TITLE
    DPT SCSI Family OPENSTEP Driver Overview
Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 		72262
12/16/98
12/16/98
TOPIC

    This article discusses a device driver for OPENSTEP versions 4.0 through 4.2.

DISCUSSION

    Driver: DPT SCSI family
    Last Update: December 18, 1997

    Availability Information

    A version of this driver is on the OPENSTEP CD-ROM
    No updated versions of this driver are available

    Driver Name / Installer .pkg: DPTSCSIDriver
    Driver Type: SCSI
    Driver Scope: Product Family
    Supported Components:
    PC Bus / Interface Supported by Driver*: EISA, Integrated, ISA, PCI

    General Overview notes: The DPT SCSI driver update is designed to support the 2000 and 3000 series of SCSI adapters from DPT. This driver does not support the DPT 2011 ISA Adapter. The DPT 32xx series SmartRAID SCSI adapters include RAID and Cache capability, and support from 1 to 3 SCSI channels. This driver replaces the NEXTSTEP 3.3 DPT 2000 Adapter driver.

    Supported Products / Add-on Adapters:
    Model# Bus Description
    PM2021/90 ISA SCSI adapter
    PM2021/95 ISA SCSI adapter
    PM2022/90 EISA SCSI adapter
    PM2022/95 EISA SCSI adapter
    PM2024 PCI SCSI adapter
    PM2041W * ISA Wide SCSI adapter
    PM2042W * EISA Wide SCSI adapter
    PM2044W * PCI Wide SCSI adapter
    PM2122/90 EISA SCSI adapter
    PM2122/95 EISA SCSI adapter
    PM2124 PCI SCSI adapter
    PM2124W PCI WIDE SCSI adapter
    PM2142W * EISA Wide SCSI adapter

    PM3021 ISA SCSI RAID controller (Not tested, should work)
    PM3222 EISA SCSI RAID controller
    PM3224 PCI SCSI RAID controller
    PM3224W PCI WIDE SCSI RAID controller

    DPT-TWR n/a 6-bay SCSI Tower
    DPT-TWR/W n/a 6-bay WIDE SCSI Tower (Not tested, should work)

    * These products have not yet been tested by NeXT's SQA Dept.

    Supported Products / Systems (ie integrated into PC System):
    NEC Express II P60 (On-Board)

    Special Features of Driver / Driver Notes:
    The onboard floppy controller, available on some cards, is not supported.

    This device driver provides information in the Configure application's help panel. Choose Info>Help from the Configure menu and scroll down to find this device driver's help topic.

    SCSI Driver Details

    Supported Connectors: 50-pin Centronics (Standard SCSI), 50-pin Header (Internal SCSI), 50-pin High Density (SCSI-2), 68-pin High Density (Wide SCSI)
    Access Mode:
    Attributes*: SCSI-2
    Cache Size Supported*: 16MB, 4MB, 64MB

    Known Problems

    The following products have been reported as working:

    PM2044UW PCI Ultra Wide SCSI adapter
    PM2144UW PCI Ultra Wide SCSI adapter

    PM3224W PCI WIDE SCSI RAID controller

    PM3332UW EISA Ultra WIDE SCSI RAID
    controller


    Driver Version Notes

    4.03 - Released on OPENSTEP 4.0 User CD-ROM

    * - Indicates information that is inclusive of the entire capability of this driver. Not all devices supported by this driver may include all features listed.

    Product Vendor
    Distributed Processing Technology
    140 Candace Drive
    Maitland, FL 32751
    USA

    +1 (407) 830 5522 phone
    +1 (407) 831 6432 bulletin board system
    +1 (407) 260 5366 fax
    URL: http://www.dpt.com

Document Information
Product Area: Apple Software
Category: OPENSTEP
Sub Category: Drivers

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