ISI4608-PCI User Guide
Introduction to the IntelligentSerialInterface
The Intelligent Serial Interface cards, model ISI4608-PCI and ISI4604- PCI, are hardware solutions for adding fast serial ports to communication servers and async hosts that have 32-bit PCI bus architecture.
Serial ports are essential to
•Communication servers that pool modems and other communication devices for users on a LAN and to
•Asynchronous hosts that provide user access through serial ports.
Each ISI4604-PCI card adds four serial ports to the computer; each ISI4608-PCI card adds eight serial ports to the computer. (From now on in this manual we will use “ISI460x-PCI” when referring to both models.) The ISI460x-PCI ships with drivers for the following multiuser operating systems: Windows® 2000 Server and Advanced Server, Windows NT, versions 3.51 and 4.0; Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me.
The IntelligentSerialInterface card can be combined to support asynchronous serial devices (local or dial-up). The ports can be used to connect basic terminals with or without multiple pages of memory to multiplexer channels and asynchronous modems. Each ISI460x-PCI port can support as many screens as there are physical pages of memory on the terminal. In Windows NT, a built-in autodetect utility enables detection of Multi-Tech modems and sets the proper initialization strings.
This manual contains product specifications, installation instructions, and technical support information to assist you in the installation process. It is assumed you have basic PC skills. Therefore, we have not included step-by-step instructions for basic operations such as logging in and file editing, etc.
Product Description
The ISI460x-PCI is a multiport serial port expansion card that adds data buffering on each port for enhanced serial port performance. The ISI460x-PCI features an on-board microprocessor to coordinate the
