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AHA-2940 S6
This adapter combines PCI technology with Adaptec's PhaseEngine RISC processor, for improved I/O performance. This 32-bit PCI to Fast SCSI 2 host adapter supports up to 7 Ultra or non Ultra hard drives.
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Note: Only drivers that are not included or embedded within a supported operating system are listed below. To see a complete list of supported operating systems see the Product Specifications

Select your operating system or software below

IBM OS

IBM OS-2

Microsoft

Microsoft DOS
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 3.1x
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows Millennium
Microsoft Windows NT

Novell NetWare

Novell NetWare Downloads

Unix

SCO Unix
SCO UnixWare

Hardware Installation
How to Install Your Adaptec PCI Card (HTML 80 KB)
Installing Drivers or Software
CD install Netware 401 (HTML 75 KB)
CDROM in DOS (HTML 75 KB)
7800 Netware instructions (HTML 87 KB)
7800 Family Manager Set 98 Contents (HTML 75 KB)
Installing 98 driver (HTML 76 KB)
Windows 98 issues (HTML 76 KB)
7800 Miniport Issues in 95 (HTML 76 KB)
Installing Windows NT Driver (HTML 89 KB)
AIC7870.dsk options (HTML 82 KB)
7800 Netware contents (HTML 77 KB)
7800 issues for Netware (HTML 78 KB)
7800 Netware Notes (HTML 76 KB)
Miniport Options (HTML 76 KB)
2940 WinNT 3.x (HTML 76 KB)
OS/2 driver installation (HTML 75 KB)
UNIX Driver Disk Conversion (HTML 75 KB)
Loading Adaptec DSK Drivers (HTML 78 KB)
netware 3.12 cd install (HTML 75 KB)
OS/2 driver Notes (HTML 83 KB)
7800 OS/2 diskette (HTML 75 KB)
SCO Unix Driver Installation (HTML 81 KB)
Interoperability
7800 FMS Support list (HTML 78 KB)
Product Documentation
Install Guide for the AHA-2940/2940W (PDF 173 KB)
Use Your Product
SCSI<i>Select</i> User's Guide (HTML 89 KB)
SCSI Terms Explained (HTML 84 KB)
Sense Codes Described (HTML 103 KB)
Number of devices
Supports up to seven (7) disks under DOS 5.0

Bus System Interface Type
PCI local-bus
Data Transfer Rate
10 Mbytes/sec

Supported Protocols

SCSI-2 and
SCSI-3

Advanced SCSI Features

Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) compliant,
multi-threaded I/O,
scatter/gather,
tagged queuing,
disconnect/reconnect,
asynchronous and fast synchronous

Hard Disk Capacity

Extended translation scheme supports up to eight (8) Gbytes per disk

Electrical Drivers

Single-ended, active, programmable via SCSISelect configuration utility

Board Dimensions

5.8" x 3.9"

Power Consumption

+5.0 +/- 0.25 V: 2.0 A max.

Operating Characteristics

32 F to 131 F (0 C to 55 C)10% to 90% Relative Humidity, non condensing

Storage Characteristics

-40 F to 167 F (-40 C to 75 C)
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