Express PCI UL3 S Product Manual

ATTO Technology, Inc. Installation and Operation Manual ATTO ExpressPCI Host Adapters Dual Channel Ultra3 (UL3D) Dual Channel Ultra3 66 MHz (UL3D-66) Single Channel Ultra3 (UL3S) Single Channel Ultra3 66 MHz (UL3S-66) © 2003 ATTO Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All brand or product names are trademarks of their respective holders. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the express written permission of ATTO Technology, Inc. 12/2003 Document Control Number: PRMA-0221-000MD Contents 1 What is ATTO ExpressPCI? ........................................................ 1 Plug and Play for PCI-based computers Features Operating Systems Dimensions Power Requirements Operating Environment Reliability SCSI Bus 2 SCSI is a key technology for storage ......................................... 3 Glossary 3 Installing the ExpressPCI SCSI Host Adapter ........................... 5 System requirements Installation 3.1 Determining cabling and termination ................ 7 Cable types Examples Connectors Connection considerations Termination 3.2 Installing and Updating Device Drivers ............. 11 Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000/XP Windows NT Installation Re-flashing Firmware in Windows Linux and Sun Solaris Driver Installation Updating Drivers and Re-flashing Firmware in Mac OS X Updating Drivers and Re-flashing Firmware in Mac OS 9 4 Maximizing Performance with ExpressPCI HBA ....................... 15 Use the latest ATTO driver Set registry for large block transfers Set up RAID groups with ATTO ExpressRAID Increase transfer size Analyze your I/Os 5 Troubleshooting ........................................................................... 17 Appendix A Standards and compliances ..................................... i Appendix B SCSI host adapter selection guide ........................... ii Appendix C Fibre Channel host adapter guide ............................ iii Appendix D Contact ATTO Technology, Inc. ............................... iv 1 What is ATTO ExpressPCI? Compatible with virtually all popular SCSI devices, ATTO ExpressPCI host adapters will increase the performance of disk-intensive applications such as digital video, prepress, multi…