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To install the SCSI drivers at the same time you are installing Windows NT, use the following procedure: 1. If you have not already done so, use the Dell Server Assistant CD to create the Windows NT SCSI and video controller drivers diskette. NOTES: If you have a RAID controller installed, you may have a RAID driver diskette included with your shipment. If so, use that diskette as noted during this procedure. If not, use the Dell Server Assistant CD to create the RAID driver diskette. See Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD," for instructions for creating the driver diskettes. 2. Boot from the Microsoft Windows NT Server CD. NOTE: In the following step, there is no prompt to press . Watch the messages on the screen carefully. 3. Press immediately when the following message is displayed: Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration... This disables automatic detection of SCSI devices by Windows NT. The following message appears: Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. A menu offers options for using a driver diskette or not specifying a device. 4. Press for the Specify Additional Device option. A list of supported SCSI host adapters appears. 5. Select Other and press . 6. Insert the Windows NT driver diskette or the RAID controller driver diskette into the diskette drive and press . NOTE: Do not install video drivers at this time. They must be installed after Windows NT Service Pack 3.0 is installed. 7. Select the host adapter from the list. For the AIC-7890 and AHA-2940U2W host adapters, select Adaptec AHA-294xU2/295xU2/AIC-789x PCI Ultra 2 SCSI Controller (NT 4.0). For the AIC-7860 host adapter, select Adaptec AHA-290x/291x/294x/394x/ 494x/AIC-78xx PCI SCSI Controller (NT 4.0). 3-10 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User's Guide

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To install the SCSI drivers at the same time you are installing Windows NT, use the fol-
lowing procedure:
1.
If you have not already done so, use the
Dell Server Assistant
CD to create the
Windows NT SCSI and video controller drivers diskette.
NOTES: If you have a RAID controller installed, you may have a RAID driver dis-
kette included with your shipment. If so, use that diskette as noted during this
procedure. If not, use the
Dell Server Assistant
CD to create the RAID driver
diskette.
See Chapter 2, “Using the Dell Server Assistant CD,” for instructions for creating
the driver diskettes.
2.
Boot from the
Microsoft Windows NT Server
CD.
NOTE: In the following step, there is no prompt to press <F6>. Watch the mes-
sages on the screen carefully.
3.
Press <F6> immediately when the following message is displayed:
Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware
configuration...
This disables automatic detection of SCSI devices by Windows NT. The following
message appears:
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass stor-
age devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to
manually specify an adapter.
A menu offers options for using a driver diskette or not specifying a device.
4.
Press <s> for the
Specify Additional Device
option.
A list of supported SCSI host adapters appears.
5.
Select
Other
and press <Enter>.
6.
Insert the Windows NT driver diskette or the RAID controller driver diskette into
the diskette drive and press <Enter>.
NOTE: Do not install video drivers at this time. They must be installed after Win-
dows NT Service Pack 3.0 is installed.
7.
Select the host adapter from the list.
For the AIC-7890 and AHA-2940U2W host adapters, select
Adaptec
AHA-294xU2/295xU2/AIC-789x PCI Ultra 2 SCSI Controller (NT 4.0)
.
For the AIC-7860 host adapter, select
Adaptec AHA-290x/291x/294x/394x/
494x/AIC-78xx PCI SCSI Controller (NT 4.0)
.