Intel NetportExpressTM EL Print Server
Netport Manager Version 2.5
Extract from Release Notes README.WRI

New features and important information about this release

Contents

1. About Netport Manager
**2. New: Novell* NetWare* Directory Services (NDS) Support
**3. New: LANDeskT Management System SnapIn
**4. New: LANDesk Alert Management System (AMS) Support
**5. New: DMI and MIF Setup Support
6. Upgrading the Application Code for an EL

1    About Netport Manager

Netport Manager is the Windows* application that you use to configure the 
NetportExpress EL print server. You can use Netport Manager to configure 
all other models of Netport print servers, including the NetportExpress XL, 
Netport II and the original Netport print server. You can run Netport Manager 
with Windows 3.1, but Netport Manager currently does not run under OS/2*.

This release of Netport Manager includes:

-    Support for Novell NetWare Directory Services (NDS). You can load Netport 
     Manager on an NDS workstation to configure the EL for either NDS printing 
     or bindery printing.

-    Support for the LANDesk Alert Management System. You can be notified about 
     and respond to print server events such as "printer offline" from the 
     LANDesk system. 

-    "SnapIn" of the NetportExpress print server, so that you can "see" the 
     NetportExpress EL from the LANDesk system.

-    Support for DMI and MIF Setup.

6    Upgrading the Application Code for an EL

There are two choices:

-    You can save the new Application Code on a different RBL server than 
     the current one. This choice allows you to gradually introduce Netports 
     with NDS support into your environment.

-    You can save the new Application Code on the current RBL server. This 
     choice requires you to update all Netport EL and XL print servers, both 
     Ethernet and Token Ring, even if you use the new software on only one EL or XL. 

To verify that your Netport has the correct RBL and Application Code, check 
the status from Netport Manager.

The software uses Flash memory, allowing Intel to provide you with enhanced 
functionality while preserving your hardware investment. See the product 
documentation and online Help for information about installing and configuring 
your EL or XL, and how to update the Flash memory and the Application Code on 
the RBL file server.

Novell NetWare: The Application Code is stored in the SYS:LOGIN directory of 
the RBL file server. After you install a new version of Netport Manager, it then 
copies the new Application Code to the SYS:LOGIN directory of the RBL file servers 
you specify as part of the EL configuration.

To upgrade the Application Code for a configured EL

1    Start Netport Manager and select the Netport you want to upgrade.

2    Choose Configure.

3    Choose Netport Hardware. Click Change RBL. The Remote Boot Load (RBL) Server 
     field shows the current RBL file server. You can update the Application Code 
     on this RBL server or select another.

4    Choose OK. Netport Manager copies the latest version of the Application Code 
     to the RBL server. Other ELs that use the same RBL file server will be upgraded 
     when you reset them. 

To update the RBL Flash for a configured EL

1    Start Netport Manager and select the Netport print server you want to upgrade.

2    From the Utilities Menu, choose the Update RBL Flash option.

3    Select the new NFLASH.NET file that you want to use to update the Netport print server.

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