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BusLogic BT-646

@0708.ADF BusLogic BT-646 S/D SDC3211F FAST SCSI
@0709.ADF Storage Dimensions SDC3211F FAST SCSI (Same board, different ADF!)
BT-646 ADF File (same as the first file above + readme)

MultiMaster Device Drivers
BT-646A Files (archived, broken links)

BT-646 User's Guide
BT-646 Fast Micro Channel Host Adapter Technical Reference P/N 3002113

Buslogic BT64x - General Information
OS/2 Switches

BT-646 / SDC3211F
ROM Images
Access BusLogic Firmware Menus
BIOS Revisions
ADF Sections

BusTek/BusLogic was bought by Myles, which was then bought by LSI.

BT-646S/D SCSI Adapter for Micro Channel Systems

32-bit bus master DMA transfers of up to 40MB/second across the MC bus, up to 10 MB/sec synchronous and up to 7 MB/set asynchronous SCSI data transfers. Support for up to seven SCSI devices, hard drives with up to 8GB capacity each. Enhanced SCSI-2 features: scatter-gather, disconnect-reconnect, and command-tag queuing.

BT-646 S/D and SDC3211F 32-Bit Fast SCSI-2

U28 may be an Emulex 2400150 or a  QLogic FAS236FAS236 datasheet

BT-646S single-ended termination - has RP2 and RP3 only.
RP2, R3 - 10-pin 100 ohm SIPs containing 9 bused 100 ohm resistors (CTS 4610X-1-101)

BT-646D differential termination - has RP6-RP13
RP6,8,10,12 are 10-pin SIPs with 5 isolated 150 ohm resistors (Bourns 4610X-2-151)
RP7,9,11,13 are 10-pin SIPs with 9 bused 330 ohm resistors. (Bourns 4610X-1-331)

DS36954AV The DS36954 is a low power, quad EIA-485 differential bus transceiver especially suited for high speed, parallel, multipoint, I/O bus applications. Five devices can implement a complete SCSI initiator or target interface. Three transceivers in a package are pinned out for data bus connections. The fourth transceiver, with the flexibility provided by its individual enables, can serve as a control bus transceiver. Datasheet

ROM Images

"27128" silk screened inside socket, but it used 27C256-12 (DIP-28)

646s-336.zip Firmware 3.36 and SCSI BIOS 4.70
646_336f.zip Firmware 3.36 only (image repeated twice, unlike above)

BT646_uCode_00-338 SDC3211F Firmware BIN file, 3.38 Even (U6)
BT646_uCode_01-338 SDC3211F Firmware BIN file, 3.38 Odd (U5)

Looks like they diddled with it, 0000-03FF is all 0s, 0400-07FF are data.

BT-646x Host Interface Microprocessor

A 20 MHz Intel 80186 16-bit MPU is used to supply the speed for low command overhead. This MPU coordinates all activity on the BT-646S/D under the direction of the board’s firmware, including initialization, command decoding, interrupt generation, and control of the data flow among the board’s components.

Buslogic Tips

• Ensure that all Buslogic Host Adapters in a Multiple Host environment are at the same Firmware/BIOS level. This is important if you are replacing or adding new Host Adapters in an existing system.
• Check that C43, a surface mount capacitor on the reverse side of the PIB is removed. This was to cure loss of video on warm-boot. This change has been incorporated into the Buslogic Boards supplied with new Systems at Firmware level 3.37/4.73.
• Prior to Firmware level 3.37/4.73 you must ensure that you do not have a Tape or CD-ROM device set at ID=1 on the Primary Host Adapter. It interferes with the Buslogic POST testing as it expects to see a Hard Disk only.
• 3430 System BIOS 1.07 or greater is required for use with BusLogic cards.
• DOS will only see two hard disks attached to the Buslogic Subsystem, at ID=0 and ID=1, you must use DOS device drivers to see any more. Refer to the RAID section of this manual for more info.
• During Buslogic Initialization the screen shows which SCSI devices are responding on the Primary Host Adapter only.
• You can use DOS Debug command to scan the SCSI Bus for devices.
• Under NT 4.0, the MS default Buslogic driver will not allow sharing of interrupts. To work around this, use the driver from NT 3.5x or a copy of the driver from BusLogic/Mylex.

Accessing BusLogic Firmware Menus

Boot from a DOS disk (which should include debug.exe)

a:debug
-
-g=dc00:6

A screen will appear and prompt you to proceed. You can use these menus to SCSI Format (Low-Level Format) a disk, or perform other SCSI functions.

Buslogic Firmware History

There are 4 EPROMS on the Buslogic PIB's. 2 are the PIB's Firmware, U5 & U6. and two are BIOS extensions, U15 & U16.

Current F/W levels (Note the version without a suffix is the latest, i.e. 3.36c precedes 3.36)

Firmware EPROM BIOS EPROM

U5 & U6    U15 & U16    NT USE?
-------    ---------    --------
3.31        4.50        Do Not Use
3.36c       4.70        OK *1 *2
3.36        4.71A       OK *2
3.36        4.73        OK *2
3.37f       4.73        OK
3.37        4.73        OK
3.38        4.73        OK (needed for Differential w NCR RAID)
3.39        4.73        OK (Required for NT 4.0)

Ensure all Buslogic HBAs in Multiple Host environment use same Firmware/BIOS level.

*1 - Does not issue spin-up command, so jumper Hard Disks to enable spin-up at power on.
*2 - SCSI bug that causes periodic SCSI bus timeouts, and can be a problem for large NT systems. If you have these versions, check your Event Log for SCSI errors to determine if you need to upgrade. These versions will also give errors if Tape and CD-ROM devices are at ID=1 on the primary controller.

Subsequent releases of firmware since 3.37f/4.73 correct various minor SCSI matters, but are not system threatening.

AdapterID 0709  BT-646 / SDC3211F 32-bit FAST SCSI Host Adapter
File @0709.ALL  Contains all of the options available to this adapter. 

I/O Port Address
  I/O Port of the host adapter
   <"330h" (io 0330h-0333h)>, 230h (0230-0233), 130h (0130-0133), 334h (0334-0337), 234h (0234-0237), 134h (0134-0137) 

Interrupt Request
   Interrupt channel used to report status
    <"IRQ-11">, 10, 15, 14, 9, 12 

Arbitration Level
   DMA channel used to transfer data
    <"Level 5">, 6, 7, 4, 3, 1, 0 

Adapter SCSI Bus ID
   SCSI ID of the host adapter
    <"Device ID 7">, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 

BIOS Address
   Memory location of the host adapter's BIOS PROM. Note, if two SDC3211B are in the system one must have its BIOS PROM disabled.
   <"DC000h"  (dc00-dfff)>, Disable, D8000h (d800-dbff), D4000h (d400-d7ff), D0000h (d000-d3ff), CC000h (cc00-cfff), C8000h (c800-cbff), C4000h (c400-c7ff) 

SCSI Parity Checking
   The host adapter will check SCSI Parity if 'On'
     <"On">, Off 

Synchronous Negotiation
   Synchronous transfer on the SCSI bus will be initiated by the  host adapter if 'Enabled'
   <"Enabled">, Disabled 

; The function of this bit was changed. The data width function is detected by the host adapter and this switch was ignored.
; Slot Data Width
;    The adapter can be inserted into a 16 or 32 bit slot on the motherboard.  ;This option controls the data transfer size of 16 or 32 bits
;    <"16">, "32" 

Data Streaming
   Streaming data procedure transfers data blocks by using a single address followed by multiple 16 or 32-bit data transfers within a single streaming data cycle. If data streaming is enabled for a Micro Channel bus that supports streaming, the host adapter can achieve a maximum data transfer rate of 40 MBytes/sec on the Micro Channel bus.  If data streaming is disabled or the Micro Channel bus does not support streaming, the maximum data transfer rate is 20 MBytes/sec.
    <"Disable">, Enable 

Arbitration Fairness
   Bus Arbitration Fairness controls whether the host adapter implements the fairness algorithm after it is preempted from the Micro Channel
   <"Off">, On 

1Gbyte Translation See the following section for more details
   Change CHS per track  to support drive capacity > 1 GB
    <"On">, Off