Contents
1 What is ATTO ExpressPCI? ........................................................ 1
Features
Operating Environments
Power Requirements
Environmental and Physical Specifications
SCSI Connectors
2 SCSI is a key technology for storage ......................................... 3
Glossary
3 Installing the ExpressPCI SCSI Host Adapter ........................... 5
System requirements
Installation
3.1 Determining cabling and termination ................ 7
Cable types
Examples
Connectors
Connection considerations
Termination
3.2 Installing and Updating Device Drivers ............. 11
Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000/XP
Windows NT Installation
Re-flashing Firmware in Windows
Linux and Sun Solaris Driver Installation
Updating Drivers and Re-flashing Firmware in Mac OS X
Updating Drivers and Re-flashing Firmware in Mac OS 9
4 Maximizing Performance with your ExpressPCI HBA .............. 15
Use the latest ATTO driver
Set registry for large block transfers
Set up RAID groups with ATTO ExpressRAID
Increase transfer size
Analyze your I/Os
5 Troubleshooting ........................................................................... 17
Appendix A Standards and compliances ..................................... i
Appendix B SCSI host adapter selection guide ........................... ii
Appendix C Fibre Channel host adapter guide ............................ iii
Appendix D Contact ATTO Technology, Inc. ............................... iv
