Cable Termination; Configuring The Host Adapter - Initio INI-9100U User Manual

Install the internal cable by matching the cable 'striped side' with
the card connector ' ', J1 pin 1 on the INI-9100U/9100UW.
Complete the SCSI bus by connecting the cable to the other SCSI
peripherals in your system. Please refer to the specific peripheral
manufacturers users manuals for proper SCSI cable installation.
Close the cover on host computer. This completes the hardware
installation of the INI-9100U/9100UW.

Cable termination

Host adapter auto-termination is software controlled by the
SmartSCSI
default during power-up. Recall that first and last physical SCSI
device on the SCSI bus must be terminated.
Refer to the specific peripheral manufacturers users manual for
proper SCSI cable termination.

Configuring the host adapter

Host adapter configuration is performed automatically by the host adapter
BIOS during power-up. The factory settings are designed for best
operation. However, the host adapter can be configured to meet your
special operating environment, using the SmartSCSI
described below.
The INI 9100U/9100UW host adapter includes an on-board configuration
utility called the SmartSCSI
during the system boot routine, after the Initio banner is displayed, by
pressing <Ctrl>+<I> on the host system keyboard. The SmartSCSI
Utility is resident in the host adapter's Read Only Memory (ROM). The
purpose of the SmartSCSI
related parameters and perform low level SCSI disk formatting when
required. Once the configuration is established the information is saved in
on-board non-volatile memory which can be modified when necessary in
Setup Utility.
Setup Utility. The utility is accessible
Setup Utility is to customize SCSI/BIOS-
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Auto-termination is enabled by
Setup Utility
Setup