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Netfinity 7000 M10 - ADSM for OS/2 does not work with AIC-7895 SCSI controller

Applicable to: World-Wide

Symptom
Adstar Distributed Strorage Manager (ADSM) for OS/2 will hang the system if the on-board SCSI controller (AIC-7895) is used to connect to a tape drive.

This is a common symptom on the following tape drives:
Seagate (P/N 01K1325, 76H0485)
Quantum DLT 7000 (P/N 01K1174)
Quantum DLT 4000 (P/N 01K1320)
DDS3

Resolution
Install the latest version of the Adaptec device driver for OS/2. The old and new device drivers are shown below:

Date

Driver

File Size

6/17/98

AIC7870.ADD

133768

8/25/98

AIC7870.ADD

133768


The device drivers could be downloaded from the following IBM intranet web site:
http://netfinitysales.raleigh.ibm.com/Special/special.html

Look for Onboard SCSI Device Drivers (NT,OS/2) and follow the Readme file for installation instructions.

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Tape Drives

Date Created

25-09-98

Last Updated

07-01-99

Revision Date

07-01-2000

Brand

IBM PC Server

Product Family

Netfinity 7000 M10

Machine Type

8680

Model

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