HP StorageWorks DLT VS80 Tape Drive - Manual (Page 59)

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"How do I know what drivers (DDFS or NWPA) I am using at the moment,
and what drivers I need for running tape backups?"
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checking the drivers - netware 3.x /
4.x
checking the drivers - netware 5.x
checking your startup and
autoexec files
typical DDFS drivers used for tape
drives
NWPA drivers used for tape drives
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checking the drivers - netware 3.x / 4.x
In order to check that the correct HBA and Tape Device (or ASPI) drivers are
loaded, type the following at the console prompt:
"LIST MODULES"
Check that the drivers listed on the screen display correspond with those listed
below:
DDFS Drivers
NWPA Drivers
With NetWare 3.x and 4.x, the "Install" utility can also be used to view installed
device drivers, by typing:
"LOAD INSTALL"
checking the drivers - netware 5.x
In order to check that the correct HBA and Tape Device (or ASPI) drivers are
loaded, type the following at the console prompt:
"MODULES"
Check that the drivers listed on the screen display correspond with those listed
below:
DDFS Drivers
NWPA Drivers
With NetWare 5.x, the "nwconfig" utility can also be used to view installed device
drivers, by typing:
"NWCONFIG"
checking your startup and autoexec files
It is possible to check which drivers are being loaded by the NetWare startup.ncf
and autoexec.ncf files by examining them using INSTALL.NLM (NetWare 3.x / 4.x)
or NWCONFIG.NLM (NetWare 5.x). These can be loaded at the console prompt.
Consult your NetWare manual for full details on how to use these utilities.
typical DDFS drivers used for tape drives
The following tables list typical DDFS drivers used for tape drives on NetWare 3.x
/ 4.x systems:
HBA drivers (.dsk file extensions)
AIC7870.DSK
NetWare 3.x/4.x Adaptec
AIC78XX chipset driver (inc.
2940UW)
SDMSNET3.DSK
NetWare 3.x Symbios driver
(inc. 53C895 chipset)
SDMSNET4.DSK
NetWare 4.x Symbios driver
(inc. 53C895 chipset)
ASPI drivers
used by ISV Backup Apps
(BackupExec, ArcServeIT
etc.)
ASPITRAN.DSK
NetWare 3.x/4.x ASPI driver for
AIC7870.DSK
NETASPI3.DSK
NetWare 3.x ASPI driver for
SDMSNET3.DSK
NETASPI4.DSK
NetWare 4.x ASPI driver for
SDMSNET4.DSK
Tape drivers
used by Novell Backup App -
SBackup
TAPEDAI.DSK
NetWare 3.x/4.x Tape Device
Driver
NWPA drivers used for tape drives
The following tables list NWPA drivers used for tape drives on NetWare 3.x / 4.x /
5.x systems:
HBA drivers (.ham file extensions)
AHA2940.HAM
Adaptec AIC7880/AHA2940UW
driver
AIC78U2.HAM
Adaptec Ultra2 LVDS SCSI
chipset driver
SYM8XXNW.HAM
Symbios driver (inc. 53C895
chipset)
SYMHINW.HAM
Symbios driver (53C896
chipset)
ASPI drivers
used by ISV Backup Apps
(BackupExec, ArcServeIT
etc.)
NWASPI.CDM Generic NWPA ASPI driver
Tape drivers
used by Novell Backup Apps -
Sbackup (NW3.x/4.x) and
SBCON (NW5.x)
SCSI2TP.CDM
NetWare 3.x/4.1x NWPA Tape
Device driver
NWTAPE.CDM
NetWare 4.2/5.x NWPA Tape
Device driver
DLTTAPE.CDM
SureStore DLT Tape Driver
(used if DLT drive not
supported by NWTAPE.cdm
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