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P2B-D / P2B-DS

Dual Pentium

II Motherboards

USER’S MANUAL

Special Features

• P2B-DS

• Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset
• Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver

Summary of Contents for P2B-D

Page 1: ...R P2B D P2B DS Dual Pentium II Motherboards USER S MANUAL Special Features P2B DS Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver ...

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Page 4: ... 23 AAVID Heatsink 23 Elan Vital Heatsink 23 4 Expansion Cards 24 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 24 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 25 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 25 Accelerated Graphics Port 25 5 External Connectors 26 Power Connection Procedures 35 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility 36 Main Menu 36 Managing and Updating Your Mothe...

Page 5: ... SOFTWARE 58 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD 58 VI DESKTOP MANAGEMENT 59 Desktop Management Interface DMI 59 VII ASUS LAN Card 63 ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card 63 Features 64 Software Driver Support 64 Question and Answer 64 VIII ADAPTEC SCSI SELECT 65 Configuring the SCSI Adapter 65 SCSI Disk Utilities 65 IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI 67 Quick Start Instructions 67 Troubleshooting Tips 68 Information f...

Page 6: ...icular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet...

Page 7: ...ional Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Dual Processor Retention Mechanism and heatsink for 440BXAGPset 4 Attach mount screws 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 Bag of spare jumpers 1 Support drivers and utilities 1 Us...

Page 8: ... Link allowing SB16 compatibility using Intel s PC PCI and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface which is used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices PCI ISA Expansion Slots Provides four 32 bit PCI and two 16 bit ISA PCI slots Intelligence Supports Keyboard Power Up Fan Status Monitoring ...

Page 9: ...ts Accelerated Graphics Port 2 ISA Slots T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard Parallel Top Serial Bottom Hardware Monitor Multi I O Chip COM 1 Bottom Adaptec AIC 7890 Ultra2 Ultra Fast Wide SCSI Chipset optional Intel PIIX4E PCIset Intel 440BX AGPset SEC CPU Slots 4 DIMM Sockets 68 pin Wide SCSI Connector 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI Connector 50 pin Narrow SCSI Connector IDE Connectors Floppy Connector ...

Page 10: ...ture use JP4 JP5 SMB Intel 440BX AGPset ATX Power Connector Single Edge Contact Slot for CPU 1 Single Edge Contact Slot for CPU 2 DIMM Socket 3 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 1 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 0 64 bit 168 pin module Multi I O Chip PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 MOUSE TOP PORT KEYBOARD BOTTOM USB 1 TOP PORT USB 2 BOTTOM Accelerated Graphic...

Page 11: ... 1 2 two 4 pin female 7 Primary Secondary IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pins 8 IDELED p 29 IDE SCSI LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 29 Chassis CPU PowerSupplyFanConnectors 3 pinblock 10 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 11 ATXPWR p 30 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pins 12 WOLCON p 31 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 13 CHASSIS p 31 Chassis Intrusion Senso...

Page 12: ... and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Set tings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins as diagrammed WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components su...

Page 13: ...er points to clear CMOS P2B D DS Real Time Clock RAM CLRTC 2 Keyboard Power Up KBPK This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function Set to Enable if you want to use your keyboard by pressing Spacebar to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mAon the 5VSB lead and the newACPI BIOS support The default is set to Disable becaus...

Page 14: ... 2 3 1 2 3 P2B D DS CPU Settings 75MHz 83MHz 100MHz 103MHz 2 0x 2 1 2 5x 5 2 3 0x 3 1 3 5x 7 2 4 0x 4 1 4 5x 9 2 5 0x 5 1 WARNING Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications for the on board Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS F FS2 FS1 FS0 BF3 BF2 BF1 BF0 Intel Pent...

Page 15: ...sable or enable the chassis intrusion sensor Set to Enable if you want to use this function to monitor intrusion into your computer for ex ample when the drive bay doors are opened The default is set to Disable P2B D DS Chassis Intrusion Sensor Setting 1 1 R Disable Default Enable JP18 JP18 III INSTALLATION Jumpers ...

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Page 17: ... specification III INSTALLATION III INSTALLATION System Memory Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Memory Modules Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Socket 4 Rows 6 7 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1GB General DIMM Note...

Page 18: ...ensity Lock P2B D DS 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins FRONT 1 1 R The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identif...

Page 19: ... for more in formation for the Pentium II processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard CPU III INSTALLATION WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and ...

Page 20: ...ature to make sure that it is operating at a safe heat level This feature is available only with the hardware monitor installed P2B D DS CPU Heat Sensor Connectors 1 1 R JP4 JP5 Heat Sensor Connector for CPU 1 Heat Sensor Connector for CPU 2 PWR_FA JP4 JP5 Intel 440BX AGPset Single Edge Contact Slot for CPU 1 Single Edge Contact Slot for CPU 2 B Rib Rib NOTE Insert the screws into the encircled ar...

Page 21: ...d SEC cartridge should not have a gap Lock Lock 3 Mount the Dual Processor Retention Mechanism The dual processor reten tion mechanism is designed to fit into the SEC slots only one way Be sure to align the notches in the retention mechanism with the small ribs see preceding figure on each side of the slots and that the mechanism is properly seated on the board Then screw the captive nuts in place...

Page 22: ...n here are for installing the AAVID heatsink with fan IMPORTANT If you are installing only one processor you must install it in the SEC slot for CPU 1 slot closest to the external connectors Then terminate the empty slot with the ASUS C P2T PC100 CPU termination card to maintain signal strength IMPORTANT Use only theASUS C P2T PC100 CPU termination card Rev 1 02 or later to terminate the empty slo...

Page 23: ...r the fan s RPM and use the alert function through the included LANDesk Client Manager LDCM software IMPORTANT The heatsinks must not be more than 2 8 cm 1 1 inch thick AAVID Heatsink Elan Vital Heatsink The procedures for installing the Elan Vital heatsink with fan is also similar to the steps for installing the AAVID heatsink The Elan Vital heatsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsi...

Page 24: ... an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the IS...

Page 25: ...you need to set the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this mother board use an INTA set the jumpers on your PCI cards to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a D...

Page 26: ...m the first connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If n...

Page 27: ...ces or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the w...

Page 28: ...efer to the docu mentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cabl...

Page 29: ...turer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the this connector NOTE The Rotation signal must only be used with fans specially designed with rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard hea...

Page 30: ...d IrDA module to the motherboard 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND 1 1 R 11 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly but gently making sure that the pins are aligned P2B D DS ATX Power ...

Page 31: ...east 720mA 5V standby power 1 1 R P2B D DS Wake on LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power PME Ground 5 Volt Standby 13 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Lead CHASSIS optional reserved This lead is for a chassis intrusion monitor or sensor The sensor is triggered when a high level signal is sent to the CHASSIS lead This occurs when the side panel is ope...

Page 32: ...S SOFTWARE section to the preferred time after which the system must go into suspend mode when you press the switch 16 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch PWR_SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Press ing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The...

Page 33: ...ices With Ultra2 devices the SCSI bus platform performs at full Ultra2 speeds up to 40 MB sec in 8 bit mode and up to 80 MB sec in 16 bit mode and extended cabling 12m or 25m in a point to point configuration When an SE device is attached the bus defaults to an SE speed and cable length InmixedenvironmentsofUltra2andSEdevices theonboardhostadaptercanbecoupledwiththe AdaptecAIC 3860 transceiver chi...

Page 34: ...us DMA_HEADER Serial IRQ PC PCI Request Sideband Signal PC PCI Grant Sideband Signal DGND 2 1 5 6 NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it 1 1 R DGND P2B D DS SB Link Connector 23 SMBus Connector 3 pin SMB optional reserved This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices commu nicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus de v...

Page 35: ...e monitor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connecti...

Page 36: ...BIOS file This file works only in DOS mode NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOSincaseyouneedtoreinstall it Itisrecommendedthatyousave AFLASH EXEandtheBIOSfile to a bootable floppy disk To save your ...

Page 37: ...ck from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of you...

Page 38: ...r 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Enter See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Jus...

Page 39: ...f you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self...

Page 40: ...on anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are ...

Page 41: ... documentations on how to install the re quired SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD numb...

Page 42: ... possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field an...

Page 43: ...t to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed 350MHz This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the part...

Page 44: ...when set to SCSI This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are C A A CDROM C CDROM C A D A E A F A C only LS ZIP C LAN A C LAN C A The setup default setting A C is to check first the floppy disk...

Page 45: ...sed for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rat...

Page 46: ... module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write command Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idl...

Page 47: ... address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your memory modules have ECC chips e g 8 chips 1 ECC chips they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed If your memory modules do not ha...

Page 48: ... the maximum unidirectional data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 1 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared modu...

Page 49: ...ing except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define al lows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the ...

Page 50: ...ressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 sec 1 Min 2 ...

Page 51: ...s anASUS PCI L101 LAN card see VII ASUS LAN Card and anATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Moni...

Page 52: ...t how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not t...

Page 53: ...he default uses Auto settings for the onboardAdaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard Adaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS choose Disabled ONB AHA BIOS First No This field allows giving priority to the onboard SCSI BIOS for SCSI functions over other SCSI controllers The default is No ONB SCSI SE Term Enabled This allows you to enable or disable the onboard termination for single ended SE dev...

Page 54: ... screen Press Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup...

Page 55: ...ase sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If ...

Page 56: ...re En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controll...

Page 57: ... for your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press Enter Exit Without...

Page 58: ... installed The administrator should install both Local and Administrator Software PC cillin Lite Installs PC cillin Lite a virus scanning software package Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software neces sary to view the LDCM manual in the LDCM directory BusMaster Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drivers Patch for PIIX4 chipset Installs the necessary drivers for PCI card and P...

Page 59: ...versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utilit...

Page 60: ...nd the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows autodetected information and are not available for editing With your cursor under the BIOS Characteristics field pressing Enter will bring a second pop up menu Use the plus minus keys to change the set tings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go...

Page 61: ... press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS VI DMI Using DMI Util...

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Page 63: ...S motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity V...

Page 64: ...DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading download...

Page 65: ...on SCSI IDs 0 though 15 listing all devices on the bus including non disk devices When you select a device from the list and press Enter key another window appears giving you the option of selecting one of two sub utilities Format Disk or Verify Media These utilities are used for hard disk drives only and will have no effect on other non disk SCSI devices Format Disk low level formats your SCSI ha...

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Page 67: ...sNT on a new computer system you may not be able to access your SCSI CDROM drive at first Usually you install Windows95 andWindowsNTfrom a CDROM disc To gain access to your CDROM drive follow the DOS Quick Start instructions Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1x 1 Install Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups 3 1x and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Disk into you...

Page 68: ...t protect mode device driver used by Win dows95 and WindowsNT to control host adapters and other kinds of devices Win dows95 and WindowsNT include a set of miniport drivers for various types of SCSI host adapters The host adapter miniport driver is automatically installed and con figured during Windows95 and WindowsNT installation if your host adapter is al ready installed To make sure the driver ...

Page 69: ...tion answer If a yellow exclamation point appears in front of your host adapter name the resources that the driver uses probably do not match the resources used by the hardware Double click the host adapter name then click on the Resource tab Deselect the Use automatic settings box and edit the resources Interrupt Request Direct Memory Access etc so they match those used by the host adapter If the...

Page 70: ...click the Start button and select Re start the computer in MS DOS mode When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS My CDROM drive doesn t work properly under Windows95 Some older models of SCSI CDROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows95 CDROM driver You can add support for the CDROM drive by doing the following 1 Click the Start button and select Restar...

Page 71: ... to your CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files to load these device drivers if it finds these kinds of devices on your computer To learn more about the Adaptec EZSCSI device drivers including their command line option information see the online Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Win dows Help application DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface managers are software pr...

Page 72: ...type scsifmt L at the command line 2 When the first screen appears read it and press Enter to continue Press F1 at any time to view Help Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen 3 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to a disk device you want to format or verify then press Enter 4 When the next screen appears select either Format or Verify to verify that the disk is f...

Page 73: ...ost adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps 1 Change to the directory where afdisk exe is located usually c scsi type afdisk at the DOS prompt and press Enter Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen The number that appears after Target is the device s SCSI ID 2 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the disk device you want to partition then press ...

Page 74: ... End Cylinder and type in the numbers you want Partitions up to 2Gigabytes are supported 5 When the number of cylinders is what you want press Esc When the confir mation prompt appears select Yes and press Enter to create the partition To create more partitions on the same disk device repeat steps 3 4 and 5 As you create partitions on the disk they are added to the window at the upper right of the...

Page 75: ...R Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set for Windows NT Windows 95 Novell NetWare IBM OS 2 SCO UNIX and SCO UnixWare User s Guide ...

Page 76: ...esulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the information contained herein Adaptec and ASUSTeK reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users Adaptec Technical Support and Services If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec product check this user s guide first you will find answers to...

Page 77: ...nerates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guaran tee that interference will not occur in a particular installation However if this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turn ing...

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Page 79: ...ing Windows NT 3 5x 2 5 Updating Windows NT 4 0 2 7 Using Advanced Configurable Parameters 2 8 Using Windows NT SCSI Parameters 2 8 Using Driver specific Parameters 2 10 Using Windows NT and the Host Adapter 2 12 Removing a Host Adapter 2 12 Swapping a Host Adapter 2 15 Troubleshooting 2 16 Problems and Solutions 2 16 Error Codes 2 16 3 Microsoft Windows 95 Installation Installing the Driver When ...

Page 80: ...Sample Load Commands 4 12 Using NetWare and the Host Adapter 4 13 Using Removable Media 4 13 Using the NetWare Tape Backup 4 15 Using a CD ROM with NetWare 4 16 Optimizing Performance 4 17 Troubleshooting 4 18 Error Messages 4 18 5 IBM OS 2 Installation Installing the Driver When Installing OS 2 5 1 Installing OS 2 v2 1x Ultra SCSI Driver Only 5 2 Installing OS 2 Warp 3 x 4 x and 4 x SMP 5 3 Insta...

Page 81: ...0 Changing the Boot Disk 6 10 Using Wide SCSI Host Adapters and Devices 6 11 Using Tunable Parameters for the alad Driver 6 11 Enabling Scatter Gather and Tagged Queuing 6 12 Troubleshooting 6 13 Problems and Solutions 6 13 Error Messages 6 17 7 SCO UnixWare Installation Installing the Driver When Installing SCO UnixWare 7 2 Installing the Driver When SCO UnixWare is Already Installed 7 3 Back Up ...

Page 82: ...viii Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Troubleshooting 7 11 Problems and Solutions 7 11 Error Messages 7 11 Index ...

Page 83: ... this chapter includes a table that lists all Adaptec host adapters that make up the Adaptec 7800 Family as well as the minimum requirements needed to install the software The remaining chapters are organized by operating system Each chapter provides instructions on how to install the driver at the same time you install your operating system If your operating system is already installed instructio...

Page 84: ...vers provided on your installation diskette or CD ROM Use the columns in the table to determine the correct driver for your SCSI device For information on how to install the driver for your SCSI Adapter refer to the section of this manual describing your specific operating system Operating System UltraSCSI Driver Ultra2 SCSI Driver Windows NT aic78xx sys aic78u2 sys Windows95 aic78xx mpd aic78u2 m...

Page 85: ... Ultra2 Wide Single ended SCSI AHA 2940U Dual MultiChannel PCI to Ultra SCSI with Dual External Connectors AHA 2940UW Dual MultiChannel PCI to Wide Ultra SCSI with Dual External Connectors AHA 2944W PCI to Fast and Wide Differential SCSI AHA 2944UW PCI to Wide Ultra Differential SCSI AHA 3940 MultiChannel PCI to Fast SCSI AHA 3940W MultiChannel PCI to Fast and Wide SCSI AHA 3940U MultiChannel PCI ...

Page 86: ...AIC 7850 Single chip PCI to Fast SCSI AIC 7855 Single chip PCI to Fast SCSI AIC 7856 Single chip PCI to Fast SCSI AIC 7860 Single chip PCI to Ultra SCSI AIC 7870 Single chip PCI to Fast and Wide SCSI AIC 7880 Single chip PCI to Wide Ultra SCSI AIC 7890 Single chip PCI to Ultra2 SCSI 32 bit AIC 7891 Single chip PCI to Ultra2 SCSI 64 bit AIC 7895 Single chip PCI to MultiChannel Wide Ultra SCSI AIC 7...

Page 87: ...d primary boot floppy diskette drive The drive must be able to read your operating system diskettes A 3 5 inch 1 44 MByte floppy diskette drive is required The diskettes included with your Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set Optional an installed and configured CD ROM drive for installing your operating system from CD ROM The distribution software and documentation included with your operating system ...

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Page 89: ...ll Adaptec 7800 Family Ultra SCSI and earlier host adapters and the aic78u2 sys driver supports all Ultra2 SCSI adapters Refer to the list on page 1 3 If you are performing a first time Windows NT installation see Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT on page 2 2 If Windows NT is already installed in your system see Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed on page 2 5 ...

Page 90: ...n installed When completing the Windows NT installation you can update the driver by following the instructions in Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed on page 2 5 Completing a Fresh Windows NT 3 5x Installation 1 If you choose to install Windows NT from a floppy drive locate the Windows NT Setup Disk 1 for Floppy Installation If you are installing from a CD ROM drive locate ...

Page 91: ...ive A and press Enter The screen displays the adapter drivers supported on the diskette For Windows NT 3 5x the following is displayed Adaptec AHA 290x 291x 294x 4944 AIC 78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT 3 5x or Adaptec AHA 294xu2 AIC 7890 91 PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT 3 5x 9 Highlight the driver and press Enter 10 To add other host adapters that are not a part of the 7800 Family do so at this time ...

Page 92: ...ndows NT in your floppy drive 6 Select from the following drivers Adaptec AHA 290x 291x 294x 394x 4944 AIC 78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT 4 0 or Adaptec AHA 294xu2 AIC 7890 91 PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT 4 0 7 Highlight a driver and press Enter 8 To add other host adapters that are not part of the 7800 Family press S and repeat from Step 4 for each additional adapter and insert the appropriate driv...

Page 93: ...button to add another host adapter type to the list A list of additional SCSI adapters appears 4 Expand the list of additional SCSI adapters select Other and press Enter Requires disk provided by the hardware manufacturer 5 Insert the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for Windows NT into drive A enter one of the following paths to the installation files and then click OK a winnt 3_5 The scr...

Page 94: ...e Windows NT Setup again displays a list of currently installed host adapter types Verify that the new host adapter appears on the list The text string should look similar to Adaptec AHA 290x 291x 294x 4944 AIC 78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT 3 5x or Adaptec AHA 294xu2 AIC 7890 91 PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT 3 5x 11 Add other types of host adapters if necessary see step 4 on page 2 5 or click Close ...

Page 95: ... button 7 Insert the 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for Windows NT into drive A 8 From the Copy Manufacturer s File From text box type a winnt 4 0 and click OK 9 In the Install Driver window Click OK 10 Click the New button when asked if you want to use the currently installed driver s or install new one s 11 Type a winnt 4_0 again and click Continue The driver is now installed 12 You must resta...

Page 96: ...er here A list of valid values follows Note The following value keys are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as shown DisableTaggedQueuing A nonzero value indicates that the SCSI host adapter disables tagged queueing for SCSI devices The data type for this value is REG_SZ DisableSynchronousTransfers A nonzero value indicates that the SCSI host adapter is not to initiate synchronous negotiat...

Page 97: ...keys do not yet exist you will need to create them by continuing with step 4 4 Click on the aic78xx or aic78u2 key 5 Select Add Key from the Edit menu Type Parameters in the Key Name edit box Leave the Class edit box blank 6 Click on the Parameters key 7 Select Add Key from the Edit menu Type Device in the Key Name edit box Leave the Class edit box blank To specify a certain host adapter append De...

Page 98: ...tly as shown When entering multiple parameters each parameter must be separated by a space INSTRUMENTATION enables recording of I O statistics and errors If this option is not specified instrumentation defaults to disabled The data type for this value is REG_SZ INSTR_ERRLOG_Z nnn sets the maximum number of error log entries if INSTRUMENTATION is enabled If a number is not specified the maximum num...

Page 99: ... 4 Click on the aic78xx or aic78u2 key 5 Select Add Key from the Edit menu Type Parameters in the Key Name edit box Leave the Class edit box blank 6 Click on the Parameters key 7 Select Add Key from the Edit menu Type Device in the Key Name edit box Leave the Class edit box blank To specify a certain host adapter append Device with the number of the host adapter For example type Device0 for the fi...

Page 100: ...omputer do not use Windows NT Setup to remove the device driver To eliminate the warning message you must update the Windows NT software configuration as described below Removing a Host Adapter in Windows NT 3 5x 1 Start the Windows NT Setup program There is a brief pause while Windows NT Setup scans your hardware configuration 2 Select the Options pull down menu and then select Add Remove SCSI Ad...

Page 101: ...ws NT Setup program When the following message appears click OK to exit The changes you have made will not take effect until the computer is restarted If this message does not appear no changes have been made to the Windows NT system configuration 7 Restart the computer Note Windows NT Setup does not delete the device driver from your system disk it only updates Windows NT software configuration i...

Page 102: ...PCI SCSI Controller NT 4 0 or Adaptec AHA 294x AHA 394x or AIC 78xx PCI SCSI Controller For Ultra2 SCSI Adaptec AHA 294Xu2 AIC 7890 91 PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT 4 0 4 Click the Remove button 5 If you are sure you are removing the correct host adapter type click Yes 6 Click Yes to restart the computer and initialize changes Click No to return to the SCSI Adapters window Note Windows NT Setup do...

Page 103: ... is Already Installed on page 2 5 It is not essential to remove the device driver for the host adapter you are replacing Windows NT dynamically detects the absence or presence of host adapter hardware and no problems should arise if you leave the existing device driver installed You may remove the device driver later after you have successfully rebooted Windows NT However if you leave the driver i...

Page 104: ...er is operational again check all of the hardware and software configuration changes you want to make Look specifically for conflicts with parts of the existing system configuration that are not being changed Error Codes Error codes generated by the aic78xx sys or aic78u2 sys driver can be viewed by opening the Windows NT Event Viewer error logs To view events generated by the driver follow these ...

Page 105: ...the error aic78xx sys or aic78u2 sys Error Codes The following error codes are listed sequentially according to the last three digits of the code For example xxxxx010 xxxxx011 xxxxx012 etc Note When reporting problems to Customer Support be sure to include the complete error code in your problem description xxxxx004 xxxxx005 xxxxx006 Command completed with error A request issued to a target device...

Page 106: ...quently over a short period of time it could indicate that the device or system is malfunctioning Unplug or power down unused devices to see if the problem persists xxxxx023 Target device parity error The driver has detected a parity error by the target device xxxxx024 Data overrun or underrun The adapter was given more or less data than the expected amount of data xxxxx031 Target device queue ful...

Page 107: ...your system xxxxx097 Unable to allocate memory This indicates that there may be a problem with the amount of memory installed in your system Verify that your system has at least the minimum amount of memory required by your operating system xxxxx0af Unable to de allocate memory that was allocated for a target device Normally this is not a serious problem unless you get this message frequently over...

Page 108: ...host adapter hardware failed and the miniport has to reset the hardware xxxxx0d6 Internal driver error An error has occurred while the driver was setting up its internal data structures Try installing the most up to date version of the driver available from the Adaptec Web site or BBS ...

Page 109: ...e Windows 95 installation see Installing the Driver When Installing Windows 95 on page 3 2 If Windows 95 is already installed in your system see Installing the Driver When Windows 95 is Already Installed on page 3 2 Note When Windows 95 starts if a New Hardware Found dialog is displayed after your 7800 Family Manager Set host adapter has been installed you must select the Driver from Disk Provided...

Page 110: ...y after Windows 95 is complete Follow the procedures in the section Installing the Driver When Windows 95 is Already Installed below Installing the Driver When Windows 95 is Already Installed To update or install the aic78xx mpd or aic78u2 mpd if Windows 95 is already installed follow these instructions Note All Adaptec 7800 Family Ultra SCSI and earlier host adapters use the aic78xx mpd driver Ul...

Page 111: ...ert the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v 3 00 diskette into drive A 8 Select the Drives tab Note If the version of Windows 95 you are using displays an Update Drivers button instead of a Change Driver button follow the procedures in the section Updating the Driver for Windows 95 Version OSR 2 on page 3 4 9 Click Change Driver If you are prompted to select the hardware type select SCSI Controller ...

Page 112: ...Click Finish 6 The message Please insert the disk labeled 7800 Family Manager Set v 3 00 Installation Disk appears dialog box Click OK 7 In the Copying Files dialog box a message stating that The file AIC78XX MPD or AIC78U2 MPD on 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 installation disk could not be found appears Type a win95 and click OK to install the driver 8 Click Yes to restart you computer to update ...

Page 113: ...ager tab Then double click the SCSI Controllers icon you should see the model name of the SCSI host adapter s installed in your system What if there is no SCSI Controllers icon under Device Manager or the model name of the host adapter does not appear under Device Manager If the SCSI Controllers icon or your host adapter s model name do not appear in the Device Manager follow these steps 1 Open Co...

Page 114: ...ource tab Deselect the Use Automatic Settings box and edit the resources Interrupt Request Direct Memory Access etc so they match those used by the host adapter If the problem still remains there is probably a hardware resource conflict between the host adapter and other hardware in your computer You can fix this by changing the hardware resource settings See your hardware documentation What do I ...

Page 115: ...ivers such as Hewlett Packard sjiix sys You have an older model SCSI 1 CD ROM drive that Windows 95 does not support You are using a CD Recorder drive however some newer models of CD Recorder drives can use the embedded Windows miniport drivers My CD ROM drive doesn t work properly under Windows 95 Some older models of SCSI CD ROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows 95 CD ROM drive...

Page 116: ...Real mode and the Windows 95 CD ROM driver does not match You can correct this in one of two ways Comment out the line that loads mscdex exe in the autoexec bat file Change the L switch on the line that loads mscdex exe in the autoexec bat file so it assigns the CD ROM drive the next highest logical drive letter after the hard disk drives ...

Page 117: ...ic7870 dsk driver supports all Adaptec 7800 Family UltraSCSI and earlier host adapters and the aic78u2 ham driver supports all Ultra2 SCSI adapters Refer to the list on page 1 3 If you are performing a first time NetWare installation see Installing the Driver When Installing NetWare on page 4 2 If NetWare is already installed in your system see Installing the Driver When NetWare is Already Install...

Page 118: ...ng a new server 2 After completing the NetWare installation exit to DOS If you are installing the aic89u2 ham driver continue on to step 3 If you are installing the aic7870 dsk driver jump to step 5 3 Copy all the files from the NetWare 3 12 Patch Disk to the c server 312 directory Do this with the following command copy a c server 312 server exe 4 Update the server exe file with the following com...

Page 119: ...e e g a netware v4_xx on the diskette 5 Select AIC7870 DSK or AIC78U2 HAM and press Enter 6 Press Alt ESC From the console prompt type the following load a netware aic7870 dsk or load a netware aic78u2 ham 7 Press Enter A list of slot numbers separated by commas is displayed Write down all slot numbers listed Do not press Enter 8 Press ESC twice 9 At the prompt press Alt ESC 10 Choose Select Modif...

Page 120: ...the aic7870 dsk or aic78u2 ham driver from the 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for NetWare into the server s startup directory e g c nwserver c server 40 c server 312 on your hard disk This overwrites any existing version of the driver in the directory Note For NetWare v3 1x the driver file is located in the netware v3_1x directory on the diskette for NetWare v4 0 and v4 1x the file is in netware...

Page 121: ...al information on the startup ncf file refer to your NetWare documentation Note To load the driver from your hard disk the driver and aspitran dsk module must be copied from the 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for NetWare to a directory on your hard disk usually the server s startup directory e g c nwserver The correct syntax to load the driver is load pathname aic7870 options or load pathname ai...

Page 122: ...ne Options on page 4 7 for possible values To modify the startup ncf file follow these steps Note You can also use your DOS text editor to modify the startup ncf file 1 Type load install at the NetWare prompt and press Enter 2 Select the appropriate menu choice that allows you to edit the startup ncf file 3 Make the necessary changes When you are done press Esc ...

Page 123: ...ault Description auto_bus_fairness on off on Enables disables auto SCSI bus fairness algorithm auto_disable_tagq on off on Enables disables auto disable tag queuing algorithm auto_flush_diskreq on off on Enables disables auto disk flush algorithm cdrom on off on Enables disable driver support for CD ROM devices on Driver off ASPI dev_enable 00 FFFF FFFF Allows you to enable the driver s registrati...

Page 124: ... occasionally ordered tags to specific targets By default no targets receive occasionally ordered tags This bit mask is entered in hex see Bit Mask Options on page 4 12 instr on off off Enables disables recording of I O statistics io_combine 1 32 16 Specifies maximum number of segments in a scatter gather list lun_enable 1 00 FFFF 01 A bit mask to enable scanning for specific LUNs on all targets T...

Page 125: ...ay want to disable removable disk support in order to load an ASPI Removable Disk Module start_unit 0 FFFF 0 A bit mask to enable sending the Start_Unit command to specific targets By default the command is not sent to any target This feature is not needed by most devices This bit mask is entered in hex see Bit Mask Options on page 4 12 tag_disable 0 FFFF 0 A bit mask to disable tagged queuing for...

Page 126: ...r 2 The values can vary and are dependent on the system configuration Option Values Default Description auto_bus_fairness on off on Enables disables auto SCSI bus fairness algorithm auto_disable_tagq on off on Enables disables auto disable tag queuing algorithm auto_flush_diskreq on off on Enables disables auto disk flush algorithm dev_enable 0 FFFF FFFF Allows you to enable the driver s registrat...

Page 127: ...ask Options on page 4 12 max_tags 1 128 16 Specifies maximum number of tagged commands per device multlun_targets 0 FFFF FFFF A bit mask to enable LUNs on selected targets By default LUNs on all targets are enabled This bit mask is entered in hex see Bit Mask Options on page 4 12 slot 0 xxxx1 0 Defines a physical slot number for the host adapter If 0 is specified or if this option is not specified...

Page 128: ...a simple load command with no option switches if loaded from drive A load a netware v3_1x aic7870 If an error message appears when attempting to load the driver refer to Troubleshooting on page 4 18 Here is an example of the aic7870 dsk driver being loaded with command line options if loaded from drive A load a netware v3_1x aic7870 verbose y slot 22 Binary Hex Binary Hex 0000 0 1000 8 0001 1 1001...

Page 129: ...ck the media NetWare s monitor nlm program supports several removable media options Follow these steps to view and configure these options 1 Load monitor nlm to display the various options 2 Select Disk Information All system disk drives appear 3 Select the removable media device The following drive status items appear Menu Choice Default Value 1 Volume Segments On Drive1 1 Valid for both removabl...

Page 130: ...ce 6 The media must be in the Not Locked state before you can eject it If the media is Locked it cannot be ejected when you press the Eject button Verify aic7870 dsk driver only Read After Write Verify menu choice 2 is set to Hardware Level by default The option can also be set on the command line see Using the Load Command Line Options on page 4 7 The available options are defined as follows Read...

Page 131: ...ropriate driver that interfaces sbackup to ASPI is loaded automatically If you are duplexing the Adaptec 7800 Family host adapter with another host adapter for NetWare drive mirroring you must also load the appropriate ASPI manager dsk for the second host adapter 2 When sbackup is loaded it asks for a login name Enter the appropriate name 3 If sbackup asks you to select the device driver select th...

Page 132: ...ad pathname aspicd For multiple LUN CDs enable multiple LUN scanning with the lun_enable switch e g load aspicd lun_enable FF The lun_enable switch is not needed for aic7870 dsk or aic78u2 ham 3 Load cdrom nlm by entering the following line load pathname cdrom nlm Note For NetWare 4 01 and 4 02 only You have to load nwpa nlm before you can load cdrom nlm 4 Enter the following line at the prompt an...

Page 133: ...n simultaneously manage up to 128 tagged or 1 nontagged SCSI commands for each SCSI device up to a limit of 255 SCSI commands The firmware can queue as many commands as the operating system is able to send to the host adapter To set this feature enter the following command max_tags n In general a low number of max_tags gives better sequential performance and a high number a better random performan...

Page 134: ...xxxx081 Adapter software initialization failure An error has occurred while the driver was setting up its internal data structures Verify that your adapter is supported by this version of the driver xxxxx082 Internal driver error An error has occurred while the driver was setting up its internal data structures Try installing the most up to date version of the driver available from the Adaptec Web...

Page 135: ...least the minimum amount of memory required by your operating system xxxxx096 Adapter hardware initialization failure possible resource conflict The driver has attempted to initialize the adapter hardware but failed This might suggest that the adapter resources e g IRQ conflict with the resources of another board installed in your system xxxxx099 Adapter software initialization failure xxxxx09a Ad...

Page 136: ...r hardware documentation for instructions on setting and changing IRQs xxxxx0c9 Invalid command line parameter A command line option for the driver is invalid See Using the Load Command Line Options on page 4 7 for valid command line options xxxxx0ca Invalid command line syntax xxxxx0cb Invalid command line syntax xxxxx0cc Invalid command line syntax The command line syntax for the driver is incor...

Page 137: ... devices on page 1 3 If you are installing OS 2 for the first time see Installing the Driver When Installing OS 2 on page 5 1 If OS 2 is already installed in your system see Installing the Driver When OS 2 is Already Installed on page 5 6 Installing the Driver When Installing OS 2 To install the aic7870 add or aic78u2 add driver at the same time you install OS 2 follow the instructions below for t...

Page 138: ...e of the existing files on the backup copy of the OS 2 diskette 1 so that approximately 120 KBytes of disk space is available on the diskette Use the following information to help you decide which files to delete If the Adaptec 7800 Family host adapter is the only Adaptec host adapter installed in your system delete all Adaptec drivers aha152x add aha154x add aha164x add aha174x add aic7770 add an...

Page 139: ...g OS 2 v2 1x and the driver Installing OS 2 Warp 3 x 4 x and 4 x SMP Follow these instructions only if you are installing OS 2 Warp 3 x 4 x and 4 x SMP for the first time The instructions are the same for these versions of OS 2 unless otherwise stated We assume here that OS 2 is not already installed on the system You will need to have access to a computer where you can copy DOS files from one dis...

Page 140: ...Adaptec AHA 1540CP host adapter installed in your computer delete all Adaptec drivers except for the aha154x add driver If you have deleted the suggested Adaptec drivers above and if you do not have a Microchannel architecture system and you still do not have approximately 120 KBytes of disk space available on the diskette delete these files ibm2flpy add ibm2adsk add and ibm2scsi add Note If you h...

Page 141: ...he aic7870 add or aic78u2 add driver from the OS 2 diskette 1 instead of the aic7870 add driver included on your OS 2 CD ROM Note For OS 2 Warp 4 0 or 4 0 SMP users only add the basedev aic7870 add or basedev aic78u2 add line to the top line of the config sys file on OS 2 diskette 1 This will result in two basedev aic7870 add or basedev aic78u2 add statements existing in the config sys file 6 Run ...

Page 142: ... add driver if OS 2 is already installed follow the instructions below The procedures are similar for all versions of OS 2 Procedures that are specific to an OS 2 version are noted when necessary 1 If you are updating the driver simply copy the aic7870 add or aic78u2 add driver from the 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for OS 2 e g os2 aic7870 add or os2 aic78u2 add into the os2 directory for OS 2...

Page 143: ...S 2 v2 1x GA do not run Device Driver Install from the System Setup folder Instead open a full screen OS 2 session and change to the drive with the 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for OS 2 Then type ddinstal and press Enter 3 Insert the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for OS 2 in the appropriate disk drive and follow the prompts from ddinstal 4 The computer scans for the host adapter s I...

Page 144: ...is rebooted The command line syntax is basedev aic7870 add Universal Parameters Adapter ID Unit Parameters SCSI Target ID or basedev aic78u2 add Universal Parameters Adapter ID Unit Parameters SCSI Target ID Caution Your computer may not boot if you enter the command line options incorrectly Universal Parameters et Embedded targets allowed Makes the driver assume that all targets have more than on...

Page 145: ...pper right hand corner of the first SCSISelect screen if the BIOS is disabled Built in single channel host adapters are generally assigned ID 0 zero as the first found adapter Unit Parameters Replace the italicized letters x y z in the switch descriptions below with the SCSI target ID s of the device s that you want affected The IDs may be a single ID x or a list of IDs x y z The IDs must be separ...

Page 146: ... x y z Disables SCSI manager support Prevents os2scsi dmd from controlling the specified target s tag x Specifies the maximum number of tagged commands for all target devices on the host adapter 1 16 A value of 1 disables tagged queuing The maximum number allowed is 16 The default is 8 i Ignores the host adapter The driver ignores the host adapter so that another driver may control it ur Enables r...

Page 147: ...o share access to it basedev aic7870 add a 0 dm 3 or basedev aic78u2 add a 0 dm 3 Example 2 Suppose that you have a multidisk CD ROM as target 4 on host adapter 0 and two DASD devices as targets 1 and 5 on host adapter 1 The command line below prevents os2scsi dmd from accessing the CD ROM and os2dasd dmd from controlling the DASD devices The driver searches for multiple LUNs on all devices basede...

Page 148: ...nd or switching back and forth from DOS extended translation should be enabled If you are using HPFS High Performance File System extended translation may or may not be enabled Once the driver for the host adapter loads the remaining hard drive space will be seen beyond 1024KBytes Error Messages The error messages listed below are the messages associated with the aic7870 add or aic78u2 add driver ...

Page 149: ...ng the most up to date version of the driver available from the Adaptec Web site or BBS xxxxx085 Unable to allocate memory This indicates that there may be a problem with the amount of memory installed in your system Verify that your system has at least the minimum amount of memory required by your operating system xxxxx087 Internal driver error An error has occurred while the driver was setting u...

Page 150: ...ble from the Adaptec Web site or BBS xxxxx0a7 Unable to allocate memory This indicates that there may be a problem with the amount of memory installed in your system Verify that your system has at least the minimum amount of memory required by your operating system xxxxx0a9 Possible interrupt conflict This indicates that the adapter IRQ conflicts with the IRQ of another board installed in your sys...

Page 151: ...o allocate memory xxxxx07e Unable to allocate memory xxxxx07f Unable to allocate memory This indicates that there may be a problem with the amount of memory installed in your system Verify that your system has at least the minimum amount of memory required by your operating system ...

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Page 153: ... The alad and alad325 drivers support Ultra SCSI and earlier Adaptec 7800 host adapters the blad and blad325 drivers support Ultra2 Adaptec 7800 host adapters Refer to the Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters on page 1 3 If you are performing a first time SCO UNIX installation see Installing the Driver When Installing SCO UNIX on page 6 2 to begin driver installation If SCO UNIX is already installed ...

Page 154: ...enServer 3 0 for the first time The instructions for installing the driver are the same for these SCO products Note Remember that UNIX commands are case sensitive Enter the commands exactly as shown in the instructions 1 Insert the SCO UNIX N1 Boot floppy diskette into the primary floppy drive and turn ON the computer 2 When you see these prompts SCO UNIX System V 386 Boot type link and press Ente...

Page 155: ...allation until you have reached and completed the Password procedure Note For SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 only When the run time installation is complete make sure you select the Install Additional Software option This ensures that the Link Kit is installed and available for later driver integration 7 After completing the Password procedure a message similar to the following appears The BTLD packages will no...

Page 156: ...t diskette for SCO UNIX in the floppy drive and press Enter If your driver is already embedded several messages appear including a message similar to Table io_init contains at 21 another routine named aladinit Please enter Which 0 40 to replace to list a to add aladinit at the end default n to do nothing or q to quit 5 If the above message does not appear skip to step 6 Otherwise enter the corresp...

Page 157: ...similar for all versions of SCO UNIX Procedures that are specific to a SCO version are noted when necessary Caution Improper or corrupt driver updates might destroy your existing UNIX file system Back up all important files before proceeding Installing or updating the driver involves the following tasks which must be completed in the order presented Perform a System Backup Backs up the old UNIX ke...

Page 158: ... 1 Log in as root 2 For SCO 3 2v4 2 based UNIX To back up the current kernel configuration type the following and press Enter cp unix unix orig For SCO OpenServer 5 To back up the current kernel configuration type the following and press Enter after each line umount stand mount dev boot stand cp stand unix stand unix orig Note If you ever need to bootup from the pre update kernel load the unix ori...

Page 159: ...e on this disk NAME DESCRIPTION alad Adaptec 7800 Family Driver for SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 dxx alad325 Adaptec 7800 Family Driver for SCO OpenServer 5 dxx blad Adaptec 7800 U2 Family Driver for SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 dxx blad325 Adaptec 7800 U2 Family Driver for SCO OpenServer 5 dxx Please enter the names of the packages you wish to install or q to quit 3 At this point type alad or blad or alad325 or blad325 ...

Page 160: ...p mscsi mscsi org 3 Use a text editor to edit this file Enter the following command if using the vi editor vi mscsi 4 Search for all entries with the host adapter number 0 zero The host adapter number is the third column in each entry For example Host Adapter Prefix SCSI Device Type Host Adapter Number Target ID Logical Unit Number Bus1 1 This field applies to SCO OpenServer 5 only xx xx xx Stp Sd...

Page 161: ...UNIX Kernel To rebuild the UNIX kernel with the new changes follow these steps 1 Type the following at the prompt and press Enter after each line cd etc conf cf d link_unix Status messages appear 2 When the kernel has been built shut down the system by typing haltsys and pressing Enter 3 Turn OFF the system power when you are prompted to do so The UNIX kernel has been prepared for 7800 Family host...

Page 162: ... host adapter should now be ready for use Using SCO UNIX and the Host Adapter This section contains useful information on using SCO UNIX and your host adapter Using Multiple Host Adapters If you are adding an additional 7800 Family host adapter to a system with a 7800 Family host adapter already installed follow the instructions in the SCO UNIX documentation for adding devices using the mkdev comm...

Page 163: ... conf pack d alad space c These parameters can be tuned for the alad alad325 driver After modifying the space c file you must rebuild the kernel for the new parameters to take effect The following section describes how to set the tunable parameters Setting Parameters If the space c file has not been modified all the parameters are set according to the SCSISelect utility for your 7800 Family host a...

Page 164: ...ty SCSI_NALAD in this example you want the host adapter not to check parity on incoming SCSI data define parameters as alad_parity SCSI_NALAD 1 0 Enabling Scatter Gather and Tagged Queuing The alad alad325 driver supports scatter gather and tagged queuing however the Sdsk SCSI disk module driver controls whether these features are enabled or disabled Look for the Sdsk driver controls in the space ...

Page 165: ...cted I have problems using my SCSI devices During bootup check to see if the BIOS messages for your primary 7800 Family host adapter lists all installed SCSI devices If some or all devices do not appear check the following also check your host adapter s User s Guide for additional troubleshooting information Are all SCSI devices powered Are all SCSI bus cables and power cables properly connected D...

Page 166: ...ot host adapters should be installed into the lowest PCI Device number The Device number is determined by the slot number on the PCI bus To find out the Device number of your 7800 Family host adapter s run the SCSISelect utility by pressing a key combination displayed onscreen at bootup Look on the first screen of SCSISelect in the upper right hand corner for Bus Device xx xxh given in hex If the ...

Page 167: ...ter s documentation Be sure the Host Adapter BIOS setting in the SCSISelect utility is enabled Be sure the Extended BIOS Translation feature in the SCSISelect utility is enabled The host adapter BIOS automatically selects the correct translation method as needed Examine the SCO UNIX mscsi file to make sure the correct host adapter and device are specified as the boot entry The boot entry is the fi...

Page 168: ...dentifies the SCSI bus that the SCSI device is attached to For most single channel devices such as the AHA 2940 2940W the bus number is 0 If you need to edit the mscsi file use the vi editor You must build a new kernel in order for any changes to take effect see Rebuild the UNIX Kernel on page 6 9 If you are booting from a 7800 Family host adapter and are using ISA EISA based host adapters as seco...

Page 169: ...include the complete error code in your problem description xxxxx020 Adapter or target device not responding or not connected The target device did not respond to the adapter If the device is present refer to your host adapter s user s guide for troubleshooting information If the device is no longer connected to the system ignore this error xxxxx022 Adapter or target device protocol error The adap...

Page 170: ...ialize device The system host adapter or target device is busy or is not responding The target device could not be initialized xxxxx0cb Unable to allocate memory Decrease alad_instr_buffersz in space c The driver has requested a larger buffer size than the available RAM Either increase the amount of RAM in the system or decrease the user option alad_instr_buffersz in the etc conf pack d alad space...

Page 171: ...kages are used with SCO UnixWare 2 1 The adsl and adsl20 support Ultra SCSI and earlier Adaptec 7800 host adapters The adsb and adsb20 drivers support Ultra2 Adaptec 7800 host adapters Refer to the Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters on page 1 3 If you are performing a first time SCO UnixWare installation see Installing the Driver When Installing SCO UnixWare on page 7 2 to begin driver installation...

Page 172: ...nsert the 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 2 x into the primary floppy drive and press Enter you cannot load drivers from a secondary floppy drive As the driver loads a message identifying the installed host adapter briefly appears on screen The installation process determines which device drivers on the diskettes are needed 4 If you have additional HBA diskettes insert the next HBA d...

Page 173: ...updates might destroy your existing SCO UnixWare file system Back up all important files before proceeding Consult your SCO UnixWare documentation for proper backup procedures Installing or updating the driver involves the following tasks which must be completed in the order presented Back Up the Computer Backs up the old SCO UnixWare kernel and any other important files Load the Package Uses pkga...

Page 174: ...old configuration file type the following and press Enter For SCO UnixWare 2 0x cp etc conf sdevice d adsl20 save adsl20 or cp etc conf sdevice d adsb20 save adsb20 For SCO UnixWare 2 1 cp etc conf sdevice d adsl save adsl or cp etc conf sdevice d adsb save adsb Load the Package To load the driver follow these steps 1 At the system prompt type the following and press Enter pkgadd d diskette1 Follo...

Page 175: ...essful If a mail message informs you that the installation has failed turn to Troubleshooting on page 7 11 5 Type pkginfo and press Enter 6 Verify that the adsl20 adsl or adsb20 adsb driver is now listed The adsl20 adsl or adsb20 adsb driver appears among the other installed packages If the adsl20 adsl or adsb20 adsb driver does not appear in the pkginfo listing turn to Troubleshooting on page 7 1...

Page 176: ...20 For SCO UnixWare 2 1 cat adsl or cat adsl 2 If your computer is to boot from a device connected to a 7800 Family host adapter verify that the line static is present immediately below the line version 2 3 If your computer is not to boot from the host adapter SCSI bus and you wish to leave the driver as a loadable module edit and verify that the line static is not present directly below the line ...

Page 177: ...re kernel is now ready for host adapter operation Boot the New Kernel To reboot the computer with the new kernel follow these steps 1 Follow the onscreen instructions usually by pressing Enter to reboot your computer 2 Check the bootup messages to verify that all your installed SCSI devices are listed If some or all of your installed SCSI devices do not appear at this time your SCSI cables may be ...

Page 178: ...ress Enter after each line etc conf bin idbuild B cp etc conf cf d unix stand unix Note The drivers support tagged queuing and reinitialization Using Multiple Host Adapters When using multiple host adapters consider the following The host adapter and computer must be configured for multiple host adapters as explained in the host adapter s User s Guide To boot from the 7800 Family host adapter make...

Page 179: ...tc conf bin idinstall d adsl20 or etc conf bin idinstall d adsb20 The following files will be deleted etc conf mdevice d adsl20 etc conf pack d adsl20 Driver o etc conf pack d adsl20 space c etc conf pack d adsl20 disk cfg etc conf sdevice d adsl20 or etc conf mdevice d adsb20 etc conf pack d adsb20 Driver o etc conf pack d adsb20 space c etc conf pack d adsb20 disk cfg etc conf sdevice d adsb20 F...

Page 180: ...conf sdevice d adsl or etc conf mdevice d adsb etc conf pack d adsb Driver o etc conf pack d adsb space c etc conf pack d adsb disk cfg etc conf sdevice d adsb 3 Then rebuild the kernel 0 in g0 is zero not the letter O etc conf bin idbuild B K cp etc conf cf d unix unix cd shutdown g0 4 Reconfigure your computer for your alternate or replacement drive controller and reboot the computer ...

Page 181: ...ld now boot from the backup kernel created earlier in Installing the Driver When SCO UnixWare is Already Installed on page 7 3 To repeat the driver update procedure follow these steps 1 Follow the instructions in Removing the Driver on page 7 9 to delete the driver from your computer 2 Perform the driver update procedure again See Installing the Driver When SCO UnixWare is Already Installed on pag...

Page 182: ... BBS xxxxx011 Error issuing command The requested command is not supported by this driver xxxxx012 Error issuing command The driver does not recognize the target device xxxxx013 Error issuing command xxxxx014 Error issuing command An error has occurred while the driver was setting up its internal data structures Try installing the most up to date version of the driver available from the Adaptec We...

Page 183: ...The driver has detected a parity error by the target device Try decreasing the transfer rate or disable the Ultra SCSI speed in SCSISelect Also make sure you are using good quality SCSI cables xxxxx024 Data overrun or underrun The adapter was given more or less data than was expected xxxxx030 Target Device busy The target device reports a busy status Another program might already be using this dev...

Page 184: ...did not reset correctly as requested by the driver Normally this indicates a faulty or non compliant target device xxxxx081 Adapter Initialization Failure An error has occurred while the driver was setting up its internal data structures Verify that your adapter is supported by this version of the driver xxxxx083 Adapter not supported by this version of the driver Your adapter is not supported by ...

Page 185: ...e host adapter may have reset the SCSI bus This is a normal condition unless you receive additional errors xxxxx0cf System configuration error The driver encountered an error with your hardware Refer to your host adapter s user s guide for troubleshooting information xxxxx0d0 Command timeout The target device is either busy not ready malfunctioning or is not present Refer to your host adapter s us...

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Page 187: ... Device configuration utility 7 2 Device manager 3 5 Device number 5 9 6 14 Direct Access Storage Device see DASD E Embedded targets 5 8 Error messages NetWare 4 18 OS 2 5 12 SCO UNIX 6 17 UnixWare 7 11 Windows NT 2 16 Extended translation 5 12 H Hard disks 4 8 Hardware registers 5 9 Host adapters 7800 Family 1 3 I Installation OS 2 driver 5 1 5 7 SCO UNIX driver 6 1 6 10 UnixWare driver 7 2 7 7 W...

Page 188: ...e 4 17 removable media 4 13 server bootup 4 5 startup ncf 4 4 tag queuing 4 7 4 10 troubleshooting 4 18 tsa nlm 4 15 using a CD ROM 4 16 O Optimizing performance 4 17 OS 2 adapter ID 5 9 aic7870 add 1 2 5 1 5 3 5 4 5 6 5 12 aic78u2 add 1 2 5 1 5 3 5 4 5 6 5 12 basedev 5 3 5 11 5 12 command line options 5 8 command syntax 5 8 DASD 5 9 ddinstal 5 7 desktop 5 3 driver default settings 5 8 driver inst...

Page 189: ...evices 6 11 SCSI ID 6 11 SCSI manager support 5 10 SCSISelect 5 9 6 14 startup ncf 4 4 System requirements 1 5 T Tagged commands 4 8 4 11 5 10 Tagged queuing 2 8 4 8 4 11 6 12 Troubleshooting NetWare 4 18 4 19 OS 2 5 12 5 14 SCO UNIX 6 13 6 18 UnixWare 7 11 7 15 Windows 95 3 5 3 8 Windows NT 2 16 2 19 Tunable parameters 7 8 U Underruns 5 10 Unit parameters 5 9 UnixWare adsb 1 2 7 1 7 3 adsb20 1 2 ...

Page 190: ...5 3 8 Windows NT advanced configurable parameters 2 8 aic78u2 sys 1 2 2 1 2 2 aic78xx sys 1 2 2 1 2 2 driver installation 2 2 2 7 error codes 2 16 parameters 2 8 2 10 problems and solutions 2 16 registry editor 2 8 removing a host adapter 2 12 removing the driver 2 12 swapping a host adapter 2 15 troubleshooting 2 16 2 19 ...

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