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PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Installation Guide and User Manual Part Number 775079-01 08P4100 © Copyright 2000 Mylex Corporation. All Rights Reserved. All contents of this manual are copyrighted by Mylex Corporation. The information contained herein is the exclusive property of Mylex Corporation and shall not be copied, transferred, photocopied, translated on paper, film, electronic media, or computer-readable form; or otherwise reproduced in any way, without the express written perm
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Greetings This manual describes the Mylex PCI Disk Array Controllers. Requests for technical information about this and other Mylex Corporation products should be made to your Mylex authorized reseller or Mylex marketing representative. Please Notice IBM, Mylex, DAC960, DAC1100, Global Array Manager, GAM, RAID EzAssist, AcceleRAID, and eXtremeRAID are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. and its subsidiaries. MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows N
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About This Manual This installation guide covers the steps involved to install and use the software drivers for Mylex PCI Disk Array Controllers. For information on defining and setting RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) levels as well as configuration of the array, consult the appropriate Global Array Manager Client manual or the RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility User Reference Guide or RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility Quick Configuration Guide. Conventions Throughout the man
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NetWare 2 Windows NT 3 Windows 2000 4 SCO OpenServer 5 UnixWare 6 Solaris 7 Linux 8
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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Overview ...........................................................................................1-1 NetWare, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 .............................. 1-1 SCO OpenServer, UnixWare, and Solaris ................................. 1-2 Linux ........................................................................................... 1-2 Requirements ....................................................................................1-2 Chapter 2 Ne
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Chapter 4 Windows 2000 Overview ............................................................................................4-1 Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver Files for Windows 2000 .......4-1 Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary Windows 2000 Controller .................................................................4-3 Installation Procedure 1: Using eXtremeRAID 2000, eXtremeRAID 3000, AcceleRAID 160/170LP, AcceleRAID 170, or AcceleRAID 352 ..................
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Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as a Secondary Controller ............................................................... 5-9 Secondary Controller Installation Procedure ...................... 5-9 Updating a Previously Installed Driver ..................................... 5-11 Tuning SCO for Maximum Performance .................................. 5-11 Chapter 6 UnixWare Overview ...........................................................................................6-1 Special N
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Appendix A Creating PCI Driver Installation Diskettes Introduction ........................................................................................A-1 Creating Operating System Driver Diskettes .....................................A-2 x PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual
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Chapter 1 Introduction Overview This manual describes how to install and use the Mylex Disk Array Controller operating system drivers for Mylex PCI Disk Array Controllers. Mylex Disk Array Controller drivers for all supported operating systems (except Linux) are delivered on a CD-ROM. Drivers for NetWare, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 are also delivered on diskettes. ☛ Note This manual assumes that the network administrator will be performing any of the installation procedures described here
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Requirements SCO OpenServer, UnixWare, and Solaris Use the following method to obtain drivers for SCO OpenSever 5.0.5, UnixWare 7.x, 2.1.2 / 2.1.3, or Solaris 7 for x86: Insert the CD-ROM into a system running Windows 95 / 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000, then click on “Create Software Diskettes” from the RAID Management Software Installation menu. See Appendix A for details. Linux In order to use any of the supported distributions of Linux, you will need to download the driver files fro
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Chapter 2 NetWare N E T W A R 2 E Overview This chapter describes installation procedures and the functionality of the Mylex Disk Array Controller drivers for Novell NetWare. The software for the drivers is provided on the appropriate Software Kit distribution diskette and CD-ROM. Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver Files for NetWare All hardware installation, system configuration, and disk array controller configuration must be properly completed before proceeding with the NetWare driver i
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Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 4.2 Controller Similar to tape drive support, the controller also supports CD-ROM for use under NetWare. The SCSICD.CDM provides support to the CD-ROM application running on the server. A CD-ROM driver will also have to be loaded. These are included with the Novell NetWare releases. Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 4.2 Controller If the Mylex Disk Array Controller will be the primary (bootable)
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NetWare insert the vendor-supplied disk. The installation program will scan the N E diskette for all available drivers. Select the NetWare 4.2 driver from the T W list: A R 2 E MDAC.HAM Installing Peripherals Under NetWare 4.2 Non-disk peripheral devices, such as tape or CD-ROM drives, can be installed on any channel of the controller. Each disk or non-disk device will require a unique SCSI ID, different from any other device connected to the same channel. Each device requires a driver modu
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Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 4.2 Controller 1. The appropriate drivers should be loaded before trying to access the non-disk devices. For example, to use NetWare's Sbackup utility, do the following: : load mdac.ham : load nwtape.cdm : load tsa410 : load tapedai : scan for new devices : load sbackup Except for the mdac.ham driver, .CDM or .NLM files are supplied by Novell. Refer to the Novell documentation for instructions on running Sbackup. 2. Load the f
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NetWare 3. Choose “Configure disk and storage device drivers” in the Driver N E Options menu. T W A 4. Choose “Select an additional driver” in the Additional Driver Actions R 2 E menu. NetWare scans for controllers that do not have drivers already loaded. 5. At the “Select a driver” box, press to choose to install an unlisted driver. 6. Insert the DOS-formatted NT4/NW Drivers Software Kit diskette into the diskette drive. 7. Press to specify the path of the NetWare driver you’re a
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Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 5.0 Controller Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 5.0 Controller If the Mylex Disk Array Controller will be the primary (bootable) controller, you must install the controller driver at the time of NetWare 5.0 installation. If you choose to use the NetWare 5.0 bootable CD-ROM, please read the instructions in the section “NetWare 5.0 Bootable CD-ROM” on page 2-7, before continuing. Installing NetWa
