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...1-4 Storage Management Software 1-5 Operating Systems 1-6 Adaptec SCSI Cards 1-6 HostRAID 1-6 System Requirements 1-7 Understanding SCSI 1-8 SCSI IDs 1-8 Terminating the SCSI Bus 1-9 Defining RAID 1-10 Supported RAID Levels 1-11 2 Using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI Devices Using SCSI Devices 2-2 Using SCSI Hard Disk Drives 2-2 Using Ultra320/Ultra160 Hard Disk Drives 2-3 Combining SCSI and Non-SCSI Devices 2-4 Installing Multiple SCSI Cards 2-6 Connecting the LED Connector 2-7 Overriding SCSI Termination Settings 2-7 Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A 2-8 Adaptec SCSI Card 29320A 2-8 Adaptec SCSI Card...
...1-4 Storage Management Software 1-5 Operating Systems 1-6 Adaptec SCSI Cards 1-6 HostRAID 1-6 System Requirements 1-7 Understanding SCSI 1-8 SCSI IDs 1-8 Terminating the SCSI Bus 1-9 Defining RAID 1-10 Supported RAID Levels 1-11 2 Using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI Devices Using SCSI Devices 2-2 Using SCSI Hard Disk Drives 2-2 Using Ultra320/Ultra160 Hard Disk Drives 2-3 Combining SCSI and Non-SCSI Devices 2-4 Installing Multiple SCSI Cards 2-6 Connecting the LED Connector 2-7 Overriding SCSI Termination Settings 2-7 Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A 2-8 Adaptec SCSI Card 29320A 2-8 Adaptec SCSI Card...
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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 8 Installing the SCSI Driver For Windows 2000/2003 and XP Installing the Driver When Installing Windows 8-2 Installing Windows 2000/2003 and Windows XP (32-bit) 8-2 Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP (64-bit) 8-3 Updating the Driver... a Host Adapter 8-7 Swapping a Host Adapter 8-7 Troubleshooting 8-9 Problems and Solutions 8-9 Error Messages 8-9 9 Installing the SCSI Driver for Windows NT 4.0 Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT 9-2 Completing a Fresh Windows NT 4.0 Installation From Floppy Disk 9-2 Completing a Fresh Windows NT ...
Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 8 Installing the SCSI Driver For Windows 2000/2003 and XP Installing the Driver When Installing Windows 8-2 Installing Windows 2000/2003 and Windows XP (32-bit) 8-2 Installing Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP (64-bit) 8-3 Updating the Driver... a Host Adapter 8-7 Swapping a Host Adapter 8-7 Troubleshooting 8-9 Problems and Solutions 8-9 Error Messages 8-9 9 Installing the SCSI Driver for Windows NT 4.0 Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT 9-2 Completing a Fresh Windows NT 4.0 Installation From Floppy Disk 9-2 Completing a Fresh Windows NT ...
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... Internet Browsers on Windows 14-4 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux 14-7 Logging On 14-8 A Troubleshooting in Windows Troubleshooting Checklist A-2 General Troubleshooting A-3 Troubleshooting in Windows NT 4.0 A-5 Common Error Messages A-6 xiv Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Using Multiple Host Adapters With UnixWare/Open Unix/OpenServer 11-9 Removing the Driver 11-10 Troubleshooting 11-11 Problems and...
... Internet Browsers on Windows 14-4 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux 14-7 Logging On 14-8 A Troubleshooting in Windows Troubleshooting Checklist A-2 General Troubleshooting A-3 Troubleshooting in Windows NT 4.0 A-5 Common Error Messages A-6 xiv Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Using Multiple Host Adapters With UnixWare/Open Unix/OpenServer 11-9 Removing the Driver 11-10 Troubleshooting 11-11 Problems and...
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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide F Migrating from HostRAID to Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Migrating With Windows 2000 F-2 Installing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver F-2 Disabling HostRAID Support F-3 Completing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver Installation F-4 Migrating With Windows XP F-5 Installing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver F-5 Disabling HostRAID Support F-6 Completing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver Installation F-7 Migrating With Windows NT 4.0 F-8 Installing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver F-8 Disabling HostRAID Support F-9 Completing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver ...
Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide F Migrating from HostRAID to Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Migrating With Windows 2000 F-2 Installing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver F-2 Disabling HostRAID Support F-3 Completing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver Installation F-4 Migrating With Windows XP F-5 Installing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver F-5 Disabling HostRAID Support F-6 Completing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver Installation F-7 Migrating With Windows NT 4.0 F-8 Installing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver F-8 Disabling HostRAID Support F-9 Completing the Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Driver ...
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... to change the Adaptec SCSI Card settings or enable HostRAID to install the software device drivers for your operating system. 1-1 Ultra320 SCSI on the Adaptec SCSI Card Device Drivers HostRAID on Adaptec SCSI Cards Storage Management Software Operating Systems System Requirements Understanding SCSI SCSI IDs Terminating the SCSI Bus Defining RAID 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-8 1-9 1-10 This User's Guide provides information about using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI devices, troubleshooting, SCSI termination, and other...
... to change the Adaptec SCSI Card settings or enable HostRAID to install the software device drivers for your operating system. 1-1 Ultra320 SCSI on the Adaptec SCSI Card Device Drivers HostRAID on Adaptec SCSI Cards Storage Management Software Operating Systems System Requirements Understanding SCSI SCSI IDs Terminating the SCSI Bus Defining RAID 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-8 1-9 1-10 This User's Guide provides information about using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI devices, troubleshooting, SCSI termination, and other...
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...-bit PCI slot. Although an Adaptec SCSI Card is a 64-bit PCI/PCI-X card, it to communicate with a set of this User's Guide that you connect LVD SCSI devices to a separate SCSI channel from the non-LVD devices to allow for the Adaptec SCSI Card, refer to install the driver for maximum speed. Device Drivers The Adaptec SCSI Card comes with your Low Voltage...
...-bit PCI slot. Although an Adaptec SCSI Card is a 64-bit PCI/PCI-X card, it to communicate with a set of this User's Guide that you connect LVD SCSI devices to a separate SCSI channel from the non-LVD devices to allow for the Adaptec SCSI Card, refer to install the driver for maximum speed. Device Drivers The Adaptec SCSI Card comes with your Low Voltage...
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Adaptec SCSI Cards The Adaptec SCSI Card supports these operating systems: s Windows NT 4.0 s Windows 2000 s Windows Server 2003 s Windows XP s Novell NetWare 5.1, 6.x s Caldera Open Unix 8 s SCO UnixWare 7.13 ... 8.1 and 8.2 s SuSE Enterprise 8 HostRAID HostRAID supports these operating systems: s Windows 2000 s Windows Server 2003 s Windows NT 4.0 1-6 Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Operating Systems Note: If you want to migrate between the HostRAID and Standalone SCSI drivers, see Appendix E, Migrating From Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI to HostRAID and Appendix F, Migrating from HostRAID to...
Adaptec SCSI Cards The Adaptec SCSI Card supports these operating systems: s Windows NT 4.0 s Windows 2000 s Windows Server 2003 s Windows XP s Novell NetWare 5.1, 6.x s Caldera Open Unix 8 s SCO UnixWare 7.13 ... 8.1 and 8.2 s SuSE Enterprise 8 HostRAID HostRAID supports these operating systems: s Windows 2000 s Windows Server 2003 s Windows NT 4.0 1-6 Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Operating Systems Note: If you want to migrate between the HostRAID and Standalone SCSI drivers, see Appendix E, Migrating From Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI to HostRAID and Appendix F, Migrating from HostRAID to...
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s Floppy disk drive s A minimum of one SCSI drive for the Adaptec SCSI Card and HostRAID are: s A Pentium II, 266 MHz Processor or higher system that supports PCI/PCI-X. System Requirements The minimum system requirements for HostRAID without ... Introduction s Windows XP s Linux s Red Hat 8.0 and 9.0 s Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 s SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 s SuSE Enterprise 8 Note: Visit www.adaptec.com for HostRAID with RAID capabilities. s An installed and configured CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. s 64 MB or more of system memory s 5 MB of two SCSI drives for the most recent driver downloads.
s Floppy disk drive s A minimum of one SCSI drive for the Adaptec SCSI Card and HostRAID are: s A Pentium II, 266 MHz Processor or higher system that supports PCI/PCI-X. System Requirements The minimum system requirements for HostRAID without ... Introduction s Windows XP s Linux s Red Hat 8.0 and 9.0 s Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 s SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 s SuSE Enterprise 8 Note: Visit www.adaptec.com for HostRAID with RAID capabilities. s An installed and configured CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. s 64 MB or more of system memory s 5 MB of two SCSI drives for the most recent driver downloads.
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...drivers. Most SCSI drives are preformatted at the factory, and if your computer is recommended that you low-level format the drive before performing a low-level format. If your SCSI hard disk drive has not been preformatted at the factory. Using SCSI Hard Disk Drives s If you connect a SCSI hard disk drive to an Adaptec SCSI Card... that was previously connected to a different SCSI card, it . Be sure to ...
...drivers. Most SCSI drives are preformatted at the factory, and if your computer is recommended that you low-level format the drive before performing a low-level format. If your SCSI hard disk drive has not been preformatted at the factory. Using SCSI Hard Disk Drives s If you connect a SCSI hard disk drive to an Adaptec SCSI Card... that was previously connected to a different SCSI card, it . Be sure to ...
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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide SCSI Device Configuration Options SCSI Device Configuration options can use this setting to set the starting point for Wide devices are designated by the BIOS. 3-6 The BIOS can be set individually for negotiating the synchronous data transfer rate to a slower speed. The device driver... SCSI Disk Utilities on page 3-16). s 40 or lower-The BIOS negotiates at 320 MB/sec. The following table) The BIOS may negotiate for a transfer rate between controller and device of Wide transfers, if the Sync Transfer Rate is set to : s 320...
Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide SCSI Device Configuration Options SCSI Device Configuration options can use this setting to set the starting point for Wide devices are designated by the BIOS. 3-6 The BIOS can be set individually for negotiating the synchronous data transfer rate to a slower speed. The device driver... SCSI Disk Utilities on page 3-16). s 40 or lower-The BIOS negotiates at 320 MB/sec. The following table) The BIOS may negotiate for a transfer rate between controller and device of Wide transfers, if the Sync Transfer Rate is set to : s 320...
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...SCSI device cannot disconnect from the SCSI bus. When Enable Disconnection is implemented in the device drivers. Note: Check the device documentation to the SCSI device at bootup. This reduces the load on a computer's power supply by allowing the SCSI card to turn on the SCSI bus from the SCSI... on the device to enable the device to respond to another. Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect s QAS-(Default:Yes) Quick Arbitration and Selection reduces the overhead of control release on at the same time. This improvement reduces command overhead and maximizes ...
...SCSI device cannot disconnect from the SCSI bus. When Enable Disconnection is implemented in the device drivers. Note: Check the device documentation to the SCSI device at bootup. This reduces the load on a computer's power supply by allowing the SCSI card to turn on the SCSI bus from the SCSI... on the device to enable the device to respond to another. Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect s QAS-(Default:Yes) Quick Arbitration and Selection reduces the overhead of control release on at the same time. This improvement reduces command overhead and maximizes ...
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... in BIOS Scan-(Default: Yes) When set to No, the SCSI card BIOS does not control the SCSI device and device driver software is disabled, you can be accessed simultaneously). If you thoroughly...SCSI card BIOS controls the SCSI device if it is no effect if the SCSI card BIOS is disabled. (The SCSI card BIOS is normally enabled by pressing after the SCSI card BIOS banner appears. Caution: Do not change the Advanced Configuration Options unless absolutely necessary and you change . Advanced Configuration Options ! s Display Messages during system bootup. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards...
... in BIOS Scan-(Default: Yes) When set to No, the SCSI card BIOS does not control the SCSI device and device driver software is disabled, you can be accessed simultaneously). If you thoroughly...SCSI card BIOS controls the SCSI device if it is no effect if the SCSI card BIOS is disabled. (The SCSI card BIOS is normally enabled by pressing after the SCSI card BIOS banner appears. Caution: Do not change the Advanced Configuration Options unless absolutely necessary and you change . Advanced Configuration Options ! s Display Messages during system bootup. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards...
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... drives) are controlled by software drivers and you do not need the BIOS, and you need the BIOS to the SCSI card. SCSISelect remains available if needed . However, this option if all the devices on the SCSI bus (for booting from a SCSI hard disk drive connected to scan the SCSI bus. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide s SCSI Controller INT 13 Support...
... drives) are controlled by software drivers and you do not need the BIOS, and you need the BIOS to the SCSI card. SCSISelect remains available if needed . However, this option if all the devices on the SCSI bus (for booting from a SCSI hard disk drive connected to scan the SCSI bus. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide s SCSI Controller INT 13 Support...
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... no bootable CD is on, install the removable-media software driver and set to boot from a SCSI drive controlled by the SCSI card BIOS. s BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM-(Default: Enabled) When set to Enabled, the SCSI card BIOS allows the computer to Enabled, the user can create and.... 3-11 Software drivers are required because the drives are not controlled by the BIOS are treated as hard disk drives. To enable HostRAID functionality and use it to manage RAID arrays, see Chapter 4, Using the SCSISelect Utility to Disabled. Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect s ...
... no bootable CD is on, install the removable-media software driver and set to boot from a SCSI drive controlled by the SCSI card BIOS. s BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM-(Default: Enabled) When set to Enabled, the SCSI card BIOS allows the computer to Enabled, the user can create and.... 3-11 Software drivers are required because the drives are not controlled by the BIOS are treated as hard disk drives. To enable HostRAID functionality and use it to manage RAID arrays, see Chapter 4, Using the SCSISelect Utility to Disabled. Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect s ...
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...the manufacturer supplied disk into drive A, and then continue. 7 The screen displays the adapter drivers supported on page 5-3. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing the Device Driver for Windows To begin the Windows installation. Note: When using a CD-ROM drive to... begin driver installation, see either, Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of Windows 1 Create a Windows driver disk. Select Adaptec HostRAID U320 Driver for more to finish setting up Windows. 5-2 Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of Windows on page 5-2, or Installing the Driver When...
...the manufacturer supplied disk into drive A, and then continue. 7 The screen displays the adapter drivers supported on page 5-3. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing the Device Driver for Windows To begin the Windows installation. Note: When using a CD-ROM drive to... begin driver installation, see either, Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of Windows 1 Create a Windows driver disk. Select Adaptec HostRAID U320 Driver for more to finish setting up Windows. 5-2 Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of Windows on page 5-2, or Installing the Driver When...
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...driver is already installed: 1 Create a Windows driver disk. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing the Driver When Windows XP is Already Installed To update or install the a320raid.sys driver... if Windows XP is copied on the hard drive, click Finish. 8 You will automatically discover the new hardware and start the Found New Hardware Wizard to guide you through the device driver...driver. See Appendix D, Creating Driver... driver ...
...driver is already installed: 1 Create a Windows driver disk. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing the Driver When Windows XP is Already Installed To update or install the a320raid.sys driver... if Windows XP is copied on the hard drive, click Finish. 8 You will automatically discover the new hardware and start the Found New Hardware Wizard to guide you through the device driver...driver. See Appendix D, Creating Driver... driver ...
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... to Step 3. 3 For Windows NT 4.0 Boot disk installation only: When prompted, insert disk #2 in your floppy disk drive. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing the Driver for more information. 2 When the following message appears on page 6-3. Note: If DOS is installed and you can create to Step...limits the size of the system partition you are installing from CD, skip to 1 GB. 1 Start your CD-ROM drive. insert the Adaptec HostRAID driver for your system with Step 4. 4 Press S to specify an additional device. 5 Press Enter to include command lines for Windows disk in ...
... to Step 3. 3 For Windows NT 4.0 Boot disk installation only: When prompted, insert disk #2 in your floppy disk drive. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing the Driver for more information. 2 When the following message appears on page 6-3. Note: If DOS is installed and you can create to Step...limits the size of the system partition you are installing from CD, skip to 1 GB. 1 Start your CD-ROM drive. insert the Adaptec HostRAID driver for your system with Step 4. 4 Press S to specify an additional device. 5 Press Enter to include command lines for Windows disk in ...
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See Installing the Driver When Windows NT 4.0 is Already Installed on page 6-3. 2 Shut down Windows NT 4.0 and turn off your system. 3 Switch the bootable hard disk drive from the old SCSI controller to the HostRAID controller. 4 Power on your bootable hard disk drive from the SCSI controller to the HostRAID controller, you want ... the Windows NT 4.0 Disk Administrator until it is normal Windows NT 4.0 functionality. 6-4 A workaround is being used to copy the device driver. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Changing Boot Controllers If you must: 1 Start Windows NT 4.0 and install the...
See Installing the Driver When Windows NT 4.0 is Already Installed on page 6-3. 2 Shut down Windows NT 4.0 and turn off your system. 3 Switch the bootable hard disk drive from the old SCSI controller to the HostRAID controller. 4 Power on your bootable hard disk drive from the SCSI controller to the HostRAID controller, you want ... the Windows NT 4.0 Disk Administrator until it is normal Windows NT 4.0 functionality. 6-4 A workaround is being used to copy the device driver. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Changing Boot Controllers If you must: 1 Start Windows NT 4.0 and install the...
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...SCSI Controller Settings and press Enter. 6 From the Configuration menu, select HostRAID and press Enter. 7 From the HostRAID Pop-Up menu, select Enabled. 8 If creating an array, proceed to set up your preferred environment. 7-2 Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing Red Hat Linux Installing the Red Hat Driver... in a New Linux System To install the Red Hat 8.0, 9.0, or AS 2.1 driver in the CD-ROM drive and restart the system....
...SCSI Controller Settings and press Enter. 6 From the Configuration menu, select HostRAID and press Enter. 7 From the HostRAID Pop-Up menu, select Enabled. 8 If creating an array, proceed to set up your preferred environment. 7-2 Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Installing Red Hat Linux Installing the Red Hat Driver... in a New Linux System To install the Red Hat 8.0, 9.0, or AS 2.1 driver in the CD-ROM drive and restart the system....
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... during subsequent restarts, Click on Start=>Settings=>Control Panel and double-click the SCSI Adapters icon. 2 Click the Drivers tab, select the appropriate SCSI card driver (it will be labeled Not Started) and click Remove. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 7 From the Install Driver window, select the the Adaptec HostRAID U320 Driver for Windows NT 4 from reoccuring during system startup. Enabling HostRAID...
... during subsequent restarts, Click on Start=>Settings=>Control Panel and double-click the SCSI Adapters icon. 2 Click the Drivers tab, select the appropriate SCSI card driver (it will be labeled Not Started) and click Remove. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 7 From the Install Driver window, select the the Adaptec HostRAID U320 Driver for Windows NT 4 from reoccuring during system startup. Enabling HostRAID...