Ciprico Rimfire 3880 Network Card User Manual


 
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Chapter 7 Board-control Commands
Using the Reference Page 7 - 3
Using the
Reference
The RF3880 adapter recognizes the type of command it is receiving by the
contents of the ID field of its parameter block. If the ID field contains a number
between 0 and 15 (indicating a SCSI address) the command is a Pass-through
command. If the ID field contains an FFH, the adapter recognizes it as a Board-
control command. This chapter explains only the Board-control commands.
The ID field will always be set to FFH for these commands. In this chapter it
is referred to as the Adapter ID field.
Each of the Board-control commands are completely described in the following
pages; each description follows the same format:
First the Parameter Block format is illustrated for each command. The
fields that are valid appear in bold type.
Next, each field used by the command is explained.
Last, if there is a special type of Status Block returned by the command,
it is displayed and all of its fields explained.