Black Box SCSI-2 LVD manual

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1 FCC/IC ST A TEMENTS FEDERAL COMMUNICA TIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTR Y CANADA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE ST A TEMENTS Class B Digital Device. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against har[...]

2 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER DECLARA TION OF THE MANUF ACTURER The manufacturer hereby certifies that the Ultra Wide SCSI-2 LVD Host Adapter, in compliance with the requirements of BMPT Vfg 243/1991, is RFI suppressed. The normal operation of some equipment (signal generators, for example) might be subject to special restrictions. Please observ[...]

3 TRADEMARKS TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL BLACK BOX and the logo are registered trademarks, of Black Box Corporation. Initio and the “INI-” prefix are registered trademarks, and ISGE and SmartSCSI are trademarks, of Initio Corporation. IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Wi[...]

4 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY ST A TEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura. 3. Todas la[...]

5 NOM ST A TEMENT 10. El equipo eléctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor como radiadores, registros de calor, estufas u otros aparatos (incluyendo amplificadores) que producen calor. 11. El aparato eléctrico deberá ser connectado a una fuente de poder sólo del tipo descrito en el instructivo de operación, o como se ind[...]

6 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications ............................................................................................. 9 2. Introduction ............................................................................................. 11 2.1 Features .......................................................[...]

7 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Contents (continued) Chapter Page 5. Driver Installation .................................................................................... 37 5.1 Installing Drivers for MS-DOS .......................................................... 37 5.1.1 Installing the ASPI Driver in an Existing MS-DOS System ... 38 5.1.2 Command-Line [...]

8 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Contents (continued) Chapter Page 5.6 Installing Drivers for IBM OS/2 ...................................................... 67 5.6.1 New OS/2 Installation ............................................................ 68 5.6.2 Adding the OS/2 Driver to an Existing OS/2 System .......... 69 5.6.3 Command-Line Options [...]

9 CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications System Hardware Required — IBM PC compatible computer with at least one available PCI slot Host Bus — PCI 2.1 Host Interface — 32-bit, 33-Mhz busmaster DMA Host Data Rate — Data transfer at burst rates up to 133 MB/second Port Used — None (does not occupy any COM or LPT port) Other Hardware Re[...]

10 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Indicators — (3) Board-mounted LEDs that indicate attached single- ended devices, attached LVD devices, and active vs. passive termination; Adapter can also be connected to one of host PC’s drive- activity LEDs; if it is, it will light the LED whenever there is activity on the attached SCSI bus, no matter which[...]

11 CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2. Introduction The Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter (our product code IC515C) is a high- performance Ultra2 SCSI (Low Voltage Differential) PCI-busmastering adapter that functions as the interface between a SCSI bus and a PC’s PCI local bus. The Adapter supports all kinds of peripherals compatible with SCSI-1, SCSI-2, Fast[...]

12 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER • User-hardwirable, user-programmable, or automatic SCSI termination. You can choose between hardwire-enabling termination on the Adapter, programming the termation through its firmware, or letting the Adapter handle termination automatically, eliminating the need to open up the PC every time you need to make ter[...]

13 CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2.2 The Adapter Illustrated The Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter and its major components are shown in Figure 2-1 below. You might want to refer to this diagram as you install your Adapter (see Chapter 4 ). Figure 2-2 below that shows closeups of the Adapter’s two SCSI connectors. The Adapter’s other components include: ?[...]

14 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 3. Before Y ou Install: Getting Started 3.1 The Adapter and the SCSI Bus Your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter performs busmastering and works with the host computer to provide a means of control for the SCSI bus. By daisychaining peripheral devices together, as many as fifteen devices can be linked to the Adapter on t[...]

15 CHAPTER 3: Before Y ou Install: Getting Started A device’s ID number will reflect the priority it has on the SCSI bus; except for ID 7 (reserved for host adapters), the lower a device’s number, the higher its priority. So you should assign lower numbers to the devices that you will need to access more frequently or at a moment’s notice, an[...]

16 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 3.3 SCSI-Bus Length Because of its inherent electrical vulnerability as a high-speed parallel interface, the SCSI bus has definite distance limitations. With earlier versions of the SCSI interface, the maximum length of the bus—the total distance from the terminated device at one end to the terminated device at t[...]

17 CHAPTER 3: Before Y ou Install: Getting Started Figure 3-1. Examples of SCSI-bus ter mination. Terminated Device Up to 25 m (82 ft.) Terminated Device Terminated Device Unterminated Devices Unterminated Devices Terminated Cable Terminated Cable All Devices Unterminated All Devices Unterminated INTERNAL ONLY SINGLE EXTERNAL ONLY INTERNAL/ EXTERNA[...]

18 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Because the methods for terminating SCSI peripherals can vary widely, you should refer to a given peripheral’s documentation for instructions on how to enable or disable its termination. Here are some general tips about device termination, though: • Internal Ultra2 SCSI peripherals are shipped from the factory [...]

19 CHAPTER 3: Before Y ou Install: Getting Started NOTE If you mix Wide and Narrow devices on the same side (internal or external) of a SCSI bus attached to the Adapter, we strongly recommend that all of the Narrow devices be attached to the bus closer to the Adapter than all of the Wide devices. If you attach any Narrow devices at the far end of t[...]

20 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 3.5 Attaching Legacy Equipment Your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter supports legacy (non-Ultra2) peripheral devices. However, we recommend that you attach only Ultra2 LVD devices to the Adapter. This is because, if you do attach any other type of SCSI device, the bus will become limited to (a) the speed of the slowest[...]

21 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration 4. Installation and Configuration This chapter describes how to install and configure your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter. (If you are installing multiple Adapters in a clustered system, refer to Section 4.5 .) If you have any difficulty, please refer to Section 6.1 . 4.1 Installing the Adapter Itself Foll[...]

22 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 6. Holding the SCSI Host Adapter by the mounting bracket and card edge, with it oriented so that the external connectors are facing the right way, insert the Adapter in the PCI slot. Press it down firmly so the contacts are securely seated in the slot. See Figure 4-1 on the next page. CAUTION! Though the PCI connec[...]

23 aCHAPTER 4: Installation and ConfigurationCHAPTER Figure 4-2. The LED connection. 9. Most PCI-bus computers will automatically assign the Adapter an I/O address, IRQ channel, and BIOS address. If this is not the case with your system, you’ll have to do this manually, either by setting jumpers on the PC’s motherboard (which you can do now; re[...]

24 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 4.2 Attaching Other SCSI Devices to the Adapter’ s Bus You can connect as many as fifteen internal and external SCSI devices to your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter. Follow the directions listed in this section. (If you are connecting SCSI devices to multiple Adapters to form a clustered system, refer to Section 4.5[...]

25 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration Take these steps to connect internal SCSI devices to the Adapter: 1. If you haven’t already done so, turn OFF and unplug the PC, disconnect all other devices from it, and remove its cover. 2. If you haven’t already done so, prepare each internal SCSI peripheral for installation: configure the device?[...]

26 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 6. Inspect your internal cabling one last time to make sure it is attached correctly everywhere, then replace the PC’s cover. If you are attaching any external SCSI devices to the Adapter, go on to Section 4.2.2 ; otherwise, reconnect all external devices to the PC and plug the PC back in. 4.2.2 C ONNECTING E XTE[...]

27 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration Figure 4-5. An exter nal SCSI daisychain. 4.3 Initial Startup Once you’ve installed your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter and its associated devices, power up its host computer system and all external devices. Interrupt the normal bootup process at this point if you need to change the settings of the PC’[...]

28 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 4.4.1 W HY Y OU N EED TO D O T HIS A new SCSI disk drive is normally low-level formatted at the factory to simplify installation. Every SCSI hard-disk drive must be physically low-level formatted, partitioned, and logically formatted before it can be used to store data. SCSI hard disks are physically low-level form[...]

29 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration 4.5 Multiple Initiators and Clustering A multiple-initiator environment is one in which the SCSI bus has two or more host adapters. To work in a cluster, the host adapters must perform properly in such an environment—by not resetting the bus without an explicit host command, for example. Our Ultra2 LVD[...]

30 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Figure 4-6. Simple multiple-initiator system. 4.6 The Setup Utility 4.6.1 T HE B OOT O PTIONS , S ELECT C HANNEL M ENU , AND M AIN M ENU Among the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter’s built-in firmware programs is a menu- driven SCSI Setup Utility, with which you can change the Adapter’s settings without opening the [...]

31 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration When you see this prompt, you can either: • Wait five seconds or press [ESC] to continue with the boot process; • Press [CTRL] [B] to boot from a SCSI CD-ROM attached to the Adapter (if this capability has been firmware-enabled—see Section 4.6.5 ); or • Press [CTRL] [I] to start the Utility. The [...]

32 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 4.6.2 T HE S CAN B US S CREEN If you select “Scan Bus” at the Main Menu and press ENTER, the Utility scans the SCSI bus and displays a screen that lists, in the order of their SCSI IDs, the devices it has found, as well as the IDs without any devices assigned to them. While you’re at this screen, you can pres[...]

33 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration CAUTION! If any hard drive connected to the Adapter already has data stored on it, changing the head mapping will corrupt or erase that data and could cause other unexpected problems. If you want to keep the data on a drive, please back it up before changing the “DOS Space > 1GB” setting, then del[...]

34 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Enable Disconnect: When this option (usually referred to as “disconnect/ reconnect”) is set to “Yes” (the factory-default setting), devices can temporarily disconnect from the SCSI bus to allow the Adapter to perform other functions on the bus. The device and the Adapter can then reconnect when the bus is n[...]

35 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration SCSI Parity Check ON: You can use this option to enable or disable parity checking on the SCSI bus by the Adapter. The default setting for this option is “Yes”—if you leave it set this way, make sure that all of your peripherals on which parity checking can be user-enabled or -disabled have it enab[...]

36 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 4.6.6 T HE D ISK U TILITY M ENU If you select “Disk Utility” at the Main Menu and press ENTER, the Utility displays a screen much like the Scan Bus screen (see Section 4.6.2 ) that lists the devices on the SCSI bus. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select a device; if you highlight a SCSI hard drive and press[...]

37 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5. Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the necessary Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter driver(s) for each of the operating systems that the Adapter supports. As you read these instructions, please keep in mind that any text enclosed by <angle brackets> is actually the name of a keyboard key: [...]

38 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.1.1 I NSTALLING THE ASPI D RIVER IN AN E XISTING MS-DOS S YSTEM The ASPI driver is on Driver Disk 1. It is important that the SCSI hardware and the operating system are installed correctly before proceeding further. If you need help installing the MS-DOS operating system, please refer to the MS-DOS manual before [...]

39 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation /Sdd Scan device only on PCI BUS #0 and device #dd The range for “dd” is from 0 to 20 decimal. /CCBSx Defines the maximum number of concurrent I/O operations that driver supports. The range for “x” is from 1 to 16 decimal. 5.1.3 T HE ASPI CD-ROM D RIVER AND I TS C OMMAND -L INE O PTIONS INICD.SYS is a DOS d[...]

40 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER /X: or /x: —Use this option to exclude particular CD-ROM drives from having their I/O handled by INICD.SYS. Excluded CD-ROM drives are identified by specifying the host adapter, target ID, and LUN (logical unit number). These values are separated by a colon. Groups of CD-ROM drives can also be identified. Example[...]

41 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.1.4 T HE ASPI R EMOVABLE -D ISK D RIVER AND I TS C OMMAND L INE O PTIONS INIDISK.SYS is a DOS “block” device driver for supporting SCSI fixed disks, removable disks, and MO (magneto-optical) devices. INIDISK.SYS requires that the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s ASPI Manager be loaded. A “DEVICE=” or “[...]

42 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER /X: or /x: —Use this option to exclude particular SCSI drives from having their I/O handled by INIDISK.SYS. Excluded SCSI drives are identified by specifying the host adapter, target ID, and LUN (logical unit number). These values are separated by a colon. Groups of SCSI drives can also be identified. Examples of[...]

43 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.1.5 T HE ASPI P ARTITION & F ORMAT U TILITY INIFDISK.EXE is a DOS ASPI partition-and-format utility. It requires the ASPIA100.SYS and INIDISK.SYS drivers to be loaded in order for it to function properly. INIFDISK.EXE is installed by the DOSSETUP program. It can partition and format any SCSI storage device th[...]

44 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.2 Installing Drivers for Windows 95 NOTE The procedure for installing drivers in Windows 98 is not the same as the procedure used for Windows 95. If you are running Windows 98, skip to Section 5.3 . With an additional software driver, your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter will support Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows[...]

45 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.2.1 N EW W INDOWS 95/95 A I NSTALLATION These instructions (beginning on the next page) will guide you through the installation of the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s Windows 95 driver while installing Windows 95 or 95a itself. Windows 95/95a will be installed from either a CD-ROM or floppy diskettes. It is imp[...]

46 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 9. We highly recommend that you verify that your Windows 95 device driver has been properly installed by starting at the desktop and selecting these items one after the other (each item contains the next in sequence): “My Computer,” “Control Panel,” “System,” “Device Manager” tab, “SCSI Controller[...]

47 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.2.3 U PDATING THE W INDOWS 95 D RIVER IN W IDOWS 95/95 A Take these steps to update the driver if you have an older version of it installed in your Windows 95 or 95a system: 1. Once a Windows 95 session is established, start from the desktop and use your installed mouse or the appropriate keystrokes to select the[...]

48 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.2.4 N EW W INDOWS 95 B (OSR2) I NSTALLATION These instructions will guide you through the installation of the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s Windows 95 driver while installing Windows 95b (OSR2) itself. Windows 95b will be installed from either a CD-ROM or floppy diskettes. It is important that the hardware an[...]

49 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation Controllers” category, “Initio INI-A100U2W PCI SCSI Controller.” If “This device is working properly” is displayed on your screen, the driver has been correctly installed. 5.2.5 A DDING THE W INDOWS 95 D RIVER TO AN E XISTING W INDOWS 95 B (OSR2) S YSTEM These instructions will guide you through the insta[...]

50 aUL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTERNAME 5.2.6 U PDATING THE W INDOWS 95 D RIVER IN W INDOWS 95 B (OSR2) Take these steps to update the driver if you have an older version of it installed in your Windows 95b system: 1. Once a Windows 95 session is established, start from the desktop and use your installed mouse or the appropriate keystrokes to select[...]

51 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.3 Installing Drivers for Windows 98 With an additional software driver, your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter will support Microsoft Windows 98. The installation procedure described here requires some experience in Windows 98 system setup and administration. The device driver is transferred from Driver Disk 1 to the [...]

52 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 2. Once a Windows 98 session is established, start from the desktop and use your installed mouse or the appropriate keystrokes to select these items one after the other (each item contains the next in sequence): “My Computer,” “Control Panel,” “System,” “Device Manager” tab, “Other Devices” cate[...]

53 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.3.2 A DDING THE W INDOWS 98 D RIVER TO AN E XISTING W INDOWS 98 S YSTEM These instructions will guide you through the installation of the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s Windows 98 driver in an existing Windows 98 system. Windows 98 will automatically detect the presence of new hardware in Plug-and-Play complia[...]

54 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.3.3 U PDATING THE W INDOWS 98 D RIVER Take these steps to update the driver if you have an older version of it installed in your Windows 98 system: 1. Once a Windows 98 session is established, start from the desktop and use your installed mouse or the appropriate keystrokes to select these items one after the oth[...]

55 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.4 Installing Drivers for Windows NT With an additional software driver, your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter will support Windows NT 3.5x or 4.0. With such a software driver, the host computer can transfer data over the SCSI bus. The Adapter’s device driver for Windows NT is copied from Driver Disk 1 to your hard [...]

56 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.4.1 R EGULAR N EW W INDOWS NT I NSTALLATION These instructions will guide you through the installation of the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s Windows NT driver while installing Windows NT 4.0 itself, either from floppy diskettes or CD-ROM. The Windows NT driver will be found on Driver Disk 1. It is important th[...]

57 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.4.2 N EW W INDOWS NT I NSTALLATION FROM A B OOTABLE CD For computer systems installing or upgrading to Windows NT from a bootable CD, these instructions will guide you through the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s Windows NT driver installation. The Windows NT driver is on Driver Disk 1. It is important that the [...]

58 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.4.3 D ISKLESS N EW W INDOWS NT I NSTALLATION For computer systems installing or upgrading to Windows NT using a diskless method such as network downloading, these instructions will guide you through the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s Windows NT driver installation. The Windows NT driver is on Driver Disk 1. It[...]

59 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.4.4 A DDING OR U PDATING THE W INDOWS NT D RIVER TO AN E XISTING W INDOWS NT S YSTEM For computer systems using other SCSI host adapters or an IDE drive to provide the system boot routine, these instructions will guide you through the INI-9XXX Adapter driver installation. The Windows NT driver is on Driver Disk 1[...]

60 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.4.5 A DDING A N EW A DAPTER OR R EPLACING AN E XISTING A DAPTER A FTER I NSTALLING THE D RIVER IN A W INDOWS NT S YSTEM If you are running Windows NT and you choose to install the driver for the Adapter before you physically install the Adapter itself, take these steps when you install the Adapter hardware: 1. Lo[...]

61 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.5 Installing Drivers for Novell NetW are With additional software drivers, your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter will support Novell NetWare 386, v3.1x, v4.1x, or v5.0. (Note, however, that users of versions of NetWare earlier than v5.0 must upgrade their systems with the NWPA [NetWare Peripheral Architecture] in ord[...]

62 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.5.1 N EW N ET W ARE 4. XX OR 5.0 I NSTALLATION Driver Disk 1 contains NetWare drivers for the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter . In most cases you will load the drivers during a new installation of NetWare from CD-ROM. The driver is loaded during the NetWare Server Installation procedure. The NetWare installation pro[...]

63 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 11. Highlight “Save parameters and continue” and press <ENTER>. 12. This will load the Adapter’s HAM driver. Follow the on-screen directions to complete the Novell NetWare installation. (Even if you already have an an updated version of the HAM driver to install, we recommend that, instead of trying to [...]

64 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.5.3 U PDATING OR C HANGING THE N ET W ARE D RIVER IN AN E XISTING N ET W ARE S YSTEM Take these steps to update or replace the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter drivers in an existing NetWare system: 1. To start, you will need to change to the directory where the server software is located and reinitialize it; for exa[...]

65 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.5.4 C OMMAND -L INE O PTIONS FOR THE D EVICE D RIVERS The Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s device drivers support command-line switches to optimize driver performance. Device drivers normally require no additonal information to work effectively, but for your system or applications you might need to turn certain [...]

66 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER /B:b Scan all the devices on PCI BUS #b The range for “b” is from 0 to 7 decimal. /Q:q Specifies maximum decimal number of tag commands per target (default 4) /!Q No tag /WR Read after write, hardware-verify /!WR Don’t verify (default) /R Support removable media (default) /!R Will not support removable media [...]

67 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.6 Installing Drivers for IBM OS/2 The OS/2 driver for your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter will support OS/2 3.0 and 4.0. The device driver for OS/2 is copied from Driver Disk 1 to your hard drive, from which it is automatically loaded during bootup. The files on Driver Disk 1 associated with the OS/2 driver are “[...]

68 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.6.1 N EW OS/2 I NSTALLATION These instructions will guide you through installing both OS/2 itself and the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s OS/2 device driver at the same time. The OS/2 operating system can be installed from floppy diskettes or from CD-ROM. The Adapter’s OS/2 driver is on Driver Disk 1. It is i[...]

69 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.6.2 A DDING THE OS/2 D RIVER TO AN E XISTING OS/2 S YSTEM For computer systems using other SCSI host adapters or an IDE device to provide the system boot routines, these instructions will guide you through Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter driver installation. The OS/2 driver is on Driver Disk 1. It is important that [...]

70 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.6.3 C OMMAND -L INE O PTIONS FOR THE D EVICE D RIVER The Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter ’s device drivers support command-line switches to optimize driver performance. Device drivers normally require no additonal information to work effectively, but for your system or applications you might need to turn certain f[...]

71 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation /B:b Scan all the devices on PCI BUS #b The range for “b” is from 0 to 7 decimal. /A:n Assigns adapter number based on BIOS address /DM:t,t,... Enable direct-access-storage-device (DASD) manager support The “t”s here and in the next three options stand for the SCSI target IDs of the affected devices; these [...]

72 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.7 Installing Drivers for Linux Drivers have been developed for the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter for use with most of the major distributions of Linux. However, the procedures for installing these drivers and recompiling the operating system vary from distribution to distribution and change frequently. Because thi[...]

73 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.8 Installing Drivers for SCO UNIX The SCO UNIX device driver for your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter will support SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2v4.0 or later; SCO Open Desktop v2.0, 3.0, or later; and SCO Open Server Releases 3.0 and 5.0.x. The device drivers are transferred from the floppy diskette to the hard [...]

74 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.8.1 I NSTALLING THE D RIVER IN A N EW SCO UNIX S YSTEM Take these steps to install the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter driver along with your new SCO UNIX operating system: 1. Insert the SCO UNIX N1 boot disk into the floppy drive and turn on the system. At the SCO UNIX boot prompt, type “link <ENTER>”. 2.[...]

75 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.8.3 A DDING THE D RIVER TO AN E XISTING SCO UNIX S YSTEM AND M AKING THE A DAPTER B OOTABLE Take these steps to install the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter driver in an existing SCO UNIX system and make the Adapter you just installed bootable: 1. Insert Driver Disk 2 in your floppy drive. 2. Type “installpkg” at[...]

76 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.9 Installing Drivers for SCO UnixW are The SCO UnixWare device driver for your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter will support UnixWare 2.1x. The device driver is transferred from Driver Disk 2 to the hard drive, from which it is loaded during system initialization. The Adapter drivers for SCO UnixWare will be installe[...]

77 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 4. Follow the directions on screen until you come to a window titled “Loading Initio INI-A100U2W Host Adapter.” Select “Continue Installation.” Select “Continue Installation” again. 5. This completes loading the Adapter driver. Follow the on-screen directions to complete the SCO UnixWare installation. F[...]

78 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 3B. If the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter is NOT intended to be the bootable host adapter, these instructions will guide you through changing the current software settings for UnixWare to establish the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter as a non- bootable host adapter for your device. At the system command prompt, type /et[...]

79 CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.9.4 R EMOVING THE D RIVER FROM A U NIX W ARE S YSTEM 1. Once a UnixWare session is established and a command prompt is ready, type “ /etc/conf/bin/idinstall -d a100 <ENTER> ” (recall that UnixWare is case- sensitive) to delete these files: /etc/conf/mdevice.d/a100 /etc/conf/sdevice.d/a100 /etc/conf/pack[...]

80 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 6. T roubleshooting 6.1 Installation-Time Problems If you have difficulty installing your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter , check these things first: 1. Have you installed the Adapter in a PCI Rev. 2.0 compliant computer? 2. Are all SCSI devices powered? 3. Are all SCSI bus cables and power cables properly connected? [...]

81 CHAPTER 6: T roubleshooting • Question: Can I use the Adapter with my legacy Ultra SCSI, SCSI-2, and SCSI-1 devices? Answer: Yes, as long as they’re single-ended; but the Adapter’s SCSI bus will become limited to (a) the top speed supported by your slowest device and (b) the maximum length supported by your shortest-distance device. The Ad[...]

82 UL TRA2 L VD SCSI HOST ADAPTER • Question: Is it really necessary to terminate the last SCSI device on the cable? Answer: Not if the cable itself is terminated. But if the cable is not terminated, you must make sure that the device is terminated. Improper termination at either end of the SCSI bus will cause the Adapter not to work properly, or[...]

83 CHAPTER 6: T roubleshooting 6.2 Calling Black Box If you determine that your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter is malfunctioning, do not attempt to alter or repair the unit . It has no user-serviceable components. Contact Black Box Technical Support at 724-746-5500. Before you do, make a record of the history of the problem. We will be able to provid[...]

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