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Adaptec 29160 Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 NSTALLATION UIDE SCSI C 39160 DAPTEC 160 SCSI C LTRA ONTROLLER...
  • Page 3 NTRODUCTION The Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 enables you to connect up to 30 SCSI devices—such as very large arrays of high-performance HDDs, external storage subsystems, clustered configurations, Ultra160 hard disk drives, scanners, and CD-ROM drives—to any Intel-based computer with 64- or 32-bit PCI expansion slots.
  • Page 4 Support for Older SCSI Devices We recommend that if you have single-ended Ultra SCSI and ear- lier SCSI devices you connect them to Channel A of the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 and that you connect newer Ultra2 and Ultra160 SCSI devices to Channel B. This allows the Adaptec...
  • Page 5 Bus Mastering.) Save the slot cover screw for use in Step 4. Slot cover screw Expansion slot cover SCSI C DAPTEC Turn OFF power to the computer and disconnect Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 39160 64-bit PCI slot 32-bit PCI slot...

  • Page 6: Setting U Pscsi Devices

    39160 in a PCI slot. Some 32-bit slots will not accommodate it, and the card may break if you force it into the slot. Insert the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 in the 64-bit (or 32-bit) PCI expansion slot; press down firmly until the card clicks into place, then replace the slot cover screw.

  • Page 7: Check The Scsi Ids

    No two devices on the same SCSI channel can have the same SCSI ID. The Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 is preset to ID 7 for each channel and should not be changed. If you boot from a SCSI hard disk, make sure the hard disk SCSI ID is set to 0.

  • Page 8: Connecting Scsi Devices

    Installation Guide ONNECTING You can connect a total of 30 SCSI devices to the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160,with up to 15 devices on each SCSI channel. Before connecting devices, be sure to review Setting Up SCSI Devices on page 4.
  • Page 9 Proper termination is provided by the terminator at the end of the LVD SCSI cable. Connect a power cable from your computer’s internal power sup- ply to each internal SCSI device. Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 Ultra160 or Ultra2 SCSI devices Built-in terminator...
  • Page 10 Locate a 68-pin internal Wide SCSI cable. Plug one end of the cable to the Channel A internal 68-pin con- nector on the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160. Plug the other end of the cable to a terminated Ultra/Fast Wide SCSI device.
  • Page 11 Locate a 50-pin internal Ultra Narrow SCSI cable. Plug one end of the cable to the 50-pin internal SE Narrow SCSI connector, positioned vertically on the right side of the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 (refer to the figure on page 1).

  • Page 12: Connecting External Scsi Devices

    SCSI devices with the newer Ultra160 and Ultra2 SCSI devices on the same SCSI channel of the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160. Do not connect SCSI devices to more than two of the three SCSI Channel A connectors at the same time.
  • Page 13 Step 4. Connect the other external SCSI devices by linking each device to the previous one, as shown below. Terminate only the device at the end of the chain. Terminated SCSI Device Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 SCSI Terminator...
  • Page 14 Installation Guide Connect power cables to all external device(s) and to the computer. NFORMATION The last SCSI device on the end of each SCSI bus cable must be terminated, and termination must be disabled for all other devices in the middle of the cables. Ultra160 and Ultra2 SCSI devices are automatically un-terminated, but Ultra SCSI and Fast/Wide SCSI devices do have termination that you must check.

  • Page 15: Troubleshooting

    ROUBLESHOOTING If you have any problems while installing the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160, check the following items first: • Are all SCSI devices powered on? • Are all SCSI cables and power cables properly connected? • Does each device on each SCSI bus have a unique SCSI ID? •...
  • Page 16 Adaptec SCSI Card 39160. Pre-Loaded Adaptec Drivers If the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 was included as part of a com- puter system you purchased, the system already has the appropriate Adaptec driver pre-installed by the computer manu- facturer.
  • Page 17 Copyright © 1999 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy- ing, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.
  • Page 18 Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matérial brouilleur du Canada. Japanese Compliance Adaptec, Inc. Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 Tested to Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE...
  • Page 20 We move the information that moves your world. ™ © 1999 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in Singapore Stock No.: 512465-03, Rev. A KL 10/99 (SRC: 512465-00, Ver. AA)

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