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Adaptec AVA-2825 manual

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    AVA-2825 Installation Guide Part Numb er: 510612-00, Rev A Print Spec Number: 49 2733 -0 0 Current Da te : 6/8/ 94 ECN Date: 6/14/94 R Installat ion Guide A V A-28 25 VL-to-Fast SCSI and VL-to- IDE H ost Adapter with SCSI Select[...]

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    1 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 Getting Sta rted This Installatio n Guide explains how to install and configure t he AVA ™ - 28 2 5 host adapter. The AVA -28 25 combi nes suppo r t for both IDE and Fast SCSI on one VL-Bus ™ host adap [...]

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    2 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 Defau lt Settings The AVA-2825 default sett ings are as fo llow s: ■ Many of these settin gs can be c hanged with t he SCSI Select c onfigur a tion u tility . See C onf iguring the Host Ada pter o n pa ge[...]

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    3 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 Ins talling the Ho st Ada pter Changing Swi t ches and Jumpers This table show s all the poss ible setting s of the A V A -2825 swit ch block (s1). Default setting s are marked wi th an aster isk (*). If yo[...]

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    4 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 Changing the SCSI I/O Port A ddress The A V A - 2825 SC S I I/O port address is set by jumper block J 7. The defa u lt po r t addr ess is 340 h- 3 5Fh. Y ou can change t he SCSI I/O port addr ess to its alt[...]

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    5 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 3 Remo ve the c orr es pondin g expansi on slot c over fr om the PC ch a ssis. 4 Align the bus c onnecto r o n the bott om of the ho st adapter w it h the V L-Bus slo t and carefully p r es s it d o w n int[...]

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    6 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 T ermi nating S CS I De v i ces The last peripheral devi ce at each end of the SCSI bus must have a s et of resis tors called terminator s installed or enabled. T erm in ators mus t be removed from, o r dis[...]

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    7 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 Setting SCSI IDs Be sure that each dev ice on the A V A- 2825 SCSI bus has a diffe r ent SCSI ID . S ee your SCSI peripher al d o c - umentat io n to learn h ow to determine th e SCSI ID and change it. ■ [...]

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    8 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 Keep these point s in mi nd wh en installing IDE drives : ■ Y our PC can recog nize two phys ical IDE dis k drives when they are connect ed t o th e A V A -282 5. ■ The firs t IDE driv e mus t be s e t [...]

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    9 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 To ru n SCS I Sel ect , press Ctrl-A when yo u boot your PC and the SCSI Se lect message appears . Use t he arrow ( ↑↓ ) and Ent er keys to make se l ec- tions . Pres s Es c at any tim e to ret ur n to [...]

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    10 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 ■ Remo ve and insert magnet o-opt ical and other kinds of r e mo vable med ia while yo ur PC is running ■ Connec t devices other th an disk drives , s uch as SCSI t ape drives, C D-ROM drives, and scan[...]

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    11 AVA-2825 Inst al la tion G uide Pa rt Nu mber : 51 0612 -00 , R ev A Print Spec Number : 4 9273 3-00 Current Date: 6/8/94 ECN Da t e: 6/14/94 ■ For technica l assistance, c all Adapte c’ s T echnica l S upport Ho t Line at 800 -959- SCSI (7274 ), or 408-9 45-25 50. M –Th: 6:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m., F: 6:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., P a cific T ime. ?[...]