Installing Ez-Scsi; Calculating The Slot Number - Dell 4100 User Manual

Installing EZ-SCSI

The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility automatically configures the
computer to use an Adaptec SCSI host adapter and the
devices connected to it. The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility also
copies applications and device drivers to the computer's
hard-disk drive. The configuration and installation process
is explained with a series of screens. In most cases, the
computer and SCSI devices are configured to take full
advantage of all the performance benefits of SCSI when
you accept the default values suggested by these screens.
Follow these steps to install the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility:
1. If you have not already done so, create an
Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette for the version of Net-
Ware you are using.
Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD,"
provides instructions for creating this diskette.
2. Insert your Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette into dis-
kette drive A.
3. Type dosinst and press <
appears while the EZ-SCSI utility loads into
memory.
4. When the first EZ-SCSI screen appears, read the
text carefully.
You can press < > on any screen for additional
F1
help. (Press < > to exit a Help screen.)
ESC
5. Press < > to continue with the installation.
ENTER
6. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Press < > at every screen to accept the
ENTER
EZ-SCSI default values.
If you accept all the default values, the EZ-SCSI util-
ity copies the files from the diskette to the c:\scsi
directory. (The EZ-SCSI utility creates this directory
if the directory does not already exist.) The EZ-SCSI
utility also adds command lines to your computer's
configuration files (autoexec.bat and/or config.sys)
that will load the required device drivers into mem-
ory when you boot your computer.
Press < > to continue after the EZ-SCSI utility
ESC
enters changes to your system configuration files.
If you want to copy the files to a different directory
or control the changes to your configuration files,
follow the instructions on the screen. Press <
any screen to see more information.
>. A message
ENTER
> on
F1
NOTE: If the EZ-SCSI utility is unable to locate the
mscdex.exe file in the c:\dos directory, it will prompt
for a pathname to access this file. (Without this file,
the utility cannot access the computer's CD-ROM
drive.)
When the message (Adaptec EZ-SCSI has
been successfully installed...)appears
on the screen, press <
EZ-SCSI utility, and remove the Adaptec EZ-SCSI
diskette from the drive. Then reboot your computer
by pressing < ><
CTRL

Calculating the Slot Number

The slot number is used to uniquely identify each
Adaptec 78xx Family host adapter installed in your sys-
tem. To properly load the driver for each Adaptec 78xx
host adapter, you will need to calculate the slot number in
order to include it as part of the load command line.
NOTE: The Novell NetWare operating system will auto-
matically calculate the slot number for you if you are
installing only one expansion card. If you are installing
multiple expansion cards, use the following procedure to
calculate the slot number.
In order to calculate the slot number, you must first
obtain the bus:device xx:xxh values identified when run-
ning the SCSISelect utility for your host adapter. This
calculation is done manually, as described in the follow-
ing steps:
1. Make sure your system is properly set up and
configured.
2. Run the SCSISelect utility for your host adapter.
See "The SCSISelect Utility" earlier in this chapter
for general instructions.
3. The first screen of the SCSISelect utility displays
the bus:device xx:xxh numbers in the upper right-
hand corner. Write down these numbers exactly
as they appear.
The bus variable refers to the Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) bus on the system. The default
for bus is 0. Because the PowerEdge 4100 system
has a primary and secondary PCI bus, and the
built-in AIC-7880 and AIC-7860 host adapters are
located on the secondary bus, the bus value for these
host adapters is 1.
Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers
> or < > to exit the
ENTER ESC
>< >.
ALT DEL
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