User manual ASUS PCI-SIU2

[. . . ] R PCI-SIU2 Ultra2 PCI SCSI Card USER'S MANUAL User's Notice No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. [. . . ] If a SCSI drive does not respond to a command within the specified time out then the command will be aborted and an appropriate error message will be displayed. The time out value is specified in minutes. The D or d values are used to Disable the time out mechanism. If the time out mechanism is disabled then faulty hardware can lock up the system. Examples: /T4 /Td /TD /T1 /T /t ASUS PCI-SIU2 User's Manual 33 5. MS-DOS Driver Installation /X /x This option is used to exclude particular SCSI drives. Excluded SCSI drives are identified by specifying the host adapter, target id and lun. Groups of SCSI drives (or wild cards) can also be identified. Below are examples of the different ways SCSI drives can be excluded: /X0:1:2 This will exclude the drive on Host Adapter 0, with target ID 1 and lun 2. /X0:2 This will exclude the drive on Host Adapter 0, with target ID 2 and ANY lun /X0 This will exclude ALL drives on Host Adapter 0. SAMPLE CONFIG. SYS These samples assume that the user has loaded the ASUS drivers in the following directory: c:\iniaspi. Config. sys: DEVICEHIGH=c:\iniaspi\aspia100. sys DEVICEHIGH=c:\iniaspi\inicd. sys /R2 Explanation: The first line loads the ASPI manager and the second line loads the SCSI disk driver specifying that a minimum of two drive letters be reserved for each MO and removable disk attached to the SCSI bus. ASPI Partition & Format Utility INIFDISK. EXE is a DOS ASPI partition and format utility. It requires the ASPIA100. SYS and INIDISK. SYS drivers to be loaded in order for it to function properly. INIFDISK. EXE is installed by the ASUS DOSSETUP or SETUP programs. Upon invocation, the initial screen will have two windows. The top window will list all of the SCSI devices installed in the system. The user can highlight a particular device by using the up and down arrow keys. The bottom window will display information about the device that is currently highlighted in the top window. Inifdisk. exe can partition and format any SCSI storage device that is not being controlled by the BIOS, this includes SCSI disks, magnetic optical drives, and removable media devices. INIFDISK will display two screens in which the bottom portion will explain all commands possible in the top window. 34 ASUS PCI-SIU2 User's Manual 6. MS Win 95/95b (OSR2) Driver Installation 6 Overview PCI-SIU2 will support Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 95B (OSR2) with the addition of a software driver. The installation procedure described here requires some experience in Windows 95 system setup and administration. [. . . ] Can I still install my SCSI-2 devices on the PCI-SIU2 until I get some?In fact, by connecting your standard UltraWide devices to the card you obtain the equivalent of UltraWide performance at a 3 meter length limit and speeds to 40MB/sec. Question:What cables are included with the kit?Answer: The kit contains a 5 connector Ultra2 68-pin terminated cable. 76 ASUS PCI-SIU2 User's Manual Troubleshooting Question:How do I set the burst transfer rate for SCSI devices? [. . . ]