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Solaris

Manual No. DB11-000030-00

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14. On the Boot Solaris screen, select the device controller attached to the

device that contains your install medium, in this case the main system
disk.

The following script is displayed when new hardware is found.

/etc/bootrc

15. At the prompt, type: (reboot)

b -r

This reboot process concludes the installation of new or updated
drivers. When your computer has rebooted, you can use your new
hardware.

Summary of Contents for Mylex PCI Disk Array Controllers Driver

Page 1: ...Mylex PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Installation Guide DB11 000030 00 First Edition 08P5523...

Page 2: ...logy components software and firmware become available LSI Logic Corporation reserves the right to make changes to any products herein at any time without notice All features functions and operations...

Page 3: ...o MORE Mylex and SANmapping are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Logic Corporation All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies LSI Logic Corporation Nor...

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Page 5: ...entions Throughout the manual the following conventions are used to describe user interaction with the product bold The user must enter the bold text exactly as shown Press the Enter key Enter Press t...

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Page 7: ...2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NetWare Windows XP NET Windows NT Windows 2000 UnixWare Solaris Linux Appendix...

Page 8: ...iv PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual...

Page 9: ...rimary NetWare 5 1 Controller 5 Using the Bootable CD ROM to Install NetWare and the Mylex Controller Driver 5 Installing NetWare and the Mylex Controller Driver if Not Booting from the NetWare 5 1 CD...

Page 10: ...Installing the Controller as the Primary Windows NT 4 0 Controller 2 Installing the Controller into an Existing Windows NT 4 0 System 4 Chapter 5 Windows 2000 Overview 1 Mylex Disk Array Controller Dr...

Page 11: ...DAC Supplemental Driver Diskette for a Secondary Installation 4 Solaris 8 8 Creating a Driver Diskette for Solaris 8 8 How to use the Mylex Supplemental Driver Diskette 8 Installing Solaris Using the...

Page 12: ...viii PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual...

Page 13: ...will be performing the installation procedures described herein NetWare Windows NET Windows XP Windows NT and Windows 2000 Use one of the following methods to obtain drivers for NetWare 4 2 5 1 6 Win...

Page 14: ...er configuration are properly completed If they are not please refer to the appropriate Mylex disk array controller hardware installation guide and to the RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility User Refe...

Page 15: ...w the Novell Installation manual with only the few minor differences that are described in this section The subdirectory netware on the DOS formatted NT4 NW Drivers Software Kit diskette and on the CD...

Page 16: ...secondary controller NOTE If your CD ROM drive is attached to the Mylex controller select the DOS drive letter of the NetWare 4 2 CD ROM when asked for the installation path 3 Install SP9 4 Install a...

Page 17: ...nu 3 Choose Configure disk and storage device drivers in the Driver Options menu 4 Choose Select an additional driver in the Additional Driver Actions menu NetWare scans for controllers that do not ha...

Page 18: ...tWare copies the file 14 What you just backed up was the old or existing DSK or HAM file Repeat Steps 12 and 13 for the DDI file 15 Select No to decline selection of an additional driver to install un...

Page 19: ...n your installation method Using the Bootable CD ROM to Install NetWare and the Mylex Controller Driver Enabling CD ROM Boot Support In order to boot from the NetWare 5 1 CD ROM you must first enable...

Page 20: ...e is connected to a third party SCSI HBA or RAID Controller see the documentation that accompanied the controller for instructions on enabling CD ROM Boot Support Installing NetWare 5 1 Drivers Bootin...

Page 21: ...should be listed 13 Select continue Wait while the driver is loaded 14 Follow the on screen instructions to finish NetWare 5 1 installation Installing NetWare and the Mylex Controller Driver if Not Bo...

Page 22: ...AUTOEXEC BAT contains the statement pathname mscdex v m 10 D devicename The device name is that of the specific CD ROM drive e g MSCD001 2 Boot the system with the new CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT and...

Page 23: ...hardware and configuring a disk array follow the procedure below to add the necessary controller drivers 1 Copy the drivers MDACFSI from the distribution media to C nwserver drivers 2 Start NetWare Ne...

Page 24: ...required to install NetWare 6 from a CD ROM drive connected to a Mylex Disk Array Controller The procedure below assumes that the CD ROM drivers are available and the CD ROM is accessible from DOS 1 C...

Page 25: ...ected to a Mylex controller follow the steps below to enable CD ROM boot support 1 Insert the NetWare 6 CD ROM 2 Power on or reboot the system After the Mylex Controller BIOS banner comes up you will...

Page 26: ...le controller After installing the controller hardware and configuring a disk array follow the procedure below to add the necessary controller drivers 1 Copy the drivers MDACFSI from the distribution...

Page 27: ...from any other device connected to the same channel Each device requires a driver module connecting it to the DAC adapter These modules are best loaded in the STARTUP NCF file before the MDACFSI HAM d...

Page 28: ...d before trying to access the non disk devices 2 For example load the following drivers to use a CD ROM under NetWare the cdrom NLM is supplied by Novell load mdacfsi ham load scsicd cdm load cdrom nl...

Page 29: ...nfiguration and disk array controller configuration must be properly completed before proceeding with the Windows XP or NET driver installation The root directory of the Windows XP or NET driver diske...

Page 30: ...onfiguration and initialized the drives for use following the instructions in your Mylex Disk Array Controller Configuration Utility manual If you are about to install the eXtremeRAID 2000 eXtremeRAID...

Page 31: ...ied OR download the Windows XP or NET driver image file from the Mylex Software CD ROM or web site and create a diskette OR follow the instructions in Appendix A Creating PCI Driver Installation Diske...

Page 32: ...or the Manufacturer s supplied hardware support disk insert your Mylex Windows XP or NET driver diskette into the floppy disk drive and press Enter You will see a screen with the following information...

Page 33: ...r devices such as a CD ROM drive etc repeat Step 5 and Step 6 Then when prompted insert the manufacturer s supplied hardware support disk press Enter and select the appropriate driver from the list If...

Page 34: ...ded on the Microsoft Windows XP or NET operating system CD ROM we strongly recommend that you use the Windows XP or NET driver supplied with your Mylex Software Kit 2 Create a Windows XP or NET driver...

Page 35: ...llers eXtremeRAID 2000 eXtremeRAID 3000 AcceleRAID 160 170LP AcceleRAID 170 or AcceleRAID 352 The Windows XP or NET installation routine installed and used this driver during the Windows XP or NET ins...

Page 36: ...Updating the Mylex Controller Driver 3 8 PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual Figure 2 2 Controller Device...

Page 37: ...nual No DB11 000030 00 3 9 3 X P N E T 4 At the top of the next screen select the Driver tab then click the Update Driver button on the left side of the screen Figure 2 3 Figure 2 3 Driver Tab and Upd...

Page 38: ...lcome to the Hardware Update Wizard screen click on the second button Install from a list or specific location Advanced Figure 2 4 Click Next Figure 2 4 Welcome to Hardware Update Wizard 6 When you se...

Page 39: ...e Driver 8 When you have reached the following screen directing you to insert the manufacturer s installation disk insert the Software Kit Windows XP or NET driver diskette into drive A check that you...

Page 40: ...alled Mylex controller Figure 2 8 Click Next Figure 2 8 Mylex Controller Driver Automatically Selected A dialog box will open informing you that the driver is not digitally signed and asks if you woul...

Page 41: ...Wizard 11 The next screen automatically pops up when you click Finish in the previous step This screen displays controller properties of the current driver you just installed It indicates the version...

Page 42: ...Array Controller Drivers Manual 12 If you updated the Primary driver the final screen will display instructing you to reboot your system Click Yes in order for the newly installed hardware to work pr...

Page 43: ...information Please study the options below and select the one that meets your upgrade requirements Windows 2000 with a Mylex controller If you are running a system with only Windows 2000 and a Mylex c...

Page 44: ...roller Drivers Manual When Windows XP or NET upgrade is finished go to Updating the Mylex Controller Driver on page 3 7 Note Do not attempt to use a Windows 2000 MACDISK with a Windows XP or NET drive...

Page 45: ...d in this chapter The root directory A on the NT4 NW Drivers Software Kit diskette contains the following TXTSETUP OEM Setup text file required in root directory needed for Windows NT installation DAC...

Page 46: ...ialized the drives for use following the instructions in your Mylex RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility manual Created your driver diskette s for either the accelerated or standard drivers To install...

Page 47: ...ollow the on screen instructions to continue Windows NT 4 0 installation inserting the Windows NT CD ROM into the CD ROM drive when prompted Press Enter and continue with the next few Windows NT 4 0 i...

Page 48: ...procedure below to add the necessary controller drivers 1 Make sure Windows NT 4 0 is up and running Note When you are ready to insert the driver diskette do not install the Accelerated Driver if you...

Page 49: ...Manual No DB11 000030 00 4 5 4 W I N N T Figure 3 2 Control Panel SCSI Adapters 4 In the SCSI Adapters box click the Drivers tab to bring the Drivers page to the foreground Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 SCSI...

Page 50: ...he Drivers page in the foreground click Add Figure 3 4 Figure 3 4 Add a New SCSI Adapter 6 The Creating driver list progress bar is displayed briefly Figure 3 5 and then the Install Driver box is disp...

Page 51: ...sing the accelerated driver Do not install the Accelerated Driver if you will be using Clustering or PCI Hot Plug 9 From the Install From Disk box change the path to A as shown in Figure 3 7 and click...

Page 52: ...iles are being copied from the diskette Figure 3 9 Install the New Driver from Diskette The driver is copied from the diskette The System Settings Change box is displayed as shown in Figure 3 10 Figur...

Page 53: ...disk array controller configuration must be properly completed before proceeding with the Windows 2000 driver installation The root directory of the Software Kit Windows 2000 driver diskette contains...

Page 54: ...owing the instructions in your Mylex Disk Array Controller Configuration Utility manual If you are about to install the eXtremeRAID 2000 eXtremeRAID 3000 AcceleRAID 160 170LP AcceleRAID 170 or AcceleR...

Page 55: ...AID 3000 AcceleRAID 160 170LP AcceleRAID 170 or AcceleRAID 352 controller driver during Windows 2000 installation Insert the Windows 2000 bootable1 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Windows 2000 will begin...

Page 56: ...rs Software Kit diskette into the floppy disk drive and press Enter You will see a screen with the following information You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows 2000 using a d...

Page 57: ...rs to install or when you have finished installing other drivers simply press Enter to continue the installation 8 Finally you will be prompted to remove any diskettes and CD ROMs and you will be inst...

Page 58: ...cedure After the system reboots it will detect new hardware A brief message will be displayed There will be no action to take at this point Figure 4 1 Found New Hardware Message 1 When the Welcome to...

Page 59: ...2000 Manual No DB11 000030 00 5 7 5 W I N 2 0 0 0 2 In the next dialog box see Figure 4 3 select the option to Search for a suitable driver for my device and then click Next Figure 4 3 Install Device...

Page 60: ...he Locate Driver Files dialog box will appear see Figure 4 4 Insert the Mylex Windows 2000 Driver Diskette into Drive A click on the Floppy Disk Drives check box and then click Next Insert the Windows...

Page 61: ...er was found click Next Figure 4 5 Driver Files Search Results 5 If the current version of the Mylex driver you are about to install is too new to have been tested and approved by Microsoft the driver...

Page 62: ...dialog box will not appear if the driver contains a digital signature Figure 4 6 Digital Signature Dialog Box While the driver files are copied the dialog box in Figure 4 7 will appear to show the pro...

Page 63: ...Wizard screen appears see Figure 4 8 Figure 4 8 Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard Verification of the installation of a device supporting GAM installation will briefly appear Note GAM is not i...

Page 64: ...e procedure that follows explains in detail how to update to the new Mylex Windows 2000 Software Kit driver for the controller mentioned above that you are installing Note A Mylex eXtremeRAID 2000 con...

Page 65: ...s screen first click on the driver tab on the next screen double click on Update Driver Figure 4 11 Figure 4 11 Update Driver You will now have access to the upgrade device capabilities You will see t...

Page 66: ...Device Drivers screen click on the second choice Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver Click Next Figure 4 13 Figure 4 13 List of Known Drivers for...

Page 67: ...ave reached the Install From Disk screen insert the Software Kit Windows 2000 driver diskette in drive A check that you are at the A prompt and click OK If you are not using drive A click on Browse to...

Page 68: ...evice Driver select the appropriate controller to correspond to the controller you installed Figure 4 16 Figure 4 16 Select Driver 9 From the Start Device Driver Installation screen notice that the na...

Page 69: ...e is Not Found for the driver the following dialog appears Figure 4 18 Click Yes to continue Figure 4 18 Digital Signature Not Found The next screen informs you that the files are being copied to a lo...

Page 70: ...rs Manual 11 When the screen Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard appears Click Finish Figure 4 20 Figure 4 20 Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard Note If the system instructs you to re...

Page 71: ...ller drivers for UnixWare 7 1 The software is provided on the appropriate Software Kit distribution CD ROM with a file to create a diskette The UnixWare driver for the Mylex Disk Array Controller supp...

Page 72: ...refer to Installing the Controller as the Primary UnixWare Controller with UnixWare 7 1 on page 6 3 If using a Mylex multifunction controller as a secondary controller2 refer to Installing the Contro...

Page 73: ...ns in the appropriate Mylex Disk Array Controller manuals to set up the hardware install the controller connect the disk tape and or CD ROM drives and run the Mylex Disk Array Controller Configuration...

Page 74: ...n Installing the Controller as the Secondary UnixWare Controller with UnixWare 7 1 If UnixWare is installed on a Mylex controller the Mylex Disk Array Controller driver for UnixWare is already install...

Page 75: ...only disk controller diskadd c0b0t0d1 for the second System Drive diskadd c0b0t0d2 for the third System Drive To Secondary Controller s For the first and second System Drives of a secondary controlle...

Page 76: ...Adding System Drives 6 6 PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual 3 Rebuild the Kernel etc conf bin idbuild B 4 Reboot the system shutdown i0 g0 y...

Page 77: ...0 and Solaris 8 0 The software is provided on the appropriate Software Kit distribution CD ROM with a file to create a diskette The Solaris drivers for the Mylex Disk Array Controller support disk dr...

Page 78: ...perating environment on a system with new hardware primary installation or To add new drivers to support update new hardware on an already installed booted system secondary installation Installing Sol...

Page 79: ...show up as Solaris OS 2 7 7 Select the appropriate Solaris Operating System and press F2 Two screens will be displayed The Loading Supplemental Driver Software screen is displayed along with a progres...

Page 80: ...12 Near the end of the Solaris operating system installation you will be asked to insert the Mylex Supplemental Driver Insert the diskette at that time The system will automatically reboot when the S...

Page 81: ...er you are updating ps ef grep vold Note For more information about managing diskettes and drives see the System Administration Guide for Solaris 3 If Volume Management is running temporarily stop it...

Page 82: ...eboot your computer type in the following command lines touch reconfigure reboot 10 Turn off your computer add the new hardware and turn on your computer again 11 When the autoboot sequence prompt is...

Page 83: ...to the device that contains your install medium in this case the main system disk The following script is displayed when new hardware is found etc bootrc 15 At the prompt type reboot b r This reboot p...

Page 84: ...ction in one of two ways To use new drivers to install or upgrade the Solaris operating environment on a system with new hardware primary installation or To add new drivers to support update new hardw...

Page 85: ...Select Solaris System Version screen is displayed The operating system will show up as Solaris OS 2 8 7 Press Enter to select the Solaris operating system press F2 Two screens will be displayed The L...

Page 86: ...en the screen to add additional devices or drivers appears if you have nothing to add like video to your system answer NO for additional diskettes to be installed 15 After the system installs the driv...

Page 87: ...g with an x86 system using either the Mylex MDAC driver Note When the Solaris Intel Platform Edition software is already installed the simplest way to add new or updated drivers is to install the supp...

Page 88: ...update your computer successfully 7 Execute the install script on the diskette using the appropriate Solaris release directory sol_28 for Solaris 8 For example mnt DU sol_28 i86pc Tools install sh Th...

Page 89: ...numerating screen with the following message Determining the bus and gathering hardware configuration information is displayed The Scanning Devices screen is then displayed System devices are scanned...

Page 90: ...mpt type reboot b r This reboot process concludes the installation of new or updated drivers When your computer has rebooted you can use your new hardware Congratulations You have successfully complet...

Page 91: ...cess the File Manager screen 3 From the File Manager screen click on File to access the pull down menu 4 Click on Open Floppy 5 Double click on the next series of icons DU Sol_27 i86pc Tools install s...

Page 92: ...Quick Driver Update Instructions for a Secondary Installation 7 16 PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual...

Page 93: ...mation for the Mylex disk array controller drivers needed to support Linux The device drivers mentioned in this chapter support the following Mylex controllers AcceleRAID 160 170 170LP 352 and eXtreme...

Page 94: ...s http www dandelion com Linux DAC960 html From the Dandelion Digital Linux page place your mouse pointer over the available drivers to view the address of the links location The Device Driver link ad...

Page 95: ...e 7 3 Caldera Open Linux 3 1 Turbo Linux 7 0 For instructions on how to install the disk array controller drivers see the appropriate instructions on the web site and refer to the appropriate Linux OS...

Page 96: ...Installing the Disk Array Controller Drivers 8 4 PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Manual...

Page 97: ...o run with your Mylex controller You can create your own driver diskette from the RAID Management Software Installation menu under Windows Mylex provides driver diskettes for Windows XP Windows NET Wi...

Page 98: ...re below the CD ROM must be inserted into a system running Windows XP Windows NET Windows NT 4 0 or Windows 2000 Create a driver diskette in six easy steps 1 Insert the CD ROM provided in your Mylex p...

Page 99: ...000030 00 A 3 A D R I V E R 3 Click Operating System Drivers Figure A 2 Create Driver Diskette Menu 4 Click the appropriate operating system corresponding to the PCI driver installation diskette you w...

Page 100: ...you will be prompted with a DOS shell requesting that you insert a blank diskette Figure A 4 DOS Shell 6 Insert the blank diskette and press Enter to extract the image onto the diskette Use your newl...

Page 101: ...ith normal computer operations including but not limited to electrical irregularities lightning or power line related damage or other abnormal occurrences or to normal wear and tear of the Product The...

Page 102: ...structions are given by Customer for the Product within thirty 30 days of such notification the Product shall be returned to Customer freight collect Warranty Disclaimer EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THIS DO...

Page 103: ...or timeshare the LSI Software or market the LSI Software by interactive cable or remote processing services Limitation of Liability IN NO EVENT SHALL LSI S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE...

Page 104: ...Manual No DB11 000030 00 08P5523 LSI Logic Corporation North American Headquarters Milpitas CA 408 433 8000...

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