Installing Software Drivers
Novell NetWare
Drivers for the SCSI controller and tape drive hardware are located on Support Software Diskettes and on the Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD. The Support Software ships with each computer or can be downloaded from the Compaq website. The software tape device driver is located either with your tape backup software or with the operating system. Refer to your backup software application installation guide for more information regarding additional software that might be needed.
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Run the README.COM file on any of the Novell Software Support Diskettes (NSSD) for driver installation instructions.
Be sure to load 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 ARCserveIT from Compaq or VERITAS 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.
All of the required drivers for ASPI tape support are provided on the Novell Software Support Diskette (NSSD). The Support Software ships with each computer or can be downloaded from the Compaq website.
