HP 441877-00F - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 5
Supported adapters and operating systems................................................................................................... 5
Adapter driver and software information ...................................................................................................... 7
Adapter driver folders in HP SoftPaq .................................................................................................. 7
Windows 2008 drivers .................................................................................................................... 7
Windows 2008 x64 drivers ............................................................................................................. 8
Windows 2003 drivers .................................................................................................................... 8
Windows 2003 x64 drivers ............................................................................................................. 8
Documentation in the HP SoftPaq....................................................................................................... 9
Installation ................................................................................................................................. 10
Downloading the SoftPaq files .................................................................................................................. 10
Installing network drivers (new installations) ................................................................................................ 10
Uninstall the driver software...................................................................................................................... 10
Configuration and diagnostics...................................................................................................... 11
Configuring adapters using operating system software................................................................................. 11
HP NC-Series Broadcom adapters ............................................................................................................. 11
Adapter properties in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 x64 ..................................... 11
Adapter properties in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 ..................................... 14
Adapter properties and configurations on Netware............................................................................ 16
HP NC-Series Broadcom adapter diagnostics.................................................................................... 24
HP NC-Series Broadcom 10 GbE adapter diagnostics........................................................................ 29
HP NC-Series Broadcom Multifunction adapter diagnostics ................................................................. 35
HP Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility for C-Class BladeSystem...................................... 37
HP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter Firmware Upgrade Utility...................................................... 38
HP NC-Series NetXen adapters ................................................................................................................. 39
HP NC51xx 10GbE adapter properties ........................................................................................... 39
HP NC-Series NetXen Online Firmware Upgrade Utility...................................................................... 42
PXE boot process requirements ........................................................................................................ 43
HP NC-Series Intel Adapters ..................................................................................................................... 44
HP NC-Series Intel adapter properties for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 x64.......... 44
HP NC-Series Intel adapter properties for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64.......... 47
HP NC-Series Intel adapter diagnostics ............................................................................................ 49
Adapter properties and configurations on Netware............................................................................ 51
Boot Agent ................................................................................................................................... 58
HP NC-Series 31xx Fast Ethernet adapters.................................................................................................. 68
HP NC31xx Fast Ethernet adapter properties for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 68
Adapter properties and configurations on Netware............................................................................ 69
Technical support........................................................................................................................ 78
Before you contact HP.............................................................................................................................. 78
HP contact information............................................................................................................................. 78
Free automated customer support services .................................................................................................. 78
Acronyms and abbreviations........................................................................................................ 80
Index......................................................................................................................................... 82