Novell NetWare Ready ASPI 4.xx Driver (NLM) Installation This subdirectory contains: * IN2000.DSK (ASPI Compatible NLM) * ADAASPI.DSK (ASPI Hard Disk, Magneto-Optical and CDROM Driver, BETA release) * AHDASPI.DSK (ASPI Hard Disk Driver) * ASPITRAN.DSK (File required by ASPI NLM) This driver is for use with the IN-2000 High Performance 16 bit SCSI Host Adapter and Novell NetWare 386 versions 3.1X. The NLM provides excellent performance for server disk drives as well as an industry standard interface compatible with Cheyenne ARCserve, CorelSCSI and other software packages that support tape drives, jukeboxes and other peripherals at the server under an NLM. INTRODUCTION This driver is for use with Novell NetWare 4.xx. The driver and adapter will support up to seven (7) drives (each up to 2.4 GB in capacity) on each IN-2000 SCSI Host Adapter. A maximum of four adapters may be installed in a system. The driver supports all System Fault Tolerant (SFT) environments including duplexing and mirroring. The IN-2000 driver may be used in both dedicated and non-dedicated modes. If any non NetWare Ready drives are detected, they will be installed without the special NetWare Ready processing. However, once the installation has been completed, both NetWare Ready and non NetWare Ready drives may be active on the same server, at the same time. NEW INSTALLATIONS- Preliminary Steps One or more IN-2000 SCSI Host Adapters must be installed in the 386 or 486 server prior to installation of NetWare and the Always driver. Please refer to the IN-2000 Installation Guide for instructions on installing the IN-2000(s). In particular, pay close attention to the switch settings. Only one floppy disk controller may be enabled in the system, including one, if present, on the motherboard. When using multiple adapters each adapter must have a different setting for I/O Port Address and Interrupt Channel. Multiple disk drives may be daisy chained from one IN-2000 SCSI Host Adapter. Each drive must have a different SCSI ID address setting. These addresses must be consecutive beginning at SCSI ID0. The ID addresses are automatically scanned from low to high. Netware 3.1x does not need to be reconfigured if a drive is moved or it's address changed. Note that address restrictions may apply to a drive with DOS partitions. If necessary, before beginning Netware the installation, drives may be low level formatted as described in the Installation Guide. However, it is not normally necessary or desireable to low level format or "COMPSURF" a new SCSI drive. NEW INSTALLATION- Final Steps The three files in this subdirectory IN2000.DSK, AHDASPI.DAK ADAASPI.DSK (for MO and CDROM as well as hard disk support) and ASPITRAN.DSK sould be copied to the directory from which the Netware server is loaded. This may be a DOS directory or a floppy. The driver is in 'NLM' format and is activated by a LOAD command from the server console. Normally after the initial installation of Netware, disk driver LOAD commands are stored in the STARTUP.NCF file to be automatically executed when the server is loaded. The first driver to be loaded is the ASPI manager "IN2000.DSK". The "IN-2000.DSK" driver will recognize all IN-2000 adapters installed in the server, and should only be invoked once. Do not specify any I/O port adresses or interrupt channels when loading this driver. When the "IN2000.DSK" drivers is loaded "ASPITRAN.DSK" is automatically loaded along with it and will not need to be loaded manually. The following is the correct procedure for loading the ASPI manager: LOAD d:\path\IN2000 where "d" and "path" are the drive and directory path where the "IN2000.DSK" driver is located. HARD DISK SUPPORT If you are using any IN-2000s for controlling hard disks, magneto-optical or CDROMs, you must also load the ASPI direct access driver (ADAASPI.DSK); otherwise, for hard disks only, load AHDASPI.DSK. Only one of these drivers should only be loaded, even for multiple IN-2000 installations. The following is the correct procedure for loading the ASPI hard disk driver: LOAD d:\path\ADAASPI or LOAD d:\path\AHDASPI where "d" and "path" are the drive and directory path where the ADAASPI.DSK or AHDASPI.DSK driver is located. TAPE AND CORELSCSI SUPPORT Once the ASPI manager has been installed follow the procedure supplied with CorelSCSI, Cheyenne ARCserve and other NLM server support software for installion of device(s) and software. TECHNICAL NOTES "Deadman" timer is set for 2 hours, i.e. will not timeout for tape devices. UPDATE EXISTING SERVERS A server currently running the ALWAYS IN-2000 non ASPI NLM may be updated to ASPI support. Note that if ASPI support is being added to use a tape drive or other non hard disk device then the hard disk(s) must also be changed to ASPI support using the "ADAASPI.DSK" or "AHDASPI.DSK" NLM. Data files on the server will not be disturbed. STEPS: 1) "Down" the server. 2) Boot under DOS. 3) Go to the NOVELL sub-directory for the hard drive, where the *.DSK file is located. 4) Remove the ALWAYS.DSK file from the subdirectory. 5) Copy IN2000.DSK, ADAASPI.DSK, AHDASPI.DSK and ASPITRAN.DSK from floppy to the hard drive subdirectory. 6) Delete the following line from the STARTUP.NCF file in the Novell subdirectory: LOAD ALWAYS or LOAD ALWAYS.DSK 7) Refering to NEW INSTALLATION- Final Steps above follow the installation procedure. 7) Reboot the server. *** Complete ***