Adaptec 2906 User Guide - Page 42

Maximum Cable Lengths, Using SCSISelect, Select

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Maximum Cable Lengths Maximum Cable Lengths The total length of cabling (internal and external) on the SCSI bus may not exceed the maximum lengths listed in the table. Maximum Cable Length Data Transfer Rate 3 m (9.8 ft) Fast SCSI (10 MBytes/sec) 6 m (19.7 ft) 5 MByte/sec (asynchronous or synchronous) 1 Includes the SCSI card. Maximum Devices Supported1 8 8 Using SCSISelect If you are running Windows on your computer, you can use Adaptec SCSISelect software to change SCSI settings without opening the computer or handling the card and you can low-level format or verify the disk media of your SCSI hard disk drives. The table lists the available and default settings for each SCSISelect option. Note: The default settings are appropriate for most systems. Run SCSISelect if you need to change or view current settings, or if you would like to run the SCSI disk utilities. See the descriptions of each option in SCSI Bus Interface Definitions on page 35. 33

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Maximum Cable Lengths
Maximum Cable Lengths
The total length of cabling (internal and external) on the SCSI bus
may not exceed the maximum lengths listed in the table.
Using SCSI
Select
If you are running Windows on your computer, you can use
Adaptec SCSI
Select
software to change SCSI settings without
opening the computer or handling the card and you can low-level
format or verify the disk media of your SCSI hard disk drives. The
table lists the available and default settings for each SCSI
Select
option.
Note:
The default settings are appropriate for most systems. Run
SCSI
Select
if you need to change or view current settings, or if
you would like to run the SCSI disk utilities. See the descriptions
of each option in
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions
on page 35
.
Maximum Cable
Length
Data Transfer Rate
Maximum Devices
Supported
1
1
Includes the SCSI card.
3 m (9.8 ft)
Fast SCSI
(10 MBytes/sec)
8
6 m (19.7 ft)
5 MByte/sec
(asynchronous or synchronous)
8