Adaptec 2930U2 - Storage Controller Ultra2 SCSI 80 MBps, User Reference

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Page 5: ...nners 11 SCSI Peripheral Display at Bootup 12 Installing Multiple SCSI Cards 12 Connecting the LED Connector 13 Using SCSI and IDE or EIDE Peripherals 14 Replacing a Non Adaptec SCSI Card with an Adap...

Page 6: ...SI Card 2930U2 User s Reference SCSI Cables and Adapters 23 External Cables 23 External Connector Diagrams 23 Internal Cables 24 Internal Connector Diagrams 24 Cabling Examples 25 Maximum Cable Length...

Page 7: ...t be assigned to SCSI devices SCSI peripherals and SCSI card and the SCSI bus must be properly terminated SCSI IDs Each peripheral attached to the SCSI Card 2930U2 as well as the SCSI Card 2930U2 itse...

Page 8: ...I ID 0 If you have 8 bit or Narrow SCSI peripherals they must use SCSI IDs 0 1 2 3 4 5 or 6 SCSI ID 0 is recommended for the first SCSI hard disk drive If you are booting your computer from a SCSI har...

Page 9: ...ch on the peripheral or by physically removing or installing one or more resistor mod ules on the peripheral Termination on external SCSI peripherals usually is controlled by installing or removing a...

Page 10: ...ion Are all SCSI peripherals turned on Are all SCSI cables and power cables properly connected Is the SCSI Card 2930U2 firmly seated and secured in the PCI expansion slot Is the PCI expansion slot PCI...

Page 11: ...slot Check your computer docu mentation to determine the correct PCI bus slot Troubleshooting in Windows 95 and Windows 98 When I start Windows 95 the system locks up when the Windows logo is display...

Page 12: ...ptec AHA 2930U2 PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller If the driver is listed the SCSI Card 2930U2 driver is load ing properly If the driver is listed but has an exclamation mark inside a yellow circle the softw...

Page 13: ...screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard to have Windows search for the SCSI Card 2930U2 3 Follow the onscreen instructions If Windows 95 does not detect the SCSI Card 2930U2 run the Add New Hardware Wi...

Page 14: ...ton for the type of resource you want to check 6 The setting and the hardware using the setting are displayed If a specific resource is not listed the resource is not used by a device If a resource is...

Page 15: ...n up option is typically set by a jumper See the documentation for the peripheral Start unit request failed The SCSI Card BIOS was unable to send a Start Unit Command to the peripheral Run SCSISelect...

Page 16: ...u must partition and logically format the drive For DOS and Windows 3 x 95 and 98 use the DOS Fdisk and Format commands see your computer DOS and Windows documen tation For Windows NT see your operati...

Page 17: ...40 MBytes sec Do not connect your Ultra2 hard disk drives to connectors other than the Ultra2 connector on the SCSI Card 2930U2 Internal Ultra2 SCSI peripherals come from the factory with termination...

Page 18: ...SI If the peripheral is running in Ultra2 SE mode this indicates that the peripheral s maxi mum transfer rate is set at the Ultra SCSI performance level 40 MBytes sec Note If any peripheral is attache...

Page 19: ...e LED connector on the SCSI card the LED on the front panel of the computer will light whenever there is activity on the SCSI bus see Figure 2 Note If you are using non SCSI disk drives for example ID...

Page 20: ...more information You cannot connect an IDE peripheral to a SCSI card or a SCSI peripheral to an IDE card controller Disable the BIOS on the SCSI card if no SCSI hard disk drives are installed see Adva...

Page 21: ...utilities See the descriptions of each option on page 17 Table 1 SCSISelect Settings SCSISelect Option Available Settings Default Setting Basic Host Adapter1 Settings Host Adapter SCSI ID 0 15 7 SCSI...

Page 22: ...Bus at IC Initialization Enabled Disabled Enabled Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives 1 GByte4 Enabled Disabled Enabled Host Adapter BIOS Enabled Disabled Enabled Support Removable Disks Under BI...

Page 23: ...Select Settings To select an option use the and 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 an...

Page 24: ...recommended configurations Boot Device Options Boot Target ID Specifies the SCSI ID of your boot device Boot LUN Number Specifies which LUN Logical Unit Numbers to boot from on your boot device Multi...

Page 25: ...o disconnect from the SCSI bus Leave the setting at Yes if two or more SCSI peripherals are connected to the SCSI card If only one SCSI peripheral is connected changing the setting to No results in sl...

Page 26: ...nded BIOS Translation for DOS Drives 1 GByte When set to Enabled provides an extended translation scheme for SCSI hard disks with capacities greater than 1 GByte This setting is necessary only for MS...

Page 27: ...le the drive is on You may lose data To allow removability of the media while the drive is on install the removable media software driver and set Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks to D...

Page 28: ...Verify Disk Media Format Disk Allows you to perform a low level format on a hard disk drive Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do not need to be formatted again Each hard disk...

Page 29: ...tion contact Adaptec at 1 800 442 SCSI 7274 Monday to Friday from 6 a m to 5 p m Pacific Time External Cables External Connector Diagrams Table 3 External Cables Description Part Number High Density 5...

Page 30: ...3 position 2 peripherals adapter card standard 50 pin Internal Ultra SCSI 1 m ACK INT3 PNP 5 position 4 peripherals adapter card standard 50 pin Internal Ultra SCSI 1 5 m ACK INT5 PNP 3 position 2 pe...

Page 31: ...nectors on the SCSI Card 2930U2 Ultra2 Peripheral Terminator High density 68 pin Internal Ultra2 SCSI Cable SCSI Card 2930U2 Figure 8 Connecting Ultra2 Internal Peripherals Ultra2 Peripheral Terminato...

Page 32: ...tra2 Internal and Fast Ultra Narrow External Peripherals Ultra2 Peripheral Terminator High density 68 pin Internal Ultra2 SCSI Cable SCSI Card 2930U2 Fast Ultra Narrow Peripheral Terminated 50 pin Ext...

Page 33: ...MBytes sec 1 1 Mixing Fast Ultra peripherals with Ultra2 peripherals on the same segment causes the entire SCSI bus to default to Ultra SCSI speeds and cable requirements 15 3 m 9 8 ft Fast SCSI 10 MB...

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