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Using the ARO-1130SA with
Other Adaptec Products
You cannot install more than one ARO-1130SA card in the same
system; however, you can install an ARO-1130SA in servers that
have other PCI-, ISA-, or EISA-based host adapters installed. When
installing multiple adapters, consider the following:
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Adaptec AAA-130xx Series adapters cannot coexist with an
ARO-1130SA inside a RAIDport I or II equipped system.
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All drives in a single array must be connected to the same host
adapter. A single array cannot be created with drives from two
or more host adapters.
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If you are booting from a SCSI disk drive or array supported
by the ARO-1130SA, then the ARO-1130SA must be the card
that the server scans first. Some computers boot from the device
with the lowest PCI device number; others boot from the device
with the highest number. (See also Making the Array Bootable on
page 4-5.) You can disable the BIOS on cards that are scanned
before the desired boot card.
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In systems with EISA- and ISA-based host adapters, the boot
host adapter must have the lowest BIOS base address. The system
BIOS automatically controls the ARO-1130SA base address (the
user has no control over the assigned address).