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General Release Notes

IBM Ultra320 SCSI Controller 2

P/N 13N2249, FRU 13N2250

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Please review this file for important information about generic 

Ultra320 SCSI issues and erratas. Refer to the individual readme 

files located with the appropriate software for more specific

information.  The following information is available in this file:



   1. Software Versions and Documentation on CD

   2. Important Ultra320 Issues

   3. CD Structure





1. Software Versions and Documentation on CD



Detailed information on documentation and drivers may be viewed by

opening the index.htm file with a web browser.



   In the case of conflict between various parts of the 

   documentation, this file contains the most current information.



   1.1. Controller & Utility Software: 

        -  Ultra320 SCSI BIOS version: 4.10  

        -  EZ-SCSI version: 6.0



2. Important Ultra320 Issues





   2.1. Driver Installation



        - Refer to the individual readme files associated with each

          of the operating system drivers for detailed information

          on installation procedures.



        - When loading a new driver during a fresh installation of

          Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP, the operating system will not be

          able to load the driver directly from the CD. In this

          case, be sure to create a driver diskette with the disk

          creation utility provided on this CD.



   2.2. System or Technology Compatibility Issues



        For operating system specific issues and erratas, please

        refer to the individual readme files associated with each

        of the operating system drivers for detailed information

        on installation procedures.



        - Ultra320 SCSI controller must negotiate slower with a

          Kingston hard drive enclosure:



          In order for a Kingston hard drive enclosure to function

          correctly with an Ultra320 SCSI controller, the 

          negotiation speed in SCSISelect must be set to 

          10MB/second.



        - Multi-initiator configurations are supported with

          Ultra160 and previous generation hard drives:



          Current generation Ultra320 hard drives do not support

          this configuration.



        - Ultra320 hard disk drive support:



          Adaptec only supports Ultra320 hard drives that have the

          latest firmware available. Please check with your hard

          drive manufacturer to ensure you have the latest version.



        - FMSUTIL Lockup in Windows XP:



          In a Windows XP system with an NVIDIA video card, the 

          FMSUTIL Driver Disk Creation Utility may lock up. This is

          a video driver bug that can be fixed by downloading and

          installing the latest video card drivers from NVIDIA's

          website.



	- Attachment of Harddisks via a hotswap backplane is not

	  supported.





3. CD Structure



   3.1. Device Driver Directories



   Some operating systems will allow you to install a device driver

   directly from this CD-ROM. In that case, refer to the list below

   for the path to the latest device driver:



   Device Drivers for Ultra320-class Host Adapters

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   MS-DOS 6.xx (ASPI).................\drivers\dos

   NetWare 5.1/6.0/6.5................\drivers\netware\       

   Open UNIX 8/UnixWare 7.1.3.........\drivers\caldera

   Windows NT 4.0.....................\drivers\windows\winnt40

   Windows 2000/XP/2003 32-bit IA.....\drivers\windows\win32bit

   Windows XP/2003 64-bit IA..........\drivers\windows\win64bit\intel64

   Windows 2003 64-bit AMD............\drivers\windows\win64bit\amd64

   Windows 2003 Storport Drivers......\drivers\windows\windows 2003

   Windows XP 64-bit..................\drivers\windows\winxp64

   RedHat Linux.......................\drivers\linux\redhat

   SuSE Linux.........................\drivers\linux\suse

   OS/2 Warp for eBusiness............\drivers\os2





   3.2. Documentation and Software Directories



   Documentation Directory

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   User's and Installation Guides...\docs

   User's and Installation Guides...\htmlguid



   Software Directory

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   Adaptec EZ-SCSI 6.0...................\software\ez_scsi

   Adobe Acrobat Reader v5.05 (Windows)..\software\acrobat_reader





   3.3. Other Directories



   Scripts and Diskette images......\data

   Images for HTML Guide............\images