2940UW appears as 2940W in PowerDomain control panel

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The PowerCenter Pro is advertised as shipping with a Ultra Wide SCSI accelerator card standard. However, when I look in the PowerDomain control panel, I see that I have a 2940W instead of a 2940UW card installed. Do I have the wrong card?
There is only one PowerDomain 2940 card from Adaptec. However, versions of the firmware prior to 2.0 did not support Ultra SCSI, only Wide.

Cards with older versions of the firmware can be updated to support Ultra SCSI by flashing the card with the new firmware, which is available from Adaptec's site at http://www.adaptec.com/support/BBS_Mac.html.

However, there is a minor bug in firmware revision 2.5 which causes the PowerDomain card to report in the PowerDomain control panel that it is a 2940W instead of a 2940UW. While the card reports itself as supporting only Wide, Ultra SCSI remains active.

Apart from this minor issue, the card will perform as expected in Ultra mode without incident.

To enable Ultra SCSI, select "Set Target Options" from the "Board" menu in the PowerDomain control panel. In the lower left corner, a box should be available for toggling Ultra SCSI support.

If the box is grayed out, the firmware will need to be updated to version 2.0 or later to support Ultra SCSI.

Machines Affected: All
Published Date: Feb 20, 2012