Installing Hp Deskdirect Network Adapter Controller - HP D7171A - NetServer - LPr Installation Manual

8. Continue with the Windows NT Installation. Refer to the Microsoft
Windows NT Installation Guide for additional information.
NOTE If the boot drive is new or has just been initialized,
Windows NT may hang while booting from the hard drive.
Please see the troubleshooting section for a solution.
If the HP NetServer is preinstalled with the HP DeskDirect Network Adapter
Controller (J2970A or J2973A), continue with the Microsoft Windows NT
installation and follow the instructions listed below to install the network
driver.
You can determine which version of the HP DeskDirect Adapter is installed
in your HP NetServer by looking at the Adapter' s back panel. The J2970A
has both a 10BaseT and a 10Base2 connector on the back panel. The
J2973A has only a 10BaseT connector. You can also look for the Adapter
model number on the card itself. Or you can run the Navigator CD-ROM,
select Custom Config, select Show Configured Cards.

Installing HP DeskDirect Network Adapter Controller

The HP DeskDirect PCI network adapter comes with a 32-bit NDIS 3.0 driver which
supports both a high performance bus master and I/O-mapped mode of data transfer.
HP recommends that you use the bus master mode since your HP NetServer system
supports bus mastering.
Create the Diskettes You Need
Before you begin, follow step 1 of the section "Installing Windows NT 3.51" to create
the Drivers Diskette. Optionally, you may wish to create the HP DeskDirect Adapter
Support Diskette if you want to perform troubleshooting or to reconfigure the Adapter
for Full Duplex or I/O-mapped mode of data transfer. You can create the HP Support
Diskette in the Disk Library option of the Navigator CD-ROM.
The NDIS 3.0 driver and its OEMSETUP.INF file is located in the Drivers Diskette
directory, as follows:
\NICDRV\HPDDND3.SYS
NOTE The Novell Netware Windows NT Requester does not use
this driver. See the \NOVELL\README.NT file on the HP
Support Disk.
Steps for Installing the HP DeskDirect Adapter Drivers
1. The HP DeskDirect Adapter is already installed in your HP NetServer. If
you need to move it to a different slot, please follow the instructions in the
"Setting Up Your Card and LAN connection" sections of the HP DeskDirect