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Novell NetWare 386 / ASPI Driver (NLM) Installation
This sub directory contains three software drivers (NLMs). These
drivers are for use with the IN-2000 High Performance 16 bit SCSI
Host Adapter and Novell NetWare 386 versions 3.1X.
This sub directory contains the (NLMs)
IN2000.DSK - an ASPI host adapter driver,
ASPITRAN.DSK - a dummy file required by third party
ASPI device drivers, and
AHDASPI.DSK - an ASPI hard disk device driver.
INTRODUCTION
These drivers are for use with Novell NetWare versions 3.1 and 3.11.
The drivers and adapter will support up to seven (7) SCSI devices on
each IN-2000 SCSI Host Adapter. A maximum of four adapters may be
installed in a system. The driver supports all System Fault Tolerant (SFT)
environments including duplexing and mirroring. .
If any non NetWare Ready drives are detected, they will be
installed without the special NetWare Ready processing. However,
once the installation has been completed, both NetWare
Ready and non NetWare Ready drives may be active on the same
server, at the same time.
NEW INSTALLATIONS- Preliminary Steps
One or more IN-2000 SCSI Host Adapters must be installed in the
386 or 486 server prior to installation of NetWare and the Always
drivers. Please refer to the IN-2000 Installation Guide Section 2,
"SCSI Host Adapter Installation" and Section 3,"SCSI Hard Disk
Installation".
In particular, pay close attention to the switch settings. Only
one floppy disk controller may be enabled in the system, including
one, if present, on the motherboard.
When using multiple adapters each adapter must have a different
setting for I/O Port Address and Interrupt Channel. Section 2.3
details the default and optional switch settings.
Multiple SCSI devices may be daisy chained from one IN-2000 SCSI Host
Adapter. Each device must have a different SCSI ID address setting.
These addresses must be consecutive beginning at SCSI ID0. Check
Section 3 of the IN-2000 Installation Guide for instructions on
changing SCSI ID's. The ID addresses are automatically scanned from
low to high. NetWare 3.1x does not need to be re configured if a
SCSI device is moved or it's address changed. Note that address
restrictions may apply to a drive with DOS partitions.
NEW INSTALLATION Final Steps
The 386 NLM Sub-Directory contains IN2000.DSK, ASPITRAN.DSK, and
AHDASPI.DSK, which should be copied to the directory from which the
NetWare server is loaded. This may be a DOS directory or a floppy. The
drivers are in 'NLM' format and are activated by a LOAD command from
the server console. Normally after the initial installation of NetWare,
disk driver LOAD commands are stored in the STARTUP.NCF file to
be automatically executed when the server is loaded.
The first driver to be loaded is the IN2000 ASPI card driver, IN2000.DSK.
The IN2000.DSK driver should only be invoked once. Do not specify a
port base address or interrupt line value when loading the driver.
The driver will automatically detect and install any properly configured
IN2000 host adapter in the system.
Sample load Command is LOAD \NOVEL386\IN2000
Again, the IN2000.DSK driver must be loaded only once.
It is not necessary to load the ASPITRAN.DSK because it is "autoloaded" by
the IN2000.DSK driver. The ASPITRAN.DSK is a non-functional "dummy"
driver that must be loaded to support third party ASPI device drivers.
Finally, if SCSI hard disk support is required, the AHDASPI.DSK hard disk
device driver must be loaded.
Sample load Command is LOAD \NOVEL386\AHDASPI
The AHDASPI.DSK driver must be loaded only once.
UPDATE EXISTING SERVERS
STEPS:
1) "Down" the server.
2) Boot under DOS.
3) Go to the NOVELL sub-directory for the hard drive,
where the *.DSK files are located.
4) Copy all the .DSK files from the ALWAYS floppy to the
hard drive.
5) Add the following two lines to the STARTUP.NCF file in
the NOVELL sub-directory.
<PATH>LOAD IN2000
<PATH>LOAD AHDASPI
6) Reboot the server.
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