Adaptec 2920C - AHA - Storage Controller Bedienerhandbuch

1IntroductionThe AHA®-2920C host adapter provides a powerful multitasking interface between your computer’s PCI bus and SCSI devices (disk drives, CD-

10Troubleshooting ChecklistIf you have any problems during the installation, check the following items first: Have you installed the host adapter in a

11Common Problems and Solutions Boot From SCSI Disk Fails—If you are booting from a SCSI hard disk drive, make sure the Drives setting in your compute

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2InstallationInstalling the Host AdapterWARNING: Before beginning the installation, turn OFF power to the computer and external devices and disconnect

3If you are installing external SCSI devices only, replace the computer chassis cover and skip to Installing External SCSI Devices on page 4.Installin

4Step 6: Connect a DC power cable from your computer’s power supply to the power connector on the SCSI device. Step 7: Replace the computer chassis co

5Installing SoftwareUnder MS-DOS 5.0 and above, the AHA-2920C host adapter can support up to seven SCSI devices without additional software. (Earlier

6Configuring Disk Drives Every hard disk must be low-level formatted, parti-tioned, and logically formatted before you can use it to store data. Most

7 Format Disk—This utility allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard disk drive. Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and d

8Additional Options: SCSI Device ConfigurationSCSI device settings allow you to configure parameters for each device on the SCSI bus. To configure a s

9 Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks — This option controls which removable-media drives are supported by the host adapter BIOS. The de