Adaptec AVA-1505 manual

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    R Doc um ent Titl e Part Number: 510533-00, R ev. A Print Spe c Number: 4 9 2 410-00 Current Da te: 1/24/94 ECN Date: 2/1/ 94 ▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ A V A-1 505 A T -to-S CSI H ost Adap ter Insta llat ion G ui de[...]

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    1 Document Ti tl e Part Numb er: 510533-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2410-0 0 Current Dat e : 1/24/94 EC N Date: 2/1/94 Getting Started This guid e t ells you h ow to in stall and con figure the A VA ™ - 1505 AT ® -to-SCSI host adap ter. Instal la- tion inst ruc tio ns ar e giv en i n Sec tio ns 4 thro ugh 8. Board L ayout This figur e id[...]

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    2 Document Ti tl e Part Numb er: 5 10533-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2410-0 0 Current Dat e : 1/24/94 E CN Date: 2/1/94 Ins ta llin g the Host Ada pte r Sett ing Jumpers If you need to c hange ju mper block settings , do it now befo r e you rep lace the c has sis cover . See Sectio n 8, Jumper B lock S ettings , fo r det ails. In mos t cas [...]

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    3 Document Ti tl e Part Numb er: 5 10533-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2410-0 0 Current Dat e : 1/24/94 E CN Date: 2/1/94 Co nne cti ng Pe ri phe ra ls Sett ing S CSI IDs Y ou must as sig n a different SCSI I D to each device on the A V A -1 505 SC SI bus. See your SCSI peripheral doc um entat io n fo r direct io ns on h ow t o d eter min e t[...]

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    4 Document Ti tl e Part Numb er: 5 10533-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2410-0 0 Current Dat e : 1/24/94 E CN Date: 2/1/94 tors . T er m inato rs mus t be remov ed from, or disabled on, a ll oth er d evic es on the SCSI bus. The AVA- 1505 and most SCSI periphera ls have built- in termi nat ors that can be enabled or disable d. Term i- nate o n[...]

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    5 Document Ti tl e Part Numb er: 5 10533-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2410-0 0 Current Dat e : 1/24/94 E CN Date: 2/1/94 3 Tu r n ON the po w er for th e per ipheral(s) then for the c omput er . In most cases you r com puter , host adapter , and SCSI peripherals are now ready to us e. Booting the Computer The A V A-1505 d oe s not prov ide b[...]

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    6 Document Ti tl e Part Numb er: 5 10533-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2410-0 0 Current Dat e : 1/24/94 E CN Date: 2/1/94 ■ Do y our SC SI dev ices suppo rt p arity checkin g? ■ Is the fus e (F1) d iscolored? ■ If your system has mult iple ho st adapters , did you as s ign eac h h ost adapt er a uniq ue int errupt channel an d po r t ad[...]

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    7 Document Ti tl e Part Numb er: 5 10533-00, Re v. A Print Spec Numbe r: 4 9 2410-0 0 Current Dat e : 1/24/94 E CN Date: 2/1/94 FCC Com pliance St atem e nt NOTE: This equipment has been t ested and found to compl y wit h the l imits for a Class B digi tal device, pursuant t o Pa r t 15 of the FCC r ules. These l i m- its are desi gned to provi d e[...]