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During the installation of OES NetWare, the installation program automatically detects the .HAM drivers needed for your system. What type of hardware do .HAM drivers support?

The correct answer is C. Storage adapters, such as SCSI boards. The .HAM (Host Adapter Module) driver type in OES NetWare is specifically designed to support storage adapters such as SCSI boards.

OES NetWare Server Installation and Configuration

Question

During the installation of OES NetWare, the installation program automatically detects the .HAM drivers needed for your system. What type of hardware do .HAM drivers support?

Options

  • AWAN communication devices.
  • BPeripheral devices, such as printers.
  • CStorage adapters, such as SCSI boards.
  • DCommunication devices, such as network boards.
  • EStorage devices, such as CD-ROM or hard disk drives.
  • FSpecial hardware configurations, such as a multiprocessor system.

How the community answered

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    78% (28)
  • E
    11% (4)
  • F
    6% (2)

Why each option

The .HAM (Host Adapter Module) driver type in OES NetWare is specifically designed to support storage adapters such as SCSI boards.

AWAN communication devices.

WAN communication devices are supported by WAN drivers (such as .WAN files), not HAM drivers.

BPeripheral devices, such as printers.

Peripheral devices like printers use separate printer driver stacks and are not managed by HAM drivers.

CStorage adapters, such as SCSI boards.Correct

HAM stands for Host Adapter Module, and these drivers are used to interface with storage host adapters - most commonly SCSI controllers and similar storage bus adapters. HAM drivers work alongside CDM (Custom Device Module) drivers to provide the full storage driver stack in NetWare, where HAM handles the adapter hardware and CDM handles the storage device itself.

DCommunication devices, such as network boards.

Network boards are supported by LAN drivers (such as .LAN files), not HAM drivers.

EStorage devices, such as CD-ROM or hard disk drives.

Storage devices such as CD-ROMs and hard disk drives are supported by CDM (Custom Device Module) drivers, not HAM drivers - HAM handles the adapter, CDM handles the device.

FSpecial hardware configurations, such as a multiprocessor system.

Special hardware configurations like multiprocessor systems are handled by platform support modules (PSMs), not HAM drivers.

Concept tested: NetWare HAM driver purpose and storage adapter support

Source: https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes/index.html

Topics

#HAM drivers#Host Adapter Module#SCSI adapters#device drivers

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