Dell 2200 User Manual

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3-8 Dell PowerEdge 2200 Systems User’s Guide• Installing and/or updating the Dell SCSI driver forNetWare• Using command line options that can be specifiedwhen the driver is loaded• Automatic driver loading using startup.ncf andautoexec.ncf• Booting a NetWare server from a SCSI drive, for-matting media, and using removable media• Error messages generated during initializationInstallation OverviewThis section provides the information needed to installand use the Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare 4.11. The DellSCSI drivers for NetWare support the optional AdaptecAHA-2940UW and all Adaptec 78xx series SCSIcontrollers.Before you begin installation of the SCSI drivers for Net-Ware, you must create a diskette of drivers for the versionof NetWare you are using (4.11) and a diskette that con-tains the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility. Chapter 2, “Using theDell Server Assistant CD,” provides instructions for cre-ating these diskettes.NOTE: Be sure to use the SCSI driver diskettes createdfrom the Dell Server Assistant CD rather than the SCSIdrivers provided with the operating system.The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare are fully NetWare-tested and approved. The \scsi subdirectory on theNetWare 4.11 drivers diskette you create contains files tobe used with NetWare 4.11. The following files appear inthe \scsi subdirectories on both NetWare driver diskettes:• readme.txt — An American Standard Code forInformation Interchange (ASCII) text file describingAdaptec’s drivers for NetWare• aic7870.dsk — Adaptec’s 78xx Family driver forNetWare• aspitran.dsk — Adaptec’s ASPI ® transport layerdriver for NetWare• aspicd.dsk — Adaptec’s device driver for aCD-ROM driveIn addition, the \scsi subdirectory on your NetWare 4.11drivers diskette contains the following files:• aic7870.ddi — A driver definition information fileto provide setup information to NetWare duringinstallation; NetWare can then prompt you withparameters to be configured for the device driverduring the installation process.• aspicd.ddi — A device driver definition file.• aspitran.ddi — A device driver definition file.To begin driver installation, first load the EZ-SCSI utilityas described in the following subsection, “InstallingEZ-SCSI,” and then calculate the slot number asdescribed in “Calculating the Slot Number” found later inthis section. Then, if you are installing NetWare for thefirst time, see “Installing NetWare and the Driver” foundlater in this section. If NetWare is already installed onyour system, see “Using NetWare to Install or Update theDriver” found later in this section.NOTE: Your system must have a complete version ofMS-DOS (version 6.2x) installed before you can com-plete the NetWare installation.Installing EZ-SCSIThe Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility automatically configures thecomputer to use an Adaptec SCSI host adapter and thedevices connected to it. The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility alsocopies applications and device drivers to the computer’shard-disk drive. The configuration and installation processis explained with a series of screens. In most cases, thecomputer and SCSI devices are configured to take fulladvantage of all the performance benefits of SCSI whenyou accept the default values suggested by these screens.Follow these steps to install the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility:1. If you have not already done so, create anAdaptec EZ-SCSI diskette for the version of Net-Ware you are using.Chapter 2, “Using the Dell Server Assistant CD,”provides instructions for creating this diskette.2. Insert your Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette intodrive A.3. Type dosinst and press .A message appears while the EZ-SCSI utility loadsinto memory.