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STOCK NO.: 511795-00, Rev. A RQ 12/97

Summary of Contents for 2940U2W - Storage Controller U2W SCSI 80 MBps

Page 1: ...USER S REFERENCE S SC CS SI I C CA AR RD D 2 29 94 40 0U U2 2W W...

Page 2: ...1997 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec Inc which may be registered in some jurisdictions Printed in Singapore STOCK NO 511795 00 Rev A RQ 12 97...

Page 3: ...R SCSI Card 2940U2W User s Reference...

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Page 5: ...ing SCSI Peripherals 10 Hard Disk Drives 10 Scanners 11 SCSI Peripheral Display at Bootup 12 Installing Multiple SCSI Cards 12 Connecting the LED Connector 13 Using SCSI and IDE or EIDE Peripherals 14...

Page 6: ...uration 19 Advanced Configuration Options 20 Using SCSI Disk Utilities 22 Obtaining SCSI Cables and Adapters 23 External Cables 23 External Connector Diagrams 23 Internal Cables 24 Internal Connector...

Page 7: ...be assigned to SCSI devices SCSI peripherals and SCSI card and the SCSI bus must be properly terminated SCSI IDs Each peripheral attached to the SCSI Card 2940U2W as well as the SCSI Card 2940U2W its...

Page 8: ...CSI hard disk drive connected to the SCSI Card 2940U2W the Boot Target ID set ting in the SCSISelect utility must correspond to the SCSI ID of the peripheral from which you are booting By default the...

Page 9: ...etting a jumper or a switch on the peripheral or by physically removing or installing one or more resistor mod ules on the peripheral Termination on external SCSI peripherals usually is controlled by...

Page 10: ...on Are all SCSI peripherals turned on Are all SCSI cables and power cables properly connected Is the SCSI Card 2940U2W firmly seated and secured in the PCI expansion slot Is the PCI expansion slot PCI...

Page 11: ...correct slot Check your computer docu mentation to determine the correct PCI bus slot Troubleshooting in Windows 95 When I start Windows 95 the system locks up when the Windows logo is displayed How...

Page 12: ...ptec AHA 2940U2W PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller If the driver is listed the SCSI Card 2940U2W driver is loading properly If the driver is listed but has an exclamation mark inside a yellow circle the soft...

Page 13: ...screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard to have Windows search for the SCSI Card 2940U2W 3 Follow the onscreen instructions If Windows 95 does not detect the SCSI Card 2940U2W run the Add New Hardware...

Page 14: ...tion button for the type of resource you want to check 6 The setting and the hardware using the setting are displayed If a specific resource is not listed the resource is not used by a device If a res...

Page 15: ...switched on See the documentation for the peripheral Start unit request failed The SCSI Card BIOS was unable to send a Start Unit Command to the peripheral Run SCSISelect and disable the Send Start U...

Page 16: ...ard you must partition and logically format the drive For DOS and Windows 3 x and 95 use the DOS Fdisk and Format com mands see your computer DOS and Windows documenta tion For other operating systems...

Page 17: ...connect your Ultra2 hard disk drives to connectors other than the Ultra2 connectors on the SCSI Card 2940U2W Internal Ultra2 SCSI peripherals come from the factory with termination disabled and cannot...

Page 18: ...rformance level 80 MBytes sec SE Single Ended is the enabling technology for Fast SCSI and Ultra SCSI If the peripheral is running in SE Ultra mode this indicates that the peripheral s maxi mum transf...

Page 19: ...rom the LED connector on the motherboard and connect it to the LED connector on the SCSI card the LED on the front panel of the computer will light whenever there is activity on the SCSI bus see Figur...

Page 20: ...more information You cannot connect an IDE peripheral to a SCSI card or a SCSI peripheral to an IDE card controller Disable the BIOS on the SCSI card if no SCSI hard disk drives are installed see Adva...

Page 21: ...uld like to run the SCSI disk utilities See the descriptions of each option on page 17 Table 1 SCSISelect Settings SCSISelect Option Available Settings Default Setting Basic Host Adapter Settings Host...

Page 22: ...host adapter BIOS is enabled Send Start Unit Command Yes No Yes Enabled BIOS Multiple LUN Support Yes No No Disabled Include in BIOS Scan Yes No Yes Enabled Advanced Host Adapter Settings Plug and Pla...

Page 23: ...Select Settings To select an option use the and keys to move the cursor to the option then press Enter In some cases selecting an option displays another menu You can return to the previous menu at an...

Page 24: ...ed configurations Boot Device Options Boot Target ID Specifies the SCSI ID of your boot device Boot LUN Number Specifies which LUN Logical Unit Numbers to boot from on your boot device Multiple LUN Su...

Page 25: ...the setting at Yes if two or more SCSI peripherals are connected to the SCSI card If only one SCSI peripheral is connected changing the setting to No results in slightly better performance Initiate Wi...

Page 26: ...rd disks with capacities greater than 1 GByte This setting is necessary only for MS DOS 5 0 or above it is not required for other operating systems such as NetWare or UNIX The extended translation sch...

Page 27: ...while the drive is on install the removable media software driver and set Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks to Disabled Display Ctrl A Messages during BIOS Initialization When set to E...

Page 28: ...Verify Disk Media Format Disk Allows you to perform a low level format on a hard disk drive Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do not need to be formatted again Each hard disk...

Page 29: ...m to 5 p m Pacific Time External Cables External Connector Diagrams Table 3 External Cables Description Part Number High Density 50 pin to High Density 50 pin Cable 1 m ACK H2H High Density 50 pin to...

Page 30: ...SI 1 m ACK INT3 PNP 5 position 4 peripherals adapter card standard 50 pin Internal Ultra SCSI 1 5 m ACK INT5 PNP 5 position 4 peripherals adapter card High Density 68 pin Internal Ultra2 SCSI 1 5 m AC...

Page 31: ...de Ultra Internal Peripherals Ultra2 Peripheral Ultra2 Peripheral Ultra2 Peripheral Ultra2 Peripheral Fast Ultra Narrow Peripheral Fast Ultra Narrow Peripheral Terminated Built in Terminator High dens...

Page 32: ...eral Built in Terminator High density 68 pin Internal Ultra2 SCSI Cable SCSI Card 2940U2W Figure 13 Connecting Ultra2 Internal and External Peripherals Ultra2 Peripheral Ultra2 Peripheral Terminated U...

Page 33: ...SCSI speeds and cable requirements 2 Ultra SCSI data transfer rates do not currently support more than eight devices Table 5 Maximum Cable Lengths Maximum Cable Length Data Transfer Rate Maximum Perip...

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Page 36: ...f and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between equipment and rec...

Page 37: ...at any time by destroying the Software including the related documentation together with all copies or modifications in any form Adaptec will have the right to terminate your license immediately if yo...

Page 38: ...stand it and that by opening the package you agree to be bound by its terms and conditions You further agree that it is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between Adaptec and you wh...

Page 39: ...ec at 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas CA 95035 800 959 7274 THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT EXTEND TO ANY PRODUCT WHICH HAS BEEN DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT MISUSE ABUSE OR AS A RESULT OF UNA...

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