HORNET VL-310, VL-300 User Manual

VL-300

· VL-3!10

Fast

IDE

VL-Bus

Host Adapter

User's Manual

SCSI

& Multi

- 2

1/0

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Changes

The material in this manual is subject to change without notice.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS

This device complies with Part 15 subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference generates, uses and can radiated radio frequency energy and,

installed and used harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is

no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. radio the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more

- Reorient

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into

that to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer help.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to

or

television reception, which can be determined by turning

or

in

a residential installation. This equipment

in

accordance with the instructions, may cause

of

relocate the receiving antenna.

or

an experienced radio/TV technician for

of

FCC Rules. Operation is

Note

of

the FCC Rules.

the following measures:

an

outlet on a circuit different from

if

not

Shielded interference cables must emission limits.

or

Changes responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to

operate the equipment.

modifications not expressly approved by the party

be

used in order to comply with

Quick Installation Guide

Hardware Installation

The VL-300/310 Fast SCSI-2/IDE/Multi designed to operate as shipped class computer. The host adapter's factory default settings should remain in their original positions. The VL-300/310 are shipped with following factory default settings:

* SCSI Disconnection

* SCSI

* SCSI Parity

ID

in

the majority

* SCSI Terminators

* SCSI Terminator Power

* SCSI Synchronous Negotiation

* SCSI BIOS

* SCSI ROM BIOS Address

* SCSI Interrupt Channel(IRQ) * SCSI OMA Request Channel

* SCSI 1/0 Port Address

* IDE 1/0 Port Address * Support Two IDE Disk Drive

* Support Two Floppy Disk Drive * Support Four Floppy Disk Drive * Serial Port

* High Speed 16C550 Serial Port . * Parallel Port * Bi-directional Parallel Port

* EPP & ECP mode

* Game Port

1/0

host adapter has been

of

VESA Local Bus

Enabled

7

Enabled Installed Supplying Enabled Enabled DCOOO

11 0

340h-35Eh 034h, 038h, 03Ch Enabled Enabled (for VL-300) Enabled (for VL-310) COM1(3F8h, IRQ4) COM2(2F8h, IRQ3) Enabled (for VL-310) LPT1(378h, IRQ7) Enabled Enabled (for VL-310) Disabled (for VL-310) Enabled

To

Perform Installation

1.

Turn

off

Power to the System and External Equipment.

2. Slide the external connector of

hole in the back

VL slot.

3. Secure the VL-300/310 external connector to the computer

frame. Use the screws that you removed with the expansion slot cover.

4. Attach the50-pin ribbon SCSI cable to the

internal connector (SCSI A)and your SCSI peripherals.

5.

If

you are going to use the VL-300/310 using a 50-pin SCSI cable(please refer Appendix E for the message ofoptional kits). Plug the cable connector into the external connector (SCSI B) secure it with the bail clips on the external connector.

6. The SCSI factory-installed

the system that corresponds to the unused

should be removed if.

an

both

external SCSI connectors are the same SCSI bus.

7.

If

orientation and attach the free end the IDE disk drive.

If

8. floppy disk drive, peripheral with serial port interface, peripheral with parallel port interface of

If

9.

or

installation.

10. Please refer Chapter 2 for EPP & ECP

11. Reassemble your

internal

you are going to use

you are installing the VL-300/310 and want to use it with the

the necessary cable to these peripherals.

you are installing the VL-310 an~ want to use it with three

four floppy disk drives, please refer Chapter 4 for driver

and

PC

of

the VL-300/310 through the

VL-300/310's

an

external SCSI device, connect it to

of

the VL-300/310 and

SCSI

terminators on the VL-300/310

and

only if. you attach

SCSI

devices to

external cable, since the internal and

an

IDE disk drive, verify cable

of

the 40-pin ribbon cable to

or

joy

stick, connect the free end

jumper

system in the reverse order.

setting.

(pinl)

II

Jumper and Switch Configuration

IDE & MULTI

A.

VL-300

J4 1-2 (default)

J7

1/0

JUMPER SETTING

2-3

1-2

2-3 (default)

IDE port enabled IDE port disabled

IDE

port address

(for Adaptec

IDE port address

(for

IDE port address

APPIAN

25VLOI

ADI2

034h, 038h,

or APPIAN ADI2

AD4h,

AD8h,

B)

084h,

088h,

no IDE HOD LED Connector

Jll

JPll

JP14 1-2 (default)

JP15 1-2 (default)

Open (default) support two IDE hard disk drive

Close

support one IDE hard disk drive

1-2 (default) printer port enabled

2-3

printer port disabled

floppy port enabled

2-3

floppy port disabled

LPTl

(378h)

2-3 LPT2 (278h)

03Ch

A)

ADCh

0BCh

B.

VL-310

J4 1-2 (default)

2-3 IDE port disabled

J12 1-2 (default)

2-3

IDE port enabled

floppy port enabled floppy port disabled

III

114 1-3 4-6 (default)

1-3 2-4 LPT2 (278h, IRQ7) 3-5 2-4 LPT3 (3BCh, IRQ7) 3-5 4-6 disabled

LPTl

(378h, IRQ7)

117

J27

135

1-2 2-3 (default)

1-2 (default)

2-3

1-2

2-3 (default)

Floppy secondary address 370h Floppy primary address 3F0h

game port enabled game port disabled

IDE

port address 034h, 038h, 03Ch

(for Adaptec 25VL01 or APPIAN ADI2 A)

IDE

port

address AD4h, AD8h, ADCh

(for APPIAN ADI2

IDE

port

address 084h, 088h, 0BCh

B)

138 IDE HDD LED Connector

139

Open (default) support two IDE hard disk drive Close support one IDE hard disk drive

Serial Port Setting

A. VL-300 COMA COMB JP17 JP18 JP19 JP20 (CN5) (CN4) COMl COMl COMl COM3 COM2 COM3 COM3 Disabled Disabled COM2 Disabled COM4

COM2 (default) 1-2 1-2 COM4 Disabled

1-2 1-2 1-2 2-3 1-2 1-2 2-3 1-2 2-3 1-2

COM4

1-2

1-2 2-3 1-2 2-3 1-2 2-3

Disabled Disabled 2-3

2-3 2-3

1-2 1-2

1-2 1-2 2-3 2-3

1-2

2-3

IV

B.

VL-310

COMA COMB

130 130

131

COMl COMl COMl COM2 COM2

COM2 (default) COM4

Disabled COMl COM4

COM2 Disabled COM3

COMl

COM3 COM2 COM3 COM3 Disabled

COM4 Disabled COMl

Disabled COM2 Disabled

COM4 3-5

Disabled Disabled 3-5

1-3 2-4 1-3 2-4 1-3 2-4 3-5 2-4 1-3 2-4 3-5 4-6 1-3 4-6 1-3 4-6 1-3 4-6 3-5 2-4 1-3 3-5 3-5

4-6

3-5 2-4 1-3 4-6 2-4 1-3 2-4

3-5 2-4 3-5 3-5 2-4 3-5 4-6 3-5 4-6 1-3 4-6 3-5 4-6

4-6

1-3 2-4

3-5 4-6 3-5 4-6

Remarks: The specify

COMl

address-- 3F8h(IRQ4) COM2 address -- 2F8h(IRQ3)

1/0 address list

in

below.

COM3 address -- 3E8h(IRQ4) COM4 address -- 2E8h(IRQ3)

SCSI JUMPER SETTING

JP25(VL-300)/

132(VL-310)

pin 1 pin 2

pin 3 pin 4

SCSI Device LED ConnectorNcc SCSI Device LED Connector/Signal SCSI Device LED Connector/Signal SCSI Device LED Connector/Vee

4-6

2-4

V

A. VL-300 CNlO I2(pin 1-9)

ll(pin

IO(pin

I9(pin 4-12)

AL(pin 5-13)

~

J6(pin 6-14) J4(pin 7-15) BIOS Address

2-10)

3-11)

open close open close open close open close

IRQ channel 12 disabled (default)

IRQ

channel 12 enabled

IRQ

channel

IRQ

channel

IRQ

channel 10 disabled (default)

IRQ

channel 10 enabled

IRQ

channel 9 disabled (default)

IRQ

channel 9 enabled

11

disabled

11

enabled (default)

open port address 340h (default) close port address 140h

(default) open open close close open open C8000 D8000

ccooo

close close DC000

BE(pin 8-16)

open BIOS disabled close BIOS enabled (default)

CNll

SD(pin 1-9) open SD(pin 2- lO)open SD(pin

SCSI

3-ll)open

ID

close open close open close open open close close open open open open open close close close close

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

IC(pin 4-12) open IC(pin 5-13) open

IRQ

channel

DC(pin 6-14) DC(pin 7-15) SP(pin 8-16)

IRQ9

open factory reserved open factory reserved open close parity checking disabled

(default)

close close

(default) close open close open close close IRQlO

IRQll

IRQ12

parity checking enabled (default)

VI

close

CN12 DT(pin 1-9) BT(pin 2-10)

M0(pin 3-11) Ml(pin SN(pin 5-13)

DN(pin 6-14)

R_(pin 7-15) open BIOS support floptical disabled(default)

R_(pin 8-16)

B.

J29 Pin 1-2

Pin 3-4 open open Pin 5-6 IRQ channel IRQ9 IRQlO

4-12) open factory reserved

VL-310

open open boot operation disabled close boot operation enabled (default) open

open synchronous negotiation disabled close open disconnection disabled close

close open 6360 enhanced features disabled close

open close

factory reserved

synchronous negotiation enabled(

disconnection enabled ( default)

BIOS support floptical enabled

6360 enhanced features enabled(default)

parity checking enabled (default) parity checking disabled

(default)

close open IRQll

close close

IRQ12

default)

(default) Pin 7-8 Pin 9-10 open open close close open open close close Pin 11-12

SCSI

Remark: Pin 7-8 =SCSI Pin 9-10 Pin 11-12

open open open open close close close close

ID ID

lD

open

2

BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0

VII

close

3

open

4

close

5 6

ID

open close

0 1

=SCSI =SCSI

open

close

7

130

1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

Pin 9-10

J31

Pin 1-2 open IRQ channel

Pin 3-4

Pin 5-6 open

Pin 7-8

Pin 9-10

Pin 11-12 open BIOS disabled

open close

open

close open close open close open boot operation disabled close boot operation enabled (default)

close open close

close open close open close

close

synchronous negotiation disabled synchronous negotiation enabled( default) disconnection disabled disconnection enabled ( default)

6360

enhanced

6360

enhanced

BIOS

support

BIOS

support floptical enabled

IRQ

channel

IRQ

channel

IRQ

channel

IRQ

channel

IRQ

channel

IRQ

channel 9 disabled (default)

IRQ

channel 9 enabled port address 340h (default) port address 140h

BIOS enabled (default)

features disabled

features enabled( default)

floptical disabled(default)

12

disabled (default)

12

enabled

11

disabled

11

enabled (default)

10

disabled (default)

10

enabled

(default) Pin 13-14 open open close close Pin 15-16 close open

BIOS address

C8000 D8000

open close

ccooo

VIII

DC000

Software Installation

1. Enhance Performance Driver Installation

1.1

Insert the driver Diskette floppy disk drive A

1.2

Copy file "INIVL.300.SYS" to the root directory imary hard disk drive (most

1.3 Add the statement "device=INIVL.300.SYS" to the CONFIG.SYS file on the primary hard disk (most is HOD "C").

2. Insert the driver Diskette "DRIVER & UTILITIES" in the floppy or

disk drive A have install IDE peripheral device in your

2.1 Type INSTALL at the DOS prompt and press ENTER.

2.2

Follow the instructions on screen to install DOS and Windows

3.

Insert the driver Diskette "EZ-SCSI" in the floppy disk drive A

or

B to install your SCSI device driver. peripheral device in your 3 .1 Type

3.2

Follow the simple instructions that appear on the screen to understand how to install in both Windows & DOS O/S. In

most cases, you will simply press Enter to accept the defaults

suggested by EZ-SCSI.

B to install your IDE device driver.

3.

l's

device drivers step by step.

INST

ALL

at the DOS prompt and press ENTER.

or

B.

PC

"DRIVER

of

time is

system).

& UTILITIES" in the

of

the pr-

HDD

"C").

of

(If

you

PC

system).

(If

you have install SCSI

time

4. Return to the DOS prompt, reboot your ration can take effect. You can do this by pressing

PC

IX

so the new configu-

Ctrl-Alt-Del.

(

__ ; -------------'-'--C4.

Static electricity can cause serious damage to the microcircuits that make up the VL-300/310 host adapter. Here are some ways to minimize the possibility host adapter and computer.

____

.

_UT_10_W_

of

damage to your VL-300/310

·

___

)

1. Touch the exposed metallic surface puter before attempting to handle the VL-300/310 adapter.

2. Do not remove the VL-300/310 adapter from the antistatic protective bag until you are ready to install

3. it.

· 4. Handle the VL-300/310 adapter by the edges only.

Do not touch the edge connectors or exposed ci~cuitry.

Do

not switch

while ti1e'/1ard disk activity

off

your

.PC system power ·

LED

of

your com-

is active. ·

X

Table

of

Contents

Quick Installation Guide Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 VESA Local Bus(VL-Bus)

1.3 ASPI Software for SCSI Device

1.4 Features

1.5 Specification

1-1 1-1

1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting 2-1

2.1 Package Contents 2-1

2.2 The Host Adapter Diagram 2-1

2.3 Jumpers Setting 2-4

2.3.1 How to Determine to Change Settings 2-4

2.3.2 How to Change Settings with Jumpers 2-6

2.3.3 IDE Jumper Setting 2-7

2.3.4 Multi

2.3.5 - Parallel Port Jumper Setting (VL-310) 2-11

2.3.6 SCSI Jumper Setting 2-12

2.3.7 Changing the SCSI

2.3.8 Changing the IRQ Channel 2-20

2.3.9 Disabling the VL-300/310 BIOS 2-23

1/0

Jumper Setting 2-8

Address Range

1/0

Port 2-19

Chapter 3 Installing the Host Adapter 3-1

3

.1

Introduction

3.2

SCSI Devices Terminated

3.3 Change the Default Setting

3.4

Preparing Before Installation

3.5 Installing the Host Adapter

3.6 Installing Two Host Adapters

3-1 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-6 3-7

XI

Chapter 4 IDE Drivers Installation 4-1

4.1 Introduction 4-1

4.2

IDE Device Drivers Installation 4-1 Enhance Performance Driver Installation 4-2

4.3 Utility Installation . 4-4

4.4

Multiple and High Capacity Floppy Drivers 4-5

4.5 Installation High Speed Serial Port Testing and Debuging 4-7

4.6

Program

Chapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation 5-1

5.1 EZ-SCSI Quick Installation

5.2

Software Overview 5-2

5.2.1 The DOS Manager 5-2

5.2.2

5.2.3

5.3 Errors Message 5-5

The Hard Disk Driver 5-3 The Disk Partitioning Utility 5-4

5-1

Chapter 6 Windows

NT,

0S/2

and 6-1

UNIX Installation

Appendix A Connector Pins

A-1

Appendix B Low-Level Formatting B-1 Appendix C Software Switch Setting c-1 Appendix D Host Adapter Message D-1

Classes Appendix E Optional Kits Message Appendix F Technical Service Inquiry

E-1 F-1

Form

XII

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Introduction

The VL-300 and VL-310 are high performance VESA Local Bus (VL-Bus) Fast SCSI-2/IDE and multi-I/O host adapters.

support up to seven SCSI devices(Fast SCS/-2/SCSI-I support), two IDE drives, two or four (VL-310) floppy disk drives. 300 provides two serial ports, one parallel port, one game port interface and the VL-310 provides two high speed 16550 serial

ports, one bi-directional parallel port with EPP/ECP mode and

one game port interface.

The VL-300/310 host adapter allow you to connect your VESA

Local Bus computer to Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) peripherals like hard disks, tape streamer, removable disk, floptical drive, magneto-optical disk, and CD-ROM drives. Besides, the VL-300/310 host adapter also allow you to connect to your VESA Local Bus computer to IDE peripherals like hard disks. The host adapters' high data transfer rates and multitasking capabilities significantly enhance the input/output (1/0) performance Local Bus computer system. The VL-300/310 are intelligent hard disk host adapters that equip with both Fast SCSI-2/ SCSI-1 (Small Computer System Interface) and IDE bus to VESA Local Bus interface. Along with on board SCSI, IDE and floppy disk interface

that the VL-300/310 also build-in serial port, parallel (printer) port and game port interface.

The

of

Both

VL-

your

This user's guide was written with the following assumptions :

User is already familiar with your IBM PC/compatible and have its User's Manual to operations handy.

User is familiar with basic DOS commands.

User has its User's Guide available.

1-1

Chapter 1 Introduction

Do

not proceed with the installation procedure until you have , read this user's manual completely, ··

1.2 VESA Local Bus (VL-Bus)

Connecting devices to a CPU local bus can dramatically increase the

speed

of

1/0-bound peripherals. The main barrier to this situation

has been the lack The Video Electronics Standard Association (VESA) VL-Bus specification was created to clear this confusion.

VESA Local Bus. An architectural, timing, electrical and physical interface that allows high-speed peripheral devices to interface, either directly systems can be interfaced indirectly to the host CPU through the cache controller.

of

an accepted standard for local bus peripherals.

or

indirectly, to the local bus

of

a host CPU. Cached

The system board's VL-Bus connector type is a standard 16-bit

Micro Channel type connector. The VL-Bus connector is located inline with a system board's full use occupying a slot. Th,e VL-Bus clock operates and in phase with the CPU clock. ·

of

all system

· However, electrical characteristics

Bus connector limit the speed

1/0

bus connector. This layout allows

bus slots

if

a VL-Bus board is not

at

the same frequency

of

the physical

of

a VL-Bus device

VL-

operating across the connector to 40MHz.

1-2

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.3 ASPI Software for SCSI Device

You can use Adaptecs' ASPI

Programming Interface) software to enhance the performance your VL-300/310 host adapter. ASPI software allows you to use different kinds drives, and so on) with the host adapter.

It

is possible to use the VL-300/310 host adapter without installing ASPI software. You can use the host adapter without this software under following circumstances:

of

SCSI devices (disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM

v3.X

or

more (Advanced SCSI

of

1. You do not plan to use

2. You

do

not plan to use a SCSI device other than hard disk.

3. The total number (standard and SCSI) does not exceed two.

Under all other circumstances you must install the appropriate

software for your operating system.

If you are going to use the host adapter without must set the SCSI IDs

boot from the SCSI drive, its SCSI ID must be 0.

a non-SCSI drive and SCSI drive that installed on your system at same time, you should set the SCSI drive's ID to 0.

an

operating system other than DOS.

of

disk drives installed on your system

ASPI

of

your disk drives to O

or

1.

If

you have both

software, you

you want to

1-3

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.4 Features

1. VESA Local Bus operation

2. On board internal and external SCSI connectors. Support SCSI-1 devices.

On

3.

4. On board two (VL-300)

interface.

5. On board two serial ports, one parallel (printer) port

interface.

6. On board two high speed 16550 serial ports, one bi-directional

parallel (printer) with EPP /ECP mode (for VL-310 Host Adapter).

7. On board game port interface.

8. 32KBytes SCSI/IDE BIOS.

& Fast SCSI-2 SCSI device. Support up to seven SCSI .

board IDE interface that support

up

to

50MHz.

up

to two IDE devices.

or

four (VL-310) floppy disk drive

9. Automatic Sector Read Ahead Access.

10. 10 MByte/sec synchronous Fast SCSI-2 data_ transfer.

11. 5 MByte/sec asynchronous Fast SCSI-2 data transfer.

12. 128 byte internal FIFO for SCSI interface.

13. 32-bit double-word PIO (Programmed

14. Adaptec AHA 1522 series compatible.

1-4

1/0) transfer.

1.5

Specification

Chapter 1 Introduction

Bus Interface:

Peripheral Interface:

SCSI Connector:

Internal SCSI · External SCSI

Max. IDE Devices: Max. SCSI Devices: Max. Floppy Drives:

Serial Ports: 2 Parallel Port: 1 Hi-speed 16550 serial port: 2 (for VL-310) Bi-directional Parallel Port: 1 (with EPP/ECP mode, for VL-310) Game Port:

SCSI Transfer Rate: 10 MBytes/sec (SYN)

IDE Transfer Rate: Dimension: Operating Temp.: Relative Humidity:

VL-Bus Internal SCSI (connector) X 1 External SCSI ( connector) IDE Interface

Two 50 pins, flat cable

50 pins, centronics (optional kits, please refer Appendix E for their diagram)

2

7

2 (360KB/720KB/1.2MB & 1.44MB,

for VL-300)

4 (360KB/720KB/1.2MB/1.44MB &

2.88MB, for VL-310)

1

5 MBytes/sec 5 MBytes/sec

4.2"(H)

0 - 55 °C

10 -

95%,

(ASYN)

X 9.7"(L)

non-condensing

X 1

or

D-SUB type

1-5

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

2.1 Package Contents

Make sure the VL-300/310 that you purchased contains the following items:

1. VL-300 or VL-310 host adapter board.

2. Two Software diskettes which contains EZ-SCSI for DOS operating systems, Novell 2.x, 3.x and 4.x device drivers (SCSI) and IDE installation program.

· 3. VL-300/310 Host Adapter User Manual (this manual).

4. SCSI device ribbon cable.

5. IDE d_evice ribbon cable.

6. Floppy disk drive ribbon cable.

7. Serial port and game port cable.

8. SCSI external ribbon cable to connect external device (optional).

2.2 The Host Adapter Diagram

Following are both jumper diagram describe each jumper's location.

of

VL-300 and VL-310 to

VL-300 Connector Definition

CNl

IDE Hard Disk CNS COM A/(COM 1) CN2 Floppy Disk Drive CN6 Paralld(Printer) Port CN3 Game Port CN7 SCSI A Interface (Internal) CN4 COM B/(COM 2) CN8 SCSI B Interface (External)

VL-310 Connector Definition

HDD IDE Hard Disk Drive Connector FLP1&2

GAME COMA COMB

PRN

SCSI A SCSIB

Floppy Disk Drive Connector Game Port Connector COM A/(COM 1) Connector COM B/(COM 2) Connector Parallel (Printer) Port Connector SCSI Interface Connecto~ (Internal) SCSI Interface Connector (External)

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2.3 Jumpers Setting

The VL-300/310 host adapters are designed to operate properly at their default settings under most circumstances. however, you need to change these default settings to ensure proper operation. This section tells you how to make these changes. The

chapter covers two major topics:

how to determine whether you need to change any default settings

how to make necessary changes

If you use ASPI software with your host adapter and change any settings on the board, you may need to change software as well.

2.3.1 How to Determine to Change Settings

In

certain cases,

You might need to change the default settings if

1. You plan to use more than one VL-300/310 host adapter in your system.

2. You plan to use other products that use the same default settings as the VL-300/310.

Examples include

of

products that might conflict with the VL-300/310

1. Video adapter cards

2. LAN cards

3. Another host adapter such as VL-300/310

2-4

of

the VL-300/310

of

There are five potential areas

conflict:

1. The SCSI port setting.

2. The IDE port setting.

3. The interrupt request (IRQ) channel.

4. The host adapter BIOS.

5. The multi

1/0 port setting.

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

The possible problems are discussed

you do need to change settings, refer to the sections later chapter for instruction. you must use the

Be

aware that if you change any settings,

ASPI

software appropriate for your operating

in

the following sections.

in

this

system.

The

SCSI I/O porl address range

The SCSI port address ranges used by some products, such as video and tape-drive adapters, overlap the primary port address range

VL-300/310

mal

numbers.) If you plan to use a product that must use the same

_;

340h-35Eh. (The h indicates that these are hexadeci-

of

port address range as the host adapter and its software, you need to change the VL-300/310 to its secondary range

of

140h-15Eh.

If

you have installed a second VL-300/310, you must change the port address range

of

one

of

the adapters.

The VL-300/310 BIOS operates only if the VL-300/310 uses its

primary port address range(340h-35Eh).

If

you change to the secondary port address range(140h-15Eh), you must also disable the host adapter BIOS.

The

IDE I/O porl address range

The IDE port address ranges used by some products, such as video

and tape-drive adapters, overlap the primary port address range VL-300/310 -- 0B4h, 0B8h, 0BCh.

If

you plan to use a product that

of

must use the same port address range as the host adapter and its

software, you need to change the VL-300/310 to its secondary range of

034h, 038h, 03Ch.

If

2-5

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

The

IRQ channel

By

default, the VL-300/310 board uses IRQ channel 11. You need

to change this

If

you must change the IRQ channel, choose channel 9,10 Select a channel that is not used by another product. Consult the documentation for each product to determine which IRQ channel uses. We do not recommend using channel 9 with Windows

if

your system has other products using channel 11.

or

12.

OS/

2.

The

VL-300/310 BIOS

If

you are using two VL-300/310 host adapters, only one can use its BIOS. You must disable the BIOS 300/310 in combination with a different host adapter (such as the Adaptec AHA-1540/1542), you also need to disable the VL-300/ 310 BIOS.

the SCSI devices connected to the VL-300/310.

The

If

you are using two VL-300/310 host adapters, only one can use its floppy disk controller. You must disable the floppy controllerofthe

other.

In

both cases, you need to use ASPI software to access

Floppy Drive Controller

of

the other. If you use the VL-

it

2.3.2 How to Change Settings with Jumpers

The following sections tell you how to change the VL-300/310 jumpers to make changes to the host adapter settings. You will learn which jumper settings you need to change to avoid the conflicts discussed previously. The VL-300/310 can connect both IDE and SCSI storage and peripheral device should carefully read this manual to make necessary jumper setting for your IDE and SCSI device. Next section, Jumper List, lists all the jumper settings you can change.

Confirm that all jumpers are the card. These components are clearly marked in white ink on the

of

component side

the card.

at

the same time. Therefore, user

in

the proper positions before installing

2-6

2.3.3 IDE Jumper Setting

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

J1

2-3 (factory fixed) J2 close (factory fixed) J3 close (factory fixed)

IDE Port Setting

14

IDE port enabled

IDE port disabled

1-2 (default) 2-3

A. VL-300

Interface Selecting

386SX mode 386DX mode 486 mode

Factory reserved

15

1-2

1-2 2-3 2-3

16

1-2

2-3

1-2 (default)

2-3

IDE Controller 32-bit Configuration Port Setting

J7

034H, 038H & 03CH

(for Adaptec 25VL01 or APPIAN ADl2 A)

AD4H, AD8H &

(for APPIAN ADl2

0B4H, 0B8H

ADCH

B)

& 0BCH

1-2

2-3 (default)

J8

19

2-3

1-2

(factory fixed) (factory fixed)

IDE Hard Disk Drive LED Connector

110 pin 1 Vee pin 2

pin 3 Signal pin 4

IDE Device Control

Jll

Support one IDE drive Support two IDE drive

close

open (default)

2-7

Signal

Vee

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

B. VL-310

Interface Selecting

386SX mode 386DX 486 mode Factory reserved

mode

133

1-2 1-2 2-3 2-3

134

1-2 2-3 1-2 (default) 2-3

IDE Controller 32-bit Configuration Port Setting

135

034H, 038H &

(for Adaptec 25VL01 or APPIAN ADl2

AD4H,

(for APPIAN ADI2

0B4H, 0B8H & 0BCH . 2-3 (default) .

AD8H &

03CH

ADCH

B)

1-2

A)

136

137

2-3 1-2

(factory fixed) (factory fixed)

IDE Hard Disk Drive LED Connector

138 pin 1 Vee pin 2

pin 3 Signal pin 4

IDE Device Control

139

Support one IDE drive

IDE

Support two

18 19

2.3.4 Multi

A. VL-300 JP12 JP13

drive

close (factory fixed) open (factory fixed)

1/0

Jumper Setting

2-3 2-3

(factory fixed) (factory fixed)

close open (default)

2-8

Signal Vee

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

Printer(Parallel) Port

JPll

Enabled Disabled

Floppy Disk Port

1-2 (default)

2-3

JP14

Floppy port enabled Floppy port disabled

Printer(Parallel) Port Address Selection

1-2 (default)

2-3

JP15

LPT1(378H) LPT2(278H)

Game Port

1-2 (default)

2-3

JP16

Game port enabled

Game port disabled

B.

VL-310 J13 J16

2-3 2-3

(factory fixed) (factory fixed)

1-2 (default)

2-3

Floppy Disk Port

Floppy port enabled Floppy port disabled

Floppy Address Selection

Secondary address 370h Primary address 3F0h

Game Port

Game port enabled Game port disabled

J12

1-2 (default)

2-3

J17

1-2

2-3 (default)

J27

1-2 (default)

2-3

2-9

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

Serial Port Setting

A. VL-300

COi\lA

(C\::'i)

COMl COMl COMl

COM3 COM2 1-2 2-3 1-2 1-2 COM3 COM4 1-2 2-3 1-2 COM3 Disabled 1-2 2-3 2-3

CO!\lB

·

(C:'-J-+J

. . .IP17 · .IPIK

.ll'llJ. Jl'20

_-.

.

COM2 (default) 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 COM4 1-2 1-2 1-2 Disabled 1-2 1-2

2-3

Disabled

COM2

2-3 1-2 1-2 Disabled COM4 2-3 1-2 2-3 Disabled Disabled 2-3 2-3

B.

VL-310

CO!\L\

COMl COMl COMl

COM2 COM2 COM2 Disabled

COM3 COM3 COM2 COM3 COM4 COM3 Disabled

Disabled Disabled COM2 Disabled Disabled Disabled

. .

COI\IB

- . ' .

COM2 (default) 1-3 COM4 Disabled

COMl

. JIO

1-3 2-4 3-5 2-4

1-3

1-3 4-6 1-3

-.

. , .,

•:

·

.110

2-4

COM4 1-3 4-6 3-5

4-6 3-5 4-6

2-4

COMl

1-3 3-5 2-4 1-3

3-5 3-5 2-4 3-5 3-5

COMl

3-5 4-6 3-5

COM4 3-5

2-4 3-5 4-6

4-6 1-3 2-4 4-6 3-5 2-4

3-5 4-6

.II I .'; .II I .

.:

. t

~

1-3

3-5

2-4

4-6 4-6

2-4

4-6

1-3

2-4 2-4

1-3 4-6

3-5 4-6

~

• '

2-10

Remarks: The specify

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

1/0 address list in below.

COMl

address -- 3F8H COM2 address -- 2F8H COM3 address -- 3E8H

COM4 address -- 2E8H

2.3.5 Parallel Port Jumper Setting (VL-310 only)

Parallel Port Interrupt Selection

J6 IRQ 7 IRQ 5

Parallel Port

1/0

Address Selection

LPTl (378h, IRQ7) LPT2 (278h, IRQ7) LPT3 (3BCh, IRQ7) Disabled

Parallel Port DMA Acknowledge Selection

DACK3 DACKl

1-2 (default)

2-3

J14

1-3 4-6 (default)

1-3 2-4 3-5 2-4 3-5 4-6

J24

l'-2 (default) 2-3

Parallel Port DMA Request Selection

J25

DRQ3 DRQ 1

Parallel Port ECP & EPP Mode Selection

1-2 2-3

J5

ECP compliance test

Normal operation

close close open open (default)

2-11

-(

default)

J7

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

MEDIA ID enabled MEDIA ID disabled

DET

OPT

DRl

FDD

driver support)

FDD

driver support) 1-2

FDD

driver support) 2-3

FDD

driver support) 1-2

MEDIA Data rate

MEDIA ID DR0 & Floppies 3rd FDD driver support

ECP mode (2 Floppies 4th FDD driver support

SPP

mode (4 FDD driver support) 2-3 EPP mode (4 ECP mode (2

EPP&ECP mode (2

119

close open (default)

120

1-2 2-3 (default)

121

122

1-2

2-3

2-3 (default)

123

126

1-2

2-3

2-3 (default)

115

118

2-3 (default) 2-3 1-2

1-2

Remarks: EPP

= Enhanced Parallel Port = Extended Capabilities Port

ECP

= Standard Parallel Port

SPP

2.3.6 SCSI Jumper Setting

SCSI Device LED Connector

JP25(VL-300)/ J32(VL-310)

pin 1 pin 2 pin 3 pin 4

2-12

Vee Signal Signal Vee

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

SCSI IRQ Channel, Port Address And BIOS Selection

A. VL-300

CNlO

l2(pin 1-9)

Il(pin 2-10)

IO(pin

3-11)

l9(pin 4-12)

AL(pin 5-13)

J6(pin 6-14) J4(pin 7-15)

BIOS address

9

1

open close

C8000

0 0 0 0 0 0 8

Il

IO

19

AL

J6

J4

IRQ

channel 12 disabled (default)

IRQ channel 12 enabled

IRQ channel

IRQ

channel

11

disabled

11

enabled (default)

IRQ channel 10 disabled (default) IRQ channel 10 enabled

IRQ

channel 9 disabled (default)

IRQ

channel 9 enabled

port address 340h (default) port address 140h

(default) open close close open open close D8000

CCO00

DC000

16

BE

BE(pin 8-16)

open close

BIOS disabled BIOS enabled (default)

2-13

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

B.

VL-310

2

J31

1

0

0 0 0

0

16 15

Pin 1-2

Pin 3-4

Pin 5-6

Pin 7-8 open

Pin 9-10 open

Pin 11-12 open BIOS disabled

Pin 13-14 open open Pin 15-16 BIOS address C8000

open close

close

IRQ channel 12 disabled (default)

IRQ

channel 12 enabled

IRQ

channel

IRQ channel

IRQ

channel 10 disabled (default)

IRQ channel 10 enabled

IRQ

channel 9 disabled (default)

IRQ

channel 9 enabled

port address 340h (default) port address 140h

BIOS enabled (default)

close close open D8000 CC000 DC000

open close

11

disabled

11

enabled (default)

(default)

2-14

SCSI

A.

VL-300

1/D

and Channel Selection

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

CNU

9

1

SD

SD(pin 1-9) open close SD(pin 2-lO)open open SD(pin SCSI

3-ll)open

ID

open open open close

1

0

IC(pin 4-12) open IC(pin 5-13) IRQ channel

open open

IRQ9

DC(pin 6-14) open DC(pin 7-15) open

SP(pin 8-16) open

close

Remark: SD(pin 1-9) SD(pin 2-10) SD(pin 3-11)

=SCSI = SCSI = SCSI

0 0 0 16

0 0 0 8

IC

DC DC

open close close close

open close open open close

close close

2 3

4

5

(default)

close

open close close close

IRQlO

IRQll

IRQ12

factory reserved

parity checking enabled (default) parity checking disabled

ID

BIT 0

ID

BIT 1

ID

BIT 2

SP

(default)

open close

close close

6

7

2-15

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

B.

VL-310

Pin 1-2

3-4

Pin 5-6 IRQ channel

7-8

Pin 9-10 Pin 11-12

ID

SCSI

Remark:

Pin 7-8 Pin 9-10 Pin 11-12

2

J29

1

open close

open open close IRQ9 IRQlO

open open open open close

0

=SCSI =SCSI =SCSI

parity checking enabled (default) parity checking disabled

(default)

open

close close open IRQll

close IRQ12

open open close close

open close close

open

open close open close

1

ID ID ID

2

BIT BIT BIT

2 1

0

4

3

12

11

open

5

(default)

close close close close open close

7

6

2-16

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

SCSI Data Transfer And Advanced 6360 Features

A. VL-300

CN12

9

1

0 0

0 0 8

MO

Ml

II

SN

DN

R R

16

DT(pin 1-9)

BT(pin 2-10)

M0(pin Ml(pin

SN(pin 5-13)

DN(pin 6-14)

R_(pin 7-15)

R_(pin 8-16)

Remark: The

1.

2. Support

3. Greater

3-11) 4-12)

6360 enhanced features

Up

to

10.0

MB/sec

for

than I Gigabyte necessary UNIX situations compatibility problems.

when

because

this

open

open close

open open

open close

20M

they

option

factory reserved

boot operation disabled boot operation enabled (default)

factory reserved factory reserved

synchronous negotiation disabled synchronous negotiation enabled(

disconnection disabled disconnection enabled ( default)

BIOS support floptical disabled(default) BIOS support floptical enabled

6360

enhanced features disabled

6360

Fast

Insite

working

can

should

enhanced

include.

SCSI

transfer

Floptical

drive

capacity

with

operating

already

drives

be turned off (disabled)

features enabled(default)

rate.

Drives.

support.

greater

However

systems

than I GByte.

such

as

to

default)

this

is

Novell

In

prevent

not

or

these

2-17

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

B. VL-310

2

J30

1

1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

Pin 9-10

Remark

The

1.

2. Support

3. Greater than 1 Gigabyte drive capacity

: 6360 enhanced features include. Up

to

necessary when working with operating systems s UNIX situations

compatibility problems.

open close

open close disconnection enabled (default)

open close

open boot operation disabled close boot operation enabled (default)

10

.0

MB/sec

for

20M Insite Floptical Drives.

because they can already drives greater than I

this

option should be turned off (disabled)

synchronous synchronous negotiation enabled( default)

disconnection disabled

6360

enhanced

6360

enhanced

BIOS

support

BIOS

support floptical

Fast

SCSI

transfer

10

9

negotiation disabled

features disabled

features enabled(default)

floptical disabled(default)

enabled

rate.

support.

However

uch

as

GByte.

to

this

is

Novell or

In

these

prevent

not

2-18

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

2.3.7 Changing the SCSI

1/0

Port Address Range

The following figure shows the jumper setting for the primary port address range (the default 340h-35Eh for the VL-300/310):

A.

VL-300

Pin pair

B.

VL-310

9-10:

AL:

CNlO

J31

Open: Close:

12

Open: Close:

2

1

340h-35Eh (default) 140h-15Eh

0

0 0

11

0 0

IO

19

0

AL

340h-35Eh (default) 140h-15Eh

0 0

0

0 0

0

J6 J4 BE

16 15

The following figure shows the jumper setting for the secondary port address range (140h-15Eh for the VL-300/310). To change the

1/0 port address from its primary range to its secondary range, place

a jumper on pin pair AL in jumper block CNlO

131

of

9-10 in jumper block

VL-310.

of

VL-300 or pin

A. VL-300

CNlO

12

11

IO

19

AL J6 J4 BE

2-19

I

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

B.

VL-310

2

J31

1

The

BIOS only

set to the

operates

port

address

if

the

340-35

VL-300/310

change. the setting to the secc_rnd,fry drcss range ( l disable the BIOS (pin pin 11-12

open position)

40h-

of

VL-310

operating

l 5

Eh),

pair

sh9uld be,.

at

you s_hould · al

BEof

2.3.8 Changing the IRQ Channel

· The VL-300 marked IC in jumper block

jumper block

by the pin 3-6 in jumper block

IRQ

channel setting is determined by· the pin pairs

CNll

and pin apirs

CNl

0. The VL-310 IRQ channel setting is determined

129

and pin 1-8 in jumper block 131.

16 15

El)c.

If

port

VL-300or

cqanged

IO,

11,

12

and

is

you

ag.:-

sq

to

19

in

The following figures shows the jumper settings for IRQ channel

ll(the

default):

2-20

A.

VL-300

CNU

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

0

0 0

0 0 0

SD SD

SD IC IC DC DC SP

0 0

0

CNlO

· O 0 0

12

B.

VL-310

J31

J29

2

1

11

IO

19

2

1

0

0 0 0 15

0

AL

16

14

BE

12

11

16

To change the VL-300 /310 IRQ channel, choose a new channel (9, 10 or 12) and then reset the jumpers according to the appropriate illustration. The following figure shows the settings for IRQ channel 9. (IRQ channel 9 is not recommanded when running Windows or OS/2).

A. VL-300

0

0 0

0

CNU

SD SD SD

0

IC IC DC DC SP

0

0 0 0

....

CNlO

0 0 0

12

0

11

0

IO

19

2-21

AL

16 14

BE

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

B.

VL-310

2

0

J29

1

0 0

0

12

0

11

0 0

0

16 15

2 0 0

J31

1

0

The following figure shows the jumper settings for IRQ channel 10:

A. VL-300

0 . 0 0 0

CNll

0 0 0 0

SD SD SD IC IC DC DC SP

0 0

CNlO

0 0

12

11

IO

19

AL

J6 J4 BE

B. VL-310

J29

2

0

1

0

12

11

J31

2

0

1

0

..

2-22

16 15

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

The following figure shows the jumper settings for IRQ channel 12:

A. VL-300

0 0 0

CNll

I I I I

SD SD SD IC IC

0 0 0

DC DC

SP

CNlO

B. VL-310

J29

2

J31

1

2.3.9 Disabling the VL-300/310 BIOS

To disable the VL-300/310 BIOS, remove the jumper on pin pair BE on jumper block CNlO 131

of

VL-310.

The following figure shows the jumper setting that enables the BIOS (the default):

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

12

11

2 1

II

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IO

19

AL

J6 J4 BE

I I I I

of

VL-300

or

pin 11-12 on jumper block

12 11

16

15

2-23

Chapter 2 Jumpers Setting

A. VL-300

0

0 0

0

19

IO

0 0 0 0

AL

0 0

0

16 14

BE

16

15

B.

VL-3.10

CNlO

J31

12

11

2

1

The following figure shows the jumper setting that disables the

BIOS:

A. VL-300

0

CNlO

0

B. VL-310

J31

12

11

IO

19

AL

0

2

1

0

0 0

0

16

0

14

BE

16 15

2-24

Chapter 3 Installing the Host Adapter

Chapter 3 Installing the Host

Adapter

3.1 Introduction

The VL-300/310 will be easly to install into VESA Local Bus(VLBus) computers. This chapter gives you the information you need to install one covers !hree major topics:

1. How to terminate your SCSI bus.

2. How to decide whether you need to change the jumper settings

or

two host adapters in your system. The chapter

of

the host adapter.

'

3. How to install the host adapter

3.2

SCSI Devices Terminated

For your system to operate properly, you must terminate your SCSI bus correctly. The SCSI devices at the physical beginning and end of

the SCSI bus must have terminators installed. All other SCSI

devices on the SCSI bus must have their terminators removed.

The VL-300/310 is a SCSI(also IDE) device. one

of

its SCSI connectors, the host adapter is at one end

bus. Its terminators should remain installed. to both the external and internal connectors on the host adapter, the host adapter is not at the end (RP6, RP7 & RP8

should be removed. Terminators should be installed on the SCSI

devices on both end

of

VL-300

of

the SCSI bus.

or

adapters.

If

you are using only

of

the SCSI

If

you connect devices

of

the SCSI bus. So its terminators

RP12, RP13 & RP14

3-1

of

VL-310)

Chapter 3 Installing the Host Adapter

On

the VL-300/310 host adapters, terminators are single in-line package (SIP) resistors mounted on the board. Terminators on SCSI devices can take several forms. They can be SIP package (DIP) resistors. Terminators on SCSI devices can also be set with switches. Consult the documentation that came with your SCSI device to find out how to set its terminators.

or

dual in-line

VL-300 SCSI Device Terminators (RP6, RP7 and

CN7

SCSI Connector

CN8

SCSI Connector

RP6 RP? RP8

VL-310 SCSI Device Terminators (RP12, RP13 and RP14)

SCSI A

SCSI Connector

SCSIB

SCSI Connector

RP12 RP13 RP14

RPS)

3 .3 Change the Default Settings

The VL-300/310 is set up most circumstances. You need to make changes settings of the board

1. You plan to use more than one VL-300/310 host adapter in

your system.

if

at

the factory to operate properly under

to

either

of

the following is true:

the default

2. You plan to use other products such or other host adapters, that use the same default setting VL-300/310.

3-2

as

video adapter cards

as

Chapter 3 Installing the Host Adapter

If you think you might need to change any default setting on the VL-

300/310, see Chapter 2 in this manual before proceeding. Chapter

all

2 gives you change, why you might need to change them, and how to make the changes. .

3.4

Preparing Before Installation

The following sections tell you how to prepare before install your VL-300/310 host adapter. Be sure that the VL-300/310 host adapter

settings are appropriate for your system before you proceed.

What you need to get started

necessary information about the settings that you can

1. a 50-pin SCSI cable to connect

310 (if applicable)

2.a

50-pin SCSI cable with a female SCSI connector(optional kits,

please see Appendix E for different type) to connect device to the VL-300/310 (if applicable)

3.a

40-pin cable to connect the IDE disk drive to the VL-300/310

(if applicable)

4.a

34-pin cable to connect the floppy disk drive to the VL-300/310

(if applicable)

5.a

game port cable connect the joy stick to the VL-300/310 (if

applicable)

6.a

serial port cable connect the peripheral (if applicable)

7.a

medium-size, flat-blade screwdriver

8.a

medium-size, Philips screwdriver

Preparing the computer and host adapter

Before you can install the VL-300/310 board, you must first prepare your computer by opening its cover and finding Local Bus slot. You must also prepare the VL-300/310 host adapter for installation.

an

internal device to the VL-300/

an

unused VESA

3-3

an

external

Chapter 3 Installing the Host Adapter

To prepare the computer

1. Turn off the power

of

your computer and its external equipment.

Unplug the computer and its external equipment.

2. Remove the top cover . sion slots. On most

of

your computer case to expose the expan-

of

computer system, you can use a medium size, flat-blade screwdriver to remove the screws that secure the cover.

3. Locate

an

unused VESA Local Bus expansion slot

Remove the slot cover from the back

in

your system.

of

the computer. Set aside

the screw that you removed.

Next, you need to prepare the VL-300/310 host adapter for

installation.

To

prepare the VL-300/310 host adapter

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2. If you plan to use an internal SCSI device, attach a 50-pin ribbon cable to the internal pin connector (SCSI A) on the board.

Line up pin 1 on the cable connector, usually marked with a red

strip, with pin 1 on the board, located on the left side

of

the

connector.

3-4

Chapter 3 Installing the Host Adapter

-------------

3. If you plan cable to the internal pin connector

Line strip, with pin 1 on the board, located on the left side connector.

4.

If

you

cable

If

you want to use three or four floppy disk drive on VL-310, attach the 34-pin ribbon cable to the floppy drive connector (FLP2) on the board.

Line

strip, with pin 1 on the board, located on the down side connector.

5.

If

you plan ove terminators RP6, RP7 and RP8 from VL-300 and RP14 from VL-310. However, external or internal SCSI devices only. You should leave the terminators in place. seven SCSI device device or external SCSI device. To remove a terminator, gently pull place on the board. When installing, line up pin 1 terminator with pin 1 side white color dot

to

use

an

IDE hard disk drive, attach a 40-pin ribbon

(CNl

or HDD) on the board.

up

pin 1 on the cable connector, usually marked with a red

of

want to use a floppy disk drive, attach the 34-pin ribbon

to

the floppy drive connector (CN2

up

pin 1 on the cable connector, usually marked with a red

to

install both external and internal SCSI device, rem-

In

this case, you still can connect up

at

one time, it does not matter are internal SCSI

it

up

from board. To install a terminator, gently push it into

of

the terminator socket, located on the left

of

the connector. Pin 1

or

stripe near the end

of

the terminator is indicated by a

or

FLPl)

if

you plan

of

the terminator.

on the board.

or

RP12, RP13

to

use either

of

the·

of

the

to

3-5

Chapter 3 Installing the Host Adapter

3.5

Installing the Host Adapter

Now that you have prepared both the board and the computer, you can install the VL-300/310 into your computer.

I.Slide the external connector

in

the back

slot.

2. Press the edge connectors easier to fit the edge connectors into the slot if you insert one conner first and then press entire edge into place.

3.Secure the VL-300/310 external connector to the computer frame. Use the screws that you removed with the expansion slot cover.

4. If you are going to use orientation and attach the free end the device.

5.If

you are going to use

orientation and attach the free end

the IDE hard disk drive.

6. If you are installing the VL-300/310 and want to use it with the

floppy disk drive, peripheral with serial port interface, peripheral with parallel port interface necessary cable to these peripherals.

of

the computer that corresponds to the unused

of

the VL-300/310 through the hole

of

the VL-300/310 into the slot.

an

internal SCSI device, ve_rify cable

of

the 50-pin ribbon cable to

an

IDE hard disk drive, verify cable

of

the 40-pin ribbon cable to

or

joy stick, connect the free end

VL

It

is

(pinl)

of

the

If you are installing the VL-310 and want to use it with three

~our

floppy disk drive, connect.the free end floppy cable to these peripherals. Be.sides, please refer Chapter 4 for 4 floppy driver installation.

3-6

of

the second flat

or

Chapte: 3 Installing the Host Adapter

If

you are going to use

7.

an

external SCSI device, connect it to the . VL-300/310 using a 50-pin SCSI cable with a 50 pin female centronic

or

D-SUB connector (optional kits, please see Appen-

dix E for different type). Plug the cable connector into the

of

external connector

the VL-300/310 and secure it with the bail

clips on the external connector.

8. Reposition the computer cover. Make sure that the internal drive and floppy drive cables fit comfortably inside the computer case when you reposition the cover. Rearrange the cables

if

necessary.

9. Turn on the power to your computer and its peripherals. The VLof

300/310 can cause the system to display a variety messages. These messages are explained

in

Chapter 2 and

startup

Appendix D.

3.6

Installing Two Host Adapters

You can install as many as two VL-300/310 host adapters in your VESA Local Bus system. Installing two host adapters allow you to

use more SCSI devices.

ASPI

use the

software _appropriate for your operating system.

If

you do install two host adapters, you must

The installation of

a single host adapter. Follow the instruction in section

11

Preparing Before Installation

of

each host adapter is

II

and section 3 .5 "Installing the Host

th,e

same as the installation

Adapter" to install each host adapter.

If

you install two host adapter, each must be configured so that it does not conflict with the other. You need to change some default settings

The following is a short overview

of

one

or

both host adapter.

of

the hardware issues you need

to consider when you use two host adapters:

3-7

of

3.4

the

Chapter 3 Installing the Host Adapter

1. Each host adapter must use a different interrupt request

(IRQ)

channel.

2. Only one host adapter can have BIOS enabled. The BIOS on the other host adapter must be disabled.

3. Each host adapter must use a different port address range.

4. If you use two VL-300/310 host adapters, only one can have its floppy drive controller enabled. The floppy drive controller on

the other VL-300/310 must be disabled.

5. If you plan to install two host adapter , see Chapter 2 to learn how to make the necessary changes. You should make all these changes before you install the host adapters.

3-8

Char:iter 4 IDE Drivers Installation

Chapter 4 IDE Drivers Installation

4.1 Introduction

This chapter contains device driver installation procedures for IDE

hard disk drive and a description include multiple & high capacity floppy disks supporting and testing program for high speed serial port 16550 proving.

4.2 IDE Device Drivers Installation

The VL-300/

"INIVL300.SYS" file to enhance the system's overall performance (both IDE and SCSI application) and two sub-directory. These two sub-directory are NETW

DOS and Windows Drivers Installation

The program named "INSTALL.EXE" in the VL-300/310 "DRIVER

& UTILITIES" diskette will install DOS and Windows Ver.

device driver automatically. Please refer the installation instruction below.

310

"DRIVER & UTILITIES" diskette contains an

ARE

of

the utility programs which

and UTILITY.

3.X

I.

Insert the VL-300/310

floppy disk drive "A"

2. Type INSTALL at the DOS prompt and press ENTER.

3. Follow the instructions on screen to install the device drivers step by step.

"DRIVER & UTILITIES"

or

floppy disk drive

4-1

"B".

diskette into

Chapter 4

IDE

Drivers Installation

Novell Driver Installation

I.Insert

2.Change

3.Copy

4. Re-boot the server system then

5.Type

the

VL-300/310

floppy disk drive "A"

to drive "A" and

the file tem. When you copy the file make sure file the same directory .

and press ENTER.

"IDE.OSK"

"DRIVER

or

floppy disk drive "B".

\NETWARE

to

the

"IDE.OSK"

and file

type

LOAD IDE.OSK and press ENTER.

& UTILITIES" diskette into

sub-directory.

root directory

"SERVER

SERVER at the

of

the server sys-

to

your

server system,

.EXE" remain at

DOS

prompt

4.3 Enhance Performance Driver Installation

The

"INIVL300.SYS" device system's the interaction between the system and

IDE

and SCSI

1/0

Enhance Performance Driver Installation

I.Insert

the VL-300/310

floppy disk drive "A"

or

driver

performance by intelligently managing

use to enhance both

1/0 device.

"DRIVER

"B".

& UTILITIES" diskette into

the

2.

Copy file "INIVL300.SYS" to the root directory hard disk drive (most

3.

Add the statement file on the primary hard disk (most

of

time it

"device=

is

hard disk drive

INIVL300.SYS" to the

of

time it is hard disk drive

"C").

4.

Power

off

the computer system-and re-boot the system again.

4-2

of

the primary

"C")

.

CON

FIG .SYS

Chaj.>ler

4 IDE Drivers Installation

IMPORTANT NOTE

To

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expanded

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the

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or

extended

ill "CO.\FJ<;. s rs

such

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as

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are

some

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Chapter 4 IDE Drivers Installation

4.4 Utility Installation

CHKIDE.COM

1.

Power on your computer system and boot the computer system from floppy drive

2. Place the VL-300/310 "DRIVER & UTILITIES" diskette into the floppy disk drive "A", and get into UTILITY sub-directory.

"A".

3. Type CHKIDE, the system will display the native parameters your IDE hard disk drive, even your system setted as "HARD DISK NOT INSTALLED".

4. Record these parameters on your notebook.

5. Press the reset button on front panel to reset your computer sys-

tem. Enter the "CMOS SETUP PROGRAM", the·n according to the parameters on your notebook to set up hard disk drive type.

HDDIAG.COM

I .Place the "DRIVER & UTILITIES" diskette into system's floppy

disk drive "A", and get into UTILITY sub-directory.

2. Type HDDIAG and press

·make hard disk drive low-level format.

ENTER

to check the bad tracks

of

or

4-4

Chapter 4 IDE Drivers Installation

4.5 Multiple and High Capacity Floppy Drivers Installation

I.

Insert the "DRIVER & UTILITIES" diskette into floppy disk

"A".

drive

2.Change to drive "A" and \UTILITY\4DRIVER sub-directory.

3. Copy the file "SMC661.COM" to the root directory

system.

4.Add

DOS "DRIVER.SYS" command "DEVICE=C:\DOS\DRIVER.SYS "DEVICE=C:\DOS\DRIVER.SYS /D:3 /F:m"

5.Add following command

"C:\SMC661.COM /C:n /D:o"

6. Re-boot the system.

Remark:

l, m, n, o earameters

3rd FDD l m n 0 360KB 720KB

1.2MB 1

1.44MB

2.88MB

0 2

7 14

9

in

your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

setting_

3

7 720KB

12 1.2MB 1

2

in

the CONFIG.SYS file.

/D:2

/F:/" .

descrietion

4th FDD l m 360KB

1.44MB

2.88MB

0

2

7

9

of

the server

n 0

3

7

12 14 2

4-5

Chapter 4 IDE Drivers Installation

7. Refer following diagram for using the right parameter command.

A.

Install 4 floppy drivers

CONFIG.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\DRIVER.SYS

/D:2/F:/

DEVICE=C:\DOS\DRIVER.SYS /D:3/F:m

AUTO EXEC.BAT C:\SMC661.COM

D=360KB

C=360KB

C=720KB

C=l.2MB

C=l.44MB

C=2.88MB

B.

Install 3 floppy drivers

l=0,m=0,

n=3,o=3

1=2,m=0,

n=7,o=3

l=l,m=0, l=l,m=2,

n=/2,o=J

1=7,

m=0, l=7,m=2

n=/4,o=J

1=9,m=0, 1=9,m=2, 1=9,

n=2,o=3

/C:n /D:o

D=720KB

l=0

,m=2,

n=3,o=7

1=2,m=2,

n=7,o=7

n=l2,o=7

n=l4

, 1=7,

,o=7

n=2,o=7

D=l.2MB

l=0,m=l

n=3 1=2,m=l,

n=7,o=12

l=l,m=I, l=l,m=7

n=12,o=12

n=/4

n=2,o=/2

D=l.44MB

,

,o=12

l=0,m=7,

n=3,o=14

1=2,m=7,

n=7,o=/4

n=/2,o=/4

m=I, 1=7,m=7,

,o=

/2

n=/4,o=/4

m=l

, 1=9,m=7,

n=2,o=/4

,

CONFIG.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\DRIVER.SYS /D:2/F:/

in

the

D=2

.88MB

l=0,m=9,

n=3,o=2

l=2,m=9,

n=7,o=2

1=1,m=9,

n=l2

,o=2

l=7,m=9,

n=/4,o=2

l=9,m=9

n=2,o=2

,

AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\SMC661.COM

C=360KB

l=0,

n=3

C=720KB

1=2,

n=7

/C:n

C=l.2MB

l=l, n=12

C=l.44MB

1=7,

4-6 ,

n=/4

C=2.88MB

1=9,

n=2

Cha:::;ter

4.6

High Speed Serial Port Testing and Debuging

4 IDE Drivers Installation

Program

l.Insert

2.Change to drive "A" and \UTILITY\16C550 sub-directory.

3. Type SMC665 at the DOS prompt and press ENTER. Follow the

4. Type 665 at the DOS prompt and press ENTER. Follow the

the "DRIVER & UTILITIES" diskette into floppy disk

drive "A".

descriptions selections.

descriptions setting.

of

main menu on screen to choose the various test

of

main menu on screen to change the register

4-7

Chapter

5 EZ-SCSI Installatio~

Chapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation

This chapter tells you how to install Adaptec EZ-SCSI software for the adapter.

driver, and a disk partitioning utility.

This

The

chapter covers these major topics:

an overview

how to use the disk partitioning utility

preparing

understanding and resolving errors

DOS

operating system and the

software comprises a

of

the software

other

SCSI devices

VL-300/310

DOS

manager, a hard disk

5 .1 EZ-SCSI Quick Installation

1.

Insert the EX-SCSI

your PC.

2. Change to the drive letter where

A

or

B)

3.

Type

INSTALL to start the INSTALL

v3.x

diskettte in a floppy disk drive

your

diskette is inserted (

program

ASPI

host

on

either

.r:·.-

· · ! 1\'ote ! !

bo

,wt

use

the

DOS

copy

to

your

PC

'sfixed

disk. 111e.files

.'

command

diskette are in compressedformat ically de-l:ompre,ssed during

i11stallatio11.

5-1

to copy

01i

the

and

are automat-

thefi/es

illstal/atio11

·

Chapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation

4. Follow the instructions on screen to type SETUP at the DOS

prompt and press ENTER to install the device drivers step by

step.

In

more case, you will simply press Enter to accept the

defaults suggested by EZ-SCSI.

Press

Fl

on any screen to view additional Help Information.

Press ESC ·to exit from a Help screen.

If your system doesn't install windows O/S , please follow the

instruction on screen to install Windows software first

DOSINST

5. When the INSTALL program is finished and you return to the DOS

prompt, reboot your PC so the new configuration can take

effect. You can do this by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del.

at

the DOS prompt and press ENTER.

or

type

5.2 Software Overview

The major components

ASPI2DOS (DOS manager)

of

the EZ-SCSI software are:

ASP/DISK

AFDISK (partitioning utility)

Each

of

sections.

(hard disk driver)

these programs is discussed separately

in

the following

5.2.1 The DOS Manager

ASPI2DOS is a program that DOS can load at startup time and then

use automatically to communicate with the VL-400 and to access SCSI devices connected to the host adapter. You need to have DOS load

ASPI2DOS

You change any default host adapter jumper settings.

in

the following situations:

5-2

Cnapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation

More than two hard disks are installed

in

your system.

You have a SCSI drives with a SCSI ID other than

You use SCSI devices other than a fixed hard disk, such as removable media drive, CD-ROM drive, tape drive, printer,

plotter, and so on.

You install more than one host adapter.

You can use

even if none

faster

1/0

operations.

ASP/2DOS

of

these condition apply. UsingASPI2DOS results

to improve your system's performance

5.2.2 The Hard Disk Driver

ASPIDISK

use automatically to control hard disks.

your system must be running DOS 3.3

You need to have DOS use circumstances:

is a program that DOS can load

In

order to useASPIDISK,

or

ASP/DISK

under any

The host adapter BIOS is disabled.

at

startup time and then

later.

of

O

or

1.

in

the following

You have more than two hard disks.

O

or

You have a SCSI drive with a SCSI ID other than

You have a disk partitioned with

ASPIDISK

AFDISK

or

FDISK.

allocates logical drive names to the SCSI hard disks and

1.

partitions installed on your system. If you have non-SCSI disks

installed, of drives (C and D),

ASPIDISK allocates logical drive names that follow those

the non-SCSI drives. For instance ·

ASPIDISK begins with drive E.(Refer appendix ,

if

you have two non-SCSI

E for additional software switch setting).

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Chapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation

5.2.3 The Disk Partitioning Utility

Before you can use a hard disk, you must partition it. AFDISK is a partitioning utility that you use to partition SCSI disks. You can use AFDISK to create or delete DOS partitions, and to delete nonDOS partitions.

if

You should partition your SCSI disks with AFDISK total

of

three

or

more disks (SCSI and non-SCSI).

of

one

or

two disks, you can partition your SCSI disks with the DOS

FDISK utility.

to repartition any SCSI disks that you originally partitioned with

If

you later add more SCSI disks, you will not have

FDISK.

you have a

If

you have a total

If your system tries to load a disk that should be partitioned be loaded successfully.

ASPIDISK

before you have partitioned

withAFDISK, ASP/DISK will not

Preparing CD-ROM Drives

The EZ-SCSI supports data and audio modes for most models CD-ROM drives. The INSTALL automatically installs the correct device driver for each kind

EZ-SCSI supports the High Sierra and ISO-9660 formats for CDROMs.

If

you are installing a CD-ROM drive, you may need to disable

synchronous negotiation on the host adapter.

drives do nor fully support synchronous negotiation and will not

work properly

If you are installing only the CD-ROM drives and are not installing

any SCSI fixed disk drives you can save 30 to 60 seconds time by disabling the host adapter BIOS, which is not needed by CD-

ROM drives. ·

if

it is enabled.

of

CD-ROM drive.

5-4

S<:,me

CD-ROM

of

boot

Chapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation

Be

sure that the SCSI ID for the CD-ROM is set to 2, 3, 4, 5,

ID 7 is reserved for the host adapter, and the host adapter BIOS

assumes that a fixed disk drive is installed at SCSI ID O

or

6.

SCSI

1.

Preparing Removable Media Drives

Set magneto-optical drives and other removable disk devices to a

SCSI

ID

of

2, 3, 4,

devices. If you do, the devices will be controlled by the host adapter BIOS instead remove the media while the power is on. Removable disk devices will be automatically installed under the run the

INSTALL program.

of

5,

by the

or

6. Do not use SCSI

ASPI

manager, and you may lose data

ASPI

ID

disk driver when you

O

or

1 for these

if

you

After you run the

INSTALL Program you can use the EZ-SCSI

AFDISK utility to partition removable media.

The EZ-SCSI supports removable disk media with 512 bytes per sector.

Handling Tape Drives and Other SCSI devices

EZ SCSI does not install tape drives, scanners

Many (WORM) devices. To configure these SCSI devices you must acquired additional third-party drivers which are designed for and are fully compatible with Adaptec 1522 series host adapter boards and software.

or

Write Once Read

5.3 Errors Message

Understanding and Resolving

Message

Illegal or

command line /p option

no

hex digit found

E"ors

Meaning

in

You used an invalid number with /P. Only /P140 and /P340 are valid.

5-5

Chapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation

Message

Fail to initialize HA, installation failed.

The driver failed to initialize the host adapter. Make sure there

Meaning

are no hardware conflicts with other equipment, the host adapter jumpers are correctly set, and the host adapter is properly installed.

Unable to open ASPI manager!

The System Failed to access the ASPI2DOS software. The software may not be loaded. Check CONFIG.SYS to make sure that

ASPIDISK will be loaded after

ASPI2DOS and reboot.

Command line argument is in- DOS cannot understand

ment

in

the

correct

CONFIG.SYS command that loads ASPIDISK. Make sure that the command and all its arguments are valid.

ASPI "Host Adapter Inquiry" failed

ASPIDISK failed to issued the ASPI host adapter inquiry command to get information from installed host adapters. Make sure that all SCSI cables are installed correctly and the SCSI bus is terminated correctly.

an

argu-

No Host Adapter exists

ASPIDISK cannot find a host

adapter on the system. Make

sure that there are no port address conflicts and that the host adapter is correctly installed.

5-6

Chapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation

Message

ASPI Get Device Type Failed.

ASPIDISK cannot find a host

Meaning

adapter on the system. Make sure that all SCSI cables are properly installed and that the SCSI bus is properly terminated.

Failed to access ASPI Device ASPIDISK failed to read the parameter. SCSI drive either not formatted

or

bad.

BIOS parameter block

of

the first SCSI drive that is controlled by the driver. The drive is either

Get DOS version failed.

unformatted

ASPIDISK failed to determine

or

bad.

the DOS version.

Invalid DOS version. DOS must The current DOS version _is oldbe version 3.3 and above. er than 3.3. Upgrade to DOS 3.3

or

later.

SCSI ID xx -Read Capacity failed The driver failed to issued the

SCSI Read Capacity command on the specified drive. Make sure that all SCSI cables are properly installed and that the SCSI Bus is properly terminated.

Failed to read master boot record

ASPIDISK failed to read the in-

formation from the master boot record on the boot drive. The drive is either bad ed.

Failed to read boot record ASP

parameters. The SCSI drive may be unformatted.

5-7

or

unpartition-

ID

ISK failed to read the disk

Chapter 5 EZ-SCSI Installation

Message Meaning

Error issuing SCSI inquiry com- ASPIDISK failed to issue the mand SCSI Inquiry command to check

the removable media.

No SCSI drives attached

ASPIDISKcannot find any SCSI attached on the system. Make sure your drives are correctly installed.

Failed to find any SCSI logical

drives to support

ASPIDISK cannot find any log-

ical drives. Any drives not contr-

olled by the host adapter BIOS

may not have been partitioned.

Warning: Maximum number

logical drives reached. Driver can only support up to 26 Iogical drives.

of

There are too many logical drives on the attached SCSI drives. The maximum number allowable under DOS is 26. The

data-

on the uninstalled logical drives is not lost. The data will be available when sufficient logical drives

are present.

ASPIDISK.sys is not installed This message will be shown with

the error message listed above to indicate that the loading

of

the

driver has failed.

5-8

Chapter 6 Windows

N':",

OS/2 and UNIX Installation

Chapter 6 Windows NT, OS/2 and

UNIX Installation

The SCSI software drivers are embedded within Windows NT and OS/2. Windows NT

host adapter (SCSI hard disk drives or/and SCSI CD-ROMs

and make necessary adjustments to proceed your installation.

or

OS/2 will determine

wh_at

is attached to the

...

etc.) ,

The UNIX version

operating system kernel support already. Refer to your Windows

NT,

0S/2

and UNIX installation manual for details.

3.2.4,

OS/2 version

2.X

and Windows

NT

are

6-1

Appendix A

Connector

Appendix A Connector Pins

Internal SCSI connector (SCSI A)

Pins

Pin Signal Name Pin Signal

1 Ground 2 3 Ground 5 Ground 7

Ground

4 6 8

9 Ground 10

11

13 Ground

15

17 Ground

19 21 23 25 27 29 31

33 35 37 39 41 43

45

47 49

Ground

Ground Ground

Ground Open Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground

Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground

12 14 16 18 20

22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44

46 48 50

-DB(0)

-DB(1)

-DB(2)

-DB(3)

-DB(4)

-DB(5)

-DB(6)

-DB(7)

-DB(P)

Ground Ground

Ground Term Ground Ground

-ATN

Ground

-BSY

-ACK

-RST

-MSG

-SEL

-CID

-REQ

-1/

0

Name

Power(Fused)

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Appendix A Connector Pins

External SCSI connector (SCSI B)

Signal Name Pin Signal Name

1 Ground 2 Ground

3

Ground

4 Ground 5 6 7 8 9

10

11

12

13 Open

14 15 16

17 18 19

20

21 22 23 24 25

Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground

Ground Ground Ground Ground

Ground

Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground

26 27 28 29

30

31

32

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

-DB(0)

-DB(l)

-DB(2)

-D8(3)

-DB(4)

-DB(5)

-D8(6)

-D8(7)

-DB(P)

Ground Ground Ground

Term Power(Fused)

Ground Ground

-ATN

Ground

-BSY

-ACK

-RST

-MSG

-SEL

-CID

-REQ

-1/0

A-2

IDE controller connector

Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name

1 3 5 7 9 11

13

15 17 19 21

23 25 27

-DRST D07 D06 DDS D04 D03 D02

D01 ODO Ground NC 22

-DIOW 24 Ground

-DIOR DROY 28 NC

29 NC 31 33 35 37

DINT 32 DAl DAO

-DCSl

39 LED

Appendix A Connector Pins

2 Ground 4 6 8

10 12 14 16 18

20

D08 D09 D010 D011 0D12 0D13 0D14

0D15 NC Ground

26

30

Ground

-DCS16

34 NC 36 38

DA2

-DCS3

40 Ground

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Appendix A Connector Pins

Floppy disk controller connector

Signal Name Pin Signal Name

1 Ground 2 3 Ground

4 5 Ground 6 7

Ground

8 9 Ground 10

11

13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29

31 33

Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground

12 14 16 18

20

22 24 26 28 30 32 34

-REDWC NC NC

-INDEX

-MOTEA

-DRVSB

-DRVSA

-MOTEB

-DIR

-STEP

-WDATA

-WGATE

-TK00

-WPT

-RDATA

-SIDEl

-DSKCHG

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Appef'dix B Low-Level Formatting

Appendix B Low-Level Formatting

Hard disks and removable media cartridges must be low level

formatted before they can be partitioned and high - level formatted.

If

your dealer has not performed the low -level formatting, you need

to do so.

You can use a low level formatting'lltility provided by the VL-300/ 310 BIOS. Type Debug at the DOS prompt to invoke this utility.

When you see a hyphen, type G =DC00:6. DC00 is the default host

adapter BIOS address.

the new address instead.

The system will display a short menu that gives you choices for displaying, selecting, and formatting disks.

When you low - level format a disk, you will be asked for an interleave value. Entering 0

the optimum value for au VESA Local Bus systems. Optimum values depend, however, on the processing speed There are a number optimum value for your system.

If

you have changed the BIOS address, use

or

1 results

of

programs that can help you determine the

in

a 1: 1 interleave. This is

of

the system.

Reboot your system after you finish low - level formatting.

are low - level formatting removable cartridges, you

reboot after each cartridge. Low level format all cartridges, then reboot.

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don't

If

you

need to

Appendix C Software Switch Setting

You probably will not have to change command line setting in your

config.sys and autoexec.bat files after you run the EZ-SCSI install

program, because EZ-SCSI automatically configures your system

for the type

. devices. If you do need to change these setting, however, this

section contains complete information about all available command line options.

The full syntax config.sys fiie is:

of

host adapter you have and for the installed SCSI

of

the device=ASPI2DOS.SYS line

device= [path]aspi2dos.sys[/Group 1 options][/Group 2 options]

in

your

You can type command line options letters. Each option is preceded by a forward slash and should be separated from· other options by at least one blank space.

aspi2dos command line options are divided into Group 1

and Group 2

Group 1 options are mandatory for systems whose configuration hardware cannot be read by the VL-300/310

Group 2 options are optional for all systems.

Group 1 command line options

The meaning

of

each Gr_oup 1 option is as follows:

in

either lowercase

or

uppercase

/c and /c-

The

/c

option prevents SCSI target devices from disconnecting

during command execution; the /c- option allows SCSI target'

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Appendix C Software Switch Setting

devices to disconnect during command execution. If neither option is specified, the default setting is /c- (allow target devices to disconnect).

You might need to use these options if your system has multiple SCSI target devices.

If

you enter the /c option, do not also enter the

/c- option, and vice-versa.

/bx

This option allows you to specify the host adapter SCSI ID. The valuex specifies the single-digit decimal address. Valid entries are

an

the numbers 0 through 7. Any other values will be rejected,

error

message will be displayed and the host adapter will default to the

jumper setting.

If

no/h option is present, a default SCSI

ID

7 is used. This option is rarely used, beca.use the host SCSI ID is seldom changed from the default

of

7.

Example: /h5

/u and /u-

The /u option enables the host adapter to initiate negotiation with the SCSI target device for synchronous data transfer. The /u-option prevent synchronous negotiation.

If

synchronous negotiation is disabled the host adapter defaults to asynchronous data transfer, and it negotiates for synchronous data transfer if a target device initiates the negotiatiof!.

Synchronous negotiation is enabled by default on VL-300/310 host adapter boards, because data moves faster on the SCSI bus

in synchronous inode. You may need to disable synchronous negotiation if you have a system does not recognize the

CD-ROM drive that does not support it.

CD-ROM drive,

or

if the drive

If

your

doesn' t work properly, add the /u- option to config.sys. Then, to assure the best performance on your system, enable synchronous

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Appenclix C Software Switch Setting

negotiation on all SCSI devices that do support it, such as fix disk drives.

If

you enter the /u option, do

not

also enter

Ju-

option, and vice-

versa.

/y and /y-

The /y option prevents the host adapt~r from checking SCSI bus parity. The

If

/y- option enables host adapter parity checking.

neither option is

specified, the default setting is /y- (enable parity checking).

If

parity checking is enabled on the host adapter board, be sure

by

all

supported

installed SCSI devices and is enabled on those devices. (Most SCSI devices have a jumper to enable parity).

If

you enter /y option, do

not

also enter the /y- option, and

or

it

is

disable

vice-versa.

/z

This option sets

all

Group 1 options, plus the /qx Group 2 option,

to their default values. This convenient shortcut is much faster than changing each Group 1 option individually. Entering /z on the command line is equivalent to entering these default settings:

Default

/c-

/y-

/u

/h7

/qll

Value

Allow SCSI target devices to disconnect

Enable host adapter parity checking Enable synchronous negotiation Set host adapter SCSI ID to 7 Set host interrupt request channel to 11

After restoring the default values with /z, you can add customized Group 1 options on the same command line. For example, /z /uresets the default and then disables synchronous negotiation.

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Appendix C Software Switch Setting

Group 2 command line options

/band

/b-

The /b option tells aspi2dos to wait 250 milliseconds when it

receives a busy status from a SCSI target device and then try to

access the device again. becomes available. The /b- tells aspi2dos to notify the program that called

it

that is received a busy status from the target device. aspi2dos does not try to access the device again unless told to do so by the calling program. setting is /b- (notify the calling program and do not try to access the device again).

It

keeps trying until the SCSI device

If

neither option is specified, the default

You may need to use the /b option earlier version ly

in

the newer version. For example, a tape backup program may

stop working

while it was rewind, received no response, and did not try again. To

solve the problem, add /b to the config.sys; aspi2dos will then keep

trying to access the device until option, do not also enter /b- option, and vice-versa.

of

aspi2dos because this default is handled different-

or

hang because aspi2dos tried to access the device

if

you are upgrading from an

it

succeeds.

If

you enter the /b

/d

This option, which is entered automatically by EZ-SCSI, displays useful information about the host adapter and attach SCSI devices when you boot your computer.

/i

This option disables loading /i is specified, Int 13 calls are routed through the host adapter BIOS instead disks installed with the host adapter BIOS). The /i option is rarely used and is intended for debugging purposes.

of

the Int 13 code in aspi2dos (This only applies to SCSI

of

the embedded Int 13 module. When

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Appen.;ix C Software Switch Setting

/L

This option enables support for SCSI logical units (LUNs) other

than zero. The driver can recognize all eight possible LUNs

If

associated with each SCSI target ID .

aspi2dos will only recognize LUN O for each SCSI target ID.

this option_is not entered,

You only need to use /L as IOMEGA's Bernoulli Dual multi-drive that supports more than one LUN.

if

your system includes a disk device such

/p < port address>

This option sets the 1/0 port address that the driver uses to

communicate with the host adapter. Valid addresses are the hex values 140h and 340h (the default). to another address you must also enter a address. For example, 140h, you must also add the entry /p140 to config.sys . Otherwise

the driver will not be able to communicate with the host adapter.

Example: /p140

if

you change the host adapter jumper to port

If

you configure the host adapter

/p

setting that matches the

/pause

This option makes your system pause after loading aspi2dos at boottime so you can read the message that appears on the screen. After you read the message, you can press any key to resume the booting process.

/qx

This option allows you to specify the host interrupt request cha!Jnel.

You do this by entering for x the (decimal) value

number. Valid entries are the numbers 9, 10, 11, and 12. Any other value will be rejected, an error message will be displayed and host

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of

the channel

Appendix C Software Switch Setting

adapter will default to the jumper setting. The default value is 11. This option is sometimes needed to resolve address and hardware conflicts in systems with multiple host adapters.

If you change the IRQ jumper(s) from the default setting

/q

must also enter a corresponding

line

in

config.sys file. For example, if you change the jumper to

IRQ12, you must add /q12

Example: /q12

Sample config.sys entries

The Adaptec EZ-SCSI install program automatically edits your config.sys file, adding lines as needed to load the ASPI manager and the device drivers. The sample config.sys excerpt below shows some typical entries. Your config.sys entries may be different, depending on which drivers and utilities are already installed and on whether you are installing Adaptec EZ-SCSI for the first time upgrading from a previous software version.

device=c:\adaptec\aspi2dos.sys /d buffers=20 files=20 device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=c:\dos5\setver.exe device= c: \adaptec\aspidisk.sys

In

this example the EZ-SCSI install program has correctly loaded

the ASP I manager(aspi2dos) before any drivers. Note that himem.sys

is not used if a memory manager such as QEMM-386 is to be installed; himem.sys

however, required for Windows.

option for the device=aspi2dos

in

config.sys.

or

a third-party memory manager is,

of

11, you

or

386MAX

or

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Appendix C Software Switch

Setti_ng

Installing

The aspi2dos Windows

If Windows is installed on your P.C, you should select the Install ASPI for Windows option when you run the EZ-SCSI install program. Install will then automatically copy the two files winaspi .dll and vaspid.386 to your Windows \system subdirectory. You do not need to add any ASPI entries to your system.ini file.

ASPI

3.0

for

Windows

ASPI

manager is fully compatible with Microsoft

and

3.1.

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Appendix D '-lost Adapter Message Classes

Appendix D Host Adapter Message

Classes

Your system can display a number boot

it

with the host adapter installed. The messages are divided into

different classes. You can select which class

by

displayed 2, "Jumper Setting", and Appendix B, "Jumper List", for information. This appendix lists the different message classes that are

available.

Class I-Jumper configuration information

These messages tell you which host adapter options you have specified with jumpers. The possible values are listed.

changing the host adapter jumper settings. See Chapter

Class 0-Header display (Default)

Adaptec AHA-1522 BIOS (AIC-6360)

Version

SCSI

l.20L

ID=0,

1, 2, 3, 4,

of

different messages when you

of

messages you want

5,

6, 7

Interrupt

SCSI parity= enabled/disabled

transfer

Channel=9,

mode=DMA/PIO

10, 11, 12

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Appendix D Host Adapter Message Classes

boot=

enabled/disabled

displayed Message Classes=#O, #1, #2, #3, #4

initiate sync negotiation= enabled/disabled

target disconnection =enabled/disabled

Class 2 SCSI drive information

Target 0: list disk drive vendor, product identification,

and revision level.

Target 0: disk drive ready, but inquiry failed

Target 0: device identification not available

Class 3-Boot progress report

Reset SCSI bus.

Diagnostics completed without error.

Host adapter interrupt channel initialized.

Delay for targets to recover from reset.

No SCSI targets were set up.

Checking SCSI Target 0:

Executing SCSI Inquiry command.

Target is connected. Wait for target Ready.

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Target

Appendix D Host Adapter Message Classes

is

ready.

Executing "Get Disk Type" command.

Target check completed.

SCSI Target 0 set up

as

Checking SCSI Target

Executing SCSI Inquiry command.

Target is connected. Wait for target Ready.

Target is ready. Recall target.

Executing "Get Disk Type" command.

Target check completed.

as

SCSI Target 1 set up

Drive D:

Attempting to boot from floppy.

Attempting to boot from hard disk.

Class 4-Error messages (Default)

Boot from floppy failed

Boot from hard disk failed

Drive

C:

1:

Target 0: target not connected

Target 0: target connected, but has a fault

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Appendix D Host Adapter Message Classes

Target 0: target connected, but is not a disk drive

Target 0: disk drive connected but not ready

Target 0: disk format not 512 bytes/block

Host adapter self diagnostic failure

SCSI Target 0 not found

Unable to initialize target

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Appendix E Optional Kits Message

CABLE-A:

iron plate

flat cable

50 pin female connector to connect controller's SCSI interface

CABLE-B:

50 pin female connector to connect controller's SCSI interface

flat cable

50 pin female hi-density D-SUB

SCSI plug

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50 pin female standard centronic SCSI plug

iron plate

.

I

Appendix E Optional Kits Message

CABLE-C: 50 pin male standard centronic SCSI plug for both

edges

(3

feet length)

//

~

CABLE-D: 50 pin male standard centronic SCSI plug

male hi-density D-SUB SCSI plug

//

(3

to

50 pin

feet length)

~

CABLE-E: 50 pin male hi-density D-SUB SCSI plug for both

edges

(3

feet length)

. .

.

I

D

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Appendix F Technical Service Inquiry Form

FLOPPY DRIVER TYPE

& SIZE: 1.

3.

IDE HARD DRIVER TYPE & SIZE: 1. 2.

SCSI DEVICES TYPE & SIZE:

1. 2.

3. 4.

OTHER

OPERATING SYSTEM:

1/0

CARD:

VERSION: APPLICATION PROGRAM: CONFIG .SYS (contents):

AUTOEXEC.BAT (contents):

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:

2.

4.

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