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1. The command line options described in this section apply to both OS 2 v2 1x and OS 2 Warp Turn to Example 1 and Example 2 to see how the command line options can be used in specific installations 28 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Refer to your OS 2 documentation for more information on using the command line options CAUTION Your computer may not boot if you enter the command line options incorrectly Add Command Syntax The standard command line syntax for the ADD command line switches is basedev aic7870 add Universal Parameters Adapter ID Unit Parameters SCSI Target ID The command and switches must be placed in the config sys file Switch settings take effect after the computer is rebooted OS 2 command line switches are not case sensitive Add Command Switches The options listed in the following subsections apply to all host adapters controlled by the aic7870 add driver Replace the italicized letters x y z etc in the switch descriptions below with the SCSI target ID s of the device s that you want affected The IDs must be separated by commas x y Universal Parameters et Embedded targets allowed Makes the driver assume that all targets have more than one Logical Unit Number LUN defined et No embedded targets allowed Makes the driver assume that all targets have only one LUN defined This is the default setting el Verbose mode Information s
2. 10 and will not work with other IRQs When installing UnixWare 2 x any IRQ can be used When initial installation of UnixWare 1 x is complete the IRQ can be changed to another supported IRQ aslong asthere are no conflicts with the IRQ of another host adapter The IRQ in the CMOS setup must correspond to the IRQ in the configuration table If you need to change the host adapter configuration see the host adapter s User s Guide for instructions on using the SCSlSelect utility Installing UnixWare Follow these instruction to load the UnixWare operating system and adslo driver into memory from the UnixWare distribution media and the IHV HBA diskette or the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 1 x and 2 x Refer to the UnixWare Installation Guide for more information 1 Insert Diskette 1 of the UnixWare 1 x Boot Package into the floppy boot drive boot your computer Follow the onscreen instructions to boot usually by pressing F1 The UnixWare operating system starts to load When prompted to insert the Host Bus Adapter Drivers Diskette insert the IHV HBA driver diskette or AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 1 x and 2 x into the primary floppy drive and press Enter you cannot load the adslo driver from a secondary floppy drive As the driver loads a message identifying the located host adapter briefly appears on screen Follow the onscreen instructions to load the UnixWare operating system Refer to th
3. 3 through 5 If OS 2 has been installed and does not recognize the Software 27 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual AIC 7880 host adapter or if you are adding your AIC 7880 host adapter to your OS 2 computer you need to install the driver To do so continue with Step 3 3 Run the ddinstal program by selecting the Device Driver Install icon from the system setup folder or by typing ddinstal at the OS 2 prompt NOTE If you are running OS 2 v2 1x change to the directory containing aic 7870 add and associated files and run ddinstal from the OS 2 prompt CAUTION If you are running OS 2 v2 1x GA do not run Device Driver Install from the System Setup folder Instead open a full screen OS 2 session and change to the drive with the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for OS 2 Then type ddinstal and press Enter 4 Insert the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for OS 2 in the appropriate drive and follow the prompts from ddinstal 5 The computer scans for the host adapter s If a host adapter is found the Installing Device Drivers message appears Another message appears when the driver is successfully installed If no host adapters are found an error message appears 2 2 3 Using Command Line Options The aic7870 add driver is normally installed automatically and does not require any modifications to its configuration In certain situations however you may wish to modify the driver to meet your specific needs
4. 4 If you are sure you are removing the correct host adapter type click OK 5 Return to Step 3 if you want to remove driver support for other types of host adapters or click Close to exit the SCSI adapters portion of Windows NT Setup 6 Close the Windows NT Setup program When the following message appears click OK to exit The changes you have made will not take effect until the computer is restarted If this message doesnot appear no changes have been made to the Windows NT system configuration 7 Restart the computer NOTE Windows NT Setup doesnot delete the device driver from your system disk it only updates Software 47 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Windows NT software configuration information so that the device driver is no longer loaded during system bootup 2 4 4 Swapping a Host Adapter Swapping one type of host adapter from another is similar to the procedure for adding a host adapter The important distinction is that you make all software configuration changes while Windows NT is running and before you make the hardware changes 1 48 Install the driver for the new host adapter by following the steps in Updating Windows NT with the Driver It is not essential to remove the device driver for the host adapter you are replacing Windows NT dynamically detects the absence or presence of host adapter hardware and no problems should arise if you leave the existing dev
5. For UnixWare 1 x Verify that the line loadable adslo is not present For UnixWare 2 x Verify that the line static is present immediately below the line version 2 Building the Loadable Modules UnixWare 1 x Only If your computer is to boot from a device on the host adapter SCSI bus skip to Rebuilding the UnixWare Kernel If your computer is not to boot from a device on the host adapter SCSI bus and you left the loadable adsl line in the adsl file type these commands to build the loadable modules for the driver s cd etc conf bin fidbuild M adsl Rebuilding the UnixWare Kemel 1 Type the following at the prompt and press Enter after each line cd etc conf bin Jidbuild B Status message appears 2 When the kemel hasbeen built type the following and press Enter after each line 0 in g0 is zero not the letter O cd etc conf cf d cp unix stand unix cd shutdown g0 3 Type yand press Enter when the computer asks if you really want to shut down System is Down should appearon the screen The UnixWare kernel is now ready for host adapter operation Software 71 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Booting the New Kemel 1 Follow the onscreen instructions usually by pressing Enter to reboot your computer 2 Checkthe bootup messages to verify that all your installed SCSI devices are listed If some orall f your SCSI devicesdo not appear at this time your SCSI cables may be
6. However if you are running NetWare and UNIX on the same SCSI disk drive that is larger than 1 GByte disable the Extended BIOS Translation feature Any time you change this feature from enabled to disabled or vice versa be sure to repartition and high level format the drive This statement does not apply to drives smaller than 1 GByte See your host adapter s User s Guide for more details on using drives over 1 GByte Software 33 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 3 Microsoft Windows 95 Installation This section provides the information needed to install and use the AIC 7880 Manager driver for Windows 95 The AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for Windows 95 contains the files needed for driver installation The Windows 95 subdirectory Iwin95 on the diskette contains the following files aic78xx mpd AIlC 7880 driver for Widows 95 aic78xx inf A file used by Windows 95 Setup for driver installation readme txt An ASCII text file describing the AIC 7880 driver for Windows 95 If you are performing a first time Windows 95 installation see Installing Windows 95 and the Driver f Windows 95 is already installed in your system see Updating Windows 95 with the Driver 2 3 1 Installing Windows 95 and the Driver A version of the aic78xx mpd driver is embedded included in the Windows 95 installation CD During a normal Windows 95 installation the AIC 7880 host adapter is det
7. Slot Number NOTE To load the driver from your hard disk the aic 7870 dsk driver and aspitran dsk module must be copied from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for NetWare to a directory on your hard disk usually the server s startup directory e g c nwserven The syntax to load the aic7870 dsk driver is load pathname aic7870 dsk options slot x For example the command line to load the driver from the c nwserver directory with the verbose option on and a slot number of 16 is load c nwserver aic7870 verbose y slot 16 NOTE After installing the AIC 7880 host adapter a separate load command line must be included in the startup ncf file The slot number slot identifies the specific adapter To modify the startup ncf file follow these steps NOTE You can also use your DOS text editor to modify the startup ncf file 1 Type load install at the NetWare prompt and press Enter 2 Select the appropriate menu choice that allows you to edit the startup ncf file 3 Make the necessary changes When you are done Software 19 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual press Esc 2 1 6 Using SCSI Devices This section provides procedures and tips on the following topics Booting from a SCSI Device Formatting Media Using Removable media Using the NetWare Tape Backup Using a CD ROM with NetWare Optimizing Performance Booting from a SCSI Device 1 Forthe AIC 7880 host adapter us
8. Turn to the appropriate SCO manual for instructions on completing an installation or upgrade of your operating system NOTE For SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 only When the run time installation is complete make sure you select the Install Additional Software option This ensures that the Link Kit is installed and available for later driver integration Follow the SCO manual installation instructions until you have reached and completed the Password procedure 8 Aftercompleting the Password procedure a message similar to the following appears The BTLD packages will now be loaded to the Link Kit The following packages are on this disk Name Description alad Adaptec AIC 7870 Driver v1 7 for SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 alad325 Adaptec AIC 7870 Driver v1 7 for SCO OpenServer 5 Please enter the names of the packages you wish to install or q to quit __ default alad 9 Type alad and press Enter The alad driver for your AIC 7880 host adapter has been relinked to the SCO UNIX kemel Installation is complete 2 5 3 Updating SCO UNIX with the Driver This section describes how to update install the 7800 Family driver for SCO UNIX if SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 SCO ODT 3 0 SCO OpenServer 3 0 or SCO OpenServer 5 is already installed If you are installing these SCO products for the first time see Installing SCO UNIX and the Driver The instructions for Software 53 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual installing updating the drive
9. and terminators terminate the last internal device attached to the cable For instructions see the device s documentation as well as the SCSI Configuration Guidelines section at the beginning of this chapter 2 Install the SCSI device in your computer Refer to your computerand device documentation for instructions 3 Plug the connector at one end of the internal SCSI cable into the host adapter s internal SCSI connector Make sure the colored stripe on one side of the cable is aligned with pin 1 of the host adapter s connector Pin 1 of the connector is usually designated by a small triangle A ora 1 on the connector 4 Plug the remaining connectors on the cable into the connectors on the backs of the devices Make sure the colored stripe on the cable is aligned with pin 1 of the device s connector 5 Connecta DC powercable from your computer s power supply to the power connector on the SCSI device 1 3 Configuring the Host Adapter The Ultra Wide SCSI includes the onboard menu driven SCS Select configuration utility which allows you to change host adapter settings without opening the computer or handling the board SCSISelect also contains SCSI disk utilities that let you low level format or verify the disk media of your SCSI hard disk drives 1 3 1 SCSISelect Default Settings The Ultra Wide SCSI has the default settings shown in the table on the following page The default settings are appropriat
10. available options are described in the following table Option Values Default Description slot 16 41 None Defines host adapter device location 116 142 If none is giver you are prompted for etc one See Calculating the Slot Number Verbose y n Causes driver to display host adapter configuration information at load time removable on off on Enabled support for removable media other than CD ROMs which are controlled by aspicd dsk By default removable media is supported You may want to disable removable disk support in order to load an ASPI Removable Disk Module fixed_disk on off on Enables support for hard disks By default hard disks are supported You may want to disable fixed disk support in order to load an ASPI Fixed Disk Module Continued Software 17 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Option dev_enable start_unit tag_disable lun_enable io_combine max_sectors max_tags 18 Values 00 FF 0 FF 0 FF 00 FF 1 32 1 256 1 32 Default FF 00 01 32 256 16 Description Allows you to enable the driver s registration of SCSI devices on a per target basis A bit value of 0 causes the target not to register under the operating system These devices are still accessible via ASPI This enable bit mask is entered in hex see Bit Mask Options A bit mask to enable Start_Unit Command is sent only if device responds
11. driver see Updating SCO UNIX with the Driver NOTE If you are changing the boot device from a non SCSl hard disk to a SCSI hard disk attached to an AIC 7880 host adapter you must reinstall SCO UNIX If you are already booting from a SCSI hard disk and wish to boot from a SCSI hard disk attached to an AIC 7880 host adapter you may elect to either reinstall SCO UNIX with the new driver as described in this section or update SCO UNIX with the new driver see Updating SCO UNIX with the Driver If you have difficulty performing the driver installation or update see Booting the Computer from a SCSI Drive At various points in the procedures you are instructed to follow the installation procedures in the SCO manuals After completing those procedures return to the instructions here and continue NOTE For best results the AIC 7880 host adapter should be the only SCSI host adapter installed in your system when you perform the installation Follow these instruction only if you installing SCO UNIZ 3 2v4 2 SCO ODT 3 0 or SCO OpenServer 3 0 for the first time The instructions for installing the driver are the same for these SCO products 1 Insert the SCO UNIX N1 Boot floppy diskette into the primary floppy drive and tum ON the computer 2 When you see this message type the following line 50 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual and press Enter SCO UNIX System V 386 Boo
12. into your disk drive Press F3 and specify the path to the aic 7870 dsk driver for NetWare e g a netware v4_xx Select AIC 7870 DSK and press Enter NOTE Specify help text foreach driver appears in the middle of the screen as you scroll down the list The Loaded Drivers window below the list of available drivers displays the names of drivers that are loaded and operational Fora new install this list is initially empty Fora selective install the list shows the disk drivers already running Specify the server directory usually c server 40 for NetWare v4 02 or c nwserver for Netware v4 10 and press Enter The install program copies the necessary files to this directory When the system displays Loading driver aic 7870 dsk Please Wait switch to the System Console screen Press Alt Esc to switch screens You will see that the driver has prompted you for the slot number Enter the slot number calculated for your host adapter and press Enter See Calculating the Slot Number You are automatically switched back to continue with installation If you are using multiple host adapters in your server load the driver again for each host adapter NOTE If your system has multiple host adapters each host adapter must have its own SCSI bus Also follow the instructions in the host adapter s User s Guide for properly configuring the hardware for use with multiple adapters Refer to the NetWare User s Manual for i
13. is 0 06h i e 0 6 then the slot number is 22 22 0 x 100 6 16 2 1 2 Installing NetWare and the Driver This section describes how to install the aic7870 dsk driver at the same time you install NetWare v3 1x or v4 x If NetWare v3 1x or v4 x is already installed and you wish to install or update the aic7870 dsk driver see Updating NetWare with the Driver Installing NetWare v4 x and the Driver Follow these instructions only if you are installing NetWare v4 x for the first time 1 Make backup copies of all Novell and AIC 7880 Manager Set diskettes using diskcopy and use those backup copies as your working diskettes 2 Boot DOSon your computer 3 Change to the directory where the installation files are found Fora CD ROM the subdirectory is similar to d netware 40 english 4 Type install and press Enter 5 Select Install New NetWare v4 x if you are installing NetWare v4 x for the first time or Upgrade NetWare v3 1x or v4 x if you are upgrading to NetWare v4 x 6 Follow the instructions in the NetWare User s Manual Software 11 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual for partitioning creating a servername and checking the IPX Network number 12 Software 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual When a screen appears that asks you to select a disk driver press Insert Insert the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for NetWare
14. loose or the SCSI device setup may not be complete Referto your computer s troubleshooting and SCSI configuration documentation 3 Wait for UnixWare to complete bootup with the new kemel The updated driver for UnixWare should now be ready to use 2 6 5 Using Tunable Parameters For UnixWare some parameters are defined in the following files etc conf pack d adslo space c for UnixWare 1 x etc conf pack d adsl space c for UnixWare 2 x These parameters can be tuned for the ads and ads o drivers Refer to the comments in the appropriate space c file for a description of these parameters After modifying the space c file you must rebuild the kernel for the new parameters to take effect NOTE The adsl and adslo drivers support tagged queuing and reinitialization 2 6 6 Using Multiple Host Adapters When using multiple host adapters consider the following When installing UnixWare 1 x and multiple host adapters make sure all PCI channels are set to IRQ 10 All 7800 Family host adapters must use IRQ 10 and will not work with other IRQs When installing UnixWare 2 x any IRQ can be used 72 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual NOTE When initial installation of UnixWare is complete the IRQscan be changed to another supported IRQ aslong asthere are no conflicts with the IRQ of another host adapter The IRQ in the CMOS setup must correspond to the IRQ in the configuration table The
15. s ASPI transport layer driver for NetWare aspicd dsk ASPI driver for CD ROM drives aic7870 ddi NetWare V4 x only A driver definition information file to provide setup information to NetWare during installation NetWare can then prompt you with parameters to be configured for the device driver during the installation process readme txt An ASCII text file describing Adaptec s drivers for NetWare Software 9 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual To begin driver installation first calculate the slot number as described in the section Calculating the Slot Number Then if you are performing a first time NetWare installation see Installing NetWare and the Driver If the NetWare is already installed in your computer see Updating NetWare with the Driver 2 1 1 Calculating the Slot Number The slot number is used to uniquely identify the AlC 7880 host adapter installed in your system To properly load the driver for AIC 7880 host adapter you will need to calculate the slot number in order to include it as part of the load command line If the slot number is not included NetWare prompts you for one NOTE During NetWare installation the slot number a decimal number calculated here is interpreted by NetWare asa hex number This hex number is then added to the load command line in the startup ncf file To correctly identify the host adapter in the startup ncf file you must change the hex n
16. s Guide for additional information on using drives over 1 GByte NOTE After changing the setting of the Extended BIOS Translation feature be sure to partition and high level format the drive 2 6 3 Installing UnixWare and the Driver This section describes how to install the AlC 7880 driver for UnixWare at the same time you install UnixWare 1 x or 2 x If UnixWare 1 x or UnixWare 2 x is already installed and you wish to install or update the driver see Updating UnixWare with the Driver Installing UnixWare 1 x and the Driver Follow these instruction only if you installing UnixWare 1 x for the first time Be sure to read the installation documentation included with your UnixWare distribution package and complete the following procedures in the order they appear Modifying the Advanced CMOS Setup Installing UnixWare Loading the Drivers onto the Hard Disk NOTE The UnixWare 1 x operating system supports only eight SC SI buses in the computer system This means you Can install no more than eight host adapters Modifying the Advanced CMOS Setup Follow these instructions for modifying the Advanced CMOS Setup 1 Reboot the computer and press F1 F2 or DEL depending on the BIOS to enter the CMOS setup program 62 Software 2 3 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Set all PCI channels to IRQ 10 NOTE When installing UnixWare 1 x all installed 7800 Family host adapters must use IRQ
17. 400 nIm tsa410 nlm and sbackup with these options load tapedai iload tsaxxx load sbackup The appropriate driver that interfaces sbackup to ASPI is loaded automatically If you are duplexing the AIC 7880 host adapter with another host adapter for NetWare drive mirroring you must also load the appropriate ASPI manager dsk for the second host adapter 2 When sbackup is loaded it asks fora login name Enter the appropriate name 3 If sbackup asks you to select the device driver select the HP DIBI 2 Tape Driver regardless of the type of SC SI tape drive being attached e g even if the tape drive is manufactured by Wangtek do not select the Wangtek driver NOTE Novell also includesa driver called adaptec nim This driver is not needed and should not be loaded Adaptec s aic 7870 dsk driver module takes advantage of ASPI interface features bypassed by adaptec nim Novell publishes a list of SCSI tape drives supported by sbackup nim Software 23 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Using a CD ROM with NetWare To use a CD ROM with NetWare v3 1x and v4 x follow these instructions 1 Load aic7870 dsk by entering the following line load pathname aic7870 dsk slot x 2 Load aspicd dsk by entering the following line load pathname aspicd dsk For multiple LUN CDs enable multiple LUN scanning with the lun_enable switch e g load aspicd lun_enable FF The lun_enable switch isnot n
18. AIC 7880 Ultra Wide PCl to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Disclaimers The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate AXIOMTEK Co Ltd assumes no responsibility for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use AXIOMTEK assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document AXIOMTEK makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information contained in this manual AXIOMTEK reserves the right to make improvements to this document and or product at any time and without notice No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of AXIOMTEK Co Ltd Copyright 1998 by AXIOMTEK Co Ltd All rights reserved July 1998 Version A1 Printed in Taiwan Trademarks Acknowledgments AXIO MTEK is a trademark of AXIOMTEK Co Ltd Adaptec and SCSISelect are trademarks of Adaptec Inc OS 2 and OS 2 Warp are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation MS DOS Windows 3 x Windows NT and Windows 95 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Novell NetWare and Novell UnixWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc SCO UNIX SCO OpenDesktop SCO OpenServer are trademarks of Santa Cruz Operation Inc
19. Command line options are not case sensitive Placing commas between command line options is optional See Using the Load Command Line Options for possible values NOTE aspitran dsk must reside in the same path as aic 7870 dsk because NetWare attempts to load this file automatically 14 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Load the driver once for each installed host adapter If you have additional host adapters you must load the driver again foreach host adapter NOTE To load the driver automatically at server bootup copy the driver to the server s startup directory and modify the startup ncf See Updating NetWare with the Driver and Using startup ncf and autoexec ncf Load the NetWare install program from the NetWare colon prompt load install Follow the instructions in the NetWare documentation to complete installation e g creating disk partitions system volumes etc of your server 2 1 3 Updating NetWare with the Driver This section describes how to update install the aic7870 dsk driver if NetWare v3 1x or v4 x is already installed If you are installing NetWare v3 1x or v4 for the first time see the section Installing NetWare and the Driver The instructions for updating installing the driver are similar for both NetWare v3 1x or v4 Procedures that are specific to a NetWare version are noted below 1 Make backup copies of the old driver if it exist
20. ITE and AIC 7880 Manager Set software EZ SCSI LITE allows you to install software drivers for DOS Windows 3 x and several additional utilities Refer to the EZ SCSI User s Guide AIC 7880 Manager Set allows you to install software drivers for NetWare OS 2 Windows 95 Windows NT and UNIX Refer to Chapter 2 Software Hardware 7 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Chapter 2 Software This chapter describes the installation procedure of software utilities bundled with the Ultra SCSI controller The following sections provide the information needed to install and use the AIC 7880 manager NOTE The AIC 7880 driver supports all Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters 2 1 Novell NetWare Installation This section provides the information needed to install and use the AlIC 7880 manager driver for NetWare Novell NetWare v3 1x and v4 x The AlC 7880 driver for NetWare supports all Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters AIC 7880 drivers for Novell NetWare are fully Novell NetWare Tested and Approved The two NetWare subdirectories netware v3_1x and netware v4_xx on the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for NetWare contain the following files however the files in netware v3_1x can only be used with NetWare v3 1x and the files in netware v4_xx with NetWare V4 x aic7870 dsk Adaptec s 7800 Family driver for NetWare aspitran dsk Adaptec
21. NT 5 PressSto skip mass storage device detection This allows you to manually select the driver for your host 38 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual adapter 6 Since mass storage device detection was skipped in the previous step Windows NT Setup displays none in the list of recognized devices Press Sto configure additional SCSI adapters Software 39 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 7 From the list of additional SCSI adapters expand the list select Other and press Enter Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer 8 Insert the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for Windows NTinto Drive A and press Enter 9 The screen displaysthe adapter drivers supported on the diskette The Adaptec AHA 2940 AIC 78xx PCI NT v3 5x is highlighted by default press Enter 10 If you want to add other host adapters that are nota part of Adaptec s 7800 Family do so at this time by repeating Step 7 foreach additional adapter and inserting the appropriate disk provided by the hardware manufacturer The Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters use the same driver it is not necessary to install the aic 78xx sys driver again 11 Press Enter to continue with the Windows NT operating system setup Follow the instructions given onscreen and in the Windows NT installation documentation 2 4 2 Updating Windows NT with the Driver This section describes how to update install the aic78
22. NT installation is complete you can update the aic78xx sys driver by following the instructions in Updating Windows NT with the Driver NOTE During a normal Windows NT installation the AIC 7880 host adapter is detected in your system and the embedded aic 78xx sys driver is automatically installed If you are booting from AlC 7880 host adapter and you are unable to install the embedded aic78xx sys driver by performing a Windows NT installation then follow the instructions here to complete a fresh Windows NT installation and install the aic78xx sys driver from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for Windows NT You may install Windows NT from a floppy drive or from a CD ROM whichever you choose make sure the hardware installation is completed prior to following these steps 1 If you choose to install Windows NTfrom a floppy drive locate the Windows NT Disk 1 for Floppy Installation If you are installing from a CD ROM drive locate the Windows NT Setup Disk 1 for CD ROM Installation 2 Put the diskette into Drive A not Drive B and turn ON your computer When prompted insert Windows NT Disk 2 3 From the Welcome to Setup Screen press Enter to setup Windows NT 4 When prompted select Custom setup CAUTION If you choose Express setup the embedded aic78xx sys driver included with Windows NT will be loaded and not the most recent version of driver available from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for Windows
23. Other brand names and trademarks are the properties and registered brands of their respective owners About this Manual This manual contains the hardware features and software installation procedures of your AIC 7880 Ultra Wide PCl to Fast SCSI Host Adapter Chapter 1 Hardware contains the hardware features and definition of SCSI devices supported by the AIC 7880 Host Adapter Chapter 2 Software includes the device driver installation procedures for Novell NetWare OS 2 Windows 95 Windows NT SCO UNIX and Novell UnixWare If you encounter any difficulty when installing the device drivers into your system please consult AXIOMTEK engineers for proper measures and or corrective actions to take Table of Contents Chapter 1 Hardware 1 1 SCSI Configuration Guidelines c ccccssecscecesees 1 CLL SCSHIDN OMD GUS ierse nn RERA 1 L12 SCSI TeimninatO S vatersistetoteieieaeteleieintnlatedntneteboiedstatan 2 1 2 Installing SCSI DeviceS ssssssssrrrrrssr 3 L amp L Choosing SeSe able Sariren RRR 3 1 2 2 Connecting Inte mal SCSI Devic S 4 1 3 Configuring the Host Adapter assesses 4 1 3 1 SCSISelect Default Settings siii nrsinsninnsss 4 1 3 2 Starting the SCSISSIOCE Utility sisccisisscsssesaasavocnantetes 6 1 3 3 Using the SCSI Disk Wtilti Swwisisissestetetetsietetetveeiataten 6 1 4 Installing Device Drivers sssr T Chapter 2 Software 2 1 Novell NetWare Installation ccc 9 2 1 1 Calculating the Slot NUMB EC tivities scccsteete
24. Reboots the computer with the new kernel 54 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Performing a System Bac kup Backup all important files on the system by following these steps NOTE To back up the whole system referto your SCO 1 2 manuals Login as root For SCO 3 2v4 2 based UNIX To back up the current kernel configuration type the following and press Enter cp unix unix orig For SCO OpenServer 5 To back up the current kernel configuration type the following land press Enter after each line umount stand mount etc boot stand cp stand unix stand unix orig NOTE If you ever need to bootup from the pre update kernel load the unix orig backup kernel at the UNIX Boot prompt To do this type unix ong and press Enter This step is optional For extra security you may back up the mdevice file and the sdevice d directory Check the current directory sizes to help you decide if you want to devote the driver space to the backed up files If you want to perform this extra backup type the following and press Enter copy rom etc conf etc conf bak If you ever want to restore the previous kernel configuration the extra backup step above ensures that the entire system configuration can be restored If you need to restore the previous configuration boot up from the original kernel see Booting from the Old Kernel type the following and press Enter after eac
25. SCII text file describing the AIC 7880 driver for Windows NT If you are performing a first time Windows NT installation see Installing Windows NT and the Driver If Windows NT is already installed in your system see Updating Windows NT with the Driver 2 4 1 Installing Windows NT and the Driver This section describes how to install the aic78xx sys driver at the same time you install the Windows NT v 3 1 or v3 5x If Windows NT v 3 1 or v3 5x is already installed and you wish to install or update the aic78xx sys driver see Updating Windows NT with the Driver Installing Windows NT v3 1 and the Driver Follow these instructions only if you re installing Windows NT v 3 1 or v3 5x for the first time You may install Windows NT from a floppy drive or from a CD ROM drive whichever you choose make sure the hardware installation is completed prior to following these steps 1 If you choose to install Windows NTfrom a floppy drive locate the Windows NT Disk 1 for Floppy Installation 36 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual If you are installing from a CD ROM drive locate the Windows NT Setup Disk for CD ROM Installation 2 Put the diskette into Drive A not Drive B and turn ON your computer 3 When prompted select Custom setup CAUTION If you choose Express setup the installation process is unable to detect your Adaptec host adapter and the installation fails 4 Window
26. Updating UnixWare with the Driver 2 6 1 Driver Installation Process The AIC 7880 driver for UnixWare is installed in one or two ways linked and integrated with the UnixWare kernel or loadable to start running after the kernel has loaded into memory For installations on computers that boot from a SCSI device connected to an AIC 7880 host adapter the driver must be linked directly to the kernel If the computer does not boot from a device connected to an AIC 7880 host adapter the driver may be installed as loadable Linked and loadable installations are done as follows When performing a new UnixWare installation the operating system determines whether your computer boots from the host adapter SCSI bus The driver is automatically installed as loadable or linked edited with the kernel to suit your computer When performing a driver update installation UnixWare assumes that your computer does not boot from a device connected to the host adapter SCSI bus If your computer should boot from the host adapter SCSI bus you must perform the simple edit described in Modifying the New System File Software 61 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 6 2 Using Drives Over 1 GByte UnixWare 1 x does not support Extended BIOS Translation If you have a hard drive larger than 1 GByte you must disable this feature on your host adapter before installing or updating the driver See the host adapter s User
27. al of 15 devices seven 8 bit internal and eight Wide 16 bit SCSI devices or 15 Wide SCSI devices to the Ultra Wide SCSI 1 2 1 Choosing SCSI Cables Described in the following table are the cables required in connecting SCSI devices basically determined by the type of devices you are installing SCSI Device Type SCSI Cable 8 bit SCSI 50 pin SCSI cable 16 bit Wide SCSI 68 pin SCSI cable If you purchased your Ultra Wide SCSI in AXIOMTEK the package includes the a 50 pin and a 68 pin internal SCSI cable that allows you to connect up to two internal 50 pin SCSI devices and two internal 68 pin SCSI devices If you are connecting more than four internal SCSI devices you must obtain an SCSI cable with enough connectors to accommodate all of your devices When Fast SCSI devices are connected to the host adapter the total length of all cables internal and external must not exceed 3 meters 9 8 ft to ensure reliable operation If no Fast SCSI devices are connected the total length of all cables must not exceed 6 meters 19 7 ft See your device s documentation to determine if it is a Fast SCSI device Hardware 3 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 1 2 2 Connecting Internal SCSI Devices If you are connecting internal SCSI devices make sure you have an internal SCSI cable with enough connectors to accommodate all of your devices 1 Prepare each SCSI device for installation configure the device SCSI ID
28. ars on screen The installation process determines which device driver on the diskettes are needed If you have additional HBA diskettes insert the next HBA diskette select Install Another HBA Diskette and press Enter If all of your HBA diskettes have been installed remove the last HBA diskette select Continue Installation and press Enter If necessary enter the DCU Device Configuration Utility to view change the UnixWare device driver configuration data Follow the onscreen instructions to continue with installation Referto the operating system documentation and onscreen help files for help in Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual choosing options 7 When prompted you are asked to reinsert the specific HBA Diskette s that you used before 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the UnixWare installation NOTE If your installation fails do not attempt to use the update installation pkgadd procedure to fix the installation Follow the instructions in the UnixWare documentation and in this document to retry the installation 2 6 4 Updating UnixWare with the Driver This section describes how to update install the AIC 7880 driver for UnixWare if UnixWare 1 x or 2 x is already installed If you are installing these for UnixWare 1 x or 2 x for the first time see Installing UnixWare and the Driver The instructions for installing updating the driver are similar for both Uni
29. cal resistors called terminators Terminators must be placed or enabled at the two extreme ends of the SCSI bus All devices that lie between the ends must have their terminators removed or disabled Terminating the Ultra Wide SCSI Termination on the Ultra Wide SCSI itself is controlled by software commands via the SCSI Select utility The default setting is set to Automatic We recommend that you leave the Ultra Wide SCSI set to its default setting of Automatic If you want to manually set the Ultra Wide SCSI termination setting see the Configuring the Host Adapter section for more details The following table lists the termination settings for manual configuration Ultra Wide SCSI Termination Devices Connected to Ultra Wide SCSI Low High CONNECTOR 68 pin connector only ON ON 50 pin connector only ON ON 50 pin and 68 pin connectors OFF ON 2 Hardware Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Terminating SCSI Devices Read the device s documentation to determine how to enable or disable termination on your particular SCSI device s On most internal SCSI devices a jumper or a switch controls the termination setting On other internal SCSI devices you must physically remove or install resistor module s On most external SCSI devices a terminating plug a resistor pack embedded in a small plug is installed or removed to control termination 1 2 Installing SCSI Devices You can connect up to a tot
30. e media is treated as a standard SCSI hard disk with some exceptions The driver only recognizes and registers media with 512 bytes sector NetWare allows you to mount dismount the media and to lock unlock the media NetWare s monitor nim program supports several removable media option Follow these steps to view and configure these options 1 Load monitor nlm to display the various options 2 Select Disk Information All system disk drives appear 3 Select the removable media device The following drive status item appear Menu Choice Default Value 1 Volume Segments On Drive select for list 2 Read After Write Verify Hardware Level 3 Drive Light Status Not Supported 4 Driver Operating Status Active 5 Removable Drive Mount Status Mounted 6 Removable Drive Lock Status Not Locked 1 Valid for both removable and nonremovable types of SCSI disk drives Valid for removable media only Software 21 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Mount Status Mounting causes a drive to come online as a NetWare storage device Dismounted drives are inactive and cannot be accessed Before you eject your current media you should first dismount it menu choice 5 When the media status is dismounted you can eject the media However NetWare does not allow you to dismount it if the media is locked To insert the new media wait for the drive to spin up and then select the Drive M
31. e a unique SCSI ID number 0 to 15 for the Ultra Wide SCSI We recommend that you leave the host adapter set to its default setting of SCSI ID 7 If you need to change the host adapter SCSI ID see the Configuring the Host Adapter section for more details To change the SCSI ID on your hard disk and other SCSI devices refer to the device s documentation The host adapter supports the SCSI Configured AutoMatically SCAM protocol which assigns SCSI IDs dynamically and resolves SCSI ID conflicts automatically at bootup If your system includes SCSI disk drives or other devices that support SCAM you do not need to manually assign SCSI IDs to these devices To enable SCAM support see the Configuring the Host Adapter section for more details Hardware 1 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Most SCSI devices currently in use however do not support SCAM The SCSI IDs on these devices must be set manually To change the SCSI IDs on these devices refer to the device documentation NOTE If you plan to boot yourcomputer from a SCSI device attached to the host adapter set the Boot Target ID setting in the SCSISelect utility to correspond to the SCSI ID of the device you are booting from See the Configuring the Host Adapter section for more details 1 1 2 SCSI Terminators To ensure reliable communication the SCSI bus must be properly terminated Termination is controlled by a set of electri
32. e by I O Management applications Instrumentation can also be enabled by the I O management application so inclusion of this option is not always necessary Many multiple lun and removable media devices are changers and magazines The aic7870 dsk driver through an ASPI driver provided by the hardware vendor only supports some of these On the Ultra Wide SCSI controller these values become FFFF Bit Mask Options Use this example to aid in calculating bit mask options hex values Each SCSI device ID 0 7 or 0 15 for the Ultra Wide SCSI is enabled by a 1 in its corresponding bit positions In this example lun_enable 05 enables scanning for LUNs 0 and 2 on all targets Sample Load Command Here is a sample load command with no option switches if loaded from Drive A load a netware v3_1x aic7870 The resultant screen looks similar to Software 17 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual load a netware v3_1x aic7870 lt Enter gt Loading module aic7870 dsk Adaptec AIC7870 manager and SCSI Disk Module Version 1 08 January 27 1995 Copyright 1995Adaptec Inc All rights reserved Auto loading module ASPITRAN DSK Adaptec NetWare 386 ASPI Transport Layer v1 20 Version 1 20 October 13 1994 Supported Slot values are 27 29 31 Slot 27 lt Enter gt Slot values that already have another registered device do not appear Only the slots available for use by the host adapter appear on the screen H
33. e for most PCI systems If you do not need to change any of the default settings there is no need to run SCSISelect 4 Hardware Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Your host adapter is ready for operation and you can proceed to section Installing Device Drivers For situations where you might want or need to change the settings see the descriptions of each setting in the user guide If you need to change any of the default settings or if you would like to format or verify a disk see the section Starting the SCS Select Utility to start the utility Basic Host Adapter Settings Host Adapter SCSI ID SCSI Parity Checking Host Adapter SCSI Termination Boot Device Settings Boot Target ID Boot LUN Number SCSI Device Settings Initiate Sync Negotiation Maximum Sync Transfer Rate Enable Disconnection Initiate Wide Negotiation Send Start Unit SCSI Command Advanced Host Adapter Settings Plug and Play SCAM Support Host Adapter BIOS Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives gt 1 GByte 3 Display lt Ctrl A gt Message During BIOS Initialization 2 Multiple LUN Support 2 BIOS Support for More Than 2 Drives 2 BIOS Support for Bootable CD ROM BIOS Support for Int 13 Extensions 2 Support for Ultra SCSI Speed 2 1 Setting is valid only if Multiple LUN Support is enabled j Settings are valid only if host adapter BIOS is enabled Ha
34. e operating system documentation and onscreen help files for help in choosing options Software 63 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual The installation program instructs you to load the second and third UnixWare and Foundation Set diskettes Then the installation program instructs you to choose a media format for the Foundation Set software If the media type for the device connected forthe Foundation Set software media doesnot appearasa choice the device may not have been recognized when the driver was loaded into memory The UnixWare 1 x optional online explanation of the installation processcan be accessed at this time If this is your first time the information may be valuable for you 5 Atthe end of this part of the installation process you are prompted to insert the HBA Diskette s that you used before Continue with the next section Loading the Drivers onto the Hard Disk Follow these instructions to copy the drivers to the hard disk and relink the kernel 1 Insert the IHV HBA driver diskette or AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 1 x and 2 x and press Enter 2 Follow the instruction onscreen to finish the installation Refer to the operating system documentation for help in choosing options 3 Remove the IHV HBA diskette or AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 1 x and 2 x when prompted to do so 4 Afterthe installation restart the computer login set u
35. e system backup procedures 1 Login asroot at the UnixWare system prompt 2 To backup the old UnixWare kernel type the following and press Enter cp stand unix stand unix work Loading the Package 1 For UnixWare 1 x Only Delete the old driver by typing the following and pressing Enter etc conf bin idinstall d adslo For UnixWare 2 x Only Delete the old driver by typing the following and pressing Enter etc conf bin idinstall d adsl 2 Atthe system prompt type the following and press Enter pkgadd d diskettel Follow the instructions onscreen to insert the IHV HBA diskette or AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 1 x and 2 x into the floppy boot drive 3 For UnixWare 1 x Select the ihvhba package from the onscreen menu and press Enter The package is loaded into your UnixWare operating system For UnixWare 2 x Select the adsl package from the 68 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual onscreen menu and press Enter The package is loaded into your UnixWare operating system 4 When the package has loaded you may be prompted to install the diskette again Do not reinsert the IHV HBA diskette or AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 1 x and 2 x Instead type q quit and press Enter Software 69 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 5 Type mail and press Enter The mail messages tell you if the installation was successful 6 Type p
36. e the SCSISelect utility to configure your preferred boot device When the host adapter BIOS is enabled the host adapter can be set to scan the SCSI bus the system boots from the first driver encountered 2 Modify your DOS autoexec bat file to run server from server s bootup directory 3 Reboot your server NetWare should bootup at this point 4 Enter your file server name and internal IPX number Formatting Media NetWare v3 1x Only The NetWare v3 1x insta l nim program lets you optionally format a disk drive for use with NetWare When using SCSI it allows you to low level format several SCSI drives simultaneously The NetWare format procedure is not the same as using fdisk or format under DOS You should not format a drive that contains partitions for other operating systems as that information will be destroyed When you select a drive to format install prompts you for an interleave from one to nine 20 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual What install does not day is that you can also enter an interleave value of zero This zero interleave value instructs the drive to use its optional interleave value When formatting SCSI disks or removable drives on the AIC 7880 host adapter SCSI bus we recommend that you use an interleave value of zero Using Removable Media The aic7870 dsk driver module fully supports removable media disk drives including magneto optical drives Removabl
37. ected in your system and the embedded aic78xx mpd driver is automatically installed Once the Windows 95 installation is complete you can update the aic78xx mpd driver with the most recent version of the driver by following the instructions in Updating Windows 95 with the Driver below NOTE If Windows 95 installation cannot detect the AIC 7880 host adapter installed in yourcomputer you must install the aic 78xx mpd driver manually once Windows 95 installation is complete To determine if the aic78xx mpd driver was installed and to install the driver manually see Updating Windows 95 with the Driver below 34 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 3 2 Updating Windows 95 with the Driver This section describes how to update install the aic78xx mpd driver if Windows 95 is already installed If you are installing Windows 95 for the first time see Installing Windows 95 and the Driver above 1 Start Windows 95 2 Click the Start button on the Windows 95 task bar and then point to Settings 3 Click Control Panel 4 Double click the system icon 5 On the Device Managertab click the plus sign next to the SCSI controller icon NOTE If Windows 95 cannot determine the type of host adapter installed in yourcomputer a yellow question mark labeled Other devices appears instead of the SCSI controller icon To continue click the plus sign next to the question mark a yellow q
38. ed any older versions of the aic 7870 add driver existing on the hard drive must be overwritten with the newer version of the driver now available on the OS 2 Warp installation diskette 1 Check the root and OS 2 directories and any of the OS 2 subdirectories for older versions of the driver by comparing the dates of the files If an older version is found overwrite it with the newer version by copying the aic7870 add driver from diskette 1 to the hard drive Reboot the computer 2 2 2 Updating OS 2 with the Driver This section describes how to update or install the aic7870 add driver if OS 2 v2 1x or OS 2 Warp is already installed If you are installing OS 2 v2 1x or OS 2 Warp for the first time see Installing OS 2 and the Driver Follow these instructions only if OS 2 v2 1x or OS 2 Warp is already installed The instructions for updating or installing the driver are the same for both OS 2 v2 1x or OS 2 Warp 1 Use diskcopy to make backup copies of all IBM OS 2 and Adaptec supplied diskettes Use the backup copies as your working diskettes If you are updating the driver simply copy the aic 7870 add driver from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for OS 2 e g oS2_3x aic 7870 add into the os2 directory on your hard disk Make a backup copy of the older driver before doing this This overwrites any existing version of the driver in the directory Updating of the driveris complete do not continue with Steps
39. eeded for aic 7870 dsk 3 Load cdrom nim by entering the following line load pathname cdrom nlm NOTE For NetWare 4 01 and 4 02 only You have to load nwpa nim before you can load cdrom nim 4 Enterthe following line at the prompt and then note the number and name of the CD cd device list 5 Enterthe number or volume name of the CD at the command line cd mount x name Optimizing Performance The Adaptec 7800 Family SCSI Bus Master firmware increases the SCSI performance of the AIC 7880 host adapter under multitasking environments The firmware uses a paging mechanism to handle up to 32 tagged or 2 nontagged SCSI commands for each SCSI device up to a limit of 255 SCSI commands The firmware can queue as many commands as the operating system is able to send to the host adapter To set this feature enter the following command max_tags n In general a low number of max_tags gives better sequential performance and a high number a better random performance NOTE A large number of max_tags can also cause starvation problems with some drives 24 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 2 IBM OS 2 Installation This section provides the information needed to install and use the AlIC 7880 Manager driver for OS 2 OS 2 v2 1x and OS 2 Warp NOTE For CD ROM installations do notset the CD ROM SCSI ID to 0 or 7 The following files are available on the AlIC 7880 Manager Set diskette fo
40. er in this example aic 78xx sys has already been copied to the system disk If the following message appears click New to replace the existing driver and skip to step 11 The SCSI Adapter selected is already installed If the following message appears continue with Step 10 Please enter the full path to the Windows NT SCSI Adapter files Change the path to the directory i e a winnt 3_ 1 with the desired device driver then click Continue The device driver is copied to your system disk and the Windows NT configuration is updated so that the new device driver loads when Windows NT reboots When the installation is complete Windows NT Setup again displays a list of currently installed host adapter types Verify that the new host adapter appearson the list the string should look similar to Adaptec AHA 2940 AIC 78xx PCI NT v3 1 Software 41 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 12 Add other types of host adapters if necessary see Step 4 orclick Close to exit the SCSI adapters portion of Windows NT Setup and then close the program 13 When you see this message click OKto exit The changes you have made will not take effect until the computer is restarted If this message doesnot appear no changes have been made to the Windows NT system configuration 14 Restart your computer and Windows NT It is possible that some drive letter assignments may change from the previous configuration CAUTION If
41. ere is an example of the aic7870 dsk driver being loaded with command line options if loaded from Drive A load a netware v3_1x aic7870 verbose y slot 22 The resultant screen looks similar to load a netware v3_1x aic7870 verbose y slot 22 lt Enter gt Loading module aic7870 dsk Adaptec AIC7870 manager and SCSI Disk Module Version 1 08 January 27 1995 Copyright 1995Adaptec Inc All rights reserved Auto loading module ASPITRAN DSK Adaptec NetWare 386 ASPI Transport Layer v1 20 Version 1 20 October 13 1994 PCI Bus Number 0 PCI Device Number 6 Host Adapter SCSI ID 7 Interrupt Level 11 Shared Interrupts Enabled Firmware Type 7871 Firmware Revision 0 0 18 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 1 5 Using startup ncf and autoexec ncf The startup ncf and autoexec ncf files contain a set of commands that are executed at server bootup The startup ncf contains the commands to load the disk drivers Once startup ncf loads disk drivers control is passed to the autoexec ncf file to complete the boot process For additional information on the startup ncf and autoexec ncf files refer to your NetWare documentation To automatically load the aic7870 dsk at server bootup the startup ncf must contain a load command line that specifies the location of the driver on the hard disk any available options see Using the Load Command Line Options and the slot number see Calculating the
42. g a first time SCO UNIX installation see Installing SCO UNIX and the Driver to begin installation If SCO UNIX is already installed in your system see Updating SCO UNIX with the Driver 2 5 1 The BTLD Process The BTLD Boot Time Loadable Device process is used during SCO UNIX installation to install the driver package for SCO UNIX The process allows SCO UNIX to use Adaptec products that have not been embedded into the SCO operating system Without the BTLD process new hardware could not be used until their device drivers are embedded in the next SCO product release The steps to perform the BTLD process are described in the following section NOTE SCO OpenServer 5 embeds the driver package for SCO UNIX and does not require the BTLD process Software 49 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 5 2 Installing SCO UNIX and the Driver This section describes how to install the a ad driver at the same time you install SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 SCO ODT 3 0 or SCO OpenServer 3 0 If you are installing SCO UNIX OpenServer 5 follow the instruction provided with the SCO product to perform the initial installation regular non BTLD installation of the embedded driver If you then wish to update the embedded driver follow the instructions in Updating SCO UNIX with the Driver If SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 SCO ODT 3 0 SCO OpenServer 3 0 and SCO OpenServer 5 is already installed and you wish to install or update the
43. g the SCSI Disk Utilities To access the SCSI disk utilities select the SCSI Disk Utilities option from the menu that appears after starting SCSI Select Once the option is selected SCS ISe ect immediately scans the SCSI bus and displays a list of all SCSI IDs and the devices assigned to each ID When you select a specific ID and device a small menu appears displaying the options Format Disk and Verify Disk Media 6 Hardware Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Format Disk This utility allows you to perform a low level format on a hard disk drive Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do not need to be formatted again The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives Verify Disk Media This utility allows you to scan the media of a hard disk drive for defects If the utility finds bad blocks on the media it prompts you to reassign them if you select yes those blocks are no longer used You can press Esc at any time to abort the utility 1 4 Installing Device Drivers Some operating systems embed include the Ultra Wide SCSI device driver as part of their installation software These drivers work fine with your Ultra Wide SCSI however the most recent version of the driver should be installed in order for your Ultra Wide SCSI to perform at its optimum level If you purchased your Ultra Wide SCSI in AXIOMTEK the package includes the EZ SCSI L
44. h line mv etc conf etc conf alad Software 55 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual mv etc conf bak etc conf Using the Install Package 1 Atthe UNIX system prompt type installpkg and press Enter The screen then displays these messages Confirm Please insert the floppy disk Strike ENTER when ready or ESC to stop 2 Insert the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for SCO UNIX and press Enter The screen then displays these messa ges Installation is in progress do not remove the floppy disk The following packagesare on this disk Name Description alad Adaptec AIC 7870 Driver v1 7 for SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 alad325 Adaptec AIC 7870 Driver v1 7 for SCO OpenServer 5 Please enter the names of the packages you wish to install or q to quit __ 3 Atthis point type alad type alad325 for SO OpenServer 5 and press Enter The screen then displays the message and various installation status prompts Installing alad The alad driver has now been loaded into the Link Kit for kernel addition Examining the mscsi File 1 Enterthiscommand cd etc conf cf d 2 Enter this Scommand to copy the file 56 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual cp mscsi mscsi org 3 Use a text editor to edit this file Enter the following command if using the vi editor vi mscsi 4 Search forall entries with the host adapter number 0 zero The host adapter number is the third column in eac
45. h entry For example Host SCSI Host Target Logical Bus Adapter Device Adapter ID UnitNo Prefix Type No XX Stp 0 2 0 0 XX Sdsk 0 0 0 0 XX Srom 0 5 0 0 1This field applies to SCO OpenServer 5 only 5 Modify your mscsi file depending on your hardware configuration If you are booting from an AIC 7880 host adapter make sure the host adapter prefix for the host adapter number O is alad If you are booting from an AIC 7880 host adapter make sure the host adapter prefix for the host adapter number 0 isthe appropriate prefix for each device on your primary Adaptec host adapter Save the file and exit the test editor Rebuilding the UNIX Kemel 1 Type the following at the prompt and press Enter after each line cd etc conf cf d link_unix Status message appears 2 When the kernel has been built shut down the system by typing haltsys and pressing Enter 3 Turn OFF the system power when you are prompted to do so Software 57 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 4 Continue with the section Updating the Hardware Configuration below The UNIX kernel has been prepared for the AIC 7880 host adapter operation Updating the Hardware Configuration Set up the proper switches and configuration using SCSISelect as explained in your host adapter s User s Guide Booting the New Kemel 1 Follow the onscreen instructions to reboot your system usually by pressing Enter 2 Check the ho
46. host adapter and computer must be configured for multiple host adapters as explained in the host adapter s User s Guide To boot from the AIC 7880 host adapter set the host adapter to the lowest PCI Device number See your host adapter s User s Guide For UnixWare 1 x If you skip a host adapter ina PCI slot disable the host adapter BIOS see your host adapter s User s Guide Enable the channel in the sdevice d file by selecting Y at the line etc conf sdevice d adsl UnixWare 2 x supports auto configuration When adding multiple host adapters to an existing UnixWare 2 x system simply install the board and reboot the system automatically reconfigures and rebuilds the kernel If you want to choose a host adapter to boot from simply disable the BIOS on all other host adapters 2 6 7 Removing the Driver If you no longer need the adsl or ads o driver you can use the following procedure to remove it completely 1 2 Back up all important computer files For UnixWare 2 x At the UnixWare root prompt type the following etc conf bin idinstall d adsl These files will be deleted etc conf mdevice d ads etc conf pack d adsl Driver 0 etc conf pack d adsl space c etc conf pack d adsl disk cfg Software 73 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual etc conf sdevice d ads 74 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual For UnixWare 1 x At the UnixWare r
47. ice driver installed You may remove the device driver later after you have successfully rebooted Windows NT However if you leave the driver in the system alerts you with an error message of the extra driver every time you boot See Removing a Host Adapter Once the new device driver is installed shut down Windows NTand replace the existing host adapter Restart your computer and Windows NT It is possible that some drive letter assignments may change from the previous configuration NOTE For Windows NT v3 1 only If the host adapter you are swapping controls the computer boot device you must follow the additional steps in Updating the Boot Host Adapter Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 5 SCO UNIX Installation This section provides the information needed to install and use the AlC 7880 Manager driver for SCO UNIX SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 SCO UNIX OpenDesktop 3 0 ODT3 0 SCO UNIX OpenServer 3 0 and SCO OpenServer 5 NOTE If you are installing SCO UNIX products with a SCSI tape drive set the tape drive to SCSI ID 2 if you installing with a CD ROM set the CD ROM drive to SCSI ID5 as recommended by SCO The following driver package is available on the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for SCO UNIX alad AIC 7880 driver for SCO 3 2v4 2 based products SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 SCO ODT 3 0 SCO OpenServer 3 0 alad325 AIC 7880 driver for SCO OpenServer 5 If you are performin
48. ices basedev aic7870 add et a 0 sm 4 a 1 dm 1 5 NOTE There are no switches for directly controlling os2aspi dmd the ASPI device manager Important Tips os2scsi dmd only allocates devices when a device driver requests it but this prevents os2aspi dmd from accessing it There is nothing in the ASPI specification regarding device allocation so os2aspi must rely on other managers to fairly share targets This should only be a problem if you have two drivers that use different managers and you want them both to access the same target at 32 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual the same time for example if you have two tape applications one is using os2scsi the other is using os2aspi and they are both trying to access the tape at the same time e Do not disable DASD manager access to the boot drive if you are booting from your SCSI host adapter If you do your computer will not be able to boot NOTE The SCSI target ID is the target to which the Unit Parameters are applied This parameter may be a single ID d ora list of IDs d d d 2 2 4 Using Driver Over 1 GByte If you are using a SCSI disk drive larger than 1 GByte on your OS 2 system we recommend that you leave the Extended BIOS Translation feature at the default setting of Enabled If you format a partition using the FAT file system it must be within the first 1024 cylinders of the drive to ensure compatibility with DOS
49. ivers aic78xx sys ntbootdd sys To change the attributes of the ntbootdd sys file back to the original type attrib ntbootdd sys r h s Updating Windows NT v3 5x 6 Follow these instructions only if Windows NT v3 5x is already installed 1 Select and start Windows NT Setup program Its icon is usually found in Main program group There isa brief pause while Windows NT Setup scans your hardware configuration Select the Options pull down menu and then select Add Remove SCSI Adapters The SCSI Adapter setup program displays a list of all host adapters currently installed Click the Add button to add another host adapter type to the list A list of additional SCSI adapters appears Expand the list of additional SCSI adapters select Other and press Enter Requires disk provided bya hardware manufacturer Insert the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for Windows NTinto Drive A enter the following path to the installation files and then click OK A winnt 3_5 The screen displays the adapter drivers supported on the diskette The Adaptec AHA 2940 AIC 78xx PCI NT v3 1x is highlighted by default click OK The driver is Software 43 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 44 added to the list of SCSI adapters Select Adaptec AHA 2940 AIC 78xx PCI NT v3 1x from the list of SCSI adapters and click Install At this point Windows NT Setup checks to see if the specified driver in this example aic 78x
50. kginfo and press Enter 7 Verify that the driver is now listed The host adapter driver appears among the other installed packages For UnixWare 1 x The listing should be similar to system ihvhba Adaptec AIC 7870 PCI SCSI IHV HBA For UnixWare 2 x The listing should be similar to system adsl Adaptec AIC 7870 PCI SCSI IHV HBA Modifying the New System File If your computer is to boot from a device connected to an AIC 7880 host adapter follow these steps to modify the new driver system file that was loaded in the previous section If your computer is not to boot from the host adapter SCSI bus and you wish to leave the driver as a loadable module skip to Building the Loadable Modules UnixWare 1 x Only for UnixWare 1 x and Rebuilding the UnixWare Kernel for UnixWare 2 x 1 Backup the adsl UnixWare configuration file To do this type the following and press Enter after each line cd etc conf sdevice d cp adsl save adsl org 2 For UnixWare 1 x Use the vi text editor to remove the following line from the adsl configuration file loadable adslo For UnixWare 2 x Use the vi text editor to add the following line immediately below the version 2 line in the adsl configuration file static 3 Display the contents of the edited adsl and adslo file by typing the following and pressing Enter cat ads for UnixWare 2 x cat adslo for UnixWare 1 x 70 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual
51. nd Devices 54 Using Tunable Parameters for the alad Drivers 54 Using Drives Over 1 GByte eeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 55 UnixWare Installation lcc 56 Driver Installation PrOC SS ececseseeeesteeeeeeneeees 56 Using Drives Over 1 GByte irii irominniririsnririarines 57 Installing UnixWare and the Driver 57 Updating UnixWare with the Driver 61 Using Tunable Pa aramete Siiner 65 Using Multiple Host Adapters 65 REMOVING the DAVOP secccacseacacsntencsoonracsencnrensnnnnes 66 Table of Contents Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Chapter 1 Hardware The hardware portions on this chapter explain all hardware installation procedures in relation to the onboard Adaptec AIC 7880 Ultra Wide SCSI controller chip Sections referring to the software describe the drivers installation procedure of supported software application programs The Ultra Wide PCl to Fast SCSI host adapter also provides a powerful multitasking interface between your computer s PCI bus and SCSI devices disk drives CD ROM drives scanners tape backups removable media drives etc 1 1 SCSI Configuration Guidelines Before installing your SCSI devices you should understand the basic SCSI concepts described in this section The information will help you set up your host adapter and devices so they function properly 1 1 1 SCSI ID Numbers Each device attached to the host adapter as well as the host adapter itself must hav
52. nformation on Installing other NetWare Loadable Modules NLMs Select Continue the Installation to create disk Software 13 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual partitions and system volumes and to specify volume names follow the procedures listed in the NetWare User s Manual NOTE To load the driver automatically at server bootup make sure the startup ncf file includes the load command line and correct the slot number for your host adapter See Updating NetWare with the Driver and Using startup ncf and autoexec ncf Installing NetWare v3 1x and the Driver Follow these instructions only if you are installing NetWare v3 1x for the first time 1 Make backup copies of all Novell and AIC 7880 Manager Set diskettes using diskcopy and use those backup copies as your working diskettes 2 Boot DOSon your computer 3 Change to the directory where the installation files are found Fora CD ROM the subdirectory is similar to d netware 312 english 4 Type install and press Enter Follow the procedures in your NetWare documentation for installing a new server 5 When you see the NetWare colon prompt use the load command to install the driver from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for NetWare You will also need the slot number described in the section Calculating the Slot Number The correct syntax to load the AIC 7880 driver is load pathname aic7870 dsk options slot x
53. oot prompt type the following etc conf bin idinstall d adslo These files will be deleted etc conf mdevice d adslo etc conf pack d adslo Driver 0 etc conf pack d adslo space c letc conf pack d adslo disk cfg etc conf sdevice d adslo 3 Then rebuild the kernel 0 in g0 is zero not the letter O letc conf bin idbuild B K cp etc conf cf d unix unix cd shutdown g0 4 Reconfigure your computer for your alternate or replacement drive controller and reboot the computer Software 75
54. ount option Lock Status If your removable media device supports the Lock Unlock feature you can lock the media menu choice 6 The media must be in the Not Locked state before you can eject it If the media is Locked it cannot be ejected when you press the Eject button Verify Read After Write Verify menu choice 2 is set to Hardware Level by default This option cannot be specified in the startup ncf or autoexec ncf files However the default can be set on the command line see Using the Command Line Options Read After Write Verify Option Setting Function Disabled All writes to SCSI disk drives are with the SCSI Write command 2Ah Hardware Level All write to SCSI disk drives are with the SCSI Write and Verify command 2Eh If not supported by the drive behavior is the same as if Read After Write Verify is disabled Software Level Not Supported 22 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Using the NetWare Tape Backup Included with Novell NetWare is a server based tape backup utility called sbackup nim This utility allows you to backup server disk drives to a server tape drive The utility supports Adaptec host adapters Novell NetWare documentation contains instructions for loading the server backup software Refer to the NetWare Server Backup Manual to load the tapedai tsa and sbackup modules 1 Once you have loaded aic7870 dsk load tapedai dsk tsa xxx nlm tsa312 nlm tsa
55. r OS 2 Normally they are in the os2_3x directory readme txt An ASCII text file describing the Adaptec s 7800 Family driver for OS 2 aic7870 add Adaptec s 7800 Family driver for OS 2 aic7870 ddp Installation instructions for ddinstal exe 7870pres exe The program that searches for the Adaptec s 7800 Family host adapter If you are programming a first time OS 2 installation see Installing OS 2 and the Driver to begin driver installation If OS 2 is already installed in your system see Updating OS 2 with the Driver 2 2 1 Installing OS 2 and the Driver This section describes how to install the aic7870 add driver at the same time you install OS 2 v2 1x or OS 2 Warp If OS 2 v2 1x or OS 2 Warp is already installed and you wish to update install aic7870 add driver see Updating OS 2 with the Driver Installing OS 2 v2 1x and the Driver Follow these instructions only if you are installing OS 2 v2 1x for the first time 1 Use diskcopy to make backup copies of all IBM OS 2 and Adaptec supplied diskettes Use the backup copies as your working diskettes Software 25 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Copy the os2ldr file from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for OS 2 i e oS2_3x onto the OS 2 installation diskette Copy the ibmint13 i13 and the aic 7870 add files from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for OS 2 i e os2_3x onto the OS 2 diskette 1 Thi
56. r are similar for all SCO products Procedures that are specific to SCO versions are noted below CAUTION Improper or corrupt driver updates might destroy your existing UNIX filesystem Back up all important files before proceeding NOTE If you are adding an additional AIC 7880 host adapter to a system with an AIC 7880 host adapter already present skip the Adding Devices with mkdev You may update the driver first by following steps 1 through 6 The following summarizes the procedures to install or update the driver Complete the procedure in the order that the sections appear NOTE To update install the driver you must first enter the Single User Mode System maintenance Mode Performing a System Backup backs up the old UNIX kernel and any other important file Using the Install Package Uses installpkg to load the driver e Examining the mscsi File if you want to change your primary host adapter to an AIC 7880 host adapter replace the string spad ad arad eiad or other string with alad for host adapter Number O zero in the mscsi SCSI configuration master table file The replacement causes the driver to become a permanent part of the new boot kernel on rebuild Rebuilding the UNIX Kernel Rebuilds the kernel to reflect the new changes Updating the Hardware Configuration Configures the hardware using SCSISelect as explained in your host adapter s User s Guide Booting the New Kernel
57. rdware Default 7 Enabled Automatic Default 0 0 Default Yes Enabled 20 MBytes sec Yes Enabled Yes Enabled No Disabled Default Disabled Enabled Boot only Enabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 1 3 2 Starting the SCSISe ect Utility You can start the SCSI Select utility by pressing Ctrl A when the following prompt appears at boot time Press lt Ctri gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility The first menu that appears displays the options Configure View Host Adapter Settings and SCSI Disk Utilities Using SC SiSelect Menus SCSISe ect uses menus to list options you can select To select an option use the T and J keys to move the cursor to the option then press Enter In some cases selecting an option displays another menu You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc To restore the original SCS ISe ect default values press F6 To toggle the display between color and monochrome modes press F5 this feature may not work on some kinds of monitors Exiting SC SiSelect To exit SCSI Select press Esc until a message prompts you to exit if you changed any Ultra Wide SCSI settings you are prompted to save the changes before you exit At the prompt select Yes to exit then press any key to reboot the computer Any changes you made in SCS Select take effect after the computer boots 1 3 3 Usin
58. rity checking is disabled alad_parity SCSI_NALAD in this example you want the host adapter not to check parity on incoming SCSI data define parameters as alad_parity SCSI_ NALAD 1 0 Other Information The alad driver supports scatter gather and tagged queuing however the Sdsk SCSI disk module driver controls whether these features are enabled or disabled Look for the Sdsk driver controls in the space c file It is located at etc conf pack d Sdsk space c 2 5 7 Using Drives Over 1 GByte SCO UNIX supports drives over 1 GByte SCSO UNIX has no limitation with drives over 1 GByte and recognizes the drive whether the Extended BIOS Translation feature is enabled or disabled in the SCSI Select utility See the host adapter s User s Guide for additional information on using drives over 1 GByte 60 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 6 Novell UnixWare Installation This section provides the information needed to install and use the AIC 7880 Manager drivers for UnixWare UnixWare 1 x and UnixWare 2 x The following driver packages are available on the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 1 x and UnixWare 2 x adsl AIC 7880 driver for UnixWare 2 x e adslo AIC 7880 driver for UnixWare 1 x If you are performing a first time UnixWare installation see Installing UnixWare and the Driver to begin installation If UnixWare is already installed in your system see
59. s before installing the new driver Copy the aic 7870 dsk driver and aspitran dsk module from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for NetWare into the server s startup directory e g c nwserver c server 40 c server 312 on your hard disk This overwrites any existing version of the drivers in the directory NOTE For NetWare v3 1x the aic 7870 dsk and aspitran dsk files are located in the netware v3_1x subdirectory on the diskette for NetWare v4 x the files are in netware v4_xx If necessary modify the load command line in the startup ncf so that the proper path to the driver and the correct slot number is specified See Using Software 15 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual startup ncf and autoexec ncf 16 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual The correct syntax to load the AIC 7880 driver is load pathname aic7870 dsk options slot x Command line options are not case sensitive Placing commas between command line options is optional See Using the Load Command Line Options for possible values To calculate the slot number for each host adapter see Calculating the Slot Number 4 Load the driver once foreach installed host adapter If you have additional host adapters you must load the driver again foreach host adapter 2 1 4 Using the Load Command Options You can specify several command line options when the driver is loaded The
60. s NT Setup displays all recognized host adapters If no host adapters are installed Windows NT Setup displays none Press Sto configure additional SC SI adapters 5 From the list of additional SCSI adapters select Other and press Enter Requires disk provided bya hardware manufacturer 6 Insert the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for Windows NTinto Drive A and press Enter 7 The screen displaysthe adapter drivers supported on the diskette Use the down arrow to select Adaptec AHA 2940 AIC 78xx PCI NT v3 1 and press Enter 8 If you want to add other host adapters that are nota part of Adaptec s 7800 Family do so at this time by repeating Step 5 foreach additional adapter and inserting the appropriate disk provided by the hardware manufacturer All Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters use the same driver it isnot necessary to install the aic 78xx sys driver again 9 Press Enter to continue with the Windows NT operating system setup Follow the instructions given onscreen and in the Windows NT installation documentation Installing Windows NT v3 5x and the Driver An older version of the aic78xx mpd driver is embedded included in the Windows NT v3 5x installation disks or CD Software 37 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual We recommend first installing the embedded driver by following the instructions in your Windows NT v3 5x documentation for a normal Windows NT installation Once the Windows
61. s overwrites any existing version of the files included on diskette 1 Add the following line to the config sys file on diskette 1 basedev aic7870 add pcihw Run the OS 2 v2 1x installation program follow the instructions in your OS 2 documentation At the end of the installation process follow the onscreen instructions to remove the last OS 2 distribution diskette and reboot the computer After the computer has restarted OS 2 displaysa welcome screen You have the option to view online information while the OS 2 desktop is building Allow OS 2 to finish building NOTE Referto the readme txt file for any additional information on installing OS 2 v2 1x and the driver Installing OS 2 Warp and the Driver Follow these instructions only if you are installing OS 2 Warp for the first time 1 26 Use diskcopy to make backup copies of all IBM OS 2 and Adaptec supplied diskettes Use the backup copies as your working diskettes Copy the aic 7870 add driver from the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for OS 2 i e os2_3x aic 7870 add onto the OS 2 Warp installation diskette 1 Run the OS 2 Warp installation program follow the instructions in your OS 2 documentation Software 6 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual At the end of the installation process follow the onscreen instructions to remove the last OS 2 distribution diskette and reboot the computer After the computer has restart
62. sciesatetenns 10 2 1 2 Installing NetWare and the Driver r1 2 1 3 Updating NetWare with the Driver esssssees 14 2 1 4 Using the Load Command OptiONS irnir 15 2 1 5 Using startup ncf and autoexec ncf 19 2 1 6 USING SCSI DEW SSissisisciscstntadad candstetedenntedebedatedatan 20 2 2 IBM OS 2 Installa tOM sicessecisccssccrndensecsneenre 25 2 2 1 Installing OS 2 and the Driver 25 2 2 2 Updating O S 2 with the Drivetiviicususcciiiieiieiiietss 27 2 2 3 Using Command Line Options iesire 28 2 2 4 Using Driver Over 1 GByte ssssssssssrererrrererrrerens 32 2 3 Microsoft Windows 95 Installation 33 2 3 1 Installing Windows 95 and the Driver 33 2 3 2 Updating Windows 95 with the Driver 0 34 2 4 Microsoft Windows NT Installation 35 2 4 1 Installing Windows NTand the Driver 0 35 2 4 2 Updating Windows NT with the Driver 38 2 4 3 Removing a Host Adapter siccicccccecacsseereeeeesesenes 42 244 Swapping a Host Adapter ssisiicoinrinisirinirirurirsi 44 2 5 SCO UNIX Installati n e ensresrnsriesriarirrans 45 2 5 1 The BTLD PrOC SS ivsicccsscccsssconsgecosicunisoccancconiaccnnnnes 45 2 5 2 Installing SCO UNIX and the Driver 46 2 5 3 Updating SCO UNIX with the Driver 0 08 48 Table of Contents V 2 6 Novell vi 2 5 4 2 5 5 2 5 6 2 5 7 2 6 1 2 0 2 2 6 3 2 6 4 2 6 5 2 6 6 2 6 7 Adding Devices with MKdeV ceeeteeeeeeeneeees 53 Using Wide SCSI Host Adapters a
63. ser level etc The UnixWare operating system E mail utility notifies you that there are messagesin your mailbox 5 Check your UnixWare mailbox for an E mail message on the status of the installed adslo driver package 64 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Your UnixWare installation should now be complete Software 65 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual NOTE If your installation fails do not attempt to use the update installation pkgadd procedure to fix the installation Follow the instructions in the UnixWare 1 x documentation and this document to retry the installation Installing UnixWare 2 x and the Driver 6 Follow these instructions only if you are installing UnixWare 2 x for the first time 1 66 Insert the Install Diskette of the UnixWare 2 x package into the floppy boot drive Reboot your computer Wait for the first UnixWare 2 x installation screen and prompt and then follow the onscreen instructions When prompted to wither Install Host Bus Adapter Drivers or Continue Installation first remove the Install diskette then select Install Host Bus Adapter Driver and press Enter Insert the HBA driver diskette or AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for UnixWare 1 x and 2 x into the primary floppy drive and press Enter you cannot load drivers from a secondary floppy drive As the driver loads a message identifying the located host adapter briefly appe
64. some drive letter assignments may change from the previous configuration 2 4 3 Removing a Host Adapter Removing a host adapter can be as simple as physically removing it from the slot when your computer is shut down Windows NT boots and functions properly in this configuration but a warning message is generated every time you boot Software 45 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Windows NT 46 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual CAUTION If you have removed a host adapter but still have other host adapters of the same type installed in your computer do not use Windows NT Setup to remove the device driver To eliminate the warning message you must update the Windows NT software configuration as described in these steps 1 Select and start Windows NT Setup program There isa brief pause while Windows NT Setup scans your hardware configuration 2 Select the Options pull down menu and then select Add Remove SCSI Adapters The SCSI Adapter setup program displays a list of all host adapters currently installed 3 Select the host adapter you want to remove and click the Remove button When the Windows NT Setup program asks you for confirmation click OK Because the SCSI device drivers are loaded during system bootup and because they may be needed to load WindowsNT itself a screen may appear warning you that Windows NT may not start if you remove the SC SI adapter
65. st adapter BIOS messages to verify that all your installed SCSI devices are listed If some orall of your installed SCSI devicesdo not appear at this time your SCSI cables may be loose or the SCSI device setup may not be complete If so go back and correct any problem before proceeding 3 Wait for UNIX to complete bootup with the new kernel The alad driver for your AIC 7880 host adapter should now be ready for use 2 5 4 Adding Devices with mkdev Follow the instructions in the SCO manuals for adding devices or an AIC 7880 host adapter to a system with a 7800 Family host adapter already present using the mkdev command Keep the following in mind mkdev asks for the device prefix The AlC 7880 driver package name alad is the prefix for the host adapter When the system asks for the host adapter prefix type alad and press Enter Refer to the SCO UNIX Operating System Administration Guide for additional information on mkdev and adding devices to your system 58 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 5 5 Using Wide SCSI Host Adapters and Devices SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 SCO ODT 3 0 and SCO OpenServer 3 0 support SCSI IDs 0 to 7 SCSI IDs greater than 7 are not recognized If your AIC 7880 host adapter is a Wide SCSI adapter only 7 SCSI devices SCSI ID 0 to 6 with the host adapter set at SCSI ID 7 can be attached and supported SCO OpenServer 5 supports SCSI IDs 0 to 15 If your 7800 Famil
66. t The screen then displays the following message What packages do you need linked in the system or q to quit NOTE Remember that UNIX commands are case sensitive Enter the commands exactly as shown in the instructions 3 Type alad and press Enter alad isthe package name or prefix forthe alad driver used with AIC 7880 host adapter 4 Next this boot line and a series of prompts similar to the following appear fd 64 unix rootfd 96 swapram 0 swaplo32 ronly mem p link alad btldfd x Loading kernel fd x unix text The xin the prompts above represents the minor number for your floppy boot drive x is found by the operating system you do not have to enter this minor number 5 When you see this message Please insert the fd x alad volume and press lt Return gt or q to quit insert the requested volume AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for SCO UNIX and press Enter Messages similar to the following appear until the driver is completely loaded alad alad Loading modulefd 52 alad driver alad Driver o text Software 51 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual alad Driver alad successfully loaded 52 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 6 When the following message appears remove the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for SCO UNIX insert the UNIX N2 Filesystem diskette and press Enter Insert N2 Filesystem floppy and press lt Enter gt 7
67. trol the specified target s if they are identified as non DASD SCSI devices All SCSI hard drives are controlled by os2dasd dmd This is the default setting sm x y z Disables SCSI manager support Prevents os2scsi dmd from controlling the specified target s tag x Specifies the maximum number of tagged commands for all target devices on the host adapter 1 16 A value of 1 disables tagged queuing The maximum number allowed is 16 The default is 8 Software 31 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual ji Ignores the host adapter The driver ignores the host adapter so that another driver may control it jur Enables reporting of under runs ur Disables reporting of under runs This is the default setting Example 1 Suppose that you have a removable media drive as target 3 Normally os2dasd allocates this device treats it as a large floppy and prevents you from sending any SCSI commands via another device manager The command line below prevents os2dasd dmd from accessing the target and allows os2scsi dmd and os2aspi dmd to share access to it basedev aic7870 add a 0 dm 3 Example 2 Suppose that you have a multidisk CD ROM as target 4 on host adapter 0 and two DASD devices as targets 1 and 5 on host adapter 1 The command line below prevents os2scsi dmd from accessing the CD ROM and os2dasd dmd from controlling the DASD devices The driver searches for multiple LUNs on all dev
68. uch as the driver name version number and Adaptec copyright appears if the driver loads successfully Also displays information about all targets found in the computer pcihw Software 29 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual PCI configuration hardware registers Enables driver to access PCI configuration hardware registers This switch is available for some PCI systems that run problems when trying to access PCI configuration space through PCI BIOS function calls 30 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Adapter ID jain Adapter numbers are assigned based on BIOS address starting from the lowest first and then Device number PCI Device number in hex as seen at the upper right hand corner of the first SCSISelect screen if the BIOS is disabled Built in single channel host adapters are generally assigned IDO zero as the first found adapter Unit Parameters dm x y z Enables Direct Access Storage Device DASD manager support Allows os2dasd dmd to control the specified target s when they are identified as DASD devices This is the default setting dm x y z Disables DASD manager support Prevents os2dasd dmd from controlling the specified target s CAUTION Do not remove DASD manager support from the boot drive or the computer will not be able to boot sm x y z Enables SCSI manager support for the target device s x y z Allows os2scsi dmd to con
69. uestion mark labeled PCI SCSI BUS Controller then appears 6 Double click the AIC 7880 host adapter you wish to update orifa yellow question mark labeled PCI SCSI Bus Controller is displayed double click the question mark 7 On the Drivertab click Change Driver You may be asked to select the hardware type if asked to do so select SCSI Controller 8 Click the Have Disk button and enter a win95 as the location to copy the manufacturer s file from 9 Click OK 10 Select the AIC 7880 host adapter and click OK 11 Click OK The droveris copies and scanned 12 You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect Click Yesto restart yourcomputer Click No to retum to the system properties window Software 35 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual 2 4 Microsoft Windows NT Installation This section provides the information needed to install and use the AIC 7880 Manager driver for Windows NT Windows NT v3 1 and v3 5x The AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for Windows NT contains the files needed for driver installation The two Windows 95 subdirectories winnt 3_1 and winnt 3_5 on the diskette both contain the following files however the files in winnt 3_1 can only be used with Windows NT v3 1 and the files in winnt 3 _5 with Windows NT v3 5x e aic78xx sys AlC 7880 driver for Widows NT e oemsetup inf A file used by Windows NT Setup for driver installation readme txt An A
70. umber back to the original decimal slot number calculated here To calculate the slot number obtain the Bus Device xx xxh values identified when running the SCSI Select utility for your host adapter The calculation is done manually as described in the following steps 1 Make sure your PCI computer system is properly set up and configured 2 Run the SCSISelect utility for your host adapter Refer to your host adapter s User s Guide for instructions NOTE The host adapter light is lit during activity If you have multiple adapters use this light to determine which adapter SCSlSelect is displaying information for 3 On the first screen of SCSISelect the Bus Device xx xxh numbers are displayed in the upper right hand corner Write down these numbers exactly as they appear Bus refers to the PCI bus on the system The default for Bus is 0 Usually only one PCI busis supplied with a 10 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual system however systems may contain more than one PCI bus Device refers to the physical slot number on the PCI bus The Device number isin hex you must convert it to a decimal number NOTE The Device slot number identified through SC SlSelect isnot the same asthe slot number needed to load the driver through the load command line 4 Use the following formula to calculate the slot number Slot Number Bus x 100 Device 16 For example if the Bus Device number
71. with a Not Ready Status Most devices do not need this feature This bit mask is entered in hex see Bit Mask Options Disables tagged queuing for specific targets Tagged queuing is enabled by default If bit mask is set then tagged queuing for that particular device is disabled This disable bit mask is entered in hex see Bit Mask Options A bit mask to enable scanning for specific LUNs on all targets For example a value of 7 would cause the driver to scan for LUNs 0 1 and 2 on all targets The default value of 01 causes the driver to scan LUN 0 only For multiple LUN CDs use the lun_enable switch on aspicd dsf not aic7870 dsk This enable bit mask is entered in hex see Bit Mask Options Specifies maximum number of segments in a scatter gather list Specifies maximum number of segments in a scatter gather list Specifies the maximum number of tagged commands per device Continued Software Option Values Default Description max_nontags 1 2 2 Specifies maximum number of nontagged commands pending per device Only 1 command is actually sent on the SCSI bus A value of 2 allocates a control block where the next command waits for the previous command to complete read_after_write 0 1 1 Specifies default verify mode 0 No verify on writes 1 Hardware verify instrumentation 0 1 0 If 1 enables instrumentation variable updates at load time The driver maintains internal instrumentation data for us
72. x sys has already been copied to the system disk Software 10 11 12 13 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual If the following message appears click New to replace the existing driver and skip to step 10 The driver s for this SCSI Adapter selected are already on the system Do you want to use the currently installed driver s or install new one s If the following message appears continue with Step 9 Please enter the full path to the Windows NT SCSI Adapter files Change the path to the directory i e a winnt 3_5 with the desired device driver then click Continue The device driver is copied to your system disk and the Windows NT configuration is updated so that the new device driver loads when Windows NT reboots When the installation is complete Windows NT Setup again displays a list of currently installed host adapter types Verify that the new host adapter appears on the list the string should look similar to Adaptec AHA 2940 AIC 78xx PCI NT v3 5x Add other types of host adapters if necessary see Step 4 orclick Close to exit the SCSI adapters portion of Windows NT Setup and then close the program When you see this message click OK to exit The changes you have made will not take effect until the computer is restarted If this message doesnot appear no changes have been made to the Windows NT system configuration Restart your computer and Windows NT It is possible that
73. xWare 1 x and 2 x Procedures that are specific to a UnixWare version are noted below CAUTION Improper or corrupt driver updates might destroy your existing UnixWare file system Back up all important files before proceeding Consult your UnixWare manuals for proper backup procedures The following is an overview of the procedures needed to install or update the driver Complete the procedure in the order the sections appear Backing Up the Computer backs up the old UnixWare kernel and any other important files e Loading the Package Uses installpkg to load the AIC 7880 driver e Modifying the New System File For computers booting from a device connected to an AIC 7880 host adapter modifies the new driver that was loaded in the previous procedure Loading the driver causes the driver to become a permanent part of the new boot kernel on rebuild Software 67 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Building the Loadable Modules UnixWare 1 x Only Builds the loadable module for the driver s Rebuilding the UnixWare Kernel Rebuilds the kernel with the new driver Booting the New Kernel Reboots the computer with the new kernel NOTE Remember that UnixWare commands are case sensitive Enter the commands exactly as shown here Backing Up the Computer If you have not already done so back up all important files on the computer Consult your UnixWare documentation for proper UnixWare fil
74. xx sys driver if Windows NT is already installed If you are installing Windows NT v3 1 or v3 5x for the first time see Installing Windows NT and the Driver above Updating Windows NT v3 1 Follow these instructions only if Windows NT v3 1 is already installed 1 Select and start Windows NT Setup program Its icon is usually found in Main program group There isa brief pause while Windows NT Setup scans your hardware configuration 2 Select the Options pull down menu and then select Add Remove SCSI Adapters The SCSI Adapter setup program displays a list of all host adapters currently installed 40 Software 10 11 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual Click the Add button to add another host adapter type to the list A list of additional SCSI adapters appears Expand the list of additional SCSI adapters select Other and press Enter Requires disk provided bya hardware manufacturer Insert the AIC 7880 Manager Set diskette for Windows NTinto Drive A and press Enter Enter the path to the installation files by typing a winnt 3_1 The screen displays the adapter drivers supported on the diskette Use the down arrow to select Adaptec AHA 2940 AIC 78xx PCI NT v3 1x and click OK The driver is added to the list of SCSI adapters Select Adaptec AHA 2940 AIC 78xx PCI NT v3 1x from the list of SCSI adapters and click Install At this point Windows NT Setup checks to see if the specified driv
75. y host adapter is a Wide SCSI adapter up to 15 SCSI devices can be attached and supported 2 5 6 Using Tunable Parameters for the alad Driver For SCO UNIX some parameters are defined in the following file etc conf pack d alad space c These parameters can be tuned for the alad driver prefix for the 7800 Family driver After modifying the space c file you must rebuild the kernel for the new parameters to take effect To following section describes how to set the tunable parameters Setting Parameters If the space c file has not been modified all the parameters are set according to the SCSISelect utility for your AIC 7880 host adapter However you can override the parameters by modifying the space c file Changing the parameters is self explanatory in the space c file Examples are provided in the following sections If you want to change the configured values the first number indicates whether the default should be changed If it set to 0 zero the parameter is set to the default If it is set to 1 the second number is used to override the default For example char variable 1 22 Software 59 Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual The first number is 1 which overrides the default variable with the value 22 Examples alad_parity SCSI_NALAD specifies whether the host adapter checks parity on incoming SCSI data If the second number is set to 0 parity checking is enabled If it is set to 1 pa
76. you are updating the driver that controls the boot host adapter from which Windows NT loads you must complete the additional steps listed in Updating the Boot Host Adapter Updating the Boot Host Adapter If the driver you are updating controls the boot host adapter from which Windows NT v3 1 loads you must update the device driver in two locations because Windows NT boots in a two stage process the Windows NT device driver directory i e winnt system32 drivers aic78xx sys and c ntbootdd sys In the first stage of booting no software configuration is available and Windows NT loads the device driver to control the computer boot disk from the file c ntbootdd sys Therefore when you perform the steps described above to update a driver you must also explicitly copy the aic78xx sys device driver to c ntbootdd sys meaning that aic78xx sys is copied over and renamed as c ntbootdd sys 1 Click the Command Prompticon in the Main program group 2 Switch to the root directory of the C drive by typing cd 3 Since the c ntbootdd sys file is system hidden and 42 Software Ultra Wide PCI to Fast SCSI Host Adapter User s Manual read only you must use an attribute change program to disable the hidden and read only attributes so that the file can be modified To disable the attributes type attrib ntbootdd sys r h s To copy the aic 78xx sys device driver to ntbootdd sys type copy systemroot system32 dr

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