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Adaptec 29320A manual

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    A DAPTEC SCSI C ARD 2932 0A I NSTALL ATION G UIDE ASC-29320A IG.fm Page 0 Tuesday, July 29, 2003 3:30 PM[...]

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    1 Intr oduct ion The Adaptec SCSI Ca rd 29320A enables you to connect up to 15 Low V oltage Differ ential (L VD) and/or 15 Single-Ended (SE) S CSI devices—such as very large arrays of high-performance har d disk drives, external storage subsystems, Ultra320/160 har d disk drives, scanners, and CD-ROM drives—to any Intel-based computer with 64- [...]

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    2 Instal li ng the Adaptec SCSI Car d 29320A 1 Discharge any static electricit y build-up before handling yo ur SCSI car d by touching a grounded metal object (like the exposed metal parts on the back of your co mputer). Wa rn i n g : T urn OFF power to the computer and disconnect the power cord. 2 After you turn off your computer and unplug the po[...]

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    3 Computer s may ha ve verti cal or ho rizo nta l expa nsion slo ts. Refer to you r computer man ual to locate th e PCI/PCI-X slots. If your computer is a tow er model, la y it on its side to allo w for easier installa tion of the Adaptec SCSI Car d 29320A . Wa rn i n g : Be careful wh en ins erting the A d aptec SCSI Card 29320A in a PCI sl ot. So[...]

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    4 Followin g are some guidelines for setting SCS I IDs an d termination on you r de vices . Chec k the S CSI IDs The Adaptec SCSI Ca rd 293 20A and each device you connect to it must have a unique SCSI ID number ran ging from 0 to 15 on each channel. No two devices on the same SCSI channel can h ave the same SCSI ID. The Adaptec SCSI Ca rd 293 20A [...]

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    5 Connecting Internal Ultra 320/160 and U ltra2 D evices A special 68-pin internal L VD cable is needed to connect internal U l t r a 3 2 0 / 1 6 0 o r U l t r a 2 S C S I d e v i c e s . I f y o u r c a b l e s a re n o t m a r k e d , you can identi fy most L VD ca bles as having tw isted pairs o f the flat ribbon cable between the device connect[...]

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    6 2 Plug the nonterminated end of the cable(s) to the internal L VD connector . 3 Plug the internal Ultra 320 /160 and Ultra2 SCSI devices to the other cable connectors, starting with the connector at the terminated end of the cable. Note: Internal Ultra3 20/160 a nd Ultra2 SCS I devices come fro m the factory with termination disabled and cannot b[...]

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    7 Connecting Wide SCSI Devices Connect internal W ide SCSI devices to the 68-pin internal SE W ide SCSI connector . T o do this, use a 68-pin W ide SCSI cable like the one shown in Step 1 below . Follow these steps to connect the devices: 1 Locate a 68-pin internal W ide SCSI cable. 2 Plug one end of the cable to the W ide SCSI connector on the Ada[...]

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    8 2 Plug one end of the cable to th e 50-pin internal SE Na rrow SCSI connector on the Adaptec SCS I Card 29 320A. 3 Plug the other end of the cable to a term inated Ultra/Fast Narrow SCSI device. 4 If you have other Ultra/Fas t Narrow SCSI de vices, attach them to the connectors between the two ends of the cable. Be sure these other devices ar e u[...]

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    9 2 Connect the other end of the cable to a SCSI connector on the back of an external device. If you ar e installing only one external device, terminate the device and skip to Step 4. 3 Connect the other external SCSI devices by linking each device to the previous on e, as shown below . T ermin ate only th e device at the end of the cha in. 4 Conne[...]

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    10 More In fo rmatio n About T ermination The last SCSI device on the end of each SCSI bus cable must be termin ated, and t erminati on must be disabled fo r all oth er d e vic es in the middle of the cables. Ultr a320/160 and Ultra2 SCSI devices are automaticall y un terminat ed, but Ultra SCSI and Fa st/W ide SCSI devices do have termin ati on th[...]

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    11 Preloaded Ada p te c Drivers If the Ad aptec SCSI Car d 29320 A was in cluded as part of a computer system you purchased, the system alr eady has the appropri ate A dap tec dr iv er p rei nstall ed by the c ompu ter manufacturer . No further action is necessary to install the driver . Embed ded Ad aptec Dr ivers Some operating systems have embed[...]

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    12 Regulatory C ompliance State ments Federal C ommunic ations Comm ission Radio Fre quency Interfer ence S tatem ent W ARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not express ly approved by the party responsible fo r compliance could void the user ’ s authority to operate the e quipment. This equipment has been t ested and found to comply w it[...]

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    Canadi an Compl ian ce St a tem ent This Class B digital apparatus meets all requir ements of the Canadian Interfer ence- Causing Equipment Reg ulations. Cet appareil num é rique de la classe B respecte to utes les exigences d u R è glem ent sur le mat é riel brouilleur du Canada. Japane se Com pl ian ce (V oluntary Con trol Coun cil Init iati v[...]