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  NEC SIGMABLADE Servers LAN Driver Module(Version R153N)
              (Windows Server 2003 / Windows Server 2008 /Windows Server 2008 R2)
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Software name   : NEC SIGMABLADE Servers LAN Driver Module(Version R153N)
Registered name : R153N.EXE
Copyright (C)   : Intel Corporation.
Models          : See below
Operating system: See below
Software type   : LAN Driver
File Type       : Self-extracting
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[ Models and Operating Systems to be targeted ]
 The following server products with the operating systems are recommended to
 apply the driver update:

 - Models:
   NEC Express5800/B120a, B120a-d, B120b, B120b-d, B120b-Lw, B120b-h
 
 - Operating System:
    Windows Server(R) 2003 32-Bit
    Windows Server(R) 2003 64-Bit
    Windows Server(R) 2008 32-Bit
    Windows Server(R) 2008 64-Bit
    Windows Server(R) 2008 R2

[ About the software ]
 "NEC SIGMABLADE Servers LAN Driver Module(Version R153N)"("the Software"),
 should be applied in the following cases:

 - Use of 10GBASE option network card in SIGMABLADE Server.
 - Use of of Hyper-V and Hyper-V 2.0 in SIGMABLADE Server.
 
 If the Software is not installed in the cases, errors may occur in the LAN
 communication.

 Read the following User License Agreement ("Agreement") carefully. If you do
 not agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you must not download
 the Software. Downloading the Software indicates your acceptance of the terms
 and conditions of the Agreement.

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[ User License Agreement ]

 NEC Corporation ("NEC") grants you the right to use the Software under the
 terms and conditions of this Agreement only in the country in which you
 acquired the Software. You shall agree to all provisions of this Agreement and
 assume responsibility for selection, installation, use and effect of the
 Software purchased for your desired effect.
 
 1. Terms 
 1.1 This Agreement shall come into force on the date of your receipt of the
     Software.
 1.2 You may terminate the license granted hereunder by notifying us in writing
     at least one month prior to the desired termination date.
 1.3 NEC may terminate the license granted you hereunder at any time if you
     fail to comply with any terms and conditions of this Agreement. 
 1.4 The license to the Software shall remain in force until the license is
     terminated on the date set forth hereunder. 
 1.5 Upon termination of the license, other rights granted you hereunder shall
     also be terminated. You must destroy or dispose of the Software, any copies
     of the Software and manual and other materials provided with the Software. 
 
 2. Copyright 
 2.1 The Software shall solely be used in the NEC Express5800 servers.
 2.2 NEC grants you the right to use the Software only in the country in which
     you acquired the Software in accordance with the conditions of the
     preceding paragraph.
 
 3. Copying, altering, and combining of the Software
 3.1 You may only make one copy of the Software solely for a backup purpose,
     provided, however, that the copy of the Software is loaded into permanent
     memory of the system. You may store the Software solely to prevent damages
     or loss of the memory media.
 3.2 You shall place the copyright notice and other legends on each copy of the
     Software.
 3.3 You may not use, copy, alter, combine, publish, reproduce the Software over
     the Internet, or otherwise dispose of the Software except as provided in
     this Agreement.
 3.4 You may not copy, publish the manual or other related documentation
     provided with the Software, or reproduce such manual and documentation over
     the Internet.
 3.5 No intangible property right to the Software shall be transferred to you.
 
 4. Transfer
 4.1 You may assign your rights granted hereunder to a third party only if all
     conditions below are satisfied: 
     a. You shall assign and shall not retain this Agreement, the Software, all
        copies of the Software, or the manual or other related documentation
        provided with the Software. 
     b. The transferee agrees to this Agreement.
 4.2 You shall not sublicense, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the
     Software or the right of use to any third party except as provided herein.
 
 5. Reverse compile
 You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise disassemble the Software.
 
 6. Limitation of warranties
 6.1 The Software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. In no event
     shall NEC be liable with respect to any claim by you on account of or
     arising out of the use of the Software.
 6.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in case NEC
     makes any bug-fix version to the Software, NEC will, at its expense,
     furnish you with such bug-fix version, update version, or information in
     relation to such bug-fix or update version both in the source code form and
     object code form, and such bug-fix version or update version shall be
     considered as the licensed Software.
 
 7. No liability 
 In no event shall NEC be liable for any indirect or consequential damages or 
 loss of profit or damages based on any third party claim, even if NEC has been 
 advised of the possibility of such damages. 
 
 8. Others 
 You must agree that any disputes concerning this Agreement will be settled at 
 the Tokyo district court as the exclusively appointed court. 

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[ Driver update procedures ]

 Perform the following steps to extract the Software and update the driver.
 
 - How to extract:
 (1) Download R153N.EXE to any directory. (for example, "C:\TEMP" folder) 
 (2) Click [Start] button and then click [Run...].  
 (3) Enter "C:\TEMP\R153N.EXE" in the "Open" field, and then click [OK].
     Note: You must not use the folder with the name including space (" ")
     in extracting the zip file
 (4) Enter the folder name to store the extracted files, and then click the
     [Unzip] button.
 
 - How to update:
 (1) Update the driver by referring to "NEC SIGMABLADE Servers LAN Driver
    (R153N.EXE) Update Guide"(R153Nsetup_en.pdf).

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*Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server are registered trademarks or trademarks of
 Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Intel is a 
 registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
*All other product, brand, or trade names used in this publication are the 
 trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.

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