Driver installation for netware 5.0 – Dell PowerEdge 6400 User Manual

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number for your host adapter. See the NetWare User's Guide for information about editing the startup.ncf file.

Driver Installation for Novell NetWare 5.0

This section provides information on installing the SCSI drivers for the Novell NetWare 5.0 operating system. Instructions assume that NetWare 5.0
is installed and operational.

Creating the NetWare 5.0 SCSI Driver Diskette

If you have not already done so, use the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD to create a NetWare 5.0 SCSI driver diskette. See "

Using the

Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD

" for instructions on creating the diskette.

Uninstalling a SCSI Driver

If you are replacing an existing driver (for example, because it has become corrupted or an upgrade has become available), you must first remove
the installed driver. To remove a driver, perform the following steps:

1. At the initial NetWare screen, press <Alt><Esc> to display the NetWare console screen.

2. At the server prompt, type nwconfig and press <Enter>.


The NetWare Configuration screen appears, displaying the Configuration Options menu.

3. At the Configuration Options menu, highlight Driver Options and press <Enter>.

4. At the Driver Options menu, highlight Configure disk and storage device drivers and press <Enter>.

5. At the Additional Driver Actions menu, highlight Unload an additional driver and press <Enter>.

6. At the Selected Disk Drivers menu, highlight the driver that you want to uninstall and press <Enter>.

7. At the message Driver xxx successfully unloaded, press <Enter>.


The Additional Driver Actions menu appears.

From the Additional Driver Actions menu, you can repeat steps 5 through 7 to uninstall an additional driver, start with step 5 of the next
procedure to install a driver, or press <Esc> to exit.

Installing the SCSI Drivers for NetWare 5.0

To install NetWare 5.0 SCSI drivers from the NetWare 5.0 SCSI driver diskette that you created, perform the following steps:

1. At the initial NetWare screen, press <Alt><Esc> to display the NetWare console screen.

2. At the server prompt, type nwconfig and press <Enter>.


The NetWare Configuration screen appears, displaying the Configuration Options menu.

3. At the Configuration Options menu, highlight Driver Options and press <Enter>.

4. At the Driver Options menu, highlight Configure disk and storage device drivers and press <Enter>.

5. At the Additional Driver Actions menu, highlight Load an additional driver and press <Enter>.


The software scans the system to determine what drivers are already installed.

6. When the Select a driver menu appears, insert the NetWare 5.0 SCSI driver diskette into the diskette drive and press <Insert> to install an

unlisted driver.

7. Read the instructions on the screen and press <Enter> to continue.

8. At the Select a driver to install menu, highlight a desired driver and press <Enter>.

9. When you are prompted to confirm, highlight Yes and press <Enter>.

10. To accept the default server boot path that is displayed, press <Enter>.


The software copies the driver to the selected location.

11. At the Driver xxx Parameter Actions screen, highlight Select/Modify driver parameters and press <Enter>.

NOTE: Typically, slot numbers for embedded devices are in the 10,000 range (for example, 10001, 10002), while optional host
adapters correspond to the PCI slot numbers (for example, 1, 2, 3).

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