Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product I/O HIGHWAY Initio
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initio ® i User s Manual initio ® TM.
initio ® ii Initio Corporation 2188-B Del Franco Street San Jose, California 95131-1575 http://www .initio.com Copyright Copyright©1998 Initio Corporation.
initio ® iii T echnical Support ii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 The Initio I/O HIGHW AY PCI-F astSCSI host adapter 1 T echnical Illustration 2 Product Features / Specifications 3 2. GETTING ST ARTED 5 Host adapter and the SCSI bus 5 SCSI bus preparation 5 SCSI bus termination 5 3.
initio ® iv 7. MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT DRIVER INST ALLATION 31 Overview 31 Installation 31 New Windows NT installation 31 Adding or updating the Initio driver to an existing W inNT system 33 Installing a new WinNT system and Initio driver w/out floppy disks 34 8.
1 initio ® Introduction The Initio I/O HIGHW AY is a high-performance PCI bus master F astSCSI host adapter which provides the interface between the F astSCSI bus and the PCI local bus.
2 initio ® This illustration identifies major components pertaining to your I/O HIGHW AY host adapter . Y ou will find it helpful to refer to this illustration while installing the host adapter and attaching the cables.
3 initio ® P r oduct Features PCI Co mpatib ility: The PCI Bus is a 32-bit bus with multiplex ed address and data lines. I/O HIGHWA Y is compliant with PCI 2.
4 initio ® Product Features/Specifications Command Queuing: A unique implementation to provide 255 simultaneous SCSI commands. SCSI compli ant: I/O HIGHW AY is fully SCSI compliant, implement.
5 initio ® Getting Star ted Host Adapter and the SCSI Bus I/O HIGHW A Y is a bus mastering host adapter which works with the host computer to provide control for the SCSI bus. By daisy chaining peripheral devices together , up to seven devices can be link ed with I/O HIGHW A Y .
6 initio ® I/O HIGHW AY s SCSI termination can be set to auto-termination or programmable mode via the SmartSCSI Setup Utility . This feature allows the operator to switch the auto- termination On or Off . If auto-termination is switched off , the operator can manually program termination for the host adapter .
7 initio ® Installation Basics The internal cable permits connection of multiple internal devices. SCSI devices that are connected to the internal connector are installed inside the host computer enclosure.
8 initio ® 3 Inserting the host adapter Orient the host adapter for installation so that the external connector is facing the back of the system unit and align the card with the PCI connector on the system unit (see FIGURE 3).
9 initio ® Hardware Installation When attaching F astSCSI devices, use the 50-pin F astSCSI cable connector on the host adapter . Align the internal cable into the host adapter and the other cable connectors in a similar fashion into the other SCSI device connectors as described in the appropriate manufacturers instructions.
10 initio ® 5 Drive activity LED A drive activity LED is designed into the host adapter to indicate when a data transfer is being made. Connection to the LED is optional and cabling is not in- cluded with this kit. Each host adapter has one four -pin connector .
11 initio ® 9 System startup The newly installed SCSI bus is now ready to power up. Switch on peripheral and host computer system power . The system monitor should display the following information, but may vary , based on the system BIOS manufacturer .
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13 initio ® Running the Smar tSCSI Setup Utility T o start the SmartSCSI Setup Utility , verify that all devices attached to the SCSI bus are powered up when the host computer system is turned on. Once the power switch has been turned on and the system begins its on screen power up sequence, the Initio banner will be displayed for a brief period.
14 initio ® Host Adapter Setup DOS Space > 1 GB. Using this option allows for single disk capacities to be extended up to 8 GBytes (yes). Please refer to the Appendix titled DOS Space > 1 GB for further information on this feature. (NO) DOS limits the number of cylinders per drive to 1024.
15 initio ® SCSI P arity Check ON . Select this option to enable or disable parity checking on the SCSI bus by the host adapter . The default setting for this option is on (yes). NOTE: If this option is set ON, be certain that the peripheral SCSI device also has this option turned ON.
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17 initio ® MS-DOS/Windows 3.1x Driver Installation Ov er view The Initio ASPI driver will support extended SCSI command functions for MS-DOS 3.30 or later . The on-board BIOS initialized during the power up boot routine only supports MS-DOS hard disk operation.
18 initio ® MS-DOS/Windows 3.1x Driver Installation Installing the Initio A SPI driv er s to an existing Windows 3.1x system The ASPI for Windows 3.1x drivers are found on the INI-9XXXU/9XXXUW DVR DSK 1 . It is important that the SCSI bus hardware, and operating system are installed correctly before proceeding further .
19 initio ® MS-DOS/Windows 3.1x Driver Installation A SPI Manager Command Line Options Below is a list of command line options. The Initio ASPI Manager , ASPI910U, supports command line switches to optimize driver operation.
20 initio ® MS-DOS/Windows 3.1x Driver Installation are 1-9 and D or d. 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 /X /x This option is used to exclude particular CD-ROM drives.
21 initio ® A SPI Disk Driver Command Line Options INIDISK.SYS is a DOS block device driver for supporting SCSI fix ed disks, removable disks and MO devices. INIDISK.SYS is automatically loaded in CONFIG.SYS start up file by the Initio DOSSETUP or SETUP programs.
22 initio ® /X0 This will exclude ALL drives on Host Adapter 0. SAM PLE CONFIG.SYS These samples assume that the user has loaded the Initio drivers in the following directory: c:iniaspi. Config.sys: DEVICEHIGH=c:iniaspiaspi910u DEVICEHIGH=c:iniaspiinicd.
23 initio ® Ov er view I/O HIGHW AY will support Microsoft W indows 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.
24 initio ® 1 A ccess the Windows 95 CD -ROM from either the DOS prompt or from Microsoft Windows 3.x File Manager . Execute the SETUP .EXE program and follow the instruc- tions on your screen. If you are installing from floppy disk ette, insert the Windows 95 Setup Disk 1 in your floppy disk drive and boot your system.
25 initio ® A dding the Initio Driver to an Existing Windows 95/95a S ystem These instructions will guide you through the installation of the Initio host adapter to an existing Windows 95 system. W indows 95 will automatically detect the presence of new hardware in Plug and Play compliant systems.
26 initio ® Updating the Initio Windows 95/95a De vice Driver 1 Once a Windows 95 session is established, use your installed mouse or the appropri- ate k ey strok es to select MY COMPUTER from the Main Desktop. Execute the following steps: Select CONTROL P ANEL from within the MY COMPUTER group.
27 initio ® Ne w Windows 95B (OSR2) Installation These instructions will guide you through the installation of the Initio host adapter driver while installing Windows 95B (OSR2). Windows 95B will be installed from either a CD- ROM or floppy disk ettes.
28 initio ® 4 It is highly recommended that you verify Initios Windows 95 device driver by selecting MY COMPUTER from the desktop. Then select CONTROL P ANEL : Select SYSTEM from within the CO.
29 initio ® Updating the Initio Windows 95B (OSR2) Device Driv er 1 Once a Windows 95 session is established, select MY COMP UTER from your desktop. Execute the following steps: Select CONTROL P .
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31 initio ® Ov er view I/O HIGHW A Y will support Windows NT v3.5x/4.0 with the addition of a software driver . A software driver allows the host computer the ability to transfer data over the SCSI bus.
32 initio ® 2 If you are installing Windows NT from a CD version, locate the Windows NT Setup Disk for CD -ROM Installation. Make a back up copy of this disk ette before installation. 3 Insert the backup Windows NT Setup disk into drive A: and turn on your com- puter .
33 initio ® 3 In the INST ALL DRIVER window , select HA VE DISK... . 4 In the INST ALL FROM DISK window that is displayed, enter the Initio Driver path name: Insert INI-9XXXU/9XXXUW DRIVER .
34 initio ® 2 When SETUP begins to load, the screen will turn from black to blue with the text SETUP IS INSPECTING YOUR COMP UTERS HARDW ARE CONFIGURA TION at the top Press the F6 key to interrupt this process.
35 initio ® Ov er view I/O HIGHW AY will support Novell NetW are 386 V4.XX or V3.1X with the addition of a software driver . The installation procedure described here requires some experience in Novell system setup and administration.
36 initio ® 6 Select installation type. <ENTER> 7 Enter server name when prompted <ENTER> A t this point the boot files will be copied to the hard drive. 8 A fter the files are finished being copied you may encounter the following message: Install found the following hardware but found More than one driver supporting this hardware PCI.
37 initio ® Upgrading/Changing Driv er on an Existing IntraNetWare Se r ve r 1 T o begin the you will need to change the directory to the location of the server and initialize the network server , e.g., T ype CD NWSER VER <ENTER> T ype SER VER <ENTER> 2 At the NetW are prompt, T ype LOAD INST ALL <ENTER>.
38 initio ® De vice driv er command line options The Initio device drivers support command line switches to optimize driver performance. However , in certain situations some driver optimization may be advantageous to system performance. NetW are offers two means of entering command line switches.
39 initio ® Ov er view The I/O HIGHW A Y OS/2 driver will support OS/2, 3.0 & 4.0. The device driver for OS/2 is copied from the INI-9XXXU/9XXXUW DRIVER DISK 1 to your hard drive where it is initialized during boot-up.
40 initio ® 3 Using an appropriate text editor modify the CONFIG.SYS on the OS/2 Diskette 1 for INI-9XXX to include the new Initio driver . Enter: BASEDEV=INI910U.ADD and save the file. 4 Insert the Installation D isk ette into drive A: and turn on your computer .
41 initio ® De vice driv er command line options The Initio device drivers support command line switches to optimize driver performance. Device drivers normally require no further information to work effectively . However , in certain situations some driver optimization may be advantageous to system perfor - mance.
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43 initio ® Ov er view The I/O HIGHW AY SCO UNIX device driver will support SCO UNIX System V/386 R elease 3.2v4.0 or later , SCO Open Desktop v2.0, v3.0 or later , and SCO Open Server Release 3.0 & 5.0.x. The device driver is transferred from the floppy disk ette to the hard drive where its loaded during system initialization.
44 initio ® Installing the Initio driv er in a new SC O UNIX system 1 Insert the SCO UNIX N1 boot disk into the floppy drive and turn on the system. At the SCO UNIX boot prompt, type: link < ENTER > . 2 The system will ask you what packages you want link ed to the system; type: i91u < ENTER > .
45 initio ® Changing to the INI-9XXX as the bootable host adapter: 1 Insert the INI-9XXXU/9XXXUW DRIVER DISK 2 disk ette into floppy drive. 2 T ype: installpkg under command prompt and press < ENTER >. The system will ask you what packages you want to install.
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47 initio ® Ov er view The I/O HIGHW A Y SCO UnixW are device driver will support UnixW are 2.x. The device driver is transferred from the floppy disk ette to the hard drive where it is loaded during system initialization. The installation of Initio device drivers to support SCO UnixW are may be found on the INI-9XXXU/9 XXXUW DRIVER DISK 2 .
48 initio ® 2 When prompted to INST ALL HOST BUS AD APTER DRIVERS , insert the INI-9XXXU/ 9XXXUW DRIVER DISK 2 into drive A: press <Enter> . 3 When prompted to INST ALL ANOTHER HBA DISKETTE , press <ENTER> to con- tinue. 4 F ollow the directions on screen until you come to a window titled: Loading Initio INI- 9XXX Host Adapter .
49 initio ® 4 If the host adapter is NOT intended to be bootable, these instructions will guide you through changing the current software settings for UnixW are to establish the INI-9XXX as a non-boo.
50 initio ® SCO UnixWare Driver Installation 2 Then rebuild the UnixW are kernel by executing the following commands at the system prompt: /etc/conf /bin/i dbiuld -B -K <ENTER> /cp /etc/conf/cf.
51 initio ® In the following section you will find commonly ask ed questions and answers to problems encountered during the installation of your host adapter .
52 initio ® Troubleshooting Consult the SCO UnixW are Installation Handbook Troubleshooting section to help isolate the problem. If it becomes necessary to remove the Initio device driver , please consult the Removing the Initio Driver from a SCO UnixW are System section of this document.
53 initio ® Troubleshooting Driv es with Multiple Operating Systems It is mandatory that the same head mapping be used across multiple operating systems on one drive. However you can use different head mappings on different drives with the exception of SCO UNIX.
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55 initio ® A A SPI 15, 16 A SPI CD-ROM Dri ver 17 A SPI Disk Driver Command Line Options 1 9 A SPI Manager 17 A SPI91 0U 17 Autoexec.bat 18 B BIOS 15 bus 16 C CD-ROM 18 CONFIG.SYS 1 6 CONTROL P ANEL 22, 24, 27 , 31 D DEVICE MANAGER 23, 24, 28 DEVICEHIGH= command 1 9 Disk Access 16 DOS 15 DOS 4.
56 initio ® O OEMSETUP .INF 29 OS/2 dri ver 37 OSR2 21, 25, 26 P PCI SCSI BUS CONTROLLERS 23 PCI-SCSI Bus Controller 22 PROGRAM MANAGER 1 6 R README.TXT 16 S SCO UNIX 41 SCO UNIXW ARE 45 SCO UnixW are 45 SCSI CONTROLLER 23, 3 1 SCSI CONTROLLERS 28 SCSI IDs 45 SETUP .
57 initio ® Initio Corporation warrants to the original purchaser that this product shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 5 years from the date of purchase.
58 initio ® The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment. T o ensure the use of this product does not contribute to interference, it is necessary to use shielded I/O Cables.
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