NEC Express5800/320Ma Release Notes page 8

Release Contents
New Features Available in This Release
Express5800/320Ma System software includes the following new features:
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Support for Express5800/320Ma Dual-Core systems. These systems use
dual-core Intel
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Support for Express5800/320Ma Active Upgrade™ technology. Using the
optional Active Upgrade product, you can, in many cases, install software upgrades
or hot fixes on your system with only a few seconds of interruption to your
application processing. See the Express5800/320Ma: Active Upgrade User's
Guide for information about this product.
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Rapid Disk Resync (RDR) enhancements. The following enhancements have
been added:
– Improved performance during disk verification. Also, the action Stop Verify
has been added to ftSMC.
– Break Physical Disk from RDR Virtual Disk in ftSMC. This action allows you
to temporarily isolate a physical disk from an RDR virtual disk so that you can
back up a snapshot of the disk contents.
– Support for GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks. GPT partition style, new with
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, is now supported for data
(non-system) disks only, in addition to master boot record (MBR) partition style.
See the Express5800/320Ma: System Administrator's Guide for information about
RDR disk verification and Break Physical Disk from RDR Virtual Disk.
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ActiveService™ Network (ASN) related enhancements. The following features
have been added to enhance ASN functionality:
– Autonomous Call-Home. Virtual Technician Modules (VTMs) can now send
alarms over the ASN even when the Windows operating system is not running
(for example, in the rare case when a Fault-Resilient Boot (FRB) is unable to
start the system).
– Internet Dial-In. A modem is no longer necessary for the NEC Technical
Support to dial in and provide system support over the ASN, if your VTMs are
connected to a network with Internet access.
– Modem control from ftSMC. You can now take an ASN modem out of service
during replacement procedures and return it to service from ftSMC. See the
Express5800/320Ma: System Administrator's Guide for details.
1-2 Release Notes: Express5800/320Ma Release 4.1.0
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Xeon processors for increased performance.
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ActiveService Network (ASN) is not currently available.
NEC may offer this optional service in the future.