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    LANDesk(R) Management Suite v2.x: Server Monitor Usage Tips

    Contents:

    • CONTENTS
    • COMPAQ NETFLEX LAN DRIVERS AND SERVER MONITOR
    • SERVER MONITOR DOES NOT STORE INFORMATION FOR MORE THAN ONE PARAMETER
    
    

    CONTENTS

    
       This document discusses common Server Monitor issues. It supplements the
    
       files in LANDesk(R) Management Suite's Readme Viewer.
    
    
    
    

    COMPAQ NETFLEX LAN DRIVERS AND SERVER MONITOR

    
       Unlike other NIC vendors, Compaq NetFlex LAN drivers (CPQ*.LAN) use an
    
       optional, unique method to save registers which may ABEND a file server
    
       when MSM (Novell's Generic Media Support Module) calls
    
       DriverStatisticsChange and alters registers. Versions of Novell's
    
       MONITOR.NLM dated before 1993 uncover this same issue -- trying to view
    
       NetFlex LAN card statistics in MONITOR.NLM causes an immediate ABEND.
    
       Intel's NLMs (NW3AGNT or NW4AGNT), Novell's INSTALL.NLM, NMS, and old
    
       TCPIP NLMs induce the same missing register ABEND.
    
    
    
       Fortunately, NLMs can be modified to not require the Compaq LAN driver
    
       to save a register. Intel has modified NW3AGNT and NW4AGNT NLMs to
    
       prevent an ABEND by saving the register instead of asking the LAN driver
    
       to do so. Upgrade to the v2.01 or higher release of LANDesk(R)
    
       Management Suite. Order electronic document 9985, which has the upgrade
    
       form and instructions.
    
    
    
       In January 1995, Novell certified LANDesk Management Suite's NLMs with
    
       NetWare* v3.11, v3.12, v4.02, and v4.1 (certification number N-189). 
    
       Certification details are available from Novell Labs Faxback 801
    
       429-2776/800 414-LABS document 20113.
    
    
    
    

    SERVER MONITOR DOES NOT STORE INFORMATION FOR MORE THAN ONE PARAMETER

    
       If you select STORE and limit by TIME, Server Monitor will not save the
    
       setting for more than one parameter. You can store information for
    
       multiple parameters using the "Limit by File Size" or "Don't limit"
    
       options.
    
    

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