Preparing ZIP Drive Media

The zip drive media that comes preformatted with the Micro Webserver uses 8K clusters. Media that you purchase (if it is preformatted for PCs) uses 2K clusters. You can still read and write media that is formatted on a PC-compatible workstation; however, there will be an approximate performance degradation of 40%. For this reason, it is important to reformat any media using your Micro Webserver.

Caution Do not reformat the configuration ZIP media supplied with your Micro Webserver as it contains important files that are essential for configuring and operating your Micro Webserver.

Formatting ZIP Media

Insert the ZIP media that you want to format into the Micro Webserver ZIP drive.
From the Micro Webserver home page, select configure. The Login tab appears.

Log into the server (if you have not already done so) as described in the section, "Logging into the Server".
Select the Volumes tab. The Volumes tab appears:

Select the Volume you want to format from the Volume drop-down list.
Enter a new volume name in the Label field. The volume name must start with a character from A-Z and may have from 1-8 characters. It may not contain spaces.
Click Format. The media is formatted with 8K clusters and is now ready to use in your Micro Webserver.

Formatting an External SCSI Drive

From the Micro Webserver home page, select Configure. The Login tab appears.
Log into the server (if you have not already done so) as described in the section, "Logging into the Server".
Select the Volumes tab. The Volumes tab appears:

Select the Volume you want to format from the Volume drop-down list.

Note The SCSI drive that you installed must first have a low-level format. If it does not, contact your vendor.

Enter a new volume name in the Label field. The volume name must start with a character from A-Z and may have from 1-8 characters. It may not contain spaces.
Click Format. The media is formatted with 8K clusters and is now ready to use with your Micro Webserver.

Note The Micro Webserver supports up to a 1.2 GB drive. If you have a larger drive, it may use up to 2GB of that drive.

Creating Directories

You can use the configuration utility to create directories on any read/write media supported by the Micro Webserver:

From the Micro Webserver home page, select configure. The Login tab appears:
Log into the server (if you have not already done so) as described in the section, "Logging into the Server".
Select the Volumes tab. The Volumes tab appears:

Select the Volume where you want to create a directory from the Volume drop-down list.
Enter the path that you want to create in the Path field. You can browse to find the parent path by clicking Browse and append the new directory onto the path name in the Path field.
Click Create Dir to create the directory.

Setting the Server Home Page Path

You may want to change the home page file that is accessed when the Micro Webserver is first accessed. The default home page path is /1/Cisco. You can change this path to identify a directory where your site-specific server home page is located. For example, if you are using a SCSI drive, the performance is significantly faster if you put the home page on the SCSI drive.

Create a new directory for the home page such as /1/serverhome.
Copy the new server home page (index.html) to the Micro Webserver to /1/serverhome.
From the Micro Webserver home page, select configure. The Login tab appears.
Log into the server (if you have not already done so) as described in the section, "Logging into the Server".
Select the Volumes tab. The Volumes tab appears:

Select the Volume where the Cisco Home Page resides from the Volume drop-down list.
Enter the path (/1/serverhome) for the Cisco Home page in the Home Page/Directory field. You can also browse to locate the path by clicking Browse.

Note If you want to be able to access the Configuration Utility from the home page, you must copy the directory /1/cisco/config and all of its subdirectories to the directory /1/serverhome/config.

Save the configuration by clicking Save at the bottom of the frame.