Adaptec AHA-2930 Installation Guide - Page 2

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Introduction The AHA®-2930B host adapter provides a powerful multitasking interface between your computer's PCI bus and SCSI devices (disk drives, CD-ROM drives, scanners, tape drives, removable-media drives, etc.). You can connect up to seven 8-bit SCSI devices to your host adapter. The following figure shows the major components of the AHA-2930B host adapter. J1 J2 Contents Installation Installing the Host Adapter . . . . . 2 Installing Internal SCSI Devices . 3 Installing External SCSI Devices . 4 Installing Software for the PC . . . 5 Installing Software for the Macintosh 5 J3 J4 Label J1 J2 J3 J4 Description 50-pin 8-bit internal SCSI connector External LED connector 50-pin 8-bit high-density external SCSI connector PC/Mac auto detection jumper (ON for Macintosh; OFF for PC/ AUTOMATIC ) Helpful Hints Configuring SCSI Devices 6 Configuring Disk Drives 6 Installing Multiple Adapters . . . . 6 Using Board Control (Macintosh) 7 Using SCSISelect (PC 8 Troubleshooting Checklist . . . . . 11 Common Problems and Solutions 12 1

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Introduction
The AHA
®
-2930B host adapter provides a powerful multitasking
interface between your computer’s PCI bus and SCSI devices (disk
drives, CD-ROM drives, scanners, tape drives, removable-media
drives, etc.). You can connect up to seven 8-bit SCSI devices to your
host adapter. The following figure shows the major components of the
AHA-2930B host adapter.
Label
Description
J1
50-pin 8-bit internal SCSI connector
J2
External LED connector
J3
50-pin 8-bit high-density external SCSI connector
J4
PC/Mac auto detection jumper (ON for Macintosh; OFF for PC/
AUTOMATIC )
J3
J1
J4
J2
Contents
Installation
Installing the Host Adapter . . . . .2
Installing Internal SCSI Devices
.3
Installing External SCSI Devices .4
Installing Software for the PC . . .5
Installing Software for the
Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Helpful Hints
Configuring SCSI Devices . . . . . .6
Configuring Disk Drives
. . . . . . . 6
Installing Multiple Adapters . . . .6
Using Board Control (Macintosh) 7
Using SCSISelect (PC)
. . . . . . . . . 8
Troubleshooting Checklist . . . . . 11
Common Problems and
Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12