Black Box SCSI-2 LVD Network Card User Manual


 
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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER
User-hardwirable, user-programmable, or automatic SCSI termination. You
can choose between hardwire-enabling termination on the Adapter,
programming the termation through its firmware, or letting the Adapter
handle termination automatically, eliminating the need to open up the PC
every time you need to make termination changes.
Onboard BIOS supports Microsoft
®
MS-DOS. The Adapter has the necessary
software onboard to handle MS-DOS disk-drive operations without requiring
additional system-based drivers.
Support for all other major operating systems. The Adapter includes drivers
for Windows
®
98, Windows 95, Windows NT, IBM
®
OS/2
®
, Novell
®
NetWare
®
,
SCO
®
UNIX
®
, SCO UnixWare
®
, and Linux
®
.
SmartSCSI™ Setup Utility program. You can use this firmware utility to
customize the Adapter’s configuration. Unless you need to hardwire
termination, you don’t have to set any jumpers at all.
Built-in Integrated Scatter/Gather Engine (ISGE™). This hardware circuitry
heightens performance in all scatter/gather operations.
256-byte FIFO. The Adapter uses a 256-byte FIFO caching buffer to manage
PCI-to-SCSI-bus structure timing for data and command transfer.
Command queueing. With this special feature, the Adapter can process as
many as 255 simultaneous SCSI commands.
NOTE
The README.TXT file on Driver Disk 1 might contain updates,
corrections, and additions to the information in this manual. However, if
you consult this file, you need to keep in mind that it was written by the
company that developed the drivers for use with the Ultra2 LVD SCSI
Host Adapter, and they use their own “INI-
®
A100U2W” code (rather than
“IC515C”) to refer to the Adapter.