Dell PowerEdge 4400 - Manual (Page 60)

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Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers: Dell™ PowerEdge™ 4400 Systems User's
Guide
Overview
This section describes how to install and configure the Dell small computer system interface (SCSI) device drivers included with your Dell
PowerEdge 4400 computer system. These device drivers are designed to work with the Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI-3 controller and the
Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra/Narrow SCSI-3 controller (limited to narrow SCSI by implementation) on the system board.
Each channel of the AIC-7899 supports up to eight internal SCSI hard-disk drives via a SCSI backplane board or via external cabling. Up to eight
hard-disk drives are supported in the PowerEdge 4400. The AIC-7880 supports up to three externally accessible SCSI devices in the system's
external drive bays.
The AIC-7899, AIC-7880, and the optional AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card are all part of the Adaptec 78xx series of SCSI controllers. The
Adaptec SCSI basic input/output system (BIOS), which is stored in your computer system's flash memory or on the optional AHA-2940U2W SCSI
controller card, links these SCSI device drivers to the AIC-7899 and AIC-7880 SCSI controller chips or the optional AHA-2940U2W SCSI
controller card while booting or in the DOS environment.
If you are using an optional Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC), see " Installing SCSI Drivers for an Optional, Integrated RAID
Controller in Windows NT 4.0 " or your Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller documentation for information on installing your SCSI device
drivers.
For instructions on installing SCSI hardware devices such as hard-disk drives, tape drives, or CD-ROM drives, trained service technicians should
see "Installing Drives in the External Bays" and "Installing Drives in the Internal Bays" in the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. After the SCSI
devices are installed, install and configure any SCSI device drivers to enable them to communicate with your operating system.
SCSI device drivers are provided for the following operating systems:
l Microsoft Windows NT ® Server 4.0 operating system
l Novell ® NetWare® 4.2 and 5.0 operating systems
See " Using the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD " for instructions on creating a diskette of drivers for your operating system. For
instructions on configuring the SCSI device drivers, see the following subsections.
Installing SCSI Drivers for an Optional, Integrated RAID Controller in Windows NT 4.0
To install SCSI drivers for the optional, integrated redundant arrays of independent disks (RAID) controller in Windows NT 4.0, perform the
following steps:
1. Boot from the Microsoft Windows NT Server CD, and press when the first Windows NT Setup screen appears.
This action disables automatic detection of SCSI devices.
2. Load the RAID driver.
Press to select the Specify Additional Device option. Insert the PERC driver diskette into drive A, and select PowerEdge RAID II NT
DRIVER from the list of drivers.
3. Press and continue with the setup.
The following list of SCSI device drivers appears:
Adaptec AHA-294X/AHA-394X/AIC-78XX SCSI Controller
PowerEdge RAID II NT DRIVER
The readme.txt files that are included with your SCSI device drivers (in the device driver \pe4400\scsi subdirectory on the CD) provide updates
to the information in this guide.
Overview Installation for Novell NetWare 5.0
Installing SCSI Drivers for an Optional, Integrated RAID Controller in
Windows NT 4.0 Using SCSI Devices
The SCSISelect Utility Troubleshooting for Windows NT
Driver Installation for Windows NT 4.0 Troubleshooting for Novell NetWare
Installation for Novell NetWare 4.2