Managing Server Hardware

When managing your server hardware using NetWare Remote manager, use the following links in the navigation frame to help you accomplish the following tasks:

Use this link To do these tasks

Processors

  • View the status and detailed information about all processors available on the server
  • Bring a processor on or offline

Disk / LAN Adapters

  • View information about the storage and network adapters that are installed on the server and the slots they are in
  • View additional storage adapter information, such as statistical information for the media manager of the server, resources registered, and information for the devices that are controlled by the adapter
  • View additional network adapter information, such as statistics generated and maintained by the LSL, resources registered and counter information, and frame types and protocols bound

PCI Devices

  • View a list of Hardware Instance Numbers (HIN)
  • View the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) configuration space and hexidecimal offset for a HIN

Other Resources

View the resource information that drivers have registered for interrupts and handlers, non-ISA slots, ports, Direct Memory Access (DMA) channels, or shared memory addresses


Accessing Processor Information

Information about the processor speed as well as the local cache sizes is useful in determining how much work a processor can do. To access this information, click the Processors link in the navigation frame to access the Processor Information page.

From this page, you can view the status and detailed information about all processors available on the server.

Many of the profiling operations in NetWare Remote Manager (PORTAL.NLM) require at least a Pentium* Pro processor (family 6 or higher). If the processor is a Pentium III or higher model, the processor serial number is also displayed.

If more than one processor is present, you can stop and start processors individually (except for P0) by clicking the corresponding Stop/Start processor link.


Viewing Storage and Network Adapter Information

To view information about the storage and network adapters that are installed on the server and the slots they are in, access the Hardware Adapter page by clicking the Disk/LAN Adapter link in the navigation frame.

If the driver does not register a slot, it is reported as an ISA slot.

To view additional storage adapter information, use the following links:

To view additional Network Adapters information, use the following links:


Viewing PCI Device Information

To view a list of Hardware Instance Numbers (HIN), access the PCI Device Information page by clicking the PCI Devices link in the navigation frame.

Each HIN represents a hardware device.

To view the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) configuration space and hexidecimal offset for a HIN, click the specific HIN link.


Viewing Hardware Resource Information

To view the resource information that drivers have registered with the following hardware resources listed, access the Hardware Resource page:

To access the Hardware Resources page, click the Other Resources link in the navigation frame.

To display the information that the drivers have registered with the server operating system for a specific resource, click the specific resource link.



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