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AUGUST 1999
IC515C
Ultra Wide SCSI-2 LVD Host Adapter
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INFORMATION Mailing address: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018
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SE LVD TERM ACT
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FCC/IC STATEMENTS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY CANADA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS Class B Digital Device. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. This equipment
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER DECLARATION OF THE MANUFACTURER The manufacturer hereby certifies that the Ultra Wide SCSI-2 LVD Host Adapter, in compliance with the requirements of BMPT Vfg 243/1991, is RFI suppressed. The normal operation of some equipment (signal generators, for example) might be subject to special restrictions. Please observe any notices to this effect in the user’s manuals for your equipment. The marketing and sale of the equipment was reported to the Federal Office for Teleco
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TRADEMARKS TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL BLACK BOX and the logo are registered trademarks, of Black Box Corporation. Initio and the “INI-” prefix are registered trademarks, and ISGE and SmartSCSI are trademarks, of Initio Corporation. IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell, In
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura. 3. Todas las advertencias en el aparato eléctrico y en sus instrucciones de operación deben ser respetadas. 4. Todas las instrucciones de operación y uso deben ser seguidas.
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NOM STATEMENT 10. El equipo eléctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor como radiadores, registros de calor, estufas u otros aparatos (incluyendo amplificadores) que producen calor. 11. El aparato eléctrico deberá ser connectado a una fuente de poder sólo del tipo descrito en el instructivo de operación, o como se indique en el aparato. 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuent
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications ............................................................................................. 9 2. Introduction ............................................................................................. 11 2.1 Features ............................................................................................. 11 2.2 The Adapter Illustrated .................................................................... 13 3. Befo
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents (continued) Chapter Page 5. Driver Installation .................................................................................... 37 5.1 Installing Drivers for MS-DOS .......................................................... 37 5.1.1 Installing the ASPI Driver in an Existing MS-DOS System ... 38 5.1.2 Command-Line Options for the ASPI Driver ........................ 38 5.1.3 The ASPI CD-ROM Driver and Its Command-Line Options .............................
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Contents (continued) Chapter Page 5.6 Installing Drivers for IBM OS/2 ...................................................... 67 5.6.1 New OS/2 Installation ............................................................ 68 5.6.2 Adding the OS/2 Driver to an Existing OS/2 System .......... 69 5.6.3 Command-Line Options for the Device Driver ..................... 70 5.7 Installing Drivers for Linux .............................................................. 72
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CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications System Hardware Required — IBM PC compatible computer with at least one available PCI slot Host Bus — PCI 2.1 Host Interface — 32-bit, 33-Mhz busmaster DMA Host Data Rate — Data transfer at burst rates up to 133 MB/second Port Used — None (does not occupy any COM or LPT port) Other Hardware Resources Used—Plug-and-Play compatible; automatically self-configures interrupt, I/O address, BIOS address, etc. Cable Required — High-quality double-shielded Comp
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Indicators — (3) Board-mounted LEDs that indicate attached single- ended devices, attached LVD devices, and active vs. passive termination; Adapter can also be connected to one of host PC’s drive- activity LEDs; if it is, it will light the LED whenever there is activity on the attached SCSI bus, no matter which devices are involved Connectors — (1) Standard PCI card-edge male; (1) External high-density, micro-D68 (half-pitch) female; (1) Internal high-density, micro-
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CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2. Introduction The Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter (our product code IC515C) is a high- performance Ultra2 SCSI (Low Voltage Differential) PCI-busmastering adapter that functions as the interface between a SCSI bus and a PC’s PCI local bus. The Adapter supports all kinds of peripherals compatible with SCSI-1, SCSI-2, Fast SCSI, Ultra SCSI, or Ultra2 SCSI (LVD), including I/O devices such as SCSI scanners and storage media such as hard-disk, CD-ROM, MO, tape, and removable d
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER • User-hardwirable, user-programmable, or automatic SCSI termination. You can choose between hardwire-enabling termination on the Adapter, programming the termation through its firmware, or letting the Adapter handle termination automatically, eliminating the need to open up the PC every time you need to make termination changes. ® • Onboard BIOS supports Microsoft MS-DOS. The Adapter has the necessary software onboard to handle MS-DOS disk-drive operations without r
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CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2.2 The Adapter Illustrated The Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter and its major components are shown in Figure 2-1 below. You might want to refer to this diagram as you install your Adapter (see Chapter 4). Figure 2-2 below that shows closeups of the Adapter’s two SCSI connectors. The Adapter’s other components include: • Jumper JP1: These posts are usually left open so that termination can be firmware-controlled. Put a jumper on them to hard-wire termination always ON. • SE L
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 3. Before You Install: Getting Started 3.1 The Adapter and the SCSI Bus Your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter performs busmastering and works with the host computer to provide a means of control for the SCSI bus. By daisychaining peripheral devices together, as many as fifteen devices can be linked to the Adapter on the SCSI bus. The Adapter does not have to be placed in any particular physical position on the bus, but because it doesn’t have two external connectors, it
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CHAPTER 3: Before You Install: Getting Started A device’s ID number will reflect the priority it has on the SCSI bus; except for ID 7 (reserved for host adapters), the lower a device’s number, the higher its priority. So you should assign lower numbers to the devices that you will need to access more frequently or at a moment’s notice, and higher numbers to less critical devices. (8-bit “Narrow” SCSI peripherals must use SCSI IDs 0 through 6; 16-bit “Wide” peripherals can be assigned IDs 8 throu
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER 3.3 SCSI-Bus Length Because of its inherent electrical vulnerability as a high-speed parallel interface, the SCSI bus has definite distance limitations. With earlier versions of the SCSI interface, the maximum length of the bus—the total distance from the terminated device at one end to the terminated device at the other end—were normally inversely proportional to the data rate, as shown below: Max. Length Standard 6 m (19.7 ft.) SCSI-1 6 m (19.7 ft.) Fast SCSI (SCSI
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CHAPTER 3: Before You Install: Getting Started INTERNAL Terminated Cable ONLY All Devices Unterminated Adapter (Terminated) SINGLE EXTERNAL ONLY Up to 25 m (82 ft.) Adapter (Terminated) Terminated Device MULTIPLE EXTERNAL ONLY Adapter (Terminated) Terminated Unterminated Device Devices INTERNAL/ Terminated Cable EXTERNAL All Devices Unterminated Adapter (Unterminated) Terminated Unterminated Device Devices Figure 3-1. Examples of SCSI-bus termination. 17
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER Because the methods for terminating SCSI peripherals can vary widely, you should refer to a given peripheral’s documentation for instructions on how to enable or disable its termination. Here are some general tips about device termination, though: • Internal Ultra2 SCSI peripherals are shipped from the factory with termination disabled; this setting cannot be changed. Proper termination for internal Ultra2 peripherals is always provided by a built-in connector at the
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CHAPTER 3: Before You Install: Getting Started NOTE If you mix Wide and Narrow devices on the same side (internal or external) of a SCSI bus attached to the Adapter, we strongly recommend that all of the Narrow devices be attached to the bus closer to the Adapter than all of the Wide devices. If you attach any Narrow devices at the far end of the bus, beyond any Wide devices, you’ll have to be very careful to terminate the Wide lines (Pins 51 to 68) of the last Wide device. Alternatively, you ca
