Doc. # 1-0002972
Date Updated 10-22-2007 Date Created 07-27-2000
Document Type Knowledge Base Related OS
Related Product PCA-6168
SCSI Utility User's Guide and Installation
Solution:
SDMS Drivers The SDMS device drivers translate an operating system I/O request into a SCSI request. Each Symbios SCSI device driver is operating system specific and is designed to work on standard Symbios chip implementations. We provide PCI SDMS device drivers for the following operating systems: MS-DOS/Windows Windows 95/98 Windows NT - 3.51 and above OS/2 4.x Warp SCO UNIX - Open Server 5.0.2 and above Novell NetWare - 3.12, 4.11 (NWPA) Note: When you start the Windows NT installation with either a CD-ROM boot or from the floppy disks, a black screen will initially appear with the following text at the top: Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration... While this is on the screen (before entering the initial blue screen), press the F6 key. Windows NT setup will allow a SCSI driver to be added before the second disk is requested. Add the appropriate driver from a prepared floppy disk. Follow the rest of the instructions to finish the installation. Utility User's Guide and Installation Instructions The utility user's guide and installation instructions are provided in HTM format in the driver CD-ROM. Users can browse the instructions by using a java-aware browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer v3.0 or later, or Netscape 2.0 or later. To utilize the full functionality of the CD, Microsoft Internet Explorer is recommended. Netscape will work, but links that launch applications are disabled in Netscape.The instructions are located in the directory \SYM895\HTML, and include: For DOS: ASPI8XX.HTM: Installation guide for ASPI manager DOS.HTM: Device drivers for DOS/Windows 3.x DOSCONF.HTM: SDMS DOS configuration utility SYMCD.HTM: CDROM support using the ASPI manager SYMDISK.HTM: Device driver that provides support for non-INT13h SCSI disk drives and removable media devices using the ASPI manager VERIFY.HTM: SDMS DOS Verify Utility user's guide For Windows 95/98: DEVMGR95.HTM: Installing the