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This chapter provides instructions for connecting Dell PowerVault 650F and 651F stor-
age systems to a Dell PowerEdge or Compaq server system running the Novell
NetWare operating system. All procedures in this document require administrator
access permissions.
This chapter describes a NetWare configuration that requires that Managed Node for
NetWare be installed on at least one of the NetWare servers (see Figure 2-2).
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2. To connect an interface between the 5xF Fibre Channel switch and each of the NetWare servers that you want to install on the SAN (see Figure 12-1), perform the following steps: a. Connect the high-speed serial data connector (HSSDC) of the interface cable to the QLogic HBAs on each system. b. Connect the other end of the cable to the 5xF Fibre Channel switch. 3. To connect an interface between each of the storage processors (SPs) on the 65xF storage systems and the 5xF Fibre Channel switc
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3. If the Select Host Adapter screen is displayed, press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight the controller you want and press . The Controller screen is displayed with a list of options for the selected controller. 4. Press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight Configuration settings and press . The Configuration Settings screen is displayed. 5. Press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight Advanced Adapter Settings and press . The Advanced Adapter Settings screen is
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NOTE: The NetWare configuration specified in Figure 2-2 requires that a LUN is bound on an SP in order for the Data Managed Node for Netware to communicate with the SP . If there are no LUNs bound, then a Windows NT or Windows 2000 system attached directly to the SP is required to configure and initialize a LUN. Following this, the Windows NT or Windows 2000 server can be removed and management can occur through the NetWare server.
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7. Edit the sys:\dell\om\agent\agent.cfg file. In the User Specification section, add where admin_user_name is the administrator account and Netwareservername is the name of your NetWare server. For example, type . If you intend to use any Windows NT or Windows 2000 Data Managed Node applications on the client, also specify !". You must specify the device name. The NetWare device names are in the s
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To uninstall the Data Managed Node for NetWare, perform the following steps: 1. From the NetWare server console, stop the agent by using the unload omagent command. 2. From a DOS prompt on the client system, type the following commands and press . %% (where drive is the remote drive corresponding to the sys volume on the NetWare server) This step removes the om directory and all its contents. It does not remove the De
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To create the diskette, perform the following steps: 1. Insert the Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities CD into your computer’s CD- ROM drive. 2. Insert a blank formatted diskette into the diskette drive. 3. Navigate through the HTML pages to ATF for Netware. 4. Click Create SCSISAN High Availability Driver for Netware Diskette. Follow this link to create a diskette with the needed Dell OpenManage ATF for Netware files. 5. Follo
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12. If you are asked to save the existing file scsisan.cdm select No and press . This message only occurs if you have previously installed this file. 13. If you are asked to save the existing file scsisan.ddi select No and press . This message only occurs if you had installed this file previously. 14. At the Specify server boot path prompt, type the path to server.exe, or press to accept the default path of c:\nwserver. 15. Select No at the prompt Do you want to select
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& For information about creating partitions and volumes on NetWare hard-disk drives, see your NetWare documentation. support.dell.com Novell NetWare Support for Dell PowerVault 65xF Storage Systems 12-9
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12-10 SAN Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
