EISA Fast SCSI Caching Adapter
choosing the I/O slot number, the screen will display information about the configuration of the adapter selected:
Host Adapter | = DC820B |
I/O Port Address | = 330 (Hex) |
Interrupt Level | = 11 |
Adapter SCSI ID | = 7 |
Slot Number | = 5 |
In case that two or more DC-820Bs are present, you have to load the same driver by typing “load nv311bme” as many times as the number of DC-820B adapters installed. To simplify the booting procedure thereafter, you may want to edit STARTUP.NCF file by adding the line:
load nv311bme slot=X
Replace the ‘ X’ with an appropriate number. Refer to the NetWare manual for the procedure to edit this STARTUP.NCF file.
Server-based backup/restore support
The server-based back-up/restore utility comes with the NetWare system itself. Through the DC-820B’s ASPI drivers, you are able to use this utility with the tape sub-system. To run this utility, at the NetWare prompt type:
:load tsa <Return> :load sbackup <Return>
The Sbackup screen will appear. Input user name as requested and then select the device driver. Be sure to select the item HP DIBI-2 Tape Driver regardless of which type of tape drives you are using. Refer to the NetWare manual regarding Server Backup for detailed backup/restore procedures.
Removable media support
Removable media devices, including Magneto-Optical (MO), differ from fixed hard disks in that the media can be changed dynamically. Due to the caching capability of the NetWare operating system, it is hazardous if a file system (thus a disk) in operation is abruptly changed without the operating system being notified. Should this happen the file system will inevitably be corrupted. Another problem arises if a new disk (file system) is inserted.
