Installing device drivers while installing OS/2 - IBM ServeRAID-3H and ServeRAID-3L Adapters

Installing device drivers while installing OS/2

There have been some modifications to the Installing the ServeRAID Device Drivers While Installing OS/2 procedure.
These instructions replace the instructions on page 74 - 76 in your ServeRAID manual.

You can use the following instructions to install the ServeRAID device driver and Administration and Monitoring Program files while installing OS/2 Warp Server.

Note: If you install these files on a logical drive that has its write policy set to the write-back mode, wait at least 10 seconds after being prompted to press Ctrl+Alt+Del before you actually press the keys.
Waiting 10 seconds or longer gives the ServeRAID adapter or controller the time needed to flush all dirty-cache pages out to the hard disk.

To install the ServeRAID files while installing OS/2:

1.  Make a copy of the OS/2 Warp Diskette 1  and label it Copy of OS/2 Diskette 1 .
2.  Copy the IPSRAID.ADD file from the OS2 directory on the IBM ServeRAID Device Driver Diskette to  the Copy of OS/2 Diskette 1 .

    If there is not enough space, delete files not needed in your installation (such as proprietary CD-ROM  or SCSI device drivers). Make sure you remove all entries referring to any device drivers you delete  from the CONFIG.SYS file.

     - Important - If you have more than one ServeRAID or SCSI adapter in your system, make sure that the  BASEDEV statement for the adapter controlling the startup (boot) device appears before the  BASEDEV statements for other ServeRAID or SCSI adapters in the CONFIG.SYS file.

3.  Edit the CONFIG.SYS file on the Copy of OS/2 Diskette 1 to add the following lines.

          BASEDEV=IPSRAID.ADD
          SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1
    

4.  Install OS/2, but when you are prompted to insert diskette 1, use the updated Copy of OS/2 Diskette 1 .
5.  After you complete the OS/2 installation, insert the IBM ServeRAID Device Driver Diskette .
6.  From an OS/2 window, type:

     a:

    Note: The a  represents the drive letter assignment for the diskette drive that contains the ServeRAID  diskette.

7.  Press Enter. Then, type: ddinstal
8.  Press Enter.

    The OS/2 Device Driver Installation window opens. In the Source field type A: (a: is the letter of the  diskette drive where the IBM ServeRAID Device Driver Diskette  is located.
    In the Destination field type the full path where you want the device driver files to be copied.

9.  Click on Install.
   •  The program copies the following ServeRAID device driver and program files to the OS/2  subdirectory on your hard disk: IPSRAID.ADD, IPSADM.EXE, and IPSRADM.EXE.
   •  The program copies the ServeRAID IPSRADM.HLP Help file to the \OS2\HELP directory.

10.  Edit the CONFIG.SYS file and verify that there is only one copy of the line BASEDEV=IPSRAID.ADD.

    Notes:

    1.  If you have more than one ServeRAID or SCSI adapter in your system, make sure that the  BASEDEV statement for the adapter controlling the startup (boot) device appears before the  BASEDEV statements for other ServeRAID or SCSI adapters in the CONFIG.SYS file.
    2.  After you install any service packs, check the path for the IPSRAID.ADD device driver and verify  that the correct device driver is installed.

11.  Restart the server.

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