Installing Device Drivers for UnixWare
Installing Device Drivers for UnixWare
The instructions for installing the ServeRAID files when using UnixWare depend on the number of IDE and SCSI disk-storage
adapters and controllers installed in the system.
If all of the direct-access-storage devices (DASD) in the system are attached to a single disk-storage adapter or controller
(such as the ServeRAID adapter or controller), you can skip the instructions in this section and go directly to 'Installing the Files while Installing UnixWare'
or 'Installing the Files after Installing UnixWare'.
If you are attaching devices to multiple disk-storage adapters or controllers (including IDE and SCSI controllers integrated on the
system board), use the following instructions.
- If you are installing UnixWare on a drive attached to a ServeRAID adapter or controller,
follow (below) the instructions in 'Installing UnixWare on a ServeRAID Drive'.
- If you are installing UnixWare on a drive attached to a non-ServeRAID adapter or controller and
you intend to store only data on the drives attached to the ServeRAID adapters and controllers,
follow the (below) instructions in 'Installing UnixWare on a Non-ServeRAID Drive'.
Installing UnixWare on a ServeRAID Drive: Use the following instructions if you are using multiple disk-storage adapters or
controllers and you are installing UnixWare on a drive attached to a ServeRAID adapter or controller.
Note: If you are not using multiple disk-storage adapters and controllers, go
to 'Installing the Files while Installing UnixWare'.
- Install all ServeRAID adapters that you intend to use in the system.
- Using the ServeRAID Configuration Program, create all of the arrays and define all of the logical drives.
- Make a list of all of the ServeRAID adapters and controllers, including the order and slot number, installed in the system.
To do this:
- Turn on the server.
- When the ServeRAID Mini-Configuration prompt appears, press Ctrl+i. When a system contains more than one
ServeRAID adapter or controller, a selection screen appears.
- The menu lists the ServeRAID adapters and controllers in order. Select the first ServeRAID adapter or controller from the menu.
- Select Advanced Functions from the Main Menu.
- Select View Controller and PCI Information from the Advanced Functions menu.
- Record the slot number for the ServeRAID adapter or controller; then, press Esc three times to return to the
controller selection screen.
- Repeat (above) step 3c through step 3f until you record the slot number for each ServeRAID adapter or controller
that appears on the selection screen.
- Turn off the system; then, remove all ServeRAID adapters and controllers except the first one on the list.
Note: If one of the ServeRAID controllers that you need to remove is on the system board, you must do one of the
following:
- If the CD-ROM drive that you are using to install the operating system is attached to the integrated
ServeRAID controller, disconnect or remove all disk drives attached to the integrated controller.
- If only disk drives are attached to the integrated controller, disconnect the SCSI cable from the
ServeRAID connector on the system board. See the label inside the server cover for the location of the ServeRAID connector.
- Remove all other non-ServeRAID IDE and SCSI disk-storage adapters and controllers.
Note: If one of the disk-storage controllers that you need to remove is on the system board, you must do one of the
following:
- If the CD-ROM drive that you are using to install the operating system is attached to the integrated disk-storage controller,
disconnect or remove all disk drives attached to the integrated controller.
- If only disk drives are attached to the integrated controller, disconnect the cable for the integrated
controller from the IDE or SCSI connector on the system board.
See the label inside the server cover for the location of the IDE or SCSI controller connector.
- Follow the instructions in 'Installing the Files while Installing UnixWare'; then, return here and continue with step 7.
- Power down the system.
- Install any non-ServeRAID disk-storage adapters or controllers in the server; then, attach the drives to the disk-storage adapters
and controllers.
- Install the second ServeRAID adapter or controller from the list you created in (above) step 3f; then, attach the drives to the
ServeRAID adapter or controller.
- Turn on the system and allow UnixWare to discover the new disk-storage adapters and controllers.
- Power down the system.
- Repeat steps 9, 10, and 11 until all ServeRAID adapters, ServeRAID controllers, and drives are installed.
- You can now partition and format the logical drives attached to the additional ServeRAID adapters and controllers.
See the information provided with UnixWare for more instructions.
Installing UnixWare on a Non-ServeRAID Drive: Use the instructions in this section if you are using multiple disk-storage
adapters or controllers, you are installing UnixWare on a drive attached to a non-ServeRAID adapter or controller, and you intend to
store only data on the drives attached to the ServeRAID adapters and controllers.
- Install all ServeRAID adapters that you intend to use in the system.
- Using the ServeRAID Configuration Program, create all of the arrays and define all of the logical drives.
- Make a list of all of the ServeRAID adapters and controllers, including the order and slot number, installed in the system.
To do this:
- Turn on the server.
- When the ServeRAID Mini-Configuration prompt appears, press Ctrl+i.
When a system contains more than one ServeRAID adapter or controller, a selection screen appears.
- The menu lists the ServeRAID adapters and controllers in order.
Select the first ServeRAID adapter or controller from the menu.
- Select Advanced Functions from the Main Menu.
- Select View Controller and PCI Information from the Advanced Functions menu.
- Record the slot number for the ServeRAID adapter or controller; then, press Esc three times to return to the
controller selection screen.
- Repeat step 3c through step 3f until you record the slot number for each ServeRAID adapter or controller that
appears on the selection screen.
- Turn off the system; then, remove all ServeRAID, IDE, and SCSI disk-storage adapters and controllers except the one attached to
the drive where you intend to install UnixWare.
Note: If one of the disk-storage or ServeRAID controllers that you need to remove is on the system board, do one of
the following:
- If the CD-ROM drive that you are using to install the operating system is attached to the integrated
controller, disconnect or remove all disk drives attached to the integrated controller.
- If only disk drives are attached to the integrated controller, disconnect the SCSI or IDE cable for the
integrated controller from the connector on the system board.
See the label inside the server cover for the location of the SCSI and IDE cable connectors.
- Follow the instructions in 'Installing the Files while Installing UnixWare'; then, return here and continue with step 6.
- Power down the system.
- Install any non-ServeRAID disk-storage adapters or controllers in the server; then, attach the drives to the disk-storage adapters
and controllers.
- Install the first ServeRAID adapter or controller from the list you created in (above) step 3f; then, attach the drives to the
ServeRAID adapter or controller.
- Turn on the system and allow UnixWare to discover the new disk-storage adapters and controllers.
- Power down the system.
- Repeat steps 8, 9, and 10 until all ServeRAID adapters, ServeRAID controllers, and drives are installed.
- You can now partition and format the logical drives attached to the ServeRAID adapters and controllers.
See the information provided with UnixWare for more instructions.
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