Adaptec 39106 - Manuals

1 Overview Ultra160 SCSI on the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 The Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 enables you to connect up to 30 SCSI devices—such as very large arrays of high-performance HDDs, external storage subsystems, clustered configurations, Ultra160 hard disk drives, scanners, and CD-ROM drives—to any In...

2 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference imum speed on Channel B while at the same time using non-LVD SCSI devices on Channel A. Although the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 is a 64-bit PCI card, it also works in a 32-bit PCI slot. When installed in a 32-bit PCI slot, the card automatically runs in the sl...

3 Overview SCSI IDs Each device attached to the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160, as well as the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 itself, must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number from 0 to 15 for each of the two SCSI buses. A SCSI ID uniquely identifies each SCSI device on the SCSI bus and determines priority when tw...

4 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference Terminating the SCSI Bus To ensure reliable communication on the SCSI bus, the ends of the SCSI bus must be properly terminated. This is accomplished when the device at the end of each cable, or the end of the cable itself, has a terminator installed (or en...

5 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Most problems can be resolved by following the recommendations in the Troubleshooting Checklist below. If you still experience prob-lems after following the recommendations, continue with the rest of this section. Troubleshooting Checklist Most problems with using t...

6 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference Troubleshooting in Windows 95/98 When I start Windows 95/98, the system locks up when the Windows logo is displayed. How can I get the system to start so that I can verify that the SCSI card is functioning normally? 1 Start or restart your computer. 2 (For ...

9 Troubleshooting ■ If a resource is listed more than once, the resource is used by more than one device. ■ If a resource is used by an unknown device, the resource is used but the device using the resource cannot be detected. (This condition is most common.) 7 Click Cancel to close the windows, the...

10 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference Common Error Messages Here is what you should do if the following messages appear on the screen at bootup: “Device connected, but not ready” The host computer received no answer when it requested data from an installed SCSI device. 1 Run SCSISelect ® and s...

11 Using the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 and SCSI Devices Using the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 and SCSI Devices This section provides useful information on using the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 and your SCSI devices. For more information about a specific SCSI device, refer to the documentation for that device....

12 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference SCSI hard disk drives running under other operating systems, see the operating system documentation. Using Ultra160 Hard Disk Drives ■ We recommend that you connect your LVD (Ultra160 and Ultra2) SCSI devices to SCSI Channel B and your non-LVD SCSI devices...

13 Using the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 and SCSI Devices Combining SCSI and Non-SCSI Devices You can install the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 in a computer that already has a non-SCSI controller, such as an EIDE controller. How-ever, you cannot cross-connect the disk drives and other devices: SCSI devices m...

14 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference Installing Multiple SCSI Cards ■ You can install multiple SCSI cards in your computer; you are limited only by the available system resources (for example, IRQ settings, I/O port addresses, BIOS addresses, and so forth). ■ Each SCSI card you install forms ...

15 Using the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 and SCSI Devices Overriding SCSI Termination Settings You use SCSISelect to control the termination of the two SCSI chan-nels on the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160. The default termination set-ting for both channels is Automatic. This setting allows the SCSI card to adj...

18 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference Starting SCSI Select Follow these steps to start SCSISelect: 1 Turn on or restart your system. During the startup process, pay careful attention to the mes-sages that appear on your screen. 2 When the following message appears on your screen, press the Ctr...

19 Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 with SCSISelect Using SCSI Select Settings To select an option, use the arrow 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 any time by pressing Esc....

20 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference SCSI Device Configuration Options SCSI Device Configuration options can be set individually for each connected SCSI device. Note: To configure settings for a SCSI device, you must know its SCSI ID (see Using SCSI Disk Utilities on page 24). ■ Sync Transfer...

21 Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 with SCSISelect ■ BIOS Multiple LUN Support —(Default: No) Leave this set- ting at No if the device does not have multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs). When set to Yes, the SCSI card BIOS pro-vides boot support for a SCSI device with multiple LUNs (for exam...

22 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference Use the MS-DOS Fdisk command to partition a disk larger than 1 GByte controlled by the SCSI card BIOS, when using DOS, Windows 3.1.x, or Windows 95/98. ■ Verbose/Silent Mode —(Default: Verbose) When set to Verbose, the SCSI card BIOS displays the host adap...

23 Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 with SCSISelect Caution: You may lose data if you remove a removable- media cartridge from a SCSI drive controlled by the SCSI card BIOS while the drive is on. If you want to be able to remove the media while the drive is on, install the removable-media sof...

24 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference Using SCSI Disk Utilities To access the SCSI disk utilities, follow these steps: 1 Select the SCSI Disk Utilities option from the menu that appears after starting SCSISelect. SCSISelect scans the SCSI bus (to determine the devices installed) and displays a...

25 Connecting SCSI Devices Connecting SCSI Devices Here are some examples of how you can connect internal and exter-nal SCSI devices to the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160. To achieve maxi-mum performance, attach the first device to the end connector of the cable (furthest from the SCSI card); attach other ...

26 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 User’s Reference The following example shows LVD (Ultra160 and Ultra2) SCSI devices on Channel B and non-LVD SCSI devices on Channel A. Maximum Cable Lengths The total length of cabling (internal and external) on the SCSI bus cannot exceed the maximum lengths listed in the...