BusLogic BT-956C, User Manual

Device Driver Needs

 has embedded (built-in) driver support in most popular operat-

ing systems. No additional drivers are needed for most standard installa-

tions.

If support for the kind of device (or the number of devices) you are install-

ing is not embedded in your operating system, you will need additional

drivers. These may be available with the device. Consult your device doc-

umentation for more information.

 also offers drivers where embedded support 

is not 

available

(e.g., older operating system versions, etc.). Drivers available in the 

Logic SCSI Host Adapter Software Kit allow:

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Multiple 

 host adapters

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Up to fifteen SCSI peripheral devices (hard drives, etc.) per adapter

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Connectivity to SCSI tape drives, magneto optical (MO) disk drives and

CD-ROM drives and other devices

See the 

 SCSI Host 

Adapter Software 

 Guide 

if you are in-

stalling 

 drivers.

Supported Operating System/Driver Support

 SCSI adapter driver support is embedded in the following oper-

a ting sys terns:

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NetWare 3.12/4.X

 SCOUNIX

 Vines

 Windows NT

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Interactive UNIX

 (for x86)

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The BT-956X also supports 

 compatible operating systems.

PC-DOS, MS-DOS and Windows. 

Your host adapter’s 

 BIOS al-

lows you to attach up to seven SCSI disk drives without additional soft-

ware under PC or MS-DOS 5.0 and above. Earlier versions of DOS only

allow support for up to two hard disk drives.

 offers device drivers that support ASP1 (Advanced SCSI Pro-

gram Interface) for configurations where more hard drives are needed than

your version of DOS can support. 

 also offers CD-ROM drivers

for DOS and Windows.

If you are installing other types of devices under DOS and Windows, such

as a tape backup device or a scanner, you will need to install additional

drivers that support the ASP1 interface to operate those devices. Those

drivers are usually available packaged with the device or from third party

sources.

Windows NT. 

Support for 

 Bus Master SCSI adapters is includ-

ed with the operating system from Microsoft and does not require addi-

tional software.

Novell NetWare. 

NetWare 3.12 and 4.X include 

 driver support

and do not require additional software. For NetWare SFT III you must in-

stall the driver 

 provided in 

 device driver software

kit. All 

 NetWare drivers include ASP1 (Advanced SCSI Program

Interface) support. This allows you to run many third party software pack-

ages for tape backup devices and other peripherals not supported by

NetWare.

 IBM OS/2 

 includes embedded driver support for all 

Bus Master SCSI adapters. If you require support for an earlier version of

IBM OS/2 or Microsoft 

 you will need to install drivers included in

the 

 device driver software package.

UNIX. 

The UNIX operating systems listed above already include driver

support for all 

 SCSI adapters.

Note: You can obtain the latest 

 driver 

 the 

 Bulle-

tin Board System (BBS) via modem at 

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