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    DC-315 Series User’s Manual 1 1 DC-315 Series PCI SCSI Host Adapters User’s Manual Manual Rev: 3.00 Date: Jan. 99 Model Number Protocol Mode SCSI Width Max Xfer Rate (MB/S) Max Devices DC-315 SCSI-3 SE 8-bit 20 7 DC-315U SCSI-3 SE 8-bit 20 7 U: Ultra SCSI (Narrow) * All other product names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners[...]

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    DC-315 Series User’s Manual 2 2 1. INTRODUCTION The DC-315 series is a SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) bus to PCI bus host adapter, which complies to the PCI 2.1 specification with Plug-&-Play (PnP) readiness. By using the Disconnect/Reconnect technique, performance degradation during multitasking operations is prevented. Other enhance[...]

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    DC-315 Series User’s Manual 3 3 2.1 Board Layout The following figures illustrate the jumper and connector locations for the DC-315 Series PCI SCSI Host Adapters: DC-315 Ultra SCSI-3 adapter DC-315U Ultra SCSI-3 adapter[...]

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    DC-315 Series User’s Manual 4 4 2.2 Setting the Jumpers DC-315U: JP1 (LED) SCSI Device Activity LED Indicator (JP1) JP1 is used to indicate activity of the SCSI devices controlled by the DC-315U adapter, and should be connected to the cable leading to the Hard Drive LED on the front panel of your computer case. 2.3 Setting the SCSI IDs Each SCSI [...]