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AHA-3940U/3940UW/3940UWD User’s Guide
Stock Number: 511041-00, Rev. B Page: Front Cover
Print Spec Number: 494569-00
Current Date: 2/14/97 ECN Date: 2/17/97
User’s Guide
AHA-3940U/3940UW/3940UWD
MultiChannel PCI-to-UltraSCSI Host Adapters
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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - AHA-3940U/3940UW/3940UWD

AHA-3940U/3940UW/3940UWD User’s GuideStock Number: 511041-00, Rev. B Page: Front CoverPrint Spec Number: 494569-00Current Date: 2/14/97 ECN Date: 2/17

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Page 4 - GO ADAPTEC

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Page 7 - Contents

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Page 8 - 4 Operating System Support

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Page 9 - C Disk Drives Over 1 GByte

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Page 10 - Print Spec Number: 494569-00

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Page 13 - Introduction

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Page 14 - Product Features

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Page 15 - Data Transfer Rates

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Page 16 - Disk Array Support

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Page 17 - Multiple Device Support

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Page 18 - Helvetica Italics

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Page 19 - Advisories

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Page 21 - Installing the Host Adapter

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Page 22 - Host Adapter Layout

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Page 23 - Caution:

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Page 25 - Maximum Cable Lengths

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Page 26 - 8-bit internal device

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Page 28 - Colored Stripe

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Page 29 - (AHA-3940UWD has two

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Page 30 - SCSI Cables

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Page 31 - Terminating the SCSI Bus

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Page 32 - Terminating the Host Adapter

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Page 33 - Automatically

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Page 34 - SCSI IDs

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Page 35 - Setting SCSI IDs

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Page 36 - LED Cable

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Page 39 - Configuring Your Host

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Page 41 - Starting SCSI

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Page 42 - Selecting a SCSI Channel

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Page 43 - Using the Options Menu

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Page 45 - Host Adapter SCSI ID

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Page 46 - SCSI Parity Checking

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Page 47 - Host Adapter SCSI Termination

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Page 48 - Boot Device Options

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Page 49 - SCSI Device Configuration

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Page 55 - Saving Configuration Changes

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Page 56 - Format Disk

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Page 57 - Verify Disk

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Page 59 - Operating System Support

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Page 60 - Adaptec 7800 Family Manager

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Page 62 - BIOS Startup Messages

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Page 66 - Other Problems and Solutions

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Page 69 - Configuration

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Page 71 - Optimizing Performance

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Page 72 - Setting Enable Disconnection

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Page 75 - Disk Drives Over 1 GByte

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