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Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers
Overview
This section describes how to install and configure the Dell small
computer system interface (SCSI) device drivers included with your Dell PowerEdge 6300
computer system. These device drivers are designed to work with the dual Adaptec AIC-7890
low voltage differential (LVD) Ultra2 / Wide
SCSI-3 controllers and the Adaptec
AIC-7860 Ultra/Narrow SCSI-3 controller on the system board.
The AIC-7890 controllers support up to six internal SCSI hard-disk
drives via a standard SCSI backplane board while the AIC-7860 supports up to three
externally accessible SCSI devices in the system's external drive bays, such as the CD-ROM
and a tape drive unit.
The Dell PowerEdge 6300 system can
support up to two 1-inch SCSI drives in the external drive bay with the optional removable
drive cage.
The AIC-7890, AIC-7860, and the optional
AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card are all part of the Adaptec 78xx series of SCSI
controllers, and all use the 78xx series of SCSI device drivers provided by Dell. The
Adaptec SCSI basic input/output system (BIOS), which is stored in your computer system's
flash memory or on the optional
AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card, links these SCSI device drivers to the AIC-7890 and
AIC-7860 SCSI controller chips or the optional AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card.
If you are using an optional Dell
PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller, refer to either of the following sections, Installing
SCSI Drivers for a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller in Windows NT 4.0 or Installing
SCSI Drivers for a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller in Novell NetWare 4.11.
You can also refer to your Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller documentation for
information on installing your SCSI device drivers.
For instructions on installing SCSI
hardware devices such as hard-disk drives, tape drives, or CD-ROM drives, trained service
technicians should see Chapter 9, "Installing Drives in the External Bays," and
Chapter 10, "Installing Hard-Disk Drives," in your Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide. After the SCSI devices are installed, you need to install and
configure one or more SCSI device drivers so that your SCSI devices can communicate with
your operating system.
SCSI device drivers are provided for the
following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Novell NetWare 4.11
See Using the Dell
Server Assistant CD, for instructions on creating a diskette of drivers for your
operating system. For instructions on configuring the SCSI device drivers, see the
appropriate subsections in this section.
To install SCSI drivers for a PowerEdge
Expandable RAID Controller in Windows NT 4.0, follow these steps: |
1. Boot from the Microsoft Windows NT
Server CD, and press <F6> when the first Windows NT Setup screen appears.
This disables automatic detection of SCSI
devices.
2. Load the PowerEdge RAID I NT
driver.
Press <s> for the Specify Additional
Device option. Insert the PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller driver diskette into drive
A, and select PowerEdge RAID I NT Driver from the list of drivers.
3. Press <Enter> and continue
with the setup.
The screen should list the following SCSI
device driver:
PowerEdge RAID I NT DRIVER
The Adaptec
AHA-294x/AHA-394x/AIC-78xx SCSI controller needs to be manually selected.
To install SCSI drivers for a PowerEdge
Expandable RAID Controller in NetWare 4.11, follow these steps:
1. Before installing NetWare, use the fdisk utility to create an MS-DOS partition of 50 to 100
megabytes (MB) in size.
2. Install the EZ-SCSI software using
the instructions provided with your system, and install the CD-ROM driver using the
instructions provided with the drive.
3. Insert the Novell NetWare 4.11 CD
or the Dell IntranetWare Support CD into the CD-ROM drive and change to the CD-ROM drive
letter.
4. Run install.bat from the CD.
NetWare 4.11 detects the Dell PowerEdge
Expandable RAID Controller (identified as "MegaRAID" in the system message).
5. Insert the RAID driver diskette
created for NetWare 4.11 that you created from the Dell Server Assistant CD and
press <Enter>.
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NOTE: Do not use the drivers
provided on the NetWare CD. |
6. Follow the instructions on the
screen to install the RAID drivers and to complete the NetWare installation.
The readme.txt files that are
included with your SCSI device drivers (in the device driver \pe6300\scsi subdirectory on
the CD) provide updates to the information in this section
Use the editor included with your
operating system to view or print the readme.txt file or any other readme
file.
The BIOS for the built-in dual Adaptec
AIC-7890 and AIC-7860 SCSI controllers includes the menu-driven SCSISelect configuration
utility, which allows you to change SCSI controller settings without opening the computer.
SCSISelect also contains SCSI disk utilities that let you low-level format or verify the
disk media of your SCSI hard-disk drives.
The defaults for
the optional Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller and the built-in AIC-7890 and AIC-7860
SCSI controllers are shown in Table 1. These default s are appropriate for most Peripheral Component Interconnect
(PCI) systems. Run SCSISelect only if you need to change any of the default s .
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NOTES:
The SCSISelect Utility must be run for both the AIC-7890 SCSI controllers and the AIC-7860
SCSI controller if you need to change the configuration settings.
The term host adapter is used throughout this chapter to refer to the built-in AIC-7890
and AIC-7860 SCSI controllers or the optional AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card.
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To change the settings, see the
descriptions of each setting in the following subsections. To change any of the default s or to format or verify a disk, see Starting the SCSI Select
Utility.
Setting |
Default |
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions: |
Host Adapter SCSI ID |
7 |
SCSI Parity Checking |
Enabled |
Host Adapter SCSI Termination |
Enabled1
Automatic2 |
Boot Device Options: |
Boot Target ID |
0 |
Boot LUN Number |
0 |
SCSI Device/Configuration Settings: |
Initiate Sync Negotiation |
Yes (Enabled) |
Maximum Sync Transfer Rate |
80 MB/sec |
Enable Disconnection |
Yes (Enabled) |
Initiate Wide Negotiation2 |
Yes (Enabled) |
Send Start Unit2 |
Yes (Enabled) |
BIOS Multiple LUN Support2 |
No (Disabled) |
Include in BIOS Scan2 |
Yes (Enabled) |
Advanced Host Adapter Settings: |
Host Adapter BIOS |
Enabled |
Support Removable Disks Under BIOS As Fixed Disks |
Boot Only |
Plug and Play SCAM Support2 |
Disabled |
Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization2 |
Enabled |
Extended BIOS Translation For DOS Drives > 1 GB |
Enabled |
Display <Ctrl><a> Message During BIOS Initialization |
Enabled |
Multiple LUN Support1 |
Disabled |
BIOS Support For Bootable CD-ROM |
Enabled |
BIOS Support For Int 13 Extensions |
Enabled |
Support For Ultra2 SCSI Speed |
Enabled |
1 Appears only for the AIC-7860 controller.
2 Appears only
for the AIC-7890 controllers.
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NOTE: For the full name of
an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary. |
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The basic host adapter settings are the
SCSISelect settings most likely to require modification:
- Host Adapter SCSI ID -- This option sets the host adapter's SCSI ID. The
default setting is SCSI ID 7, which allows the host adapter to support narrow SCSI devices
in addition to wide SCSI devices. Dell recommends that you leave the host adapter set to
SCSI ID 7.
- SCSI Parity Checking -- This option determines whether the host adapter
verifies the accuracy of data transfer on the SCSI bus. The default
is Enabled. You should disable SCSI Parity Checking if any SCSI device connected to the
host adapter does not support SCSI parity; otherwise, leave it enabled. Most SCSI devices
support SCSI parity. If you are unsure if a device supports SCSI parity, consult the
documentation for the device.
- Host Adapter SCSI Termination -- This option sets termination on the host
adapter. The default for the Adaptec AIC-7860 host adapters
is Enabled; the default for the AIC-7890 host adapter is
Automatic. Dell recommends that you leave this option set to the default.
The boot device options allow you to
specify the device from which to boot your system :
- Boot Target ID -- This option specifies the SCSI ID of the device from
which you boot your system. SCSI IDs are set for the hard-disk drive according to the
drive's location on the backplane board for the SCSI ID of each drive location. The default for Boot Target ID is SCSI ID 0.
- Boot LUN Number -- If your boot device has multiple logical unit numbers
(LUNs) and Multiple LUN Support is enabled (see "Advanced Host Adapter Settings"
found later in this section), this option allows you to specify a particular LUN from
which to boot on your boot device. The default is LUN 0.
The SCSI device/configuration settings
allow you to configure certain parameters for each device on the SCSI bus. To configure a
specific device, you must know the SCSI ID assigned to that device. If you are not sure of
the SCSI ID, see Using the SCSI Disk Utilities.
- Initiate Sync Negotiation -- This option determines whether the host
adapter initiates synchronous data transfer negotiation (sync negotiation) between itself
and the device. The default is Yes.
Synchronous data transfer negotiation is a
SCSI feature that allows the host adapter and its attached SCSI devices to transfer data
in synchronous mode. Synchronous data transfer is faster than asynchronous data transfer.
The host adapter always responds to sync
negotiation if the SCSI device initiates it. If neither the host adapter nor the SCSI
device initiates sync negotiation, data is transferred asynchronously.
Normally, you should leave the Initiate
Sync Negotiation enabled, because most SCSI devices support synchronous negotiation and
because it allows for faster data transfer.
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NOTE: Some older SCSI-1
devices do not support sync negotiation. This may cause your computer to operate
erratically or hang if Initiate Sync Negotiation is set to Yes. Set Initiate Sync
Negotiation to No for these devices. |
- Maximum Sync Transfer Rate -- This option sets the maximum synchronous
data transfer rate that the host adapter supports. The host adapter supports rates up to
80 megabytes per second (MB/sec). The default is 80 MB/sec
(the maximum).
If the host adapter is set to not negotiate
for synchronous data transfer, the maximum synchronous transfer rate is the maximum rate
that the host adapter accepts from the device during negotiation. (This is standard SCSI
protocol.)
- Enable Disconnection -- This option (sometimes called
disconnect/reconnect) determines whether the host adapter allows the SCSI device to
disconnect from the SCSI bus. Enabling disconnection allows the host adapter to perform
other operations on the SCSI bus while the SCSI device is temporarily disconnected. The default is Yes.
Leave Enable Disconnection set to Yes if
two or more SCSI devices are connected to the host adapter. This optimizes SCSI bus
performance. If only one SCSI device is connected to the host adapter, set Enable
Disconnection to No to achieve slightly better performance.
- Initiate Wide Negotiation -- This option determines whether the host
adapter attempts 16-bit data transfer instead of 8-bit data transfer. The default is Yes.
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NOTE: Some 8-bit SCSI
devices may have trouble handling wide negotiation, which may result in erratic behavior
or a hang condition. For these devices, set Initiate Wide Negotiation to No. |
When this option is set to Yes, the host
adapter attempts 16-bit transfer. When this option is set to No, 8-bit data transfer is
used unless the SCSI device itself requests wide negotiation. The effective transfer rate
is doubled when 16-bit data transfer is used because the data path for wide SCSI is twice
the size of normal 8-bit SCSI.
- Send Start Unit -- This option determines whether the send start unit
command is sent to the SCSI device during the boot routine. The default
is Yes.
Setting this option to Yes reduces the load
on your computer's power supply by allowing the host adapter to start SCSI devices one at
a time when you boot your system . When this option is set to
No, the devices are allowed to start at the same time. Most devices require you to set a
jumper before they can respond to this command.
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NOTE: For many devices, if
Send Start Unit is set to Yes, the boot routine time will vary depending on how long it
takes each drive to start. |
- BIOS Multiple LUN Support -- This option provides support for peripherals
that contain multiple SCSI devices, such as RAID subsystems and CD-ROM changers.
- Include in BIOS Scan -- This option enables you to set whether the system
BIOS scans this device during system start-up . The default is Yes.
The advanced host adapter settings
should not be changed unless absolutely necessary. These values are set by Dell, and
changing them may cause conflicts with the SCSI devices.
- Host Adapter BIOS -- This option enables or disables the host adapter
BIOS. The default is Enabled.
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NOTE: Several SCSISelect
options are not valid unless the host adapter BIOS is enabled. |
If you are booting from a SCSI hard-disk
drive connected to the host adapter, the BIOS must be enabled. You should disable the host
adapter BIOS if the peripherals on the SCSI bus (for example, CD-ROM drives) are all
controlled by device drivers and do not need the BIOS.
- Support Removable Disks Under BIOS As Fixed Disks -- This option controls
which removable-media drives are supported by the host adapter BIOS. The default is Boot Only. The following choices are available.
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CAUTION:
If a removable-media SCSI device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS, do not remove the
media while the drive is on or you may lose data. If you want to be able to remove media
while the drive is on, install your removable-media device driver and set this option to
Disabled. |
- Boot Only. Only the removable-media drive designated as the boot
device is treated as a hard-disk drive.
- All Disks. All removable-media drives supported by the BIOS are
treated as hard-disk drives.
- Disabled. No removable-media drives are treated as hard-disk drives.
In this situation, software drivers are needed because the drives are not controlled by
the BIOS.
- Plug and Play SCAM Support -- This option provides automatic
configuration of SCSI devices in operating systems that support Plug and Play. Dell
recommends that you leave this option set to Disabled.
- Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization -- This option enables the SCSI bus
to be reset when the controller is initialized. The default
is Enabled.
- Extended BIOS Translation For DOS Drives > 1 GB -- This
option determines whether extended translation is available for SCSI hard-disk drives with
capacities greater than 1 gigabyte (GB). The default is
Enabled.
When you partition a hard-disk drive larger
than 1 GB, use the MS-DOS fdisk utility as you normally would. Because the cylinder
size increases to 8 MB under extended translation, the partition size you choose must be a
multiple of 8 MB. If you request a size that is not a multiple of 8 MB, fdisk rounds up to
the nearest whole multiple of 8 MB.
- Display <Ctrl><a> Message During BIOS Initialization -- This
option determines whether the Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect (TM) Utility.
message appears on your screen during system start-up. The default
is Enabled. If this setting is disabled, you can still run the SCSISelect utility by
pressing <Ctrl><a> after the host adapter BIOS banner appears.
- Multiple LUN Support -- This option determines whether your system
supports booting from a SCSI device that has multiple LUNs. The default
is Disabled. Enable this option if your boot device has multiple LUNs.
- BIOS Support For Bootable CD-ROM -- This option determines whether the
host adapter BIOS provides support for booting from a CD-ROM drive. The default is Enabled.
- BIOS Support For Int 13 Extensions -- This option determines whether the
host adapter BIOS supports disks with more than 1024 cylinders. The default is Enabled.
- Support For Ultra2 SCSI Speed -- This option determines whether the host
adapter supports the fast transfer rates (20-80 MB/sec) . The
default is Enabled.
You can start the SCSISelect utility by
pressing <Ctrl><a> when the following prompt appears briefly during start-up:
Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect
(TM) Utility.
The first menu displays the
Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and SCSI Disk Utilities options.
SCSISelect uses menus to list options
you can select. To select an option, use the up- and down-arrow keys to move the cursor to
the option; then press <Enter>.
In some cases, selecting an option
displays another menu. You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing
<Esc>. To restore the original SCSISelect default values, press <F6>.
To access the SCSI disk utilities,
select the SCSI Disk Utilities option from the menu that appears when you start
SCSISelect. When the option is selected, SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (to
determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDs and the device
assigned to each ID.
When you select a specific ID and
device, a small menu appears, displaying the Format Disk and Verify Disk Media options.
- Format Disk -- This option runs a utility
that allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard-disk drive. Most SCSI hard-disk
drives are formatted at the factory and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec
Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI hard-disk drives.
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CAUTION:
The Format Disk option destroys all data on the hard-disk drive. |
- Verify Disk Media -- This option runs a utility that allows you to scan
the media of a hard-disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the media,
it prompts you to reassign them; if you select Yes, those blocks are no longer used. You
can press <Esc> at any time to exit the utility.
To exit SCSISelect, press <Esc>
until a message prompts you to exit. (If you changed any 78xx series host adapter
settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit.) At the prompt, select Yes
to exit, and then press any key to reboot the computer. Any changes you made in SCSISelect
take effect after the computer boots. (You can select No at the prompt if you are not
ready to exit SCSISelect.)
This section provides the following
information about installing the Dell SCSI drivers for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
operating system:
- Installing the SCSI drivers for Windows NT
- Removing a host adapter
- Swapping a host adapter
- Restoring a configuration if Windows NT fails to boot
This section provides the information
needed to install and use the Dell SCSI drivers for the 78xx series of SCSI controllers
with Windows NT.
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NOTE: If Windows NT was
factory installed by Dell, the AIC-78U2 and AIC-78xx drivers are preinstalled. |
The Windows NT 4.0 driver diskette you
create for the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system contains the files needed for
driver installation. The diskette contains the following files to be used with Windows NT:
- aic78u2.sys -- Adaptec's driver for the 7890 SCSI controller for
Windows NT
- aic78xx.sys -- Adaptec's driver for the 7860 SCSI
controller for Windows NT
- oemsetup.inf -- A file used by Windows NT Setup for driver
installation
- readme.txt -- A text file describing the Adaptec 78xx
driver for Windows NT
To install the SCSI drivers, use the
following procedure:
1. Create the Windows NT 4.0 driver
diskette from the Dell Server Assistant CD.
2. Restart Windows NT Setup.
Windows NT copies files to your system and
automatically reboots your system.
At the first blue screen after reboot,
Windows NT Setup will display the following message:
Setup is inspecting your computer's
hardware configuration...
3. Press <F6>.
The following message appears:
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage
devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.
4. Type s.
A list of supported SCSI host adapters
appears.
5. Click Other.
6. Insert the Windows NT driver
diskette you created into the diskette drive.
7. Click the Start button, then click
Run and type a:\ in the Open dialog box.
8. Type s.
9. Select the host adapter from the
list.
For the Adaptec AIC-7890 SCSI controller,
select Adaptec AHA-294xU2/295xU2/AIC-789x PCI Ultra2 SCSI controller (Windows NT 4.0).
For the Adaptec-7860 SCSI controller,
select Adaptec AHA-290x/291x/294x/394x/494x/AIC-78xx PCI SCSI Controller (Windows NT 4.0).
10. Press <Enter>.
The driver is copied from the diskette to
your system.
11. Repeat steps 8 - 10 for each SCSI
host adapter installed on the system.
12. Click Yes when prompted to restart
the system, and remove the diskette from the diskette drive.
After the system reboots, the new
drivers are active. Some drive letter assignments may have changed from the previous
configuration.
Removing a PCI expansion-card SCSI
controller is as simple as physically removing it from its slot when your computer is shut
down. Windows NT boots and functions properly in this configuration, but a warning message
is generated every time you boot Windows NT.
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CAUTION:
If you have removed a host adapter but still have other host adapters of the same type
installed in your computer, do not use Windows NT Setup to remove the device driver. |
To eliminate the warning message, you
must update the Windows NT software configuration as follows:
1. Select and start the Windows NT
Setup program.
There is a brief pause while Windows NT
Setup scans your hardware configuration.
2. Select the Options pull-down menu,
and then select Add/Remove SCSI Adapters.
The SCSI Adapter setup program displays a
list of all host adapters currently installed.
3. Select the host adapter you want to
remove, and click Remove. When the Windows NT Setup program asks you for confirmation,
click OK.
Because SCSI device drivers are loaded
during system start-up and because they may be needed to load
Windows NT itself, a message may appear warning you that Windows NT may not start if you
remove the SCSI adapter.
4. When you are sure you are removing
the correct host adapter type, click OK.
5. Return to step 3 if you want to
remove driver support for other types of host adapters, or click Close to exit the
SCSI adapters portion of Windows NT Setup.
6. Close the Windows NT Setup program.
When the following message appears, click OK to exit:
The changes you have made will not
take effect until the computer is restarted.
If this message does not appear, no changes
have been made to the Windows NT system configuration.
7. Restart your computer.
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NOTE: The Windows NT Setup
program does not delete the device driver from your hard-disk drive; it only updates
Windows NT software configuration information so that the device driver is no longer
loaded during system start-up. |
The procedure for swapping one type of
host adapter for another is similar to the procedure for adding a host adapter, except
that you make all software configuration changes while Windows NT is running--before you
make the hardware changes.
1. Install the driver for the new host
adapter by following the steps in "Installation for Windows NT" found earlier in
this section.
It is not essential to remove the device
driver for the host adapter you are replacing. Windows NT dynamically detects the absence
or presence of host adapter hardware, and no problems should arise if you leave the
existing device driver installed. You can remove the device driver later, after you have
successfully rebooted Windows NT. However, if you leave the driver in, the system alerts
you with an error message about the extra device driver every time you boot. See the
previous subsection, "Removing a Host Adapter."
2. After the new device driver is
installed, shut down Windows NT and replace the existing host adapter.
3. Restart your computer and Windows
NT.
Some drive letter assignments may have
changed from the previous configuration.
The boot manager for Windows NT contains
recovery logic to allow you to return to the last known good configuration. If you have
changed your host adapter configuration and Windows NT no longer boots, follow these steps
to recover:
1. Undo any hardware changes you have
made to the computer since it was last operational.
2. Reboot the computer.
Watch the display carefully during
start-up. If the following message appears, press the spacebar key, press <l> at the
next screen, and then follow the instructions on the screen to continue booting with the
last known good configuration:
Press spacebar NOW to invoke the
Last Known Good menu
3. When your computer is operational
again, check all of the hardware and software configuration changes you want to make. Look
specifically for conflicts with parts of the existing system configuration that are not
being changed.
If you cannot determine the source of
the error, contact Dell for assistance. See Chapter 11, "Getting Help," in the Installation
and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on contacting Dell for technical
assistance.
This section provides the following
information about installing the Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare 4.11:
- Installing the EZ-SCSI utility
- Installing the Novell NetWare 4.11 operating system
- Installing and updating the Dell SCSI driver for NetWare 4.11
- Automatic driver loading using startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf
- Booting a NetWare server from a SCSI drive, formatting media, and using
removable media
- Troubleshooting error messages generated during initialization
This
subsection provides the information needed to install and use the Dell SCSI drivers for
Novell NetWare 4.11. The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare support the optional Adaptec
AHA-2940U2W and all Adaptec 78xx series SCSI controllers.
Before you begin installation of the
SCSI drivers for NetWare, you must create a diskette of drivers for NetWare 4.11 and a
diskette that contains the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility. Using the
Dell Server Assistant CD provides instructions for creating these diskettes.
The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare are
fully tested and approved for NetWare. The NetWare scsi subdirectory on the NetWare 4.11
drivers diskette you create contains files to be used with NetWare 4.11. The following
files appear in the scsi subdirectory on the NetWare driver diskette:
- readme.txt -- An American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (ASCII) text file describing Adaptec's drivers for NetWare
- aic78u2.ham -- NetWare driver for Adaptec's 7890 and
AHA-2940U2W Ultra2 SCSI series host adapters
- aha2940.ham -- NetWare driver for Adaptec's 7860 and
AHA-2940UW SCSI host adapters
- nwaspi.cdm -- Adaptec's device driver for a CD-ROM drive
- nbi.nlm -- File required by the NetWare bus interface
- nwpa.nlm -- File required by the NetWare bus interface
- nwpaload.nlm -- File required by the NetWare bus interface
- cdrom.nlm -- File required by the NetWare bus interface
In addition, the scsi subdirectory on
your NetWare 4.11 drivers diskette contains the following files:
- aic78u2.ddi -- A driver definition information file for the 78xx
Ultra2 SCSI series host adapters that provides setup information to NetWare during
installation; NetWare can then prompt you with parameters to be configured for the device
driver during the installation process.
- aha2940.ddi -- A driver definition information file for the
AHA-2940U2W host adapter .
- aspicd.ddi -- A device driver definition file.
- aspitran.ddi -- A device driver definition file.
To begin driver installation, first load
the EZ-SCSI utility as described in the following subsection, Installing EZ-SCSI. Then if you are performing a first-time
NetWare installation, see Installing
NetWare and the Driver found later in this section. If NetWare is already installed in
your system, see Using NetWare to Install or Update the Driver.
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NOTE: Your system must have
a bootable version of MS-DOS installed before you can complete the Novell NetWare
installation. |
The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility
automatically configures the computer to use an Adaptec SCSI host adapter and the devices
connected to it. The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility also copies applications and device drivers
to the computer's hard-disk drive. The configuration and installation process is explained
with a series of screens. In most cases, the system and SCSI
devices are configured to take full advantage of all the performance benefits of SCSI when
you accept the default values suggested by these screens.
Follow these steps to install the
Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility:
If you have not already done so, create an Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette
for the version of NetWare you are using.
Using the Dell Server Assistant CD provides instructions
for creating this diskette.
Insert your Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette into the diskette drive.
Type dosinst and press <Enter>
A message appears while the EZ-SCSI utility loads into memory.
When the first EZ-SCSI screen appears, read the text carefully.
You can press <F1> on any screen for additional help. Press <Esc> to exit a
Help screen.
Press <Enter> to continue with the installation.
Follow the instructions that appear on the screen. Press
<Enter> at every screen to accept the EZ-SCSI default values.
If you accept all the default values, the EZ-SCSI utility copies the files from the
diskette to the c:\scsi directory.
The EZ-SCSI utility creates this directory if the directory does not already exist.
The EZ-SCSI utility also adds command lines to your system 's
configuration files (autoexec.bat and config.sys) that
will load the required device drivers into memory when you boot your system .
Press <Esc> to continue after the EZ-SCSI utility enters
changes to your system configuration files.
If you want to copy the files to a different directory or control the changes to your
configuration files, follow the instructions on the screen. Press <F1> on any screen
to see more information.
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NOTE: If the EZ-SCSI utility
is unable to locate the mscdex.exe file in the c:\dos
directory, it will prompt for a pathname to access this file. Without this file, the
utility cannot access the system 's CD-ROM drive. |
When the message (Adaptec EZ-SCSI has been successfully
installed...)appears on the screen, press <Enter> or <Esc> to exit the EZ-SCSI
utility, and remove the Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette from the drive.
Then reboot your system by pressing
<Ctrl><Alt><Del>.
You need to install several updated
drivers and Dell-supplied Novell patches when you install the NetWare 4.11 operating
system on your system for the first time.
To install the NetWare
4.11 operating system on your PowerEdge system, use the .ham drivers that are
provided on the Dell Server Assistant CD. You will need to create driver diskettes
from the CD if you have not already done so. See the next section, "Creating the
Netware 4.11 Driver Updates Diskette," for instructions on creating the driver
diskettes from the Dell Server Assistant CD. For information about installing the .ham
drivers in NetWare 4.11, see "Installing NetWare 4.11" found later in this
document. To install the Dell-supplied Novell patches, see "Installing the
Dell-Supplied Novell Patches" found later in this document.
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NOTES:
If the server has a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) controller installed, you
must set up the RAID controller and drives in a valid configuration before you perform the
procedures in this section. Refer to the RAID controller documentation to configure the
controller and drives, and then return to this section.
Before
symmetric multiprocessing ( SMP) can be installed on your system, you must apply the
IntraNetWare Support Pack 4.0A to the NetWare 4.11 operating system. See "Applying
IntranetWare Support Pack 4.0A" found later in this document. |
To create a driver diskette from the Dell
Server Assistant CD for driver installation purposes, perform the following steps:
Insert the Dell Server Assistant CD
into the server's CD-ROM drive and restart the system.
When the Dell Server Assistant main
menu appears, select Create Diskettes and press <Enter>.
Select
Create Operating Systems Support Diskettes and press <Enter>.
Select the
icon for your NetWare version and press <Enter>.
Select
Create Driver Diskette and press <Enter>, then select OK and press <Enter>.
At the
prompt, insert a blank diskette into the diskette drive, select OK, and press
<Enter>.
When the
message The diskette was created successfully appears, select OK and press <Enter>,
then select exit and press <Enter>.
At the Exit
Confirmation dialog box, remove the Dell Server Assistant CD and the newly created
driver diskette, select OK, and press <Enter> to continue the system reboot.
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NOTE: Remember to label the
driver diskette; for example, label it NetWare 4.11 Driver Updates. |
To prepare the hard-disk drive for NetWare
installation, you must create a utility partition on the drive (if needed), create the
primary MS-DOS partition, format the MS-DOS partition, install the c:\dos
and c:\scsi subdirectories, and install certain system files.
You do not need to create a utility
partition if you are installing NetWare 4.11 for the first time on your system. Dell
shipped your system with the utility partition already created on the hard-disk drive; you
can proceed to create the primary MS-DOS partition on the drive. If you are reinstalling
NetWare 4.11, you will need to delete the utility partition and re-create it.
Using the following procedure, you can
prepare the hard-disk drive using the Dell Server Assistant and Dell IntranetWare Support
CDs.
If you do not need to create a utility partition on your hard-disk
drive, go to step 2. Otherwise, perform the following steps to create a utility partition
on your system:
- Insert the Dell Server Assistant CD into the server's
CD-ROM drive and turn on (or reboot) the system.
- From the menu that appears, select Run System Utilities.
- From the Run System Utilities menu, select Create Utility
Partition.
- At the Welcome... screen, select OK and press <Enter>.
- At the message Installation completed successfully, select
OK and press <Enter>.
- Select Exit and press <Enter>.
- At the Exit Confirmation dialog box, remove the Dell Server
Assistant CD, insert the Dell IntranetWare Support CD, select OK, and press <Enter>
to reboot the server.
If you have not already done so, insert the Dell IntranetWare Support CD into the server's
CD-ROM and reboot the system.
From the menu that appears, type 1 to select Create a Primary
DOS Partition.
At the next menu, type 2 to select Run FDISK in Automated Mode.
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NOTE: Dell recommends
running the fdisk utility in automated mode unless you need to specify a different size
for the primary MS-DOS partition. Running the fdisk utility in automated mode creates a
25-MB partition. |
- At the Warning... screen, read
the information and type y to continue.
The program partitions and then reboots the system.
- From the main menu that reappears, type 2 to select Format Primary
DOS Partition.
When prompted, type y and press <Enter> to proceed with the format.
- From the main menu that reappears, type 4 to select Recreate DOS
System Files on HD.
- Read the message that appears and type y to continue.
- The message FILE TRANSFER
COMPLETE appears briefly, and then you are returned to the main menu.
- Type q and press <Enter> to exit the utility, then remove the
Dell IntranetWare Support CD from the drive, and press <Ctrl><Alt><Del>
to reboot the system.
Your hard-disk drive has been prepared for NetWare installation. Continue to the next
subsection, Installing NetWare 4.11.
This section describes how to install
the aic78u2.ham and aha2940.ham drivers at the same
time you install NetWare 4.11. If NetWare 4.11 is already installed and you wish to
install or update the aic78u2.ham and aha2940.ham
drivers, refer to the NetWare User's Guide for installation instructions. Also, refer to
the NetWare User's Guide for information about partitioning, creating a server name, and
checking the IPX network number.
Follow these steps only if you are
upgrading to NetWare 4.11 or installing it for the first time:
1. Make backup copies of all Novell
diskettes, and use those backup copies as your working diskettes.
2. Boot MS-DOS on your computer.
3. Change to the CD-ROM drive prompt.
The installation files are located in the
root directory on the CD-ROM.
4. Type install and press
<Enter>.
5. Select a language at the language
selection screen and press <Enter>.
6. Select whether you want to perform
a simple or custom installation and press <Enter>.
If you select a simple installation, you
can press <F1> to view the defaults for the installation.
7. When prompted to install NetWare
SMP, select No.
Even if you plan to install NetWare SMP,
select No at this screen. The IntraNetWare Support Pack 4 or later must be applied before
NetWare SMP can be installed. To apply IntraNetWare Support Pack 4, see Applying IntraNetWare Support Pack 4.0A
found later in this section.
The system now searches for existing device
drivers and hardware.
8. Press <F3> to continue
through the next few screens, and then press <Insert> when you are prompted to
select a hard-disk driver.
9. When a screen appears asking you to
select a hard-disk driver, press <Insert>.
10. Insert the backup copy of the
NetWare 4.11 driver diskette created in step 1 into the diskette drive.
If you have not already created this
diskette, refer to Using the Dell Server Assistant CD,
in this book for instructions.
11. Press <F3>, and specify the
path to the aic78u2.ham driver for NetWare (for example, a:\).
12. Select the aic78u2.ham
driver and press <Enter>.
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NOTE: Specific help text for
each driver appears in the middle of the screen as you scroll down the list. The Loaded
Drivers window below the list of available drivers displays the names of drivers that are
loaded and operational. For a new installation, this list is initially empty. For a
selective installation, the list shows the drivers already running. |
The system prompts you for a slot number
for the device.
13. Press <Alt><Esc> to
switch to the console prompt, type load a:\aic78u2.ham ,
and press <Enter>.
A list of slot numbers is displayed
separated by commas. Write down all slot numbers that are listed and press <Esc> to
clear the command line. Press <Alt><Esc> to return to the installation screen.
14. Enter the slot number for the
driver and press <Enter>.
15. Press <Enter> to save the
parameters and continue.
16. When prompted to select an
additional disk driver, select Yes.
17. Repeat steps 12 through 16 for the
aha2940.ham driver.
18. When prompted to select an
additional disk driver, select No.
You now need to install the appropriate
network adapter driver.
19. From the Driver Actions menu,
select the Select/Edit Disk or LAN Drivers option and press <Enter>.
The Network (LAN) Driver name box is
highlighted.
20. Press <Enter> again to go to
a local area network (LAN) driver selection screen.
21. Press <Insert> and then
press <F3>.
22. Verify that the driver diskette is
in the diskette drive and press <Enter>.
A screen appears listing the available LAN
drivers.
23. Note the name of the driver you
need to install and then press <Alt> <Esc> to switch to the console prompt.
24. At the console prompt, type load
a:\driver_filename and press <Enter>.
A list of slot numbers is displayed
separated by commas. Write down all slot numbers that are listed and press <Esc> to
clear the command line. Press <Alt> <Esc> to return to the installation
screen.
25. Highlight the driver from the LAN
driver selection screen and press <Enter>.
A LAN driver configuration screen appears.
26. Enter the appropriate values for
the configuration parameters, including the slot number for the network adapter, pressing
<Enter> after each entry.
27. Repeat steps 19 through 26 for
each network adapter in your system.
28. Select Continue the Installation
to create disk partitions and system volumes, and to specify volume names follow the
procedures listed in the NetWare User's Guide.
29. When prompted to edit the
startup.ncf file, find the entry load sgscsi.cdm and replace the entry with
load scsihd.cdm.
30. Verify that the load command line
and slot number for your host adapter is listed correctly in the startup.ncf file.
Refer to the NetWare User's Guide for
information about editing the startup.ncf file.
If you purchased NetWare 4.11 from Dell,
the required NetWare 4.11 patches (including IntranetWare Support Pack 4.0A) from Novell
are provided on the Dell IntranetWare Support CD. If you purchased NetWare 4.11 from
another source, the required
NetWare patches are available for download from Novell's World Wide Web site at
www.novell.com. Refer to the next section "Applying
IntranetWare Support
Pack 4.0A" for instructions on installing IntranetWare Support Pack 4.0A from the
file downloaded from Novell's Web site.
To install the patches supplied on the
Dell IntranetWare Support CD, perform the following procedure:
1. With the system turned on and
running NetWare 4.11, insert the Dell IntranetWare Support CD into the server's CD-ROM
drive.
2. At the console prompt, type load
cdrom and press <Enter>.
3. Type cd mount nwscd and press
<Enter>.
4. Type nwscd:\dpatch and press
<Enter>.
A menu appears listing several patches
(including the IntranetWare version 4.0A Support Pack), a backup option for the files
being replaced by the IntranetWare 4.0A Support Pack, and a reboot option.
The checkboxes for the patches and the
IntranetWare Support Pack backup are selected; the reboot option is not. Dell recommends
that you accept the defaults as displayed.
5. Read the list of options and press
<F10> to accept them.
6. Read the File Copy Status screen,
which contains information on the IntranetWare version 4.0A Support Pack, and press
<Enter> to continue.
The program copies files to your hard-disk
drive.
7. At the message IntranetWare Support
Package installation is complete!, press <Enter>.
8. At the message NetWare v4.1x CLIB
Update is complete!, press <Enter>.
A screen appears listing several
instructions that you must follow. The next few steps cover these instructions.
9. Press <Enter> at the
instruction screen to continue.
10. From the Product Installation
screen, select Install Product and press <Enter>.
11. From the Install to Servers
screen, highlight the name of the server to which you are installing and press
<Enter>.
12. At the Start Installation dialog
box, select Yes and press <Enter>.
13. At the first magenta information
screen, read the screen and press <Enter>.
14. At the second magenta information
screen, press <Enter>.
15. Select Exit and press
<Enter>.
16. At the Exit Product Installation
dialog box, select Yes and press <Enter>.
17. At the console prompt, type down
and press <Enter> to return to "downed server" mode.
18. At the console prompt, type exit
to return to the MS-DOS prompt.
19. Remove the Dell IntranetWare
Support CD.
20. Reboot the server.
Before NetWare SMP can be installed in
NetWare 4.11, you must apply IntranetWare Support Pack, 4.0A. The IntraNetWare Support
Pack 4.0A is an MS-DOS executable patch file (iwsp4a.exe) that is available for
download from Novell's World Wide Web site at www.novell.com. For complete
instructions on applying IntraNetWare Support Pack 4.0A, refer to the Novell
documentation.
To install the IntranetWare Support Pack
4. 0A complete these steps:
1. Place the Support Pack file onto a
workstation that is attached to the PowerEdge server.
2. Copy the support pack file to a
volume on the server.
3. Expand the file by typing iwsp4a.exe
and press <Enter>.
4. Follow the directions listed in the
iwsp4a.txt file included with the
support pack.
When Support Pack 4.0A has been applied,
you can install SMP on your system.
To add SMP support to your NetWare 4.11
installation, use the following procedure:
1. At the NetWare console prompt, type
Load install and press <Enter>.
2. From the installation screen that
appears, select Multi-CPU Options and press <Enter>.
3. From the selection screen, select
Select a Platform Module and press <Enter>.
4. From the next selection screen,
select MPS14.PSM and press <Enter>.
A confirmation screen appears asking if you
want to load the selected module.
5. Select Yes and press <Enter>.
A message screen appears.
6. Exit the message screen, switch to
the console prompt, down the server, and reboot the system to enable SMP support.
The startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf files
contain a set of commands that are executed during the boot routine. The startup.ncf file
contains commands to load the disk drivers. Once startup.ncf loads disk drivers, control
is passed to the autoexec.ncf file to complete the boot routine. For additional
information on the startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf files, refer to your NetWare
documentation.
To automatically load the aic78u2.ham
driver during the boot routine, the startup.ncf file must contain a load command line that
specifies the location of the driver on the hard-disk drive. To find the slot number, type
load a:\scsi\aic78u2.ham at the console prompt and press
<Enter>. A list of slot numbers is displayed separated by commas. Press <Esc>
to clear the command line.
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NOTE: To load the driver
from your hard-disk drive, the aic78u2.ham driver and nwaspi.cdm module must be copied
from your NetWare 4.11 driver diskette to a directory on your hard-disk drive (usually,
the server's start-up directory [for example, c:\nwserver]). |
The syntax to load the aic78u2.ham
driver follows:
load [pathname]\aic78u2.ham [options]
slot=x
For example, the command line to load
the driver from the c:\nwserver directory with the verbose= option on and a slot number of
10002 follows:
load c:\nwserver\aic78u2.ham verbose=y
slot=10002
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NOTE: For each
Adaptec 78xx host adapter installed, a separate load command line must be included in the
startup.ncf file. The slot number (slot=) identifies the specific adapter. |
To modify the startup.ncf file,
follow these steps:
1. Type install
at the NetWare prompt, and press <Enter>.
2. Select the appropriate menu choice
that allows you to edit the startup.ncf file.
3. Make the necessary changes. When
you are finished, press <F10>.
The aha2940.ham driver module
fully supports removable-media disk drives, including magneto-optical drives. Removable
media is treated as a standard SCSI hard-disk drive, with some exceptions:
- The driver only recognizes and registers media with 512 bytes/sector.
- NetWare allows you to mount or dismount the media and lock or unlock the
media.
These removable media options
are supported by NetWare's monitor.nlm program.
Follow these steps to set up the
removable media:
1. Load monitor.nlm to display the
various options.
2. Select Disk Information.
All system hard-disk drives appear.
3. Select the removable-media device.
Drive status items appear as shown in Table 2.
Menu Option |
Default Value |
| Volume Segments on Drive1 |
Select for a list |
| Read After Write Verify1 |
Hardware Level |
| Drive Light Status1 |
Not supported |
| Driver Operating Status1 |
Active |
| Removable Drive Mount Status2 |
Mounted |
| Removable Drive Lock Status2 |
Not Locked |
1 Valid for both removable and
nonremovable SCSI drives
2 Valid for removable media only |
The Read After Write Verify option (menu option 2) is set to Hardware Level by default. This
option cannot be specified in the startup.ncf or autoexec.ncf file. However, the default
can be set on the command line.
The
available options are defined in Table 3.
Table 3.
Read After Writer Verify Options
Option Setting |
Function |
| Disabled |
All writes to SCSI disk drives are executed with the SCSI Write
command (0Ah or 2Ah). |
| Hardware Level |
All writes to SCSI disk drives are executed with the SCSI Write
and Verify command (2Eh) or (if this command is not supported by the drive) with the SCSI
Write command (0Ah or 2Ah), followed by the SCSI Verify command (2Fh). |
| Software Level |
Not supported. |
Mounting causes a drive to come online as a NetWare storage device. Dismounted
drives are inactive and cannot be accessed.
Before you
eject your current media, you should first dismount it (using menu option 5). When
the mount status is Dismounted, you can eject the media. However, NetWare does not allow
you to dismount media that are locked.
To insert
your new media, wait for the drive to spin up, and then select the Removable Drive Mount
Status option.
If your removable-media device supports the lock/unlock feature, you can lock the
media (using menu option 6). The media must be in the Not Locked state before you can
eject it. If the media is locked, it cannot be ejected when you press the eject button.
To be fully certified as NetWare "Yes, Tested and Approved," a drive
and host adapter must both pass a qualification process that takes place before you see
the product. The goals of NetWare testing are to simplify installation and provide the
highest quality disk subsystem.
Adaptec 78xx
series host adapters and their drivers are fully tested and approved for NetWare. This
means that you can purchase a NetWare drive (certified as "Yes, Tested and
Approved") from a vendor, connect it to your system or host adapter, partition it,
and create a volume without any compatibility concerns.
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NOTE: Dell
recommends using only Dell-tested drives. |
Adaptec's
aic78u2.ham driver module is flexible enough to allow you to connect SCSI drives that are
tested and approved for NetWare as well as standard SCSI drives to a single host adapter.
The driver registers each hard-disk drive accordingly.
Drive
registration is a user-transparent process; no user interaction is required. You can tell
that the drive has been detected as NetWare-tested and NetWare-approved if the message
NetWare Yes Tested and Approved is included in the drive description string that appears
when you run monitor.nlm (disk options).
Included with NetWare is a server-based tape drive utility called sbackup.nlm.
This allows backup of server disk drives to a server tape drive. The sbackup.nlm utility
supports Adaptec host adapters. Use the following procedure to load the backup utility:
1. Load
the SCSI adapter driver.
The syntax to
load the aic78u2.ham driver follows:
load [pathname]\aic78u2.ham [options] slot=x
2. Refer
to the Novell NetWare documentation for additional instructions on loading the server
backup software. Refer to the NetWare Server Backup User's Guide
to load the tsa and sbackup modules.
To
use a CD-ROM drive with NetWare 4.11, follow these instructions:
1. Load
aic78u2.ham by entering the following command line:
load [pathname]\aic78u2.ham slot=x
2. Load
nwaspi.cdm by entering the following command line:
load [pathname] nwaspi.cdm
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NOTE: If nwaspi.cdm
does not work, unload it and load it again. The first load initializes the host adapter;
unloading and reloading allows the initialization to complete. |
3. Load cdrom.nlm as follows:
load [pathname] cdrom.nlm
4. Enter
the following line at the prompt, and then note the number and name of the CD that
appears:
cd device list
5. Enter
the number and volume name of the CD at the command line:
cd mount [number] [name]
The CD-ROM is
now ready to be accessed as a volume.
The Adaptec 78xx SCSI bus master firmware increases the SCSI performance of the
Adaptec 78xx series host adapters under multitasking environments. The firmware uses a
paging mechanism to handle up to 255 simultaneous SCSI commands. The sequencer can
simultaneously manage up to 32 tagged, or 2 nontagged, SCSI commands for each SCSI device,
up to a limit of 255 SCSI commands. The firmware can queue as many commands as the
operating system is able to send to the host adapter. To set this feature, enter the
following command:
max_tags=n
In
general, a low number for the max_tags option gives better sequential performance. This
value varies with the level of random disk accesses and drive characteristics.
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NOTE: A
large value for max_tags can cause starvation problems with some drives. |
Any error that occurs while the driver is initializing prevents it
from loading. If an error does occur, the driver causes the system to beep and then
display a numbered error message:
xxx message
The xxx
indicates the error code, and message is a descriptive line describing the error. The
error codes are divided into three categories:
- 000-099 -- Non-host-adapter specific
- 100-299 -- Host-adapter specific
- 300-999 -- Reserved
Specific
error codes, such as those in the following subsections, appear only if you have installed
the host adapters and drivers that generate them:
The following error codes alert you to error conditions caused by factors not
related to the host adapter:
000 Failed
ParseDriverParameters call
A call to
NetWare's ParseDriverParameters routine has failed. The command-line contains errors, or
you pressed <Esc> at the port or slot prompt.
001 Unable to
reserve hardware, possible conflict
The driver
failed in its attempt to reserve the host adapter's hardware settings (that is, direct
memory access [DMA] and interrupt request [IRQ] settings). Another card in your system may
be causing a conflict with the host adapter.
002 NetWare
rejected card Failed AddDiskSystem call
The driver
failed in its attempt to register the host adapter with NetWare. The file server may not
have enough memory.
003 Invalid
command line option entered > option
An invalid
option was entered on the command line. The invalid option that was entered is also
displayed.
004 Invalid
command line, please enter correctly
The
driver was unable to understand the command line options you entered. Be sure you have
entered these options correctly.
The following error codes alert you to error conditions caused by factors related
to the host adapter:
200 No host
adapter found for this driver to register
No Adaptec
78xx host adapter was found in your system for the driver to register. Be sure the host
adapter is properly configured and properly seated in the slot.
203 Invalid
'device' setting
You have
entered an invalid slot setting on the command line. You can only enter slot numbers for
valid host adapters. If you load without the slot option, you will be prompted to enter a
valid value.
204 Invalid
'verbose' setting, use 'y'
You can only
enter y for this option (verbose=y).
205 Invalid
'removable' setting, use 'off'
You can only
enter off for this option (removable=off).
206 Invalid
'fixed_disk' setting, use 'off'
You can only
enter off for this option (fixed_disk=off).
208 SCSI
present but not enabled/configured for PCI
A host
adapter is present, but its bus or device entry has not been enabled.
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