Avago Technologies LSI SAS 3041E-R - Manual (Page 25)

Installing the Windows XP Driver 2-3
Version 1.3 Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
To determine the operating system version, open Windows Explorer, find
the driver file, right click on the filename, click on Properties, and click
on the Version tab. Click on the Internal Filename in the lower section.
For Windows XP, the filename appears as filename (XP32) for 32-bit
systems and filename (XP64) for 64-bit systems.
The SYMMPI.SYS driver meets the Microsoft specification for miniport
drivers. This driver allows connection of parallel SCSI and Fibre Channel
devices including disk drives, CD-ROMs, and tape drives for PCI and
PCI-X based machines. To support a different SCSI or Fibre Channel
device type, the Windows XP architecture requires that a class driver for
that type of device be present (usually supplied by Microsoft, or possibly
by the peripheral manufacturer). No changes to
SYMMPI.SYS are
required. The driver supports Windows XP and all subsequent Service
Packs.
2.2.2 Driver Features and LSI Device Support
The SYMMPI.SYS miniport driver supports these features:
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320 Mbyte/s parallel SCSI transfers (for LSI53C1020 and
LSI53C1030 controllers)
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Integrated Mirroring technology (for LSI53C1020 and LSI53C1030
controllers)
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PCI and PCI-X bus protocols (for LSI53C1020 and LSI53C1030
controllers)
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2 Gbaud Fibre Channel transfers (for LSIFC929XL and LSIFC919XL
controllers)
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4 Gbaud Fibre Channel transfers (for LSIFC949X and LSIFC949E
controllers)
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LSI MPT common software interface
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Multiple host adapters
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Multiple Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs)
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Scatter-Gather
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SCSI pass-thru functionality
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Disk array configurations with no LUN 0
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Disk array configurations with non-contiguous LUNs