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IBM eServer Hardware Information Center CD-ROM
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This CD contains the IBM eServer Hardware Information Center - the
starting point for eServer Hardware technical information.

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Contents:
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1. Software and installation requirements
2. Installing the information center
3. Uninstalling the information center
4. Viewing the information center
5. National Language Support
6. Subscribing to updates
7. Updates from the Internet
8. Known issues


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1. Installation and software requirements
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The information center supports certain environments, which are
combinations of operating system, browser, and Java* 2 Runtime
Environment (J2RE). If you do not use one of the supported environments
listed in the following table, you might be unable to install the
information center or you might experience problems when using the
information center.

To install and use the information center, make sure that your
environment conforms to one of those listed in the following table:

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Operating system     |	   Supported browsers	     |	   Java* version
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		     |	   Microsoft Internet	     |	   1.5.0_01
		     |	   Explorer 6.0 and later    |
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Windows* 2000, XP,   |	   Mozilla FireFox 0.9	     |	   1.4.1_04
or NT* 4.0	      |	    and later		      |
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		     |	   Netscape 7.0 and later    |	   1.4.1_04
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		     |	   Opera 7.5 and later	     |	   1.4.1 through
		     |				     |	   1.4.2_05
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AIX		     |	   Mozilla 1.4.3	     |	   IBM JDK 1.4.2
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SUSE 8 or 9	     |	   Mozilla 1.4.3	     |	   IBM JDK 1.4.2
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SUSE 8 or 9 on	     |	   Konqueror 3.2.1	     |	   IBM JDK 1.4.2
Power5		     |				     |
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RedHat Enterprise    |	   Mozilla 1.4.3	     |	   IBM JDK 1.4.2
Edition 3	     |				     |
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RedHat Enterprise    |	   Konqueror 3.1.3	     |	   IBM JDK 1.4.2
Edition 3 on Power5  |				     |
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You also need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can install from this CD.

Note: See section 8.4 for known issues with J2REs.

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2. Installing the information center
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If autorun is set on your operating system, the installation program
starts when you insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive.  If you do not
have autorun set, you must run the appropriate install program on the CD:

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2.1 Windows* 2000, Me, XP, NT* 4.0 or i5/OS

win32/install_win.exe

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2.2 SUSE or Red Hat on Intel* processor

linux_i386/install_lnx_i386.bin

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2.3 SUSE or Red Hat on POWER5* processor

linux_ppc/install_lnx_ppc.bin

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2.4 AIX

aix/install_aix.bin

The install wizard gives you some options on the type of installation
that you want to do.

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3. Uninstalling the information center
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3.1 Windows* 2000, Me, XP, or NT* 4.0

To uninstall the information center, use the Add/Remove Programs
icon on the Control Panel.

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3.2 i5/OS

To uninstall the information center, delete the files at the following
location:

  /QIBM/Userdata/infocenter

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3.3 SUSE or Redhat on an Intel* processor

To uninstall the information center, run this command:

   /opt/IBM/Information/v1r2/HWen_US/_uninst/uninstall_lnx

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3.4 SUSE or Redhat on a POWER5* processor

To uninstall the information center, run this command:

   /opt/IBM/Information/v1r2/HWen_US/_uninst/uninstall_lnx_ppc

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3.5 AIX

To uninstall the information center, run this command:

   /opt/IBM/Information/v1r2/HWen_US/_uninst/uninstall_aix

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4. Viewing the information center
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In all cases described below, the Information Center is viewed in a web
browser.

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4.1 Windows* and AIX

For Windows*, double click the icon on the desktop.  The Information Center
is opened in the default web browser.

For AIX, double click the icon in the Application Manager window.  The
Information Center is opened in the Mozilla web browser. To view the
Information Center in a browser other than Mozilla, open the desired
browser to this url:

http://localhost:4411/infocenter/v1r2/HWen_US/index.htm

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4.2 SUSE and RedHat

To view the Information Center that is installed on a Linux  server from
the Linux  server, open a web browser to this url:

http://localhost:4411/infocenter/v1r2/HWen_US/index.htm

To view the Information Center that is installed on a Linux  server from
a Linux	 client, open a web browser to this url:

http://Linux_server:4411/infocenter/v1r2/HWen_US/index.htm

Note: The Linux_server name needs to be qualified if it is not in the
same domain as the Linux  client. For example, you may need to specify
something like this:

http://Linux_server.mycompany.com:4411/infocenter/v1r2/HWen_US/index.htm

where mycompany.com is the domain in which the server resides.

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5. National Language Support
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+ Some of the language versions are not fully translated and appear
  partially in English.

+ If multiple languages are installed, you must uninstall each
  language separately before all the files can be removed.

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6. Subscribing to updates
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6.1 Windows*

To subscribe to updates on Windows*, use the Start menu > Programs > eServer
Hardware Information Center > Configuration Tools > Subscribe to Updates

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6.2 AIX

To subscribe to updates on AIX, run this command:

/opt/IBM/Information/v1r2/HWen_US/tools/wizards_aix.bin

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6.3 SUSE and RedHat on POWER5

To subscribe to updates on SUSE and RedHat on POWER5, run this command:

/opt/IBM/Information/v1r2/HWen_US/tools/wizards_lnx_ppc.bin

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7. Updates from the Internet
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7.1 Windows*

To get updates from the Internet on Windows*, use the Start menu > Programs > eServer
Hardware Information Center > Configuration Tools > Download Updates from the Internet

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7.2 AIX

To get updates from the Internet on AIX, run this command:

/opt/IBM/Information/v1r2/HWen_US/tools/wizards_aix.bin

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7.3 SUSE and RedHat on POWER5

To get updates from the Internet on SUSE and RedHat on POWER5, run this command:

/opt/IBM/Information/v1r2/HWen_US/tools/wizards_lnx_ppc.bin

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8. Known issues
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8.1. Installing more than one information center

You might experience problems if you install the iSeries Information
Center after you have installed the eServer Hardware Information
Center.

Solution:
Insert the eServer Hardware Information Center CD into the CD-ROM
drive, and reinstall the eServer Hardware Information Center.

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8.2. Windows* desktop shortcut does not work

You might be unable to start the information center by using your
desktop shortcut.

Solution:
Change the target of the desktop information center shortcut.

The default target for the shortcut is:
    localhost:4411
Replace "localhost" with the hostname of your computer.

To find the hostname of your computer, start a command line
interface (or shell) and run the following command:
    ping localhost

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8.3. 'Page cannot be displayed' or 'File not found' or 'The connection
was refused when attempting to contact localhost:4411' error

If you get one of these errors when you try to access the Information
Center, you may have to manually start the Information Center server (see
the instructions below for your platform).

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8.3.1 Windows*

For Windows*, you can start the Information Center server by running the
batch file:

<Information_Center_Home>\tomcat\ic_startup.bat

Where <Information_Center_Home> is the directory you chose during the
install.  The default is 'C:\Program Files\IBM\Information'.

Similarly, you can shut down the Information Center server by running
the batch file:

<Information_Center_Home>\tomcat\ic_shutdown.bat

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8.3.2 AIX, SUSE and RedHat

On these platforms, you can start the Information Center by running the
shell command:

/bin/sh <Information_Center_Home>/tomcat/ic_startup.sh

Where <Information_Center_Home> is the directory you chose during install.
The default is '/opt/IBM/Information'.

To shut down the Information Center server, run this command:

/bin/sh <Information_Center_Home>/tomcat/ic_shutdown.sh

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8.4. Problems with different Java* 2 Runtime Environments

Several releases of the Sun Java* Runtime Environment (JRE) contain
bugs that seriously affect the performance of the Information Center.

For this reason, support is not offered for any information centers
that are running under one of the following releases of the JRE. The
specified releases of the JRE contain bugs that affect the
information center:

  + Sun 1.5.0_01: Causes the Mozilla Firefox browser to shut down unexpectedly
  + Sun 1.4.2_04, 1.4.2_05: Locks up Internet Explorer on several operations; PDF
    links are broken under some configurations
  + Sun 1.4.1_05 through 1.4.2_05: Locks up Netscape
    browsers on several operations
  + Sun 1.3.1_07 through 1.3.1_09, 1.4.0, 1.4.0_01 through 1.4.0_04: Does not
    display the navigation bar
  + Microsoft JVM: Corrupts the navigation bar when running on a system
    that uses a double-byte character set; PDF links are broken under
    some configurations

Solution:
Download and install a fully supported version of the J2RE.

For Windows* NT*, 2000, or XP:
  Download a fully supported version of the J2RE for Windows* at:
  <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/jre/javaplugin.exe
  Alternatively, you can download any of the suggested versions of the
  J2RE by using the Sun Java* download archive at:
  http://java.sun.com/products/archive/
For AIX:
  Download a fully supported version of the IBM Developer Kit for AIX at:
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/aix/service.html
For Linux:
  Download a fully supported version of the IBM Developer Kit for Linux	 at:
  https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p

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