Intel EK-KZPCM-UG Installing the Digital OpenVMS Driver, Digital OpenVMS, Version 7.1-1H1 Only

KZPCM PCI–to–Dual Channel Ultra SCSI and 10/100MB Ethernet Host Adapter

5.2 Installing the DIGITAL OpenVMS Driver

You can install the driver in a new system or in an existing system. Refer to the applicable subsection for your version of DIGITAL OpenVMS.

NOTE

Refer to the READ-ME.TXTfile on the installation disk for any changes to this procedure.

The minimum Alpha firmware console upgrade CD version is 5.0.

5.2.1 DIGITAL OpenVMS, Version 7.1-1H1 Only

Do the procedures in this subsection to install the driver in a new or in an exist- ing system.

5.2.1.1 Installing the Driver in a New System

NOTE

The procedure here MUST be followed when in- stalling the KZPCM UltraSCSI driver. Do NOT rely on the prompts from the DIGITAL OpenVMS installation CD; if you do, the process will termi- nate prematurely and your driver will NOT be loaded.

Beginning with DIGITAL OpenVMS Version 7.1, DIGITAL has re-engineered the mechanism for associating software drivers with physical devices, and has instituted a method of loading devices that are unknown to the base operating system during boot and install. DIGITAL calls this process Third Party Boot.

Third Party Boot uses a new boot flag (0,80000) to indicate to the operating sys- tem that the Third Party Boot sequence is to be invoked, and uses a specially prepared floppy disk. This floppy disk contains the driver and the necessary in- structions to instruct Third Party Boot where to put the drivers and how to map the new drivers to their respective hardware devices.

Third Party Boot has the following significant advantages over the hard-coded mechanism from previous DIGITAL OpenVMS versions:

∙It allows drivers that are not part of the DIGITAL OpenVMS kit to be loaded onto VMS, and to be configured automatically as though they were kitted with the operating system.

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