Installation guide

QLDIRECT 4 – Windows NT Driver Installation
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4.4
QLDIRECT
The QLDIRECT driver, coupled with the QLogic Windows NT enhanced miniport
driver, provides the following features:
❑
A highly optimized I/O path for normal read and write operations with
reduced CPU utilization and increased parallelization
❑ Fail-over and fail-back features to reroute I/O operations to the correct path
See appendix A for further information.
4.5
QL2200IP NDIS Network Driver Installation
Your system must meet the following requirements for the QL2200IP network
driver interface specification (NDIS) network driver to function properly:
❑ The QL2200 Enhanced + IP SCSI miniport driver must be installed.
❑ The Fast!Util Drivers Load RISC Code adapter parameter must be enabled
(refer to appendix A of the Hardware Installation Guide for the QLA2200
Board Family [FC0151103-00 D]).
❑ Windows NT networking software must be installed.
❑ All adapters on the network must have the same value set for the maximum
transfer unit (MTU) size (IP configuration parameter).
If a QL2200IP NDIS network driver is not installed on your system, perform the
installation procedures in section 4.5.1. If an older QL2200IP network driver is
already installed on your system, perform the update procedures in section 4.5.2.
4.5.1
Initial Installation of the QL2200IP NDIS Network Driver
Perform the following steps to install the QL2200IP NDIS network driver.
1. Select My Computer from the desktop.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. Select Network.
4. Select the Adapters tab and click Add.
5. Insert the diskette that contains the QLogic driver into an appropriate drive
and click Have Disk.