Acer Altos S300`s Device Driver User manual

Installation Guide for
Altos®S300’s Device
Driver
Windows 2000 Device Driver for Altos
S300
The purpose of this guide is to teach Altos S300 users how to install the Windows 2000 device
driver for it.
Altos S300 is an Ultra320-ready JBOD storage subsystem, which can provide high
performance, high capacity, and high reliability to our customers. On each I/O module in
Altos S300, there is an enclosure service (ES) in it. The enclosure service includes SES and SAF-
TE protocols, which can provide enclosure monitor, management, and report functionality.

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INSTALLATION
PROCEDURES
When first powering up a Windows 2000 operating system with an Altos S300
enclosure attached, Windows 2000 will launch the “Found New Hardware
Wizard”. This wizard requires the installation of a suitable device driver for the
attached enclosure(s). The device driver should be installed by following this
procedure:
Install Altos S300’s Device Driver
1. Attach the enclosure(s) to a Windows 2000 system as described
previously.
2. Boot the system and log in (with Administrator privileges).
3. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will launch for each ES block
detected in the attached enclosure(s). For each of these, perform the
following steps:
a. Click ‘Next’

b. Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device
(recommended)” and click “Next”
c. Select “Floppy disk drives” when the driver is in the floppy disk
and click “Next” to allow the system to locate the driver
(AAS300.inf). Windows should report that it detected a
suitable driver. If the driver is put in the Drivers directory of
Altos S300 Documentation CD, please select “CD-ROM drives”
and click ‘Next’.
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d. Click ‘Next’ to use this driver
e. Click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation.
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4. Launch the Device Manager (Control Panel, System, Hardware) to verify
that the driver has been correctly loaded. It should appear under the
‘System devices’ section.
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