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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER DECLARATION OF THE MANUFACTURER 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 observe any notices to this effect in the user’s manuals for your equipment.
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT 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 las advertencias en el aparato eléctrico y en sus instrucciones de operación deben ser respetadas. 4. Todas las instrucciones de operación y uso deben ser seguidas. 5.
NOM STATEMENT 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 indique en el aparato. 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications ............................................................................................. 9 2. Introduction ............................................................................................. 11 2.1 Features ............................................................................................. 11 2.2 The Adapter Illustrated .................................................................... 13 3.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents (continued) Chapter 5. Page Driver Installation .................................................................................... 5.1 Installing Drivers for MS-DOS .......................................................... 5.1.1 Installing the ASPI Driver in an Existing MS-DOS System ... 5.1.2 Command-Line Options for the ASPI Driver ........................ 5.1.3 The ASPI CD-ROM Driver and Its Command-Line Options .................................................... 5.1.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Contents (continued) Chapter 6. 8 Page 5.6 Installing Drivers for IBM OS/2 ...................................................... 5.6.1 New OS/2 Installation ............................................................ 5.6.2 Adding the OS/2 Driver to an Existing OS/2 System .......... 5.6.3 Command-Line Options for the Device Driver ..................... 5.7 Installing Drivers for Linux .............................................................. 5.
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 Resources Used— Plug-and-Play compatible; automatically self-configures interrupt, I/O address, BIOS address, etc.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Indicators — (3) Board-mounted LEDs that indicate attached singleended devices, attached LVD devices, and active vs.
CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2. Introduction The Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter (our product code IC515C) is a highperformance 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 SCSI, Ultra SCSI, or Ultra2 SCSI (LVD), including I/O devices such as SCSI scanners and storage media such as hard-disk, CD-ROM, MO, tape, and removable drives. 2.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 termination changes. • Onboard BIOS supports Microsoft® MS-DOS.
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: • Jumper JP1: These posts are usually left open so that termination can be firmware-controlled. Put a jumper on them to hard-wire termination always ON.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 3. Before You 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 the SCSI bus.
CHAPTER 3: Before You 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, and higher numbers to less critical devices.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 the other end—were normally inversely proportional to the data rate, as shown below: Max. Length 6 m (19.7 ft.) 6 m (19.7 ft.) 3 m (9.8 ft.) 1.5 m (4.9 ft.
CHAPTER 3: Before You Install: Getting Started Terminated Cable INTERNAL ONLY All Devices Unterminated Adapter (Terminated) SINGLE EXTERNAL ONLY Up to 25 m (82 ft.) Adapter (Terminated) Terminated Device MULTIPLE EXTERNAL ONLY Adapter (Terminated) Terminated Device Unterminated Devices Terminated Cable INTERNAL/ EXTERNAL Adapter (Unterminated) Terminated Device All Devices Unterminated Unterminated Devices Figure 3-1. Examples of SCSI-bus termination.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 with termination disabled; this setting cannot be changed.
CHAPTER 3: Before You 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 the bus, beyond any Wide devices, you’ll have to be very careful to terminate the Wide lines (Pins 51 to 68) of the last Wide device.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 device and (b) the length supported by the least distance-tolerant device. 3.
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.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 connector is keyed to prevent cards like the Adapter from being inserted incorrectly, it is possible to damage the Adapter by forcing it into other types of connectors.
aCHAPTER 4: Installation and ConfigurationCHAPTER 1 Cable from Motherboard’s Hard-DriveActivity LED 1 J3: LED Connector 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.
ULTRA2 LVD 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.) 4.2.1 CONNECTING INTERNAL SCSI DEVICES If you are connecting internal SCSI devices, make sure to use a SCSI ribbon cable that (a) is not too long (see Section 3.
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’s SCSI ID and termination. (If you’ll be using the included cable, or some other preterminated cable, all of the devices should have termination turned OFF.
ULTRA2 LVD 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.
CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration Figure 4-5. An external 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.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 4.4.1 WHY YOU NEED TO DO THIS 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 formatted at the factory and do not usually need to be formatted again. (If you do need to low-level format a disk, see Section 4.4.2.
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 SCSI Host Adapters are built for multi-initiator operation and adhere strictly to the SCSI standard.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER LANs for client access and cluster communication Shared I/O Bus Shared CD-ROMS Shared I/O Bus Apps Server with Adapter installed Database Server with Adapter installed Figure 4-6. Simple multiple-initiator system. 4.6 The Setup Utility 4.6.
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 Utility’s Main Menu (shown, with Device Setup selected, in Figure 4-7 below) appears directly as soon as you run the Utility.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 4.6.2 THE SCAN BUS SCREEN 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 press to “Execute” a new scan (to rescan the bus).
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 delete the target drive’s existing partitions with this Setup Utility’s “Format” Disk Utility function or the DOS FDISK utility.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 needed. We strongly recommend that you not set this option to “No” unless the corresponding device is an older one that cannot support disconnect/reconnect.
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 enabled. If any of the devices attached to the bus don’t support parity checking, set this option to “No.” 4.6.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 4.6.6 THE DISK UTILITY MENU 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 ENTER, a small window showing the “Format Disk” and “Verify Disk” options is superimposed on the screen.
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 is actually the name of a keyboard key: For example, if you are instructed to type “”, that means you should press the ENTER key on your PC keyboard.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.1.1 INSTALLING THE ASPI DRIVER IN AN EXISTING MS-DOS SYSTEM 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 proceeding. 1. Turn on the host system and boot into MS-DOS. 2. Insert Driver Disk 1 in your floppy drive. 3.
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 THE ASPI CD-ROM DRIVER AND ITS COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS INICD.SYS is a DOS device driver for SCSI CD-ROM drives. It functions as the interface between these drives and the generic Microsoft CD-ROM driver, MSCDEX.EXE. INICD.
ULTRA2 LVD 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.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.1.4 THE ASPI REMOVABLE-DISK DRIVER AND ITS COMMAND LINE OPTIONS 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 “DEVICEHIGH=” command line to load INIDISK.S'YS is automatically added to the CONFIG.SYS startup file by the DOSSETUP program.
ULTRA2 LVD 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.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.1.5 THE ASPI PARTITION & FORMAT UTILITY 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 that is not being controlled by the BIOS; this includes SCSI hard disks, magneto-optical drives, and removable-media devices.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 95b (OSR2). The installation procedure described here requires some experience in Windows 95 system setup and administration.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.2.1 NEW WINDOWS 95/95A INSTALLATION 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 important that the hardware and DOS 4.01 or higher have been installed successfully before proceeding further.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 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.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.2.3 UPDATING THE WINDOWS 95 DRIVER IN WIDOWS 95/95A Take these steps to update the driver if you have an older version of it installed in your Windows 95 or 95a system: 1.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.2.4 NEW WINDOWS 95B (OSR2) INSTALLATION 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 and DOS 4.01 or higher have been installed successfully before proceeding further.
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 ADDING THE WINDOWS 95 DRIVER TO AN EXISTING WINDOWS 95B (OSR2) SYSTEM These instructions will guide you through the installation of the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter’s Windows 95 driver in an existing Windows 95b (OSR2) system.
aULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTERNAME 5.2.6 UPDATING THE WINDOWS 95 DRIVER IN WINDOWS 95B (OSR2) Take these steps to update the driver if you have an older version of it installed in your Windows 95b system: 1.
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 hard drive, from which it is automatically loaded during the system-boot routine.
ULTRA2 LVD 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” category, “PCI-SCSI Bus Controller” subcategory. 3. In the “PCI SCSI Bus Controller Properties” window, select the “Driver” tab, then select “Change/Update Driver,” then click “Next.” 4.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.3.2 ADDING THE WINDOWS 98 DRIVER TO AN EXISTING WINDOWS 98 SYSTEM 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 compliant systems. It is important that the Adapter hardware has been properly installed before proceeding further. 1. Reboot the system.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.3.3 UPDATING THE WINDOWS 98 DRIVER Take these steps to update the driver if you have an older version of it installed in your Windows 98 system: 1.
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 drive, from which it is automatically loaded during the system boot routine.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.4.1 REGULAR NEW WINDOWS NT INSTALLATION 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 that the hardware has been installed successfully before proceeding further. 1A.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.4.2 NEW WINDOWS NT INSTALLATION FROM A BOOTABLE 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 hardware has been installed successfully before proceeding further.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.4.3 DISKLESS NEW WINDOWS NT INSTALLATION 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 is important that the hardware has been installed successfully before proceeding further.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.4.4 ADDING OR UPDATING THE WINDOWS NT DRIVER TO AN EXISTING WINDOWS NT SYSTEM 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. It is important that Windows NT be installed and configured before proceeding further; we recommend that the Adapter be installed and configured as well. 1.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.4.5 ADDING A NEW ADAPTER OR REPLACING AN EXISTING ADAPTER AFTER INSTALLING THE DRIVER IN A WINDOWS NT SYSTEM 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. Load the Adapter’s Windows NT driver as described in any of Sections 5.4.1 through 5.4.4. 2. Shut down the computer. 3.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.5 Installing Drivers for Novell NetWare 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 order to be able to use the Adapter, because there are no .DSK drivers for it—see the README.TXT file on Driver Disk 1 for more information.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.5.1 NEW NETWARE 4.XX OR 5.0 INSTALLATION 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 program will prompt you for the required parameters as the installation procedure progresses.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 11. Highlight “Save parameters and continue” and press . 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 load it now, you wait until you finish the initial system installation and then load it using the NetWare Install utility—see the next two sections.) 5.5.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.5.3 UPDATING OR CHANGING THE NETWARE DRIVER IN AN EXISTING NETWARE SYSTEM 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 example, you might type “CD \NWSERVER” and press to change the directory, then type “SERVER” and press to run the software. 2.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.5.4 COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS FOR THE DEVICE DRIVERS 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 features ON or OFF. To enter command-line switches, add the following command statement to STARTUP.NCF, where “[pathname]” is the first part of the pathname (drive:\dir\.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER /B:b Scan all the devices on PCI BUS #b The range for “b” is from 0 to 7 decimal.
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 “\OS2\INIA100.ADD” (the driver itself) and “\OS2\INIA100.DDP” (the script file for installing the driver).
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.6.1 NEW OS/2 INSTALLATION 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 important that the Adapter hardware has been installed successfully before proceeding further. 1.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.6.2 ADDING THE OS/2 DRIVER TO AN EXISTING OS/2 SYSTEM 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 the SCSI hardware and OS/2 opertaing system be installed correctly before proceeding further. 1.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.6.3 COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS FOR THE DEVICE DRIVER 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 features ON or OFF. In the CONFIG.SYS file, use the following standard command format to modify the device driver’s switches: BASEDEV = INIA100.
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 must be separated by commas. Refer to your OS/2 documentation for more information about the DASD manager function. /!DM:t,t,...
ULTRA2 LVD 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 this is the case, the procedures for installing these drivers aren’t included in this manual.
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 drive, from which they are loaded during system initialization. The two SCO UNIX device-driver files on Driver Disk 2 are the object file “driver.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.8.1 INSTALLING THE DRIVER IN A NEW SCO UNIX SYSTEM 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 ”. 2. The system will ask you what packages you want linked to the system; type “a10 ”. The system at this point will boot into SCO UNIX.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.8.3 ADDING THE DRIVER TO AN EXISTING SCO UNIX SYSTEM AND MAKING THE ADAPTER BOOTABLE 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 the command prompt and press . The system will ask you what packages you want to install. Type: “a10”. 3. Edit the “mscsi” file.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 5.9 Installing Drivers for SCO UnixWare 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 installed on the disk drive used for system initialization. The drivers are loaded during the system boot routine and will remain resident on the drive.
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. For further information regarding UnixWare installation, refer to the SCO UnixWare Installation Handbook. 5.9.2 ADDING THE DRIVER TO AN EXISTING UNIXWARE SYSTEM 1.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 nonbootable host adapter for your device.
CHAPTER 5: Driver Installation 5.9.4 REMOVING THE DRIVER FROM A UNIXWARE SYSTEM 1. Once a UnixWare session is established and a command prompt is ready, type “/etc/conf/bin/idinstall -d a100 ” (recall that UnixWare is casesensitive) to delete these files: /etc/conf/mdevice.d/a100 /etc/conf/sdevice.d/a100 /etc/conf/pack.d/a100/driver.o /etc/conf/pack.d/a100/space.c /etc/conf/pack.d/a100/disk.cfg 2.
ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 6. Troubleshooting 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? Is Pin 1 oriented correctly? 4. Do the Adapter and all devices on the SCSI bus have unique IDs? 5. Are all devices on the SCSI bus terminated properly? 6.
CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting • 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 Adapter does not work with older differential SCSI devices.
ULTRA2 LVD 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 even not to initialize at all (the driver will fail to load).
CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting 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 provide more efficient and accurate assistance if you have a complete description, including: • the nature and duration of the problem. • when the problem occurs.
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