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Hardware Maintenance Manual: Netfinity 7600 – Type 8665 Models 1RY, 2RY
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For Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0, the ServeRAID-4M and ServeRAID-4L
controllers use a different device driver than other ServeRAID controller models. If
you install ServeRAID-4M or ServeRAID-4L controllers in a server with other
ServeRAID controller models, the order that the devices are listed for Windows 2000
and Windows NT might not match the order the devices are listed in the startable
(bootable) ServeRAID Manager program on the ServeRAID Support CD and the
ServeRAID Mini-Configuration program.
The startable ServeRAID Manager program orders the ServeRAID controllers by
scanning the PCI slots for the first ServeRAID controller that is one of the following
types:
•
A ServeRAID-4M or ServeRAID-4L
•
Another ServeRAID controller model
Then, the startable ServeRAID Manager program lists the controllers of the first type
scanned before the controllers of the other type. The ServeRAID Mini-Configuration
program also uses this procedure to order controllers.
For example, a server has four ServeRAID controllers installed in the following PCI-
scan order:
1.
ServeRAID-4M
2.
ServeRAID-4H
3.
ServeRAID-4L
4.
ServeRAID-3HB
Because the first controller scanned is a ServeRAID-4M, all ServeRAID-4M and
ServeRAID-4L controllers are listed first. Subsequently, other ServeRAID models are
listed. In this example, the controller order in the server is the following:
1.
ServeRAID-4M
2.
ServeRAID-4L
3.
ServeRAID-4H
4.
ServeRAID-3HB
Note: To determine the PCI slot scan order, refer to your server reference manual.
Windows NT and Windows 2000 order SCSI controllers based on the device driver
load order. For example, the device driver that is loaded first has its controllers listed
first. Then, the device driver that is loaded second has its controllers listed second,
and so on.
When installing Windows NT, the order that you add device drivers to the server is
the order that the device driver is loaded. If you have a ServeRAID-4M or
ServeRAID-4L controller and another ServeRAID controller model installed in the
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