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R im f ir e 3880 SCSI Host Bus Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . User’ s G u ide C ip r i c o I n c . P ubli ca tio n No . 21020 2 85 D.
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2102 028 5 D User’s Guide.
Pr eface This manual is intende d to instr uct you on how to install and use the Rimfire® 3880 (RF3880) SCSI Host Bus Adapte r. This adapt er is essentia lly c ompatible with t he Cipr ico® RF3500 s eries of ada pters.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Page ii Organiza ti on A brief descr iption o f each secti on of the manual foll ows: Overview of the RF3880 User’s Guide Chapter 1: Product Overvie w - Provid es an overview of the RF3880, to acquaint you wit h t he pr oduct a s a whole.
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Conventions Page iii Co nvent ion s Thi s manual incorpora tes t he foll owing con ventions: Notational 1. An upper case lette r H following a number indic a tes the number is a hexade cimal v alue ( e .g. , 32 = 20H and 25 5 = FFH).
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Page iv Reference Doc uments Reference Documen t s The following documents a pply to the Ciprico Rimfi re 3880 SCSI host bus adapter and may be of inter est t o you: VMEbus.
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Table of C ontents Page v Ta ble o f Contents Pre fac e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Org ani za tio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Table of Contents Pag e vi Status Po rt Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 13 Status Po rt: General Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 14 Re se t Po rt . . . . .
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Table of C ontents Pag e vi i Sum ma ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 2 What the Adapter m ust a ccomp lish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 3 Th e B ase Pa ram ete r Bl ock .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Table of Contents Pag e vi i i Index Guide lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 21 Command Guid eline s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 21 Adding a Paramet er Block .
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Table of C ontents Page ix What must the adapt er acc omplish in Target Mode? . . . . . 6 - 4 The adapter m ust pr ovide a m e a ns to i nform the Host that it ha s be en selected by an initiator .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Table of Contents Pag e x Targe t Mode R esponse C omma nd S tatus B lock . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 19 Status Bl ock Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 19 Descr iption of Field s . . .
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Table of C ontents Page xi Descr iption of Field s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 10 Command Identif ier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 10 Fla gs F i eld . . . . .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Table of Contents Pag e xi i Diagnos tic/Sel f-test (09H) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 24 Com ma nd Fo rm at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 24 Descr iption of Field s .
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Table of C ontents Page xiii Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 33 Board Inf ormation Data Str uct ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 33 Descr iption of Field s .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Table of Contents Pag e xi v Re tr y L imi t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 46 Retry Contr ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 47 Se le ct T ime -ou t .
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Table of C ontents Pag e xv Status or M ess age Seque nces Sent to the Initia tor (by th e A dap te r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 1 8 A Err or Cod es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Table of Contents Pag e xv i Sum ma ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E - 2 Featu res no longer Supporte d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E - 3 Scatt er/Gather Opera tions .
1 Product Overview This chapter pr ovides an overvie w of the RF3880 product a nd is intended to orient yo u to th e pr oduct as a whol e, bef ore foc using on specifi c areas in the chapters that f ollow.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 1 Product O verview Pag e 1 - 2 About the Rimfire 3880 De sign Abou t the Rim fi r e 38 80 Design The Rimfir e 388 0 contrib utes t o the family of VME/SCSI adapter.
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Chapter 1 P roduct Overvie w About the Ri mfire 3880 Des ign Page 1 - 3 Buffer Management It is i n the buf fer ma nagem ent t ech nique emp loyed by the RF3880 that the unique dedicati on to bandwi dth application s is re alized.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 1 Product O verview Pag e 1 - 4 What ne xt? Wh at n ext? Depending on what y ou wis h to do next, you shoul d turn to one of the followi ng ch apt er s: To lear n more about the RF3880 h ardware: — Continue to C hapter 2.
2 Hardware Essentials.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Pag e 2 - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on This chapte r explains, in text and il lustra tions, t he basic st ructure of the RF3880 hardware and is provided to assis t you with inst alling and communicati ng wi th the bo ard.
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Hardware Structure and Descript ion Page 2 - 3 Ha rdware Stru ct ur e a nd Descrip tion The RF3880 hardwar e design incorpor a tes the techn.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Pag e 2 - 4 Hardware Struc ture and Descript ion Block Diagram The fig ure be low is a block dia gram of the RF3880 ; it il lustrate s the hardwa re just de scribe d. The Hig h Spe ed VMEbus DMA and The VMEbus Inte rrupt Generator block s are part of the P SI.
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Board Addressing Pag e 2 - 5 Board Addr essin g The B oard Address and Slave Addr ess Modifie r to whi ch the RF3880 r esponds on the VMEbus are set with jumper s on the boar d. Choosing an Address Modifier The RF3880 adapte r is an A16 S LAV E device on the VMEbus.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Page 2 - 6 Hardware Ports: General Hardwa re Po rt s: Gene ra l There are four port s tha t a r e used to communi cate with the RF3880 adapte r : Address Buff er Por t; Channel At tention Por t; Sta tus Port; a nd Reset P ort.
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Hardware Ports: G eneral Page 2 - 7 Channel At tention Port - The Channel Atte nt ion Port is your means of info rming the RF3880 a dapter th at a command i s read y to be execute d. The value y ou write to thi s port tells the adapt er wha t kind of Command Str uc ture to e xpect.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Pag e 2 - 8 Address Buffer Port Addr es s Buf fer Por t The Address B uffer P ort is a writ e-only por t. It is u se d when you wish to execute a command using a Single Command Struct ure (SCS) .
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Address Buffer P ort Page 2 - 9 Control Field Use thi s byte-wide field t o tailor the RF3880 adapter’ s use of the syste m bus. With it, you can se t- up the adapter to: • Transf er data in 16-bit , 32- bit or 64 -bit mode on the VMEbus.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Page 2 - 10 Channel Attention Port Determining a Control Fi eld value - These are t he si gnificant po ints to remember when dete rmining t he value you s hould use for the C ontrol Field: • The Contr ol Fi eld value is meant t o be set once, usuall y duri ng syste m initia lization.
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Channel Attenti on Port Page 2 - 11 Command List Channel Att ention - To execu te com man ds via C omm and List, you m u st do t he following: 1. Ha ve an active Command List. (Command Lis ts are begun by issuing the Sta rt Command List comma nd via a Single Command Str uct ure.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Pag e 2 - 12 Status Port Stat us Port The Status Port is a read-onl y port. It contain s information rega rding the conditi on of the b oard during power-up/ reset and durin g norm al boar d operati on.
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Status Port Pag e 2 - 13 Note Whenever the bo ard is rese t, the host opera tions should wai t a mini mum of five se c onds befor e test ing the RDY bi t.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Pag e 2 - 14 Status Port Status Port: General Format After the RF3880 s e l f - tests ha ve comple ted succe ssfully a nd the R DY bit i s set to one, the St at us port is used to r et urn general boar d inf ormation .
User’s Guide 2102 02 85 D Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Status Port Pag e 2 - 15 Code - Boa rd Type or E rror Code - When the ERR bi t is set t o on e, this byte w ill c ontain a ca tastrophi c error co de. If the ERR bit is zero, the code byte will cont ain the Cipric o board type .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Pag e 2 - 16 Reset Port Reset Port This is a write-o nly port. You may wr ite t o this p ort when y ou wish to ini tiate a board Reset. The write can consis t of any value bec au se t he data is ignor ed.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Descriptions of Port U s a ge Page 2 - 17 Des cr ipt ions of Port U sag e The foll owing descri be s port usage . Ass ume that th e adapter addre ss jumper s are set to a base addr ess of EE00H.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 2 Ha rdware Essentia ls Pag e 2 - 18 Descriptions o f P ort Usage.
3 Hardware Installati on.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 3 Ha rdware Insta llation Pag e 3 - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on Unifying t he parts of a sys tem into a whole r equir es a smooth tran siti on of the theoret ical into the act ual .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 3 Ha rdware Inst allation Overview of the Instal lation Proce ss Page 3 - 3 Ov ervi ew of th e Insta llatio n Pr ocess There ar e only f ive st eps involved in bri nging your RF3880 adapter into functio na lity. Each i s outli ne d brie fly b e low a nd then i n more de tail on t he foll owing pages.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 3 Ha rdware Insta llation Pag e 3 - 4 Step 1: Unpacking t he Board St ep 1: Un pack ing t he Board The RF3880 adapter is shipped to you in one box.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 3 Ha rdware Inst allation Step 2: Jumpers and Terminati on Page 3 - 5 Ste p 2: Jump ers a nd Termin ation The RF3880 boar d has four sepa rate jumper blocks, shown in the figure below.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 3 Ha rdware Insta llation Page 3 - 6 Step 2: Jumpers and Ter mination SCSI Configuration Jumpers This block of jumpers i s us ed to select pow er- up defa ults for .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 3 Ha rdware Inst allation Step 2: Jumpers and Terminati on Page 3 - 7 Bus Request/ Grant Jumper This jumper b lock is used to sele c t the l evel a t whic h the RF3880 adapt e r c an reque st and be gran ted access to the VMEbus by the ARBITER.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 3 Ha rdware Insta llation Page 3 - 8 Step 2: Jumpers and Ter mination Figure 8 Bus Request and Grant on Level 0 Sysfail Jumper The VMEbus S ysf ail signal is ( acc ording to standa r ds) to be asse rted duri ng Power-on Self -test to indic at e Self- test is occurr ing.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 3 Ha rdware Inst allation Step 2: Jumpers and Terminati on Page 3 - 9 For t he VMEbus Address Jumpers: IN - Is equ a l to a 0 for tha t addre ss bit. OUT - I s e qual t o a 1 for t hat addr ess bit. For t he Address Modifi er Jumper: IN - Is equal to Address Modi fi er 29H.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 3 Ha rdware Insta llation Page 3 - 10 Step 2: Jumpers and Ter mination SCSI bus Termination Each en d of the SCSI bus cable mus t be te r mina ted to pr event cor ruption of the data and control si gnals. The RF3880 adapte r has terminator pa c ks on the board.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 3 Ha rdware Inst allation Step 3: Board I ns ertion Page 3 - 11 Step 3: Bo ard Inser tion Although the VMEbus Spec ificat ion has very p recise m ec hanical and e lectri cal requir ements for the subrack, i t still le av es room for vari an ce in the design of the sy stem encl osure.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 3 Ha rdware Insta llation Page 3 - 12 Step 4: Apply pow er and observe LEDs St ep 4: Apply po we r and ob se rve LEDs After you have inserted t he boar d into the VMEbus s lot, appl y power t o the system. There are two LEDs on the f ac e pl a t e of the R F3880: one is green and the othe r is amber.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 3 Ha rdware Inst allation Step 4: Appl y power and observ e LEDs Page 3 - 13 Error Conditions The amber LED i s used to indic ate an error condition. These are the conditions indic ated by the amber LED: BLINKS - This indicate s that the adapte r has had a self- test fai lur e.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 3 Ha rdware Insta llation Page 3 - 14 Step 5: Configure and Connect SCSI Devic es St ep 5: Co nfi gur e an d Connect SCSI Devices The RF3880 can communic ate wit h any SCSI device tha t adheres to th e SCSI Common Command Set.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 3 Ha rdware Inst allation Step 5: Configu re and Connect SCS I Devices Page 3 - 15 resist or s i nstalled. I f t ermination is not co rre ctly applie d to the bus, dat a corr uption can occur. If you are using only two devices on the bus (the RF3880 and one periphe ral) both must be terminate d.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 3 Ha rdware Insta llation Page 3 - 16 Step 5: Configure and Connect SCSI Devic es.
4 Command Operation.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Pag e 4 - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on The purpos e of th is chapte r i s t o provi de a comprehe nsive view of the RF388 0 firmware ope ration and how it works wi th the hardwar e desc ribed in Chapte r 2.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Wha t the A d a pter m ust ac co m pl is h Page 4 - 3 Wh at th e Ad ap te r must acco mplis h There ar e sev eral basic o per ationa l re quir e.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Pag e 4 - 4 The Base P a r am et er Block The Ba se Pa ra me ter Block The Para meter B lock i s one of the basic bui lding bl oc ks of the RF3880 command str ucture s. It i s designe d to hol d all facts r elevan t to a singl e co mman d.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation The Base Parameter Block Page 4 - 5 Command Options, Addr e sses, and Transf er Count You will use the se fields of the Parameter Block t o supply a n a ddress and transf er count when a data transf er is required by the command you wish to issue .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Pag e 4 - 6 The Base S tatus Block The Ba se Stat us B loc k The Status Block is a nothe r of the building bl ocks of the command structu res you will be using when issuing c omm ands .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation The Base Status Block Page 4 - 7 CSB Continue d Status Block - Thi s bit indicate s that the c urrent Status Block is one of a series of Status Bl ocks generat ed because ext ended Sense Bytes are e na ble d.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Pag e 4 - 8 The Base S tatus Block Multiple Status Blocks It is possible to receive more than one Sta tus Block to indic ate the outcome of a command.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Single Command Str ucture Page 4 - 9 Sin gle Co mmand Stru ctur e There are two way s to issue a command to the RF3880 ad apter. The simple st method i nvolves the use of the Single Command s tructure.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Page 4 - 10 Single Command Structure Interrupt This field se lects the Inte r rupt level which the RF3880 ad apt er will use when the com mand issue d thr ough the S ingle Command str ucture completes.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Using a S ingl e Command S truct ure P age 4 - 1 1 Us ing a S ingl e Co mmand Stru ctur e The Single C ommand struc tur e is the fundamenta l mean s by whic h you can issue a command to the RF3880 a dapte r board.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Pag e 4 - 12 Some Example S ingle Commands Some Examp le Singl e Comma nds The following examp les will help you understand how to use the Si ngle Command structur e. Two examp les are given he r e.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Some Example Single Com ma nds Page 4 - 13 System Memory addr ess of the Command List struct ure. Interrupt = 030 0 H Indi cates that an Inte rrupt Level of 3 be used for Command List status . Command = 0 1H This valu e is the Sta rt Command List command code.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Page 4 - 14 Some Example Single Commands 5. T he examp le bo ard i s jump ered at ad dre s s E E00H. The three writ es to the Ad d ress Buffer Por t at a ddr ess EE00H will be as follows: 1.) 843DH 2.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Some Example Single Com ma nds Page 4 - 15 Example 2:Inquiry Pass-through Command This e xample descri be s the issue of a Ini tiator P ass-through comm and. T he SCSI Inqui ry comm a nd is f ully de scribed in the SCSI speci ficatio n.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Page 4 - 16 Some Example Single Commands SCSI 6 byte Command Descriptor B l ock - The se six byt es of command information are ex plained i n the SCSI spe cificati on. 3. Fill in the Inter rupt Word of the Single command Struc tur e .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Some Example Single Com ma nds Page 4 - 17 6. Read the Hardwa re Status Port at addres s EE10H. Si nce the ENT bit of the Stat us Port toggles betwe en 0 and 1 with each Single Command Channel Atten tion iss ue, t he value r eturne d coul d be 0202H or 0203H depending on t he previ ous va lue.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Page 4 - 18 Command List Structure Comma nd Li st Structu re The previous pa ge s have di scussed the use o f a Single Command S tructur e to issue a command to the RF3880 adapter . This section deals with the ot her method of oper ation: the Command List S truc ture.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Command List Str ucture Page 4 - 19 Status Block OUT Index The Status B lock OUT Index a dvances whe n the Host r eads a S tatus Block from the array to i ndicate that a Stat us Block has be en read.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Page 4 - 20 Creating the Command List Structure Cr eatin g the Comma nd Li st Structu re To crea te a C omm and List Struct ure you should perfo rm the followi ng steps in the order indic ated: 1.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Using a Command List Structure Page 4 - 21 Us ing a Co mmand Li st Stru ctur e The Command List Structu r e is a fast method of sending c ommands to th e RF3880 adapte r. This section exp lains usage of the ind exes.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Pag e 4 - 22 Using a Command List Structure Adding a Parameter Block To ad d an entry to the Pa ram et er Bl ock arra y , fol low these steps: 1. Compare the Paramete r Block I N I ndex to the OUT Index to be sure the array is n ot ful l.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Example ‘C’ R o uti nes for Com mand List Page 4 - 23 Examp le ‘C’ Routines for Co mmand Li st The following ‘C’ list ing is include.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Page 4 - 24 Example ‘ C’ Routines for Command Lis t BYTE cdb[ 12]; /* cdb - Comman d Descri ptor Block/ } parameter _block; /* st a tus_blo ck - a str uc tur e use d to ho ld the stat us inf or mation that is retu r ned f rom * the adapter .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 4 Com mand Operation Example ‘C’ R o uti nes for Com mand List Page 4 - 2 5 { /* First: check to see if the list is full */ if ( (clist → pbin +1) % NPB == cli.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapte r 4 Command Opera tion Page 4 - 26 Example ‘ C’ Routines for Command Lis t.
5 Init iato r Mo de Pa ss- through Commands.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Pag e 5 - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on There are two types of commands that you will issu e to the RF3880 adapte r : Pass-throug h a nd ada pter Board-c ontrol . B oar d-contr ol commands are cover ed in Chapter 7.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 5 I nitiator Mode Pass- through Commands Initiat or Pass-through P arameter Bloc k Format Page 5 - 3 Initia tor Pass- thr ough Para mete r Blo ck Fo r ma t In Chapt er 4, a Base Parameter Bl ock was introduc ed and expl ained in a gener al context.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Page 5 - 4 Init ia tor P ass-through Parameter Bloc k Form at Flags-1 The Flags -1 byte c ontrols the command ope ration. Its bi ts have t hese meani ngs: Note Bits 7, 2 and 1 w o rk int ra-de p e ndent ly.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 5 I nitiator Mode Pass- through Commands Initiat or Pass-through P arameter Bloc k Format Page 5 - 5 Setting DBV, DAT and DIR Bits The DAT and DIR bits, toget her, i ndicate whether a data transfer s hould be expec ted f or a give n command, and if so, whi ch direct ion it wil l be : to or fr om the tar get.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Page 5 - 6 Init ia tor P ass-through Parameter Bloc k Form at Table of DAT and DIR Automatic Settings The following ta ble de.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 5 I nitiator Mode Pass- through Commands Initiat or Pass-through P arameter Bloc k Format Page 5 - 7 2BH 0 0 E xt en ded See k 2CH 1 0 Ciprico Def ined 2DH 1 0 2EH 1.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Page 5 - 8 Init ia tor P ass-through Parameter Bloc k Form at 59H 0 0 no t d efine d 5AH 1 0 Mode Sens e (10) 5BH 0 0 not de .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 5 I nitiator Mode Pass- through Commands Initiat or Pass-through P arameter Bloc k Format Page 5 - 9 Flag s-2 The bi ts of this field ar e used to select SCSI-2 and a dditional com m and c ontrol feat ures impl ement ed by the R F3880 adapter.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Page 5 - 10 Init ia tor P ass-through Parameter Bloc k Form at IAD Inhibit Automatic Disconnect - If you enable SCSI disconne.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 5 I nitiator Mode Pass- through Commands Initiat or Pass-through P arameter Bloc k Format Page 5 - 11 Message Format When you s et the JS M bit in the Fla gs-2 fie l.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Page 5 - 12 Init ia tor P ass-through Status Bloc k Form at Init iator Pass- t hr o ug h S tat us Blo ck Forma t In Chapter 4, a Base Status Block was int ro duced and explained in ge nera l terms.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 5 I nitiator Mode Pass- through Commands Initiat or Pass-through S tatus Bloc k Format Page 5 - 13 CSB Continue d Status Block - This bit indi c ate s tha t the current Sta tus Block is o ne of sev eral Status Bloc ks ge nerate d becau se ex tend ed Sen se Byt es are ena bled.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Pag e 5 - 14 Initiator P ass-through Status Bloc k Form at SC SI St atus When a SCSI device complete s a command, duri ng the STATUS pha se of the SCSI bus it return s a S C SI Status Byte Code to the adapte r.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 5 I nitiator Mode Pass- through Commands Initiat or Pass-through S tatus Bloc k Format Page 5 - 15 The unexpe c t e d phase e ncount ered can be deter mined by interpre ting the state of the three s ignals:. This is de scribed below: See your SCSI or SCSI-2 specif ication for more information about SCSI phases.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Page 5 - 16 Init ia tor P ass-through Status Bloc k Form at Default Sense By tes You will rec eive the defau lt eight b ytes .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 5 I nitiator Mode Pass- through Commands Initiat or Pass-through S tatus Bloc k Format Page 5 - 17 Sele ct abl e Se nse B yte s You also have t he option to sele ct which (up to 16) of the 256 pos sible Sense bytes be retur ne d in t he Status Block and in what orde r they should a ppear.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 5 Initiator Mode Pass-through Commands Page 5 - 18 Init ia tor P ass-through Status Bloc k Form at.
6 Target Mode Pass- through Commands.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Pag e 6 - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on With the RF3880 you have t he option to u se the adapter a s a target on t he SCSI bus. The RF3 880 m ay ope rate as a target, as an initi a t or , or as both a ta r get a nd an ini tiator a t th e same t ime.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Overview of Target Mode Page 6 - 3 Ov ervi ew of Ta rget Mod e Of course , if you are familia r with the SCSI specifi catio n, y.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 4 Overview of Target Mode What must the adapter accomplish in Target Mode? There are spe cial commands, s etup rules .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Overview of Special Target Mode Commands Page 6 - 5 Ov ervi ew of Specia l Tar g et Mode Co mmands To implement the Ta r get Mode describe d in the previ ous pag es, thr ee new com ma nds an d a new typ e o f Stat us Blo ck were used.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 6 Command Descriptor Block Group Codes Comma nd Descript o r Blo ck Gr oup Code s The RF3880 will d e code t he group number o f a S CSI command, a nd only receive th e num be r o f comm a nd byte s specifi ed by that group code.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Command Operation Page 6 - 7 Co mmand Oper ation In this section, the sequence of events tha t can be e xpe ct ed and t he parts that the adapt er and Host must play are d es crib ed .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 8 Command Operation Sequence of Events— Receiving a command from an Initiator The foll owing sequen ce occurs wh e n an i nitiator se lects t he RF3880: 1. An i niti at or sele cts the RF3880 as a SCSI target device, and sends a SCSI comma nd.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Command Operation Page 6 - 9 Sequence of Events— Responding to an Initiator The following events must occ ur for the adapter t.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 10 Target Selection Data Structure Targe t Se lec tion Dat a Structu re The Tar get Sel ection Data Struc ture is used by the adapte r to give the Host driver infor mation about the tra nsaction reque ste d of the adapter by a SCSI initia tor.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Target Selec tion Data Struc ture Page 6 - 11 Flags Fie ld This field contains f lags that repor t the s tatus of the selecti on process. The format of this field i s as fo llows: TME Target Mode Enabled - This bit indic ates the curre nt sta tus of Ta rget Mode.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 12 Target Selection Data Structure SCSI Flags This byte indic ates t he st atus of the curr e nt c ommand, a nd of the SCSI bus . You must use it to check for certa in cond itions that may have occurre d and need spe cific action.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Target Selec tion Data Struc ture Page 6 - 13 Error Sequence Code - The Error Seque nce Code t ells you, accor ding to the followi ng tabl e, w h ere in the select ion pro cess an un reco ve rabl e error occur red, or a Message Byte was se nt from t he initiato r .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 14 Target Selection Data Structure SCSI CDB fields These 12 byte s contain the SCSI 6, 1 0, or 12 byte c ommand recei ved f rom the initia tor that selec te d t he R F 3880.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Target Mode Respons e Command Page 6 - 15 Ta rget Mod e Res ponse Co mmand After t he adapter has receive d a sele ction from an.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 16 Target Mode Re sponse Command Flags-1 The Flags -1 byte c ontains s pe c ific c ontrols f or the ope ration of the Target Mode Response command.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Target Mode Respons e Command Page 6 - 17 Response Control Flags Since the ada pter, acting a s a Targe t, controls the phases o.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 18 Target Mode Re sponse Command Note As an ex ample of how to use t he bit s of the Response Contr ol Flags field, suppo se you wish to chec k the da ta that the RF3880 receive s f r om an ini tiator be fore determining wha t a ction to ta ke.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Target Mode Respons e Command Status Block Page 6 - 19 Ta rget Mod e Res ponse Co mmand Sta tus Block In Chapter 4, a B ase S ta tus Bl ock was introduce d and expla ined in general terms .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 20 Target Mode Re sponse Command Status Block Flags This byte can be polle d to ascer tain whether, a nd in wha t condition, a c ommand completed.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass-through Commands Target Mode Respons e Command Status Block Page 6 - 21 Command Status Fla gs This byte in dicates the sta tus of t he current command, and of the SCSI bus. You must use it to check for certain condit ions that may have occurr ed and need specif ic actio n.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 6 Ta rget Mode Pass- through Commands Page 6 - 22 Target Mode Re sponse Command Status Block Error Sequence Code - The Erro r Sequenc e C o de tells you, accord ing to the foll owing table , where in the proc ess an unr ecoverabl e error occ urred, or a Message B yte was se nt fr om the initiat or.
7 Board-co ntrol Commands.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on There are two types of commands that you will issu e to the RF3880 adapte r : Pass-throug h c ommands, and adapter Board-cont rol commands. This cha pter concentra tes on Board-contr ol c ommands.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Using the Ref erence Page 7 - 3 Us ing t he Reference The RF3880 adapter re cognize s the type of command it is receivi ng by th e contents of the ID fie ld of its paramete r block.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 4 General S tatus Bloc k Gene ral S tatu s Block Whe n a Boar d-contr ol command does not r e turn a speci al type of Sta tus Block, it is ass umed that it s Statu s B lock wil l take the general format.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands List of Com mands Pag e 7 - 5 Li st of Co mmands The se are the Board-cont rol commands tha t you c an use to se t-up the R F3880 opera tion in your system.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 6 Star t C o m man d L i s t (01H ) Start Comma nd List (01H ) With this command you can instruct the RF3880 adapt er to beg in operatin g from a C ommand List.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Star t Com m and L is t (0 1H) Pag e 7 - 7 Interrupt This f ield define s the int e rrupt level f or the adapte r to use when report ing command comple tion.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 8 St o p C o m ma n d Li s t ( 02H ) Stop Co mmand List (02H ) The S top Command List c omm a nd is use d to grac efully halt Command List operati ons. Upon receipt of this co mm and, the adap te r will accept no further additio ns to t he Command List que ue.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Identify ( 05H) Pag e 7 - 9 Iden tify ( 05H) This command returns a special S ta tus Block that contains info rmat ion about the Firmware i nstall ed on the board.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 10 Identify (05H) Identify Command Status Block The Status Block ret urned by the Identi fy command conta ins f ields that are slightly dif ferent f rom the st andard Status Block.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Identify ( 05H) Pa ge 7 - 11 Option Fla gs The Options f ie ld of the Identify command Status Block has the fol lowing form at: RST Reset Jumper - Indic ate s whether the SCSI bus wi ll be r eset at po wer- up and when adapter is r eset thr ough the reset por t.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 12 Boar d S ta ti sti cs (06 H) Board St ati sti cs (06 H) The RF3880 adapte r keeps track of several type s of board statisti cs. This partic ular command maintains c om patibility wi th earli e r R F35XX pr oducts; it is used to report thr ee types of stati stic s.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Boar d Sta ti sti cs (06H ) Pag e 7 - 13 Options This f ield has the foll owing bit- meanings : CLR Clear - Thi s bit a llows you to c lear t he inte rnal st ati stic v alues cu rrently stor ed.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 14 Boar d S ta ti sti cs (06 H) Statistics Data Structure The Sta tistic s Data S tructure retur ned fr om a Board S tatistic s .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands General Options (07H) P age 7 - 1 5 Gene ral Opt ions (07 H ) The General Option s c ommand al lows you to selec t how the RF3 880 adapter trea ts system and S CSI operati on. The optio ns you can sele ct are g e ner a l to the enti re SCSI bus.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 16 Ge ne ral Opti ons (0 7H) Bus Throttle Note The a dap t e r will en for ce a m in i m um bu r st si z e equal to the tr a nsfer width.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands General Options (07H) P age 7 - 1 7 PAR Check SCSI Bus Parity - This bit allows you to select whether t he adapte r che cks er r ors in pa r ity that o ccurred on the SCSI bus . (Th e de fault i s set by SCSI confi guration jumper s.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 18 Unit Opti ons (08H) Unit Option s (08H ) The Unit Options c ommand a llows you to in dividu ally ta ilo r how the RF3880 adapter ope rates, in e ither i niti a tor or targe t mode, with e ach S CSI devic e on the bu s.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Unit Optio ns (08H) Page 7 - 19 Disconnect Time-out If you have e na b led SCSI bus Disconnect/Rec onnect wit h the Gen eral Op t ions com.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 20 Unit Opti ons (08H) RCE Retry Command Errors - Allows you to se lect whether the adapt er will respond to a devic e error with a retry of the faile d com mand. 0 ⇒ D o not ret ry f or devi ce er rors.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Unit Optio ns (08H) Page 7 - 21 IAT Inhibi t ATN Signal - With t his bit you c a n se lect whethe r t he adap te r will ass ert the ATN signal durin g selec tion of a ta rg et.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 22 U n it Opti ons (08H) If more than 32 bytes of sequenti a l sense inf ormation is requ est ed, the c ount will be set t o 8 a n d error cod e A1H wil l be returned.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Unit Optio ns (08H) Page 7 - 23 If the Sen se C ount fiel d is set to 0 , but there are non-zero va lues in t he Select e d Sense by tes f.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 24 Diagnosti c/Self-te st (09H) Di agno stic/ Sel f-t est (09H ) The Diagnos tic/Self-Te st command duplicate s most of the test s perf ormed at power-up. You ca n select which te sts will be p erfo rmed .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Diagnostic/Sel f-test ( 09H) Pag e 7 - 2 5 186XL 80186XL P rocessor Test - Thi s rout ine ver ifies that t he int e rnal regist e rs of th.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 26 Diagnosti c/Self-te st (09H) Status Block Format The Status Block ret urned from the Diagnos tic /S elf-test c ommand loo ks .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Target Mode Enable (0AH) Page 7 - 27 Ta rget Mod e Enable ( 0AH) With this command you inst ruct the RF3 880 to begin accepti ng selection f rom initia tors on the SCSI bus.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 28 Target Mode Enable (0AH) Selection I nterrupt This field is use d to de f ine the interr upt le vel for the adapte r to use when information in the Tar get Select ion Data Structur e is ready for the Hos t to read.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Target Mode Dis able (0BH) Page 7 - 29 Ta rget Mod e Disable ( 0 BH) Use the Ta rget M ode Disabl e command when you wish th e adapt er to cease respondi ng to selec tions from ini tia tors on the SCSI bus.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 30 Abort (0DH) Abort (0 DH) This c ommand is used to hal t a spe cific command.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands SCSI Hard Reset (10H) Page 7 - 31 SCSI Hard Res et (1 0H ) The SCSI Hard Rese t command simpl y asser ts the reset (RST) signa l on the SCSI bus. It wil l abort a ll commands be ing exec uted, even t hose being e xecuted by de vices t ha t ar e curre ntly di sconnected.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 32 Board Information (15H) Board Info rm ation (15H ) This command r e tu r ns a sp e cia l Board Infor mation Data Str uc t ure (in addit ion to the normal stat us block), that p r ovides i nformation ab out the curr ent configur ation of the RF3880 adapter.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Board Informat ion (15H) Page 7 - 33 Options The Options f ield is one byte wide with the foll owing format and bit-mea nings: FMT - This .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 34 Board Information (15H) Description of Fields The Data Structur e retur ned from a B o ard Inform ation command contai ns the fields shown on the follo w ing pages.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Board Informat ion (15H) Page 7 - 35 Bus Thrott le This field disp lays the currently sele c t e d throt tle option in an identical manne r as th e fi eld us ed to sele ct th rottle in th e Ge neral Opt ions command.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 36 Board Information (15H) Option Flags The Opti ons Flags byte returne d h ere is i dentic al to t he byte r etur ned with the Identif y command. I t is used to i ndica te whether a partic ular option is e nable d or ava ilable i n the rev ision of fi r mware i nstalled.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Board Informat ion (15H) Page 7 - 37 Termination This f ield retur ns t he sta tus of the S CSI fuse on the RF3880 and the condit ion of termina tor power on the SCSI cable connect or.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 38 Board Information (15H) Per Target - Disconne ct Time-out If Disconnec ts are enabled f or the ta rget with the General Opti ons c ommand, this field r epresents the amount of ti me th e a d apter will wait fo r a reconn ect before taki ng error r ecovery acti on.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Board Informat ion (15H) Page 7 - 39 Note The setting of this bit indic ates onl y t ha t you have e nabled tagged queui ng opera tion f or this targe t using the Unit Options ( or Extended Unit Opt ions) co mm and.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 40 Board Information (15H) Per Target - Synch Offse t This val ue is n ego tiated be twe en init ia tor and t a rge t whe n the ta rget is able to operate in sync hronous mode . The common value is agr eed upon via Mes sages between i nitiat or and tar get.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Exte nd ed B o ar d S tatis ti cs (16H) Page 7 - 41 Ext e n ded Board Stat istic s (16H ) The RF3880 adapter k eeps track of sever al ty pes of board stati stic s. With the Extend ed B oa r d Stati stics command you can retrieve the e xte nded set of stat istics kept by the adapte r.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 42 Exte nded B o a rd S tatis ti cs ( 16H ) Options This field has the fo llowin g format an d bi t m eani ngs: CLR Clear - This bit all ows you to cl ear the i nternal sta tistic value s cur rently stored.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Exte nd ed B oard S tatisti cs (1 6H) P age 7 - 43 Extended Statistics Data Structure The Extended S tatis tics Data S tructure retur ned .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 44 Exte nded B o a rd S tatis ti cs ( 16H ) Per SCSI Target — Queue Full Count This fi eld repo rt s the nu mber of times a target repor te d a Queue Full s ta tus.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Extended Unit O ptions (18H) Page 7 - 45 Exte nded Unit Opt ions (18 H ) This command, in either initiator or target m ode, is des igned as an enhanc ement to the Unit Options c om mand.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 46 Extended Unit Options (18H) Extended Unit Options Data Structure The Data Structur e that you will use to pass the Extended Unit Option parameter s to the RF3880 adapte r is si milar to the for mat of the Unit Opt ions Para me ter Bl ock.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Extended Unit Options ( 1 8H) Page 7 - 4 7 Retry Control This f ield is use d to particu larize t he ret ry oper ation for thi s unit. This f ield allo ws you to select t he typ e of e rrors to retry a nd how t hey are reporte d.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Page 7 - 48 Extended Unit Options (18H) Unit Flags The Unit Flags fiel d of the Exten ded Unit Options Paramet er Blo ck is where you can define command operati on for the unit.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 7 Boa rd-contr ol Commands Extended Unit Options ( 1 8H) Page 7 - 4 9 TAG - T he function of this bit va ries depending on whet he r the ada pter is in Init iator or Target Mode.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 7 Board- control Commands Pag e 7 - 50 Extended Unit Options (18H) To receive a ny number of the f irst 32 bytes of Request Sense Data (any number over eight will ge ne r ate multiple St atu s Bloc ks for each Request Sense command the adapte r is sues.
8 Details of Usage.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Pag e 8 - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on The pre vious c ha pte r s inf ormed you about t he details you wil l need t o install the bo ard, se t up command str ucture s, and i ssue c om mands t o the board a nd the per iphera ls att ached to i t.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 8 Details of Usag e Byte and Word Swappi ng Page 8 - 3 Byte and Word Swa ppin g The RF3880 adapter is f lexibl e enough to allow you to request B yte Swapping, Word Swapping, or bot h, during transf ers of command structu res.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Page 8 - 4 Byte and Word Swapping Example Pass-through Command The infor mati on in the t able be low would be required t o c omplete a paramete r block that issue s a P a ss - t hro ugh com mand.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Byte and Word Swappi ng Page 8 - 5 If wr itten to VME me mory in th e order g iven above, these c om m and paramet ers would be writte n differe .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Page 8 - 6 Byte and Word Swapping However, if you have an Intel pr ocessor , you must reinte rpret the represe ntations in thi s manual to a n o.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Byte and Word Swappi ng Page 8 - 7 Data Swapping Since the R F3880 doe s not h a ndle da ta swappi ng you m ay need to pr ovide soft ware th at will d o the swa pping whe n you ar e shar ing dat a be tween two differe nt type s of pr oc e ssors.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Pag e 8 - 8 Tagged Queuing Tagge d Qu eui ng The SCSI -2 and SCSI-3 speci fication pr ovide a protocol f or queuing commands at the device leve l.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Tagged Queuing Pag e 8 - 9 2. Choose a t ag message. There are t h ree tag mess age s s peci fied by the SC SI-2 and S CSI-3 pr otocol.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Pag e 8 - 10 Tagged Queuing Notes on Usage The following pr ovides add itional detail about how ta gged queuing works for the RF38 80. Queue Tag Numbers • The RF3880 will ne ver have duplic ate qu e ue tag numbe r s assigned at the same ti me to a ny singl e devic e.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 8 Details of Usag e Target Mode Usage and SCSI Prot ocol Handling Page 8 - 11 Ta rget Mod e Us age a nd SCSI Pro tocol Ha ndli ng Writi ng a dr iver for Target Mode requir es a stro ng fa miliari ty with the S CSI prot ocol.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Pag e 8 - 12 Ta rget Mode Usage and SCSI Protocol Ha ndling If a SCSI bus reset oc curs after a Target M ode Disable command ha s been sent to t.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 8 Details of Usag e Target Mode Usage and SCSI Prot ocol Handling Page 8 - 13 Wide Data Transfer Requests When Wide Data Transf ers are e na ble d, (WID bit set to 1.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Pag e 8 - 14 Ta rget Mode Usage and SCSI Protocol Ha ndling Parity er ror conditions If a parity e rror is detec ted on incoming mess a ge bytes, the ada pter will recei ve all of the re m aining m e ss a ge byte s (until ATN is negate d) and then request the message bytes aga in.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 8 Details of Usag e Target Mode Usage and SCSI Prot ocol Handling Page 8 - 15 Disconnect Privilege Initiator s that acce ss the adapter a s a tar get shoul d all ow disconnec t and l imit the use of the contr ol field’ s li nk bit in their SCSI commands.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Page 8 - 16 Target Mode Usage and SCSI Pr otocol Handli ng Cle ar Queu e - Treat this command as a serie s of Abort messa ges that are receive d from each init iator. This message is se nt to the host while holdi ng the SCSI bus.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Chapter 8 Details of Usag e Target Mode Usage and SCSI Prot ocol Handling Page 8 - 17 Synchronous Data Transfer Request (5 by tes) - Compare the re quested transf er period and the REQ /ACK offset with the li mits esta blishe d on the adapte r.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Chapter 8 De tails of Usage Pag e 8 - 18 Ta rget Mode Usage and SCSI Protocol Ha ndling Si mple Q ue ue Ta g (2 by tes) - Th is message r evive s a I_T_L_Q nexus for a disconne cted I/O proc ess. It will be sent by the adapte r immediately fol lowing the Identi fy m e ssa ge .
A Error Codes.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix A E rror Codes Pag e A - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on When the RF3880 adapter encount ers a comm a nd or op eration error , it wil l return a val ue in the Error byte of the Sta tus Block. This value can be used to determine t he nature of the problem the adapte r enc ountere d.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix A E rror Codes Sum mar y Page A - 3 Code Name Descrip tion 01H I nva lid Co mm an d Th is c ode wi ll be re port ed fo r th e fo llow in g co nd ition s: In a Board-c ontrol Parameter Block : co de u sed in the Comman d fiel d is not a v alid Boar d-cont rol c ommand .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendi x A Error Code s Page A - 4 Su mmar y 21H Un expect ed Di sconn ect If a SCS I devic e unexpec te dly goes to t he bus fr ee stat e, thi s co de wi l l be repo rted.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix A E rror Codes Sum mar y Page A - 5 36H T arg et Mod e M ess age Out Limi t Exc eeded The a dapte r re ceive d and reject ed u nsuppor ted or i lleg al m essa ge by te s from th e in it iato r unt il the Mess a ge Ou t P ha s e lim it w as excee ded.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendi x A Error Code s Page A - 6 Stat us P ort Error Codes Stat us Port Error Cod es In addit ion to the Error C odes t hat ar e r eported in the Status Bloc k of the command, t here i s a group of codes tha t a re used to r e por t Self -test a nom al ies and also C atast rophic Er ror C onditions.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix A E rror Codes Status Port Error Codes Page A - 7 Self-test Error Codes Se l f-test oc c u r s e ac h time the R F 38 80 is powered on or res e t . If one of the Self - test s fai l, an Error Code is repor ted in t he Statu s Po rt.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendi x A Error Code s Page A - 8 Stat us P ort Error Codes Co de De scri pt ion 00H or FDH The on board p roces sor is n ot wor king; it canno t acc ess f i r mware EPRO M; ca nnot acce ss the Stat us Port. 04H Stat ic RAM error .
B Cables an d Connectors.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix B Cables and Conne ctors Pag e B - 2 Introduction Int rod ucti on The SCSI specifi cation a ll ows device s t o op erate with eithe r a s ingle -ended or a diff erential S CSI inte rface. The diffe renc e betw een inte rfaces is the ma nner in which SCSI signals are driv e n on the cable .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix B Cables and Conne ctors SCSI Connector Page B - 3 SCSI Co nnect or The RF3880 supports the differe ntia l SCSI inte r face by use of the 68- pin “P” cable connec tor. I ts con nector pin-outs a re as shown i n the table b elow.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix B Ca bles and Conne ctors Page B - 4 VME bus Connector Pinouts VMEbus Conn ect or Pinou ts The VMEbus ba ckplane uses two conne ctors to carry the signa ls use d by the VME protoc ol.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix B Ca bles and Connectors VMEbus Connector Pi nouts Page B - 5 Pin Number Ro w B 1+ 5 V 2 GND 3 -RETRY 4+ A 2 4 5+ A 2 5 6+ A 2 6 7+ A 2 7 8+ A 2 8 9+ A 2 9 10 +A30 .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix B Ca bles and Conne ctors Page B - 6 VME bus Connector Pinouts.
C Specifications.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix C S pecifications Pag e C - 2 Introduction Int rod ucti on The RF3880 i s designed t o meet certa in physic al, el e c trica l, and envi r o nmental criteria . Its specif ications are liste d on the following pa ge.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix C Specific ations Specificat ions Page C - 3 Specif icatio ns Type Des cript ion Physi cal Singl e slot, d ouble he ight VME Euro card fo rm facto r board : Di mensio ns: 233 mm by 1 60 mm El ectr ical V ol tage: 4.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix C Specifications Page C - 4 Specific ations.
D Defaults.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix D Defaults Pag e D - 2 Introduction Int rod ucti on Each Rimfire 3880 is shi pped with the same fact or y se tt ings. If you c ha nge nothing when you recei ve your board, it will power -up with the defaults tha t are listed in this appendix.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix D Defaults Hardware Defaul ts Page D - 3 Ha rdware Defaults Thi s secti on descr ibes the defaul ts you will f ind for both the jumpers on the board, and the Har dware Por ts you will use to s e t-up the boa r d a nd operate it.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix D De faults Page D - 4 Ha rdw a re Defaults Command Defaults If you do nothing t o c hange the board opera tion by using the av ailable Boa rd- control c om mands, the adapter uses defa ults. These are l isted be low.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix D De faults Hardware Defaul ts Page D - 5 Note † This value is retur ned when Synchronous transf er rate is 10 MHz. †† This va lue is ret urned if the ful l QLogic FIFO is in u se . Both value s are zero if opera tion is in Asynchrono us mode.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix D De faults Page D - 6 Ha rdw a re Defaults.
E Design Differences.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix E Design Dif ferences Pag e E - 2 Introducti on Int rod ucti on Although t he RF3880 is c ompatible with pr evious C iprico VM E/SCSI adapters, i t is designe d to.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix E Design Diffe rences Features no longer Supported Pag e E - 3 To make differ ences easy to find, the fo llowing descr ipti ons include page numb er s tha t refere n ce other parts of this Us er’s G uide .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix E Design Dif ferences Pag e E - 4 Impl eme ntat ion Dif feren ces Im plem enta tio n D iffer ence s The following des criptions e xpla in changes made to the way t.
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Appendix E Design Diffe rences Implementation Differe nces Pa ge E - 5 Unit Opti ons a n d E xtended Unit Options Commands - The Uni t SCSI ID byte i n both c ommands c an now contain a nu mber fr om 0 t o 0FH.
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide Appendix E Design Dif ferences Pag e E - 6 How to Ma x imize Performance Uniquely Ide ntify the RF3880 In ord er t o differ ent iate the RF 3880 from the RF3560/7 0 and RF3870, a new word fie ld was added t o the Board Information Da ta St ructure r eturne d from the Board Infor mation c ommand.
A ab ort (0D H) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 3 0 adapter base model # field in board inf ormati on da ta str uctu re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 37 address buffe r port ad dres s fie lds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 1 0 ad dres s mod if ier f ield .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide I nde x Page ii command identif ier use of i n para met er bloc k . . . . . . . . .4 - 4 use of in st atu s bl ock . . . . . . . . . . . .4 - 6 command lis t struct ure cre ati n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Index Page iii F flags fi eld in base statu s bl ock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - 6 in iden tify comm and sta tus . . . . . . 7 - 10 in pass-through status block . . . . . 5 - 12 in targe t mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide I nde x Page iv M message bytes received in t arget mode . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 13, 6 - 2 2 mot o ro l a orderi n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 - 5 MS G (me ssa ge) bit . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 1 2, 6 - 21 multiple status blocks .
User’s Guide 2102 0285 D Index Page v reset por t de scr ipti on of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 16 response control flags in targe t mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 17 re tri es de term ining ret ry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 38 r etry con tr ol f ie ld .
2102 028 5 D User’s Guide I nde x Pag e vi not e on u se . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 - 1 0 ta rget mo de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 - 1 co mma nd op era tion . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 - 7 disa ble . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ciprico Rimfire 3880をまだ購入していないなら、この製品の基本情報を理解する良い機会です。まずは上にある説明書の最初のページをご覧ください。そこにはCiprico Rimfire 3880の技術情報の概要が記載されているはずです。デバイスがあなたのニーズを満たすかどうかは、ここで確認しましょう。Ciprico Rimfire 3880の取扱説明書の次のページをよく読むことにより、製品の全機能やその取り扱いに関する情報を知ることができます。Ciprico Rimfire 3880で得られた情報は、きっとあなたの購入の決断を手助けしてくれることでしょう。
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