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Appendix E - Installing Options Using Keys

Overview

Banyan Server Key

Caution: Do not move a Server Key from one server to another unless you shut down the server whose key you want to move. Providing two servers on the same network with a single network ID causes confusion on the network. Significant degradation in performance may result. Refer to "Moving Server Keys Between Servers" later in this appendix.

Banyan Option Key

Preventing Server or Option Key Corruption

Caution: Never move a Server Key from one server to another in your network while both servers are operating. For more information, refer to "Moving Server Keys Between Servers" later in this appendix.

Failing the Checksum Test

Moving Server Keys Between Servers

To Move a Server Key to a Different Server

1. Shut down the server whose key you want to move. Two servers that have been booted with the same Server Key cannot operate on a network at the same time.

If two servers were to use the same network ID, severe problems would result in StreetTalk services and in the routing of data packets.

2. Wait a minimum of four days (96 hours) before using the Server Key to bring the new server onto your network. This delay ensures that servers on your network no longer associate the identification number on the Server Key with the server you removed from the network.

You need to wait four days whether servers on your network use a single Banyan software revision or several mixed revisions.

3. Attach the Server Key to the new server and bring the server up onto the network. Leave the Server Key attached to the server.

Managing Software Options

Caution: Take precautions against static electricity when you connect and disconnect cables and Option Keys.

To Display Option Key Contents

1. Check that the Server Key is in place at the server's first parallel port.

2. Attach the Option Key to the Server Key.

3. From the Operator Menu, choose Shut Down Server Software. The Shut Down Menu appears.

4. Choose Shut down services and return console to OPERATOR MENU. Services are stopped and the Operator Menu reappears. For more information on shutting down services, seeChapter 2.

5. From the Operator Menu, choose System Maintenance. The System Maintenance menu appears.

Figure E-1 System Maintenance Menu Screen

6. Choose Manage Software Options. The Manage Software Options screen appears. The upper portion of the screen lists the functions you can perform. The lower portion lists the options currently installed on the server and a designation for each option.

Figure E-2 Manage Software Options Screen

7. Choose DISPLAY option key contents. A list of the options on the key appears. A new Option Key contains only one option. If the options on the key have been installed on a server, the following messages appear:

There are no options present.

Option key used.

You can use an empty key to remove an option from one server and install it on another server, refer to "Moving Server Keys Between Servers" later in this appendix.

8. Press ESC to exit the Manage Software Options screen and return to the System Maintenance menu.

To Install Options from an Option Key

1. Check that the Server Key is in place at the server's first parallel port.

2. Detach a printer cable if one is attached to the Server Key.

3. Attach the Option Key to the Server Key.

4. From the Operator Menu, choose Shut Down Server Software. The Shut Down Menu appears.

5. Select Shut down services and return console to OPERATOR MENU. Services are stopped and the Operator Menu reappears. For more information on shutting down services, see Chapter 2.

6. From the Operator Menu, select System Maintenance. The System Maintenance menu appears.

Figure E-3 System Maintenance Menu Screen

7. Select Manage Software Options. The Manage Software Options screen appears.

Figure E-4 Manage Software Options Screen

8. Select INSTALL options. The INSTALL options screen appears.

Figure E-5 INSTALL Options Screen

9. .Select Install OPTION KEY contents. All options present on the key are installed on the server. You cannot install individual options from a key that contains more than one option.

10. Install the software for the option according to the instructions contained in your option guide. After the option is installed, the Manage Software Options screen appears. The option you installed appears within the list of options currently available on the server.

11. Remove the Option Key from the Server Key, taking precautions against static electricity. The Option Key now has a status of Used.

12. If you disconnected a printer cable from the Server Key, reconnect it.

13. Press ESC. The Operator Menu appears.

13. Choose Restart Services. Server operations resume.

Moving Options to Another Server

1. Moving the option from the first server to an Option Key

2. Installing the option from the Option Key to another server

To Move an Option from a Server to an Option Key

1. Delete any service associated with the option.

2. Check that the Server Key is in place at the server's first parallel port.

3. Detach a printer cable if one is attached to the Server Key.

4. Attach the Option Key to the Server Key.

5. From the Operator Menu, choose Shut Down Server Software. The Shut Down Menu appears.

6. Select Shut down services and return console to OPERATOR MENU. Services are stopped and the Operator Menu appears. For more information on shutting down services, see Chapter 2.

7. From the Operator Menu, select System Maintenance. The System Maintenance menu appears.

Figure E-6 System Maintenance Menu Screen

8. Select Manage Software Options. The Manage Software Options screen appears.

Figure E-7 Manage Software Options Screen

9. Select DISPLAY option key contents. The screen displays the status of the Option Key. If The Option Key contains any options, you cannot transfer options to it from the server.

10. Press ESC to return to the Manage Software Options screen.

11. Select MOVE options. The MOVE options screen appears.

Figure E-8 MOVE Options Screen

12. Select Move OPTION KEY options. The lower portion of the screen lists the options available on this server.

13. Use the arrow keys to select the name of an option you want to transfer and press ENTER. An asterisk appears to the left of the option. You may select more than one option.

14. Press F10 to begin transferring the options you have chosen to the Option Key. This procedure takes a few minutes. After the transfer is complete, a message informs you that the options have been removed from the server.

15. Choose DISPLAY option key contents to verify that the key now contains the options you selected. The key no longer has a Used status.

16. Remove the Option Key from the Server Key.

17. If you disconnected a printer cable from the Server Key, reconnect it.

18. Press ESC. The Operator Menu appears.

19. Choose Restart Services. Server operations resume.

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