SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP3598 PART NUMBER: 275881-001, 275882-001 TITLE: Compaq Array Configuration Utility VERSION: 1.10 Rev A LANGUAGE: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish CATEGORY: Diagnostics/Setup EFFECTIVE DATE: 11 April 1997 PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Systempro/XL, ProSignia and ProLiant Servers with an EISA or PCI Smart-2 or SMART-2SL Array Controller OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows NT; Windows 3.1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: Using an EISA or PCI Smart-2 Array Controller or SMART-2SL Array Controller SUPERSEDES: SP2887 DESCRIPTION: Creates the 2-diskette set for the Compaq Array Configuration Utility for Microsoft Windows and Windows NT, which is for Compaq SMART-2 and SMART-2SL Array Controllers. The Array Configuration utility is installed on the System Partition for those systems which support it and have hard drives. It is shipped as diskette(s) on all other products. This version: - Includes support for the SMART-2SL Array Controller HOW TO USE: 1. Obtain two (2) formatted 1.44-MB disketteS. 2. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. The file that is downloaded is an executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to insert the formatted diskettes in a drive to create the diskettes. 4. After the diskettes haves been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2. HOW TO UPGRADE THE SYSTEM PARTITION: If the Array Configuration Utility (ACU) is installed on the System Partition, boot to the System Partition and navigate through the menus and select the Upgrade System Partition choice. Place an X next to the Array Configuration Utility and press ENTER. You will be prompted to insert both diskettes and after the files have been copied; you can run the ACU from the System Partition. NOTE: This requires a 32MB System Partition which can only be created on a hard disk with 32MB of unused space at the beginning of the drive. Use the Compaq System Configuration Utility Version 2.30 or later to create a 32MB System Partition. Search for the latest version of the Compaq System Configuration Utility as a downloadable Diagnostics/Setup Softpaq (e.g., Ver 2.34 Rev A is available in Softpaq SP2881). HOW TO UPGRADE THE WINDOWS NT VERSION: If the Array Configuration Utility is installed online on a Windows NT server, follow the directions in the Windows NT Support Software Diskette's README.TXT file to perform the upgrade. Search for the latest version of the Windows NT Support Software Diskette as a downloadable Softpaq from Compaq (e.g., Compaq Support Software for Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 is available in Softpaq SP2748). HOW TO RUN THE OFFLINE VERSION: If the ACU is not installed on the System Partition or on an NT server, power down your computer, place the Compaq System Configuration Utility diskette number 1 in Drive A:, and power up your computer. Copyright 1995-1997 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies