Initio I/O HIGHWAY - Manual (Page 18)

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Host Adapter Setup
DOS Space > 1 GB. Using this option allows for single disk capacities to be extended
up to 8 GBytes (yes). Please refer to the Appendix titled DOS Space > 1 GB for further
information on this feature.
• (NO) DOS limits the number of cylinders per drive to 1024. The host adapter defines
head and sector usage to 64 heads and 32 sectors. This format allows for maximum
capacity of 1 gigabyte per disk storage.
• (YES) The upper limit can be extended from 1 GByte to 8 GBytes by increasing the
number of heads to 255 and sectors used per track to 63. This is a powerful option.
DATA CAN BE LOST BY CHANGING SETTINGS.
Spin Up Disk Drive. This option is used to initiate motor spin-up for SCSI disk drives.
The host adapter BIOS can limit system power requirements during power-up. This is
accomplished by signaling the device to start at delayed intervals (default setting will be
‘no’).
Enable Disconnect. The host adapter uses this option to allow a device to temporarily
disconnect from the SCSI bus (referred to as disconnect/reconnect). This allows the
host adapter to perform other functions on the bus while the device is temporarily
disconnected. The device and the host adapter can then reconnect when the bus is
needed (default setting will be ‘yes’).
Adapter Setup
Host Adapter SCSI Bus ID. Used to change the adapter’s SCSI ID on the SCSI bus.
The narrow host adapters provides eight ID’s available numbered 0-7, with 7 having the
highest priority (and ID-7 reserved for the host adapter).
Installation of additional host adapters is permitted on the same PCI bus. This will allow
the system to have more than one SCSI bus attached. Under these conditions, SCSI
ID’s can be repeated.
Boot Device ID. This option selects which SCSI device will be the designated boot
device for the system. The default ID for this option is 0.
SCSI Terminators. This option is used to set auto-termination located on the host
adapter card. This option is also used to manually control termination on the host
adapter. The normal setting for this option is auto.