NT Server and Adaptec SCSI Cards

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Determine the Correct Hardware Settings
Windows NT 4.x Server
The correct hardware settings must be determined before any Adaptec card may be added to the system. Looking at current resource settings will help to avoid any possible resource conflicts.

1. Click on Start.
2. Select the Programs menu, then the Administrative Tools menu.
3. Select WindowsNT Diagnostics.
4. Choose the Resources tab.
5. Click on the Devices button at the bottom of the window.
6. Highlight a device from the offered list and click the Properties button. Write down the system resources (I/O, IRQ, DMA) for every device in the system. Use this list to insure that there are no conflicts with the Adaptec SCSI card settings.
7. Shut down the computer and install the Adaptec card.

Software Driver Installation
WindowsNT 3.5x Server
Additional drivers are needed to access the CD-ROM drives across the network. Contact Academy Computer Services for complete details.

1. Click on the Start menu. Select the Programs menu.
2. Select the WindowsNT Setup icon.
3. Select the Options menu.
4. Select Add/Remove SCSI Adapters. Click on the Add button.
5. It will default to Other. Use the scroll arrows to locate the correct Adaptec card driver. If you are installing a 1542 card, be sure that you don't select the Plug-and-Play version. Highlight the adapter and click the OK button at the bottom of the window.
6. Click on Continue to return to the WindowsNT Setup menu.
7. Select Control Panel, then click on the Device icon, and locate the Adaptec SCSI card driver. Configure the device startup by setting the Scsicdrm startup value to system. This activates the driver at system time, NOT boot time.
   1. Setting the driver to activate at boot time is necessary only if an adapter is going to control a bootable hard drive. If you choose to have the SCSI card driver activate at boot time you could cause your system to hang!
8. Exit Windows NT and restart your system.

WindowsNT 4.0 Server

1. Desktop double-click on My Computer.
2. Double-click on Control Panel.
3. Double-click on the SCSI Adapters icon.
4. Select the Drivers tab.
5. Click on the Add button. NT will create a list of drivers from which to choose. Select Adaptec from the Manufacturer list. Select the correct card from the Cards list.. Do not choose the Plug-and-Play version of this driver.
6. Click the OK button.
   1. If the driver already resides on the hard drive a message window will open to tell you this, and offer the option of acquiring the driver from the original NT CD-ROM or via the network. Select the option that best suits your needs and follow the instructions on the screen.
7. After NT completes the driver installation you must reboot your system.

Drive Letter Assignment
WindowsNT 3.51 Server
The Disk Administrator may be used to assign new letters to existing drives.

1. Click on Start.
2. Select the Programs menu, then the Administrative Tools menu.
3. Select Disk Administrator.
4. Choose Tools, and then Drive Letter. This will create a list of devices to which you may assign letters. You cannot remove drive letters, or share CD-ROMs under a single letter.
5. Select a device, and then the letter to be assigned to that device.
6. Click OK to confirm the change.

WindowsNT 4.0 Server
After the tower has been installed, the internal CD-ROM drive may be automatically assigned to the next available drive letter after the tower. To restore it to the first CD drive letter use the following procedure:

1. Click on Start.
2. Select the Programs menu, then the Administrative Tools menu.
3. Select Disk Administrator. WindowsNT only assigns unused drive letters, so if the letter you want to use for assignment is not available, you must make the desired letter available before it can be reassigned to another drive. Drive letter assignment is fixed in NT. Drive letters will not be reassigned during your next boot up, so these letter choices will remain fixed until, or unless, you reassign them.
   1. To make a drive letter available, highlight the desired drive or volume.
   2. Click on Tools.
   3. Choose Assign Drive Letter. The current drive letter assignment appears. Switch the assignment by clicking on the current letter and choose an unused/unneeded letter from the pop up menu or select the Do Not Assign a Drive Letter option.
   4. The message "This new drive assignment will happen immediately. Do you wish to continue?" appears. Click on Yes. If you are using the Volume display screen, and have chosen to remove a drive letter assignment, the volume will disappear from the display. Do not be alarmed. The unassigned drive can be seen, and accessed, via the Disk Configuration display screen.
4. Select the first CD-ROM drive.
5. Click Tools.
6. Select the Assign Drive Letter button. Click on the current letter assignment. Select the new assignment from the pop up menu displayed. The message "This new drive assignment will happen immediately. Do you wish to continue?" appears. Click on Yes
7. Follow the same procedure to reassign any other CD-ROM drives as needed.

If you have more than 24 drives
Using Disk Administrator it is possible to "off-line" drives, and free up drive letters. In this way rarely used CDs may stay mounted in the drives, but not consume limited network resources.