Document Outline

• PCI Storage Device Management System SDMS™ 4.0
  • Chapter1 Using the SDMS Software
    • 1.1 Introduction
      • Figure1.1 The LSI Logic SDMS Software
    • 1.2 Overview
      • Figure1.2 SDMS Information Flow
    • 1.3 SDMS Device Drivers
    • 1.4 Basic Guidelines
  • Chapter2 SCSI BIOS and Configuration Utility
    • 2.1 Introduction
      • 2.1.1 Features
      • 2.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
    • 2.2 Boot Initialization with BBS
      • 2.2.1 CD-ROM Boot Initialization
    • 2.3 Using the SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility
      • 2.3.1 User Inputs
        • Table 2.1 Keyboard Options
    • 2.4 Starting the SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility
      • 2.4.1 Accessing the Configuration Utility Main Menu
        • Figure2.1 Main Menu
        • Table 2.2 Main Menu Fields and Descriptions 
      • 2.4.2 Adapter Properties Menu
        • Figure2.2 Adapter Properties Menu
        • Table 2.3 Adapter Properties Menu Fields and Descriptions
      • 2.4.3 Device Properties Menu
        • Figure2.3 Device Properties Menu (Left Half)
        • Figure2.4 Device Properties Menu (Right Half)
        • Table 2.4 Device Properties Menu Fields and Descriptions
      • 2.4.4 Boot Adapter List Menu
        • Figure2.5 Boot Adapter List Menu
        • Table 2.5 Boot Adapter List Menu Fields and Descriptions
      • 2.4.5 Global Properties Menu
        • Figure2.6 Global Properties Menu
        • Table 2.6 Global Properties Fields and Descriptions
    • 2.5 Exiting the SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility
      • Figure2.7 Exit Menu
  • Chapter3 Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me Device Driver Installation
    • 3.1 Introduction
      • 3.1.1 Features
      • 3.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
      • 3.1.3 Description
    • 3.2 Using the SYMC8XX/SYM_HI/SYM_U3 Drivers
      • 3.2.1 Preparing an SDMS Driver Diskette
    • 3.3 Installing Drivers for Windows 95/98/Me
      • 3.3.1 New System Installation
      • 3.3.2 Existing System Installation
      • 3.3.3 Existing System Using ASPI8XX.SYS DOS ASPI Driver
      • 3.3.4 Verifying Correct Driver Installation
    • 3.4 Troubleshooting
    • 3.5 Using the Command Line Options
      • 3.5.1 Enabling/Disabling Ultra SCSI Support
      • 3.5.2 Disabling Auto Request Sense Support
      • 3.5.3 Enabling SCAM Support
      • 3.5.4 Disabling Domain Validation Support
      • 3.5.5 Multiple LSI Logic Host Adapters Considerations
    • 3.6 Using SCSI Tools for Windows 95/98
      • 3.6.1 Features
      • 3.6.2 Installing SCSI Tools for Windows 95/98
  • Chapter4 Windows NT 4.0 Device Driver Installation
    • 4.1 Introduction
      • Figure4.1 SCSI I/O Flow in Windows NT
      • 4.1.1 Features
      • 4.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
      • 4.1.3 Description
    • 4.2 Using the SDMS Windows NT Drivers
      • 4.2.1 Preparing an SDMS Driver Diskette
    • 4.3 Installing Drivers for Windows NT
      • 4.3.1 New System Installation
      • 4.3.2 Existing System Installation
    • 4.4 Performance Tuning for Windows NT 4.0
      • 4.4.1 Supporting Large Block Size
      • 4.4.2 Maximum Number of Concurrent I/Os (Guaranteed)
      • 4.4.3 Disk Mirroring
    • 4.5 Troubleshooting
    • 4.6 Using the NT Configuration Utility
      • 4.6.1 Installing the NT Configuration Utility (x86 Platforms)
      • 4.6.2 Starting the NT Configuration Utility
        • Figure4.2 NT Configuration Main Menu
        • Table 4.1 Main Menu Bar and Footer
        • Table 4.2 Main Menu Fields and Descriptions
        • Figure4.3 Adapter Settings Menu
        • Table 4.3 Adapter Properties Fields and Descriptions
        • Figure4.4 Device Selections Menu
        • Table 4.4 Device Selections Fields and Descriptions
        • Figure4.5 Domain Validation Menu
        • Figure4.6 Test Selections Menu
        • Table 4.5 Adjustments Fields and Descriptions
        • Table 4.6 Test Procedures Fields and Descriptions
      • 4.6.3 Exiting the NT Configuration Utility
    • 4.7 Using the Domain Validation Utility
      • 4.7.1 Installing the Domain Validation Service Module
      • 4.7.2 Stopping the DV Service Module
    • 4.8 Using SDMS ASPI for Windows NT 4.0
      • 4.8.1 Features
      • 4.8.2 Description
      • 4.8.3 Installing NT ASPI
    • 4.9 Using SCSI Tools for Windows NT
      • 4.9.1 Features
      • 4.9.2 Installing SCSI Tools for Windows NT
  • Chapter5 Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation
    • 5.1 Introduction
      • 5.1.1 Features
      • 5.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
    • 5.2 Using the SDMS Windows 2000 Drivers
      • 5.2.1 Preparing an SDMS Driver Diskette
      • 5.2.2 Description
    • 5.3 Installing Drivers for Windows 2000
      • 5.3.1 New System Installation
      • 5.3.2 Existing System Installation
    • 5.4 Performance Tuning for Windows 2000
      • 5.4.1 Large Block Size Support
      • 5.4.2 Maximum Number of Concurrent I/Os (Guaranteed)
      • 5.4.3 Auto Request Sense
      • 5.4.4 Disk Mirroring
    • 5.5 Troubleshooting
    • 5.6 Using SDMS ASPI for Windows 2000
      • 5.6.1 Features
      • 5.6.2 Description
      • 5.6.3 Installing Windows 2000 ASPI
    • 5.7 Using SCSI Tools for Windows 2000
      • 5.7.1 Features
      • 5.7.2 Installing SCSI Tools for Windows 2000
  • Chapter6 DOS Device Driver Installation
    • 6.1 Introduction
      • 6.1.1 When You Need to Load Drivers
        • Figure6.1 How SDMS DOS Drivers Communicate
      • 6.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
    • 6.2 Using the DOS Installation Utility
      • 6.2.1 Troubleshooting
    • 6.3 About the ASPI8XX.SYS Driver
      • 6.3.1 Features
      • 6.3.2 Description
      • 6.3.3 Installing the ASPI8XX.SYS Driver
      • 6.3.4 Using Command Line Options
        • Table 6.1 ASPI8XX Command Line Options
      • 6.3.5 Troubleshooting
    • 6.4 About the SYMDISK.SYS Driver
      • 6.4.1 Features
      • 6.4.2 Description
      • 6.4.3 Installing the SYMDISK.SYS Driver
      • 6.4.4 Using Command Line Options
        • Table 6.2 SYMDISK.SYS Command Line Options
      • 6.4.5 Troubleshooting
    • 6.5 About the SYMCD.SYS Driver
      • 6.5.1 Features
      • 6.5.2 Description
      • 6.5.3 Installing the SYMCD.SYS Driver
      • 6.5.4 Using Command Line Options
        • Table 6.3 SYMCD.SYS Command Line Options
      • 6.5.5 Troubleshooting
      • 6.5.6 Assigning Drive Letters
    • 6.6 Additional DOS Utilities
      • 6.6.1 Using the Low-Level Format Utility
      • 6.6.2 Using the DOS Configuration Utility
      • 6.6.3 Using the DOS Verify Utility
      • 6.6.4 Host Adapter Flash Utility
  • Chapter7 OS/2 Device Driver Installation
    • 7.1 Introduction
      • 7.1.1 Features
      • 7.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
      • 7.1.3 Description
    • 7.2 Using the SDMS OS/2 Drivers
      • 7.2.1 Preparing an SDMS Driver Diskette
    • 7.3 Installing Drivers for OS/2
      • 7.3.1 Installing SYM8XX.ADD/SYM_HI.ADD During New System Installations
      • 7.3.2 Updating SYM8XX.ADD/SYM_HI.ADD for Existing System Installations
    • 7.4 Using Command Line Options
      • Table 7.1 OS/2 Command Line Options
    • 7.5 Troubleshooting
  • Chapter8 SCO OpenServer 5 Device Driver Installation
    • 8.1 Introduction
      • Figure8.1 SDMS Installation Tools
      • 8.1.1 Features
      • 8.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
      • 8.1.3 Description
    • 8.2 Building an SDMS 4.0 BTLD PCI Diskette
      • 8.2.1 For UNIX System Users
      • 8.2.2 For DOS and Windows System Users
        • Table8.1 FDIMAGE Information Selection Options
    • 8.3 Installing the SDMS BTLD Driver
      • 8.3.1 New System Installation
      • 8.3.2 Existing System Installation
    • 8.4 Troubleshooting
  • Chapter9 UnixWare 7 Device Driver Installation
    • 9.1 Introduction
      • 9.1.1 Features
      • 9.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
      • 9.1.3 Description
    • 9.2 Building the C8XX Driver Diskette
      • 9.2.1 For UNIX System Users
      • 9.2.2 For DOS and Windows System Users
        • Table9.1 FDIMAGE Information Selection Options
    • 9.3 Installing the C8XX Driver for Unixware
      • 9.3.1 New System Installation
      • 9.3.2 Existing System Installation
    • 9.4 Troubleshooting
  • Chapter10 Solaris Device Driver Installation
    • 10.1 Introduction
      • 10.1.1 Features
      • 10.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
      • 10.1.3 Description
    • 10.2 Building the SYMHISL Driver Update Diskette
      • 10.2.1 For UNIX System Users
      • 10.2.2 For DOS System Users
        • Table10.1 FDIMAGE Information Selection Options
    • 10.3 Installing the SDMS Solaris Driver
      • 10.3.1 New System Installation
      • 10.3.2 Existing System Installation
    • 10.4 Troubleshooting
  • Chapter11 Linux Device Driver Installation
    • 11.1 Introduction
      • 11.1.1 Features
      • 11.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
        • Table 11.1 LSI Logic Family of Chips Supported
      • 11.1.3 Description
      • 11.1.4 Upgrading your Linux Driver During Installation
    • 11.2 Installing Your Linux Driver
    • 11.3 Troubleshooting
  • Chapter12 NetWare Device Driver Installation
    • 12.1 Introduction
      • 12.1.1 Features
      • 12.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported
      • 12.1.3 Description
      • 12.1.4 Supporting NWPA ASPI
    • 12.2 Using NWPA NetWare Drivers
      • 12.2.1 Preparing an SDMS NWPA Driver Diskette
      • 12.2.2 Preparing your System for NWPA Drivers
    • 12.3 Installing Drivers for NetWare
      • 12.3.1 New NetWare 5.XX Installations
      • 12.3.2 New NetWare 4.XX Installations
      • 12.3.3 Upgrading to Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)
      • 12.3.4 Reconfiguring Driver Options
    • 12.4 Using the Command Line Options
      • 12.4.1 Information Option
      • 12.4.2 NetWare NWPA Driver Customizable Options
        • Table 12.1 Customizable Options for NWPA Drivers 
    • 12.5 Important Additional Information
      • 12.5.1 Specific Driver Options
      • 12.5.2 DOS Access Dependencies
      • 12.5.3 Supported DOS Configurations
      • 12.5.4 Using the SDMS 4.XX BIOS
      • 12.5.5 Using the ASPI8XX.SYS Driver
      • 12.5.6 Supporting DOS Drivers
        • Table 12.2 DOS Drivers and Descriptions
      • 12.5.7 Using No SDMS BIOS
  • AppendixA Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
  • Customer Feedback