Adaptec 131CA - AAA RAID Controller, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации оборудования

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Advanced Topics
Installing Multiple Adapters
You can install an AAA-131CA array adapter in computers that have
other PCI-, ISA-, or EISA-based host adapters. When installing mul-
tiple adapters, keep the following considerations in mind:
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If you are booting from a SCSI disk drive or an array sup-
ported by the AAA-131CA adapter, then the adapter must be
the card that the computer scans first. Usually, you need to
determine by experimentation which PCI slot the computer
scans first and then make sure the AAA-131CA adapter is
installed in that slot. Some computers boot from the device with
the lowest PCI device number; others boot from the device with
the highest number. If the system does not boot from the con-
troller you want, move that controller to a different PCI slot and
try again. Alternatively, you can disable the BIOS on controllers
that are scanned before the desired boot controller.
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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 AAA-131CA adapter’s base
address (the user has no control over the assigned address).
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