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1. ee eee flee Remote Deployment Manager 3 2 Compatibility and Configuration Guide for Non IBM Systems Updated January 28 2003 Note Before using this information and the product it supports be sure to read the notes and trademark information in the Appendix Table of Contents 1 About the Guide 1 1 RDM Licensing 1 2 How to Find Your Way Around 1 3 Further Reference 2 Supported Computers 2 1 Non IBM Computers 2 2 Non IBM Servers 3 Network Adapters 4 Using RDM to Deploy Non IBM Systems 4 1 Compaq Systems 4 2 Dell Systems 4 3 Gateway Systems 4 4 Hewlett Packard Systems Appendix Notices and Trademarks RDM 3 2 Compatibility and Configuration Guide for Non IBM Systems Nan w w oono 0O 12 1 About the Guide This document includes information about the non IBM hardware and software that IBM Remote Deployment Manager RDM supports You will find tables that detail which non IBM systems are supported as RDM systems Supported network interface cards NICs are listed here as well RDM requires certain levels of firmware for both system hardware and network adapter to function properly Please check the tables for proper BIOS levels Although one of the features of RDM is to distribute software to systems across a LAN the terms and conditions of the IBM International Program License Agreement for RDM do not grant any license to install copy or use any application software or operating sys2. Hard Drive RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 3 ATAPI CD ROM 4 Managed PC Boot Agent MBA c Change the default boot sequence to the following select the or to make the changes 1 Disk Drive 2 Managed PC Boot Agent MBA 3 Hard Drive 4 ATAPI CD ROM 4 Click the Scan button on the RDM server 5 Power on the system to scan it The system should appear in the Unassigned Systems panel of the Installation Maintenance window on the RDM server This System does not support Wake on LAN L440 GX server boards Servers based on L440 GX server boards Part VAR 101679 1 Modify NETWORK LST as described on page 5 2 Close and reopen RDM server to enable the new NETWORK LST 3 Change the system BIOS settings to boot to the network in order to scan the system into RDM a To access the system s set up interface boot the system and press F2 Select the Boot tab scroll down and select the Boot Device Priority option and press Enter The default boot sequence is displayed as follows 1 Removable Devices 2 Hard Drive 3 CD ROM 4 LANDesk Service Agent II b To scan into RDM change the default boot sequence to the following select the or to make the changes 1 Removable Devices 2 LANDesk Service Agent II 3 Hard Drive RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 4 CD ROM 4 Click the Scan button on the RDM server 5 Power on the system to sca
3. panel of the Installation Maintenance window on the RDM server This system does not support Wake on LAN RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 7 4 3 Gateway Systems Model Gateway E4400 Modify NETWORK LST as described on page 5 Close and reopen RDM server to enable the new NETWORK LST 1 2 a Change the system s BIOS settings to boot to the network in order to scan the system into RDM To access the system s set up interface boot the systems and press F1 Select the Boot tab at the top of the main menu 1 Boot Device 4 Boot Device will appear near the bottom of the screen The default boot up selections are displayed as follows 1 Floppy 2 IDE HDD 3 ATAPI CD ROM 4 MBA UNDI Change the default boot sequence to the following highlight the device and press Enter to make the changes 1 Floppy 2 MBA UNDI 3 IDE HDD 4 ATAPI CD ROM Click the Scan button on the RDM server Power on the system to scan it The system should appear in the Unassigned Systems panel of the Installation Maintenance window on the RDM server This system does not support Wake on LAN Model Gateway E3200 Modify NETWORK LST as described on page 5 Close and reopen RDM server to enable the new NETWORK LST Change the system s BIOS settings to boot to the network in order to scan the system into RDM 1 2 3 a To access the system s set up interface boot the system and press F1
4. Select the Boot tab at the top of the main menu 1 Boot Device 5 Boot Device will appear near the bottom of the screen The default boot up selections are displayed as follows RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 1 2 3 4 5 Removable Devices Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM Network Boot MBA b Change the default boot sequence to the following highlight the device and press Enter to make the changes a ae ce 5 Removable Devices Network Boot MBA Hard Drive CD ROM 4 Click the Scan button on the RDM server 5 Power on the system to scan it The system should appear in the Unassigned Systems panel of the Installation Maintenance window on the RDM server This system does not support Wake on LAN 4 4 Hewlett Packard Systems Models Vectra Li8 DT D9771T ABA and Vectra VL 600 DT D9469T ABA 1 Modify NETWORK LST as described on page 5 2 Close and reopen RDM server to enable the new NETWORK LST 3 Change the system s BIOS settings to boot to the network in order to scan the system into RDM a To access the system s set up interface boot the system and press F2 From the main menu select the Security tab In the options select Boot Devices Security Make sure that Start from Network is enabled b Select the Boot tab In the boot tab option menu select Boot Device Priority The default boot up selections are displayed as follows 1 2 Removable Devices
5. acy Free Notes Y Yes passed N No failed RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 3 1 You must manually install the drivers for the on board network interface card or chipset 2 System hangs intermittently during the Windows 98 98 SE GUI setup 3 E3200 may hang during scan If this happens you must create the system manually This system also intermittently hangs after FDISK and you will have to reboot the system manually 2 2 Non IBM Servers Computer Maintenance Unattended Install Clone Install Type Model Tested BIOS CMOS ASM RAID Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Server BIOS Level Update Update Config Config Server amp Advanced Server amp Advanced Server Servers Based on L440 GX PhoenixBlOS 4 0 1 Server boards Release 6 0 N X i Dell Power Edge 2450 600 SMP PhoenixBIOS N N y Y Y Y Revision A03 Notes Y Yes passed N No failed 1 You must assign a model number to the scanned system and then create an LCA file for it in the C RDM CLNTFILE DEFAULT directory L440 GX server boards have Adaptec 7896 SCSI Chipset 2 Video is unknown You must assign a model number to the scanned system and then create an LCA file for it in the CARDM CLNTFILE DEFAULT directory PowerEdge has Adaptec 7899 SCSI Chipset RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 4 3 Network Adapters RDM will automatically sc
6. an configure and recognize supported network cards These network cards are listed in the Compatibility and Configuration Guide for IBM Systems available at http www ibm com servers eserver xseries systems management sys_migration rdm html It is possible that RDM will work with an unsupported network adapter These should adhere to the Wired for Management WfM baseline Version 2 0 specifications and should support Preboot eXecute Environment PXE 1 0 specified in the NetPC Hardware Design Guidelines Version 1 0b or PXE 2 0 or later specified by Intel Corporation 12 98 For RDM to recognize an adapter that is not included on the list you need to edit the file called NETWORK LST Unless you do this RDM won t be able to identify your adapter during the scan process Modify NETWORK LST with the update below for the non IBM systems listed in the following pages For more information about NETWORK LST please see the User s Guide 3CO 3CO 3CO 3CO 3CO 3CO M M M M M M 3C905B based Adapter Dell 44 44 LC3COM 0S2 BBLOCK NDIS EL90X dos 10280092 0O0OBOD02 1 XN2S 3C905B based Adapter or NLX Riser Gateway 45 45 LC3COM 0S2 BBLOCK NDIS EL90X dos 107B7056 OOEOB8 1 XN2S 3C905B Fast EtherLink XL or NLX Riser Gateway 46 46 LC3COM 0S2 BBLOCK NDIS EL90X dos 107B4400 0050DA5 1 XN2S 3C905B based Adapter Dell 47 47 LC3COM 0S2 BBLOCK NDIS EL90X dos 102800B4 00BOD04 1 XN2S 3C905B
7. ated through extrapolation Actual results may vary Users of this document should verify the applicable data for their specific environment Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of those products their published announcements or other publicly available sources IBM has not tested those products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance compatibility or any other claims related to non IBM products Questions on the capabilities of non IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products All statements regarding IBM s future direction or intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Trademarks IBM the IBM logo AIX AIX 6000 Alert on LAN Aptiva Asset ID AS 400 DB2 ClusterProven HelpCenter IntelliStation LANClient Control Manager MQSeries Netfinity Netfinity Director Netfinity Manager OS 2 OS 390 OS 400 PC 300 PowerPC Remote Deployment Manager RS 6000 S 390 ScrollPoint ServeRAID System Migration Assistant ThinkPad Tivoli TrackPoint UltraBay Ultrastar UM Services ViaVoice Wake on LAN and WorkPad are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and or other countries The following terms are trademarks of other companies ActionMedia Intel Celeron LANDesk MMX Pentium and Pentium II Xeon Pentium III Xeon and ProShare are trademarks of Intel Corp
8. based Adapter or NLX Riser HP 48 48 LC3COM 0S2 BBLOCK NDIS EL90X dos 10B79055 00504D 1 XN2S Etherlink 10 100 PCI Adapter 57 57 LC3COM 0S2 BBLOCK NDIS EL90X dos 10B79200 000103 1 XN2S Note Each of the above lines should be entered without a hard return midway in the text RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 4 Using RDM to Deploy Non IBM Systems This section describes the procedure for setting up the non IBM systems for RDM use and to make the systems known to the RDM server 4 1 Compaq Systems Models iPAQ with legacy ports C500 810e and iPAQ Legacy Free C500 810e Modify NETWORK LST as described on page 5 Close and reopen RDM server to enable the new NETWORK LST Change the system s BIOS settings to boot to the network in order to scan the system into RDM 1 2 3 a To access the system s set up interface boot the system and press F10 Select the Storage tab In the Options menu select Boot Order The two default options are displayed Default Boot Sequence Hard Drive 1 Intel Ethernet controller 2 Set the boot sequence to the following Select the gt to make the change Boot Sequence Hard Drive 2 Intel Ethernet controller 1 Select the Security tab and choose the Network Service Boot option Make sure this option is set to Enable which is the default setting Select the Advanced tab and choose the Power on option Scroll down to Remote Wakeup Boot Source and c
9. d or the program s described in this publication at any time without notice Any references in this information to non IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Licensees of this program who wish to have information about it for the purpose of enabling i the exchange of information between independently created programs and other programs including this one and ii the mutual use of the information that has been exchanged should contact IBM Corporation Department 80D P O Box 12195 RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 12 3039 Cornwallis Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA Such information may be available subject to appropriate terms and conditions including in some cases payment of a fee Any performance data contained herein was determined in a controlled environment Therefore the results obtained in other operating environments may vary significantly Some measurements may have been made on development level systems and there is no guarantee that these measurements will be the same on generally available systems Furthermore some measurement may have been estim
10. f Contents as well as the references to the World Wide Web You will notice that the cursor changes when you move it above hyperlinked text RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 1 1 3 Further Reference In addition to this guide there are various other sources that you can consult on RDM gt v vV v v Yy Context sensitive help provided with RDM From the main window select the Help menu and click the Help Index The User s Guide downloadable from the RDM home page at http www ibm com servers eserver xseries systems management sys _migration rdm html The compatibility and configuration guide for IBM systems Please visit the RDM home page Last minute updates and changes are given in ReadMe files Please visit the RDM home page Subscribe to the RDM Users Forum to discuss problems and solutions with fellow users Please see http www7 pc ibm com UMS Get technical support Support is available for supported systems IBM and non IBM through e mail or fee based telephone support Telephone support is not available in all countries For more information about the fee based telephone support see http www ibm com support or http service software ibm com supportline html For more information about e mail support please visit the RDM home page To purchase the System Installation Tool Kit to use RDM on non IBM systems please visit http www pc ibm com ww solutions Icc sit html RDM 3 2 Configurati
11. hange the default setting option from Local Hard Drive to Remote Server use the gt to make the change There is an arrow in front of First The right arrow key toggles the sequence Press F10 to save the settings Click the Scan button on the RDM server Power on the system to scan it The system should appear in the Unassigned Systems panel of the Installation Maintenance window on the RDM server RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 4 2 Dell Systems Models Dell OptiPlex GX110 and Dell OptiPlex GX300 1 Modify NETWORK LST as described on page 5 2 Close and reopen RDM server to enable the new NETWORK LST 3 Change the system BIOS settings to boot to the network in order to scan the system into RDM a To access the system s set up interface boot the system and press F2 At the main menu select the Boot Sequence option and press Enter The default boot up selections are displayed as follows 1 Disk Drive 2 Hard Drive C 3 IDE CD ROM device 4 MBA UNDI b Change the default boot sequence to the following select the or to make the changes 1 Disk Drive 2 MBAUNDI 3 Hard Disk C 4 IDE CD ROM Device c Scroll down the main menu select the option Integrated Devices press Enter The Network Interface controller should be set to ON w MBA instead of ON Click the Scan button on the RDM server Power on the system to scan it The system should appear in the Unassigned Systems
12. n it The system should appear in the Unassigned Systems panel of the Installation Maintenance window on the RDM server Dell Power Edge2450 1 Modify NETWORK LST as described on page 5 2 Close and reopen the RDM server to enable the new NETWORK LST 3 Change the system s BIOS settings to boot to the network in order to scan the system into RDM a To access the system s set up interface boot the system and press F2 When the main menu appears press Alt P this will take you to the Boot Device Priority selection The default boot sequence is displayed as follows 1 Diskette Drive A 2 CD ROM device 3 Hard Drive C b To scan into RDM change the default boot sequence to the following select the Control Up arrow or the down arrow to make the changes 1 Diskette Drive A 2 MBA UNDI 3 Hard Drive C 4 CD ROM Click the Scan button on the RDM server Power on the system to scan it The system should appear in the Unassigned Systems panel of the Installation Maintenance window on the RDM server RDM 3 2 Configuration and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 11 Appendix Notices and Trademarks Notices References in this publication to IBM products programs or other services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product program or service may be used Subjec
13. on and Compatibility Guide for Non IBM Systems 2 Supported Computers The following information is a list of all of the non IBM computers tested with RDM version 3 2 The BIOS levels shown in the matrices indicate the levels that were used in testing It is recommended that you update your systems to the most recent BIOS level using RDM Other systems not listed here may also work with RDM 2 1 Non IBM Computers Computer Maintenance Unattended Install Clone Install Type Model Tested WOL BIOS CMOS Pass Asset Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows BIOS Level Update Update word ID 98 amp 98 NT 4 0 2000 Pro XP Pro 95 amp 95 98 amp 98 2000 Pro XP Pro Update Support SE Workstation 32 bit OSR2 SE 32 bit SP4 SP6A Dell OptiPlex PhoenixBIOS 1 2 GX110 DEV Revision A02 N N N MA Y x y Y Dell OptiPlex PhoenixBIOS 1 2 GX300 MNE Revision A03 N N N N NA Y Y PhoenixBIOS HP Vectra Vectra VLI8 1 VLI8 DT DT 4 0 ae N N N N N A Y Y Y Y Y PhoenixBIOS HP Vectra Vectra VL600 1 VL600 DT DT 4 0 Poni N N N N N A Y Y Y Y Y Gateway VHA FB82010A 15A 1 E 4400 E 4400 733 006 P04 N X N Me Y X Y A Y PhoenixBIOS Gatewa MAV 1 E 3200 y E 3200 550 4 0 oe N N N N N A Y Y Y Y Y Compaq iPAQ 500 810e 686J5 v1 09 Y N N N N A N A Y Y N A N A Compaq iPAQ 500 810e 6s6s5sv1 09 Y N N N N A N A Y Y N A N A Leg
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16. tem software not provided with RDM This includes but is not limited to Microsoft Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows 95 OSR2 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Windows XP Professional and DOS Always ensure that you have obtained suitable licenses for any software you intend to use with RDM 1 1 RDM Licensing IBM Remote Deployment Manager is a part of the IBM System Installation Tool Kit which is released as an Option By IBM You must have a valid Proof of Entitlement POE licenses to use RDM on non IBM systems POE licenses for non IBM systems are available for a fee from IBM Business Partners or directly from IBM You must have a valid POE license for each non IBM system that utilizes RDM To order additional IBM System Installation Tool Kit POE licenses use the following part numbers Part Number Description 19K0985 Basic License CD includes 20 System POE including a CD with deployment tools 19K0986 Additional License 20 System POE Certificate 19K0987 Additional License 100 System POE Certificate 19K0988 Additional License 1 000 System POE Certificate 1 2 How to Find Your Way Around This guide is organized in numbered chapters and sections The Table of Contents above lists the different sections and corresponding page numbers If you are viewing the guide on line with Acrobat Reader you can easily navigate the document by clicking the hyperlinked text in the Table o
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