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    R APA-358 Installation Guide Part Number: 510604-00, R ev. A Print Spe c Number: 4 9 2 717-00 Current Da te: 5/19/94 ECN Dat e: 5/31/94 In stallation Guid e AP A- 358 Min iSCSI EPP Enhanced Parallel-to-SCSI Host Adapter[...]

  • Page 2

    1 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 510604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/94 Ov erv iew This Insta llation Guide explains how t o phys ically inst all and config ure Adapt ec APA-3 58 M iniSCSI ™ EPP E nhanc ed P arallel-to -SCSI ho st ad apters. You r adapter has been desig ned to prov[...]

  • Page 3

    2 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 510604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/94 ■ APA -358 M iniSC SI E PP Insta llati on Gui de ■ Softwa re U ser Gui de ■ Product R egis t rat ion c ard ■ Microso ft ® M SCDE X Regis tr atio n card If anythin g is mis s ing, pleas e co nt act your d[...]

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    3 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 510604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/94 Ho st Ada pte r Lay out This diagr am s hows th e APA-3 58 c ompo nent s. Defa ult Se ttings The Min iSCSi E PP o perates correct ly w ith it s factory default setting s in mo st PCs . The default settings are In[...]

  • Page 5

    4 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 510604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/94 Connecting t he Mini SCSI E PP W ARNING: Tu r n OF F the comp uter , p r in t er , and SCSI devices when connec ti ng or dis- conn ect ing the Min iSCSI EP P . T his protec ts against damage to any compon ents. C[...]

  • Page 6

    5 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 510604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/94 Assigning S CS I IDs If you connec t more than one SCSI device to your MiniSCSI EPP sim ultaneo us ly , make sure t hat eac h devic e’s SCSI ID (dev ice num ber b etween 0 and 6) is different; ID 7 is reserv ed[...]

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    6 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 510604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/94 Caution: If you dis connec t your SCSI devic e(s ) from the MiniSCSI EPP whi le in use, the adapter loses po wer and cannot rec- ognize t he dev ice(s ) w hen reco nn ect ed. Re boo t y our comp ute r i n thi s c[...]

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    7 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 5 10604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/9 4 Note: Y ou cann ot bo ot from a devic e c on - nected to the MiniSCSI EPP because your com put er canno t boo t fr o m a devic e con- nected to the parallel port. T he MiniSC SI EPP d evic e dr iv ers mus t be [...]

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    8 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 5 10604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/9 4 bootup. Th e simples t solut io n is to change you r c om- puter ’s parallel por t h a rdware to LP T 2 or LP T3, or change yo ur net w ork redirect io n to a d iffer e n t por t. The MiniS CS I E PP Does Not[...]

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    9 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 5 10604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/9 4 valu e that wo rk s with yo ur EPP; t ypic al ly the value o f 2 w orks wit h mo st p arallel por ts w ith this problem . Caution: If your Min iSCSI EPP still do es no t wor k after tryin g al l these tes ts, i[...]

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    10 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 5 10604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/9 4 Table 1 lists the pin assignm ent s for each connect o r type. Defin itions o f the var io us sign al s may be fou nd in any SCSI design reference bo ok. The SCSI inter- face is fully d efined in ANSI X 3.131-[...]

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    11 APA-358 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 5 10604-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2717-0 0 Current Dat e : 5/19/94 ECN Date: 5/3 1/9 4 ■ For the latest onlin e information about Ad aptec products and service s, call the Interacti ve Fax Service 23 hours a day , 7 days a week, at 4 08-9 57-71 50. ■ For techn ical ass istance, call Adaptec?[...]