation of Linux the depth automatically defaults to the depth existing in Solaris if no depth options were provided in the ini file for SunPCi For example if the Solaris desktop supported 8 bit and 24 bit Linux would also support the same 8 bit and 24 bit The current release of the Linux GNOME software contains an issue whereby an X client that creates an 8 bit windows might crash when a GNOME library function incorrectly creates 24 bit pixmaps and attempts to copy the contents onto the 8 bit window The Solaris X server allows multiple simultaneous depths which the Linux GNOME software does not handle properly If the root window of the Linux desktop is a 24 bit window depth instead of an 8 bit window depth Linux works properly SunPCi software adds the option depth 24 to the XserverOptions in the ini file for SunPCi This option when provided to SunPCi acts as a recommendatio
85. SunPCi III 3 0 1 release These localized documents are included on the SunPCi III 3 2 1 CD SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Accessing Sun Documentation Online You can view print or purchase a broad selection of Sun documentation including localized versions at the following Web site http www sun com documentation You can access a variety of online resources and documentation for SunPCi II products Refer to Appendix C for a listing of SunPCi III online resources Sun Welcomes Your Comments Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can submit your comments by going to http www sun com hwdocs feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide part number 817 3630 11 Preface xli xlii SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 1 Introducing SunPCi III 3 2 1 Hardware and Software The SunPCi IH 3 2 1 hardware and software create a personal computer PC that is integrated into your PCI Sun system which is running a supported Solaris operating environment You work on the PC either from a Common Desktop Environment CDE or GNOME on the Solaris desktop or from a separate monitor connected to the SunPCi III card With the SunPCi III 3 2 1 product you can create emulated drives up to 40 Gbytes in size This chapter contains the following topics Supported Mic
86. SunPCi III if it is running 2 Open a Terminal window on your desktop 3 Type the following command at the prompt Substitute the name of the environment variable for VARIABLE_NAME and the value for the variable if required for value C Shell setenv VARIABLE NAME value Bourne Shell 5 VARIABLE_NAME value export VARIABLE_NAME 4 Start the SunPCi III software v Howto Turn Off an Environment Variable To turn off an environment variable do the following e Type the following command and substitute the name of the environment variable for VARIABLE_NAME unsetenv VARIABLE NAME v How to Configure the Keyboard for Microsoft Windows In order for your keyboard layout to function correctly for your language you also need to configure the keyboard for your operating system To set up the keyboard perform the following steps 188 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 1 Check that the Solaris KBCP and KBTYPE environment variables are set to use the same language for example us gr and so on If the environment variables are not set refer to KBCP Environment Variable Values on page 187 to set KBTYPE and to KBCP Environment Variable Values on page 187 to set KBCP 2 From the Microsoft Windows Start menu choose Settings and then choose Control Panel The Control Panel window opens 3 Set the default keyboard layout in Microsoft Windows or Linux to the same value as
87. T definition 205 power management 20 power management definition 205 Power On Self Test definition 205 print provider definition 205 printer connecting a local 107 printing using Solaris 131 R R 111 rebinding cards and images 28 Red Hat Linux color depth 93 color depth and system monitor issues 93 how to configure external video 92 how to configure external video back to system monitor 92 how to reconfigure networking 91 installing 88 installing the network 90 redirector definition 205 Regulatory Compliance Statements xiii S Safety Agency Compliance Statements iii Samba definition 205 screen savers avoiding 133 using 133 serial definition 205 Serial Parallel Port Backplate parallel port 107 Server Message Block definition 205 Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module definition 205 SMB definition 205 SMI definition 205 SMI mode definition 205 SODIMM definition 205 Solaris command windows xxxvii printers used with Linux 131 printers used with Windows 131 required version 10 Volume Manager 101 standby definition 205 starting multiple cards and drives 27 Index 211 starting SunPCi 11 stopping SunPCi 11 SunClip definition 205 SunFSD driver enabling and disabling 96 SunPCi closing 11 creating a C or D drive 13 features 2 hardware installation xl installing Linux 88 installing Windows 2000 56 installing Windows Server 2003 72 installing Windows XP 38
88. UNWspci3 bin vold floppy disable MS Exit superuser 5 Restart all SunPCi III software CD ROM Drive Issues TABLE A 3 describes some issues you might encounter with CD ROM drives possible causes and solutions TABLE A 3 CD ROM Drive Issues and Solutions Issue Possible Cause When you insert or ejecta CD in one CD You have two SCSI CD ROM drive the other CD ROM drive ROM drives in your becomes unreachable system When you insert a DVD into the CD ROM SunPCi III software only drive it does not work supports DVD data discs Video Display Issues Solution You need to select which CD ROM drive to use with SunPCi IH software Use only data formatted DVD discs When you use a remote display of SunPCi III session use a Sun system as the display device If you run a remote display of SunPCi III session using a non Sun system performance might be poor or might not work at all The remote display of a SunPCi III session is only supported when the display device is a Sun system 24 Bit Display on Sun Blade Workstations On Sun Blade workstations with an M64 frame buffer follow this procedure to display 24 bit color in the SunPCi III window Appendix A Troubleshooting 9 1 Open a Terminal window and log in as root 2 Open the file usr dt config Xservers in a text editor and edit the last line of the file so that it appears as follows 0 Local local_uid console root usr openwin bin Xsu
89. User s Guide March 2004 Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications The following table lists some possible Microsoft Windows application issues their causes and recommended solutions TABLE A 8 Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications Problem Cause Solution Inserting a file into Microsoft Office 2000 does not work When attaching and running an external monitor at 1600 x 1200 display resolution Windows 2000 resets System appears to hang during installation of Corel Draw 10 for Microsoft Windows When installing the Corel Draw 10 upgrade version without a previous version of Corel Draw installed the install software prompts you to insert a CD of a previous full version of the software When templates in Powerpoint in Windows XP Office the template opens slowly and some color is missing after opening The object file such as clip art or an Excel spreadsheet is located on a file system drive or on a drive mapped using localhost path The default shared memory configuration is set too low CD is not completely mounted before you clicked OK DirectDraw is enabled by default in this application Copy or move the object file to your C or D drive and then insert it again In the BIOS setup program increase shared memory to at least 8 Mbytes to support the 1600x1200 display resolution After inserting the previous Corel Draw CD you must wait until the new C
90. a Path Not Found or File Not Found this might be because the installation program is relying upon the destination file system to support 8 3 file names This is specifically the case where there are embedded file names in any of the destination installation paths For example Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 uses a default destination directory of WordPerfect Office 2000 If this destination directory resides on a SunFSD drive there is a portion of the installation program that attempts to use 8 3 file names Thus there is a resulting dialog box that states that the file O WordPerfect cannot be found The embedded space combined with the fact that SunFSD does not support 8 3 file names confuses the installation program However if the destination directory is changed so that there are no embedded spaces for example change WordPerfect Office 2000 to WordPerfect_Office_2000 the installation proceeds normally Even though the file name is longer than eight characters since this is a more recent application longer file names are allowed It is the fact that the installation procedure makes use of older technology that causes the issue Missing Network Icon on Windows Desktop Issue Note This section applies only to virtual Ethernet networking configurations It does not apply to physical Ethernet connections When you open the Network Neighborhood on the Microsoft Windows desktop the Network Neighborhood window does not show My W
91. a specified operation at predefined times or in response to certain events daughter card Optional card that attaches to the SunPCi motherboard Provides a 1394 Firewire port as well as two additional USB ports Also known as the USB Firewire backplate disk growing Utility provided in the SunPCi software that allows enlargement of the emulated disk The size of the emulated disk is limited to the resources available on the Solaris filesystem driver A program that controls a device Drivers are typically included in the operating system or software or are shipped with the software itself E emulated drive File on the Solaris filesystem that the SunPCi hardware sees as an actual hard disk Since it is an actual Solaris file it can be freely copied and moved external monitor Actual physical monitor A SunPCi session is displayed on a separate monitor attached directly to the SunPCi card See also internal monitor FAT File Allocation Table Filesystem used by MS DOS and other Windows based operating systems to organize and manage files Stores disk files in 16 Kbyte blocks FAT32 A derivative of the FAT filesystem Supports smaller cluster size and larger volumes than FAT which results in more efficient space allocation Stores disk files in 32 Kbyte blocks 202 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Firewire IEEE 1394 flag FSD H hibernate I ini file internal monitor E localhost
92. al problems including being unable to use the Linux graphical user interface on the system monitor If you do not configure networking you have to perform the following task to recover and fix Linux properly 1 Find the ifcfg eth0 file at the following location etc sysconfig network scripts 2 Open the i cfg eth0 file and verify that the file is configured as detailed below e For a Static IP address DEVICE eth0 ONBOOT yes BOOTPROTO none USERCTL no PEERDNS no TYPE Ethernet 1 N G N B PADDR XXX XXX XXX XXX ETMASK XXX XXX XXX XXX ATEWAY XXX XXX XXX XXX ETWORK XXX XXX XXX XXX ROADCAST XXX XXX XXX XXX Enter the information such as an IP address for your own network for each of these fields f For DHCP USERCTL no PEERDNS no TYPE Ethernet DEVICE eth0 B 0 OOTPROTO dhcp NBOOT yes 3 Update the i fc g etho file as needed 4 Save the ifcfg etho file 160 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 5 Make sure the etc sysconfig networking devices filename is a hard link to the etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth0 directory Linux Does Not Open If Installation Is Interrupted In Red Hat Linux 9 if the Linux installation does not start properly after initial installation you have to delete and re create the C drive In Linux if the installation process is aborted anytime during installation
93. al connectors for PC peripheral devices including additional USB connections and a 1394a Firewire connection SunPGi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 LED light The main backplate now contains an LED indicator which indicates the status of the system Access to network services files and printers The SunPCi 111 product enables you to connect to your Ethernet network It also enables you to access Solaris files and printers on the network through the physical or virtual network connections Multiple SunPCi III card support With multiple cards installed you can simultaneously access workstation or server PC applications from your Sun system Large disk support SunPCi III 3 2 1 supports emulated disk drives up to 40 Gbytes in size Boot Boot support Boot Boot is feature that you can configure to automatically start the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software on one or more SunPCi cards when the Solaris server in which the cards are installed boots Caldera OpenDOS 7 01 The SunPCi III software package includes the Caldera OpenDOS 7 01 operating system Power Management SunPCi III 3 2 1 allows you to use the Suspend option to let your Windows system sleep when not in use instead of turning off Linux Ability to install and use several Red Hat Linux operating systems with SunPCi Updated SunPCi User Interface The SunPCi user interface is now section 508 compliant when using GNOME as your Solaris desktop Note
94. allation Is Interrupted on page 161 m Do Not Attempt to Change to External Monitor Using Display Settings Only on page 161 Using VNC With Linux Might Not Work on page 161 Solaris and Linux GNOME Desktop Incompatibility on page 162 Note It is strongly recommended that you only download the latest and most stable version of each application with Linux Use NES to Access Solaris Files In Red Hat Linux 9 you must use NFS to access Solaris files since SunFSD does not work with Linux Physical Networking is Only Supported Network Option In Red Hat Linux 9 the SunPCi III software comes with physical Ethernet networking enabled by default You must use physical networking with Linux since virtual networking is not supported and will not work with Linux in this release This is a known issue and is currently under investigation Cannot Copy Graphics Between Solaris and Linux In Red Hat Linux 9 graphics cannot be copied between Solaris and Linux or Linux and Solaris You can use the options of cut copy and paste between Solaris and Linux for text but not graphics Appendix A Troubleshooting 155 You can copy graphics within Linux and between Linux applications Disk Device Naming Inconsistent During Installation In Red Hat Linux 9 during installation all disk devices are named hdc and hdd After the first restart following installation all disk devices are renamed to their SunPCi names of s
95. ame buffer to be displayed on another X11 display The installation and setup of Microsoft Windows or Linux via VNC is not recommended for the following reasons Multiple cursors appear in the window making mouse use confusing m The amount of window data generated during installation is high because of constant updates by the VGA emulation which slows the installation process For optimal performance complete the installation process while displaying information on a local monitor If this option is not possible complete the installation while displaying to a remote monitor is a better option than using VNC Installation using VNC is strongly discouraged and should only be used as the last option This issue is present for the installation of all operating systems that can use VNC The Xvnc server allows SunPCi sessions to display to what appears to the software as a normal X11 display Xvnc is ordinarily started by the SunPCi daemon before starting the SunPCi sessions The vncviewer enables system administrators to interact with the SunPCi cards either locally on the server where the cards are installed assuming that the server has a display attached or remotely on any Sun machine including a Sun Ray display that is running a Sun X server With the combination of the vncviewer and SunPCi displaying to the Xvnc server it is possible to attach on the fly to a currently running VNC session from any Sun machine on the netw
96. aris system the ISO 8859 Latin 1 character set is used This is relevant only when you use a DOS file in the Solaris environment or a Solaris file in the DOS environment To convert files from one format to the other two conversion utilities are provided dos2unix and unix2dos Only characters that are available in both the DOS character set and the ISO 8859 Latin 1 character set can be converted between formats Fortunately most commonly used characters are available in both character sets However if you have a text file that contains special characters these characters might not be convertible Most word processors and text processing programs use special codes in their files to indicate character style or page layout Most of these programs however have options to store the file as text only or to print to a file which eliminates the special codes and enables you to convert the file using the dos2unix and unix2dos commands Using Code Pages and SunPCi III Software DOS provides national language support through the use of language specific code pages If you want to change code pages at some time use the KBCP environment variable as described in KBCP Environment Variable Values on page 187 Code Page Table A code page is a table that defines the character set you are using Each character set contains 256 entries that are specific to a country or language The characters are translated from the code page
97. art ignore the message and click OK This message sometimes appears when DHCP networking is disabled How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet If you need to reactivate the physical network adapter follow these steps Caution Do not activate a virtual and a physical network adapter at the same time Verify that you have disabled the virtual adapter before performing the following procedure On the Windows 2000 desktop right click My Computer A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The System Properties dialog box opens Click the Hardware tab Click Device Manager The Device Manager window opens listing the computer s installed device drivers Click the computer name Double click Network Adapters Right click the SunNDIS Virtual Adapter Click Disable A dialog box opens saying that disabling this device causes the adapter to stop functioning Click Yes Right click the VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adapter A drop down menu opens Choose Enable Close the Device Manager window SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 13 Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box To enable the physical adapter to use TCP IP in the network you need to complete the procedure How to Configure the Network for Windows 2000 on page 65 v How to Prepare Windows 2000 to Display External Video To use an external monitor you need to attach the monitor to the
98. atic update properly terminates exits and no update occurs To automatically update Intel drivers follow these steps Log on to your version of Microsoft Windows A dialog box opening during the Windows logon which asks whether you want to update the Intel side drivers You have several options If you choose either OK or press Enter the Intel side driver updates start and the drivers are updated This process is the same as if you manually update Intel side drivers by mapping to localhost opt SUNWspci3 navigating to the appropriate drivers directory and starting update bat Chapter 11 Using SunPCi lll Software 5 116 If you choose Cancel or Close the dialog box closes and no updates occur If you do not update the drivers every time you start SunPCi you will be asked to update the drivers m If you do not choose any button the dialog box times out after a specified amount of time closes and no update occurs v How to Manually Update Intel Drivers With SunPCi IH 3 2 1 software for some Windows operating systems the drivers are automatically updated However for Windows operating systems server products the update process must be manual In rare situations the automatic update process might fail and you need to then update the Intel drivers manually Note If you are using and running any server products you must run c sun sunfsd fsdon reg prior to mapping a network drive To manually update y
99. ave this information Installing Applications From a SunFSD Source Directory If an application s installation from a SunFSD mapped drive fails make sure that the mapped directory path names in which the installation software resides all have names that do not exceed eight characters For example suppose the drive letter Q is mapped to localhost WatchGuard AntiVirusSoftware In the AntiVirusSoftware directory are the following subdirectories named AntiVirusForEmmy and AV4KATY If the software located in AntiVirusForEmmy fails to install it might be due to the fact that the subdirectory used by the installation program has a file name longer than eight characters If this is so rename the subdirectory to a name that uses fewer than nine characters for example AV4EMM and attempt the installation again Because the directory AV4KATY already is fewer than eight characters the installation of the application from that subdirectory should succeed Note Even though the path that is mapped for example Wat chGuard AntiVirusSoftware contains names that are more than eight characters this does not matter to the installation program Only file names below the drive letter mapping encounter the restriction 174 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Installing Applications Into a SunFSD Target Directory If an application s installation program fails to install to a SunFSD mapped drive with warnings about
100. be Acrobat Reader for free from the Adobe Web site http www adobe com products acrobat alternate html Removing Microsoft Windows Software To remove Microsoft Windows software from an emulated drive consult your Microsoft Windows documentation Chapter 1 Introducing SunPCi III 3 2 1 Hardware and Software 7 8 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 2 Getting Started This chapter assumes that you have installed the SunPCi III card or cards into your Sun system and that you have installed the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software If you have not completed those tasks consult the SunPCi II Quick Start Installation Guide This chapter includes the following topics System Requirements on page 10 Starting and Stopping the SunPCi III Software on page 11 Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 12 Creating an Emulated Drive on page 13 Growing an Existing Emulated Drive on page 18 Microsoft Windows Service Packs on page 20 Power Management on page 20 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Start the SunPCi III Software on page 11 How to Exit the SunPCi III Software on page 11 How to Create a New Emulated Drive on page 14 How to Attach an Existing Emulated Drive as a C or D Drive on page 17 How to Grow an Existing Emulated Drive on page 18 10 System Requirements To install and use SunPCi II
101. bility In Red Hat Linux 9 you cannot use the Solaris and Linux GNOME desktops at the same time if you created Linux user accounts which mount Solaris home directories at log in Linux user accounts created with local home directories will not experiences this problem If you attempt to run the GNOME desktop for both operating systems at the same time either operating system might not work properly because the format of the GNOME preference files are not compatible across both platforms Changes made by one system may corrupt the preferences for the other Removing the gconf directory and its contents from the user s home directory restores GNOME to its defaults if the files are corrupted To avoid this issue if you are using the GNOME Linux desktop with SunPCi use the Solaris CDE Common Desktop Environment This is a known issue with GNOME Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Issues This section lists known issues with Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 in this release of SunPCi 111 software This section includes the following topics a Custom Display Mode Issue on page 163 Double Mouse Pointer Issue on page 164 m File System Drive Issues on page 165 m Microsoft DirectDraw Performance Issue on page 166 Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Issues on page 167 No Mouse Input After Bootin
102. ch 2004 In CDE and OpenWindows environments keyboard shortcuts use the Meta key FIGURE P 1 in combination with another key The Meta key is located on either side of the spacebar on your keyboard To use a shortcut hold down the Meta key and press the second key For example the Meta E key combination means press both the Meta key and the E key at the same time FIGURE P 1 Sun Keyboard Meta Key Note The discussion in this section applies only to the keyboard shortcuts in the SunPCi III software Keyboard shortcuts for each version of Microsoft Windows and Linux are described in each operating system s documentation When running SunPCi II software and Microsoft Windows to allow Copy and Paste operations the Find Undo Copy Paste and Cut keys on your Sun system keyboard are mapped to the appropriate actions in Microsoft Windows Note Not all Linux applications support the Cut Copy and Paste keyboard commands If this issue happens use the drop down menus of Cut Copy and Paste instead in Linux applications Contacting Sun Technical Support If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document go to http www sun com service contacting Related Documentation For information and help about the version of Microsoft Windows or Linux you are using consult the operating system documentation or your service provider Preface xxxix xl The following table d
103. ckplate BIOS boot boot BSOD CMOS Optional dongle that attaches to the SunPCi motherboard Provides serial and parallel port access Also known as the Serial Parallel Port backplate Basic Input Output System Built in software that provides low level access to computer hardware Usually recorded on a rewritable memory chip which can be updated if necessary Typically only used during the boot process A feature that the user can configure to automatically start the SunPCi software on one or more SunPCi cards installed on a Sun system Provides the ability to automatically restart the SunPCi sessions if they fail and the ability to gracefully shutdown SunPCi sessions including performing an orderly shutdown of the currently running operating system Blue Screen of Death Windows crash which provides information to the system administrator For more information see the SunPCi white paper entitled The Blue Screen of Death BSOD Primer Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor A type of semiconductor commonly used in PC s to hold date time and system setup parameters 201 color depth A term used to describe the number of bits used to represent colors for each pixel in a display There are four common color depths 8 bit 256 colors 16 bit High Color and 24 bit and 32 bit True Color In 24 bit and higher over 16 million colors can be represented D daemon A process that runs in the background and performs
104. cs sun com SunPCi OpenBoot Sun Blade Sun Ray Sun Enterprise SunSolve Access1 and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and in other countries All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the U S and in other countries Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc The OPEN LOOK and Sun Graphical User Interface was developed by Sun Microsystems Inc for its users and licensees Sun acknowledges the pioneering efforts of Xerox in researching and developing the concept of visual or graphical user interfaces for the computer industry Sun holds a non exclusive license from Xerox to the Xerox Graphical User Interface which license also covers Sun s licensees who implement OPEN LOOK GUIs and otherwise comply with Sun s written license agreements U S Government Rights Commercial use Government users are subject to the Sun Microsystems Inc standard license agreement and applicable provisions of the FAR and its supplements DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc 4
105. ct a CD from your CD ROM drive from the Options menu choose Eject the CD ROM Connecting Peripheral Devices The SunPCi IH card main backplate contains an LED indicator two audio ports a Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 connection an Ethernet connection and an external video port See SunPCi III Main Card Backplate on page 105 Using the LED Indicator The LED indicator gives a visual indication of the status of the SunPCi card The LED indicator is located on the SunPCi III main card backplate The LED is especially useful when you have several SunPCi cards installed on a system and helps you identify the active card as well as check the status of each card The following table describes the states of the LED indicator in normal operation TABLE 10 1 LED Colors and Status Color Status Solid green SunPCi running normally Solid amber Problem with SunPCi card A system error has occurred and service is required Blinking amber SunPCi ruming or booting up but if the blinking amber light continues it indicates a potential problem No Color SunPCi is powered off and not running The LED indicator can be used to identify a specific SunPCi card on your system by either of the following methods If SunPCi is running you can identify the card on which the session is running by pressing the Meta F keyboard combination in the SunPCi window The LED indicator cycles through the green red and amber colors for one
106. ctivate a virtual and a physical network adapter at the same time Verify that you have disabled the virtual or physical adapter before performing the following procedure From the Start menu choose Settings and then choose Network and Dial up Connections The Network and Dial up Connections window opens The window contains three icons Make New Connection Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection 2 Tip If you attempt this operation several times you might see more than the initial three icons in the window Right click Local Area Connection or Local Area Connection 2 Your choice of 2 or not depends on which Ethernet adapter is enabled The Status window opens A drop down menu opens Click Properties The Local Area Connection Properties window opens Double click Internet Protocol TCP IP The Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window opens Set up TCP IP for your SunPCi III card as described in How to Set TCP IP Properties on page 33 Refer to your Windows 2000 documentation if needed When you finish setting up TCP IP click OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog box Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box Close the Network and Dial up Connections dialog box Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 65 66 10 11 12 Note If you see a dialog box with the message Sunndis failed to st
107. cut for this command is Meta M in CDE Note In both user interfaces there is a Help menu option Currently choosing this option opens a dialog box listing credits for SunPCi The keyboard commands for this option is Meta H in CDE and SHIFT ALT A in GNOME SunPGi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Updating Intel and Linux Drivers SunPCi III software automatically updates your Intel and Linux drivers during a fresh installation of SunPCi HI You also can manually update your drivers which you have to do if you are using a server product or if your automatic update fails This section describes how to do both types of update Note You must update your drivers each time you update SunPCi III software and before upgrading to a supported operating system How to Automatically Update Intel Drivers SunPCi 111 software recognizes the installation of a new SunPCi software package and prompts you to update the Intel drivers You can use the automatic update of Intel drivers with the following operating systems m Windows 2000 Professional m Windows XP Professional Since you cannot automatically update your Intel drivers with sever products you cannot use the automatic update with the following operating systems m Windows Server 2003 m Windows 2000 Server Note The automatic update fails when there are no drive letters available for mapping of localhost opt SUNWspci3 If this update fails the autom
108. d GPL software product from AT amp T Laboratories that allows remote administration of the SunPCi product 206 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Index A A drive 100 auto_master file 176 automounted directories browsing 176 B B 111 b 111 backplate main card backplate 105 Serial Parallel Port 107 USB Firewire 105 backplate definition 201 Basic Input Ouput System definition 201 bindmac 111 BIOS definition 201 Blue Screen of Death definition 201 Boot Boot about 118 changing configuration manually 127 configuring support 120 definition 201 disabling for VNS or SunPCi sessions 125 listing sessions 125 SunPCi cards configuring for support 123 SunPCi cards preparing for support 123 SunPCi daemon about 118 using an X server other than Xvnc 127 Virtual Network Computing VNC about 119 VNC configuring support for 120 browse feature in Solaris 176 BSOD definition 201 C C 111 c 111 C and D drives troubleshooting 144 C drive about 12 creating and configuring 13 cards multiple configuration 21 CD ROM drive mounting manually 101 character set 190 closing SunPCi 11 CMOS definition 201 code page definition 190 SLANG variable 192 color depth definition 202 COM port 108 command line options B 111 b 111 bindmac 111 C 111 c 111 D 111 depth 111 display 111 f 111 207 h 111 help 111 111 n 112 new 112 nomac
109. d Microsoft Windows server products Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 using the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software on the Solaris operating environment For advanced SunPCi III server support concerning SunPCi 111 memory CPUs and benchmark information consult the SunPCi Web site http www sun com desktop products sunpci Note Due to naming conventions mounting the CD ROM drive on SunFSD localhost cdrom cdrom0 results in files not being found by certain applications Note SunFSD does not work with Linux You must use NFS to access Solaris files 95 96 Using SunFSD for Mapping Between Solaris and Microsoft Windows The SunPCi IH 3 2 1 software includes the Sun File System Driver SunFSD which maps Microsoft Windows drive letters to Solaris software directories The administrator should disable client logins prior to enabling SunFSD Additionally after any update or other activity is complete the administrator should delete or unmap all SunFSD drives disable mapping in SunFSD and reboot the system For SunPCi 111 3 2 1 installations the SunFSD mapping function is disabled by default in the supported Microsoft Windows server products Thus while running one of the server variants of Microsoft Windows any mapping of the localhost directory by any user or program including the administrator will fail Further any reference or any attempt to access files using a Universal Naming Conventio
110. d Options menus at the top of the SunPCi II window File Menu The SunPCi III File menu contains two commands Reset PC and Exit TABLE 11 2 describes the commands available within the File menu TABLE 11 2 File Menu Commands Menu Command Purpose Reset PC Closes and reboots the SunPCi and Windows or Linux software Similar to pressing the Reset button on a PC Perform this action in the following situations If your keyboard or operating system running in the SunPCi III window no longer responds To attach a different SunPCi 111 emulated hard drive The keyboard shortcut for this command is Meta R in CDE and ALT R in GNOME Exit CDE Closes SunPCi III software and closes the SunPCi III window Quit GNOME When you choose the Exit menu command the SunPCi Exit dialog box opens with several button options Exit Now Shutdown x86 OS and Exit SunPCi Cancel The keyboard shortcut for this command is Meta X in CDE and ALT Q in GNOME Caution Close Microsoft Windows or Linux before closing SunPCi software by either selecting Shut Down from the Start menu or choosing the Shutdown x86 OS and Exit SunPCi button If you do not shut down gracefully you risk damage to the application Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 113 114 Options Menu The Options menu lets you create update attach and grow emulated hard disk drives attach a CD ROM drive eject a CD DVD and also enables you to attach the mouse t
111. d to open a command window when performing various tasks In the Solaris Common Desktop Environment CDE these command windows are called Console or Terminal windows In OpenWindows environments you can use either a Solaris Command Tool window or Shell Tool window Command windows are a standard part of the Solaris operating environment where you enter UNIX commands Preface xxxvii xxxviii Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning AaBbCc123 The names of commands files and directories on screen computer output AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted with on screen computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms words to be emphasized Command line variable replace with a real name or value Shell Prompts Shell Examples Edit your login file Use 1s a to list all files You have mail 9 su Password Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide These are called class options You must be superuser to do this To delete a file type rm filename Prompt C shell C shell superuser Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser machine_name machine_name SunPCi III Keyboard Shortcuts The SunPCi III software provides keyboard shortcuts for the options on the SunPCi TH menus To see these shortcuts click the left mouse button on the SunPCi 11 menu until the drop down menu appears to view the keyboard shortcut SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide Mar
112. d with the e option Unlike the a option which you can use to add only one card at a time you can use the e option to enable multiple cards at once For example if two cards Card1 and Card2 are configured for Boot Boot support you can enable both at the same time by using the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpcidadm 6 cardl card2 After you issue this command the SunPCi daemon will start SunPCi sessions on both cards Note If the card has AutoStart enabled in the etc Master ini file be sure that the SunPCi software is not running on the card when you use the sunpcidadm 6 option to enable the card If AutoStart is enabled on a card that is running the daemon will fail to start the SunPCi software on that card SunPGi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Listing Boot Boot Sessions If you want to see which SunPCi sessions are running along with the process IDs of the sessions use the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpcidadm 1 The system returns a listing similar to the following sunpcid pid 1131 VNC pid 1134 Cardl pid 1135 Card2 pid 1136 Disabling Boot Boot Support for VNC or for SunPCi II Cards If it is necessary to shut down one or more SunPCi sessions for example to make a copy of C drives for backup purposes the SunPCi daemon must be set to disable the AutoStart capability Otherwise if a SunPCi session is shut down the SunPCi daemon wil
113. der Hei6luftklappen aufgestellt werden Nichtbeachtung dieser Richtlinien k nnen Safety Agency Compliance Statements vii Uberhitzung verursachen und die Zuverl ssigkeit Ihres Sun Ger ts beeintrachtigen Achtung Der Ger uschpegel definiert nach DIN 45 635 Part 1000 darf am Arbeitsplatz 70dB A nicht berschreiten SELV Richtlinien Alle Ein Ausg nge erf llen die SELV Anforderungen Netzanschlufskabel Achtung Sun Ger te ben tigen ein einphasiges Stromversorgungssystem mit eingebautem Erdleiter Schliefen Sie Sun Ger te nie an ein anderes Stromversorgungsystem an um elektrische Schl ge zu vermeiden Falls Sie die Spezifikationen der Geb udestromversorgung nicht kennen sollten Sie den Geb udeverwalter oder einen qualifizierten Elektriker konsultieren Achtung Nicht alle Netzanschlufkabel besitzen die gleiche Stromleitung Normale Verlangerungskabel besitzen keinen Uberspannungsschutz und sind nicht fiir den Gebrauch mit Computersystemen geeignet Benutzen Sie keine Haushaltverlangerungskabel fiir Sun Ger te geerdeten dreiadrigen Netzanschlufikabel geliefert Stecken Sie dieses Kabel immer nur in eine geerdete Netzsteckdose um Kurzschliisse zu vermeiden Achtung Ihr Sun Gerat wurde mit einem Der folgende Hinweis bezieht sich nur auf Ger te mit Standby Stromschalter Achtung Der Stromschalter dieses Produkts funktioniert nur als Standby Ger t Das Netzanschluf
114. documentation are available at the following URL http www sun com products n solutions hardware docs Workstation Products Interoperability Products SunPCi index html 196 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 APPENDIX D SunPCi HI Performance Tips This appendix provides various ways to improve the performance of your SunPCi III system and the performance of your operating system applications This appendix includes the following topics Fine Tuning the SunPCi 11 Configuration on page 197 Running Game Software on the SunPCi III Platform on page 199 Using a Palm Pilot With SunPCi III Software on page 200 This appendix includes instructions for completing the following tasks Increasing System Memory on page 197 Specifying Emulated Drives on page 198 Improving Video Performance on page 198 How to Increase Video Memory on page 199 m Video Display Routing on page 200 Fine Tuning the SunPCi III Configuration The following sections describe some aspects of SunPCi III configuration that you can change to improve performance of the SunPCi 111 software Increasing System Memory The more system memory you have the better the performance of the SunPCi III program A 256 Mbyte memory module comes installed on the SunPCi III card by default 197 If you want to increase the amount of memory allocated to the SunPCi III platform purchase add
115. doing the following Open Windows Media Player From the Tools menu choose Options Click the Devices tab Highlight the Audio CD D option if not already highlighted Click Properties Click the Analog radio button in the Playback group box Click OK to close the Properties window Appendix A Troubleshooting 9 8 Click OK to close the Options window You should be able to play your CD properly now Windows Media Player 8 and 9 and Virtual CD ROM Issue While using Microsoft Windows and Windows Media Player 8 or 9 a new window might appear and then disappear This issue usually occurs when you are attempting to fix the issue Windows Media Player 8 and 9 and Audio CD Issue on page 169 This issue only happens when you go into this menu selection more than once in the same session since Windows Media Player 8 and 9 does not always work properly with virtual CD ROM drives To resolve this problem close out the Windows Media Player and then restart the application to work properly Setting the Time Limit for Stand By Mode You can choose a time limit between 1 and 60 minutes for the duration to pass before your Microsoft Windows operating system enters Stand By mode To set this time limit you need to update your SunPCi ini file or the ini file you are using for the appropriate diskimage with the following settings Power StandBy minutes For minutes enter between 1 and 60 to indicate wh
116. dow Tip If you are using the GUI installation after the SunPCi III software reboots and opens the Linux window choose Attach Mouse from the Options menu This enables the mouse to work with Linux during installation Chapter 8 Using Red Hat Linux 9 90 Continue the installation according to the instructions in your Red Hat Linux installation windows When the installation is complete the SunPCi III software reboots After SunPCi restarts you then are prompted to configure networking for Linux which you complete in the next section Note How to Configure Networking for Linux The network must be configured After the Linux installation completes you are then prompted to configure the network Note During the first part of the networking installation the Linux graphical user interface is unavailable and you need to use the Tab key and arrow keys for navigation during this configuration If you exit the network configuration process prior to completion incorrectly configure the network or if your network is unavailable Linux will start but the Linux graphical user interface will be unavailable You start the network configuration process when the Network configuration dialog box opens Click Yes The Configure TCP IP dialog box opens Choose either a dynamic DHCP or Static IP address by choosing one of the following options If you select a dynamic DHCP address press th
117. dows XP Professional Insert the Windows XP Professional CD into your system s CD ROM drive Click Start and then choose Programs and Windows Explorer The Windows Explorer window opens Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Professional 41 AN 3 In Windows Explorer navigate to the following path C sun wxpupg upgrade bat Note If you cannot find this directory on your C drive either you have installed the wrong version of the SunPCi III software or you did not update your SunPCi III drivers Double click upgrade bat The upgrade process continues This program automatically maps a network drive for its own use If you do not have a network drive letter available in Windows Explorer the process fails Follow the prompts on the window and enter the information that Microsoft Windows requests For example enter the CD key on the back of your CD case and your administrator s password When you are finished entering all the information the SunPCi III software reboots into Windows XP Professional Tip This step can take several minutes to complete Install the Service Pack To complete the process you need to install the appropriate Service Pack See Microsoft Windows Service Packs on page 20 Upgrading Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional Caution The setup and configuration procedures for the SunPCi III software involve some steps that differ from the Microsof
118. e SunPCi III 3 2 1 software supports DVD data but not DVD video SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 v How to Mount a CD ROM Drive If you have disabled Solaris Volume Manager vold on your system you need to turn it back on to use vold with SunPCi III software or you can manually mount the CD ROM drive file system instead of using vold 1 To find out whether Volume Manager is enabled open a Terminal window on your Solaris desktop and type 9 ps df grep vold The system returns information about the Volume Manager process vola if it is enabled If your Sun system does not have Solaris Volume Manager enabled you need to become superuser and mount the CD ROM drive manually as described in the next steps If voldis not enabled the system returns only the grep process information and no vold process information similar to the following username 2698 1934 0 10 34 01 pts s 0 00 grep vold Because grep vold is the only information about vold that appears Volume Manager is not enabled If Volume Manager were enabled an additional line and different process ID shown by 2698 in the above grep example would be displayed If your Sun system has Solaris Volume Manager enabled skip the rest of this procedure 2 If Solaris Volume Manager is not enabled become superuser on your system 3 Type one of the following commands If your CD ROM drive is a SCSI drive type the following co
119. e lectrique ou susceptible d endommager le mat riel Symboles Les symboles suivants peuvent figurer dans cet ouvrage Attention Vous risquez d endommager le mat riel ou de vous blesser Observez les consignes indiqu es contact Ces surfaces sont br lantes Vous Attention Surface br lante Evitez tout risquez de vous blesser si vous les touchez Attention Tensions dangereuses Pour r duire les risques de d charge lectrique et de danger physique observez les consignes indiqu es MARCHE Met le syst me sous tension alternative Selon le type d interrupteur marche arr t dont votre appareil est quip l un des symboles suivants sera utilis ARRET Met le syst me hors tension alternative VEILLEUSE L interrupteur Marche Veille est sur la position de veille Modifications de l quipement N apportez aucune modification m canique ou lectrique a l quipement Sun Microsystems d cline toute responsabilit quant la non conformit ventuelle d un produit Sun modifi Positionnement d un produit Sun Attention N obstruez ni ne recouvrez les orifices de votre produit Sun N installez jamais un produit Sun pres d un radiateur ou d une source de chaleur Si vous ne respectez pas ces consignes votre produit Sun risque de surchauffer et son fonctionnement en sera alt r Attention Le niveau de bruit inh rent l environnement de
120. e SunPCi application Microsoft Windows and SunPCi close gracefully At the Solaris system prompt restart the SunPCi III software normally opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci The SunPCi 111 software starts and Microsoft Windows opens on the system monitor Refer to the appropriate operating system chapter for information about changing the video display Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 Windows Networking and SunFSD Issues This section includes the following topics Installing Applications on SunFSD on page 172 Extended Drive SunFSD Issues on page 172 FSD Mapping Is Now Case Sensitive on page 173 Network Startup Is Slow After Configuration on page 173 Cannot Connect to Other Systems on page 173 Installing Applications From a SunFSD Source Directory on page 174 Installing Applications Into a SunFSD Target Directory on page 175 Missing Network Icon on Windows Desktop Issue on page 175 Software Appears to Hang When Browsing Network Drives on page 176 Unable to Mount Network Drive With Windows Explorer Issue on page 177 Unable to Mount Certain NFS Mount Points as a Network Drive on page 177 Installing Applications on SunFSD Some software applications cannot be installed to a network drive including SunFSD and must be installed directly to the emulated disk Note For specific information about issues with certai
121. e p and c options type the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci p pathname ini c cardname The SunPCi III software starts using the referenced disk image and card If you start an image with a card on which it was not created you get a warning dialog box about the Ethernet MAC address see How to Start a Specific ini File on page 26 Chapter 3 Using Multiple SunPCi Ill Cards 7 To open and run multiple SunPCi III cards on the same system follow the directions above for opening each particular disk image and card Although the ini file is not dedicated to a particular disk image you need to have an available ini file for each card you open Enter the full path location of the ini file Updating the SunPCi IIT Card Configuration You might need to add remove move or replace a SunPCi 111 card After doing this you must update the SunPCi III Solaris drivers on the system To update the SunPCi III card configuration complete the following procedure 1 Remove the files etc Master ini and etc Master bak if they exist 2 Become superuser and type the following command opt SUNWspci3 drivers solaris sunpcload 3 Reconfigure any Boot Boot support if needed as it will be lost Add and enable VNC and cards using the sunpcidadm command with the a and e options See Configuring and Using Boot Boot Support on page 120 4 Exit the superuser account and proceed as you would to start the sof
122. e select DR DOS 7 01 Bootable Click the radio button to attach this drive as the D drive Move the horizontal slider to make the size of the drive at least 4 Gbytes Specify the directory and file name for the drive and click OK Click OK when you receive a message asking you to shut down Windows and reset SunPCi III Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Professional 5 14 From the File menu select Reset PC 15 Create a file system for the emulated drive as follows To create a FAT file system on the drive type the following at the 0 lt prompt and press Return drivers winxp setupwxp td m To create an NTFS file system for the emulated drive type the following at the C gt prompt and press Return drivers winxp setupwxp td NTFS max When the system finishes copying the files SunPCi III software restarts 16 When the Windows XP Professional operating system asks where to install Windows install the software to the C drive The installation routine continues Follow the steps displayed on the screen After you finish the installation you can detach the D drive delete the emulated drive file and remove it from your SunPC ini file Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows XP Professional The SunPCi III software comes with physical Ethernet networking enabled by default If you prefer to use virtual networking you need to disable the physical Ethernet adapter in Microsoft Windows and in
123. e DDR Color Depth Resolution Pixels Number of Colors 640 x 480 8 16 32 800 x 600 8 16 32 1024 x 768 8 16 32 1280 x 1024 8 16 32 1600 x 1200 8 16 32 1920 x 1440 8 16 Power Management Error Message If SunPCi 111 3 2 1 is running so the SunPCi III card is booted and you attempt to exit or suspend the Sun system the operation fails and the sunpci3drv software displays this message to the console window sunpci3drv sunpci_detach Can t Suspend there are N sessions running Exit the SunPCi III 3 2 1 window before shutting down your system USB and Firewire Connection Issues If you are having difficulty with either the USB or Firewire or if you cannot connect these devices such as digital cameras or external CD RW drives make sure that the SunPCi main card and USB Firewire Card and Backplate are seated and installed correctly During installation sometimes one of the two cards might unseat itself when the other is installed and seated Before completing installation always verify that both cards are seated in the PCI slots properly Appendix A Troubleshooting 141 SunPCi III Software and Solaris Issues This section includes the following topics Installation Error Message on page 142 Startup Error Messages on page 143 Emulated Hard Drive Issues on page 144 Using Multiple Operating Systems on page 145 Creating Bootable Partitions on page 145
124. e Dialog Box In the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box select an operating system to auto install If applicable insert the first operating system installation CD ROM into the Sun system m Select one of the operating systems from the drop down list box to auto install m Select DR DOS 7 01 Bootable if you plan to do a custom installation of an operating system at a later time To install the operating system you need to follow instructions in the corresponding chapter in this guide m Select None Unformatted disk if you want to create a non bootable drive a D drive Before you can use the drive you need to format it See your operating system documentation Caution When you specify an operating system to auto install and insert the operating system CD into your CD ROM drive the software automatically finds and copies setup files boot files system files and drivers for that operating system Do not perform a custom installation unless you want to use customized installation scripts For Microsoft Windows operating systems you can choose between creating the disk with the FAT16 file system or the NTFS file system You cannot boot to OpenDOS using a C that is drive formatted for the NTFS file system This is a known restriction See FAT16 File System Limitation Issue on page 151 for more information Chapter 2 Getting Started 5 16 Move the horizontal slider to set the drive size in Gbytes
125. e spacebar An asterisk populates the field which enables DHCP a If you select Static IP enter the IP Address Netmask Default gateway IP and Primary nameserver Tab to OK and press Return Continue the network configuration according to the instructions in your Red Hat Linux 9 windows Your network configuration is now complete and the Linux window opens in the SunPCi window SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 How to Reconfigure Networking For Linux During installation you choose either a Static IP address or DHCP address If you want to change your network configuration after the initial Linux installation complete the following procedure These instructions are for re configuring a GNOME desktop If you use another Linux graphical user interface such as KDE refer to your Linux documentation for additional information From the Main menu choose Systems Setting and then choose Network The Network Configuration dialog box opens and defaults to the Devices tab Click Edit The Ethernet Device dialog box opens Change the network connection setting from either DHCP or Static IP address a To change to a setting with a DHCP address choose the Automatically Obtain an IP address settings with dhcp radio button a To change to a setting with a Static IP address choose the Statically set IP Address radio button Click OK to close the Ethernet Device dialog box Close the
126. edures in Chapter 2 This chapter explains how to configure additional SunPCi II cards You can install any of the supported operating systems for use on SunPCi III cards For the list of operating systems see Supported Microsoft Windows and Linux Operating Systems on page 1 This chapter includes the following topics Multiple Cards Configuration Process on page 22 Advanced Server Support for Configuration Options on page 22 Configuring Multiple Cards With SunPCi III Software on page 23 Using Cards and Emulated Drives on page 25 Starting Specific Disk Image Files on page 27 Updating the SunPCi 111 Card Configuration on page 28 Rebinding Images and Cards on page 28 Multiple Card Behavior on page 29 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Create an ini File Using the n Option on page 24 How to Identify Card Names on page 25 How to Start a Specific ini File on page 26 How to Start a Specific Card on page 26 How to Start a Specific Image and a Specific Card on page 27 21 Multiple Cards Configuration Process You can install multiple SunPCi III cards into an Sun server or Sun system To configure multiple cards follow this sequence 1 Remove any previous versions of SunPCi cards version 1 x or 2 x 2 Remove any previous version of SunPCi software Install all the SunPCi 11 cards you plan to use
127. efault all SunPCi 111 windows are booted from this drive C and use the startup files located on the drive SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Note You can create several C and D drive files each with different applications and configurations and attach a drive as needed Only one C drive and one D drive can be active at any one time and a file cannot function as a C drive and a D drive at the same time Creating an Emulated Drive The first time you start SunPCi software a dialog box opens asking you to create an emulated C drive You then click Create and the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box opens which allows you to do the following Select an operating system to automatically install Specify a size for the emulated drive Specify whether to attach the emulated drive Specify the directory and name for the emulated drive Selecting an operating system to automatically install auto install simplifies installation When you specify an operating system to auto install the software automatically finds and copies setup files boot files system files and drivers that are appropriate for that operating system The emulated drive is a single file that SunPCi creates in the Solaris environment By default the file is named OSNAME diskimage such as XP diskimage By default the location is in the pc directory in your home directory You can selectively attach this emulated drive to any available SunPCi
128. em This is done by specifying localhost as the device node in the UNC path specification Note For information on accessing files with Microsoft Windows server products refer to Using SunFSD for Mapping Between Solaris and Microsoft Windows on page 96 To map a file system drive perform the following procedure From the Start menu choose Programs and choose Windows Explorer The Windows Explorer window opens From the Tools menu choose Map Network Drive The Map Network Drive dialog box opens Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 9 3 Click on the arrow to the right of the Drive field A list of unassigned drive letters opens in the menu Scroll down the list until you find the drive letter you want and then click to choose it The drive letter opens in the Drive field Type the following path into the Path field substituting the names of your directory and subdirectory localhost directory subdirectory For example to map a drive to home joeuser on your Sun system use this path localhost home joeuser If you want this drive to map automatically whenever you start SunPCi III software click the check box next to Reconnect at logon Click OK The new file system drive appears in the Windows Explorer window the next time you open Windows Explorer 130 Using the Copy and Paste Commands for the Japanese Locale The SunPCi software enabl
129. en Sie sicher daf Sie die Abdeckung wieder einsetzen bevor Sie den Computer einschalten Abdeckung in Gebrauch genommen werden Nichtbeachtung dieses Warnhinweises kann Verletzungen oder Systembeschadigungen zur Folge haben Achtung Sun Ger te d rfen nicht ohne Laserrichtlinien Alle Sun Produkte die Lasertechnologie nutzen erfiillen die Laserrichtlinien der Klasse 1 Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser Klasse 1 CD ROM 1 Achtung Die Verwendung von anderen Steuerungen und Einstellungen oder die Durchf hrung von Arbeitsabl ufen die von den hier beschriebenen abweichen k nnen gef hrliche Strahlungen zur Folge haben Verbandsmarke GOST R gi Normativas de seguridad Lea esta secci n antes de llevar a cabo cualquier procedimiento El texto que aparece a continuaci n explica las medidas de seguridad que deben tomarse durante la instalaci n de un producto Sun Microsystems Medidas de seguridad Por su propia seguridad tome las medidas de seguridad siguientes al instalar el equipo m Siga todas los avisos y las instrucciones que aparecen impresas en el equipo m Cerci rese de que el voltaje y la frecuencia de la fuente de alimentaci n coinciden con el voltaje y frecuencia indicados en la etiqueta de clasificaci n el ctrica del equipo m No introduzca objetos de ning n tipo a trav s de las aberturas del equipo Dentro pueden darse voltajes pelig
130. en Stand By mode should start After saving and closing the ini file restart your SunPCi session for the change to take effect Display Setting Change Forces Display to Route to External Monitor While using Windows 2000 Professional if you are using the system monitor and have VIA video drivers installed then change the display setting but do not save the new display setting your primary monitor changes from internal to external 170 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 To fix this issue you can either restart Windows or refer to the SunPCi III 3 2 User s Guide specifically the section in the Windows 2000 chapter titled How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor on page 69 for instructions Issue With Blank System Monitor After Switching Back From External Video in Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional If you attempt to change from an external monitor to the system monitor without using the v command the change fails and your system monitor becomes blank Note This issue only happens if you first attempt to switch to an external monitor without gracefully shutting down SunPCi and then restarting using the v command To recover from this situation do the following From the File menu in SunPCi choose Exit The SunPCi Exit dialog box opens with the choice of Exit Shutdown x86 OS and Exit SunPCi or Cancel Click Shutdown x86 OS and Exit SunPCi to exit Microsoft Windows and th
131. encounter one of the following issues A warning from SunPCi that the MAC address has changed This message informs you that the configuration of the card used to create the emulated drive might differ from the configuration of the card currently in use If this issue arises use the B formerly bindmac command so that the MAC Appendix A Troubleshooting 149 address in the emulated drive can be rewritten Refer to the SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide specifically the Using SunPCi III Software chapter for information about SunPCi command options The Windows Plug and Play Manager opens stating that new hardware devices are found This happens when new devices are plugged in to a SunPCi card or when components on the original SunPCi card differ from those components on the card currently in use If this issue arises accept the Microsoft Windows Wizard defaults to resolve the issue Backing Up an Emulated C Drive After you install your operating system you can make a copy of the disk image of your C drive to keep a backup copy of the drive 1 Locate the disk image of your C drive The disk image is located in the pc directory within your home directory To view the contents of the directory type the following commands 5 cd pe cat SunPC ini or the name of the particular ini file for this C drive A list of files opens including the name you assigned to your C drive during installation 2 Make a co
132. er Click Disable A dialog box opens saying that disabling this device causes the adapter to stop functioning Click Yes Right click the VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adaptor A drop down menu opens Choose Enable Close the Device Manager window SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 13 Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box To enable the physical adapter to use TCP IP in the network you need to complete the procedure How to Configure the Network for Windows XP Professional on page 49 v How to Prepare Windows XP Professional to Display External Video To use an external monitor you need to attach the monitor to the SunPCi II main card backplate and install the external video driver The video drivers are now automatically installed during the SunPCi III installation Caution Do not use both system and external monitors at the same time SunPCi software does not support multi headed operation 1 Attach the monitor to the external video port connector on the SunPCi III main card backplate Refer to FIGURE 10 1 to find the location of the external video port 2 Exit Windows XP and the SunPCi III software 3 At the Solaris system prompt restart the SunPCi III software using the v option opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci v Note If you do not use the v option the Sun display will appear scrambled The SunPCi IH software starts and Windows XP Professional opens first on
133. ervice Packs on page 20 Upgrading Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server Caution The setup and configuration procedures for the SunPCi III program involve some steps that differ from the Microsoft upgrade steps Do not use the standard Microsoft upgrade procedure provided on the Windows 2000 Server CD or the installation will fail and your emulated C drive can become corrupted Caution Before upgrading to Windows 2000 Server you must update your Intel drivers Refer to Updating Intel and Linux Drivers on page 115 for additional information Before You Begin the Upgrade Before starting to upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server follow these steps 60 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Log off all clients and other processes from the server before upgrading Microsoft Windows and before enabling SunFSD mapping in Microsoft Windows Enabling SunFSD mapping enables it for all current users creating a potential breach in security so caution must be employed Double click the sdon reg Registry file located at C sun sunfsd fsdon reg Caution This enables SunFSD Leave SunFSD enabled until after the upgrade to Windows 2000 Server and then disable How to Upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server Caution The setup and configuration procedures for the SunPCi 111 program involve some steps that differ from
134. es on a local hard disk on your Sun system or server The SunPCi III software reboots The OpenDOS prompt C lt opens 2 Install the SunPCi III drivers The default location for the Windows Server 2003 files is r cdrom cdrom0 i386 However if your Windows Server 2003 files reside at a location other than the default one you need to use the s switch to specify where the files are located For example if your Windows Server 2003 disk image is located in your Solaris directory at export home 2003 you would access it from the R drive in OpenDOS Note Copy all the contents of the installation CD files to the 2003 folder before starting the installation Type the following command all on one line C gt drivers winnet setupnet s r export home winnet i386 The setup process takes a few minutes to complete When the setupnet script finishes copying the Windows Server 2003 files to your C drive it reboots the SunPCi 111 software The Windows Server 2003 Setup screen opens When Windows Server 2003 Setup has finished copying files it reboots the SunPCi III software again Note Your mouse may not be active during installation process Use the Tab key and the arrow keys to navigate the Windows Server 2003 Setup screens 3 After the SunPCi III software reboots from the Windows Server 2003 window choose Attach Mouse from the Options menu or press Meta M to attach the mouse This enables the mouse t
135. es you to configure copy and paste for the Japanese locale for Microsoft Windows Copy and paste commands do not work on server products for security reasons Note Font information is not passed along in copy and paste operations Special characters and fonts might produce unexpected results when copied and pasted between UNIX and Microsoft Windows For best results use plain text SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 How to Configure Japanese Copy and Paste Between Microsoft Windows and Solaris To configure Japanese copy and paste functions perform the following procedure Exit SunPCi III software Using the text editor of your choice open the HOME pc SunPC ini file Add the following lines to the end of the file CopyAndPaste CodeSet eucJP Save your changes and close the file The next time you start the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software the Japanese copy and paste functions should work Note Make sure that the CodeSet line specifies eucJP as shown in Step 3 If you try to substitute a different code or mistype the characters Microsoft Windows returns the following message Warning bad clipboard translation codeset specified in SunPC ini file codeset Ignoring If you see this message click OK to continue Microsoft Windows continues to work but Japanese copy and paste support is not enabled Printing From Microsoft Windows or Linux Using Solaris Printers This sec
136. escribes the related Sun documentation for the SunPCi III product Application Title Part Number Installation of the SunPCi III hardware and software Important last minute information and notes about the SunPCi III product Information about installing additional memory Information about installing the required card guide in the SunPCi III card in a Sun Blade 2000 Information about installing optional components when SunPCi III is preinstalled SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide 817 4343 11 SunPCi III 3 2 1 Product Notes 817 3631 11 SunPCi II SODIMM Installation Guide 817 0888 10 Sun Blade 2000 and SunPCi III Cards 817 3695 10 Installing the Required Card Guide Installing Optional Hardware for the 817 3276 10 Preinstalled SunPCi III Product The following table is an index of the directories containing the translated documentation in the Docs directory which was available with the SunPCi III 3 0 1 release For information about how to view the documentation see Viewing the Documentation PDF Files on page 6 Directory Name de es fr it Language English German Spanish French Italian Directory Name ja ko sv zh zh_TW_Big5 Language Japanese Korean Swedish Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Note The SunPCi documentation was not localized for the 3 2 1 release The most recent localized documents for SunPCi III were prepared with the
137. existing partitions You can do this by using third party packages such as PowerQuest s PartitionMagic or ServerMagic or by using facilities present in some Microsoft operating systems such as Disk Management in Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Application Installation to Solaris File System Issues On supported Microsoft Windows operating systems the Sun File System Driver SunFSD does not support the DOS file name Short File Name SFN conversion convention SFN is also known as the 8 3 DOS file name conversion format When installing some Microsoft Windows applications the installation can fail because of the DOS file name conversion convention Note When you install new applications on the SunPCi III platform make sure that you have your Microsoft Windows CD available The installation program might require files from the Microsoft Windows CD The SEN convention converts long file names and directory names with a file name stem longer than eight characters to six characters followed by a tilde and a number For example a file name such as THIS_IS_A_LONG_FILE_NAME DAT could be converted to the file name THIS_I 1 DAT 8 3 SFN convention Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 Because SunFSD does not support the SFN convention some older Microsoft Windows applications that employ this convention sometimes fail to install correctly Many recent applications do not rely on 8 3 file name conversion
138. face 160 Linux Does Not Open If Installation Is Interrupted 161 Do Not Attempt to Change to External Monitor Using Display Settings Only 161 Using VNC With Linux Might Not Work 161 Solaris and Linux GNOME Desktop Incompatibility 162 Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Issues 162 Custom Display Mode Issue 163 Double Mouse Pointer Issue 4 File System Drive Issues 5 Microsoft DirectDraw Performance Issue 166 Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Issues 167 No Mouse Input After Booting Into Safe Mode 8 Incorrect Path Name After Adding D Drive 168 CD ROM Drive Issues 168 Cannot Unmap SunFSD Drives 168 RealPlayer 6 0 Attempts Installation of New CD ROM Drivers 169 Windows Media Player 8 and 9 and Audio CD Issue 169 Windows Media Player 8 and 9 and Virtual CD ROM Issue 170 Setting the Time Limit for Stand By Mode 170 Display Setting Change Forces Display to Route to External Monitor 170 Issue With Blank System Monitor After Switching Back From External Video in Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional 1 Windows Networking and SunFSD Issues 172 Installing Applications on SunFSD 172 Extended Drive SunFSD Issues 172 FSD Mapping Is Now Case Sensitive 173 xxviii SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Network Startup Is Slow After Configuration 173 Cannot Connect to Other Systems 173 Installing Applications From a SunFSD Source Directory 174 Installi
139. g Drive Cy Disk error message Non system disk or disk error at startup I just created a new 8 Gbyte FAT emulated drive and installed Microsoft Windows Now my OS partition won t boot Why Is there a limit to the number of partitions on a single emulated drive DOS can only recognize file sizes of up to 2 Gbytes while doing a FAT installation SunPCi III 3 2 1 software does not support dual boot emulated drives Changing the permissions keeps other users from being able to attach drive C even when you are not using the SunPCi III program Your C drive might be corrupted or you have a non bootable diskette in drive A SunPCi automatically creates a 2 Gbyte partition when you create a new emulated disk file using the first 2 Gbytes of the new disk If you installed Microsoft Windows on the other partition DOS does not recognize it and the SunPCi III software does not boot from that partition No there is no limit to the number of partitions but there are other limitations Refer to FAT16 File System Limitation Issue on page 151 You need to partition your emulated drive The remaining 6 Gbytes in your emulated drive file are available to create additional partitions You could also do a fresh installation of the operating system using NTFS auto install If you want to run different versions of Microsoft Windows create an emulated drive for each operating system and install the operatin
140. g Into Safe Mode on page 168 Incorrect Path Name After Adding D Drive on page 168 CD ROM Drive Issues on page 168 Cannot Unmap SunFSD Drives on page 168 RealPlayer 6 0 Attempts Installation of New CD ROM Drivers on page 169 162 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Windows Media Player 8 and 9 and Audio CD Issue on page 169 Windows Media Player 8 and 9 and Virtual CD ROM Issue on page 170 Setting the Time Limit for Stand By Mode on page 170 Display Setting Change Forces Display to Route to External Monitor on page 170 Issue With Blank System Monitor After Switching Back From External Video in Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional on page 171 All issues listed here refer to all operating systems unless specifically noted Custom Display Mode Issue Custom display modes can be specified for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional The display modes specify a new size and optional color depths available within the Microsoft Windows desktop A custom display mode consists of a width and height in pixels and an optional bit depth 8 16 or 24 bits In the Display section of the SunPC ini file the format is tag width height depth where width height and depth optional are all decimal values and tag is one of the following strings CustomMode CustomModel CustomMode2 CustomMode3 CustomMode4 m CustomMode5 CustomMode6
141. g in a Solaris command window env grep LANG 192 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 If you do not have the LANG variable set or if it is set to anything but the settings listed in TABLE B 4 SunPCi III software uses the default US code page 437 and the en_US English US SLANG setting TABLE 8 4 SLANG Variable Settings SLANG Variable Setting Language Territory C Default C locale de German de_AT Austrian German de_CH Swiss German en_AU Australian English en_CA Canadian English en_IE Irish English en_GB U K English en_NZ New Zealand English en_US U S English es Spanish es_BO Bolivian Spanish es_CL Chilean Spanish es_ CO Colombian Spanish es_CR Costa Rican Spanish es_EC Ecuadorian Spanish es_GT Guatemalan Spanish es_MX Mexican Spanish es_NI Nicaraguan Spanish es_PA Panamanian Spanish es_PE Peruvian Spanish es_PY Paraguayan Spanish es_SV Salvadoran Spanish es_UY Uruguayan Spanish es_VE Venezuelan Spanish fr French fr_BE Belgian French Appendix SunPCi lll International Support 3 TABLE B 4 SLANG Variable Settings SLANG Variable Setting Language Territory fr_CA fr_CH Le ja ko sv zh zh_CN zh_HK zh_TW Canadian French Swiss French Italian Japanese Korean Swedish Chinese Chinese China Chinese Hong Kong Chinese Taiwan Note that the settings listed in the table are the ones that SunPCi 111 supports The table does not list all the language
142. g system and applications to the emulated drive To switch between operating systems from the Options menu choose Use the Attach Drive command To change permissions on drive C type the following in a command window chmod 600 pc C diskimage This command makes the drive inaccessible to other users If you do not have a diskette in drive A delete the default C drive file in SHOME pc pc sunpc ini and then restart the software You need to create a new 2 Gbyte partition for your operating system Refer to FAT16 File System Limitation Issue on page 151 You could also do a fresh installation of the operating system using NTFS auto install If you want to create multiple partitions on an emulated drive you need to use PartitionMagic Remember that Microsoft Windows and DOS only recognize the 26 drive letters and that some are already mapped by default such as A C D or E Refer to PartitionMagic documentation 144 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Using Multiple Operating Systems If you want to use multiple versions of operating systems with SunPCi software the best method is to install each operating system on a separate emulated drive file Loading multiple operating systems on a single drive is not recommended When you want to change operating systems from the Options menu choose Attach a Hard Drive command to change emulated drives For example if you want to dual boot SunPCi
143. ge stating must install CD from previous version Inserting a Microsoft Office document as a graphic into another Office document does not work and Drive Not Found error message appears Extra Lines Might Appear in Lotus Freelance Slides Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Microsoft Windows XP Professional The previous software is not installed Microsoft Office 2000 or Office XP might not accept a document as a graphic If you are generating slides with Lotus Freelance and hold the mouse button while dragging or performing any actions in a Freelance slide extraneous lines might appear on the slide Insert the previous version of the Corel CD Wait until the CD is fully mounted before clicking the OK button The Corel installer will freeze if you do not wait for the CD to mount Use an earlier version of Microsoft Office to avoid this problem If you must use Microsoft Office 2000 or Office XP convert the document to either a graphic jpg or Word file doc This issue happens since mouse pointer shadowing is enabled To fix this issue either minimize and then restore the Freelance window or disable mouse pointer shadowing Refer to Double Mouse Pointer Issue on page 164 to fix this issue Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications and SunFSD Issues The following section describes known Microsoft Windows application and SunFSD issues their causes and recommended solutions
144. ght need to install a Microsoft Service Pack For information about installing a Service Pack consult your Microsoft Windows documentation TABLE 2 1 lists the Service Packs that SunPCi III 3 2 1 software requires for supported Windows operating systems TABLE 2 1 Microsoft Service Packs Required by SunPCi 111 3 2 1 Software Windows Operating System Minimum Service Pack Windows XP Professional Service Pack la Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 Windows Server 2003 No Service Pack Required Note Linux Red Hat has no specific Service Pack support 20 Power Management SunPCi III supports power management capabilities for these supported Microsoft Windows operating systems Power management is installed when you are doing a fresh installation of any of the supported Microsoft Windows operating systems Power management enables you to place your Microsoft Windows operating system in Stand By mode to enable it to sleep when not in use Note To wake up the system from Stand By mode place the mouse over your Microsoft Windows operating system and press any key to wake up the system SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 3 Using Multiple SunPCi III Cards This chapter assumes that you have installed the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software and all the cards that you will be using concurrently in your Sun system You should have configured the first card following the proc
145. gured as disabled by default This is so that you can customize the configuration information before Xvnc starts For example if you want to run VNC and the SunPCi sessions under an account other than the root account you can modify the user ID group ID and home directory for the user Note that if you change the user name for VNC the vncviewer application will expect you to type the password for that username when connecting to the Xvnc server rather than the root password In this way you can give administrators for the SunPCi cards full access to them without having to give them the root password to the machine in which they are installed If the accounts you specify are not NIS or NIS accounts but rather local accounts the accounts must have read access to the etc shadow password file Chapter 11 Using SunPCi Ill Software 1 122 To configure VNC to run under the sunpciadmin account in the group sunpcigroup with the home directory home sunpciadmin you would modify the following VNC section into the etc Master ini file as follows VNC CmdLineArgs geometry 1152x900 depth 24 DisplayNum 10 StartupScript opt SUNWspci3 bin VNCStartup UID sunpciadmin User ID GID sunpcigroup Group ID HomeDir home sunpciadmin Home directory AutoStart Disabled This configuration information would set the SunPCi daemon to start up the Xvnc server running at 1152 x 900 pixel resolution with a pixel depth of 24 bits per pixel
146. h You can click Browse to search for an emulated drive Chapter 2 Getting Started 17 5 Click OK The Reset SunPCi dialog box opens 6 Click Shutdown x86 OS and Reset SunPCi to attach the emulated drive SunPCi software reboots to the newly attached drive The drive is now attached as a C or D drive 18 Growing an Existing Emulated Drive Disk expansion enables you to expand your Microsoft Windows or Linux hard drive to gain more space To use newly added emulated drive space you must either create a new partition and format a new file system within it or expand an already existing partition into the newly created space You must complete one of these two options so that the operating system recognizes the newly added space You then format your new space by using a third party software or appropriate Microsoft Windows utility as described at the end of the next procedure How to Grow an Existing Emulated Drive You can expand the hard drive space by doing the following in the SunPCi window Start the SunPCi III software From the Options menu choose Grow an Existing Emulated Drive The Grow an Existing Emulated Drive dialog box opens SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Grow an Existing Ernulated Drive d New Drive Size in GB 4 2 Selected Emulated Drive exportho mejab44ipc RedHat 9 0 diskimage y Browse FIGURE 2 3 Grow an Existing Emulated Drive Dialog Box Mo
147. h 2004 Before You Begin the Upgrade Caution Before upgrading to a supported operating system you must update your Intel drivers Refer to Updating Intel and Linux Drivers on page 115 for additional information Before starting to upgrade Windows NT4 Server to Windows Server 2003 follow these steps Log off all clients and other processes from the server before upgrading Microsoft Windows and before enabling SunFSD mapping in Microsoft Windows Enabling SunFSD mapping enables it for all current users creating a potential breach in security so caution must be employed Double click the sdon reg Registry file located at C sun sunfsd fsdon reg Caution This enables SunFSD Leave SunFSD enabled until after the upgrade to Windows Server 2003 and then disable How to Upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows Server 2003 Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD into your system s CD ROM drive From the Start menu choose Programs and then choose Windows Explorer The Windows Explorer window opens In Windows Explorer navigate to the following path C sun wnetupg upgrade bat Note If you cannot find this directory on your C drive either you have installed the wrong version of the SunPCi III software or you did not update your drivers Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 77 4 Double click upgrade bat The upgrade process continues This program automatically maps a net
148. h the colors of the LED green or amber for several seconds Displays SunPCi III command line Help The option displays a list of all SunPCi II command line options and formats Formerly help Chapter 11 Using SunPCi Ill Software 111 TABLE 11 1 Option SunPCi IIIT Command Line Options Continued Purpose n filename ini p filename ini title Text string w time Displays the system s installed and recognized SunPCi cards The switch returns the Card Name for example Card1 the device file name in the dev directory for example dev sunpci2drv0 the card s Type and Description and the card s standard MAC address for example ID 08 00 20 F9 5F 2C See How to Identify Card Names on page 25 for a complete listing of the output format Stops the verification of card and disk image combination and stops the display of the warning dialog box if you start an image with a card on which the image was not created See How to Create an ini File Using the n Option on page 24 for the full text of the warning If you wish to rebind the image and current card see the B option Formerly nomac Creates a new filename ini file and a new disk image name incorporating the file name The command brings up the SunPCi III Disk Create menu GUI with the default disk name already created as SHOME pc C filename di skimage If the file already exists the sunpci command aborts and no file name is created Formerly
149. hat drive s file name must appear in the default ini file named SunPC ini The drive name insertion is done automatically when you create and attach drives using the SunPCi III software Also inserted into the SunPC ini configuration file are the names of PC components and other information PC components include the drive image file name or names the CD ROM device file name a diskette device file name and other devices such as printers or other peripherals Here is a sample listing of the content of a default SunPC ini file created in a system with one card installed Drives A drive dev rdiskette C drive home user pc C diskimage CD vol dev aliases cdrom0 D drive net host export SunPCi_III D diskimage Naming ini Files When Using Multiple Cards When you install multiple SunPCi cards into the same system you need to create multiple ini files and emulated C or D drive images one for each card A particular card is not necessarily associated with a particular ini file name Name files and disk images in a way that clearly identifies the ini file and its associated C and D drive images Up to two disk drive images are permitted in a single ini file Chapter 3 Using Multiple SunPCi Ill Cards 3 24 One solution is to name the ini file and its disk image using some identifying characteristic such as the operating system installed on the disk image You can only run one C and one D drive per card at a time
150. he Add a New Device option Click Next The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Find New Hardware dialog box opens Click the No I want to choose the Hardware from a list radio button Click Next The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Hardware Types dialog box opens Click the Network adapters options Click Next The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Select Network Adapter dialog box opens Click Have Disk Click Browse Navigate to c sun sunnet win2k sunndis inf The Locate File dialog box opens Click Open The Install From Disk dialog box opens Click OK The Select Network Adapter dialog box opens Click Next at the Select Network Adaptor dialog box The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Start Hardware Installation dialog box opens Click Next The Completing the Add Remove Hardware Wizard dialog box opens saying hardware installed Click Finish If you are asked to restart the computer choose Yes to complete the configuration SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 To make the virtual adapter function in the network you need to complete the procedure in How to Configure the Network for Windows 2000 on page 65 How to Configure the Network for Windows 2000 After you finish configuring the virtual or the physical network adapter and restart Windows 2000 you need to configure one of the adapters to use TCP IP Log in to Windows 2000 again and follow the steps in this procedure Caution Do not a
151. hen proceeds normally Note This problem is not present in Photoshop 6 0 1 McAfee Virus Scan 7 0 Requires Full Pathname In Windows 2000 Professional when installing McAfee Virus Scan 7 0 from FSD you must map the entire directory path to the directory where the McAfee setup exe files reside Failure to map the entire directory results in an installation error message and you cannot install the software 184 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 APPENDIX B SunPCi III International Support This appendix includes the following topics International Support on page 185 Using the Keyboard Environment Variables on page 186 Using an International Keyboard Under DOS on page 189 Using Code Pages and SunPCi III Software on page 190 This appendix includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Set an Environment Variable on page 188 How to Turn Off an Environment Variable on page 188 How to Configure the Keyboard for Microsoft Windows on page 188 International Support The SunPCi 111 3 2 1 software gives you the national language support you need to run your applications using an international keyboard The first time you started the SunPCi III program you were presented with a list of regional languages and countries from which to choose You entered the number that corresponded to the language or country your keyboard supports These regional languages
152. hut down or restart the computer click Restart When the Microsoft Networking dialog box appears type your user name and password You are now able to mount network drives Refer to Extended Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 128 for instructions on how to use Windows Explorer to map network drives Unable to Mount Certain NFS Mount Points as a Network Drive When using supported Microsoft Windows operating systems you can no longer mount specific Solaris directories NFS mount points as a SunFSD network drive The Solaris directories that are not mountable are those autofs mount points which display a zero available and a zero used disk blocks statistic when you use the 5 command This was incorrectly allowed in previous releases and would cause certain applications to have access problems when accessing files and files in subdirectories Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 The work around for this issue is to find a subdirectory for the autofs mount point that displays a non zero available and a non zero used disk blocks statistic Microsoft Windows Application Issues These sections include information about known issues with various software as well as known issues with software and SunFSD issues The section includes the following topics Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications on page 179 Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications and SunFSD Issues on page 181 178 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1
153. i software Many newer software suites such as Office XP enable DirectDraw by default DirectDraw is enabled by default However with DirectDraw enabled Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional might exhibit poor graphics performance either in some specific applications or in specific applets in the base operating system such as in 3D screen savers If normal performance of the 3D screen savers is required or if graphics performance degraded after installing SunPCi III 3 2 1 software you can disable DirectDraw by doing the following 1 Add the following line to the Display section of the SunPCi ini file Display DirectDraw off 2 Restart the SunPCi session 166 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Issues The following table lists some possible issues with Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 and their causes and recommended solutions TABLE A 7 Issues and Solutions Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Issue Upgrading results in a blue screen with the error message INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE 2 Installing results in a blue screen with the error message INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE Inserting a file into Microsoft Office XP or Microsoft Office 2000 does not work The mouse no longer works when you click the Start button 16 bit and 24 b
154. ibility Options icon Click the Mouse tab Click the Use MouseKeys check box Click OK to close the Accessibility Options dialog box Close the Control Panel Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the cursor on the display Accessibility options cannot be enabled in any other supported Microsoft Windows operating system on the system monitor Accessibility options might be available on Sun systems Consult your sales representative for more information MouseKeys in any supported Microsoft Windows operating system are enabled on an external monitor and a serial mouse Enable MouseKeys in the Accessibility Options dialog box from the Control Panel for the particular Microsoft Windows operating system Note You must enable the True Color 24 bit option in the Colors group box in the Settings tab for the Enable pointer shadow check box to be viewable in the Pointers tab SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 7 Using Windows Server 2003 This chapter describes how to install and configure Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for use with the SunPCi III product It also describes how to upgrade an existing emulated drive to Windows Server 2003 SunPCi III 3 2 1 currently supports the Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition This chapter includes the following topics Installing Windows Server 2003 on page 72 Upgrading Windows 2000 Server or Windows NT to Windows Server 2003 on page 74
155. igure the Network for Windows Server 2003 81 How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet 82 How to Prepare Windows Server 2003 to Display External Video 3 How to Configure Windows Server 2003 for External Video Use 83 How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor 84 8 Using Red Hat Linux 87 Installing Red Hat Linux 88 Installation Notes 88 v v v v v How to Install Red Hat Linux 88 How to Configure Networking for Linux 90 How to Reconfigure Networking For Linux 91 How to Prepare Linux to Display External Video 91 How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor 92 Color Depth Issues with Linux and the System Monitor 93 9 Installing and Configuring Server Software 95 Using SunFSD for Mapping Between Solaris and Microsoft Windows 96 v How to Enable SunFSD Mapping 96 Contents xxiii 10 11 v Howto Disable SunFSD Mapping 97 Using Drives and Configuring Peripheral Devices 99 Using a Diskette Drive With SunPCi III Software 100 Using a CD DVD Drive With SunPCi 111 Software 100 v How to Mount a CD ROM Drive 101 v How to Set Up 8 CD ROM Drive 102 How to Eject a CD From a CD ROM Drive 103 Connecting Peripheral Devices 103 Using the LED Indicator 103 Connecting Audio Devices 104 Connecting the USB Device 104 Connecting the Ethernet Device 104 Connecting the External Video 104 Connecting Additional USB and 1394 Firewire Devices 105 Connecting the Firewire Device 106
156. in Linux Ejecting the CD using Linux will also unmount the CD prior to ejecting it For best results only eject a CD mounted in Linux from within the Linux window USB Keyboards and Mice Only Work With External Monitor In Red Hat Linux 9 when running Linux on a system monitor USB keyboards and mice do not function properly because all input is handled by the local X server not by real or emulated devices attached to the SunPCi card To use input devices directly attached to the SunPCi card you must use the external monitor Specify the X Input Method for Num Lock and Caps Lock to Work Properly in GNOME In GNOME in Red Hat Linux 9 when typing in various fields such as in the GNOME terminal calculator and various dialog boxes the Num Lock and Caps Lock keys might not work properly To work properly for each application right click and change the Input Method from Default to X Input Method You have to make this update within each application This issue only applies to the GNOME applications and the gdmgreeter login screen running on the system monitor This issue does not apply to the KDE application standard X applications such as xterm or any applications running on external monitors 158 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Audio Might Not Work In Red Hat Linux 9 audio drivers and audio output randomly fail in some Linux applications The audio drivers in Red Hat Linux 9 sometimes do not play or
157. indows a Click Main Menu and choose Help Linux The appropriate operating system Help file then opens For help with your operating system software refer to your operating system documentation 6 Viewing the Documentation PDF Files English versions of the documentation are in the Docs directory on the SunPCi III 3 2 1 CD in PDF Adobe Acrobat format The CD includes the following documentation a SunPCi II 3 2 1 User s Guide Describes how to configure the SunPCi III software to use one or more SunPCi III cards how to install the Microsoft Windows or Linux software on a SunPCi card and how to troubleshoot SunPCi issues SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide Describes how to install one or more SunPCi MI cards and SunPCi III software a SunPCi III 3 2 1 Product Notes Describes late breaking issues related to the SunPCi III product To view the documentation PDF files follow these steps Insert the SunPCi III 3 2 1 CD into the system CD ROM drive A File Manager window opens In the File Manager window double click the Docs directory where the PDF files for your locale are stored on your SunPCi III 3 2 1 CD SunPGi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 3 Double click the Adobe Acrobat PDF file you want to open After a few seconds the Adobe Acrobat splash screen opens followed by the Adobe Acrobat program displaying the file you double clicked Note If needed you can download Ado
158. ing the display time is two hours later instead of one hour later However for subsequent sessions the clock displays correctly If the SunPCi III session is running through the time change the system time is adjusted correctly 148 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Unexpected Power Failure Issue When an unexpected power failure occurs on your Sun system the following message might appear Opening a SunPCi window ERROR There are no cards specified in the Master ini file please run sunpcload again using the following commands cd opt SUNWspci3 drivers solaris sunpcload To fix this issue power cycle your Sun system Note When this issue occurs the LED indicator on the SunPCi III main card backplate is not lit Colormap Flashing With IDEAS Software If you run the IDEAS software package at the same time as SunPCi software you might experience colormap interactions which make the IDEAS menus unreadable To avoid this problem on an X11 display which supports both 8 and 24 bit depths set the environment variable to NO8BIT Issues With Mixing Existing SunPCi Emulated Drives and New Cards Depending on the date and type of your SunPCi III card and when you created your emulated drive you might have two different issues arise when you replace a SunPCi card and use an existing emulated drive If you create an emulated drive on one SunPCi card and run it on a different card you might
159. inning any procedure The following text provides safety precautions to follow when installing a Sun Microsystems product Safety Precautions For your protection observe the following safety precautions when setting up your equipment m Follow all cautions and instructions marked on the equipment Ensure that the voltage and frequency of your power source match the voltage and frequency inscribed on the equipment s electrical rating label Never push objects of any kind through openings in the equipment Dangerous voltages may be present Conductive foreign objects could produce a short circuit that could cause fire electric shock or damage to your equipment Symbols The following symbols may appear in this book and equipment damage Follow the instructions Caution There is a risk of personal injury Caution Hot surface Avoid contact Surfaces are hot and may cause personal injury if touched Caution Hazardous voltages are present To reduce the risk of electric shock and danger to personal health follow the instructions On Applies AC power to the system Depending on the type of power switch your device has one of the following symbols may be used O Off Removes AC power from the system Standby The On Standby switch is in the standby position Modifications to Equipment Do not make mechanical or electrical modifications to the equipment Sun Micros
160. ion CDs Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 retail installation CDs Network identification information Caution You must configure your network when prompted during Linux installation or the Linux graphical user interface will not work in Linux after the installation and you will be required to use a text based Linux How to Install Red Hat Linux Tip When you specify an operating system to auto install in the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box the software automatically finds and copies setup files boot files system files and drivers that are appropriate for that operating system You must install Linux through the SunPCi user interface Create a new emulated hard drive and auto install the Linux operating system See Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 12 Set options in the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box as follows m Place the first Red Hat Linux installation CD ROM into the Sun system m Select one of the following operating system to auto install Red Hat Linux 9 Personal Professional Kernel 2 4 20 6 a Red Hat Linux 9 ISO Kernel 2 4 20 8 a Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 ES Kernel 2 4 21 4EL SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 WS Kernel 2 4 21 4EL Make the drive at least 3 Gbytes in size which is the default which can be expanded later if needed A full installation of Red Hat Linux requires 7 Gbytes Attach the drive as 8 C drive
161. isable SunFSD when you are finished performing the maintenance tasks described below To enable SunFSD mapping as the Server Administrator do the following Double click the sdon reg Registry file located at C sun sunfsd fsdon reg This can only be done using the Server Administrator account Any server client or non privileged program attempting to modify the Registry is refused Once SunFSD is enabled all subsequent mappings and references using the localhost prefix will succeed Additionally after rebooting the server SunFSD remains enabled Further any mappings made after enabling SunFSD after logging off or after rebooting the system are reconnected upon logging on to the system if configured to be reconnected Caution Once SunFSD is enabled by the administrator all server clients and programs can map or access Solaris directories and files using the security privileges of the process that launched the SunPCi software Caution Once SunFSD is disabled by the administrator you can still browse the unmapped drives Only after you have unmapped the drives and rebooted will the drives then be disabled although you still have to physically unmap the drives in Windows Explorer How to Disable SunFSD Mapping To disable SunFSD mapping as the Server Administrator do the following Double click the fsdoff reg Registry file located at C sun sunfsd fsdoff reg Once SunFSD mapping is di
162. ish fr French gf Swiss German gr German it Italian ja Japanese ko Korean 186 SunPCilll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 TABLE B 1 KBTYPI KBTYPE Value E Values Keyboard Language la nl no SE Sg sp su sv uk us zh zh_TW Latin American Spanish Dutch Netherlands Norwegian Portuguese Swiss French Swiss German Spanish Finnish Swedish U K English U S English Chinese Chinese Taiwan KBCP Environment Variable Values The KBCP environment variable specifies the keyboard code page The code page specifies the characters set accents currency symbols and so on to be used with a keyboard To set KBCP refer to How to Set an Environment Variable on page 188 For more information about code pages and their functions refer to Code Page Table on page 190 TABLE B 2 lists the possible values for the KBCP environment variable TABLE B 2 KBCP Values KBCP Value Description 437 United States code page 850 Multilingual code page including all characters for most languages of European North American and South American countries 860 Portuguese code page 863 Canadian French code page 865 Nordic code page including all characters for the Norwegian and Danish languages Appendix B SunPCi lll International Support 7 v How to Set an Environment Variable To set an environment variable do the following 1 Make sure that the SunPCi III software is not running Exit
163. it displays only Cause You used the standard Microsoft upgrade procedure on the Windows CD instead of the recommended procedure in the appropriate chapter of this book You used the standard Microsoft installation procedure on the Windows CD instead of the recommended procedure in the appropriate chapter of this book The object file such as clip art or an Excel spreadsheet is located on a file system drive or on a drive mapped using localhost path There is a software conflict with the screen fade effect in the Display Control Panel Solution Use the backup copy of your C drive and restore the drive If you did not create a backup C drive create a new C drive and install Windows XP Professional as described in this document You have to reinstall all of your applications Use the installation procedure in Installing Windows XP Professional on page 38 Installing Windows 2000 on page 56 or Installing Windows Server 2003 on page 72 to properly install the software Copy or move the object file to your C or D drive and then insert it again Turn off the fade effect by choosing the Display Control Panel Deselect the first check box under Visual Effects Click OK The mouse should work again Appendix A Troubleshooting 167 No Mouse Input After Booting Into Safe Mode When booting into Safe Mode the Sun Mouse Filter driver is uninstalled Therefore you are left with no m
164. itional Mbyte memory Refer to the SunPCi HI SODIMM Installation Guide for installation information or for purchasing information contact your Sun reseller Caution Do not allocate too much memory to the VGA driver Every Mbyte allocated to video means that there is one less Mbyte allocated to your operating system If the operating system memory is set too low the SunPCi III software will show the Microsoft Windows blue screen and the following error message SunPCi VXD Can t dvma_alloc xxx bytes The system is low on memory Specifying Emulated Drives Specify as large a drive size as possible when creating a new C or D drive You can specify up to 40 Gbytes of space although only 2 Gbytes is initially viewable until you expand and reboot your system For more information about using emulated hard disk drives see the section Emulated Drives and SunPCi II Software on page 12 Improving Video Performance If your Sun system video display is running in 8 bit mode you can improve video performance by selecting a simple pattern or None for your desktop wallpaper A complicated wallpaper pattern causes the screen to repaint more often while you work thus slowing down video performance Note Changing your desktop wallpaper does not affect performance for 24 bit video 198 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Running Game Software on the SunPCi II Platform Note This procedure applies
165. itor is now active in Windows XP Professional Your system monitor shows an empty SunPCi window with Video routed to external monitor in the title bar Click OK to close the Display Properties dialog box You can now use external video with Windows XP Professional Refer to your Windows XP Professional documentation for more information SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Note For best performance with Windows XP and an external monitor attach a serial mouse to the serial port on the SunPCi III card s Serial Parallel Port Backplate How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor On the Windows XP Professional desktop choose right click A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The Display Properties dialog box opens Click the Settings tab Click Video 2 The driver listed underneath the video changes to Default Monitor on Sun Microsystems on SunPCi video Click the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click the Use this device as the primary monitor check box Click Video 1 The driver listed underneath the video changes back to Sun Microsystems SunPCi Video Uncheck the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click Apply Your monitor is now active in Windows XP Professional Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Professional 3 54 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or
166. ive using Linux tools Refer to your Linux documentation for additional information How to Create a New Emulated Drive Start the SunPCi III software If you have not created an emulated drive previously for the SunPCi III card the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box opens automatically Open the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box by doing one of the following m If this is the first time you are creating an emulated drive for the SunPCi III card a dialog box prompts you to open the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box after installing the SunPCi III software m If this is not the first time you are opening SunPCi III or need to create additional emulated drives from the Options menu in the SunPCi window choose Create a New Emulated Drive Note In GNOME you can also choose the menu option Create a New Emulated Drive Druid which performs the same action as in the Create a New Emulated Drive except that you perform only one step at a time The Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box opens See FIGURE 2 1 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Create a New Emulated Drive Select an operating system to auto install z when you boot the None Unformatted disk new emulated drive New Drive Size in GB Attach Emulated Drive As C OD Do Not Attach _ New Emulated Drive F Filename Exporthome lab44 pcf diskirage Ta Browse a FIGURE 2 1 Create a New Emulated Driv
167. kabel dient als viii SunPCi III 3 2 1 Users Guide March 2004 Hauptabschaltger t fiir das System Stellen Sie sicher da Sie das Netzanschlufikabel in den geerdeten Stromausgang in der N he des Systems einstecken Schlie en Sie das Netzanschlufikabel nicht an wenn die Stromzufuhr vom Systemgeh use entfernt wurde Lithium Batterie Achtung CPU Karten von Sun verf gen ber eine Echtzeituhr mit integrierter Lithiumbatterie Teile Nr MK48T59Y MK48TXXB XX MK48T18 XXXPCZ M48T59W XXXPCZ oder MK48T08 Batterien sollten nicht vom Kunden ausgetauscht werden Sie k nnen bei falscher Handhabung explodieren Entsorgen Sie die Batterien nicht im Feuer Entfernen Sie sie nicht und versuchen Sie auch nicht sie wiederaufzuladen Batterien Achtung Die Ger te SunPCi enthalten auslaufsichere Bleiakkumulatoren Produkt Nr TLC02V50 f r portable Stromversorgung Wenn die Batterien nicht richtig gehandhabt oder ausgetauscht werden besteht Explosionsgefahr Tauschen Sie Batterien nur gegen Batterien gleichen Typs von Sun Microsystems aus Versuchen Sie nicht die Batterien zu entfernen oder au erhalb des Ger ts wiederaufzuladen Entsorgen Sie die Batterien nicht im Feuer Entsorgen Sie die Batterien ordnungsgem entsprechend den vor Ort geltenden Vorschriften Abdeckung des Systems Sie m ssen die Abdeckung des Sun Computersystems entfernen um Karten Speicher oder interne Speicherger te hinzuzuf gen Stell
168. known issues with Linux in this release of SunPCi III software This section includes the following topics Use NFS to Access Solaris Files on page 155 Physical Networking is Only Supported Network Option on page 155 Cannot Copy Graphics Between Solaris and Linux on page 155 Disk Device Naming Inconsistent During Installation on page 156 Disk Image Installation Must Complete on page 156 Firewall Prevents NIS From Working on page 156 15 Partitions per Disk Allowed on page 156 Display Issue when Viewing Emacs on page 157 Avoid Scanning Partitions for Bad Blocks on page 157 Solaris Function Keys of Cut Copy and Paste Do Not Work on Solaris Keyboards on page 157 154 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Cannot Eject CD From Solaris When Mounted Through Linux on page 158 USB Keyboards and Mice Only Work With External Monitor on page 158 Specify the X Input Method for Num Lock and Caps Lock to Work Properly in GNOME on page 158 m Audio Might Not Work on page 159 Installing Linux in Multi Card Environment Requires Closing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on page 159 a Fully Functional and Configured Network Required for Linux Graphical User Interface to Work on System Monitor on page 159 Must Install Networking During Linux Installation to Use Graphical User Interface on page 160 Linux Does Not Open If Inst
169. l TCP IP Properties window opens Set up TCP IP for your SunPCi III card as described in How to Set TCP IP Properties on page 33 Refer to your Windows XP Professional documentation if needed When you finish setting up TCP IP click OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog box Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Status dialog box Close the Network and Dial up Connections Chapter 5 Using Windows XP Professional 49 50 10 11 12 Note If you see a dialog box with the message SunNDIS failed to start ignore the message and click OK This message sometimes appears when DHCP networking is disabled How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet If you need to reactivate the physical network adapter follow these steps Caution Do not activate a virtual and a physical network adapter at the same time Verify that you have disabled the virtual adapter before performing the following procedure On the Windows XP Professional desktop right click My Computer A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The System Properties dialog box opens Click the Hardware tab Click Device Manager The Device Manager window opens listing the computer s installed device drivers Click the computer name Double click Network Adapters Right click the SunNDIS Virtual Adapt
170. l Language Support Country Region or Language United States Canadian French Latin America Netherlands Belgium France Spain Italy Switzerland United Kingdom Denmark Sweden Norway Germany Country Code 001 002 003 031 032 033 034 039 041 044 045 046 047 049 Prepared Code Pages 437 850 863 850 437 850 437 850 437 850 437 850 437 850 437 850 437 850 437 850 865 850 437 850 865 850 437 850 Key Code us cf la nl be fr sp it sf sg uk dk sv no gr Appendix B SunPCi Ill International Support 191 TABLE B 3 National Language Support Country Country Region or Language Code English International 061 Portugal 351 Finland 358 Israel 972 Japan 081 Korea 082 Peoples Republic of China 086 Taiwan 088 The SLANG Variable Prepared Code Pages 437 850 860 850 437 850 437 Key Code po su ja ko ch tn There are two Solaris commands that enable you to specify code pages usr bin dos2unix and usr bin unix2dos For example to convert the task_list file created with code page 850 from a DOS to a Solaris format use the dos2unix command and enter the following C gt dos2unix 850 task_list task_list If the code page is not specified on the command line dos2unix and unix2dos will check the LANG environment variable to determine which code page to use To check whether your LANG variable is set enter the followin
171. l attempt to restart it automatically To disable AutoStart capability for a SunPCi card or for the Xvnc server use the sunpcidadm command with the d option You can use the d option to disable multiple cards at a time For example to disable Card1 and Card2 you would use the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpcidadm d cardl card2 This command modifies the AutoStart entries in the 68201 and Card2 sections to be Disabled Note that the SunPCi sessions for each card continue to run and will continue to run until they are shut down by some other means Shutting Down 8 VNC or SunPCi III Session There are several ways to shut down a VNC SunPCi session Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 125 126 To shut down a SunPCi or VNC session without interacting with SunPCi software or VNC directly through vncviewer use the sunpcidadm command with the D option This marks the session as Disabledin the etc Master ini file and also requests that the SunPCi daemon perform an orderly shutdown procedure on the session To shut down a session on Cardn use the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpcidadm D cardn Note that this disables AutoStart on Cardn so to restart the session on Cardn or have it booted automatically on the next reboot you must reenable Cardn using the sunpcidadm e command To shut down down VNC use the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpcidadm D VNC If you shut do
172. lay on the non default right side frame buffer To avoid this issue when using SunPCi III during an Xinerama session set the SunPCi III display to the default left side frame buffer When using any supported operating system you may encounter display issues after opening the Screen Saver tab within the Display Properties dialog box The Windows desktop might become blank This is a known issue with Xinerama and is currently under investigation When using any supported operating system you may encounter display issues when moving the mouse within the Windows desktop when running in 24 bit color quality To solve this problem from the Windows Control Panel do the following 1 Click Switch to Classic View under the Control Panel heading in the upper left side of the Control Panel window The traditional Control Panel window opens 2 Click the Mouse icon The Mouse Properties dialog box opens 3 Click the Pointers tab 4 Uncheck the Enable Pointer shadow check box 5 Click Apply 6 Click OK in the Mouse Properties dialog box 7 Close the Control Panel window System Clock and Daylight Savings Time Issue If you shut down a SunPCi III session before a Daylight Savings Time DST change and then restart after the DST change the first SunPCi III session after the time change displays a two hour difference that is in the fall the display time is two hours earlier instead of one hour earlier in the spr
173. lick Entire Network to display all of the domains connected to your network Locate Sunpci Host in the list of domains Click the plus sign next to the name Sunpci Host to show the list of systems in the domain Locate the name of the system print server that corresponds to the printer you want to use Double click that system name to show the printer connected to the machine Make sure that you know the model of the printer you are using so that you can choose the correct printer driver SunPGi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 8 Click the system name then click OK Follow the instructions described in the Printer Wizard dialog boxes You are now ready to use your Sun system s network printer as a Microsoft Windows printer For more information refer to Microsoft Windows documentation Avoid Using Screen Savers Avoid using a Microsoft Windows screen saver program in a SunPCi HI window that you minimize When the window is not displayed the screen saver program continues to consume system resources unnecessarily If you use the Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional power saving mode to power down your monitor avoid using the 3D Maze screen saver That screen saver conflicts with the power saving mode timer and does not allow the monitor to go into the power saving mode Certain 3D screen savers display slowly in the Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional operating systems This is expected beha
174. ll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Q A a Administrators cannot unmap a SunFSD drive originally mapped by a user although Administrators can unmap a drive mapped by another Administrator Users cannot unmap a SunFSD drive they originally mapped if the user account was originally created without Administrator privileges This is a known issue and is currently under investigation RealPlayer 6 0 Attempts Installation of New CD ROM Drivers When using Windows 2000 if you connect the CD ROM audio cable from the CD ROM to the SunPCi card RealPlayer may ask you to install updated drivers If you allow the drivers to update the CD ROM drive then stops reading and playing music To avoid this issue do not allow RealPlayer to install new drivers after connecting the CD ROM drive to the SunPCi card Windows Media Player 8 and 9 and Audio CD Issue While using Microsoft Windows and after opening Windows Media Player 8 or 9 you may have an issue with playing a CD After inserting the CD a dialog box might open saying an error occurred reading the CD in digital mode and then asks if you would like to listen to the CD in analog mode instead Click OK You also might have another dialog box open saying you can switch to analog mode Click Close The CD still might not operate properly SunPCi III does not support Digital Audio Extraction from a CD ROM device To avoid this problem disable Digital Audio Extraction by
175. menu opens 2 Choose Properties The Display Properties dialog box opens Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 83 84 10 Click the Settings tab Note There are two displays shown in the window marked 1 and 2 Video 2 is highlighted showing that it the system monitor is the primary display Video 1 is dimmed indicating that it is not the primary display Click Video 1 The driver listed underneath the video changes to Default Monitor on S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR Click the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click the Use this device as the primary monitor check box Click Video 2 The driver listed underneath the video changes back to Sun Microsystems SunPCi Video Uncheck the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box The icons representing Video 1 and Video 2 change positions so that Video 1 appears first Click Apply Your external monitor is now active in Windows Server 2003 Your system monitor shows an empty SunPCi window with Video routed to external monitor in the title bar Click OK to close the Display Properties dialog box You can now use external video with Windows Server 2003 Refer to your Windows Server 2003 documentation for more information Note For best performance with Windows Server 2003 and an external monitor attach a serial mouse to the serial port on the SunPCi III card s Serial Parallel Port
176. mmand in a Terminal window on your Sun system to mount the CD ROM drive mount o ro F hsfs dev dsk c0t6d0s2 cdrom Note Type o with no space between the minus sign and the letter o Chapter 10 Using Drives and Configuring Peripheral Devices 101 If your CD ROM drive is an IDE drive type mount ro F hsfs dev dsk c0t2d0s2 cdrom To find out what type of CD ROM drive you have and what file system it supports consult your hardware platform documentation 4 Exit superuser v How to Set Up a CD ROM Drive If you have more than one SCSI CD ROM drive installed in your Sun system you have to specify which drive you want to use with SunPCi III software To set up your CD ROM drive perform the following procedure 1 Start SunPCi III software The Console window from which you start the application displays the following message sunpci3 Your sunpci ini file does not specify a CD device assuming vol dev aliases cdrom0 2 From the Options menu choose Attach CD ROM The Specify CD ROM Device File dialog box opens 3 Type the path to the CD ROM device you want to use for example vol dev aliases cdromo 4 Click OK 5 Exit your operating systems 6 From the File menu in the SunPCi III window choose Reset PC When SunPCi 111 software restarts it uses the CD ROM drive that you specified 102 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 v How to Eject a CD From a CD ROM Drive e To eje
177. multiple cards on a system are running once the diskette drive is being used by a SunPCi III session the drive is not available to any other session When not in use the diskette drive is locked to the first SunPCi III session started after it becomes available Using the CD ROM Drive With Multiple Cards When multiple cards on a system are running they all share the system CD ROM drive One unusual but expected behavior is that when you insert a CD into the drive the Autorun option starts on all running SunPCi sessions Chapter 3 Using Multiple SunPCi Ill Cards 9 30 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 4 Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software This chapter assumes that you have installed the SunPCi III card or cards into your Sun system that you have installed the SunPCi III software and that you want to understand what networking options are available with the SunPCi III 3 2 1 product This chapter includes the following topics Networking With SunPCi 111 on page 31 Setting Up Networking With SunPCi IH Hardware and Software on page 33 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Set TCP IP Properties on page 33 How to Set Up Physical Ethernet Networking on page 34 How to Set Up Virtual Ethernet Networking on page 34 How to Use Power Management With Physical Networking on page 35 Networking With SunPCi I
178. n rather than a requirement for the system monitor window When the system sees a depth provided it attempts to create the system monitor window at that depth If successful then all windows are created at that same depth If unsuccessful the system monitor window is created at whatever depth is available on the Solaris X server Note If the Solaris X server supports only 8 bit depth the initial creation of the 24 bit depth fails and the system monitor window reverts to 8 bit depth Tip Some Linux applications do not operate properly using 8 bit depth and require 24 bit depth These applications do not run properly on Linux when the X server is configured for 8 bit depth The depth 24 option was added as a default when the Linux section is initially added to the ini file so this issue is transparent whenever possible Chapter 8 Using Red Hat Linux 3 94 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 9 Installing and Configuring Server Software This chapter provides information about SunPCi server installation and configuration issues This chapter includes the following topic Using SunFSD for Mapping Between Solaris and Microsoft Windows on page 96 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Enable SunFSD Mapping on page 96 How to Disable SunFSD Mapping on page 7 The following information is for installing and configuring the supporte
179. n 0 nobanner dev dev fb defdepth 24 3 Save and close the file 4 Type the following command to find out the current resolution setting m64config prconf 5 Type the following command to set the display to 24 bit color m64config depth 24 res current resolution setting Use the resolution setting that was returned by the command m64config prconf For example type m64config depth 24 res 1152x900x76 6 Type the following command to confirm that the depth of the root window has changed to 24 planes xdpyinfo 7 Restart the system External Video Resolutions TABLE A 4 shows the external VGA display resolutions that SunPCi III software supports For best results increase the amount of available video memory from 8 Mbytes the default to 32 Mbytes To make this change refer to Running Game Software on the SunPCi III Platform on page 199 Note Remember that increasing your video memory decreases the amount of available system memory Refer to Increasing System Memory on page 197 for more information 140 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Before you change the resolution or display depth of your monitor be sure to shut down all running applications and save your work You do not need to test a new setting before applying it The following table shows the available resolutions TABLE A 4 External Video Resolutions VIA 53 Graphics ProSavag
180. n UNC path that includes localhost as the UNC prefix will also fail The mapping control is imposed for security reasons In the current release of SunFSD any mapping or file access through localhost inherits the privileges of the user or process that launched the SunPCi III software Therefore if the SunPCi III card is running a Microsoft server operating system and SunPCi software was launched under the root account ordinary server users inherit root privileges across the network SunFSD is enabled on Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 Professional because there are no multi client file system security issues when using these operating systems You can continue to map SunFSD drives in Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 Professional the same as you did in previous releases of SunPCi For server installations that require access to Solaris directories server administrators can use a package such as Solaris PC NetLink or Samba that employs per client security credential verification or a Citrix MetaFrame client that maps Microsoft Windows drive letters as the local user How to Enable SunFSD Mapping The main reason for an administrator to enable SunFSD is that SunFSD functionality is required to execute the update drivers script as well as other SunPCi supplied scripts SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 SunFSD can be enabled in server installations if necessary by the Server Administrator account only D
181. n software installations and SunFSD refer to the Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications and SunFSD Issues on page 181 Extended Drive SunFSD Issues You might observe the following problems when using file system drives File attributes such as read only and write only might not work correctly m File links do not work on file system drives If you need to link to a file that is located on a file system drive move the file to your C or D drive and then create the link m If you create a desktop shortcut to a file on a file system drive that shortcut does not update automatically when you change the file s location on the drive You need to delete the existing shortcut and create a new one 172 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Using UNC path names to locate Office XP or Office 2000 files such as localhost export home myfiles doc does not work in this version of the software FSD Mapping Is Now Case Sensitive When using supported Microsoft Windows operating systems FSD mapping is case sensitive with SunPCi III 3 2 1 The mount points and the paths that are mounted are now case sensitive If you were running SunPCi II 3 0 and mounted FSD drives with non matching cases when the drivers are upgraded FSD will not mount these drives To fix this issue verify your paths are case sensitive or remap your drives to match the correct case such as in the following example older incorrect
182. nPCi Microsoft Windows applications and SunFSD issues McAfee Virus Scan 7 0 184 Norton Antivirus 183 Retrospect 183 Windows 2000 Professional 182 Windows XP Professional 181 Windows XP Professional and Adobe Photoshop 184 Windows XP Professional and FrontPage 2002 182 Windows XP Professional and WordPerfect 183 U unformatted disk definition 206 Universal Serial Bus USB support 103 Universal Serial Bus definition 206 update drivers definition 206 upgrade drivers definition 206 USB 104 106 USB definition 206 USB Firewire Backplate 105 V v 112 VGA memory 199 vga 112 VGA definition 206 vga sunpci command option 51 67 83 Video Graphics Array definition 206 virtual Ethernet configuring 46 62 78 enabling 46 62 78 virtual ethernet definition 206 Virtual Network Computing VNC about 119 interacting with from remote client 128 remote client 128 shutting down 125 Virtual Network Computing definition 206 VNC definition 206 vold enabling and disabling 101 vold_floppy_disable script 138 Volume Manager enabling and disabling 101 W w 112 white papers 195 Windows 2000 configuring virtual Ethernet networking 62 custom installation 56 how to add a virtual network adaptor 63 how to configure external video 68 how to configure external video back to system monitor 69 how to configure external video drivers 67 how to configure the MouseKeys accessibility option 69
183. nce 2 This equipment must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation European Union This equipment complies with the following requirements of the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC As Telecommunication Network Equipment TNE in both Telecom Centers and Other Than Telecom Centers per as applicable EN300 386 V 1 3 1 09 2001 Required Limits EN55022 CISPR22 Class B EN61000 3 2 Pass EN61000 3 3 Pass EN61000 4 2 6 kV Direct 8 kV Air EN61000 4 3 3 V m 80 1000 MHz 10 V m 800 960 MHz and 1400 2000 MHz EN61000 4 4 1 kV AC and DC Power Lines 0 5 kV Signal Lines EN61000 4 5 2 kV AC Line Gnd 1 kV AC Line Line and Outdoor Signal Lines 0 5 kV Indoor Signal Lines gt 10m EN61000 4 6 3V EN61000 4 11 Pass As Information Technology Equipment ITE Class B per as applicable EN55022 1998 CISPR22 1997 Class B EN55024 1998 Required Limits EN61000 4 2 4 kV Direct 8 kV Air EN61000 4 3 3 V m EN61000 4 4 1 kV AC Power Lines 0 5 kV Signal and DC Power Lines EN61000 4 5 1 kV AC Line Line and Outdoor Signal Lines 2 kV AC Line Gnd 0 5 kV DC Power Lines EN61000 4 6 3V EN61000 4 8 1A m EN61000 4 11 Pass EN61000 3 2 1995 A1 A2 A14 Pass EN61000 3 3 1995 Pass xvii Safety This equipment complies with the following requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC EC Type Examination Certificates EN60950 2nd Edition A1 A2 A3 A4 A11 1998 TUV Rheinland Certificate No EN6095
184. nds Attach an Existing Emulated Drive 114 Attach Mouse 114 Create a New Emulated Drive 114 Create a New Emulated Drive Druid 114 Eject CD 114 Exit 113 Grow an Emulated Drive 114 Help 114 Quit 113 Reset PC 113 menus File menu 113 Help menu 114 Options menu 114 Meta key xxxix Microsoft DOS See MS DOS Microsoft Windows DOS 152 supported operating systems 1 Microsoft Windows application issues troubleshooting 178 mount definition 204 mounting the CD ROM drive manually 101 mouse troubleshooting problems 138 multiple cards configuration 21 22 creating emulated drives on 23 MAC address changes 28 names 24 sample names 23 software procedure 22 starting with emulated drives 27 updating the configuration 28 N n 111 network drives browsing 176 logging in 177 printers 131 setting TCP IP properties 33 troubleshooting 154 172 173 network drives 129 Network Neighborhood 175 network provider definition 204 new 111 nomac 111 NTFS definition 204 0 operating system required 0 option definition 204 Options menu 114 P p 111 Packet Internet Groper definition 204 parallel definition 204 parallel port 107 partition definition 204 Paste command 130 performance tips emulated drive 198 SunPCi configuration 197 peripheral device definition 204 peripheral devices 103 physical Ethernet disabling 46 62 78 physical ethernet definition 204 PING definition 204 POS
185. neous message might appear reporting that there is not enough available space for backup even if the space exists This issue occurs since Retrospect checks the root of the SunFSD mounted path only for available space To avoid this problem verify that the root of the destination path directory contains adequate space for backup Norton Antivirus Software Scanning and SunFSD on Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional When using Norton Antivirus software specifically the 2002 Consumer Edition and the 7 60 Corporate Edition you might have problems scanning files mounted on SunFSD drives If you use the 2002 Consumer Edition the scanning might get into an infinite loop and not complete scanning If you get into this situation stop the scan and exit the application If you use the 7 60 Corporate Edition the software might repeat scanning certain files and subdirectories but it will eventually complete scanning Symantec states that Norton Antivirus 2002 Consumer Edition is not intended for use in scanning network mapped drives Appendix A Troubleshooting 3 Adobe Photoshop Installation and SunFSD on Windows XP Professional On Windows XP Professional if installing Photoshop 5 0 5 5 or 6 0 to a SunFSD drive the Choose Directory dialog box does not list any SunFSD mounted drives Instead of browsing for the location type the drive letter and directory in the text entry field near the top of the dialog box The installation t
186. new Starts SunPCi III software with the configuration information in the properties file specified with filename The default properties file for SunPCi III is SHOME pc SunPC ini Forces the CMOS to be reloaded in the current disk image file similar to clearing the CMOS on a PC motherboard This command is used when the BIOS setup option has changed if SunPCi does not boot or to restore SunPCi default settings After using this command a message displays confirming the CMOS has been updated Writes the title argument into the title bar of the SunPCi II window when the argument Text string is a quoted character string including spaces The quotes are unnecessary if the character string contains no spaces Directs video to the external video connector Refer to FIGURE 10 1 to find the location of the video port For information about how to set this for your monitor consult the applicable operating system chapter for more information Formerly vga Causes SunPCi III software to retry failed X server connections either indefinitely if no time argument follows w or for time seconds If time is specified and SunPCi III software has not successfully connected to an X server after time seconds SunPCi III software exits Formerly xwait 112 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 SunPCi II Menus The first window you see when you start SunPCi III software is the SunPCi III window The following sections describe the File an
187. ng Applications Into a SunFSD Target Directory 175 Missing Network Icon on Windows Desktop Issue 175 Software Appears to Hang When Browsing Network Drives 176 Unable to Mount Network Drive With Windows Explorer Issue 177 Unable to Mount Certain NFS Mount Points as a Network Drive 177 Microsoft Windows Application Issues 178 Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications 179 Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications and SunFSD Issues 181 Installation and SunFSD on Windows XP Professional 181 Upgrading to Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Fails if FrontPage 2000 Installed on SunFSD 182 Microsoft Office XP Installation and SunFSD on Windows 2000 Professional 182 WordPerfect 9 Installation and SunFSD on Windows XP Professional 183 Retrospect Software and SunFSD 183 Norton Antivirus Software Scanning and SunFSD on Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional 183 Adobe Photoshop Installation and SunFSD on Windows XP Professional 184 McAfee Virus Scan 7 0 Requires Full Pathname 184 B SunPCi 11 International Support 185 International Support 185 Using the Keyboard Environment Variables 186 KBTYPE Environment Variable Values 186 KBCP Environment Variable Values 187 v How to Set an Environment Variable 188 Contents xxix XXX v How to Turn Off an Environment Variable 188 v How to Configure the Keyboard for Microsoft Windows 188 Using an International Keyboard Under DOS 9 International Keyboard 189 DOS Character Set 0 Using
188. o SunPCi III TABLE 11 3 describes the disk related commands in the Options menu Complete instructions for choosing emulated drives are provided in Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 12 TABLE 11 3 Options Menu Commands Menu Command Purpose Attach an Existing Emulated Drive Create a New Emulated Drive Create a New Emulated Drive Druid GNOME Only Grow an Emulated Drive Eject CD Attach Mouse Specifies the emulated hard drive directory filename you want to assign to drive C or D The keyboard shortcut for this command is Meta A in CDE and ALT A in GNOME Creates a Solaris file that functions as your emulated drive SunPCi The keyboard shortcut for this command is Meta C in CDE and ALT C in GNOME Creates a Solaris file that functions as your emulated drive SunPCi This task performs all the functions of Create a New Emulated Drive except that it allows you to choose one step at a time instead of all the steps offered at once in the other window The keyboard shortcut for this command is Meta D in CDE and ALT C in GNOME Enables expansion and growth of an emulated hard disk The keyboard shortcut for this command is Meta G in CDE and ALT G in GNOME Ejects the CD or DVD from the CD ROM drive The keyboard shortcut for this command is Meta E in CDE and ALT E in GNOME Enables you to attach the mouse to the SunPCi III window when you are in SMI mode The keyboard short
189. o the SunPCi daemon process informing it of the changes and the daemon process reconfigures itself 118 1 Virtual Network Computing VNC software is copyright 1993 by X Consortium and copyright 1999 by AT amp T Laboratories All rights reserved The SunPCi implementation of VNC supports the SunPCi product only Other versions of VNC will not interoperate with this version of VNC VNC source code is included on the SunPCi III CD in the directory Source See legal notices in the source code for information about using modifying or redistributing VNC source code SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 For complete information about the sunpcidadm command and its options see the sunpcidadm man page See How to View Solaris Manual Pages on page 5 for further information on using man pages Virtual Network Computing VNC VNC is a customized version of a GNU Public Licensed GPL software product from AT amp T Laboratories that allows remote administration of the SunPCi III product VNC enables SunPCi III software to run on a server that might either have no display hardware connected headless or have no normal X11 display available for example before a user logs in to the system The version of VNC shipped with the SunPCi III 3 2 1 release contains two components m Xvnc A modified X11 server that renders data into a virtual frame buffer vncviewer An X11 client that enables the contents of the Xvnc virtual fr
190. o work with Windows Server 2003 during the installation process Once the process is completed the proper mouse drivers are installed and you no longer need to attach the mouse manually 4 Change directory to the location for your customized installation scripts 5 Complete the installation using your customized installation scripts Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 3 74 Upgrading Windows 2000 Server or Windows NT to Windows Server 2003 Although Windows NT is not supported in SunPCi III 3 2 1 you can upgrade from Windows NT to a supported operating systems in SunPCi III 3 2 1 In SunPCi III 3 2 1 software you can upgrade the emulated disk drive images To upgrade an existing C drive perform one of the following upgrades How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 on page 75 m How to Upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows Server 2003 on page 77 Caution Before upgrading to a supported operating system you must update your Intel drivers Refer to Updating Intel and Linux Drivers on page 115 for additional information Upgrade Notes Make sure that you have the following media and disk drive space available before you start an upgrade to Windows Server 2003 m The Windows Server 2003 retail software installation CD the installation will not work without the CD in your CD ROM drive m At least 2 Gbytes of available space on your emulated C drive Tip Before y
191. of the list If the nosuid nobrowse and nobrowse keywords are not present in the file add them before the auto_master line The result should look similar to the following Master map for automounter net hosts nosuid nobrowse home auto_home nobrowse xfn xfn auto_master 3 Save the file and exit the text editor 4 Reboot your system The browsing feature should be turned off 176 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Unable to Mount Network Drive With Windows Explorer Issue If you cannot mount network drives with Windows Explorer networking might not be installed on the SunPCi III platform Try to log in to the network first If you can reach the network from the Solaris side then go to the Start menu in the SunPCi III software and select Control Panel then double click Network Set up your SunPCi III installation on the network Refer to your Microsoft Windows documentation for more information If you still cannot connect to the network after logging in you need to reinstall your version of Microsoft Windows To log in to the network follow this step Start the SunPCi III software and enter your user name and password when the dialog box prompts you to log in to Microsoft Networking To log in to the network when you are already running SunPCi III software follow these steps Click Start and then choose Exit When the dialog box asks you whether you want to s
192. om Installation on page 39 How to Upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional on page 41 How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional on page 43 How to Perform an Automatic Installation on page 44 How to Perform a Manual Installation on page 45 How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter on page 47 How to Configure the Network for Windows XP Professional on page 49 How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet on page 50 How to Prepare Windows XP Professional to Display External Video on page 51 How to Configure Windows XP Professional for External Video Use on page 52 How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor on page 53 Throughout this chapter Microsoft Windows XP Professional is referred to as Windows XP Professional 37 38 Installing Windows XP Professional You install operating system software when you create an emulated drive by choosing Create a New Emulated Drive from the SunPCi Options menu See Emulated Drives and SunPCi II Software on page 12 If you want to perform a custom installation using scripts that differ from the standard Microsoft installation scripts see How to Perform a Custom Installation on page 39 Caution This release does not support simultaneous operation of Windows XP Professional on both the system monitor and external monitors Installation Notes Make sure that you ha
193. on the host and the graphics on the host are updated but those updates are not sent back to the remote system CD ROMs that are not ISO 9660 compliant might not work on Solaris systems To avoid this issue make sure to delete the white Corel WP Office 2000 splash screen by closing the Corel setup window Then the Installation Wizard dialog box is viewable and works fine This issue does not occur during every installation but does happen with some frequency Increase the number of files that can be simultaneously open by Solaris software To find out the current limit use the command ulimit Hn In the etc system add the following line set rlim_fd_max XXXX XXXX is a greater number than the one returned by the ulimit Hn command Change graphics settings to higher color depth 16 bit or 24 bit If a PC is used as the host and a SunPCi III session is used as the remote system the graphics display on the SunPCi III remote system is correct This session sharing functionality is by default available on Windows XP Professional as Remote Desktop See Microsoft documentation for more details Use only CD ROMs that are ISO 9660 compliant 180 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 TABLE A 8 Problem Cause Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Applications Solution Cannot install Corel 10 upgrade without previous version already installed Receive error messa
194. only if you are using an external VGA monitor with your SunPCi III card For more information about how to install and configure an external VGA monitor refer to Chapter 10 This section is designed to help you fine tune game performance on the SunPCi III platform Although the default VGA memory setting of 8 Mbytes on your SunPCi III card should provide enough VGA memory for most games you can increase the amount of VGA memory for more graphics intensive games Note Remember that increasing your video memory decreases the amount of available system memory Refer to Increasing System Memory on page 197 for more information How to Increase Video Memory To increase the amount of VGA memory available to SunPCi III perform the following procedure Start the SunPCi III software If SunPCi III software is already running from the File menu choose Reset PC and then click Shutdown x86 OS and reset SunPCi to exit Microsoft Windows You will see the Startup window and the RAM check routine While the RAM check routine is proceeding press the Delete key on your keyboard The Startup routine stops and the Setup screen opens Select Advanced Chipset Features Change the System Shared Memory Size parameter to a larger value The default is 8 Mbytes This parameter accepts values of 8 16 or 32 Mbytes Exit the Setup window The SunPCi III Startup routine starts over using the new VGA memory settings
195. opriate Service Pack See Microsoft Windows Service Packs on page 20 AN Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows 2000 The SunPCi III software comes with physical Ethernet networking enabled by default If you prefer to use virtual networking instead of physical networking you need to disable the physical Ethernet adapter in Microsoft Windows and install the virtual Ethernet adapter Note When more than one SunPCi III card is installed in a system virtual networking is disabled by the SunPCi III software Caution Do not enable both virtual and physical networking at the same time since unpredictable results and operations can happen For more information about physical and virtual Ethernet networking refer to Setting Up Networking With SunPCi II Hardware and Software on page 33 62 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 10 Note Microsoft Windows provides several different ways to install software Follow the instructions in this section even if you have installed Microsoft Windows software previously The SunPCi III 3 2 1 software does not support other methods of installation To set up virtual Ethernet networking for Windows 2000 follow the steps outlined in the following procedure since this procedure explains how to configure the network adapter Note If you use a static IP address for physical networking and are switching to virtual networking and want to use your
196. or information about purchasing and using Citrix MetaFrame software http www citrix com Getting Help for SunPCi II Software Help is available online for the SunPCi II commands from Solaris manual pages also called man pages and from the documentation PDF files on the SunPCi III 3 2 1 CD How to View Solaris Manual Pages You can use manual pages to obtain information about the Solaris operating environment itself or about the commands associated with Solaris software To view Solaris online manual pages follow these steps Set your MANPATH variable as follows SMANPATH opt SUNWspci3 man Type the word man followed by the name of the command in which you are interested in learning about For example to get Help on the sunpci command type the following command man sunpci The system responds Reformatting page wait and then displays a section of the manual page in the Terminal window To scroll through the manual page press any key To exit the manual page press Control C For information about how to add the SunPCi III man page directory to your MANPATH environment variable refer to your Solaris documentation Chapter 1 Introducing SunPCi III 3 2 1 Hardware and Software 5 Getting Help for Microsoft Windows and Linux Software To get help while working in a Microsoft Windows or Linux operating system do one of the following a Press Fl a Click Start and choose Help Microsoft W
197. original MAC address in the file header Formerly bindmac A general form of the B option s use is sunpci C disk image c cardname B Enables you to change the default depth of the boot time VGA window to be either 8 bit or 24 bit by default If you change to 24 bit you avoid some colormap flashing issues while still allowing you to choose the 8 bit option unlike NO8BIT Formerly depth Starts the SunPCi III window using the disk image file name as drive C This overrides the default drive specified in the default properties file SHOME pc SunPC ini Starts the SunPCi III card using cardname as drive C The cardname is a label assigned by the SunPCi III software starting with Card1 Card2 and so on To obtain a listing of installed card names use the 1 option For more information about multiple card use see Using Multiple SunPCi ITI Cards on page 21 Starts the SunPCi III window using the disk image file name as drive D This option overrides the default drive specified in the default properties file SHOME pc SunPC ini Displays the SunPCi II window on another Sun system hostname in domain Formerly display For example to open the SunPCi 11 window on another system named willow in the eastern domain type the following command on your Sun system where the SunPCi III card is installed opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci d willow eastern 0 0 Starts the card finder LED functionality in SunPCi III which cycles throug
198. ork and to interact with SunPCi sessions running on a remote server The VNC session can be detached and later reattached from a totally different machine The SunPCi sessions continue running even though no one is interacting with them Chapter 11 Using SunPCi III Software 9 Note that VNC is intended to be used only for SunPCi administration purposes and that VNC is not a supported mechanism for remote display of SunPCi sessions for normal day to day operating system interaction Under normal circumstances single user Sun system usage you should use X11 remote display functionality for remote display of SunPCi sessions Multiuser server situations should use Citrix for remote display Note The SunPCi III 3 2 1 version of Xvnc and vncviewer are modified and work only with each other They are not compatible with any other versions of VNC software As part of the VNC licensing agreement Sun is required to make the VNC source code available for viewing with each SunPCi release The VNC sources provided here are not supported by Sun Microsystems and are provided for reference purposes only as required under the GNU General Public License The VNC source code is located in the SunPCi III 3 2 1 CD source directory and is named vnc tar Z Uncompress the Z file and then extract the tar file to view the VNC source code Note You are not required to build the VNC sources to use VNC A prebuilt package is available as SUNWspvn3
199. orkstation Your Sun system and the SunPCi 111 card share the same network interface so they do not see each other on the network Both can communicate with the network however For more information about networking your Sun system with your SunPCi III host using virtual networking refer to Setting Up Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software on page 33 Appendix A Troubleshooting 5 Software Appears to Hang When Browsing Network Drives You might observe a very long time lag when browsing network drives SunPCi III software might even appear to hang as it searches the contents of the drives This is because Solaris software contains a browsing feature that allows you to automatically view all auto mount points on your Sun system This can cause Microsoft Windows applications to slow down considerably when browsing for files on your Sun system It can also cause issues when viewing very large directories with Windows Explorer or saving to a subdirectory in one of these large directories You can fix this issue by editing the Solaris auto_master file to turn off this feature To edit this file perform the following steps 1 Use a text editor to open the file etc auto_master The file should look similar to the following Master map for automounter auto_master net hosts nosuid nobrowse home auto_home nobrowse xfn xfn 2 Move the auto_master line in the file to the bottom
200. ote Only the supported Linux versions work with SunPCi II 3 2 1 2 SunPCi III 3 2 1 Features The SunPCi III 3 2 1 product brings the following features to your Solaris desktop PCs on your Solaris desktop For each SunPCi III card installed in your system you can use its PC applications in a window on your Solaris desktop Auto install of operating systems The Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box enables you to select and install operating system software more easily Growing an emulated hard disk The Grow an Existing Emulated Drive dialog box enables you to grow and increase your hard disk size Automatic update of Intel drivers The Intel drivers used with SunPCi software prompts you to automatically update drivers after a new version of SunPCi and Solaris drivers are installed High resolution VGA display for your Microsoft Windows applications SunPCi III software includes two Microsoft Windows super VGA display drivers One displays the Microsoft Windows desktop in an X Window on your screen The other drives the display on an external VGA monitor You can choose to install either option Familiar PC peripherals The SunPCi III product provides mouse and IBM PC keyboard emulation plus access to external peripherals such as printers and modems The SunPCi III main card the optional Serial Parallel Port Backplate included and the optional USB Firewire Card and Backplate included contain the physic
201. ou need to link to a file that is located on a file system drive move the file to your C or D drive and then create the link m If you create a desktop shortcut to a file on a file system drive that shortcut does not update automatically if you change the file s location on the drive You need to delete the existing shortcut and create a new one Appendix A Troubleshooting 5 If you insert an object such as a clip art file into a Microsoft Office XP application and the original object is stored on a file system drive or a drive mapped using localhost path the insertion will not work correctly You need to move or copy the object to your C or D drive and then insert it into your document Using Universal Naming Convention UNC path names to locate Office 97 Office 2000 or Office XP files such as localhost export home myfiles doc does not work in this version of the software This is a known issue that is being investigated For more information about file system drives refer to File System Drives on page 129 Microsoft DirectDraw Performance Issue Microsoft introduced a new suite of graphics engines known collectively as DirectX and one of these components is known as DirectDraw Because the SunPCi internal display is based on the X Windows protocol and does not have direct access to the Solaris platform s graphics adapter DirectDraw functionality was disabled by default in older versions of SunPC
202. ou perform the upgrade make a backup copy of your existing C emulated drive file and disable any anti virus software SunPCi Ill 3 2 1User s Guide March 2004 Upgrading Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 Caution The setup and configuration procedures for the SunPCi III software involve some steps that differ from the Microsoft upgrade steps Do not use the standard Microsoft upgrade procedure provided on the Windows Server 2003 CD or the installation will fail and your emulated C drive can become corrupted Before You Begin the Upgrade Caution Before upgrading to a supported operating system you must update your Intel drivers Refer to Updating Intel and Linux Drivers on page 115 for additional information Before starting to upgrade Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 follow these steps Log off all clients and other processes from the server before upgrading Microsoft Windows and before enabling SunFSD mapping in Microsoft Windows Enabling SunFSD mapping enables it for all current users creating a potential breach in security so caution must be employed Double click the fsdon reg Registry file located at C sun sunfsd fsdon reg Caution This enables SunFSD Leave SunFSD enabled until after the upgrade to Windows Server 2003 and then disable How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD into your system
203. our Intel drivers follow these steps Map a drive in Microsoft Windows Explorer to the location where you installed the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software package by default the opt directory such as in the following example localhost opt SUNWspci3 Do one of the following depending on the operating system you are running If you are running Windows Server 2003 click down the directory tree to drivers winnet patch and double click update bat to complete the installation If you are running Windows 2000 Professional or Server click down the directory tree to drivers win2k patch and double click update bat to complete the installation If you are running Windows XP Professional click down the directory tree to drivers winxp patch and double click update bat to complete the installation Note The default installation location is opt SUNWspci3 If you installed the SunPCi 111 package to another location map the drive to that location When the script finishes the operating system software might ask you to reboot your machine If so you must reboot for the changes to take effect SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 v How to Automatically Update Linux Drivers SunPCi 111 software recognizes the installation of a new SunPCi software package and prompts you to update the Linux drivers To automatically update Linux drivers follow these steps 6 Start your version of Linux During the
204. ouse with which to navigate You can boot into Safe Mode by following these steps 1 During startup of Windows XP Professional press the F8 key 2 Select Safe Mode and press Return 3 The operating system starts in Safe Mode and no mouse is available This is a known issue and is currently under investigation Incorrect Path Name After Adding D Drive While using Windows XP Professional the path name displayed for a newly mapped D drive might be incorrect This situation occurs when you have an existing SunFSD mapping to letter D and then attach another emulated drive as letter D After restart the attached emulated D drive shows the path name of the previously mapped SunFSD drive The contents of the D drive and the SunFSD drive are unaffected and are correct even if the path name listing is incorrect This is a known issue and is currently under investigation CD ROM Drive Issues While using Windows 2000 Professional your CD ROM drive might be slow to display or will not update at all This includes the system information about the CD and the title of the CD when viewed in Windows Explorer This is a known issue that is being investigated Cannot Unmap SunFSD Drives If multiple user accounts were created during a Windows 2000 Professional installation without Administrator privileges there will be issues with non Administrator users mapping and unmapping SunFSD drivers in the following situations 168 SunPCi I
205. provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if it is not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual it may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Shielded Cables Connections between the workstation and peripherals must be made using shielded cables to comply with FCC radio frequency emission limits Networking connections can be made using unshielded twisted pair UTP cables Modifications Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by Sun Microsystems Inc may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment FCC Class B Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation
206. ptions and the SunPCi III 3 2 1 graphical user interface GUI window menus and dialog boxes The chapter also gives instructions for updating Intel drivers VNC and extended drives This chapter also explains how to set up printers for use with the SunPCi III system This chapter includes the following topics The sunpci Command and Its Options on page 110 SunPCi III Menus on page 113 Updating Intel and Linux Drivers on page 115 Boot Boot Support on page 118 Configuring and Using Boot Boot Support on page 120 Extended Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 128 Using the Copy and Paste Commands for the Japanese Locale on page 130 Printing From Microsoft Windows or Linux Using Solaris Printers on page 131 Avoid Using Screen Savers on page 133 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Automatically Update Intel Drivers on page 115 How to Manually Update Intel Drivers on page 116 How to Interact With VNC From a Remote Client on page 128 How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in Microsoft Windows on page 129 How to Configure Japanese Copy and Paste Between Microsoft Windows and Solaris on page 131 How to Set Up a Solaris Printer From Microsoft Windows on page 132 109 110 The sunpci Command and Its Options To use a command line option with the sunpci command type the command followed by a dash
207. py of the file Type the following command substituting the name of your hard disk and the name you want to assign to the copy cp C diskimage C diskimage copy SunPCi II Software and Microsoft Windows Issues This section includes the following topics FAT16 File System Limitation Issue on page 151 Application Installation to Solaris File System Issues on page 151 Displaying Shortname Tails on page 152 150 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Japanese Copy and Paste Issue on page 2 Opening in Safe Mode Only Starts in External Monitor on page 152 Switching to External Video Monitor After Entering Stand By Mode Displays as a Blank Window on page 153 SunPCi III Card Stuck in Stand By Mode in Multi Card Environment on page 153 Keyboard Sometimes Disappears When Leaving Stand By Mode on page 154 FAT16 File System Limitation Issue SunPCi III 3 2 1 software enables you to create emulated drive files as large as 40 Gbytes However if the emulated drive uses the FAT16 file system an inherent limitation in the FAT16 file system makes only the first 2 Gbytes of disk space accessible After installing and booting a Microsoft Windows operating system you can reformat convert and or repartition the emulated drive to another file system such as the FAT32 or NT File System NTFS You can also create new partitions or resize or reformat
208. r Solaris printer with Microsoft Windows operating systems refer to Printing From Microsoft Windows or Linux Using Solaris Printers on page 131 Connecting a Serial Device The Serial Parallel Port backplate contains a serial port that you can use to connect a modem or serial device to operate with SunPCi III software This serial port is assigned to COM1 FIGURE 10 3 shows the location of the serial port on the backplate To use the serial port connect the serial cable from your device to the serial port on the Serial Parallel Port backplate If you need to install any additional drivers for the device you want to use have the software diskette or CD handy and use the corresponding Control Panel to install the drivers For more information about connecting and using the serial device refer to the documentation that came with your serial device How to Configure a Serial Mouse for an External Monitor 1 Attach the mouse connector to the serial connector on the Serial Parallel Port backplate Ensure that the connector is firmly secured to the backplate 2 Click Start choose Settings and choose Control Panel from the Microsoft Windows menu 3 Click the Add New Hardware option Follow the Wizard instructions to install the serial mouse SunPGi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 1 1 Using SunPCi III Software This chapter provides detailed information about how to use the sunpci command line o
209. r becomes visible only when you leave the SunPCi III window Once you return to the SunPCi III window the normally invisible pointer disappears and the Microsoft Windows pointer again becomes active and the only pointer viewable To fix this problem you can either change the display to 16 bits per pixel BPP or disable the pointer shadows To change the display to 16 bits do the following 164 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Right click your Windows desktop Choose Properties The Display Properties dialog box opens Click the Settings tab Click Medium 16 bit in the Color quality drop down list box Click Apply The desktop flickers while applying the new settings Click OK in the Display Properties dialog box To disable the mouse pointer shadows do the following Right click the My Computer icon Choose Properties The System Properties dialog box opens Click the Advanced tab Click Settings in the Performance group box The Performance Options dialog box opens Uncheck the Show shadows under the mouse pointer check box Click Apply Click OK in the Performance Options dialog box Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box File System Drive Issues You might observe the following issues when using file system drives m File attributes such as read only and write only might not work correctly m File links do not work on file system drives If y
210. r system returns a message similar to the following message you need to install the SunPCi III 3 2 1 software from the CD ERROR information for SUNWspci3 Multiple Cards and Microsoft Windows Issue In multiple card installations select one of many configuration ini files which reference the desired emulated drives by using the sunpci p command option Configuring Virtual Networking Using SunPCi II Software If you are installing SunPCi 111 3 2 1 software on an Sun system with more than one network interface the SunPCi III startup script displays the following message SunPCi This machine has multiple network interfaces If you are using SunPC networking you need to set th nvironment variable NVL_INTERFACE to indicate the desired network interface Type netstat i for a list of interfaces on this machine Enter the interface name into the script for example if the netstat 1 command returns one of the following names hme0 hmel or eri0 then enter the name into the script Be sure to use the correct Ethernet name especially if you are planning on using virtual networking Virtual networking shares the Sun system s Ethernet port Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 Xinerama Display Issues You might encounter any or all of the three following display issues with Xinerama When using SunPCi III during an Xinerama session the mouse can behave erratically if the SunPCi III session is set to disp
211. rd dialog box opens Click Finish If you are asked to restart the computer click Yes to complete the configuration To make the virtual adapter function in the network you need to complete the procedure How to Configure the Network for Windows XP Professional on page 49 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 How to Configure the Network for Windows XP Professional After you finish configuring the virtual or the physical network adapter and restart Windows XP Professional you need to configure one of the adapters to use TCP IP Log on to Windows XP Professional again and follow the steps in this procedure Caution Do not activate a virtual and a physical network adapter at the same time Verify that you have disabled the virtual or physical adapter before performing the following procedure From the Start menu choose My Network Places The Network Connections window opens The window contains three icons Make New Connection Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection 2 Tip If you attempt this operation several times you might see more than the initial three icons in the window Right click Local Area Connection or Local Area Connection 2 Your choice of 2 or not depends on which Ethernet adapter is enabled The Status window opens A drop down menu opens Click Properties The Local Area Connection Properties window opens Double click Internet Protocol TCP IP The Internet Protoco
212. record properly This is a known Linux bug and is currently under investigation Installing Linux in Multi Card Environment Requires Closing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 In Red Hat Linux 9 when installing Linux in a multi card environment you must close any open sessions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 since there might be a conflict with the installation Failure to close Microsoft Windows Server 2003 before starting the installation of Linux results in a failed installation After completing the Linux installation both Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Linux can run simultaneously Fully Functional and Configured Network Required for Linux Graphical User Interface to Work on System Monitor In Red Hat Linux 9 in order for the X server to work you must have a fully functional network connection to both the SunPCi III card and the host workstation If there is no network connection the X server will not start up The X server allows you to use the Linux graphical user interface These requirements apply only to installations that use a system monitor If you configure Linux to use an external monitor to view SunPCi III this issue is not applicable Appendix A Troubleshooting 159 Must Install Networking During Linux Installation to Use Graphical User Interface In Red Hat Linux 9 if you do not follow the directions exactly in the SunPCi III 3 2 User s Guide on configuring the networking for Linux you will have sever
213. reinstimmen F hren Sie niemals Gegenst nde in die Ger te ffnungen ein Es k nnten elektrische Spannungsfelder vorhanden sein Leitende Fremdk rper k nnen Kurzschltisse Feuer und elektrische Schl ge verursachen oder Ihr Ger t besch digen Symbole Die folgenden Symbole werden in diesem Handbuch verwendet Achtung Es besteht die Gefahr der Verletzung und der Besch digung des Ger ts Befolgen Sie die Anweisungen Achtung 116156 Oberfl che Vermeiden Sie jede Beriihrung Diese Oberflachen sind sehr hei und k nnen Verbrennungen verursachen Achtung Elektrisches Spannungsfeld vorhanden Befolgen Sie die Anweisungen um elektrische Schlage und Verletzungen zu vermeiden gt pl Ein Das System wird mit Wechselstrom versorgt Abh ngig von der Art des Stromschalters Ihres Ger tes wird eventuell eines der folgenden Symbole verwendet Aus Das System wird nicht mehr mit Wechselstrom versorgt Wartezustand Der Ein Standby Schalter befindet sich in der Standby Position Modifikationen des Ger ts Nehmen Sie keine elektrischen oder mechanischen Geratemodifikationen vor Sun Microsystems ist fiir die Einhaltung der Sicherheitsvorschriften von modifizierten Sun Produkten nicht haftbar Aufstellung von Sun Ger ten Achtung Ger te ffnungen Ihres Sun Produkts d rfen nicht blockiert oder abgedeckt werden Sun Ger te sollten niemals in der Nahe von Heizk rpern o
214. rent emulated drive which you must do in a multiple card configuration use the sunpci command with the p option You then must enter the full path of the location of the ini file To start SunPCi software with a specific file using the p option type the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci p pathname ini Where pathname is the full directory path of the ini file for example home my_directory pc SunPC ini The SunPCi III software starts using the referenced disk image If you start an emulated drive with a card on which that drive was not created you get the following warning dialog box about the Ethernet MAC address This emulated drive image was created on another SunPCi card This could cause problems if there was special hardware connected to that card It could also cause problems if your installed software or configuration makes any assumptions about the MAC address Emulated Disk File pathname c diskimage was created on the card with the MAC address XX YY ZZ ZZ YY XX If you do not wish to see this message in the future start sunpci with the n option If application registration or network configuration setup is affected you can use the n option or you can bind the particular image and card by remapping the MAC address to the disk image If you want to bind the MAC address to the current disk image use the B option with the sunpci command See The sunpci Command and Its
215. rk ADVARSEL Litiumbatteri Eksplosionsfare ved fejlagtig h ndtering Udskiftning m kun ske med batteri af samme fabrikat og type Lev r det brugte batteri tilbage til leverand ren Suomi virheellisesti asennettu Vaihda paristo ainoastaan laitevalmistajan suosittelemaan tyyppiin H vit k ytetty paristo valmistajan ohjeiden mukaisesti VAROITUS Paristo voi r j ht jos se on Safety Agency Compliance Statements xi xii SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Regulatory Compliance Statements Your Sun product is marked to indicate its compliance class e Federal Communications Commission FCC USA e Industry Canada Equipment Standard for Digital Equipment ICES 003 Canada e Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI Japan e Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection BSMI Taiwan Please read the appropriate section that corresponds to the marking on your Sun product before attempting to install the product FCC Class A Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to
216. rk s Ethernet port Restart your operating system software If you have not already set up TCP IP refer to the previous section How to Set Up Virtual Ethernet Networking Note When more than one SunPCi III card is installed in a system virtual networking is disabled by the SunPCi III software If you changed networks or network properties or if you did not set up the network during the installation process you need to configure TCP IP to connect to your network Refer to the documentation that came with your version of Microsoft Windows and to How to Set TCP IP Properties on page 33 To configure virtual networking In Windows XP Professional refer to Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows XP Professional on page 46 In Windows 2000 refer to Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows 2000 on page 62 In Windows Server 2003 refer to Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows Server 2003 on page 78 Note If you are using DHCP with virtual networking you might observe that the network takes several minutes to start after you configure the network and restart Microsoft Windows This is normal behavior during the first reboot after you set up the network SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 10 How to Use Power Management With Physical Networking If you need to ping the IP address of the SunPCi III card to bring up the machine when
217. rk for Windows Server 2003 After you finish configuring the virtual or the physical network adapter and restart Windows Server 2003 you need to configure one of the adapters to use TCP IP Log in to Windows Server 2003 again and follow the steps in this procedure Caution Do not activate a virtual and a physical network adapter at the same time Verify that you have disabled the virtual or physical adapter before performing the following procedure From the Start menu choose Settings and then choose Network Connections The Network Connections window opens The window contains three icons Make New Connection Local Area Connection and Local Area Connection 2 Tip If you attempt this operation several times you might see more than the initial three icons in the window Right click Local Area Connection or Local Area Connection 2 Your choice of 2 or not depends on which Ethernet adapter is enabled The Status window opens A drop down menu opens Click Properties The Local Area Connection Properties window opens Double click Internet Protocol TCP IP The Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window opens Set up TCP IP for your SunPCi III card as described in How to Set TCP IP Properties on page 33 Refer to your Windows Server 2003 documentation if needed When you finish setting up TCP IP click OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog box Click OK to close the Local
218. rnes vous devez d monter le couvercle de votre syst me Sun N oubliez pas de le remettre en place avant de mettre le syst me sous tension produit Sun dont le couvercle n est pas install Si vous ne respectez pas cette consigne vous risquez de vous blesser ou d endommager le syst me Attention Ne travaillez jamais avec un Avis de conformit des appareils laser Les produits Sun faisant appel a la technologie laser sont conformes aux normes de s curit des appareils laser de classe 1 Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser Klasse 1 CD ROM Attention L utilisation de contr les et de r glages ou l application de proc dures autres que ceux sp cifi s dans le pr sent document peuvent entrainer une exposition a des radiations dangereuses Notice de qualit GOST R gi Einhaltung sicherheitsbeh rdlicher Vorschriften Lesen Sie diesen Abschnitt sorgf ltig durch bevor Sie mit dem Arbeitsablauf beginnen Der folgende Text beschreibt SicherheitsmafSnahmen die bei der Installation von Sun Produkten zu beachten sind Sicherheitsmafinahmen Zu Threm eigenen Schutz sollten Sie die folgenden Sicherheitsmafnahmen bei der Installation befolgen m Befolgen Sie alle auf die Ger te aufgedruckten Anweisungen und Warnhinweise Beachten Sie die Ger teaufschrift um sicherzustellen da Netzspannung und frequenz mit der Ger tespannung und frequenz tibe
219. rosoft Windows and Linux Operating Systems on page 1 SunPCi III 3 2 1 Features on page 2 Supported Citrix MetaFrame Software on page 4 Getting Help for SunPCi III Software on page 5 Getting Help for Microsoft Windows and Linux Software on page 6 Viewing the Documentation PDF Files on page 6 Removing Microsoft Windows Software on page 7 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to View Solaris Manual Pages on page 5 Supported Microsoft Windows and Linux Operating Systems The SunPCi III 3 2 1 product supports the following Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems and Service Packs m Microsoft Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional Service Pack la m Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Edition Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 No Service Pack Required Red Hat Linux 9 Personal and Professional Edition Kernel 2 4 20 6 Red Hat Linux 9 download Edition Kernel 2 4 20 8 Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 Kernel 2 4 21 4EL Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 WS Kernel 2 4 21 4EL Note SunPCi III 3 2 1 does not support Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows ME or Microsoft Windows NT However SunPCi III 3 2 1 does support the upgrade of Microsoft Windows NT to a supported operating system N
220. rosos Los objetos conductores extra os podr an producir un cortocircuito y en consecuencia fuego descargas el ctricas o da os en el equipo S mbolos Los s mbolos siguientes pueden aparecer en este manual 1 Precauci n Existe el riesgo de que se produzcan lesiones personales y da os en el equipo Siga las instrucciones Precauci n Superficie caliente Evite todo contacto Las superficies estan calientes y pueden causar lesiones personales si se tocan Precauci n Riesgo de voltajes peligrosos Para reducir el riesgo de descargas el ctricas y de da os en la salud de las personas siga las instrucciones Encendido Proporciona alimentaci n de CA al sistema Seg n el tipo de interruptor de alimentaci n del que disponga el dispositivo se utilizar uno de los s mbolos siguientes Apagado Corta la alimentaci n de CA del sistema Safety Agency Compliance Statements ix Espera El interruptor de encendido espera est en la posici n de espera Modificaciones en el equipo No realice modificaciones mec nicas ni el ctricas en el equipo Sun Microsystems no se har responsable del cumplimiento de las normas en el caso de un producto Sun que ha sido modificado Lugar y colocaci n de un producto Sun Precauci n No obstruya ni tape las rejillas del producto Sun Nunca coloque un producto Sun cerca de radiadores o fuentes de calor El incumplimiento
221. s et Solaris sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de Sun Microsystems Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Toutes les marques SPARC sont utilis es sous licence et sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques d pos es de SPARC International Inc aux Etats Unis et dans d autres pays Les produits protant les marques SPARC sont bas s sur une architecture d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc L interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et Sun a t d velopp e par Sun Microsystems Inc pour ses utilisateurs et licenci s Sun reconna t les efforts de pionniers de Xerox pour la recherche et le d veloppment du concept des interfaces d utilisation visuelle ou graphique pour l industrie de Hinformatique Sun d tient une license non exclusive do Xerox sur l interface d utilisation graphique Xerox cette licence couvrant galement les licenci es de Sun qui mettent en place l interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences crites de Sun LA DOCUMENTATION EST FOURNIE EN L TAT ET TOUTES AUTRES CONDITIONS DECLARATIONS ET GARANTIES EXPRESSES OU TACITES SONT FORMELLEMENT EXCLUES DANS LA MESURE AUTORISEE PAR LA LOI APPLICABLE Y COMPRIS NOTAMMENT TOUTE GARANTIE IMPLICITE RELATIVE A LA QUALITE MARCHANDE A L APTITUDE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIEREOU A L ABSENCE DE CONTREFACON ES moe Ca Adobe PostScript Safety Agency Compliance Statements Read this section before beg
222. s the following to the section for that card in the etc Master ini file DisplayName hostname displaynum For example to configure Card1 to display on the X server running on the console of the host named xyzzy you would add an entry to the Card1 section of the etc Master ini file that would read DisplayName xyzzy 0 Note Only Sun X servers and VNC are supported Chapter 11 Using SunPCi lll Software 7 v How to Interact With VNC From a Remote Client 1 Install the SUNWspvn3 package on the remote client The client system need not contain any SunPCi III cards but it may 2 Go to the vncviewer by going to the following path opt SUNWspvn3 bin A dialog box appears that asks for the Xvnc server name and for the password of the user under whose account the Xvnc server is running on the server To supply this information directly on the command line use a command similar to the following vncviewer vncserverhostname displaynum Replace vncserverhostname with the name of the server running VNC and replace displaynum with the number of the display to use For example vncviewer xyz 10 Extended Drives and SunPCi III Software An extended drive is a mapping of a Windows or Linux drive letter to a directory in the Solaris file system With extended drives you can share applications and data files between the Solaris operating environment and operating systems The SunPCi III program permits up
223. s CD ROM drive Chapter 7 Using Windows Server 2003 75 AN 2 From the Start menu choose Programs and then choose Windows Explorer The Windows Explorer window opens In Windows Explorer navigate to the following path C sun wnetupg upgrade bat Note If you cannot find this directory on your C drive either you have installed the wrong version of the SunPCi III software or you did not update your drivers Double click upgrade bat The upgrade process continues This program automatically maps a network drive for its own use If you do not have a network drive letter available in Windows Explorer the process fails Follow the prompts on the window and enter the information that Microsoft Windows requests For example enter the CD key on the back of your CD case and your administrator s password when prompted When you are finished entering all the information the SunPCi III software reboots again into Windows Server 2003 Tip This step can take several minutes to complete Upgrading Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows Server 2003 Caution The setup and configuration procedures for the SunPCi III software involve some steps that differ from the Microsoft upgrade steps Do not use the standard Microsoft upgrade procedure provided on the Windows Server 2003 CD or the installation will fail and your emulated C drive can become corrupted 76 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1User s Guide Marc
224. s Solaris supports For more information about using Solaris environment variables refer to your Solaris documentation 194 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 APPENDIX C SunPCi HI Online Support This appendix includes listings of various Web sites and online resources for SunPCi This chapter includes the following topics SunPCi III Product Web Page on page 195 SunPCi 111 Documentation on page 196 SunPCi 11 Product Web Page The SunPCi III product Web site contains the latest information about the SunPCi III product as well as links to software updates and patches Check the product Web site regularly for software updates The Web site is located at the following URL http www sun com desktop products sunpci This Web site also includes links to SunPCi White Papers and other information There are many links from this Web site to further information about SunPCi IIL including specific articles about the SunPCi product at the following URL http www sun com desktop products sunpci articles html 195 SunPCi HI Documentation The docs sun com Web site enables you to access SunPCi documentation on the Web You can search for a specific book title or subject at the following URL http docs sun com You can find specific SunPCi documentation by searching for SunPCi in the search option on docs sun com for both HTML and PDF versions of documentation PDF versions of SunPCi
225. s guide provides the information you need to use the SunPCi III software with Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems The topics in this guide are explained with the non technical user in mind However you do need to understand the basics of working with the Solaris operating environment the DOS operating system and the desired version of Microsoft Windows or Linux software XXXV Note Installation of Microsoft Windows and Linux on your Sun system with the card differs from installation of Microsoft Windows and Linux on a PC Even though you may understand Microsoft Windows and Linux installation instructions it is critical that you follow the instructions in this guide Xxxvi How This Book Is Organized This guide is organized as follows Chapter 1 describes the SunPCi III product and introduces its features Chapter 2 lists the contents of the SunPCi III package and explains the requirements your system must meet to successfully install and run SunPCi 111 software Chapter 3 explains how to configure and use multiple SunPCi III cards installed in your system Chapter 4 explains how to configure and use networking with the SunPCi III product Chapter 5 describes how to configure and use Windows XP Professional software Chapter 6 explains how to configure and use Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server software Chapter 7 describes how to configure and use Windows Server 2003 Chapter 8 describe
226. s how to configure and use Linux specifically Red Hat Linux 9 and Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 Chapter 9 discusses installing and configuring server products and SunFSD issues Chapter 10 describes how to connect peripheral devices such as printers serial devices and audio devices to the SunPCi III card Chapter 11 outlines how to use aspects of SunPCi III software including the sunpci command and VNC Appendix A provides explanations of known problems and troubleshooting solutions Appendix B describes how to configure SunPCi III to work with international equipment Appendix C describes how to access and use online SunPCi Web sites and resources SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Appendix D includes suggestions and tips to improve SunPCi III performance The glossary includes definitions of terms used with SunPCi Using UNIX Commands This guide does not contain information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices See one or more of the following for this information Software documentation that you received with your system Solaris operating environment documentation which is located at http docs sun com Document Conventions This guide uses certain document conventions The following sections explain the conventions and how to interpret them Solaris Command Windows In this guide you are often instructe
227. sabled all subsequent mappings and references using the localhost prefix fail Additionally after rebooting the server SunFSD mapping remains disabled So if for example there were any successful SunFSD directory mappings prior to disabling SunFSD mapping after the system is rebooted such mappings are no longer available Chapter 9 Installing and Configuring Server Software 7 98 SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 CHAPTER 10 Using Drives and Configuring Peripheral Devices This chapter includes information about using drives and configuring peripheral devices available with the SunPCi III product This chapter includes the following general topics Using a Diskette Drive With SunPCi III Software on page 100 Using a CD DVD Drive With SunPCi 111 Software on page 100 Connecting Peripheral Devices on page 103 Connecting Additional USB and 1394 Firewire Devices on page 105 Connecting Serial and Parallel Port Devices on page 107 This chapter includes instructions for completing the following tasks How to Mount a CD ROM Drive on page 101 How to Set Up a CD ROM Drive on page 102 How to Eject a CD From a CD ROM Drive on page 103 How to Configure a Serial Mouse for an External Monitor on page 108 Caution SunPCi 111 software is not compatible with a system after bsmconv 1M is run Specifically the device allocation features are incompatible with the use of
228. second each time the Meta F keyboard combination is pressed Chapter 10 Using Drives and Configuring Peripheral Devices 103 104 m If SunPCi is not running you can identify the card on which the session is running by using the f cardname switch The LED indicator cycles through the green red and amber colors until you type the kill INT pid command to stop the process You must specify each card such as cardi to identify the card using this process Connecting Audio Devices The SunPCi III audio ports do not route audio through your Sun system s speakers In order to hear the audio you need to connect a separate set of speakers or headphones to the Line out stereo port Note In Linux audio drivers and audio randomly fails in some Linux applications Connecting the USB Device You have one USB 2 0 connection on the SunPCi III main card backplate The USB connection can accommodate any USB device such as a digital camera a CD RW external drive or printer Once connected the USB device should work immediately Tip Since the USB and Ethernet ports are next to each other and are a similar size and shape you might incorrectly plug a USB device into the Ethernet port Be careful to plug the USB device into the USB port and not into the Ethernet port or you might damage the Ethernet port Connecting the Ethernet Device The SunPCi III main card backplate includes an Ethernet connection to plug a device into a net
229. sing Windows XP Professional 37 Installing Windows XP Professional 38 Installation Notes 38 Y How to Perform a Custom Installation 39 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS and Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional 40 Upgrade Notes 40 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional 41 Before You Begin the Upgrade 41 v How to Upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional 1 Upgrading Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional 42 v How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional 3 Installing Japanese Windows XP Professional 44 Y How to Perform an Automatic Installation 44 How to Perform a Manual Installation 45 Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows XP Professional 46 v How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter 7 How to Configure the Network for Windows XP Professional 49 How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet 50 How to Prepare Windows XP Professional to Display External Video 1 How to Configure Windows XP Professional for External Video Use 2 Contents xxi v How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor 53 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 55 Installing Windows 2000 56 Installation Notes 56 v How to Perform a Custom Installation 56 Upgrading Windows NT to Windows 2000 58 Upgrade Notes 58 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional 59 Before You Begin the Upgrade 59 How to Upgrade Windo
230. ssional and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Edition is referred to as Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 refers to both operating systems 55 56 Installing Windows 2000 You install operating system software when you create an emulated drive by choosing Create a New Emulated Drive from the SunPCi Options menu See Emulated Drives and SunPCi II Software on page 12 If you want to perform a custom installation using scripts that differ from the standard Microsoft installation scripts see How to Perform a Custom Installation on page 56 Caution SunPCi III 3 2 1 does not support simultaneous operation of Windows 2000 on both the system and external monitors Installation Notes Make sure that you have the following media and information available before you begin installation m Windows 2000 retail installation software CD Customized installation scripts if needed m The network system name for each SunPCi III card installed in your system m The workgroup or domain name for your Windows 2000 installation on each SunPCi III card installed in your system How to Perform a Custom Installation Caution When you specify an operating system to auto install in the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box the software automatically finds and copies setup files boot files system files and drivers that are appropriate for that operating system The software also launches Windows Setup when SunPCi software reboots Do no
231. stall the virtual Ethernet adapter Note When more than one SunPCi III card is installed in a system virtual networking is disabled by the SunPCi III software Caution Do not enable both virtual and physical networking at the same time since unpredictable results and operations can happen 46 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 10 For more information about physical and virtual Ethernet networking refer to Setting Up Networking With SunPCi II Hardware and Software on page 33 To set up virtual Ethernet networking for Windows XP Professional follow the steps outlined in the next procedure since this procedure explains how to configure the network adapter Note If you use a static IP address for physical networking and are switching to virtual networking and want to use your static IP address you must remove your static IP address in physical networking If you do not remove your static IP address first you will receive error messages about conflicting IP addresses How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter On the Windows XP Professional desktop right click My Computer A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The System Properties dialog box opens Click the Hardware tab Click Device Manager The Device Manager window opens with a list of installed device drivers Double click Network Adapters Right click VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adaptor Click Disable
232. stallation notes 38 installing 38 installing Japanese Windows XP Professional 44 Index 213 installing Japanese Windows XP Professional automatic 44 installing Japanese Windows XP Professional manual 45 upgrading to 40 upgrading Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional 42 upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional 41 Windows getting help with 6 World Wide Web Sun documentation on 196 X xwait 112 214 SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004
233. static IP address you must remove your static IP address in physical networking If you do not remove your static IP address first you will receive error messages about conflicting IP addresses How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter On the Windows 2000 desktop right click My Computer A drop down menu opens Choose Properties The System Properties dialog box opens Click the Hardware tab Click Device Manager The Device Manager window opens with a list of installed device drivers Double click Network Adapters Right click VIA RHINE II Fast Ethernet Adapter Click Disable A message opens saying that disabling this device will cause it to stop functioning Click Yes Close the Device Manager window Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box This completes the first section of this task Proceed with the second section to complete adding a virtual network adapter From the Start menu choose Settings and then choose Control Panel Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 3 64 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Double click Add Remove Hardware The Add Remove Hardware Wizard dialog box opens Click Next Click the Add Troubleshoot a device radio button Click Next Microsoft Windows searches for new hardware devices The Add Remove Hardware Wizard Choose a Hardware dialog box opens Click t
234. t Each card that you want to configure for Boot Boot support must have an existing and unique ini file and a matching C drive and optionally a D drive By convention the ini file for Cardn is named card ini and is located in the pc directory for the username under which the SunPCi session or sessions will run Note Remember you must create a new ini file for each card Refer to How to Create an ini File Using the n Option on page 24 for further information For example if the SunPCi sessions run under the root account the ini file for Cardl is pc card1 ini The C drive that is referenced by the card1 ini file can be anywhere on an accessible file system but for best performance the file system should be physically connected to the machine in which the cards are installed For example the path to a C drive with the Windows 2000 operating system installed on it for Card1 might be files drives C Win2K diskimage and the pc card1 ini file would contain the following entry Drives C drive files drives C Win2K diskimage After you have created the appropriate cardn ini file or files installed the operating you can configure the cards for Boot Boot support See Configuring Multiple Cards With SunPCi 111 Software on page 23 Configuring SunPCi HI Cards for Boot Boot Support As with VNC support you must add each card individually and then enable it to run To add Boot Boot support for a
235. t functions as a standby type device only The power cord serves as the primary disconnect device for the system Be sure to plug the power cord into a grounded power outlet that is nearby the system and is readily accessible Do not connect the power cord when the power supply has been removed from the system chassis Lithium Battery Caution On Sun CPU boards there is a lithium battery molded into the real time clock SGS No MK48T59Y MK48TXXB XX MK48T18 XXXPCZ M48T59W XXXPCZ or MK46T08 Batteries are not customer replaceable parts They may explode if mishandled Do not dispose of the battery in fire Do not disassemble it or attempt to recharge it Battery Pack Caution There is a sealed lead acid battery in SunPCi units Portable Energy Products No TLC02V50 There is danger of explosion if the battery pack is mishandled or incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same type of Sun Microsystems battery pack Do not disassemble it or attempt to recharge it iv SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 outside the system Do not dispose of the battery in fire Dispose of the battery properly in accordance with local regulations System Unit Cover You must remove the cover of your Sun computer system unit to add cards memory or internal storage devices Be sure to replace the top cover before powering on your computer system Caution Do not operate Sun products without the top cover
236. t perform a custom installation unless you want to use customized installation scripts Create a new emulated hard drive and auto install the DR DOS 7 01 operating system software See Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 12 Set options in the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box as follows m Select DR DOS 7 01 Bootable as the operating system to auto install SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 m Make the drive at least 2 Gbytes in size which can be expanded later if needed m Attach the drive as a C drive m For best performance create your emulated drives on a local hard disk on your Sun system or server The SunPCi III software reboots The OpenDOS prompt C lt opens 2 Install the SunPCi III drivers The default location for the Windows 2000 files is r cdrom cdrom0 i386 However if your Windows 2000 files reside at a location other than the default one you need to use the s switch to specify where the files are located For example if your Windows 2000 disk image is located in your Solaris directory at export home win2k you would access it from the R drive in OpenDOS Note Copy all the contents of the installation CD files to the win2k folder before starting the installation Type the following command all on one line C gt drivers win2k setupw2k s r export home win2k i386 The setup process takes a few minutes to complete When the setup
237. t upgrade steps Do not use the standard Microsoft upgrade procedure provided on the Windows XP Professional CD or the installation will fail and your emulated C drive can become corrupted 42 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional Insert the Windows XP Professional CD into your system s CD ROM drive From the Start menu choose All Programs and then choose Windows Explorer The Windows Explorer window opens In Windows Explorer navigate to the following path C sun wxpupg upgrade bat Note If you cannot find this directory on your C drive either you have installed the wrong version of the SunPCi III software or you did not update your drivers Double click upgrade bat The upgrade process continues This program automatically maps a network drive for its own use If you do not have a network drive letter available in Windows Explorer the process fails Follow the prompts on the window and enter the information that Microsoft Windows requests For example enter the CD key on the back of your CD case and your administrator s password when prompted When you are finished entering all the information the SunPCi III software reboots again into Windows XP Professional Tip This step can take several minutes to complete Install the Service Pack To complete the process you need to install the appropriate Service Pack
238. ter as correctamente siguiendo las normas locales vigentes Cubierta de la unidad del sistema Debe retirar la cubierta de la unidad del sistema inform tico Sun para a adir tarjetas memoria o dispositivos de almacenamiento internos Aseg rese de volver a colocar la cubierta superior antes de encender el equipo Precauci n No ponga en funcionamiento los productos Sun sin que la cubierta superior se encuentre instalada De lo contrario podr an producirse lesiones personales o da os en el sistema Aviso de cumplimiento de las normas para l ser Los productos Sun que utilizan tecnolog a l ser cumplen los requisitos para l ser de Clase 1 Class 1 Laser Product Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klasse 1 Laser Apparat Laser Klasse 1 CD ROM Precauci n La utilizaci n de controles ajustes O la realizaci n de los procedimientos distintos a los especificados en el presente documento podr an provocar la exposici n a radiaciones peligrosas GOST R Certification Mark ur Nordic Lithium Battery Cautions Norge ADVARSEL Litiumbatteri Eksplosjonsfare Ved utskifting benyttes kun batteri som anbefalt av apparatfabrikanten Brukt batteri returneres apparatleverand ren Sverige VARNING Explosionsfara vid felaktigt batteribyte Anv nd samma batterityp eller en ekvivalent typ som rekommenderas av apparattillverkaren Kassera anv nt batteri enligt fabrikantens instruktion Danma
239. that provides greater performance security and reliability than the FAT filesystem Uses standard transaction logging and recovery techniques In some Windows operating systems it provides advanced features such as file and folder permissions encryption disk quotas and compression option See flag P parallel A form of data transfer in which data is transmitted several bits at a time concurrently See also serial partition A section of main memory or mass storage that has been reserved for a particular application In SunPCi a user can partition a diskimage and each partition will behave like a separate disk drive Partitioning is useful when running more than one operating system For example you might reserve one partition for Windows XP and another for Windows 2003 peripheral device A computer device such as a CD ROM drive or printer that is not part of the essential computer Peripheral devices can be internal such as an internal modem or external such as a printer or keyboard physical ethernet Using the external Ethernet connector on the back of the SunPCi card to connect the card to an Ethernet port See also virtual Ethernet PING Packet INternet Groper A utility used to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible 204 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 POST power management print provider R redirector S samba serial SMB SMI SMI Mode SODIMM Stand By
240. the Microsoft upgrade steps Do not use the standard Microsoft upgrade procedure provided on the Windows 2000 Server CD or the installation will fail your Windows 2000 Server emulated disk will not run with SunPCi III and your emulated C drive can become corrupted Insert the Windows 2000 Server CD into your system s CD ROM drive Click Start and choose Programs and Windows Explorer The Windows Explorer window opens Using the Windows Explorer window find the following path C sun w2kupg upgrade bat Note If you cannot find this directory on your C drive either you have installed the wrong version of the SunPCi III software or you did not update your SunPCi III drivers Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 1 4 Double click upgrade bat The upgrade process continues This program automatically maps a network drive for its own use If you do not have a network drive letter available in Windows Explorer the process fails Follow the prompts on the window and enter the information that Microsoft Windows requests For example enter the CD key on the back of your CD case and your administrator s password when prompted When you are finished entering all the information the SunPCi III software reboots again into Windows 2000 Server Tip This step can take several minutes to complete Install the Service Pack To complete the process you need to install the appr
241. the SunPCi III emulated drives are not forced to run on any particular card By default any particular ini file and its associated drive will start on any available card and it is not possible to predict which card will be used By default SunPCi creates the SunPC ini file during installation which is located in the pc directory on your system You can however start a drive and a specific card together To do this you need to identify the cards that are installed in your system v How to Identify Card Names e To identify the name of each installed card type the following command opt SUNWspci3 bin sunpci 1 The system displays the following information the card s name the card s device file name in the dev directory the card s type the card s description and the card s ID or Ethernet MAC address What follows is sample output from a system with two cards installed Name Cardl Device dev sunpci3drv0 Type SunPCi III Description SunPCi III card ID 08 00 20 F9 xx xx Name Card2 Device dev sunpci3drv3 Type SunPCi III Description SunPCi III card ID 08 00 20 E7 xx xx Note Instead of the ID message you could get the Card In Use message if one of the cards is already running Chapter 3 Using Multiple SunPCi Ill Cards 5 26 v How to Start a Specific ini File By default SunPCi software uses the SunPC ini file when you use the sunpci command To start a diffe
242. they fail and the ability to gracefully shut down SunPCi sessions including performing an orderly shutdown of the operating system are also part of the Boot Boot support Boot Boot currently supports all supported SunPCi versions of Microsoft Windows and Linux The following SunPCi II 3 2 1 software components support Boot Boot m SunPCi daemon This is a required component a Virtual Network Computing VNC This is an optional component SunPCi Daemon The SunPCi daemon sunpcid is a dual function application of Boot Boot support and includes such features as automatically starting SunPCi sessions at boot time and shutting down SunPCi sessions at system shutdown time The daemon is controlled through the sunpcidadm command The sunpcidadm command implements control functionality through command line arguments that enable Solaris server administrators to configure the SunPCi daemon process to work as needed For example you can use the sunpcidadm command to add Boot Boot support for a SunPCi III card into the etc Master ini file which has been expanded to contain the configuration information for the sunpcidadm daemon You can also use the sunpcidadm command to enable and disable auto restart functionality and to start and stop the SunPCi software on one or more cards When changes are made to the SunPCi daemon configuration by the sunpcidadm command with command line arguments the controlling sunpcidadm daemon sends a signal t
243. ti virus software SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Upgrading Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional Caution The setup and configuration procedures for the SunPCi 111 program involve some steps that differ from the Microsoft upgrade steps Do not use the standard Microsoft upgrade procedure provided on the Windows XP Professional CD or the installation will fail and your emulated C drive can become corrupted Before You Begin the Upgrade Although Windows NT is not supported in SunPCi III 3 2 1 you can upgrade from Windows NT to a supported operating systems in SunPCi III 3 2 1 Caution Before starting to upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Windows XP Professional you must update your Intel drivers Refer to Updating Intel and Linux Drivers on page 115 for additional information Caution If you are using an external CD RW drive with Windows NT4 WS un install the device The upgrade to Windows XP Professional will fail unless the device is removed and its software uninstalled Reinstall the drive after the upgrade Note When upgrading from Windows NT to Windows XP Professional a blank dialog box opens This happens after the Dynamic Update completes and when the Preparing Installation radio button on the left pane of the Windows XP Professional Installation Wizard is selected This dialog box soon disappears and the installation process continues normally How to Upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Win
244. tion explains how to configure your Microsoft Windows settings with SunPCi III 3 2 1 software so that you can print using your Sun system s network printer When connecting a printer from your Sun system do one of the following Connect the printer to the SunPCi II hardware to print from Microsoft Windows Connect the printer to the non Sun hardware to print from Solaris There are hardware compatibility issues particularly drivers that might not work properly if you try to print from Microsoft Windows when you are connected to the non SunPCi 111 Sun hardware Chapter 11 Using SunPCi Ill Software 131 132 Tip For information about printing from Solaris with Linux refer to your Linux documentation Note If you are trying to print and the network is busy there might be delays in printing as well as delays in retrieving printer status and printer queue contents Note SunPCi IMI 3 2 1 software does not support printing from DOS to a UNIX printer It is possible to choose that option during the setup process but it will not function How to Set Up a Solaris Printer From Microsoft Windows From the Start menu choose Settings and then choose Printers The Printers window opens Double click the Add New Printer icon The Printer Wizard dialog box opens Select Network Printer click Next select Browse for a Printer and then click Next The Connect to Printer window opens Double c
245. tition for bad blocks prior to installation Under certain conditions this option causes the installation to stop and fail since the bad blocks check might fail at the end of partition To avoid this issue do not select the badblocks utility during installation This is a known Linux bug and a is currently under investigation Note Even after Linux installation the badblocks option might fail since partitions generated during installation might be incorrect Solaris Function Keys of Cut Copy and Paste Do Not Work on Solaris Keyboards In Red Hat Linux 9 Solaris Cut Copy and Paste function keys on Solaris keyboards do not work with Linux applications To work around this issue use the drop down menus for Cut Copy and Paste in Linux applications since they work correctly You can also use right click to access the options of Cut Copy and Paste Also not all Linux applications use the default Microsoft Windows keyboard shortcuts for Cut Copy and Paste You have to check each Linux application to see what keyboard shortcut is used for Cut Copy and Paste although the right click option generally works with most Linux applications Appendix A Troubleshooting 7 Cannot Eject CD From Solaris When Mounted Through Linux In Red Hat Linux 9 you cannot eject a CD using Solaris software once the CD is mounted by Linux To eject the CD using Solaris by pressing the Meta E key combination you must first unmount the CD
246. to 22 extended drives for storing applications and files There are two kinds of extended drives file system drives and network drives This section describes both types of drives Both are mapped using Windows Explorer 128 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 File System Drives A file system drive is an extended drive that maps to directories on any Solaris file system mounted on the local host To map a file system drive in Microsoft Windows refer to How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in Microsoft Windows on page 129 Network Drives A network drive is an extended drive that you mount to a SunPCi III PC emulated PC or real PC directory To mount a network drive you need the following SunPCi or a PC running NET BEUI a Microsoft supplied network protocol making sure that Client for Microsoft Sharing and File and Printer Sharing are enabled Refer to Microsoft Windows documentation for further information Solaris operating environment running Samba or PC NetLink software Refer to operating system documentation for information about mapping network drives and mounting and sharing network drives with an emulated PC Also refer to Samba and PC NetLink documentation for additional information about mounting and sharing network drives How to Access Solaris Files and Directories in Microsoft Windows In Microsoft Windows you need to specify that a file system drive is mounted on your Solaris syst
247. to the specific operating system chapter for additional information If you are installing multiple cards into your system see Using Multiple SunPCi III Cards on page 21 There are significant differences between configuring multiple cards and configuring a single card SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Attaching Emulated Drives If you want to use an existing emulated drive that is not currently attached to your SunPCi card as a C or D drive you can attach it by following the directions in this section How to Attach an Existing Emulated Drive as a C or D Drive Note If the drive you want to use is already attached skip this procedure If you want to use an emulated drive that is not attached as a C or D drive you need to attach the drive To attach an existing emulated drive perform the following procedure Start the SunPCi 111 software From the Options menu choose Attach an Existing Emulated Drive The Attach an Existing Emulated Drive dialog box opens Attach an Emulated Drive 1 Attach Emulated Drive As 6 200 0 0 CD Rom Choose a file to attach iexporvhomeflab44ipciChinese_2K diski mage Browse Ho FIGURE 2 2 Attach an Existing Emulated Drive Dialog Box Click the C or D radio button to specify how to attach the drive In the Choose a file to attach drop down list box either select or type the path of the emulated drive you plan to attac
248. tware normally 28 Rebinding Images and Cards When a disk image file is created the Ethernet MAC address of the card on which the disk image file was created is written into its header binding the card to the disk image file The binding is only informational and does not interfere with running a C or a D drive on a different card The sunpci command B option rewrites the MAC address of the current card into the disk image file header This switch is rarely used If you are remapping a C drive in which the MAC address of the original card has been used by installed applications for registration or network purposes you risk licensing and networking issues SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Before attempting to reconfigure the binding of any disk image verify that you have read and understood the sunpci and the sunpciflash command line options For more information refer to The sunpci Command and Its Options on page 110 Multiple Card Behavior The following sections explain limitations or features of a SunPCi III session when running multiple cards installed in the same system Networking With Multiple Cards Virtual networking is automatically disabled in systems with more than one card installed Use physical networking with multiple card configurations See Networking With SunPCi III Hardware and Software on page 31 for more information Using the Diskette Drive With Multiple Cards When
249. unPCi software or your files and applications could become corrupted See SunPCi III Menus on page 113 for descriptions of menu options that are available Chapter 2 Getting Started 11 Shutting Down SunPCi III Software Click Start and choose Shut Down The Shut Down Windows dialog box opens Click the Shut down option Click OK Microsoft Windows closes and the SunPCi window remains open with the SunPCi splash screen displaying You may now exit or reset SunPCi 4 From the File menu in SunPCi choose Quit The SunPCi Exit dialog box opens Click Quit SunPCi III closes Note You can also shut down SunPCi gracefully by choosing Quit from the File menu The Quit dialog box opens and you then click the Shutdown x86 OS and Quit SunPCi button which allows SunPCi to exit gracefully Note The specific terminology might be different than described above in different operating systems although the procedure is the same 12 Emulated Drives and SunPCi II Software In order to emulate a PC SunPCi III software creates a file in Solaris software and configures the file so that OpenDOS and Microsoft Windows or Linux see the file as a physical drive This type of file is a SunPCi III emulated hard drive After you install the SunPCi III software as detailed in the SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide you create a default C drive and assign it to an emulated drive file By d
250. undska and sundskb Disk Image Installation Must Complete In Red Hat Linux 9 if the installation process is aborted anytime during installation the diskimage created will not work To fix this issue you must delete the disk image and use the Create a New Emulated Drive option to restart the installation process Firewall Prevents NIS From Working In Red Hat Linux 9 NIS does not function after a fresh installation due to the firewall blocking a NIS broadcast reply To fix this issue lower the firewall setting from the default of High to a lower setting Note If you choose the No Firewall option during installation you must choose that option again after installation is complete since Red Hat automatically defaults to the High option after installation This is a known Linux Red Hat bug and is currently under investigation 15 Partitions per Disk Allowed In Red Hat Linux 9 only 15 partitions are allowed per hard disk 156 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Display Issue when Viewing Emacs In Red Hat Linux 9 when using the system monitor and after opening Emacs the fonts and the characters might appear as blocks instead of text If this issue appears close Emacs and then reopen the application to view fonts and characters properly Avoid Scanning Partitions for Bad Blocks During installation of Red Hat Linux 9 when you specify partitions an option is available to scan a par
251. ur SunPCi III card and your host Solaris system until you set up network connections When multiple cards are installed in a system virtual Ethernet networking is permanently disabled For specific instructions on the networking drivers for your operating system refer to the corresponding installation chapter To install the Windows XP Professional drivers refer to Chapter 5 To install the Windows 2000 drivers refer to Chapter 6 To install the Windows Server 2003 drivers refer to Chapter 7 To install the Red Hat Linux drivers refer to Chapter 8 Caution When one SunPCi III card is installed with the SunPCi III software you can use either physical or virtual networking but not both at once Note When multiple cards are installed in your system virtual networking is automatically disabled and you need to configure the TCP IP network protocols for all Microsoft Windows configurations SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Setting Up Networking With SunPCi IH Hardware and Software Setting up networking with SunPCi hardware and software involves setting TCP IP properties setting up either physical or virtual Ethernet networking and setting up network connections between SunPCi III cards and your Sun system How to Set TCP IP Properties Before you can configure TCP IP you need to obtain certain information from the network administrator at your site Obtain the following information before you begin
252. ut how to install the drivers After you finish installing the drivers the mouse pointer movement appears much smoother Diskette Drive Issue SunPCi III software and the Solaris Volume Manager program vold tend to conflict with each other for control of the diskette drive Volume Manager provides automatic mounting services for peripheral devices attached to your system such as a diskette drive The conflict arises when Volume Manager support is enabled on your system and you attempt to access a diskette drive through a SunPCi III window In such instances an error message opens and the diskette access fails By default when SunPCi III software is installed Volume Manager support is disabled for a diskette drive and so most users do not encounter an issue However it is possible to reenable Volume Manager on your system and thus encounter the issue at a later time If Volume Manager support for a diskette drive is re enabled on your system and you encounter issues accessing a diskette drive through SunPCi III software try disabling Volume Manager and restarting the SunPCi III window If the issue persists try disabling Volume Manager and rebooting your system 138 SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 To disable the Solaris Volume Manager perform the following steps 1 Make sure that SunPCi III software is not running 2 Become superuser 3 Disable Volume Manager by entering the following command opt S
253. ve the following media and information available before you begin installation m Windows XP Professional retail installation software CD Customized installation scripts if needed m The network system name for each SunPCi III card installed in your system m The workgroup or domain name for your Windows XP Professional installation on each SunPCi III card installed in your system Note When you install or upgrade to Windows XP Professional a dialog box might appear that contains information about display settings The mouse is disabled at this point and you must use the Tab and Return keys to click buttons in the dialog box and also in the settings confirmation dialog box that might follow The mouse is enabled after doing this SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 v How to Perform a Custom Installation Caution When you specify an operating system to auto install in the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box the software automatically finds and copies setup files boot files system files and drivers that are appropriate for that operating system The software also launches Windows Setup when SunPCi software reboots Do not perform a custom installation unless you want to use customized installation scripts 1 Create a new emulated hard drive and auto install the DR DOS 7 01 operating system software See Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 12 Set options in the Create a New Emulated Drive
254. ve the horizontal slider to the new size of the drive Note The size you choose is the total size of the emulated drive which includes both the original size of the drive and the added space In the Select Emulated Drive drop down list box either select or type the path of the emulated drive you plan to grow You can click Browse to search for an emulated drive Click OK The Disk Grow Process dialog box shows the progress of the disk expansion Then the Information dialog box shows additional information Click Close From the File menu choose Quit The Quit SunPCi dialog box opens Click Shutdown x86 OS and Reset SunPCi SunPCi software reboots to the newly grown drive Caution You will not be able to use the expanded drive space you created until you complete the following task After you grow the drive you must perform one of the following options to complete the procedure m Create a new partition in the expanded space by using the DOS fdisk utility and then create a new drive by formatting it using Microsoft Windows Explorer Chapter 2 Getting Started 9 m Use a third party software such as PartitionMagic to complete the expansion of your current disk drive m Create a new partition in the expanded space in Linux by using the command fdisk dev sundska or fdisk dev sundskb Microsoft Windows Service Packs After installing Microsoft Windows operating system software you mi
255. vior and does not interfere with screen saver functionality Note To avoid any potential conflicts with screen savers and SunPCi disable screen savers while using SunPCi Chapter 11 Using SunPCi lll Software 133 134 SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 APPENDIX A Troubleshooting The sections in this appendix describe known issues with the SunPCi III 3 2 1 products This appendix provides tips for rectifying some of the issues you might encounter while using SunPCi hardware and software This appendix includes the following topics Support for Issues on page 135 SunPCi 111 Hardware Issues on page 136 SunPCi III Software and Solaris Issues on page 142 SunPCi III Software and Microsoft Windows Issues on page 150 Red Hat Linux Issues on page 154 Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Issues on page 162 Windows Networking and SunFSD Issues on page 172 Microsoft Windows Application Issues on page 178 Support for Issues If you have a question or encounter an issue with the SunPCi III 3 2 1 product please contact your support provider Include the following information in your email What you observed including any error messages that were displayed The application you were using including the application version number What you were doing in the application at the time the issue occurred Steps to re create the issue very important
256. vnc to use if there is already an existing display using that number for instance on a Sun Ray server m The StartupScript to use the default is opt SUNWspci3 bin VNCStartup m The command line arguments for starting SunPCi for example to add the title title_string option for the window manager decorations or to use a different ini file with the p option m The command line arguments for VNC for example to make VNC display at a different resolution such as 1280 x 1024 If it is necessary to make changes manually to the Boot Boot configuration information in the etc Master ini file for example to change the configuration file that is to be used by Card1 from pc card1 ini to pc Win2K ini the SunPCi daemon will not immediately process those changes as it has no knowledge that the changes have taken place To inform the SunPCi software process that these changes have occurred you must use the sunpcidadm command with the r option This tells the SunPCi daemon that it must reread the etc Master ini file and reconfigure itself appropriately Note that any change does not take place until the modified sessions are restarted so to use the new pc Win2K ini file you must shut down and restart the SunPCi session for Card1 using either the SunPCi graphical user interface or the sunpcidadm command with the D option Using an X Server Other Than Xvnc To use an X server other than Xvnc for a SunPCi card you must add a line such a
257. w2k script finishes copying the Windows 2000 files to your C drive it reboots the SunPCi III software The Windows 2000 Setup screen opens When Windows 2000 Setup has finished copying files it reboots the SunPCi III software again Tip The SunPCi III messages are for the Windows 2000 Professional setup The Windows 2000 Server messages differ slightly 3 After the SunPCi III software reboots from the Windows 2000 window choose Attach Mouse from the Options menu or press Meta M to attach the mouse This enables the mouse to work with Windows 2000 during the installation process Once the installation is complete the proper mouse drivers are installed and you no longer need to attach the mouse manually 4 Change directory to the location for your customized installation scripts 5 Complete the installation using your customized installation scripts Chapter 6 Using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server 57 58 Upgrading Windows NT to Windows 2000 Although Windows NT is not supported in SunPCi III 3 2 1 you can upgrade from Windows NT to a supported operating systems in SunPCi III 3 2 1 In SunPCi III 3 2 1 software you can upgrade the emulated disk drive images To upgrade an existing C drive perform one of the following upgrades How to Upgrade Windows NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional on page 59 m How to Upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server on page 61
258. wn VNC in this manner all current SunPCi sessions are also shut down in an orderly manner Shutting Down the SunPCi Daemon Process If it is necessary to shut down the SunPCi daemon process for example to upgrade the SunPCi software to a new release either use the sunpcidadm command directly with the t or T option or indirectly by using the stop option with the etc init d sunpci3 server script The t and T options to the sunpcidadm command instruct the SunPCi daemon process to perform orderly shutdowns on all running SunPCi sessions and then terminates The difference between the two options is that t waits for all sessions to terminate before returning to the calling shell whereas the T option instructs the daemon to terminate all sessions and return to the calling shell immediately Terminating the SunPCi daemon process does not modify the Boot Boot configuration information in the etc Master ini file If you restart the SunPCi daemon by using the sunpcidadm command with no options and put it in the background or by invoking the etc init d sunpci3 server script with the start option any enabled sessions will be restarted This is the mechanism that is used to shut down SunPCi sessions during a normal Solaris system shutdown SunPGi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Making Manual Changes to the Boot Boot Configuration You can edit the etc Master ini file in order to modify the following m The DisplayNum for X
259. work Connecting the External Video The SunPCi III video connection enables you to connect a monitor or other video device SunPCi III 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 FIGURE 10 1 shows the options available on the SunPCi III main card backplate O O O a Y FIGURE 10 1 SunPCi III Main Card Backplate LED Indicator Microphone Line in mono Microphone Line out stereo USB Ethernet External Video Connecting Additional USB and 1394 Firewire Devices The USB Firewire card and backplate included with the SunPCi III main card features two USB 2 0 connections and one 1394a Firewire connection Installing the USB Firewire card and backplate is optional Chapter 10 Using Drives and Configuring Peripheral Devices 105 Connecting USB Devices With SunPCi IH you now have three available USB devices one on the main card backplate and two on the USB Firewire backplate Since the USB devices are USB 2 0 they are much faster than the older USB 1 1 or parallel port devices Refer to the previous section Connecting the USB Device on page 104 for further information about USB devices Connecting the Firewire Device The 1394a Firewire device on the USB Firewire backplate is another option for connecting different types of peripherals such as printers hubs modems digital cameras and external CD RW drives FIGUR
260. work drive for its own use If you do not have a network drive letter available in Windows Explorer the process fails Follow the prompts on the window and enter the information that Microsoft Windows requests For example enter the CD key on the back of your CD case and your administrator s password when prompted When you are finished entering all the information the SunPCi III software reboots again into Windows Server 2003 Tip This step can take several minutes to complete 78 Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows Server 2003 The SunPCi III software comes with physical Ethernet networking enabled by default If you prefer to use virtual networking instead of physical networking you need to disable the physical Ethernet adapter in Microsoft Windows and install the virtual Ethernet adapter Note When more than one SunPCi III card is installed in a system virtual networking is disabled by the SunPCi III software Caution Do not enable both virtual and physical networking at the same time since unpredictable results and operations can happen For more information about physical and virtual Ethernet networking refer to Setting Up Networking With SunPCi II Hardware and Software on page 33 To set up virtual Ethernet networking for Windows Server 2003 follow the steps outlined in the following procedure SunPCi Ill 3 2 1User s Guide March 2004 10 Note If you use a
261. ws Server 2003 on both the system and external monitors Installation Notes Make sure that you have the following media and information available before you begin installation m Windows Server 2003 retail installation software CD Customized installation scripts if needed m The network system name for each SunPCi III card installed in your system m The workgroup or domain name for your Windows Server 2003 installation on each SunPCi III card installed in your system How to Perform a Custom Installation Caution When you specify an operating system to auto install in the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box the software automatically finds and copies setup files boot files system files and drivers that are appropriate for that operating system The software also launches Windows Setup when SunPCi software reboots Do not perform a custom installation unless you want to use customized installation scripts Create a new emulated hard drive and auto install the DR DOS 7 01 operating system software See Emulated Drives and SunPCi III Software on page 12 Set options in the Create a New Emulated Drive dialog box as follows m Select DR DOS 7 01 Bootable as the operating system to auto install SunPCi Ill 3 2 1User s Guide March 2004 m Make the drive at least 2 Gbytes in size which can be expanded later if needed Attach the drive as a C drive For best performance create your emulated driv
262. ws NT4 WS to Windows 2000 Professional 59 Upgrading Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows 2000 Server 60 Before You Begin the Upgrade 60 How to Upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows Server 61 2000 Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows 2000 62 How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter 63 How to Configure the Network for Windows 2000 65 How to Reconfigure the Network Adapter for Physical Ethernet 66 How to Prepare Windows 2000 to Display External Video 67 How to Configure Windows 2000 for External Video Use 68 How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor 69 4A 4 4 4 lt How to Configure the MouseKeys Accessibility Option 69 7 Using Windows Server 2003 1 Installing Windows Server 2003 72 Installation Notes 72 v How to Perform a Custom Installation 2 Upgrading Windows 2000 Server or Windows NT to Windows Server 2003 74 xxii SunPCi lll 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Upgrade Notes 74 Upgrading Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 75 Before You Begin the Upgrade 75 v How to Upgrade Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 75 Upgrading Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows Server 2003 76 Before You Begin the Upgrade 77 v How to Upgrade Windows NT4 Server or Windows NT4 TS to Windows Server 2003 77 Configuring Virtual Ethernet Networking for Windows Server 2003 78 4A 4 4 lt How to Add a Virtual Network Adapter 79 How to Conf
263. x opens Click the Settings tab Note There are two displays shown in the window marked 1 and 2 Video 2 is highlighted showing that it the system monitor is the primary display Video 1 is dimmed indicating that it is not the primary display Click Video 1 The driver listed underneath the video changes to Default Monitor on 3 Graphics ProSavage DDR Click the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Click the Use this device as the primary monitor check box Click Video 2 The driver listed underneath the video changes back to Sun Microsystems SunPCi Video Uncheck the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box The icons representing Video 1 and Video 2 change positions so that Video 1 appears first Click Apply Your external monitor is now active in Windows 2000 Your system monitor shows an empty SunPCi window with Video routed to external monitor in the title bar Click OK to close the Display Properties dialog box You can now use external video with Windows 2000 Refer to your Windows 2000 documentation for more information SunPCi Ill 3 2 1 User s Guide March 2004 Note For best performance with Windows 2000 and an external monitor attach a serial mouse to the serial port on the SunPCi III card s Serial Parallel Port Backplate How to Switch External Video Back to the System Monitor On the Windows 2000 desktop choose right
264. ystems is not responsible for regulatory compliance of a modified Sun product Placement of a Sun Product Caution Do not block or cover the openings H of your Sun product Never place a Sun product near a radiator or heat register Failure to follow these guidelines can cause overheating and affect the reliability of your Sun product level defined in DIN 45 635 Part 1000 must be Caution The workplace dependent noise 70Db A or less SELV Compliance Safety status of I O connections comply to SELV requirements Power Cord Connection Caution Sun products are designed to work with single phase power systems having a grounded neutral conductor To reduce the risk of electric shock do not plug Sun products into any other type of power system Contact your facilities manager or a qualified electrician if you are not sure what type of power is supplied to your building Caution Not all power cords have the same current ratings Household extension cords do not have overload protection and are not meant for use with computer systems Do not use household extension cords with your Sun product Caution Your Sun product is shipped with a grounding type three wire power cord To reduce the risk of electric shock always plug the cord into a grounded power outlet The following caution applies only to devices with a Standby power switch Caution The power switch of this produc

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