Section 5

Windows NT Driver Installation

(QL2300.SYS)

5.1

Introduction

This section provides instructions for installing the Windows NT driver under the following operating system conditions:

Initial installation of the Windows NT 4.0 operating system and the Windows NT driver

Installation of the Windows NT driver in an already installed Windows NT 4.0 operating system

Installing an updated Windows NT driver in an already installed Windows NT 4.0 operating system that has an older version of the driver

5.2

Windows NT Driver Files

The latest version of the software drivers and documentation for Windows NT are available on the QLogic Web site. Be sure to review the Readme.txt file for both new and changed information.

5.3

Windows NT Installation

To install Windows NT 4.0 on a Fibre Channel hard disk attached to a QLA23xx HBA, perform the installation procedures in section 5.3.1. If Windows NT 4.0 is already loaded on your system, perform the installation procedures in section 5.3.2. If Windows NT 4.0 and an older Windows NT driver are already installed on your system, perform the update procedures in section 5.3.3.

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