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AHA-3950U2
The Adaptec SCSI Card 3950U2 delivers the performance and flexibility required by today's high bandwidth servers and workstations. This host adapter delivers a combined data transfer rate of 160 MByte/sec across two independent Ultra2 SCSI buses making it a perfect match for high throughput applications such as data mining, streaming video, and scientific modeling.
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Unix

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Hardware Installation
How to Install Your Adaptec PCI Card (HTML 80 KB)
Differential SCSI (HTML 75 KB)
Ultra2 SCSI Termination (HTML 74 KB)
Installing Drivers or Software
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)
7800 Diskette Contents (HTML 75 KB)
OS/2 driver installation (HTML 75 KB)
OS/2 driver Notes (HTML 83 KB)
7800 OS/2 diskette (HTML 75 KB)
7800 os/2 issues (HTML 75 KB)
7800 Update information (HTML 74 KB)
Installing 2940U2W in Netware 3.12 (HTML 75 KB)
Install Netware v3.12 (HTML 76 KB)
Interoperability
7800 FMS Support list (HTML 78 KB)
Product Documentation
SCSI Card 3950U2 (PDF )
User Reference for the AHA-3950U2 (PDF 301 KB)
Install Guide for the AHA-3950U2 (PDF 1 MB)
Adaptec Ultra2 SCSI Card Family (PDF )
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)
HotPlugging AHA-3950U2 (HTML 74 KB)
Cache Memory
Dual Address Cycle (DAC) provides greater system memory addressabilityTarget mode for supporting clustering,bridge and RAID applicationsMultitasking operating system support (through scatter/gather, disconnect/reconnect, tagged command queuing support)Advanced multimode Ultra2 SCSI I/O cell for supporting Ultra2 (LVD) or single-ended (SE) devicesSupport for 255 simultaneous active SCSI commands per channelJTAG boundary scan to support system level interconnect testing3.3V / 5V PCI interface for providing flexibility for designing high-performance, low-power systemsEnhanced Logical Unit Number (LUN) supports up to a maximum of 32 LUNsI2O-ready system compatiblePCI Hot-Plug compatible
Number of devices
Up to 30 devices

Bus System Interface Type
64-bit Bus Master DMA (backwards compatible w/32-bit PCI)
External Connectors
68-pin High-Density Ultra2 SCSI (Channel A)
Internal Connectors
68-pin High-Density Ultra2 SCSI (Channel A) 68-pin High-Density Ultra2 SCSI (Channel B) 50-pin Ultra SCSI (Channel B) - for use when dedicating Channel B to legacy SCSI support
Data Transfer Rate
Up to 80 MByte/sec on each Ultra2 SCSI channel for total bandwidth of 160 MByte/sec
Warranty
5 year

Additional Features

  • Two 20-MIPS PhaseEngine RISC processors for fast SCSI command processing
  • Two 512-byte data FIFO buffers for efficient PCI bus utilization
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