Installing the Software Drivers
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Compaq Confidential – Need to Know Required
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Novell NetWare
Drivers for the SCSI controllers and tape drive hardware are located on the
Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD and Support Software Diskettes
that are shipped with all Compaq Intel-based computers. The Support
Software can also be downloaded from the Compaq website. The tape device
driver is located on the Tape Drive Supplemental Driver CD or with the
operating system. Refer to your backup application installation guide for more
information regarding additional software
.
Table 2-3
Novell NetWare
Controller
Software Driver Information
Fast SCSI-2 (Narrow)
Fast SCSI-2 (Wide)
Wide-Ultra SCSI
Ultra-2 SCSI
Run the
README.COM
file on any of
the Novell Software Support Diskettes
(NSSD) for driver installation
instructions.
Be sure to load the drivers in accordance with the Compaq controller being
used. There are additional driver issues if you wish to use applications
requiring the Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) support. For
more information see the following section.
ASPI Support
The
README.COM
on the Novell Software Support Diskette (NSSD)
outlines the specific drivers you need to support ASPI tape backup
applications.
If you are using a tape backup application that uses the ASPI, such as
ARCserve provided by Compaq or Seagate BackupExec, refer to the
information provided with your application NLM to determine whether it uses
ASPI.
The Compaq ASPI drivers,
CPQSASPI.NLM
Device Driver Functional
Specification (DDFS) and
NWASPI.NLM
NetWare Peripheral Architecture
(NWPA), provide ASPI support for the Compaq SCSI architecture for
applications that require this interface.
