SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP3929 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Compaq Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 (Workstations) VERSION: 1.24 Rev A LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Workstations/Drivers PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Professional Workstation 5000, 5100, 6000, and 8000 OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: 26 August 1997 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.x SUPERSEDES: SP3299 DESCRIPTION: Creates two files -- a description file and a self-extracting executable file. The self-extracting executable file contains Compaq Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 -- device drivers and utilities that support the following subsystems and features of Compaq Professional Workstations: Compaq HAL Support (ISA, Uniprocessor, and Multiprocessor) System Management/Health driver NetFlex/NetFlex-2/NetFlex-3/Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP/Coax network adapter family NetFlex-3/Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP/Coax network adapter monitoring, configuration, and duplex utility Compaq 10T PCI UTP and 10/100 TX PCI UTP IDA/IDA-2 disk controller SMART/SMART-2 array controller 32-Bit SCSI-2 Family of controllers Millennium/Millennium II video controller Gloria-L video controller Multimedia Fire GL 4000 Video Accelerator ESS AudioDrive audio controller Compaq Support Software Diskette Installation utility ----- Version Numbers ----- Driver File Versions (* indicates new or updated since last release): Compaq Support Software Installation Utility version 1.24A * System Management/Health driver version 2.45.01 * Shutdown Service version 2.01 Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) (HALMPS.DLL) version 302.01 Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) (HALSP.DLL) version 301.02 Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) (HALUP.DLL) version 302.01 Netflex/Netflex-2 driver version 2.12 NetFlex-3/Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP/Coax driver version 3.13 * Array driver version 2.06 Integrated PCI Fast-SCSI-2 driver version 2.41 * Multimedia Fire GL 4000 Video Accelerator driver version 1.2.16.1 * (for Professional Workstation 5100, 6000, and 8000 only) Millennium/Millenium II graphics driver version 2.32 * Gloria-L 3D graphics driver version 4.19 ESS1868 Audio driver version 1.06.28 ----- Enhancements/Fixes in this Release ----- This release supports the new Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 and the Compaq ProLiant 7000. Other enhancements are listed below and in NTREADME.HLP. Compaq Netelligent/NetFlex-3 Controllers - Added support for the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100. - Updated driver to support the Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax Controller (a 10Base-T, 10Base-2 combination controller, with an RJ45 and BNC connector). Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 - Added Remote Wakeup capability, allowing a system administrator to power-up a client computer from a remote console. Compaq SCSI Controllers - Changed the return status for aborting, pending SCSI Request Blocks upon reception of a SCSI Bus Reset to SRB_STATUS_BUS_RESET. Compaq System Management Driver - Added System Management Health driver support for the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 and the Compaq ProLiant 7000. - Added hot-replace fans and redundant VRMs for the Compaq ProLiant 7000. - Added support for capturing blue screen events via IRC (Integrated Remote Console). This feature requires version 1.4 or later of the IRC firmware. This firmware is part of the system ROM; all systems that support IRC will receive this firmware as part of their next maintenance ROM release. Enable the Remote Console functions for IRC through the Compaq System Configuration Utility to view the firmware version number. Multimedia Fire GL 4000 Video Accelerator - Added Multimedia Fire GL 4000 Video Accelerator support for the Compaq Professional Workstation 5100, 6000, and 8000. The Multimedia Fire GL 4000 Video Accelerator is comprised of a new display controller and associated drivers. Millennium/Millennium II Video Driver - Made a modification to the miniport driver (MGAX64.SYS) to handle GCLK for 12 and 16 MB Millennium II boards. - Set minimum off-screen requirements to 22 Kbytes instead of 47. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. The file that is downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to unpack the files. The number of files to be created and total file size is displayed. You will be given the chance to specify the target directory for the files, or default to the download directory. The following files will be created: README.TXT WKST.EXE 3. After the files have been created, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1. 4. From the directory in which the files are created, execute the self-extracting executable: WKST.EXE [ENTER] 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to extract (unzip) the support software files to a folder on your hard drive and run the program SETUP.EXE to install the software. Copyright 1997, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. 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