ATTO Technology ATTO ExpressPCI Ultra/WIDE SCSI Host Adapters Express PCI PSC: Single-Channel Single-Ended Ultra/WIDE ExpressPCI DC: Dual-Channel Sing manual

A TT O T echnology , Inc. Inst allation and Operation M anual A TT O ExpressPCI Ultra/WIDE SCSI Host Adapters Express PCI PSC : Single-Channel Single-Ended U ltra/WIDE ExpressPCI DC: D ual-Channel Sing le-Ended Ultra/W IDE © 2003 A TTO T ec hnolo gy , Inc. A ll righ ts reserv ed. All brand or prod uct nam es are t rademar ks of their respec tive h[...]

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Content s 1 What is ATTO Express PCI? ............. ......... ......... .......... ......... ...... 1 Fea tur es Operating Envi ronme nts Power Requiremen ts Envir onmenta l and Ph ysical Speci ficat ions SCSI Conne ctor s 2 SCSI is a key technology for storage ............ ......... ......... ........... 3 Glossary 3 Installing the ExpressPCI SCS [...]

1 A TTO T echnolog y Expre ssPCI Ul tra/ WIDE SCSI Host Adapter s Instal lati on and Operati on Manual 1 What is A TT O ExpressPCI? Compati ble with vir tu ally all popular SCS I devices , ATT O Expr essPCI host adapte rs will i ncrease the performa nce of di sk-i nten sive a ppl icatio ns such as digit al vi deo, prepr ess, multimedi a and r eal-t[...]

2 Features, benefit s[...]

3 A TTO T echnolog y Expre ssPCI Ul tra/ WIDE SCSI Host Adapter s Instal lati on and Operati on Manual 2 SCSI is a key technology for storage SCSI is a ser i al comm unicat io ns tech no logy des i gned to t ransfer lar ge amounts of data bet ween a variety of hardwar e system s over lo ng distances. It is a key tech no logy for ap pl icatio ns th [...]

4 Glossary SCS I Sm all Co m puter S y stems Interface : a proces sor-in dep endent st and ard for system -level interface be tween a c ompu ter and intelligent devices including hard d isks , flo p p y d isks , CD -R O M , prin ters , s ca n n e rs, e tc . top olo gy log i cal la yout o f th e part s of a c omput er syst em o r ne twor k and t hei[...]

5 A TTO T echnolog y Expre ssPCI Ul tra/ WIDE SCSI Host Adapter s Instal lati on and Operati on Manual 3 Inst alling the ExpressPCI SCSI Hos t Adapter Y ou will need a b asic un derstand ing of SCSI b efor e insta lling the A TTO Expr essPCI host ad apter . Ple ase r efer to Chapt er 2 for a list of SCSI-related web sites. Fo r more detailed exp la[...]

6 Hardware inst allation The A TTO E x pr e s s P C I P S C S C SI a d ap t er The A TTO E x pr e s sP C I DC SCSI a d ap t e r  Channel 2 : 68 -p in VHDC I Connect or Channel 1 : 68 -p in VHDC I Connect or Chan nel 1 : 68 - pin Conn ector Cha nn el 2: 68-pin Connector 68-pi n I ntern al 16- bi t “P” Ca ble Conn ec to r Dedi ca te d 3r d Ge [...]

7 A TTO T echnolog y Expre ssPCI Ul tra/ WIDE SCSI Host Adapter s Instal lati on and Operati on Manual 3.1 Determining cabling and termination Cables an d devices mu st be chos en to maxim ize perfo rmance a nd mini mize the ele ctrical no ise from the high-s pee d data t ransf er s a v ai lable wi th the SCS I p r otocol. Cab li ng and te rmin at [...]

8 Cables, termination Connection considerations If usi ng a combin ation of W ide 16-bit dev ices and Narro w 8- bit devi ces on t he s ame c onnec tor , W ide devices mus t be con nected f irst (cl osest to the conn ect or), fo llowed by the Nar row de vi ces. Please refer to the documen tation you recei ved with your SCSI devi ces t o dete rmi ne[...]

9 A TTO T echnolog y Expre ssPCI Ul tra/ WIDE SCSI Host Adapter s Instal lati on and Operati on Manual T o set up cabling and termination: 1 Determine whether your A TTO Ex press PCI adapter is a s ingle ch annel o r dual cha nnel model. One external connector indicates a single chann el hos t adapter; two external connectors indicate a dual channe[...]

10 Cables, termination T ermination power: host adapt ers supply termina tion p ower to th e bus at all ti mes and many SCSI devices are also able to supp ly terminati on power . SCSI sign al quali ty , partic ularly with long or marginal qualit y cabl es, may be im prov ed if th e device supplies th e termination power . Co ntact your devi ce manu[...]

1 1 A TTO T echnology Expre ssPCI Ult ra/ WIDE SCSI Host Adapters Instal latio n and Opera ti on Manual 3.2 Inst alling and Up dating Device Drivers After ins talling the A TTO Expr es sPCI host adapter , you must con figure your sys tem to r ecognize an d use it by instal ling drive rs for your operating system. If you alr eady have on e or mor e [...]

12 Install, up d ate drivers 9 Afte r al l oth er dr iv ers ha ve bee n pr oces sed, press Enter and proc eed with th e rest of the Windows Installation proced ure. NOTE Whe n Wi ndow s begins cop ying files to yo ur ha rd disk, you will again be promp t ed to insert the Ex pressPCI installation disk and any other v endor-s upplied disks y ou use d[...]

13 A T TO T echnology Expr essPCI Ultra /WIDE SCSI Host Adapters Install at ion and Op erati on Manual T o instal l a new cop y of W i ndow s NT onto a SCSI disk a ttached to your Expr essPCI adapt er . 1 S t art Windo ws NT text m ode se tup as per the instruc tions prov ided with Wind ows NT . 2 Press F6 when the fir st blue win dow , Windows NT [...]

14 Install, up d ate drivers Up dating Driver s and Re-f lashing Fi rmware in Mac OS X Mac OS X drivers, includi ng i nstaller pack ages, can be d ownloaded directly from the A TTO web site, w ww . a ttotech .com. The driver instal lers w ill automaticall y un ionist exist ing driver s and properl y ins tall the ne w dr ivers o n your system . Afte[...]

15 A T TO T echnology Expr essPCI Ultra /WIDE SCSI Host Adapters Install at ion and Op erati on Manual 4 Maximizing Perfor mance with your ExpressPCI HBA If you ar e getting le ss perform ance than you expect, ther e ar e several things you can do such as makin g sur e you ar e using the la test AT TO driver , setti ng the r egistry entry for lar g[...]

16 Maximize performance available in th e file St r i p e . t x t on th e CD whi ch h as been includ ed with your A TTO ExpressPCI adapters. Increase tra nsfe r s ize If you ar e writi ng to an appli cation t hat uses a lot of se que nti a l di sk I/ O to a cont igu ous area on disk, you should use as large a transfer size as possible to reduce ove[...]

17 A T TO T echnology Expr essPCI Ultra /WIDE SCSI Host Adapters Install at ion and Op erati on Manual 5 T ro uble shoo tin g This cha pt er cont ains s olu tions fo r the mos t comm on p r oblems you m ight enc ounter . If you need additio nal as sist ance, ple ase r efer to th e A TTO T echnolo gy web si te (www .a ttotec h.c om) or contac t an A[...]

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i A T TO T echnology Expre ssPCI Ul tra/ WIDE SCSI Host Adapter s Ins talla tion and Operati on Manual Appendix A S tandards a nd compliances The equipment descri bed in this man ual generat es and uses radi o frequency ener gy . The T ech nica l Specifica tion s heet for a pa rticula r A TTO Expr e ssPCI ho st bus ad apter li st certif icatio ns f[...]

ii Appendix B SCSI host adapter selecti on guide A TT O T echnology offe rs a num ber of SCSI and Fib r e Channel s olution s for s torag e. The fo llowi ng cha rt compares the featur es of ExpressPCI SCSI host adapt ers. Supporte d platfor ms: Sun S olaris; L inux; NetWare; SCO Unix; W indows 2000, 95/98 , NT , and Macinto sh OS and OS X . Comple [...]

iii A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI Ul tr a/WIDE SCSI Host Adapte rs Ins tall ation and Operat ion Manua l Appendix C Fibre Channel host adapter g uide A TT O T echnology offe rs a num ber of SCSI and Fib r e Channel s olution s for s torag e. The fo llowi ng cha rt compares the featur es of ExpressPCI Fibr e Channel hos t adapters. Supporte d platf[...]

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