Novell NetWare Ready ASPI 4.xx Driver (NLM) Installation
This subdirectory contains:
* IN2000.DSK (ASPI Compatible NLM)
* ADAASPI.DSK (ASPI Hard Disk, Magneto-Optical and
CDROM Driver, BETA release)
* AHDASPI.DSK (ASPI Hard Disk Driver)
* ASPITRAN.DSK (File required by ASPI NLM)
This driver is for use with the IN-2000 High Performance 16 bit
SCSI Host Adapter and Novell NetWare 386 versions 3.1X. The NLM
provides excellent performance for server disk drives as well as
an industry standard interface compatible with Cheyenne
ARCserve, CorelSCSI and other software packages that support
tape drives, jukeboxes and other peripherals at the server under
an NLM.
INTRODUCTION
This driver is for use with Novell NetWare 4.xx. The driver and
adapter will support up to seven (7) drives (each up to 2.4 GB
in capacity) 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. The IN-2000 driver may be used in both dedicated
and non-dedicated modes.
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 driver. Please refer to the IN-2000 Installation Guide
for instructions on installing the IN-2000(s).
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.
Multiple disk drives may be daisy chained from one IN-2000 SCSI
Host Adapter. Each drive must have a different SCSI ID address
setting. These addresses must be consecutive beginning at SCSI
ID0. The ID addresses are automatically scanned from low to
high. Netware 3.1x does not need to be reconfigured if a drive
is moved or it's address changed. Note that address
restrictions may apply to a drive with DOS partitions.
If necessary, before beginning Netware the installation, drives
may be low level formatted as described in the Installation
Guide. However, it is not normally necessary or desireable to
low level format or "COMPSURF" a new SCSI drive.
NEW INSTALLATION- Final Steps
The three files in this subdirectory IN2000.DSK, AHDASPI.DAK
ADAASPI.DSK (for MO and CDROM as well as hard disk support) and
ASPITRAN.DSK sould be copied to the directory from which the
Netware server is loaded. This may be a DOS directory or a
floppy. The driver is in 'NLM' format and is 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 ASPI manager "IN2000.DSK".
The "IN-2000.DSK" driver will recognize all IN-2000 adapters
installed in the server, and should only be invoked once. Do
not specify any I/O port adresses or interrupt channels when
loading this driver.
When the "IN2000.DSK" drivers is loaded "ASPITRAN.DSK" is
automatically loaded along with it and will not need to be
loaded manually.
The following is the correct procedure for loading the ASPI
manager:
LOAD d:\path\IN2000
where "d" and "path" are the drive and directory path where the
"IN2000.DSK" driver is located.
HARD DISK SUPPORT
If you are using any IN-2000s for controlling hard disks,
magneto-optical or CDROMs, you must also load the ASPI direct
access driver (ADAASPI.DSK); otherwise, for hard disks only,
load AHDASPI.DSK. Only one of these drivers should only be
loaded, even for multiple IN-2000 installations.
The following is the correct procedure for loading the ASPI hard
disk driver:
LOAD d:\path\ADAASPI
or
LOAD d:\path\AHDASPI
where "d" and "path" are the drive and directory path where the
ADAASPI.DSK or AHDASPI.DSK driver is located.
TAPE AND CORELSCSI SUPPORT
Once the ASPI manager has been installed follow the procedure
supplied with CorelSCSI, Cheyenne ARCserve and other NLM server
support software for installion of device(s) and software.
TECHNICAL NOTES
"Deadman" timer is set for 2 hours, i.e. will not timeout for
tape devices.
UPDATE EXISTING SERVERS
A server currently running the ALWAYS IN-2000 non ASPI NLM may
be updated to ASPI support. Note that if ASPI support is being
added to use a tape drive or other non hard disk device then the
hard disk(s) must also be changed to ASPI support using the
"ADAASPI.DSK" or "AHDASPI.DSK" NLM. Data files on the server
will not be disturbed.
STEPS:
1) "Down" the server.
2) Boot under DOS.
3) Go to the NOVELL sub-directory for the hard drive,
where the *.DSK file is located.
4) Remove the ALWAYS.DSK file from the subdirectory.
5) Copy IN2000.DSK, ADAASPI.DSK, AHDASPI.DSK and ASPITRAN.DSK
from floppy to the hard drive subdirectory.
6) Delete the following line from the STARTUP.NCF file
in the Novell subdirectory:
<path> LOAD ALWAYS
or
<path> LOAD ALWAYS.DSK
7) Refering to NEW INSTALLATION- Final Steps above
follow the installation procedure.
7) Reboot the server.
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