INFO: ASPI on Windows NT Is Not Supported by Microsoft

 Last reviewed: March 17, 1998
Article ID: Q182542
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) for Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

The Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) software interface is not supported by Microsoft on Windows NT. The ASPI for Win32 is available from Adaptec Corporation and can be downloaded from http://www.adaptec.com. Contact Adaptec for questions on ASPI installation, use, or coding.

On Windows NT, Microsoft provides and supports the SCSI Pass Through Interface (SPTI) as a method to send SCSI requests to peripherals. There is a SCSI Pass Through sample on the Win32 DDK. For Windows NT DDK version 4.0, the SPTI sample is in \ddk\src\storage\class\spti.

MORE INFORMATION

For information about how to contact Adaptec, query in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for one of the following articles: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q65416
   TITLE     : Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K
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Additional query words: ASPI32
Keywords : ntddkstorage
Version : WINNT:3.1,3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: March 17, 1998
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