ASUS PCI-SIU2 User’s Manual
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1. Introduction
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The ASUS PCI-SIU2 Host Adapter
The ASUS
®
PCI-SIU2
™
is a high-performance Ultra2 (Low Voltage Differen-
tial) PCI bus master host adapter which provides the interface between the
SCSI bus and the PCI local bus. The PCI-SIU2 supports 32-bit data transfers
across the high bandwidth PCI bus at speeds up to 133 Mbytes per second.
The advanced Integrated Scatter/Gather Engine (ISGE
™
) reduces the command
overhead time enhancing the overall system response, thus providing excep-
tional performance for the PCI-SIU2.
An on-board utility program is designed into the host adapter to simplify SCSI
bus set-up. The SmartSCSI
™
Setup Utility program enables simple integration
of the PCI-SIU2 into most platforms and with many operating systems. The
SmartSCSI utility will enhance the installation procedure of the host adapter
and allow for complete self-integration in those systems that implement the
current plug and play standards. The PCI-SIU2 complies with plug and play
applications on systems using PCI bus standards.
The PCI-SIU2 will support asynchronous SCSI bus transfer to a maximum
rate of 10 Mbytes per second and synchronous Ultra2 SCSI bus transfers to a
rate of 80 Mbytes per second. Full support of Ultra2 defined by SCSI specifi-
cation, disconnect/reconnect and command queuing provides maximum bus
utilization in multiple target implementation.
Minimum System Requirements
•
IBM-compatible PC-486, Pentium or above
•
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Win3.1, DOS 6.0, OS/2, SCO
Unix, SCO UnixWare, or Novell NetWare Operating Systems
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One availiable PCI slot
•
SCSI peripheral