SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP13010
PART NUMBER: 	276266-008
FILE NAME:  	176800-008
TITLE:  	Compaq Rack Builder Pro
VERSION:  	2.5 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  	English International

CATEGORY: 	Software Solutions 

DIVISIONS:  	Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: 	All Compaq systems running Windows 95/98/NT/2000

OPERATING SYSTEM:  	Windows 95/98/NT/2000

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: 	MS Windows 95/98/NT  (workstations or server)

PREREQUISTES: 	Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.1 or higher must be installed;
systems running Windows 95 must also have DCOM for Windows 95 installed.  To ascertain which
components are installed, Microsoft's Component Checker Tool may be run.  This tool, and the
current versions of MDAC and DCOM95 can be accessed at http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm. 

Also your computer must have the following settings:
Graphics Card:  16-bit (65,536 colors) at 800x600 resolution
Font:  Small

EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 31, 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 3.1

SUPERSEDES:  SP10711

DESCRIPTION:			Compaq Rack Builder Pro 2.5 is a powerful 
application which allows a customer to configure a single or a suite of racks. 
There are two available methods for building a rack suite configuration which
are:  "Builder Mode", which enables adding and removing components with the 
Drag-and-Drop interface feature, and "Assisted Mode", which features a guided
interview process to determine the optimum distribution of rack mountable
components. There are a variety of reports available which will allow you to 
print or view the rack solution. 

Enhancements/Fixes:		Product Updates 

Rack graphics are now saved along with reports to allow the reports to be viewed on systems
on which Rack Builder Pro is not installed. 

Multiple instances of a component may be renamed from the Specifications tab in Builder Mode.

Users may add up to 4 PDU's per rack in Visual Rack Builder after exiting Assisted Mode.

HOW TO USE:

1. Create a new directory on your unit where you want to download the softpaq 
executable to.

2. Select "Current Version" of Rack Builder PRO  -  Version 2.5

3. Select the appropriate language version  -  SP13010.exe

2. Click the "Download" button; choose to Save the Program to Disk.

3. Browse to the newly created directory and select "Save".

4. Go to the created directory and execute the downloaded softpaq executable.

5. The following two files will created:

	SETUPINT.EXE
	SP13010.txt

6. There are three ways to run setup***.exe, which will install the program:
	a)  From the Start/Run option type the path of where the executable 
 	    was copied to.  (Ex.:  c:\PRO\setupint.exe).
	b)  From Windows Explorer go to the created directory and run the 
	    executable.
	c)  Go to a DOS prompt, change to the created directory, and run the
	    executable.  (Ex.:  c:\PRO\setupint.exe).

7. Follow the installation instructions.