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PCI Storage Device Management System SDMS 4.0 User’s Guide 5-1
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Chapter 5
Windows 2000 Device
Driver Installation
This chapter describes the device drivers for the Windows 2000
operating system. It provides installation instructions for new and existing
system installations. This chapter includes these topics:
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Section 5.1, “Introduction,” page 5-1
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Section 5.2, “Using the SDMS Windows 2000 Drivers,” page 5-4
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Section 5.3, “Installing Drivers for Windows 2000,” page 5-6
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Section 5.4, “Performance Tuning for Windows 2000,” page 5-10
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Section 5.5, “Troubleshooting,” page 5-14
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Section 5.6, “Using SDMS ASPI for Windows 2000,” page 5-18
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Section 5.7, “Using SCSI Tools for Windows 2000,” page 5-20
5.1 Introduction
Windows 2000 is an operating system designed to run on Intel
architecture processors using current technology. It provides a GUI
environment that incorporates many high-level features (refer to the
Microsoft Windows 2000 documentation for details). An I/O manager
handles I/O requests in Windows 2000. To address a SCSI peripheral,
the I/O manager goes through the appropriate drivers.
Windows 2000 provides class drivers for hard disk, floptical, CD-ROM,
printer, and scanner peripherals. Other class drivers, provided by
peripheral manufacturers, may be added to support new devices. Tape
device support is built into the operating system itself and does not
require a class driver.
Microsoft provides the port driver and LSI Logic provides the miniport
drivers, which are called
SYMC8XX.SYS , SYM_HI.SYS , SYM_895A.SYS and