File Name: netware.txt IBM Ultra320 SCSI Controller 2 p/n 13N2249, FRU p/n 13N2250 Novell Netware v4.2, v5.1, v6.0, v6.5 Device Driver IBM eServer xSeries CONTENTS -------- 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Command Line Options for NetWare and DOS 5.0 Additional Notes 6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 7.0 Trademarks and Notices 8.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview ------------ This package contains the Adaptec Ultra320 Family Manager Set v1.10 for Novell Netware v4.2, v5.1, v6.0, and v6.5 1.1. Supported Hardware The following Adaptec SCSI Host Adapters are supported by these NetWare/DOS drivers. Ultra320 Adapters Description ---------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptec SCSI Card 39320 Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI Card (one external 68-pin, two internal 68-pin) Adaptec SCSI Card 39320D Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI Card (two external VHDC and one internal 68-pin) Compaq 39320D Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI Card (two external VHDC and one internal 68-pin) Adaptec SCSI Card 29320 Single Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI Card (one external 68-pin, two internal 68-pin, one internal 50-pin) Adaptec SCSI Card 29320LP Single Channel 64-bit Low Profile PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI Card (One external VHDC, one internal 68-pin) AIC-7901A Single Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI ASIC AIC-7902A4 Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz to Ultra320 SCSI ASIC 2.0 Change History ------------------ (V1.10, August 2002) Added support for four additional SCSI products: ASC-39320, ASC-29320, ASC-29320LP, AIC-7901. (V1.00, May 2002) This is the initial release of the Ultra320 FMS. The following is a list of supported features: 2.1. Software/Hardware Features - Support for the SPI-4 "Ultra320" standard: - 320MB/s transfer rates - Packetized SCSI Protocol at 160MB/s and 320MB/s - Quick Arbitration Selection (QAS) - Domain Validation - Initiator Mode - Support for the PCI-X standard up to 133MHz - Support for the PCI v2.2 standard 2.2. Operating System Support: - Novell NetWare - Version 4.2 SP9 - Version 5.0 SP7 - Version 5.1 SP4 - Version 6.0 SP1 - Full Hot Plug PCI (per vendor for 4.2) - "MP Aware" drivers for 5.1 and 6.0 only - Microsoft MS-DOS ASPI (limited) - Maximum negotiation speed of 80MB/s - No packetized support - Single thread I/O operation - No Domain Validation Refer to the User's Guide for more details on this. 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions --------------------------------------- This section describes installing an Ultra320 SCSI host adapter in a NetWare environment. There are many different installation scenarios; these are the most common ones. Note: Please refer to Section 4.3 for instructions on how to setup the DOS ASPI driver in a DOS environment. 3.1. Installing NetWare 5.x/6.0 with an Ultra320 SCSI Host Adapter 1) Begin installation of NetWare on your server as instructed in your NetWare documentation. 2) When a screen appears that asks to add device drivers, choose MODIFY and press ENTER. 3) Choose STORAGE ADAPTERS, and press ENTER. 4) Press Insert to add storage devices. 5) Press Insert to add an unlisted driver. 6) Insert the Adaptec Ultra320 FMS Driver disk for NetWare into the floppy drive. 7) Press F3 and specify the path to the ADPU320.HAM driver. For NetWare 5.1 and 6.0, select A:\NETWARE\V51_V60\ For NetWare 5.0, select A:\NETWARE\V42_V50\ 8) Select ADPU320.HAM and press ENTER. 9) Select "Return to driver list" to accept the default slot number, and press ENTER. 10) Press ESC, select "Return to driver summary" and press ENTER. 11) Press ESC, select "Continue" and press ENTER. 3.2. Installing NetWare 4.2 with an Ultra320 SCSI Host Adapter 1) Begin installation of NetWare on your server as instructed in your NetWare documentation. 2) When the screen "Choose the Server Drivers - Summary" appears, select "Select additional or modify selected Disk/LAN drivers" and press ENTER. 3) Highlight "Disk and CD-ROM Drivers" and press ENTER. 4) Highlight "Select an additional driver" and press ENTER. 5) When the screen "Choose the Server Drivers - Disk Driver" appears, press INSERT. 6) Insert the Adaptec Ultra320 FMS Driver disk for NetWare into the floppy drive. 7) Press F3 and specify the path to the ADPU320.HAM driver: A:\NETWARE\V42_V50\ 8) Select ADPU320.HAM and press ENTER. 9) When the message "Choose the Server Drivers - Disk Driver Parameters" appears, select "Save parameters and load driver". 10) When prompted, press ENTER to select the slot number. Repeat until all slot options are loaded. 11) Select "Continue installation" to continue the installation. * NOTE: To load the driver automatically at server bootup, make sure the STARTUP.NCF file includes the line "LOAD ADPU320.HAM SLOT=". 3.3. Installing the Driver when NetWare 5.x/6.0 is Already Installed 1) Make a backup copy of the old driver (if it exists) before installing the new driver. 2) At the NetWare console prompt type: LOAD NWCONFIG 3) Select "Driver Options (load/unload disk and network drivers)" and press ENTER. 4) In the Driver Options menu select "Configure disk and storage device drivers" and press ENTER. 5) Select "Select an additional driver" and press ENTER. 6) Press Insert to add an unlisted driver. 7) Insert the Adaptec Ultra320 FMS Driver disk for NetWare into the floppy drive. 8) Press F3 and specify the path to the ADPU320.HAM driver. For NetWare 5.1 and 6.0, select A:\NETWARE\V51_V60\ For NetWare 5.0, select A:\NETWARE\V42_V50\ 9) Select ADPU320.HAM and press ENTER. 10) When prompted, click 'Yes' to copy the driver. 11) Specify the path where the driver ADPU320.HAM should be installed, or press ENTER to accept the default. 12) When prompted, click 'Yes' to save the existing driver and its information file. 13) Choose "Select/Modify driver parameters" and press ENTER. 14) Press Alt-Esc to switch to System Console, and at the prompt, type LOAD A:\NETWARE\V51_V60\ADPU320.HAM (for NetWare 5.1/6.0) or LOAD A:\NETWARE\V42_V50\ADPU320.HAM (for NetWare 5.0) 15) Write down the HIN value displayed on the screen and select 0 to continue. Ignore the message regarding the ADPU320.HAM not being loaded. 16) At the prompt, press Alt-Esc to return to the nwconfig screen. 17) Enter the HIN value in Slot Number and press ENTER. 18) Select "Save parameters and load driver" and press ENTER. 19) Click "No" at the prompt "Do you want to select an additional Disk driver?" 20) Press Esc until return to the Configuration Options screen. 3.4. Installing the Driver when NetWare 4.2 is Already Installed 1) At the NetWare console prompt type: LOAD INSTALL 2) Select "Driver Options (load/unload disk and network drivers)" and press ENTER. 3) In the Driver Options menu select "Configure disk and storage device drivers" and press ENTER. 4) Select "Select an additional driver" and press ENTER. 5) Press Insert to add an unlisted driver. 6) Insert the Adaptec Ultra320 FMS Driver disk for NetWare into the floppy drive. 7) Press F3 and specify the path to the ADPU320.HAM driver: A:\NETWARE\V42_V50\ 8) Select ADPU320.HAM and press ENTER. 9) When prompted, click 'Yes' to copy the driver. 10) Specify the path where the driver ADPU320.HAM should be installed, or press ENTER to accept the default. 11) When prompted, click 'Yes' to save the existing driver and its information file. 12) When prompted to enter the Slot Number, press ENTER to select "Save parameters and load driver". 13) When prompted, press ENTER to select the slot number. Repeat until all slot options are loaded. 14) Click "No" at the prompt "Do you want to select an additional Disk driver?" 15) Press Esc until return to the Configuration Options screen. 3.5. Removing the Driver From a NetWare Server 1) Type LOAD NWCONFIG at the NetWare console prompt and press ENTER. 2) Select "NCF Files Option (Create/Edit server Startup files)". 3) Select "Edit STARTUP.NCF file". 4) Remove the line(s) for loading ADPU320.HAM driver. 5) When finished, press F10 to save and exit. 6) Press ESC twice to quit NWCONFIG utility. * NOTE: A DOS text editor can also be used to modify the STARTUP.NCF file. 4.0 Command Line Options for NetWare and DOS -------------------------------------------- 4.1. Implementing Command Line Options (NetWare only) To modify the ADPU320.HAM driver's command line options, edit the STARTUP.NCF file (usually located in C:\NWSERVER) by performing the following steps: 1) Type NWCONFIG at the NetWare console prompt and press ENTER. 2) Select "NCF Files Option (Create/Edit server Startup files)". 3) Select "Edit STARTUP.NCF file". 4) Make the necessary changes. 5) When finished, press F10 to save and exit. 6) Press ESC twice to quit NWCONFIG utility. * NOTE: A DOS text editor can also be used to modify the STARTUP.NCF file. 4.2. Command Line Options Parameters (NetWare only) WARNING: ALTERING OR ADDING THESE DRIVER PARAMETERS INCORRECTLY CAN RENDER YOUR SYSTEM INOPERABLE. USE THEM WITH CAUTION. The following are the Command Line options supported by the ADPU320.HAM driver (Command Line options are not case sensitive): ----------------------------------------------------------- Option: SLOT=[value] Definition: Obtains a physical slot number for the host adapter Possible Values: Dependent on system configuration Default Value: If none specified, NetWare prompts user to choose ----------------------------------------------------------- Option: VERBOSE=[value] Definition: To display host adapter's settings Possible Values: on (Y or 1 is also valid) off (N or 0 is also valid) Default Value: off ----------------------------------------------------------- Option: INSTRUMENTATION=[value] Definition: Enable/disable recording of I/O statistics and errors Possible Values: on (Y or 1 is also valid) off (N or 0 is also valid) Default Value: off ----------------------------------------------------------- Option: /LUN Definition: Reports all non-zero LUNs as public devices Possible Values: N/A Default Value: N/A ----------------------------------------------------------- Option: MAX_TAGS=[value] Definition: Maximum number of tagged I/O's which will be active per device Possible Values: 1-128 Default Value: 16 ----------------------------------------------------------- Option: READ_STREAMING=[value] Definition: Enables read streaming to be negotiated for all drives. Possible Values: on (Y or 1 is also valid) off (N or 0 is also valid) Default Value: off ----------------------------------------------------------- Option: IO_MAPPED=[value] Definition: Disables the auto detection of memory mapping by PCI-X and forces the use of I/O mapping. Possible Values: on (Y or 1 is also valid) off (N or 0 is also valid) Default Value: off ----------------------------------------------------------- 4.3. Using the DOS ASPI driver in a DOS environment The following is a list of commands to be used with the DOS ASPI driver. The drivers are located in the \DOS directory of the Adaptec Ultra320 FMS NetWare diskette. Please refer to your NetWare documentation on how to implement it if needed. 1) Add the following lines to your CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=%driveletter%\ASPI320.SYS /D DEVICE=%driveletter%\ASPICD.SYS /D:ASPICD0 2) Add the following lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT: %driveletter%\MSCDEX.EXE /D:ASPICD0 /M:12 NOTE: You will need to obtain the file MSCDEX.EXE from one of the following: * Microsoft's website * MS-DOS 6.0 and higher * Microsoft Windows 95/98 5.0 Additional Notes -------------------- The following is a list related to the software and hardware of the Adaptec Ultra320 Host Adapters: 5.1. Known/Unresolved Issues 5.1.1. ASPICD.SYS does not support IDs greater than 7: Wide SCSI CD-ROM device IDs that are set higher than 7 can be scanned, but will not be accessible. 5.1.2. Ultra320 SCSI Controller Must Negotiate Slower with a Kingston Hard Disk Enclosure: In order for a Kingston hard disk enclosure to function properly with an Ultra320 SCSI controller, the negotiation speed in SCSISelect must be set to 10MB/second. 5.2 FYI Issues 5.2.1. NetWare 6.0 does not support SCSI CD-ROM boot installation on an Ultra320 SCSI controller: This is an issue with the ASPI driver on the NetWare 6.0 installation CD and can only be corrected by using an alternative boot installation method with the proper ASPI driver (provided on this disk). 5.3. Operating System or Technology Limitations 5.3.1. NCMCON.CFG mismatches SCSI adapter information: At the server console, select List Storage Adapters and it will misname the 39320D as an AIC-7902, and an AIC-7902 as a 39320D. This issue will be addressed by Novell in Support Pack 1 of NetWare 6.0. 5.3.2. NetWare server hangs when IRQs are shared: If another device shares the same IRQ as the SCSI controller, the NetWare server could hang. Try to configure your system to avoid sharing IRQs. 5.3.3. NetWare 6.0 install problem with some PCI-X systems: In current Intel PCI-X systems, NetWare 6.0 might continually reboot during installation. If this occurs, go to http://support.novell.com and download the following file: NBI.NLM. This file needs to be copied into a DOS C:\NWUPDATE directory prior to installation. Then install as usual. 5.3.4. NetWare 5.1 install problem with some P4 systems: In some Pentium 4 systems, NetWare 5.1 might continually reboot during installation. If this occurs, go to http://support.novell.com and download the following files: SYMCJIT.NLM, NWMKDE.NLM and CSSYSMSG.NLM. These files need to be copied into the DOS C:\NWUPDATE directory prior to installation. Then install as usual. When the option apears to add lines to the STARTUP.NCF, add the following lines: set developer option = on set cpu hog timeout amount = 0 5.3.5. Problems partitioning drives greater than 80GB with NetWare 4.2: NetWare can make one large partition using the entire drive, but cannot make more than one. This is a Novell issue, and the workaround is to specify the number of cylinders for the partition instead of actual bytes. 5.3.6. NetWare does not support SCSI CD-Changer devices: Due to NetWare limitations, these types of devices are not supported. 5.3.7. Warm swap limitation: During a warm swap of a drive, a bus scan (list device command) is sometimes required before inserting the new drive. This ensures that NetWare properly recoginzes the change. Usually this is only necessary when there is no activity on the drive being swapped. 5.3.8. Multi-initiator configurations are supported with Ultra160 and previous generation hard drives: Current generation Ultra320 hard drives do not support this configuration. 5.3.9. Third-party bus resets can cause volumes to dismount in NetWare 4.2: This is a NetWare 4.2 limitation with SCSIHD.CDM. Update this file with the SCSIHD.CDM from the latest NetWare 5.1 Support Pack. 5.3.10. Ultra320 hard disk drive support Adaptec only supports Ultra320 hard drives that have the latest firmware available. Please check with your hard drive manufacturer to ensure you have the latest version. 6.0 WEB Sites and Support Phone Number -------------------------------------- 6.1 IBM Support Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support 6.2 IBM Marketing Netfinity Web Site: http://www.pc.ibm.com/netfinity 6.3 If you have any questions about this update, or problems applying the update go to the following Help Center World Telephone Numbers URL: 1-800-772-2227 http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/YAST-3P2QYL.html. 7.0 Trademarks and Notices -------------------------- 7.1 IBM and the e(logo) are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. 7.2 This software contains the valuable trade secrets of Adaptec or its licensors. The software is protected under international copyright laws and treaties. 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