Specifications

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ISI4608 Quick Start Guide
Introduction to the IntelligentSerialInterface
The new IntelligentSerialInterface card, model ISI4608, is a
hardware solution for adding fast serial ports to communication
servers and async hosts that have 16-bit ISA-bus architecture. Fast
serial ports are essential to communication servers, which pool
modems and other communication devices for users on a LAN, and
to asynchronous hosts that provide user access through serial ports.
The ISI4608 ships with a NetWare
®
Loadable Module (aioisix.nlm) for
NetWare Connect communication servers, and drivers for each of the
following multiuser operating systems: Windows
®
2000/98/95/NT/Me,
SCO
®
Open Server 5.0
®
and Linux.
The IntelligentSerialInterface card(s) can be combined to support
asynchronous serial devices (local or dial-up). The ports can be
used to connect basic terminals with or without multiple pages of
memory to multiplexer channels and asynchronous modems. When
multiple page terminals are used in an Open Server 5.0 environment,
a utility called "Multi_View" allows you to have multiple sessions.
Each ISI4608 port can support as many screens as there are
physical pages of memory on the terminal. If you have SCO Open
Server 5.0 System V/386 Version 4.0 or later, there is an extended
feature supplement (
EFS ) "rolled into" the operating system which
now officially supports data rates up to 33,600 bps; also included is a
text-driven configuration facility so the system administrator can
create the appropriate modem dialer without having to purchase a
"C-Language" programming environment or knowing how to write a
dialer program in "C". In a Windows 95/98/Me environment, a built-in
"autodetect" utility enables the detection of Multi-Tech modems and
sets the proper initialization strings. When the ISI4608 is used in
Windows 2000, the ISI Management Software can be used to control
modem ports and monitor data traffic on the server.
This manual contains product specification, installation instructions,
and technical support information which will assist you in the
installation process. Basic PC skills are assumed. Therefore, we
have not included step-by-step instructions for such basic operations
as logging in and file editing, etc.