Dell PowerEdge systems 6300, User Manual

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Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-9
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Format Disk — This option runs a utility that allows you to perform a low-level for-
mat on a hard-disk drive. Most SCSI hard-disk drives are formatted at the factory
and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is com-
patible with the vast majority of SCSI hard-disk drives.
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Verify Disk Media — This option runs a utility that allows you to scan the media of
a hard-disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the media, it
prompts you to reassign them; if you select Yes, those blocks are no longer used.
You can press <Esc> at any time to exit the utility.
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To exit SCSI Select, press <Esc> until a message prompts you to exit. (If you changed
any 78 xx series host adapter settings, you are prompted to save the changes before
you exit.) At the prompt, select Yes to exit, and then press any key to reboot the com-
puter. Any changes you made in SCSI
Select take effect after the computer boots. (You
can select No at the prompt if you are not ready to exit SCSI
Select.)
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This section provides the following information about installing the Dell SCSI drivers
for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system:
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Installing the SCSI drivers for Windows NT
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Removing a host adapter
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Swapping a host adapter
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Restoring a configuration if Windows NT fails to boot
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This section provides the information needed to install and use the Dell SCSI drivers
for the 78
xx series of SCSI controllers with Windows NT.
NOTE: If Windows NT was factory installed by Dell, the AIC-78U2 and AIC-78xx driv-
ers are preinstalled.
The Windows NT 4.0 driver diskette you create for the Microsoft Windows NT Server
operating system contains the files needed for driver installation. The diskette con-
tains the following files to be used with Windows NT:
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aic78u2.sys — Adaptec’s driver for the 7890 SCSI controller for Windows NT
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aic78xx.sys — Adaptec’s driver for the 7860 SCSI controller for Windows NT
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oemsetup.inf — A file used by Windows NT Setup for driver installation
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readme.txt — A text file describing the Adaptec 78 xx driver for Windows NT