User's Manual PCI ULTRA SCSI HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUS MASTER HOST ADAPTER INI-9100U, INI-9100UW

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Table of Contents
Inside this manual................................................................................... ix
Notational Conventions........................................................................... xi
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................1-1
The Initio INI-9100U/9100UW host adapter .........................................1-2
Application and peripheral support ....................................................... 1-3
Plug and Play installation......................................................................1-4
Product features............................................................................................1-4
Product specifications ...................................................................................1-6
Where to get help..................................................................................1-6
GETTING STARTED................................................................................2-1
Host adapter and the SCSI bus .............................................................. 2-2
SCSI bus preparation ............................................................................2-2
SCSI bus termination............................................................................ 2-3
Installation basics .................................................................................2-4
Unpacking and inspection.....................................................................2-5
Quick installation overview...........................................................................2-5
HARDWARE INSTALLATION................................................................3-1
Introduction..........................................................................................3-2
Preparing your SCSI device ..................................................................3-2
Installation in ten easy steps..................................................................3-4
Hard disk drive preparation................................................................. 3-10
HOST ADAPTER SETUP..........................................................................4-1
Configuring the host adapter................................................................. 4-2
When to use the SmartSCSI Setup Utility.........................................4-2
Running the SmartSCSI Setup Utility ..............................................4-2
MS-DOS/WINDOWS.................................................................................5-1
Overview .............................................................................................. 5-2
Installation............................................................................................ 5-2
Installing the Initio ASPI driver to an existing MS-DOS system ....................5-2
Installing the Initio ASPI driver to an existing Windows 3.1x system.............5-3
Device driver command line options .....................................................5-5
Driver config options: ...................................................................................5-5