Installing Novell Netware; Pre-Installation Requirements Checklist; Minimum Hardware Requirements; Minimum Software Requirements - Intel SRCMR - RAID Controller User Manual

5 Installing Novell Netware

This section discusses installation issues related to the Novell NetWare operating system and
covers version NetWare 5.1. For a successful installation, study the NetWare system manuals
thoroughly. The information provided in this section refers to the loading of the Intel RAID
Controller SRCMR NetWare driver(s) only. The required Intel RAID Controller SRCMR disks can
be created from the Intel RAID Controller SRCMR system CD-ROM.

Pre-Installation Requirements Checklist

This section identifies the minimum hardware and software required to successfully install the Intel
RAID Controller SRCMR and the accompanying RAID Software Suite.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

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Computer with CD-ROM drive (not attached to the Intel RAID Controller SRCMR).
Computer must be on the supported hardware list (for example, Intel SCB2 server board).
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One available 64-bit, 66MHz, Zero channel RAID compatible PCI slot.
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PCI 2.2 compliant System BIOS.
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SCSI hard disk drive(s) (the minimum required to meet desired RAID level).

Minimum Software Requirements

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RAID Software Suite CD-ROM
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20 MB of hard disk space
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RAID Driver Installation Diskette for NetWare (see Section 2.1 for instructions to create this
diskette)
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Novell NetWare 5.1 Software
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