BusLogic BT-440C, Installation Manual

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Page 2: ...opied reproduced or translated to another language with out prior written consent of BusLogic Inc Trademarks Company and product names are trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective companies Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Hardware Requirements l 1 Software Requirements 1 2 Hard Drive Setup 1 3 Supported Operating Systems 1 3 Device Driver Needs 1 3 Reference Documents l 4 ...

Page 3: ... devices The BT 440C 445C offers device driver support for major industry standard operating sys terns BusLogic host adapters offer exceptionally high product reliability due to reduced component count and lower power ccnsumption Minimized command overhead results in faster command execution Adapter BIOS supports up to 8 GBytes capacity per disk The BT 44OC is the same as the BT 445C but without t...

Page 4: ...e hard drive for operating system installation Your operating system software may incorporate these high level format and partitioning functions as part of its operating system installation or may of fer them as separate utilities For example DOS provides FORMAT and FDISK in its utilities suite Supported Operating Systems BusLogic has embedded driver support in the kernel of the following op era t...

Page 5: ...pin and the VL Bus 116 pin edge connector 90 000 hours Installation Installation Checklist Host adapter installation involves the following steps 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 Unpacking the host adapter and opening up the host system for adapter installation Setting the SCSI ID for all devices being connected to the host adapter Each device must have a unique ID Terminating SCSI devices Be sure that only two te...

Page 6: ... be on your clothes or body If a disk drive controller board has been installed re move all connecting cables to the board and lift it out of the host computer Each SCSI device is assigned a unique SCSI ID ranging from 0 through 7 Your BusLogic adapter is by default set to SCSI ID 7 Most SCSI peripheral devices are shipped with a preassigned SCSI ID number A SCSI ID switch is usually located on th...

Page 7: ...BIOS is enabled at addressDCOOOH If other cards are installed check each one to determine whether the default BIOS address for the BT 445C is available Switch 4 selects the local bus clock speed By default it is set for a moth erboard operating with a clock speed of greater than 33 MHz Pin 4 is in the ON position Switch 8 enables disables the floppy connector on the BT 445C It is en abZed Switch 8...

Page 8: ...ding on the configuration of your computer other types of cables could be used BT 44 Internal fqoppy Internal SCSI Connector SCSI Disk Floppy Drive Drive Drive Connector II Systerh Motherboard External SCSI Connector Figure 2 3 BT 44 Installation Before plugging in cable connectors check that the 7 mark molded on the connector or the colored stripe on the cable indicating the loca tion of Pin 1 ma...

Page 9: ... adapter config uration is optional You may skip this section and proceed to Section 4 n A diagnostics test that checks adapter motherboard connectivity Resource Parameter Configuration For most installations the adapter will operate successfully with its facto ry default configuration It may need to be changed if resource conflicts oc cur When further configuration is required use the AutoSCSP Ut...

Page 10: ... system prompts you to reset your system jjl The reboot allows changes to configuration to become operational Using the AutoSCSl Configuration Menu The Configuration Menu allows you to configure your host adapter or a selected adapter if more than one is installed in your system II Auto Config All Adapters Summary of Configuration Configure Adapter Advanced Options Auto Config All Adapters This op...

Page 11: ...ld indicates whether adapter SCSI termination is turned on or not SCSI devices are daisy chained together and a termi nator is required at each end of the chain Should the selected adapter be at the beginning or end of the SCSI chain this value must be set to On You may use the Configure Adapter screen option to set or change this value DOS Space 1GB This field displays whether this option is turn...

Page 12: ... option to change the DMA chan nel While only ISA platform host adapters actually use the DMA channel for system memory data transfers a channel selection may be needed where ISA DMA emulation is required to support older versions of device drivers developed for the ISA bus The default setting is None Data Transfer Rate Not applicable to this product Host Adapter SCSI ID Use this option to change ...

Page 13: ...f up to 10 MBytes set SCSI data transfers However the actual data transfer rate is determined by the SCSI target device if the device has a transfer rate lower than that of the adapter This option is offered because some classes of SCSI devices do not support synchronous data transfer An attempt to perform this negotiation protocol may result in an unpredictable response from the SCSI device Check...

Page 14: ... to enable or No to dis able this option The default is Yes Host Adapter BIOS Supports DOS Space 1GB This option enables the adapter onboard BIOS to support up to 8 Gigabytes of DOS disk space per drive In a DOS environment Interrupt 13H calls are routed through the BusLogic host adapter s ROM BIOS The onboard BIOS intercepts INT 13H calls and dispatches a command to the adapter for all host to SC...

Page 15: ...e to control floptical devices Selecting Yes en ables this option selecting No disables it The default is No Enable SCSI Bus Reset When this option is enabled the adapter asserts a SCSI bus reset signal upon detecting a hard reset Where more than one adapter card is connected to the same SCSI bus as multiple initiators you can use this option to specify only one adapter card to reset the SCSI bus ...

Page 16: ...tup This section shows the steps to set up a hard drive to operate with the host adapter n Formatting the disk H Partitioning installing an operating system onto the disk H Installing device drivers Formatting the Hard Drive Use the Fom at Disk option on the AutoSCSI Utilities Menu to low level format your SCSI hard disk drive Because most off the shelf hard drives are factory formatted it is unli...

Page 17: ...NFIRM Yes m Select Yes to start the operation for the selected device or No to cancel it Format Disk The Format Disk option performs a low level disk format operation on a selected disk device This low level format destroys all data including any directories Caution Before invoking this option be sure to back up the device being fomat fed as formatting will destroy all dafa on it During formatting...

Page 18: ...ice and press ENTER For example Vendor ID Product ID Firmware Version ANSI Version Synchronous Mode Negotiated Offset Transfer Period SCSI Linking Command Oueuing Disconnection Device Capacity MB Sector Size Byte MAXTOR 700QScs 2974 SCSI 1 Not Supported fVA fVA Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported 80 512 Refer to the manuals for your device for further information about the con tents in this ...

Page 19: ...ower than any other drive BIOS determines the boot drive by scanning SCSI devices starting from 0 If the boot drive number is higher than the other drive change it to a lower value Be sure that you ve followed termination rules and that you ve used AutoSCSI to disable termination if the board is in the middle of the SCSI chain Check that you have correctly set the hard drive to not installed in yo...

Page 20: ...n the hard drive Be sure to back up the drive before pro ceeding Check device driver compatibility n Check that you have installed no more devices than your operating sys tem or driver can handle For example pm DOS 5 0 versions of DOS can handle only two hard drives To handle more devices you must in stall additional drivers n Be sure that you have installed drivers appropriate for each installed ...

Page 21: ...d other information You may also leave your questions which will be answered within 24 hours The BBS can be reached at 408 492 1984 To access the sys tem all you need is a modem and communications software of your choice Set your system to 9600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit and 0 parity bits Once connected logon with your name and a password of your choosing I FAX requests will be answered within 24...

Page 22: ...c Product BusLogic Product No Serial Number Date of Purchase Firmware Version Number BIOS Version Number Purchased From Company Address Purchased By Name Title Company Address Telephone Fax About System Hardware Configuration System Manufacturer System Model and Speed System BIOS Manufacturer Memory in System Hard Drives on System About System Software Configuration Operating S ys tern Version App...

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