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Adaptec SATA AND SCSI RAID CONTROLLERS User Manual

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Installing the Driver

13

Press the Enter key to scan the floppy drive.

Once the driver is selected, the parameter screen is displayed.

14

Verify the loaded drivers. From the lower window menu, select
Continue

, then press Enter.

Note:

If the driver installation process fails, the server

console is displayed so you can see the cause of the failure.

Now that you have installed the drivers, refer to your NetWare
documentation to modify disk partitions, apply hot fixes, or
perform volume maintenance. Also see

Loading NetWare Drivers

During Server Restart on page 3-12

for a summary of array

management options in NetWare.

Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare System

To install the driver in an existing operating system:

1

Upgrade your NetWare server to the minimum patch level
specified by Novell.

2

Make a backup copy of the driver.

3

Create the driver disk, as described on

page 3-2

. When finished,

remove the driver disk.

4

Shutdown the server.

5

Install and configure the Adaptec RAID controller as a
secondary controller, as described in

Chapter 2

.

6

Start the server.

7

At the NetWare server console prompt, type load nwconfig.nlm
and press Enter.

8

Select Driver Options and press Enter.

9

Select Configure disk and storage device drivers and press Enter.

10

Select Select an additional driver and press Enter.

11

Insert the driver floppy disk, then press the Insert key.

All available drivers are displayed.

12

Press the Insert key again to access additional drivers.