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installing storage management software configuring the controller cache in Windows NT and Windows 2000 If you are using Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, perform the following tasks after you install Storage Manager to ensure optimum data cache performance: 1 Start Storage Manager and double-click on the controller icon to display the Host Bus Adapter Info window. 2 Select Configure to display the Configure Host Bus Adapter (HBA) window. 3 Select Caching. When the HBA Caching Configuration dialog box appears, click Advisory for both settings. 4 Select OK to exit the dialog and save the changes. 5 Restart your computer so that changes take effect. NetWare As a prerequisite for installing Storage Manager on NetWare, your network must include at least one client workstation that supports Storage Manager. Therefore, in addition to installing Storage Manager on your server, you must also install Storage Manager on a client workstation. You manage your RAID from the client. To install Storage manager for NetWare 1 Mount the CD. For NetWare 5, refer to the Novell documentation. For NetWare 4.11 or 4.2, type cd mount adaptecraid_v1 /x=usr 2 Type adaptecraid_v1\package\netware\5.x\apps\sm\dptinst.nlm You are prompted to select whether to load the remote communication support immediately or delay loading until the server is restarted. If you wait until the server restarts, you cannot monitor the RAID from a remote client until the server is shut down and restarted. If you load remote communication support immediately, the remote communication support is loaded and available as soon as you exit the install program. 4-9

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installing storage management software
configuring the controller cache in Windows NT and
Windows 2000
If you are using Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, perform the
following tasks after you install Storage Manager to ensure
optimum data cache performance:
1
Start Storage Manager and double-click on the controller
icon to display the Host Bus Adapter Info window.
2
Select
Configure
to display the Configure Host Bus
Adapter (HBA) window.
3
Select
Caching
. When the HBA Caching Configuration
dialog box appears, click
Advisory
for both settings.
4
Select
OK
to exit the dialog and save the changes.
5
Restart your computer so that changes take effect.
NetWare
As a prerequisite for installing Storage Manager on NetWare,
your network must include at least one client workstation that
supports Storage Manager. Therefore, in addition to installing
Storage Manager on your server, you must also install Storage
Manager on a client workstation. You manage your RAID from
the client.
To install Storage manager for NetWare
1
Mount the CD. For NetWare 5, refer to the Novell
documentation.
For NetWare 4.11 or 4.2, type
cd mount adaptecraid_v1
/x=usr
2
Type
adaptecraid_v1\package\netware\5.x\apps\sm\dptinst.nlm
You are prompted to select whether to load the remote
communication support immediately or delay loading until
the server is restarted. If you wait until the server restarts,
you cannot monitor the RAID from a remote client until the
server is shut down and restarted. If you load remote
communication support immediately, the remote
communication support is loaded and available as soon as
you exit the install program.