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Chapter 1: Safety Information and Technical Specifications
F-3 SCSI (Super) GEM Driver Installation (*for Windows OS)
(*Note: This driver is not necessary for other Operating Systems. If
you have two SCA backplanes, you will need to install the driver
twice.)
The driver is located on the Super Micro motherboard driver CD or is
available for download from our FTP site: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/driver/
Qlogic/
Follow the procedure below to install this driver to your system.
Installing the driver:
1) Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Property”.
2) Select “Hardware” tab and click on “Device Manager”.
3) Open “Other Devices” or wherever “GEM318” is on.
4) Right click on this device and choose “Property”.
5) Click on “Driver” tab and choose “Update Driver”.
6) Click “Next” 2 times, uncheck both “Floppy disk drives” and “CD-ROM
drives”. Then, select the item- “Specify a location,” and choose “Next”.
7) Click on “Browse” and choose D drive or wherever Supermicro Setup
CD is in.
8) Choose “Qlogic” folder and click on “Open”.
9) System will automatically detect GEM318 and install the drive from this
point on.
or,
1) Right click the "My Computer" icon on your desktop and choose
Properties.
2) Click on the Hardware tab and click on "Device Manager" to bring up
the list of system devices.
3) You may see one or two yellow question marks (?) that read QLogic
GEM354 or GEM318 SCSI Processor Device. Right click on these, and
choose to uninstall. If two such question marks are present, uninstall
both.
4) Click on Action tab and choose "Scan for Hardware Changes". The
Hardware Wizard program should start up. Click "Next".
5) At the first prompt, choose “Display a list of known device drivers for
the device so that I can choose a specific driver” and click "Next".
6) Choose “Other Devices” and click Next.
7) Choose “Have Disk”, and specify your floppy drive location in the
options box. Then, click "Next".
8) Highlight “Enclosure Services Device” and click "Next".
9) Ignore the warning prompt by clicking "Yes".
