Note: Do not run the Network Services Setup program from a Windows Terminal Services session. This is to avoid interruption of the terminal session that could occur before Setup completion when the network adapter supporting the session is assigned to Network Services as a shared adapter.
Follow these steps to install and set up Network Services software within the Windows environment of the following ClearPath MCP servers:
• Libra Model 680, or 690 servers
• FS1800 servers
Complete this procedure for each Windows server in your server complex:
1. Determine your method of installing Network Services:
• If you are installing from installation media, insert the CD-ROM in the CD/DVD drive of the Windows server.
• If you are installing from the MCP server, log on to Windows as an Administrator.
Note: On Windows systems that have Terminal Server installed, start Setup.exe as follows: Open the Control Panel, open the Add/Remove Programs applet, open the Add Programs wizard, and start Setup.exe.
2. Start the Setup.exe program:
• If you are installing from installation media, access Setup.exe on the CD-ROM using Windows Explorer or Add/Remove Programs.
• If you are installing from the MCP server
a. Map a network drive from Windows Explorer by choosing Map Network Drive from the Tools menu.
b. Type the following in the Path box:
\\<MCP server name>\INSTALLS For example,
\\CPMCP1\INSTALLS c. Choose OK.
If you are prompted for a password, enter the administrator’s password.
d. Select the subdirectory \CNP to see the files in this subdirectory.
3. Run Setup.exe and follow the directions on the Specify Network Services Hardware Type screen. The Setup program attempts to detect the current environment and then install the appropriate version of Network Services software.
Note: Installing a “signed” update of Network Services might require that the current installation be uninstalled first. In this case, Setup displays a warning and offers to initiate the uninstall process. After the uninstall process is complete, you must reboot before running Setup again.
• For version control, if Setup finds existing files, you see a dialog box asking for confirmation to continue. If you continue, Setup overwrites the existing files.
• If you are reinstalling the same version that is currently installed, the option to
“Update configuration options only” is displayed. You can skip file installation by selecting this option and proceed with Network Services configuration in step 6.
• In the Windows environment, device configuration (.INF) files are also installed.
For a new installation of Network Services, the Windows operating system might display a Microsoft Digital Signature warning dialog box asking if you want to proceed. Answer Yes.
Setup displays the Choose Destination Location dialog box to request a directory to install files. The default is <WinDisk>:\Program Files\Unisys\NXNET. You can press Enter or browse to an alternate directory. This directory is henceforth referred to as <Network Services location>.
4. Click Next.
A summary screen titled Start Copying Files is displayed.
5. Click Next.
Setup installs the Network Services files.
6. For normal Windows server to MCP communications, NetBIOS Name Resolution must resolve the MCP host name to the EVLAN IP address (this is the IPv4 address assigned to the CNP or MAICP4 device). Depending on your server type, Tables 2–1 through 2–4 should contain the required host name and IP address information.
A dialog box titled Specify Windows Server Environment is displayed.
a. Enter the letter (as defined in Tables 2–1 through 2–4) that defines this Windows server.
The Network Services Properties dialog box appears.
b. Enter the NP Unit number. For a new installation, a default value is displayed that is based on the Windows server environment identified in step 6a.
Depending on your server type, see Tables 2–1 through 2–4 for the applicable values. If this is a re-installation, the previous value is displayed. Choose OK.
The Choose Configuration Options dialog box appears.
c. Respond to the following configuration options:
• Auto-configure MCP Host Name Resolution to EVLAN path
Leave this check box selected if you want the Setup program to update or create the LMHOSTS file automatically. When this check box is selected, the next dialog box prompts you for the TCP/IP host name of the MCP server.
Clear the check box if you want to manage this name resolution yourself.
See “Directing Data through the EVLAN Data Path” in Section 3 for additional information about the LMHOSTS file and the EVLAN data path.
• Assume default IP Addresses for Network Services
Leave this check box selected unless you are changing the IP addresses used by Network Services for the EVLAN. It is recommended that you do not change these IP addresses.
Clear the check box if you are changing the default IP address for Network Services. When this check box is cleared, the next dialog box prompts you for the IP address of the MCP server over the EVLAN path.
If this is a re-installation, previously entered values are retained.
The MCP Host Name dialog box appears and prompts you for the
information (MCP Host Name, EVLAN IP address, or both) that is required based on the options you selected in step 6c.
d. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you selected Auto-configure MCP Host Name Resolution to EVLAN path, type the TCP/IP host name of the MCP server when prompted.
• If you selected Assume default IP Addresses for Network Services, Setup determines the EVLAN IP address and subnet mask applicable to the identified Windows server environment.
A dialog box displays a summary of your EVLAN data path choices.
7. Perform the following to complete Network Services installation:
a. Check the progress messages displayed by Setup as it completes the installation. For a new installation, Setup installs one or more virtual devices and displays additional messages from Windows.
b. Answer Yes to all Microsoft Digital Signature warnings displayed. Windows displays multiple Digital Signature warning dialog boxes asking whether you want to proceed.
Network Services installation is now complete. Setup offers to restart the Windows server.
• If you are installing software from a CD-ROM, you can remove it from the CD/DVD drive at this time.
• If this is the initial installation, choose not to restart the Windows server and go to step 8 (system configuration steps). Otherwise, the installation is complete. Select the option to restart the Windows server.
8. From the Windows server, alter the default settings of the Windows Event Log.
Unisys recommends that you alter these settings as follows. However, configure these settings so that they are appropriate for your environment even if the settings differ from those recommended in this step.
a. Open Windows Control Panel, open Administrative Tools, and then open Event Viewer.
b. In the console tree, choose Application Log and then choose Properties on the Action menu.
c. On the General tab of the Properties dialog box, make these changes:
• Change the maximum log size to a value of at least 2048 KB.
• Select “Overwrite events as needed.”
• Click OK to accept the changes.
d. Repeat steps b and c for the system log.
e. Exit the Event Viewer.
9. Open the Windows Control Panel and click the System icon.
10. Set Crash Recovery parameters for the Windows server as follows:
a. Select the Advanced tab and choose Startup and Recovery.
b. Verify that Recovery parameters are as follows (if required, change the indicated settings):
• Write debugging information to:
• %SystemRoot%\Memory.Dmp
• Complete Memory Dump
• Overwrite any existing file
• Automatically reboot c. Choose OK.
d. If a choice to restart the system is displayed, select the option “Don’t restart the system now.”
11. Shut down the Windows server by clicking the Start button and choosing Shutdown.
The Shut Down Windows dialog box appears
12. Restart the Windows server by selecting Restart the Computer and clicking Yes.
The initial installation of Network Services is now complete.