Initio I/O HIGHWAY - Manual (Page 7)

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Product Features
• PCI Compatibility: The PCI Bus is a 32-bit bus with multiplexed address and data
lines. I/OHIGHWAY is compliant with PCI 2.1 bus protocol, electrical and mechanical
specifications.
• Plug and Play: I/OHIGHWAY has an on-board read only memory (ROM) to provide the
necessary configuration mechanisms for installation, configuration, and booting
without user intervention.
• 133 MBytes per second PCI burst mode: The 32-bit data path for the PCI bus
structure running in a synchronous mode at 33 MHz gives maximum operating speeds
of 133 MBytes/second.
• 10 MBytes per second data transfer: Up to 10 MBytes/sec synchronous FastSCSI
data transfers for I/OHIGHWAY .
• Programmable/Automatic SCSI Termination: Allows the user to choose between
programmable or auto-SCSI termination, eliminating the need to remove system unit
covers each time a change is made in SCSI bus configuration.
• Onboard BIOS supports MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x: I/OHIGHWAY has the necessary
software support on-board–allowing you to run disk drive operations for MS-DOS and
Windows 3.1x without any extra drivers.
• Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, SCO UNIX, UnixWare, Linux and NetWare
Driver Support: I/OHIGHWAY is compatible with all major operating systems.
• ISGE™ Integrated Scatter/Gather Engine: Initio host adapters have incorporated
advanced hardware functions to provide increased performance in all Scatter/Gather
operations.
• No Hardware Jumpers to set: Initio host adapters embed an intelligent software
utility to set configuration options.
• Compatible with Hard Disk, CD-ROM, Optical, Tape, Printer, and other SCSI
products: I/OHIGHWAY is a complete FastSCSI implementation. All peripherals are
compliant with SCSI-2 and SCSI-1 and can be used with I/OHIGHWAY .
• 64-byte FIFO: A 64-byte FIFO buffer is designed into I/OHIGHWAY and is utilized as a
caching buffer to manage PCI to SCSI bus structure timing for data and command
transfer.
Product Features/Specifications