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Chapter 6

Installing the Operating System

Drivers

This chapter outlines driver installation steps to set up the Smart Array 3200 Controller in a server running any of the following operating systems:

Novell NetWare 3.2, 4.2, and 5.0

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0

SCO OpenServer 5

SCO UnixWare 2.x and 7.x

IBM OS/2 WARP Server family

Banyan VINES 6.x, 7.x, and 8.x

This chapter also contains related information for using the Smart Array 3200 Controller with these operating systems. If you are setting up a new system, Compaq recommends using SmartStart to install both the operating system software and the device drivers for the Smart Array 3200 Controller.

NOTE: If you install the operating system software from the SmartStart and Support Software CD, all the software, including device drivers, will be installed automatically and configured for the Smart Array 3200 Controller. The Smart Array 3200 Controller is supported by SmartStart 4.22 or later. Refer to the documentation that came with SmartStart for installation instructions.

Before installing operating system drivers, you should have:

Updated your system firmware by running Systems ROMPaq

Installed the Smart Array 3200 Controller option board

Configured the hardware by running the System Configuration Utility

Used the Array Configuration Utility to configure your drive array(s)

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Compaq 3200 manual Installing the Operating System Drivers