3-10 Dell PowerEdge 6100/200 System User’s Guide
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nstallation for Novell NetWare
Read this section to find out about the NetWare operating
system installation, including:
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Installing the EZ-SCSI utility
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Calculating the slot number
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Installing and/or updating the Dell SCSI driver for
NetWare
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Using command line options that can be specified
when the driver is loaded
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Using startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf to automati-
cally load drivers
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Using SCSI devices, such as booting a NetWare
server from a SCSI drive, formatting media, and
using removable media
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Troubleshooting
Installation Overview
This section provides the information needed to install
and use the Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare 4.x. The Dell
SCSI drivers for NetWare support the optional Adaptec
AHA-2940 and all Adaptec 78xx series SCSI controllers.
Before you begin installation of the SCSI drivers for
Novell NetWare, you must create a diskette of drivers for
the version of NetWare you are using and a diskette that
contains the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility. Chapter 2, “Using
the Dell Server Assistant CD,” provides instructions for
creating these diskettes.
The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare are fully NetWare-
tested and approved. The \scsi subdirectory on the
NetWare 4.x drivers diskette you create contains files to
be used with NetWare 4.x. The following files appear in
the \scsi subdirectories on the NetWare driver diskette:
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readme.txt — An American Standard Code for
Information Interchange (ASCII) text file describing
Adaptec’s drivers for NetWare.
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aic7870.dsk — Adaptec’s 78xx Family driver for
NetWare.
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aspitran.dsk — Adaptec’s ASPI
®
transport layer
driver for NetWare.
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aspicd.dsk — Adaptec’s device driver for a
CD-ROM drive.
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aic7870.ddi — A driver definition information file
to provide setup information to NetWare during
installation; NetWare can then prompt you with
parameters to be configured for the device driver
during the installation process.
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aspicd.ddi — A device driver definition file.
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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,” and then calculate the slot number as
described in “Calculating the Slot Number” later in this
section. Then, if you are performing a first-time NetWare
installation, see “Installing NetWare and the Driver” later
in this section. If NetWare is already installed in your
system, see “Using NetWare to Update or Install the
Driver” later in this section.
NOTE: Your system must have a complete version of
MS-DOS (version 6.2x) installed before you can com-
plete the Novell NetWare installation.
Installing EZ-SCSI
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
computer 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:
1. If you have not already done so, create an
Adaptec 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 into dis-
kette drive A.
3. Type dosinst and press <Enter>.
A message appears while the EZ-SCSI utility loads
into memory.
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