Kouwell KW-898A HD Controller & Removable drive

Company

Kouwell

Categories

HD Controller & Removable drive

Model

Kouwell KW-898A

Description

Drivers

Operating System

Windows 95-98-NT,OS-2,UNIX

Size Driver

1.5MB

File Name

898a.exe

Observations

Installation Guide for the Symbios SDMS Drivers: SYMC8XX.SYS V4.13.00
SYM_HI.SYS V4.13.00
LSI_U3.SYS V5.01.00

This file describes the features and use of the Symbios SDMS device
drivers for the Windows NT 3.5x/4.x operating system environment. It is
divided into the following sections:

Introduction for Windows NT 3.5x/4.x
Features
Symbios Devices Supported
Description

Installing the SYMC8XX.SYS/SYM_HI.SYS/LSI_U3.SYS Driver(s)
New System Installation
CD-ROM Installation
Boot Floppy Disk Installation
Existing System Installation
Windows NT 4.x
Windows NT 3.5x
Performance Tuning for NT 4.0
Large Block Size Support
Maximum Number of Concurrent I/Os
Disk Mirroring
Troubleshooting
******************** Introduction for Windows NT 3.5x/4.x ********************

Windows NT is an operating system designed to run on processors using current
technology. It provides a graphical user interface environment incorporating
many high-level features (refer to the Microsoft Windows NT documentation
for details). An I/O manager handles I/O requests in Windows NT. To address
a SCSI peripheral, the I/O manager goes through the appropriate drivers.
Class drivers for hard disk, floptical, CD-ROM, printer, and scanner
peripherals are provided in Windows NT.

Other class drivers, provided by peripheral manufacturers, may be added to
support new devices. Tape device support is built into the operating system
itself and does not require a class driver. LSI Logic and Microsoft provide
miniport drivers, called SYMC8XX.SYS, SYM_HI.SYS, and LSI_U3.SYS to complete
the path to a Symbios controller or processor with an optional SDMS SCSI
BIOS. The next sections describe these drivers and their installation.
* * * * * * * * * * * Features * * * * * * * * * * * *

o Supports Ultra3 Data Transfers (for chips that support this feature)
o Supports Domain Validation (for LSI_U3.SYS driver only)
o Synchronous negotiation (including Fast SCSI/Ultra SCSI/Ultra2 SCSI)
o Wide negotiation
o Tagged command queuing
o Supports multiple host adapters
o Supports multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs)
o Allows Disconnect/Reselect
o Supports Scatter-Gather
o Provides Differential support
o Supports SCSI pass-through functionality
o Supports disk array configurations with no LUN 0
o Supports disk array configurations with non-contiguous LUNs
o Supports target initiated negotiation
o Auto request sense
o Maximum block size support: NT 4.0 - 1 MB, NT 3.5x - 256K
o NVRAM support (wide/sync parameters, SCSI Host ID)
* * * * * * * * Symbios Devices Supported * * * * * * * * *

The SYMC8XX.SYS driver is named "Symbios PCI (53C8XX)" for driver
installation. It supports the following devices and Symbios host adapters
based on those devices:

o SYM53C810, SYM53C810A, SYM53C810AE (SYM8100S, SYM8100ASP)
o SYM53C815 (SYM815XS, SYM8150SP)

Company

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