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- Page 1 PCI-SC896 2Ch. Ultra2 PCI SCSI Card USER’S MANUAL...
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Page 2: User's Notice
Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. -
Page 3: Asus Contact Information
WWW: www.asus.com FTP: ftp.asus.com/Pub/ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Marketing Address: Harkortstr. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Fax: +49-2102-4420-66 Email: sales@asuscom.de Technical Support Hotline: MB/Other: +49-2102-9599-0 Notebook: +49-2102-9599-10 Fax: +49-2102-9599-11 Online Support: www.asuscom.de/de/support WWW: www.asuscom.de FTP: ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual... -
Page 4: Fcc & Doc Compliance
Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual... -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
1.3.1 The PCI Interface ............11 1.3.2 The SCSI Interface ............11 1.3.4 Wide Ultra2 SCSI ............12 2. Installing the PCI-SC896 Host Adapter ........13 2.1 Quick Installation Procedure ..........13 2.2 Detailed Installation Procedure ..........15 2.2.1 Before You Start ............15 2.2.2 Inserting Your Host Adapter ......... - Page 6 2.3.4 Setting SCSI IDs ............20 2.4 Setting Interrupts ..............20 3. Configuring the Host Adapter ..........21 3.1 When to Configure the PCI-SC896 ........21 3.2 Starting the SCSI BIOS Utility ..........22 3.3 Exiting the SCSI BIOS Utility ..........28 4.
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Page 7: Preface
1. Introduction Preface This is the primary reference and User’s Manual for the ASUS PCI-SC896 Dual Channel PCI to Ultra2 SCSI Host Adapter. It contains a complete func- tional description for the PCI-SC896 and includes complete physical and elec- trical specifications for the PCI-SC896. -
Page 8: Conventions Used In This Manual
How to Get Updates Software changes as products improve. The latest documentation and drivers are available for downloading from ASUS web site as listed in the ASUS Con- tact Information in the front of this manual. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual... -
Page 9: Introduction
SCSI Device Management System SDMS 4.0 User’s Guide contain product information and installation instructions to help you gain the full benefits of your PCI-SC896 Dual Channel PCI to Ultra2 SCSI host adapter for your com- puter system. Channel A 68-pin Internal High... -
Page 10: Features
1. Introduction 1.2 Features This section provides a high level overview of the PCI Interface, the SCSI Interface, and Board Characteristics for the PCI-SC896 Host Adapter board. 1.2.1 PCI Interface • Full 32-bit or 64-bit (33 MHz) DMA bus master •... -
Page 11: Interface Descriptions
PC processor and memory subsystem. The PCI functionality for the PCI-SC896 is contained within the ASUS PCI-SC896 PCI-SCSI I/O Processor chip. The PCI-SC896 connects directly to the PCI bus and generates timing protocol in compliance with the PCI specification. The PCI interface operates as a 32-bit DMA bus master. -
Page 12: Wide Ultra2 Scsi
1. Introduction 1.3.4 Wide Ultra2 SCSI The PCI-SC896 has full support for Wide Ultra2 SCSI. This interface is an extension of the SCSI-3 family of standards that expands the bandwidth of the SCSI bus to allow faster synchronous data transfers, up to 80 Mbytes/s. Wide... -
Page 13: Installing The Pci-Sc896 Host Adapter
2. Installation 2. Installing the PCI-SC896 Host Adapter This chapter provides instructions on how to install the PCI-SC896 Host Adapter and includes these topics: • Section 2.1, “Quick Installation Procedure” • Section 2.2, “Detailed Installation Procedure” • Section 2.3, “SCSI Bus Termination”... - Page 14 SCSI IDs. 11.Finally, refer to the PCI SCSI Device Management System SDMS 4.0 User’s Guide (or the guide for the software that you will use) to load the driver software for your particular operating system. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual...
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Page 15: Detailed Installation Procedure
2. Installation 2.2 Detailed Installation Procedure This section provides step-by-step instructions for installing your PCI-SC896 host adapter and connecting it to your SCSI peripherals. If you are experienced in these tasks, you may prefer to use the preceding Section 2.1, “Quick Instal- lation Procedure.”... -
Page 16: Inserting Your Host Adapter
1. Ground yourself before removing this host adapter board. Remove the PCI-SC896 Dual Channel PCI to Ultra2 SCSI Host Adapter board from the packing and check that it is not damaged. 2. Switch off and unplug power cords for all components in your system. -
Page 17: Connecting Your Scsi Peripherals
LED cable to your SCSI host adapter. This connection causes the front panel LED to indicate activity on the SCSI bus. An LED is also on the PCI-SC896 host adapter, which indicates activity on the SCSI bus. The Busy LED connector J6 is not keyed. The J6 connector is a 4- pin one row right angle header for both channel A and channel B. -
Page 18: Making External Scsi Bus Connections
This section provides step-by-step instructions about making external SCSI bus connections: 1. If you need to connect external SCSI devices to the PCI-SC896 host adapter, plug the 68-pin high-density connector on one end of a shielded external high density cable into the host adapter connector J2. -
Page 19: Internal Scsi Connections
If only internal SCSI device connections on your host adapter have been made, then terminate the last internal device on the SCSI bus. You must disable the termination on all other devices. Termination on the PCI-SC896 host adapter is automatically enabled in this case. -
Page 20: Setting Scsi Ids
ID of each device and how to change it. You must have no duplication of SCSI IDs on a SCSI bus. NOTE: As SCAM support is OFF by default for the PCI-SC896, you may choose to turn this ON to assist in assigning SCSI IDs. -
Page 21: Configuring The Host Adapter
3. Configuring the Host Adapter This chapter discusses how to change configuration settings and includes these topics: • Section 3.1, “When to Configure the PCI-SC896 Host Adapter” • Section 3.2, “Starting the SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility” • Section 3.3, “Exiting the SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility”... -
Page 22: Starting The Scsi Bios Utility
Enabled 3.2 Starting the SCSI BIOS Utility If you have SCSI BIOS version 4.0, and it includes the ASUS SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility, you can change the default configuration of your SCSI host adapters. You may decide to alter these default values if there is a conflict between device settings or if you need to optimize system performance. - Page 23 When you start the ASUS SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility, the Main Menu appears. This menu displays a list of up to four ASUS PCI to SCSI host adapt- ers in your system and information about each of them. The PCI-SC896 host adapter appears on the menu as two PCI-SC896 entries;...
- Page 24 3.2.1.8 Quit The Quit option allows you to exit from the SCSI BIOS Configuration utility when on the Main Menu. 3.2.1.9 Esc Pressing the Esc key allows exit from all the screens except the Main Menu. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual...
- Page 25 Plug and Play protocol called SCAM (SCSI Configured AutoMatically). SCAM support by default is off in versions 4.11.00 and later for the PCI-SC896 de- vice. You may choose to turn this on. Note that if this BIOS is flashed onto a board with existing settings, then these settings will not be changed to reflect the new BIOS defaults.
- Page 26 FDISK /MBR command that you target the correct disk. After clearing the partitions and data, it is necessary to reboot and clear memory or the old partitioning data will be reused, thus nul- lifying the previous operation. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual...
- Page 27 For example, if there is a SCSI device with multiple LUNs but you do not want all of those LUNs to be available to the system, then set this option to “No.” This will limit the scan to LUN0 only. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual...
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Page 28: Exiting The Scsi Bios Utility
Return to the Main Menu and exit by using the Quit option. IMPORTANT: If you reboot the system without properly exiting the utility, some changes may not take effect. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual... -
Page 29: Glossary Of Terms And Abbreviations
CPU - Central Processing Unit. The “brain” of the computer that performs the actual computations. The term Micro Processor Unit (MPU) is also used. DMA - Direct Memory Access. A method of moving data from a storage de- vice directly to RAM, without using the CPU’s resources. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual... - Page 30 Host Adapter - A circuit board or integrated circuit that provides a SCSI bus connection to the computer system. Internal SCSI Device - A SCSI device installed inside the computer cabinet. These devices are connected in a continuous chain using an unshielded ribbon cable. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual...
- Page 31 Operating System - A program that organizes the internal activities of the computer and its peripheral devices. An operating system performs basic tasks such as moving data to and from devices, and managing information in memory. It also provides the user interface. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual...
- Page 32 CPU. Information can be written to and read from RAM. The contents of RAM are lost when the computer is turned off. RISC Core - ASUS SCSI chips contain a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Com- puter) processor, programmed through microcode scripts.
- Page 33 Wide SCSI). The host adapter usually gets ID 7 giving it priority to control the bus. SDMS - SCSI Device Management System. An ASUS software product that manages SCSI system I/O. STA - SCSI Trade Association. A group of companies that cooperate to pro- mote SCSI parallel interface technology as a viable mainstream I/O intercon- nect for commercial computing.
- Page 34 Wide Ultra SCSI - The STA term for SCSI bus width 16 bits, SCSI bus speed maximum data rate 40 Mbytes/s. Wide Ultra2 SCSI - The STA term for SCSI bus width 16 bits, SCSI bus speed maximum data rate 80 Mbytes/s. Word A two byte (or 16-bit) unit of information. ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual...