HP Xw8200 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S: Installation Guide - Page 48

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Installing the Driver For example, the command line to load the driver from the c:\nwserver directory, with the verbose= option on is: load c:\nwserver\aacraid.ham slot=2 verbose=y Command line options are not case sensitive. Placing commas between command line options is optional. To modify the startup.ncf file, follow these steps: 1 At the server console prompt type load nwconfig and press Enter. 2 Select the NCF File Options menu and press Enter. Select the Modify Startup.ncf option and press Enter. 3 Make the necessary changes. When you are done, press Esc. Note: You can also use your DOS text editor to modify the startup.ncf file, it resides on the DOS partition. UNIX Installing the drivers for any of the UNIX systems is designed to be done only from the driver disk, the creation of which is detailed at the beginning of this chapter. SCO OpenServer 5 Installing the Driver on a New System In this scenario, you are installing the controller and driver in a new OpenServer 5.x system. To install the controller and driver: 1 Install and configure your Adaptec controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. Create the RAID that will host the operating system using the BIOS-based utility that is built into the controller. See Creating a RAID 5 Without an Operating System on page 2-9 for details. 2 Create the driver disk as shown at the beginning of this chapter. When finished, remove the driver disk. 3-17

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Installing the Driver
For example, the command line to load the driver from the
c:\nwserver
directory, with the verbose= option on is:
load c:\nwserver\aacraid.ham slot=2 verbose=y
Command line options are not case sensitive. Placing commas
between command line options is optional. To modify the
startup.ncf
file, follow these steps:
1
At
the server console prompt type
load nwconfig
and press
Enter
.
2
Select the
NCF File Options
menu and press
Enter
. Select the
Modify Startup.ncf
option and press
Enter
.
3
Make the necessary changes. When you are done, press
Esc
.
Note:
You can also use your DOS text editor to modify the
startup.ncf
file, it resides on the DOS partition.
UNIX
Installing the drivers for any of the UNIX systems is designed to be
done only from the driver disk, the creation of which is detailed at
the beginning of this chapter.
SCO OpenServer 5
Installing the Driver on a New System
In this scenario, you are installing the controller and driver in a
new OpenServer 5.x system.
To install the controller and driver:
1
Install and configure your Adaptec controller and hard disk
drives according to the instructions in
Chapter 2
. Create the
RAID that will host the operating system using the BIOS-based
utility that is built into the controller. See
Creating a RAID 5
Without an Operating System
on page 2-9
for details.
2
Create the driver disk as shown at the beginning of this chapter.
When finished, remove the driver disk.