Contents
Safety Information
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About this book
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How this book is organized
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Notices used in this book
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Part I. Hardware installation
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Chapter 1. Hardware overview
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What is Fibre Channel?
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Fibre Channel adapter features
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Chapter 2. Installing the adapter
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Preinstallation procedures
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Installing the IBM FAStT Host Adapter
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Chapter 3. Troubleshooting
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Hardware problems
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System configuration problems
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Fibre Channel problems
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Part II. Software installation
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Chapter 4. Software overview
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Chapter 5. Installing the Windows NT and Windows 2000 device drivers
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Installing Windows NT and Windows 2000
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Adding the Windows NT driver
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Adding the Windows 2000 driver
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Updating the Windows NT device driver
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Updating the Windows 2000 device driver
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Chapter 6. Installing the Novell NetWare device driver
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NetWare device driver files and parameters
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Installing the NetWare 5.1 device driver
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Part III. Appendices
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Appendix A. Fast!UTIL
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Fast!UTIL options
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Appendix B. Adapter operating environment and specifications
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Appendix C. Getting help and technical assistance
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Before you call
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Appendix D. Warranty information
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Warranty period
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Copyright IBM Corp. 1998, 2002
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