Dell PowerEdge 6350 User Manual

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3-14 Dell PowerEdge 6350 Systems User’s Guidecreate IntranetWare 4.11 diskettes containing these drivers if you have not alreadydone so. Refer to theDell Server Assistant CD to create these diskettes.The IntranetWare driver diskettes you create contain a number of files used byIntranetWare. During the IntranetWare installation process, you will be asked toselect or use the following files:á aic78u2.ham — IntranetWare driver for the AIC-7890 and AHA-2940U2W hostadaptersá aha2940.ham — IntranetWare driver for the AIC-7860 host adapterá nwaspi.cdm — Adaptec’s device driver for a CD-ROM driveá cdrom.nlm — File required by the IntranetWare bus interfaceIf you have an optional RAID controller, you will also be using the pedge4x.ham file,the IntranetWare driver for the RAID controller. Depending upon the RAID controlleryou have, the driver may be on theDell Server Assistant CD or on a separate disketteincluded with the shipment.In addition, the IntranetWare driver diskettes contain the driver-definition informationfiles for both the 78xx Ultra2 SCSI series host adapters and the AHA-2940U2W hostadapter. These files provide setup information to IntranetWare during installation sothat IntranetWare can prompt you with parameters to be configured for these devicedrivers.NOTE: Your system must have a bootable version of MS-DOS or DR-DOS installedbefore you can complete the IntranetWare installation.After creating the driver diskettes, you will need to prepare the hard-disk drive andthen install IntranetWare 4.11. Once IntranetWare is installed, you can then installDell-supplied Novell patches and Support Pack 5, as well as SMP support. The follow-ing subsections describe these procedures in detail.NOTE: If the server has a RAID controller installed, you must set up the RAID control-ler and drives in a valid configuration before you perform the procedures in thefollowing subsections. Refer to the RAID controller documentation to configure thecontroller and drives, and then return to this section.&UHDWLQJWKH,QWUDQHW:DUH'ULYHU'LVNHWWHVIf you have not already done so, use theDell Server Assistant CD to create theIntranetWare SCSI and RAID drivers diskette. Refer to theDell Server Assistant CD tocreate this diskette.If you have a RAID controller installed, you may have a RAID driver diskette includedwith your shipment. If so, use that diskette as the source of your RAID driver ratherthan the SCSI and RAID drivers diskette created from theDell Server Assistant CD.NOTE: Label all driver diskettes. (For example, label it IntranetWare 4.11 DriverUpdates).Once the diskettes are created, continue to the next subsection, “Preparing theHard-Disk Drive for IntranetWare Installation.”