HP I Dual Channel Ultra160 SCSI Host Adapter A6829A manual Features

HP A6829A Adapter Overview

Features

Features

The A6829A adapter and its driver conform to the ANSI T10 SCSI Parallel Interace-3 (SPI-3) standard.

The A6829A adapter has the following features:

•PCI interface

—Full 64-bit (66 MHz) Direct Memory Access (DMA) bus master.

—Zero wait-state bus master data bursts.

—PCI Universal 3.3 V/5 V bus support.

—Compliance with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2.

•SCSI interface

—Two separate SCSI channels.

—16-bit (Wide) Single Ended (SE)/Low Voltage Differential (LVD).

—Enabling/disabling of on-board termination, with hardware override (using jumpers).

—68-pinVery High Density Cable Interconnect (VHDCI) connector for each of the two external channels.

—68-pin High Density connector for each of the two internal channels (not supported on HP-UX systems).

—Maximum data transfer rate of 160 MBytes/s per channel, with a maximum cable length of 12 meters (with multiple SCSI devices) and a maximum 15 SCSI devices per channel (not including the A6829A adapter).

—Fast, Ultra, Ultra2, and Ultra160 data transfer capability.

—SCSI termination power (TERMPWR) source with auto-resetting circuit breaker.

—Flash EEPROM configured with HP part number (allows easy identification through the ioscan command).

•HBA characteristics

—PCI4X adapter (66MHz, 64-bit data transfers).

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