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AHA-3940

Adaptec's AHA-3940 and AHA-3940W MultiChannel host adapters are designed for use in computers that have 5-volt Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) interface slots. Each AHA-3940 and AHA-3940W MultiChannel host adapter has two SCSI channels, each of which functions as an independent host adapter. Channel A has both an internal and an external SCSI connector; Channel B has only an internal SCSI connector. With the AHA-3940, you can connect up to seven 8-bit SCSI devices per channel. With the AHA-3940W, you can connect up to fifteen 16-bit (Wide) SCSI devices per channel.

Note: Only drivers that are not included or embedded within a supported operating system are listed below. To see a complete list of supported operating systems see the Product Specifications

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Hardware Installation: how to install your adaptec pci card (html 74 kb); pci architecture overview (html 74 kb)

Installing Drivers or Software: cd install netware 401 (html 69 kb); 7800 netware instructions (html 81 kb); 7800 family manager set 98 contents (html 68 kb); installing 98 driver (html 70 kb); windows 98 issues (html 70 kb); 7800 miniport issues in 95 (html 70 kb); installing windows nt driver (html 82 kb); 7800 supported adapters (html 72 kb); aic7870.dsk options (html 76 kb); 7800 netware contents (html 70 kb); 7800 issues for netware (html 71 kb); 7800 netware notes (html 70 kb); miniport options (html 70 kb); 2940 winnt 3.x (html 70 kb); 7800 diskette contents (html 68 kb); os/2 driver installation (html 68 kb); unix driver disk conversion (html 69 kb); loading adaptec dsk drivers (html 71 kb); netware 3.12 cd install (html 68 kb); 7800 unix driver instructions (html 75 kb); os/2 driver notes (html 77 kb); 7800 os/2 diskette (html 69 kb); 7800 os/2 issues (html 68 kb); sco unix driver installation (html 75 kb)

Interoperability: 7800 fms support list (html 72 kb); 3940 pci bridge list (html 76 kb)

Product Documentation: Install Guide for the AHA-3940/3940W (PDF 148 KB); User Guide for the AHA-3940/3940W (PDF 577 KB)

Use Your Product: scsi<i>select</i> user's guide (html 83 kb); scsi terms explained (html 77 kb); sense codes described (html 96 kb)

Number of devices
	Up to 7 devices under DOS 5.0 and above

Bus System Interface Type
	PCI Local Bus

Data Transfer Rate
	20 Mbytes/sec (10 Mbytes/sec per channel) Two channel Fast SCSI-2

Package Contents

AHA-3940 or AHA-3940W PCI MultiChannel host adapterSCSISelect configuration softwareAdaptec EZ-SCSI software for DOS and WindowsAdaptec 7800 Family Manager Set softwareDevice support for hard disk, removable, MO, CD-ROM, Photo CD, tape, DAT, scanner, and Floptical® drivesAdaptec CI/O Single Server software for NetWare network serversSytron's Proserve CX Lite - tape backup software for NetWareComplete hardware and software documentationInternal SCSI ribbon cables (external cable not included)

Warranty
	5 year

Supported Protocols

8-bit Fast SCSI-2

Advanced SCSI Features

Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) compliant
Multitasking operating system support (through scatter/gather, disconnect/reconnect, tagged command queuing support)
Independent negotiation of high-speed data transfers (Fast, Wide, and synchronous) with each device
Support for 255 simultaneous active SCSI commands per channel

SCSI channels