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ASPI Support for NetWare 4.2x, 5.x, Tips and Tricks
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Installing Novell NetWare 4. Start ICP RAID Console (ICPCON.exe) or ICP RAID Navigator (ICP RAID Navigator.exe) from a workstation using a user name of the group SRC_Operator and his/her NetWare password. 6.4 ASPI Support for NetWare 4.2x, 5.x You will need to ensure that the file NWASPI.CDM is in the server's search path. For NetWare 4.2, NWASPI.CDM is already located in the server's startup directory (C:\NWSERVER) so no action is required. For NetWare 5.x, copy NWASPI.CDM into the server's startup directory from C:\NWSERVER\DRIVERS. Note: Since the debut of Media Manager (MM.NLM) and the NetWare Peripheral Architecture (NWPA.NLM), the need for ASPI in NetWare is rare. However, there may be a few applications that require ASPI. Unless your application(s) require it, do not install ASPI. This procedure describes how to manually install Novell's ASPI manager module, but be aware that you may need to follow specific instructions from your application vendor to correctly configure ASPI. 1. With the server loaded and running, load INSTALL.NLM (NetWare 4.2x) or NWCONFIG.NLM (NetWare 5.x). 2. Select NCF Files Option from the main menu. 3. Select Edit Startup.ncf. 4. Add the following line at the end of the .CDM section of STARTUP.NCF: 5. LOAD NWASPI.CDM 6. Reboot the server. 6.5 Tips and Tricks 6.5.1 Last Status Information All ICP RAID controllers temporarily store the status information from all hard disks that are connected to that controller. This information can be useful when searching for possible causes of disk failures or interferences. The last status information consists of a hexadecimal, 8 digit number and can be displayed via the ICPCON or saved in a Save Information ASCII file. The information is temporarily available in the ICP RAID controller's RAM. Therefore, it is important to check this information before switching off and before carrying out a Reset if a disk failure has occurred or if interference was present. The last status information is divided into controller-specific and SCSI-specific messages. A detailed description can be found in the file laststat.pdf. 74 Software Installation and User's Guide