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UMAX Technologies SuperMac E100 User Manual

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SuperMac E100
Extended Performance Card
User's Guide
UMAX Computer Corporation
Headquarters and Sales
47470 Seabridge Drive
Fremont, California 94538 USA
Research and Development
4800 Great America Parkway, Suite 200
Santa Clara, California 95054 USA
SuperMac Information
www.supermac.com
P/N: 9011344-0001
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  • Page 1 SuperMac E100 Extended Performance Card User’s Guide UMAX Computer Corporation Headquarters and Sales 47470 Seabridge Drive Fremont, California 94538 USA Research and Development 4800 Great America Parkway, Suite 200 Santa Clara, California 95054 USA SuperMac Information www.supermac.com P/N: 9011344-0001 Table of Contents...
  • Page 2 Trademarks and Copyright Copyright © 1996 UMAX Computer Corporation All rights reserved. UMAX, the UMAX logo, and SuperMac S900 are trademarks of UMAX Computer Corporation. SuperMac is a registered trademark of Radius Inc., used under license by UMAX Computer Corporation. Apple, AppleTalk, Disk First Aid, PlainTalk, ProDOS, Macintosh, GeoPort, PowerTalk, Apple Desk- top Bus, LocalTalk, LaserWriter, Personal LaserWriter 300, StyleWriter, Quick- Draw, Finder and Power Macintosh, are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Congratulations on your purchase of the SuperMac E100 Extended Performance Card by UMAX Computer Corporation (referred to herein as UMAX Computer). The SuperMac E100 combines high speed disk and networking capabilities in a single PCI card. It dramatically increases performance of most SCSI devices connected to it and con- nects your SuperMac system to a high-speed 100Mbps network.
  • Page 4 explains how to connect the 100 Chapter 4, Connecting to the Network, Mbit Ethernet provided by the E100 to the network and how to config- ure it. offers tips and procedures for solving Chapter 5, Troubleshooting, potential difficulties when using the Ultra SCSI and 100 MBit Ethernet features provided by the E100 card.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ..........v Registration .

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 - Installing The E100

    Chapter 1 Installing the E100 The instructions in this section explain the procedures for installing the E100 Card into a SuperMac S900 or J700 series machine. You can have the card installed by a qualified service provider or you can per- form the work yourself.
  • Page 7 Press the “locking” tabs at the rear corners of the panel and slide the it a few inches toward the rear of the computer. If the panel lid appears tight, apply a strong downwards pressure (where the large arrows indicate) as you slide the lid to the rear. Then lift t he panel up and off the computer.
  • Page 8 Make sure that the notch in the connector on the card aligns with the connectors in Slot A. Notch Press the E100 card straight down into Slot A. Do not bend or force the card: if you meet resistance, pull the card out and try again.

  • Page 9: Installing The E100 Software

    While pressing down on the panel with one hand, slide the panel toward the front with the other. Tighten the thumb-screw on the back panel. If you are installing the card in an S900, carefully return the computer to its vertical position. Installing the E100 Software Your E100 card requires special software which is contained on the CD-ROM included with your E100 card.
  • Page 10 Click Install. The following files are installed and placed in the appropriate folders on your hard disk: the E100 SCSI (control panels folder) and E100 Config and E100 Ethernet (extensions folder). When you see a message reporting the installation was successful, click Restart.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 - Connecting Ultra Scsi

    Chapter 2 Connecting Ultra SCSI The E100’s Ultra SCSI feature is designed for ease of use. When you start up your SuperMac computer, a series of data-integrity checks run on the E100 and the devices attached to it. The E100 card requires the use of single-ended Ultra SCSI devices. Differential Ultra SCSI devices are incompatible.

  • Page 12: Starting Up From A Drive Connected To The E100

    Termination of the E100 Card The E100’s automatic termination feature senses when cables are attached to the card. When it detects an attached cable, the E100 then checks to see if a SCSI device is attached. If a device is attached, and if the card is at one end of the SCSI chain, then the card provides any needed termination automatically.
  • Page 13 To make a drive connected to the E100 card the startup drive when no existing drive is used for startup: Connect the drive you plan to use for startup to the E100 card. Start up from the SuperMac system software CD-ROM provided with your system.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 - Using The E100 Scsi Software

    Chapter 3 Using the E100 SCSI Software The E100 SCSI Control Panel controls the performance and functions of the E100’s Ultra SCSI feature. To open the Ultra SCSI Control Panel, choose Control Panels from the Apple Menu, then choose E100 SCSI. Use the Control Panel to: Enable old driver support Enable resetting the SCSI bus at startup...
  • Page 15 Updating the Firmware Upon opening, the E100 SCSI Control Panel verifies that the firmware version in the E100 flash ROM is the same as that of the Control Panel. If it is different, or if the firmware has become damaged or corrupted, a dialog box appears that allows you to update the firmware on the E100 card.

  • Page 16: Software Termination

    Enable ROM Drivers When Enable ROM Drivers is enabled, the E100 uses the disk driver in its ROM—a faster, more efficient driver than the disk-based driver—for all disks initialized with HDT and RAID Toolkit. At startup, the com- puter uses a native PowerPC driver from the ROM instead of the driver on the disk, which speeds up the startup process.
  • Page 17 Choose Custom from the Termination pop-up menu. The Custom Termination dialog box appears. Select the desired termination options from the pop-up menu. Click OK or Cancel. Table of Contents...

  • Page 18: Chapter 4 - Connecting To The Network

    Chapter 4 Connecting to the Network The E100 Enhanced Performance Card provides a single RJ-45 port for connecting the card to your EtherNet network. Using auto-negotiation, the E100 card senses the hub’s speed and sets the card to run at either 10Mbps or 100Mbps.

  • Page 19: Configuring 10Mbps, 100Mbps, Or Full Duplex Operation

    During system initialization at startup, the E100 (PCI BIOS system ROM) configuration software automatically selects an unused inter- rupt line and I/O addresses for use with the card. You do not need to set interrupts, I/O addresses, jumpers, or switches to configure the card.

  • Page 20: Configuring The Appletalk Control Panel

    Configuring the AppleTalk Control Panel You complete your network connection by configuring the AppleTalk control panel. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu. Select AppleTalk from the Controls Panels submenu. The AppleTalk control panel appears. From the “Connect Via” drop-down list, choose “Ethernet Slot For E100.”...

  • Page 21: Chapter 5 - Troubleshooting

    Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting E100 SCSI This section contains tips and procedures to use if you are having dif- ficulty with the E100’s Ultra SCSI feature and/or the devices attached to it. Problem: The devices attached to the E100 don’t appear on the Desktop. The E100 is not properly installed.

  • Page 22: Troubleshooting 100Mbit Ethernet

    Troubleshooting 100MBit Ethernet LED Indicators Overview The LED indicator shows the presence of Link Integrity, Data Traffic, 100Mbps operation, and 10Mbps operation for installation verifica- tion and diagnostic purposes. Link Integrity LED The green Link Integrity (LI) LED indicates whether the link is con- nected.
  • Page 23 100Mbps Operation LED The green 100Mbps (100) LED indicates the configuration of the card for 100Mbpa (100BASE-TX) operation. State Description Configured for 100Mbps operation Not configured for 100Mbps operation Mbps Operation LED The amber 10Mbps (10) LED indicates the configuration of the card for 10Mbps (BASE-T) operation State Description...

  • Page 24: Specifications

    Specifications System Supported SuperMac S900 series and J700 series Interface Connections Ethernet: Single RJ-45 (auto-negotiate 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX operation) SCSI: External 68 pin SCSI-3 (female) connector; internal 68-pin SCSI- 3 (female) connector Bus Supported PCI, 32-bit bus mastering LAN Drivers Required MacOS Open Transport (LocalTalk, AppleTalk, TCP/IP, and EtherNet).
  • Page 25 Environmental Requirements Temperature: 0° C to 40° C Relative Humidity: 5% to 85% non-condensing Standards Compliance IEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX IEE 802.3 10BASE-T IEEE 1275 Open Firmware specifications PCI 2.1 Specifications Table of Contents...

  • Page 26: Appendix - Regulatory Compliance

    Appendix Regulatory Compliance — Declaration of Conformity - FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 27 Interference Handbook (stock number 004-000-00493-1). The book- let, prepared by the Federal Communications Commission, is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Industry Canada Regulatory Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference- causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Apparatus,”...

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