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Operating Systems and Drivers

Manual No. 775031

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Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller into an Existing 
Windows NT 4.x System

If Windows NT 4.x is already installed and you wish to add a Mylex Disk 
Array Controller later, the controller will be a secondary (non-bootable) 
controller. After installing the controller hardware and configuring a disk 
array, follow the procedure below to add the necessary controller drivers.

1. Make sure Windows NT 4.x is up and running.

2. Click Start, and select Settings->Control Panel within the Start menu.

3. From the Control Panel window, double-click the SCSI Adapters icon.

4. In the SCSI Adapters box, click the Drivers tab to bring the Drivers 

page to the foreground.

5. With the Drivers page in the foreground, click Add.

6. The Creating driver list progress bar is displayed briefly, and then the 

Install Driver box is displayed.

7. In the Install Driver box, click Have Disk.

8. Insert the NT/NW drivers diskette into the floppy disk drive.

9. From the Install From Disk box, change the path to A:\NT and click 

OK.

10. From the Install Driver box, be sure the Mylex Disk Array Controller is 

selected and click OK.

11. If there is an existing Mylex driver in the system you will see a 

Windows NT Setup box. Click New to install the new driver from the 
diskette.

12. Again, be sure the path is A:\NT and click Continue.

The driver is copied from the diskette. The System Settings Change 
box is displayed.

13. Click No at this time, because you will need to install the Mylex 

Accelerated Driver before restarting Windows NT 4.x.

14. With the Drivers page in the foreground, click Add.

Summary of Contents for eXtremeRAID

Page 1: ...eXtremeRAID Quick Installation Guide eXtremeRAID 1100 PCI to Ultra2 SCSI RAID Controller P N 775031 00...

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Page 3: ...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 photocopie...

Page 4: ...of such damages Any questions or comments regarding this document or its contents should be addressed to Mylex Corporation at the address shown on the cover The following paragraph does not apply to...

Page 5: ...tements are in Appendix C of the eXtremeRAID Installation Guide P N 775013 Underwriters Laboratories WARNING This controller is furnished with a nonvolatile RAM NVRAM chip that uses a sealed lithium b...

Page 6: ...sting NetWare 4 11 4 2 System 9 Overview NetWare 5 0 11 Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver Files for NetWare 11 Tape and CD ROM Support 11 Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5 0 12 Install...

Page 7: ...t attempt to perform this hardware installation with power on Disconnect the system from the electrical wall outlet Connectors Jumpers and LEDs Up to three Ultra2 SCSI channels are supported on the co...

Page 8: ...AID card into an available 32 bit or 64 bit PCI slot refer to Figure 2 Table 1 Jumper and Connector Descriptions Jumper Description Default Setting JP1 serial port connector JP2 pins 1 2 for Arm Proc...

Page 9: ...Be sure termination is disabled on all drives connected to the controller See the documentation that comes with your drives for instructions on how to do this 4 Be sure that termination power is enabl...

Page 10: ...drive cabinets usually have termination built into the end of the SCSI bus Check the documentation that comes with your drive cabinet to be sure this is the case If not use an active terminator at th...

Page 11: ...m of 7 drives can be configured into an array using Automatic Configuration Any additional drives will become hot spares The drives with the largest capacity if mixed drive sizes are used will be the...

Page 12: ...guration Utility User Reference Guide P N 775029 which is included on the distribution CD ROM The utility will scan all available drive channels for SCSI devices Upon completion of the scan the follow...

Page 13: ...played If more than 5 SCSI drives are physically connected to the controller press Page Down to see up to 5 more lines 7 Select Apply Press Enter The Array will be automatically configured The program...

Page 14: ...statements device pathname aspidac sys device pathname btcdrom sys D devicename AUTOEXEC BAT contains the statement pathname mscdex v m 10 D devicename The device name is that of the specific CD ROM d...

Page 15: ...w the procedure below to add the necessary controller drivers 1 With NetWare Server 4 11 4 2 loaded and running load the NetWare program INSTALL NLM by typing the following at the console prompt load...

Page 16: ...as the old or existing DSK file Repeat Steps 12 and 13 for the DDI file 15 Select No to decline selection of an additional driver to install 16 Exit INSTALL NLM by pressing Esc three times then select...

Page 17: ...installation procedures follow the Novell Installation manual with only the few minor differences that are described in this section Netware 5 0 The subdirectory NW on the NT NW drivers diskette conta...

Page 18: ...drivers are available 1 Boot the system from a newly created DOS boot drive and then create or edit the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files to include the drivers required for accessing the CD ROM as a...

Page 19: ...e list MDAC HAM Select the appropriate location for the new drivers e g floppy etc Press Return MDAC HAM will be added from Software Kit 2 1 6 After the NetWare 5 0 installation is complete copy the f...

Page 20: ...opy it from the Novell distribution CD ROM 2 After the nwaspi driver is installed other appropriate drivers should be loaded before trying to access the non disk devices For example to use NetWare s S...

Page 21: ...s in the Installation Options menu 3 Copy NWASPI CDM for GAM support from the Novell distribution CD ROM Be sure you are in this directory DRIVERS STORAGE and copy to this directory C NWSERVER Edit th...

Page 22: ...that the old driver will be saved NetWare copies the file 16 What you just backed up was the old or existing DSK file Repeat Steps 12 and 13 for the DDI file 17 Select No to decline selection of an ad...

Page 23: ...ves for use following the instructions in your RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility User Reference Guide P N 775029 To install the controller driver during Windows NT 4 x installation 1 Boot the system...

Page 24: ...en instructions to continue Windows NT 4 x installation inserting the Windows NT CD ROM into the CD ROM drive when prompted Press Enter and continue with the next few Windows NT 4 x installation scree...

Page 25: ...eground 5 With the Drivers page in the foreground click Add 6 The Creating driver list progress bar is displayed briefly and then the Install Driver box is displayed 7 In the Install Driver box click...

Page 26: ...will see a Windows NT Setup box Click New to install the new driver from the diskette 20 Again be sure the path is A DISK and click Continue The driver is copied from the diskette The System Settings...

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