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SERVERBENCH(R) 3.0 FOR NETWARE(R) 4.1 and 4.1 SMP README FILE
=============================================================
This is the README.TXT file for ServerBench(R) 3.0 for
NetWare(R) 4.1 and NetWare 4.1 SMP. This file contains the ServerBench
License Agreement, information on where to find the ServerBench
installation instructions and other documentation, and the latest
information about ServerBench.
NOTE: To make this README file easier to read, we use the term
"NetWare 4.1" to refer to both NetWare 4.1 and NetWare 4.1 SMP.
Before you run ServerBench, you must first read and agree to the
License Agreement. We include this License Agreement in this file,
in the ServerBench documentation, and also when you run
ServerBench for the first time.
WHAT'S IN THIS README.TXT FILE
==============================
This README file contains the following sections:
* The License Agreement
* Where to Find the Installation Documents
* The \SB30\NW41 Subdirectories
* ServerBench 3.0 Notes
* Technical Support
* Trademarks
LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ZIFF-DAVIS' SERVERBENCH(R) VERSION 3.0
READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE
SOFTWARE EMBODIED IN THE SERVERBENCH(R) 3.0 CD-ROM,
DISKETTE(S), OR, IF PRELOADED ON YOUR HARD DRIVE,
DOWNLOADED OR IF PROVIDED AS PART OF A COLLECTION,
THE PRELOADED, DOWNLOADED OR COLLECTED FILE(S) (the
"Media"). Embodied in the ServerBench 3.0 Media is the
ServerBench version 3.0 computer programs and related
documentation (the "Software"). Ziff-Davis Publishing
Company, having a place of business at One Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10016 ("Ziff-Davis") is the licensor
under this Agreement and you are the licensee. By using
the Software, in whole or in part, you agree to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement. If you do not
agree to the terms of this Agreement, promptly return
the Software to the Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operation at
1001 Aviation Parkway, Suite 400, Morrisville, North
Carolina 27560 (or, if downloaded, delete the Software,
or if preloaded on your hard drive or if provided as
part of a collection, cease use of the Software). Title
to the Software and all copyrights, trade secrets and
other proprietary rights therein are owned by Ziff-Davis.
All rights therein, except those expressly granted to
you in this Agreement, are reserved by Ziff-Davis.
1. Limited License
This Agreement grants you only limited rights to use
the Software. Ziff-Davis grants you a non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to use the Software on a file
server networked with multiple PC computers for the
sole purpose of conducting benchmark tests to measure
the performance of computer hardware and operating system
configurations. You have the right to make a single copy
of the Software for archival purposes and the right to
transfer a copy of the Software across an internal local
area network only to the PC computers attached to such
network; provided, however, that all such copies are
considered Software hereunder, that all uses of such
copies are governed by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and that you shall be responsible for all uses
of such copies in violation of the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. Ziff-Davis hereby grants you the right
to publish, except in any country where a third party
claims during the term of this license that such distribution
infringes that party's proprietary rights, benchmark test
results obtained by you from your use of the Software
provided that with the publication of each such result
you:
A. Identify Ziff-Davis, the name and version number
of the benchmark Software used and the name of the
test suite used in the test (e.g., Ziff-Davis'
ServerBench(R) version 3.0 with the standard system
test suite SYS_60.TST);
B. Identify for the applications server the exact name,
number of processors, processor speed (including
clock speed) and type(s), amount of RAM, amount of
secondary RAM cache (if any), size of hardware hard
disk cache, (if any), number and type of hard disk
controller(s), type of I/O bus, number and type of
hard disks, hard disk size, driver version of the
disk controller(s), type of disk organization
(e.g., mirrored), number and type of network
controllers, driver version of network controller,
network operating system name and version, and any
relevant modifications to the default network operating
system parameters (e.g., WXY Corp. Model 466 with
1 66-MHz Intel(R) 486DX2-66 CPU, 64MB of RAM,
256KB CPU cache, WXY Integrated Drive Array disk
controller, EISA I/O bus, 2 ABC 520MB disk drives,
a xxxxx386.dsk 12,621 4/29/92 disk driver, hardware
striping, WXY 32-bit ABC controller, a xxxxxxx.lan
40,905 9/11/92 net driver, NetWare(R) 4.1, and the
following NOS parameters: set maximum physical receive
packet size = 4202);
C. Identify for the test bed the network type, the number
of clients, the client operating system version (e.g.,
Windows(R) 95), the number and type of hubs/concentrators,
the number of clients per segment, the client CPU type
and speed in percentages, client network software name
and version (drivers and protocols), the size of the
client network cache, if any (e.g., 10Base-T with 32
clients, 2 XYZ Ethernet Hubs, 16 clients per segment,
75% of the clients are 486/25 and 25% of the clients
are 386/20, 75% of the clients have ABC NE2000 network
cards and 25% of the clients have GHI network cards,
Microsoft(R) Windows 95, Microsoft TCP/IP using
Windows Sockets Version 1.1,enhanced mode 32-bit NDIS
driver);
D. Identify the controller operating system version (e.g.,
Microsoft Windows 95) and network software and version;
E. State that all products used in the test were shipping
versions available to the general public;
F. State that the test was performed without independent
verification by Ziff-Davis and that Ziff-Davis makes
no representations or warranties as to the results of
the test; and
G. Follow proper trademark usage and acknowledge
Ziff-Davis' trademark rights (e.g., "[ ] achieved
a ServerBench(R) overall score of X transactions per
second. ServerBench is a registered trademark or
trademark of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company in the
U.S. and other countries.").
This Agreement and your rights hereunder shall automatically
terminate if you fail to comply with any provision of this
Agreement. Upon such termination, you agree to cease all use
of the Software, cease the transfer of any copies of the
Software and cease the publication of benchmark test results
obtained by you from use of the Software.
Further, you agree to delete the Software and to destroy all
tangible copies of the Software and other materials related
to the Software in your possession or under your control, or,
if downloaded or preloaded on your hard drive or if provided
as part of a collection, to cease use of and destroy any and
all copies of the Software in your possession or under your
control.
2. Additional Restrictions
A. You shall not (and shall not permit other persons or
entities to) rent, lease, sell, sublicense, assign, or
otherwise transfer the Software or this Agreement. Any
attempt to do so shall be void and of no effect.
B. You shall not (and shall not permit other persons or
entities to) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble,
merge, modify, include in other software or translate the
Software, or use the Software for any commercial purposes,
except for the publication of test results, as provided
above.
C. You shall not (and shall not permit other persons or
entities to) remove or obscure Ziff-Davis' copyright,
trademark or other proprietary notices or legends from any
of the materials contained in this package or downloaded.
D. You acknowledge that the Software contains Ziff-Davis'
trade secret information and you agree not to disclose or
disseminate such information other than as provided herein.
3. Limited Warranty and Limited Liability
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS
ASSUMED BY YOU, AND ZIFF-DAVIS AND ITS AUTHORIZED
DISTRIBUTORS ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
ACCURACY OR APPLICATION OF OR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN
THE SOFTWARE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ZIFF-DAVIS OR ITS
AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ZIFF-DAVIS OR ITS AUTHORIZED
DISTRIBUTORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF
SUCH DAMAGES OCCURRING. ZIFF-DAVIS AND ITS AUTHORIZED
DISTRIBUTORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGES
OR COSTS, ARISING OUT OF, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST
PROFITS OR REVENUE, LOSS OF USE OF THE SOFTWARE, LOSS
OF DATA OR EQUIPMENT, THE COSTS OF RECOVERING
SOFTWARE, DATA OR EQUIPMENT, THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE
SOFTWARE OR DATA, CLAIMS BY THIRD PARTIES, OR OTHER
SIMILAR COSTS.
THE ONLY WARRANTY MADE BY ZIFF-DAVIS AND ITS AUTHORIZED
DISTRIBUTORS IS THAT ANY ORIGINAL PHYSICAL MEDIA IN
WHICH THE SOFTWARE IS EMBODIED AND WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED
BY ZIFF-DAVIS OR ITS AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS SHALL BE
FREE OF DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP. ZIFF-DAVIS'
AND ITS AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS' ENTIRE LIABILITY AND
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THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES SET FORTH HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE
AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHERS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED. NO ZIFF-DAVIS DISTRIBUTOR, AGENT OR EMPLOYEE,
OR THIRD PARTY, IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATION
OR ADDITION TO THIS WARRANTY.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; SO THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
4. U.S. Government Restricted Rights
The Software is licensed subject to RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use,
duplication or disclosure by the Government or any person
or entity acting on its behalf is subject to restrictions
as set forth in subdivision (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in
Technical Data and Computer Software Clause at DFARS
(48 CFR 252.227-7013) for DoD contracts, in paragraphs
(c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted
Rights clause in the FAR (48 CFR 52.227-19) for civilian
agencies, or in the case of NASA, in Clause 18-52.227-86(d)
of the NASA Supplement to the FAR, or in other comparable
agency clauses. The contractor/manufacturer is the
Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operation, 1001 Aviation Parkway,
Suite 400, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560.
5. General Provisions
Nothing in this Agreement constitutes a waiver of Ziff-Davis
rights under U.S. copyright laws or any other Federal, state,
local or foreign law. You are responsible for installation,
management, and operation of the Software. This Agreement
shall be construed, interpreted and governed under New York
law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full
force and effect.
WHERE TO FIND THE INSTALLATION DOCUMENTS
========================================
We recommend that you read the installation instructions before you
install ServerBench 3.0. The installation instructions contain
information on ServerBench's minimum hardware and software
requirements, how to set up your machines for testing, and
ServerBench information that is specific to this port of
ServerBench.
On the Ziff-Davis Server Benchmarks CD-ROM, we've put the manual
that explains installing ServerBench in the \DOCS\SB30\NW41 directory.
The manual, "Installing ServerBench(R) 3.0 on NetWare(R) 4.1 and
NetWare 4.1 SMP" is in the file NW41.DOC.
The .DOC version of the manual is in Word 6.0 for Windows(R) format.
You'll also see .RTF (Rich Text Format) and .TXT (ACSII) versions
of this manual.
If you downloaded the ServerBench files from ZD Net/CompuServe Edition or
ZD Net/World Wide Web Edition, you'll find a .DOC version of this manual
in the controller's DOCS subdirectory, which was created by the SETUP.EXE
program when you installed the controller. See the main ServerBench
README file (\SB30\README.TXT) for information on how to access this
manual. (ZD Net(TM) is an on-line Ziff-Davis service.)
The DOCS subdirectory on the CD-ROM and on the controller also contains
the manuals "Understanding and Using ServerBench(R) 3.0" (USING.DOC) and
the "ServerBench(R) Quick Start Handbook" (SBHANDBK.DOC). The first
manual is a comprehensive reference manual that explains how to run the
ServerBench tests, how to create your own test suites, how to interpret
your results, and the concepts behind ServerBench. The handbook is an
abbreviated subset of that manual. The handbook gives you the steps you
need to quickly run ServerBench and look at your results. It also provides
some information about your results, setting up a disclosure database
snapshot file, and creating test suites. It applies to all platforms on
which ServerBench runs. The CD-ROM DOCS directory contains all three
formats of this manual (.DOC, .RTF, and .TXT). The DOCS subdirectory
on the controller only has this manual in .DOC format.
THE \SB30\NW41 SUBDIRECTORIES
==============================
The \SB30\NW41 directory contains the following subdirectories:
\NW41\
\CLIENT
\CONTROLR
\SERVER
The CLIENT subdirectory contains all the files you need to
install ServerBench on each client. To install your client files,
you'll need to run ServerBench's Windows-based SETUP.EXE program for
clients on each client.
The CONTROLR subdirectory contains all the files you need to
install on the controller. To install your controller files,
you'll need to run ServerBench's Windows-based SETUP.EXE program for
the controller on the controller.
The SERVER subdirectory contains the file NW41S.EXE. To install
ServerBench on your server, you'll need to create a ServerBench
directory on your server and expand the self-extracting file NW41S.EXE
in that directory.
See the manual "Installing ServerBench(R) 3.0 on NetWare(R) 4.1 and
NetWare 4.1 SMP" for detailed instructions on ServerBench's hardware and
software requirements and how you install ServerBench.
SERVERBENCH 3.0 NOTES
=====================
Please note the following before you run ServerBench:
1. You must read and agree to the ServerBench License
Agreement before running ServerBench. This agreement
appears at the front of the manuals. The same licensing
information also appears on the controller's screen the
first time you start ServerBench after you install it and
in this README.TXT file. If you do not agree to the
licensing information, delete all ServerBench files from
your server, controller, and clients. Return the ServerBench
CD-ROM and all accompanying materials (including any
documentation) to ZDBOp at the following address:
Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operation
1001 Aviation Parkway, Suite 400
Morrisville, NC 27560
2. To get valid results, you must run ServerBench when
no other applications are running on your server. If you
run ServerBench when other applications are running,
ServerBench will not provide you with the best score for
your server.
3. Because NetWare 4.1 and NetWare 4.1 SMP use the same ServerBench
files during installation, we consider them one port. We place
these files in the same directory, \NW41. If you're downloading
these files, you only need to download one set of files to install
ServerBench on either NetWare 4.1 or NetWare 4.1 SMP. Once you
install the server files, though, you'll notice that we include a
server executable for NetWare 4.1 (svr.nlm) and a different
executable (svrsmp.nlm) for NetWare 4.1 SMP. The svr.nlm will
execute ServerBench on both NetWare 4.1 and NetWare 4.1 SMP;
however, it will only let you run with one processor. The executable
svrsmp.nlm calls SMP-specific APIs, thus allowing ServerBench to run
on multiple processors. This executable can't run on vanilla NetWare 4.1
because that version of NetWare doesn't support SMP-specific APIs.
4. If you're running ServerBench on NetWare 4.1 SMP, you can
vary the number of processors that are active when you test
your server. By default, NetWare 4.1 SMP enables all available
processors on the server. It does this by including the
statement:
load mpdriver all
in the AUTOEXEC.NCF file on the server. If you donÆt want all
the available processors enabled, you can disable this statement
and include a "load mpdriver.nlm <processor-number>" statement
for each processor you want active after the first processor
(NetWare 4.1 SMP automatically enables one processor).
NetWare 4.1 SMP begins numbering its processors at 0. So, if
you want to test a four-processor server with only three
processors enabled, you would modify your AUTOEXEC.NCF file
the server to read:
; load mpdriver all
load mpdriver 1
load mpdriver 2
After you modify the AUTOEXEC.NCF file, you must restart the
server. Once the server boots, you can verify that the correct
number of processors are enabled by loading the MONITOR.NLM and
checking the active processors.
If you want to test the server with just one processor enabled,
you should unload the MPDRIVER.NLM after the server has
initialized. Unloading the MPDRIVER.NLM disables all secondary
processors.
NOTE: NetWare 4.1 SMP also allows processors to be disabled
and re-enabled dynamically after the server has booted
by unloading and then reloading the MPDRIVER.NLM. We
strongly recommend against using this procedure when
testing with ServerBench. On some hardware platforms,
unloading and reloading the MPDRIVER.NLM module after
the server has booted can cause unexpected side effects,
such as the redistribution of network interrupts across
active processors. These side effects can affect
ServerBench scores.
5. Because of NetWare 4.1 SMPÆs architecture, you can expect some
variance in overall scores when you run ServerBenchÆs standard
system test suites at low client loads. In our testing, weÆve
seen variance in the overall scores of the standard system test
suites until the client loads reach 20 to 24 clients. This
variance occurs because of the way the NetWare 4.1 SMP kernel
schedules ServerBench threads across the available processors.
For this reason, we recommend you use client counts of at least
28 when running ServerBench on a server running NetWare 4.1 SMP.
6. You'll need to apply the following NetWare patches to your server:
For NetWare 4.1:
410PT3
SPXSTR
TL14X
For NetWare 4.1 SMP:
SPXSTR
TL14X
These patches were available when we published ServerBench 3.0.
You should check for updated patches from Novell when you install
ServerBench. You can get Novell patches from Novell's CompuServe
forum and Novell's World Wide Web site.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
=================
If you have problems installing or running ServerBench 3.0,
please contact ZDBOp. You'll find a Problem Report form at
the back of each ServerBench manual. You can use this form
to report your problem.
You can contact ZDBOp in three ways:
1. If you have a modem and communications software, you can
reach ZDBOp via ZD Net/CompuServe Edition or ZD Net/World
Wide Web Edition. If you're using ZD Net/CompuServe, enter
GO ZDBENCH to get to the ZDBOp forum. (Access to CompuServe is
available for a fee.) Our World Wide Web address is
http://www.zdnet.com/zdbop
You can also send an on-line version of the Problem Report to us
via e-mail to:
zdbopwebmaster@zd.com
2. You can fax the Problem Report and any questions and comments
you have directly to ServerBench Technical Support at the ZDBOp fax
number:
(919) 380-2879
3. You can mail Problem Report and any questions and comments you have
to ZDBOp at the following address:
Ziff-Davis Benchmark Operation
1001 Aviation Parkway, Suite 400
Morrisville, NC 27560
Attn: ServerBench Technical Support
If you have an Internet e-mail address, please include it when you get in
touch with us.
TRADEMARKS
==========
ServerBench(R) is a registered trademark and ZD Net(TM) is a trademark
of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.
CompuServe(R) is a registered trademark of CompuServe, Inc.
Microsoft(R) and Windows(R) are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation.
NetWare(R) is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.
ServerBench 3.0. Copyright (C) 1996, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.