12 Nov
2005
12 Nov
'05
11:24 p.m.
PCI interface, SCSI-2 (not wide SCSI). Still shrink-wrapped. Let me know
if you're interested. I'm thinking $50 would be fine.
Cheers,
Chuck
13 Nov
13 Nov
3:46 a.m.
Details from adaptec.com
(http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/techspecs.jsp?sess=no&language…)ey=AHA-3985):
Data Transfer Rate:
30 MBytes/sec SCSI synchronous data rate(10 MBytes/sec per channel)
Device Support:
Up to 7 SCSI devices per channel
External Connector(s):
50-pin high-density SCSI connector - Channel A
Internal Connector(s):
50-pin SCSI connector - Channel A
50-pin SCSI connector - Channel B
50-pin SCSI connector - Channel C
System Bus Interface:
32-bit PCI Local Bus
System Requirements:
An 80486DX or Pentium computer that complies with PCI Rev 2.0 and a
motherboard BIOS that supports PCI-to-PCI bridges
A 64-KByte BIOS and multiple interrupts, and an available full-length
PCI slot that supports bus mastering and PCI Int B
Package Includes:
AHA-3985 MultiChannel PCI-SCSI RAID Adapter
Adaptec RAID and driver software for NetWare
Adaptec CI/O Single Server Software
Sytron ProServe CX Lite tape backup software for NetWare
Device support for hard disk, removable, MO, CD-ROM tape, and DAT
drives and scanners
Two internal, 5 position SCSI ribbon cables with active termination
Supported Operating Systems:
Novell NetWare 3.10
Novell NetWare 3.11
Novell NetWare 3.12
Novell NetWare 4.0
Novell NetWare 4.01
Novell NetWare 4.10
Novell NetWare 4.11
Novell NetWare 4.12
Novell NetWare 4.20
This item is most definitely for Novell NetWare only (from the
details). I guess this item is useful and of value if you use a
NetWare server...
-John Boffemmyer IV
At 06:24 PM 11/12/2005, you wrote:
PCI interface, SCSI-2 (not wide SCSI). Still
shrink-wrapped. Let me know
if you're interested. I'm thinking $50 would be fine.
Cheers,
Chuck
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On 11/12/2005 at 10:46 PM John Boffemmyer IV wrote:
Details from adaptec.com
This item is most definitely for Novell NetWare only (from the
details). I guess this item is useful and of value if you use a
NetWare server...
Well, you do get some DOS RAID support:
"...The AHA-398x is intended primarily to support disk arrays on systems
operating under NetWare 3.11, 3.12, or 4.xx. However, it also
supports SCSI hard drives and CD-ROM drives operating under
MS-DOS 5.0 or above. Limited disk array functionality is supported
under DOS, including RAID 5 operation with a failed drive.1 The
DOS support also allows you to install NetWare from a CD-ROM
drive attached to the AHA-398x. (The DOS-based NetWare installation
program is usually distributed on CD-ROM.)
The AHA-398x package includes NetWare software drivers. It also
includes drivers needed to operate CD-ROM drives under NetWare
and DOS. The drivers are on a disk labeled AHA-3980/3985 Drivers
and RAID Utilities."
I suspect that Windoze NT and Linux will simply see this adapter as 3
2940-type SCSI adapters and use the OS native RAID support. In fact, the
ASPI driver for the AHA-2940 works just fine with this board.
Cheers,
Chuck
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