Adaptec AHA-2940 2940, 2940W SCSI host adapter Installation Guide

Below you will find brief information for SCSI host adapter AHA-2940 2940, SCSI host adapter AHA-2940 2940W. The Adaptec AHA-2940 and AHA-2940W PCI-to-Fast SCSI host adapters provide a powerful multitasking interface between your computer’s PCI bus and SCSI devices (disk drives, CD-ROM drives, scanners, tape backups, removable media drives, etc.). Both adapters support the SCSI Configured AutoMatically (SCAM) protocol, which automatically assigns SCSI IDs and resolves conflicts at bootup. You can connect up to seven internal and external 8-bit SCSI devices to the AHA-2940, and up to 15 devices (seven 8-bit internal and eight Wide (16-bit) internal or external SCSI devices, or 15 Wide internal and external SCSI devices) to the AHA-2940W.

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Key features

  • Supports SCSI Configured AutoMatically (SCAM) protocol

  • Connects up to 7 internal/external 8-bit devices (AHA-2940)

  • Connects up to 15 devices (AHA-2940W)

  • Supports both 8-bit and 16-bit Wide SCSI

  • Includes SCSISelect configuration utility

  • Supports low-level formatting and disk verification

  • Provides automatic SCSI termination

  • Supports Plug and Play

  • Includes support for removable disks

  • Offers extended BIOS translation for DOS drives

Frequently asked questions

The AHA-2940 can connect up to seven internal and external 8-bit SCSI devices.

SCAM stands for SCSI Configured Automatically. It allows the host adapter to dynamically assign SCSI IDs to devices and resolve conflicts at bootup.

You can use the SCSISelect utility to enable or disable termination on the AHA-2940.

You can use the SCSISelect utility to format or verify a SCSI disk drive.

Use the SCSISelect utility to change the Boot Target ID setting to correspond to the SCSI ID of the device you are booting from.

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