Manual Atto technology UL3D

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    A TT O T echnology , Inc. Inst allation and Operation M anual A TT O ExpressPCI Host Adapters Dual Channel Ultra3 (UL3D) Dual Channel U ltra3 66 MHz (UL3D -66) Single Ch annel Ultra3 (UL3S) Single Cha nnel Ultra3 66 MHz (UL3S-66) © 2003 A TTO T echn ology , Inc. All r ights rese rved. All brand or product names ar e tradem arks of their respec tiv ...

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    Contents 1 What is ATTO Express PCI? ............. ......... ......... .............. .......... . 1 Plug and Play for PCI-based compu ters Fea tur es Operating Systems Dimensi ons Power Requiremen ts Operatin g Envi ronment Relia bility SCSI Bus 2 SCSI is a key technology for storage ....... .............. ......... .......... . 3 Glossary 3 Insta ...

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    1 A TTO T echnolog y Expres sPCI Ultr a3 SCSI Host Adapters I nstall ation an d Operat ion Manual 1 What is A TT O ExpressPCI? Comp atib le w ith virt ually al l popu lar SCSI devi ces , A TTO Expr essPC I ho st ad apt ers w ill incr ease the performa nce of di sk-inten sive appl ications such as dig ital video , pr epr ess, multim edia and r eal-t ...

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    2 Introduction SCSI Bus ❖ SCSI-3 connecto rs ❖ UL3S /UL3S-6 6 external : (1) 68-p in VHDC I ❖ UL3S /UL3S-6 6 internal : (1) 68- pin Wi d e ❖ UL3D /UL3D-66 exte rnal: ( 2) 68- pin VHDC I ❖ UL3D/ UL3D -66 in terna l: (2 ) 68-pi n Wi d e ❖ Maximum Ho st PCI tr ansfer rate ❖ 32-bit /33MHz : 133 MB/s ec. ❖ 32-bit /66 Mhz: 26 6 MB/sec. ? ...

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    3 A TTO T echnolog y Expres sPCI Ultr a3 SCSI Host Adapters I nstall ation an d Operat ion Manual 2 SCSI is a key technology for storage SCSI is a serial comm unicatio ns techno logy desi gned to tra nsfer lar ge amou nts of dat a between a variety of hardwar e systems over lo ng distances. It is a key techno logy for appl ications th at r equir e ...

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    4 Glossary topology logical layout of the pa rts of a co mpute r system or netwo rk and their interconnec tions transceiver a transm itter/receiver mo dule transfer rate the rate at which byt es or b its are transferred , as in mega bytes or gigabits per seco nd. T erm Definition ...

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    5 A TTO T echnolog y Expres sPCI Ultr a3 SCSI Host Adapters I nstall ation an d Operat ion Manual 3 Inst al ling the Expres sPCI SCSI Host Adapter Y ou will need a b asic un derstand ing of SCSI befo r e installing the A TTO Expr essPCI ho st adap ter . P lease r efer to Chapt er 2 for a list of SCSI-r elated web sites. Fo r mor e detailed exp lana ...

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    6 Hardware inst allation Exhibit 3-2 The A TTO Expr essPCI UL3S/UL3S -66 ada pter Exhibit 3-3 The A TTO Expr essPCI UL3D/U L3D-66 ada pter 64 / 32-Bit PCI 2 .2 Com plia nt C onn ector 68- pi n V H DCI Connecto r 68- p in Conn ec to r Ultra3 SCSI Processor Ch anne l 2: 68-pin VHDCI Connector Ch anne l 1: 68-pin VHDCI Connector 64/3 2- B it PCI 2. 2 ...

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    7 A TTO T echnolog y Expres sPCI Ultr a3 SCSI Host Adapters I nstall ation an d Operat ion Manual 3.1 Determining cabli ng and termination Cables an d devices mus t be chosen to ma ximize perfo rmance a nd minimi ze the electr ical noise from the high-s peed data t ransfer s availab le with the SCS I pr otocol. Cab ling a nd termin ation met hods b ...

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    8 Cables and termination Connectors A TTO ExpressP CI UL3S/UL3S-66: one indus try standar d 68-pin “P” (16-bi t) cable conn ector for internal device connect ions and one 68 -pin “P” (16-bi t) VHDCI (V er y High D ensity Cab led Intercon nect) c able c onnector f or exter nal device connections. A TTO ExpressP CI UL3D/UL3D-66: two indust ry ...

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    9 A TTO T echnolog y Expres sPCI Ultr a/WIDE SCSI Hos t Adapter s Instal lati on and Oper ation Manu al jumper p laced ove r the p ins desig nated for supplyin g termina tion. Check with yo ur drive manufact urer if yo u are not su re which pi ns to use. L VD Ul tra2 and Ultra3 SCSI dev ices are not capable of sup plying th eir own termi nation. In ...

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    1 1 A TTO T echnol ogy Expre ssPCI Ultr a/WIDE SCSI Host Adapter s Instal latio n and Opera tion Manu al 3.2 Inst alling and Up dati ng Device Driver s After ins talling the A TT O Expr essPCI host adapter , you mu st config ur e your system to r ecogn ize and use it by instal ling drive rs for your oper ating syste m. If you already have one or mo ...

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    12 Install, up d ate drivers 9 After all ot her drive rs have been p rocessed, press Enter and procee d with the r est of the Windows Installation procedur e. NOTE Whe n Windo ws begins copying files to your ha rd disk, you will again be pro mp ted to insert the Ex pressP CI installation disk and any other vendor-s upplied disks you use d du ring c ...

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    13 T o instal l a new cop y of W ind ows N T ont o a SCSI disk a ttached to y our Expr essPCI adapt er . 1 S tart Windows NT text mode setup as per the instruc tions prov ided with Windows NT . 2 Press F6 when the fir st blue win dow , Win dows NT Setup , appears. S etup will co ntinue to loa d files. 3 After loadi ng the se tup file s, you wi ll b ...

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    14 Install, up d ate drivers The A TTO Express PCI Conf iguratio n T ool, available on the A TTO web site, www .attote ch.com/software/ index.html, wil l veri fy driv ers and firmw are vers ions a nd att empt to flash . Inst ructio ns for using this utilit y are provid ed as part of the downlo ad proces s. Up dating Driver s and Re-fl ashing Fi rmw ...

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    15 A TTO T echnolo gy Express PCI Ultra /WIDE SCSI Host Adapters I nstall ation an d Operat ion Manual 4 Maximizing Performance with ExpressPCI HBA If you ar e getting le ss performan ce than you expect, there ar e several things you can do such as ma king sur e you ar e using the la test AT TO driver , setti ng the r egistry entry for large block ...

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    16 Maximize performance available in th e file St r i p e . t x t on th e CD whi ch has been includ ed with your A TTO ExpressPCI adapters. Increase tra nsfer size If you ar e writing to an ap plication that uses a lot of se quenti al disk I/ O to a cont iguous area on disk, you should use as large a transfer size as possible to reduce overhead o n ...

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    17 A T TO T echnology Exp ressPCI Ultra 3 SCSI Host Adap ters Ins tallat ion and O peratio n Manual 5 T ro uble shooti ng This cha pter cont ains solu tions fo r the mos t common p r oblems you m ight encoun ter . If you need additio nal ass istan ce, pleas e r efer to th e A T TO T echn ology web s ite (www .a ttotec h.com) o r contac t an A TT O ...

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    i A T TO T ec hnolog y Express PCI Ultra3 SCSI Host Adapt ers I nstall ation an d Operati on Manual Appendix A Standards a nd compliances The e quipm ent des cribe d in this ma nual g ener ate s and uses radio fr equency ener gy . The T echnical Specifica tion sheet for a particu lar AT TO Expr essPCI ho st bus adap ter list certifica tions fo r th ...

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    ii Appendix B SCSI host adapter selecti on guide A TT O T echnology off ers a n umber of SC SI an d Fibr e Channel soluti ons for storag e. The fo llowi ng chart compares the featur es of ExpressPCI SCSI host adapte rs. Supporte d platfor ms incl ude Sun S olaris; Li nux; NetWare; SCO Unix; Wind ows 2000, 95 /98, NT , and Macintosh O S and O S X. C ...

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    iii A TTO T echnology ExpressPCI Ult ra3 SCSI Host Adapters Install atio n and Operati on Manual Appendix C Fibre Channel ho st adapter gui de A TT O T echnology off ers a n umber of SC SI an d Fibr e Channel soluti ons for storag e. The fo llowi ng chart compares the featur es of ExpressPCI Fibr e Channel host adapters. Comple te RAID pac kages ar ...

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    iv Appe ndix D Conta ct A T T O T ec hnolo gy , Inc. Customer service, s ales inform ation and tec hnical sup port are avai lable by ph one Monday through Frida y , Eastern Standar d T ime 8:00 a .m. to 8:00 p .m., or by e-mail and web s ite 24-ho urs a da y . A TTO T echn ology , Inc. 155 Cros sPoint Par kway Amherst, Ne w Y ork 14068 (716) 691- 1 ...

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