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Iv. netware drivers, Introduction, Features – Asus P/I-P65UP8/CP6ND User Manual

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IV. NETWARE DRIVERS

IV

. NETW

ARE

(Introduction)

Introduction

The Symbios Logic SDMS drivers for the Novell Netware operating system allow
you to utilize a Symbios Logic SCSI controller or processor, controlled by a Symbios
Logic SCSI BIOS, with NetWare. The SDMS software, coupled with a Symbios
Logic SCSI controller or processor, provides a SCSI solution within the NetWare
environment.

Separate drivers are provided for Novell NetWare v3.12, and Novell NetWare v4.xx.
The following information explains how to install and use the SDMS SCSI drivers
for NetWare.

Features

Supports the ASPI interface

Provides synchronous negotiation including Fast and Ultra (Fast-20) SCSI

Supports multiple host adapters

Supports multiple logical unit numbers (LUN)

Large LUN support (larger than 7.844 GBytes) for devices with dedicated
NetWare partitions and volumes

Supports Disconnect/Reselect

Supports scatter-gather

Supports tagged command queuing

Supports ordered queue tags

Allows shared interrupts

Supports Wide SCSI (single-ended and differential)

Supports device exclusion

Supports NWOS2

Supports NW4.10 SFT-III

Supports target initiated negotiation (wide and synchronous)

Displays SCSI Additional Sense Code & Qualifier bytes

Support for removable media devices including CD-ROM, Magneto Optical,
and Bernoulli devices

Supports retries on non-sequential access devices

Extensive error reporting and handling for multi-LUN RAID support

Supports 3.XX BIOS

Supports 4.XX BIOS and ASPI drivers

Power management supported via PMSCHED (a power management utility)