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E. Using Novell NetWare
After having explained in chapters B and C the installation of the ICP Controller and the
Host Drives, we would now like to give you some hints and pieces of advice on how to in-
stall Novell's operating system Novell NetWare. We shall mainly focus on NetWare 3.x,
NetWare 4.x and NetWare 5. For successful installation, it is essential to study the NetWare
system manuals thoroughly. The information given in this chapter refers to the loading of
the ICP NetWare driver(s) only. The required ICP disks can be created from the ICP System
CDROM.
E.1 Transparency of Host Drives
The structure of the Host Drives, which have been installed with ICPCON (in chapter C), is
not known to NetWare. I.e., the operating system does not recognize that a given Host
Drive consists of a number of hard disks forming a disk array. To NetWare, this Host Drive
simply appears as one single hard disk with the capacity of the disk array. This complete
transparency represents the easiest way to operate disk arrays under NetWare; neither
NetWare nor the PCI computer need to be involved in the administration of these complex
disk array configurations.
E.2 Novell NetWare 3.10, 3.1, 3.12 and 3.20
The ICP Controller and the Host Drives previously configured with ICPCON are integrated
by means of the ICP driver software located on the ICP System CDROM. The driver belongs
to the category of so-called NLMs (NetWare Loadable Module).
GDTRP310.DSK for NetWare 3.10
GDTRP311.DSK for NetWare 3.11
GDTRP312.DSK for NetWare 3.12 and 3.20
ASPITRAN.DSK ASPI manager
CTRLTRAN.DSK Module for ICPCON
(Note: More information about the ICPCON diagnosis tool can be found in a separate
chapter of this manual.). The installation of the fileserver itself is carried out following the
Novell NetWare documentation. According to your NetWare version, copy the appropriate
driver, the ICP ASPI Layer ASPITRAN.DSK and the ICP CTRLTRAN.DSK module to the boot
disk or the DOS boot partition. During installation type in,
:LOAD GDTRP310 ENTER (NetWare 3.10) or
:LOAD GDTRP311 ENTER (NetWare 3.11) or
:LOAD GDTRP312 ENTER (NetWare 3.12, 3.20)
The ICP ASPI Manager ASPITRAN.DSK and the CTRLTRAN.DSK module will then be auto-
matically loaded by the ICP NetWare driver (GDTRP310, GDTRP311 or GDTRP312). If more
ICP Controllers are installed in the fileserver (i.e., for controller duplexing), the above men-
tioned driver has to be loaded several times. But as it is re-entrant, it is only loaded once. A
single ICP Controller can be chosen by selecting its PCI slot number.
E.3 Novell NetWare 4.x – Using "DSK" Driver
The ICP Controller and the Host Drives previously configured with ICPCON are integrated
by means of the ICP driver software located on the ÎCP System CDROM. The driver belongs
to the category of the so-called NLMs (NetWare Loadable Module).