Installation Instructions and Important Information

Installation Instructions and Important Information 27
This problem is corrected in IT Assistant version 6.4 and later, which is
available on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com and on the
Dell OpenManage Systems Management CD version 3.2 and later.
• Using BASP for teaming and fault tolerance.
The Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) provides failover support
for heterogeneous network adapters in a network. If you are using BASP
for network adapter teaming and fault tolerance, Dell recommends
that you disable the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) on the network
switch that is connected to the network adapter.
Operating System
• Windows 2000 installation hangs during OS boot up.
This occurs on systems that use multiple processors or hyper-threading.
For more information, refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article
822720 located at the Microsoft Support website at
www.support.microsoft.com .
• When planning OS deployments of Windows 2000 on a system that
has a Broadcom 5708 Networking device, see the latest
Broadcom
NetXtreme II Tech Sheet
and Best Practices documents available at
www.support.dell.com .
•
RIS requires a special use driver when using a Broadcom 5708
networking device
.
The remote installation services (RIS) driver is available in the driver
package
of Broadcom NetXtreme II Family of Adapters. Use this driver
for RIS installations only. After the OS is installed, run the Broadcom
NetXtreme II Family of Adapters driver package setup installer for
complete network connectivity.
• Installing Windows 2000 remotely using RIS.
RIS allows a system administrator to install the Windows 2000 operating
system on remote systems that are connected to the network. The RIS
image for Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 contains drivers only for
those network and storage adapters that are natively supported by
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. Before using RIS to install Windows 2000
with Service Pack 4 on your remote systems, ensure that the RIS image
contains the appropriate drivers for your hardware configuration.