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ii Initio Corporation 2188-B Del Franco Street San Jose, California 95131-1575 http://www.initio.com Copyright Copyright©1998 Initio Corporation. All rights reserved. This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, reproduced, reduced or translated by any means, either mechanical or eletronic, without prior consent in writing from Initio Corporation. Initio Corporation assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this guide. The information contained in this manual, as well a
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iii Contents Technical Support ii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 The Initio I/OHIGHWAY PCI-FastSCSI host adapter 1 Technical Illustration 2 Product Features / Specifications 3 2. GETTING STARTED 5 Host adapter and the SCSI bus 5 SCSI bus preparation 5 SCSI bus termination 5 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 7 Installation basics 7 Installation in ten easy steps 7 Hard disk drive preparation 11 Low-level format 11 4. HOST ADAPTER SETUP 13 Runnin
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iv Contents 7. MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT DRIVER INSTALLATION 31 Overview 31 Installation 31 New Windows NT installation 31 Adding or updating the Initio driver to an existing WinNT system 33 Installing a new WinNT system and Initio driver w/out floppy disks 34 8. NOVELL NETWARE DRIVER INSTALLATION 35 Overview 35 Installation 35 New NetWare 4.xx installation 35 Adding the Initio driver to an existing NetWare system 36 Device driver command line op
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1 Introduction The Initio I/OHIGHWAY is a high-performance PCI bus master FastSCSI host adapter which provides the interface between the FastSCSI 1 bus and the PCI local bus. Distiguishing features include: Support of 32-bit data transfers across the PCI bus The Initio at speeds up to 133 MBytes per second I/OHIGHWAY Host Adapter The SmartSCSI Setup Utility program enables integration of the host adapters into most platforms and operating systems Compliancy with Plug-n-Play application
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2 Technical Illustration This illustration identifies major components pertaining to your I/OHIGHWAY host adapter. You will find it helpful to refer to this illustration while installing the host adapter and attaching the cables. FIGURE 1 INI-9100A Board Layout ® initio
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3 Product Features/Specifications Product Features PCI Compatibility: The PCI Bus is a 32-bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines. I/OHIGHWAY is compliant with PCI 2.1 bus protocol, electrical and mechanical specifications. Plug and Play: I/OHIGHWAY has an on-board read only memory (ROM) to provide the necessary configuration mechanisms for installation, configuration, and booting without user intervention. 133 MBytes per second PCI burst mode: The 32-bit data path for the PCI bus
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4 Product Features/Specifications Command Queuing: A unique implementation to provide 255 simultaneous SCSI commands. SCSI compliant: I/OHIGHWAY is fully SCSI compliant, implementing advanced features such as: Tag Queuing Sync/Async Transfers Disconnect / Reselect Arbitration Product Specifications Power Requirements 5.0 ± 0.25 V at 0.51 Amps maximum not including bus termination Physical Dimensions 5.75 x 3.40 (14.61 cm x 8.65 cm) Environmental Specifications Operating Tempera
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5 Getting Started Host Adapter and the SCSI Bus I/OHIGHWAY is a bus mastering host adapter which works with the host computer to provide control for the SCSI bus. By daisy chaining peripheral devices together, up to seven devices can be linked with I/OHIGHWAY. The host adapter can be placed in any 2 standard PCI slot on the bus. SCSI bus preparation Each peripheral device attached to the SCSI bus can either be an internal or external device. Each peripheral has a specific device ID, commonly
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6 Getting Started I/OHIGHWAYs SCSI termination can be set to auto-termination or programmable mode via the SmartSCSI Setup Utility. This feature allows the operator to switch the auto- termination On or Off. If auto-termination is switched off, the operator can manually program termination for the host adapter. There are three ways to manually control terminating the host adapter on the SCSI bus (see TABLE 1). SCSI Devices Configuration SCSI Channel Termination 1 Internal Devices Only ON 1 Ex
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7 Hardware Installation Installation Basics The internal cable permits connection of multiple internal devices. SCSI devices that are connected to the internal connector are installed inside the host computer enclosure. The external connector is accesible through the D-shell connector at the back of the 3 host system and is designed to connect devices outside the host system enclosure. The following table has connector details of I/OHIGHWAY. Internal External Maximum SCSI Product Connector Conne
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8 Hardware Installation 3 Inserting the host adapter Orient the host adapter for installation so that the external connector is facing the back of the system unit and align the card with the PCI connector on the system unit (see FIGURE 3). Holding the adapter by the mounting bracket and the card edge, match up the card edge connector with the PCI host computer socket and insert the card into the socket. Once the connector is in the PCI expansion slot socket tighten the mounting bracket screw to
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9 Hardware Installation When attaching FastSCSI devices, use the 50-pin FastSCSI cable connector on the host adapter. Align the internal cable into the host adapter and the other cable connectors in a similar fashion into the other SCSI device connectors as described in the appropriate manufacturers instructions. FIGURE 4 Connecting the 50-pin internal flat ribbon cable 4b Installation of external SCSI cables Installation of external SCSI cables can be performed after the cover has been close
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10 Hardware Installation 5 Drive activity LED A drive activity LED is designed into the host adapter to indicate when a data transfer is being made. Connection to the LED is optional and cabling is not in- cluded with this kit. Each host adapter has one four-pin connector. Please refer to the host adapters illustration (FIGURE 1) for the LED connector that will accomodate the LED cable. 6 Multiple Initiators Under some circumstances multiple initiators can be used on a single SCSI bus. The
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11 Hardware Installation 9 System startup The newly installed SCSI bus is now ready to power up. Switch on peripheral and host computer system power. The system monitor should display the following information, but may vary, based on the system BIOS manufacturer. The normal Power-On Self Test and memory test procedure. The host adapter sign on message including a list of attached SCSI devices. The list should match the peripheral devices attached to the bus. In most cases the host computer
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13 Host Adapter Setup Running the SmartSCSI Setup Utility To start the SmartSCSI Setup Utility, verify that all devices attached to the SCSI bus are powered up when the host computer system is turned on. Once the power switch has been turned on and the system begins its on screen power up sequence, the Initio banner 4 will be displayed for a brief period. During this time the Initio SmartSCSI Setup Utility is accessible by pressing the key and the key at the same time. When displaye
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14 Host Adapter Setup DOS Space > 1 GB. Using this option allows for single disk capacities to be extended up to 8 GBytes (yes). Please refer to the Appendix titled DOS Space > 1 GB for further information on this feature. (NO) DOS limits the number of cylinders per drive to 1024. The host adapter defines head and sector usage to 64 heads and 32 sectors. This format allows for maximum capacity of 1 gigabyte per disk storage. (YES) The upper limit can be extended from 1 GByte to 8 GBytes b
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15 Host Adapter Setup SCSI Parity Check ON. Select this option to enable or disable parity checking on the SCSI bus by the host adapter. The default setting for this option is on (yes). NOTE: If this option is set ON, be certain that the peripheral SCSI device also has this option turned ON. BIOS Setup Enable Host Adapter BIOS. This option controls the host adapter usage of SCSI disk I/O routines inside the host adapter BIOS. By disabling this option you will eliminate the host adapters abili
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