Intel 410 manual Host Adapter Installation Intel-based System, Install the Host Adapter

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Host Adapter Installation –

Intel-based System

In preparing your array for first time use, you need to connect your Intel-based system to the RAID subsystem through the host adapter board. This chapter, along with your system and the associated StorageWorks RAID Array 410 Subsystem manuals, provides instructions for preparing and installing the host adapter and the sub- system enclosure, and installing the appropriate drivers on the computer system..

CAUTION

The Host Adapters listed below are the only ones that, to date, are qualified for use with StorageWorks RAID 410. The revision level of the qualified boards are listed in the Check List document (EK- SM1CU-CC) included in the StorageWorks RAID Array 410 Man- ager for Windows NT platform kit. Only boards with the listed revi- sion levels should be used.

2.1Install the Host Adapter

The host adapter is a SCSI-2 fast wide (16-bit) differential host adapter. Two versions of the adapter are available and are discussed in this chapter, depending upon whether your com- puter is an EISA- or PCI- based system:

Table 2−1 RAID Array 410 Qualified Adapters

Adapter	Firmware
	Revision

BIOS Revision

Family

Manager

Set

NT V3.51 Driver and Date

SWXA3−BC AHA−2944W

PCI

SWIA3−BB 2744W

EISA

927000−01 A or B

909900−01 A

927201−00 A or B

V 1.16

549306−00D

V2.11

V1.20

V2.1

AIC78XX.SYS

8/14/95

ARROW.SYS

3/13/96

The respective adapter installs in either your EISA- or PCI-based computer. In doing so, the adapter connects your computer to the StorageWorks RAID Array 410 Subsystem through the connecting SCSI cable.

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