Important Things To Avoid - NEC Express5800/320Ma Administrator's Manual

Important Things to Avoid

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You can greatly reduce application downtime when you upgrade software by
installing and using the optional Active Upgrade software. If you do plan to install
and use Active Upgrade software, be sure to keep system files on a separate disk
from data files. See the Express5800/320Ma: Active Upgrade User's Guide for
more information.
For more information about evaluating hotfixes for Express5800/320Ma systems, see
the following web page:
http://support.necsam.com/servers/

Important Things to Avoid

To take full advantage of your system's fault-tolerant features, observe the following
when setting up and operating your system:
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Do not attempt to boot the system from a network drive. Booting the system
from a network drive is not supported.
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Do not use Windows Device Manager to disable devices except in
documented special situations. Using Windows Device Manager to disable
devices can interfere with the proper operation of your system. The correct way to
take devices out of service and return them to service is through the ftSMC snap-in.
However, to handle special situations, the system documentation may instruct you
to use the Windows device manager.
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Do not enable hardware acceleration for your video adapter. For your system,
the Hardware acceleration is set to None. Do not change this setting. Enabling
hardware acceleration makes your video adapter non-fault-tolerant. (To verify the
setting, right-click the desktop and click Properties. On the Settings tab, click
Advanced and then click the Troubleshooting tab.)
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Do not install devices unless they have been tested and certified
ftServer-compatible. Installing devices that have not been tested and certified
ftServer-system-compatible can reduce the fault tolerance of your system. If you
want to install a device that has not been certified, contact your account team.
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