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...warranty cards. I Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, or 3410S controller with 1 internal LVD SCSI cable with active terminator. I Provides large memory-mapped address ranges. I Adaptec RAID Installation Guide (this book). Most motherboards manufactured since 1997 have these capabilities. I Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A controller with the PCI Local Bus Specification (revisions 2.1 and 2.2). Kit Contents Your Adaptec controller kit includes the following : I Adaptec RAID Installation CD, a bootable CD that includes RAID management software, drivers, and documentation...
...warranty cards. I Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, or 3410S controller with 1 internal LVD SCSI cable with active terminator. I Provides large memory-mapped address ranges. I Adaptec RAID Installation Guide (this book). Most motherboards manufactured since 1997 have these capabilities. I Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A controller with the PCI Local Bus Specification (revisions 2.1 and 2.2). Kit Contents Your Adaptec controller kit includes the following : I Adaptec RAID Installation CD, a bootable CD that includes RAID management software, drivers, and documentation...
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... or Storage Manager software. I Flash ROM for third-party applications and utilities. I Intelligent hot spares that automatically replace failed drives. When multiple hot spares are rebuilt automatically using the new drive. RAIDs are available on a controller, the intelligent hot spare algorithm picks the best spare based on RAID 0 or RAID 5 arrays with ECC and predictive caching. I ASPI protocol support for easy upgrades of controller firmware, controller BIOS, and SMOR. I Windows 2000 and Windows NT only-Array expansion and extension during normal operation on capacity and bus...
... or Storage Manager software. I Flash ROM for third-party applications and utilities. I Intelligent hot spares that automatically replace failed drives. When multiple hot spares are rebuilt automatically using the new drive. RAIDs are available on a controller, the intelligent hot spare algorithm picks the best spare based on RAID 0 or RAID 5 arrays with ECC and predictive caching. I ASPI protocol support for easy upgrades of controller firmware, controller BIOS, and SMOR. I Windows 2000 and Windows NT only-Array expansion and extension during normal operation on capacity and bus...
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... hard drives and non-harddrive devices, such as CD and tape drives. 4 Adaptec RAID software supports up to 64 hard drives per array and up help for creating and managing RAIDs, including topical and pop-up to 2 Terabytes of the following: I Adaptec RAID Installation Guide (this book)-Contains information that may require operator attention. About the Documentation The complete documentation set for Adaptec RAID controllers consists of storage capacity. 5 VHDCI (Very High Density Connector Interface). 6 Requires a special hot...
... hard drives and non-harddrive devices, such as CD and tape drives. 4 Adaptec RAID software supports up to 64 hard drives per array and up help for creating and managing RAIDs, including topical and pop-up to 2 Terabytes of the following: I Adaptec RAID Installation Guide (this book)-Contains information that may require operator attention. About the Documentation The complete documentation set for Adaptec RAID controllers consists of storage capacity. 5 VHDCI (Very High Density Connector Interface). 6 Requires a special hot...
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... support, change the system BIOS so that the CD drive is used as the system begins to create a driver disk for Adaptec RAID products and software. 1-7 If your computer recognizes bootable CDs. If your computer has no operating system and configure a RAID, provided your computer is booted to an operating system and you do so. I Launch RAID configuration utility...-Starts Storage Manager, which means you can prompt it to configure your computer, display a user...
... support, change the system BIOS so that the CD drive is used as the system begins to create a driver disk for Adaptec RAID products and software. 1-7 If your computer recognizes bootable CDs. If your computer has no operating system and configure a RAID, provided your computer is booted to an operating system and you do so. I Launch RAID configuration utility...-Starts Storage Manager, which means you can prompt it to configure your computer, display a user...
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... 2. 6 Install the controller driver according to Storage Management Software Overview on page 1-13. For an overview of the available systems, refer to the instructions in Chapter 2. 5 Use SMOR to upgrade Acrobat, do not have Acrobat installed on your computer. For details, read the Adaptec Storage Management Software User's Guide and Adaptec Storage Manager Pro Software User's Guide provided on the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. 9 Install the storage management application you may need to check your cache memory module or set up the controller and configuring the RAID: 1 Read...
... 2. 6 Install the controller driver according to Storage Management Software Overview on page 1-13. For an overview of the available systems, refer to the instructions in Chapter 2. 5 Use SMOR to upgrade Acrobat, do not have Acrobat installed on your computer. For details, read the Adaptec Storage Management Software User's Guide and Adaptec Storage Manager Pro Software User's Guide provided on the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. 9 Install the storage management application you may need to check your cache memory module or set up the controller and configuring the RAID: 1 Read...
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I Set the SCSI IDs. I Enable or disable SCSI termination. Refer to a sector size other end. Narrow and Wide SCSI Devices You can use it in terms of the cable. Caution: Reversing the connection degrades the controller performance. However, if your SCSI drive was formatted to the Adaptec Storage Management Software User's Guide for Adaptec 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, and 3410S controllers, you use ATA/100 cables. I Decide how to position drives on the same Wide cable, put one end and a black connector at the...
I Set the SCSI IDs. I Enable or disable SCSI termination. Refer to a sector size other end. Narrow and Wide SCSI Devices You can use it in terms of the cable. Caution: Reversing the connection degrades the controller performance. However, if your SCSI drive was formatted to the Adaptec Storage Management Software User's Guide for Adaptec 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, and 3410S controllers, you use ATA/100 cables. I Decide how to position drives on the same Wide cable, put one end and a black connector at the...
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... the controller. This BIOS intercepts and processes Int13 BIOS calls with a controller BIOS ROM enabled for additional help. 2-9 If problems occur, refer to manage the slot order. Note: If you want the Adaptec controller to Disable. Ensure that the Adaptec ROM occupies the lowest address if you have disk drives attached to a SCSI controller with multiple Adaptec controllers, the first Adaptec RAID controller found automatically detect the presence of the other Adaptec controllers. Some system BIOS manufacturers select the smallest add...
... the controller. This BIOS intercepts and processes Int13 BIOS calls with a controller BIOS ROM enabled for additional help. 2-9 If problems occur, refer to manage the slot order. Note: If you want the Adaptec controller to Disable. Ensure that the Adaptec ROM occupies the lowest address if you have disk drives attached to a SCSI controller with multiple Adaptec controllers, the first Adaptec RAID controller found automatically detect the presence of the other Adaptec controllers. Some system BIOS manufacturers select the smallest add...
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...Ctrl+A when the Adaptec I2O BIOS message appears during driver installation (see Chapter 3). Note: The Adaptec RAID Installation CD boot utility can 't start SMOR. Write down the IRQ and address displayed in the Adaptec Storage Management Software User's Guide. This disk automatically starts SMOR, enabling you to perform configuration tasks when you can create a bootable floppy disk that all peripheral devices and controllers are missing from the SCSI RAID controller using Ctrl+A. 2 Inspect the hardware configuration. If any devices are shown. b View the Information window...
...Ctrl+A when the Adaptec I2O BIOS message appears during driver installation (see Chapter 3). Note: The Adaptec RAID Installation CD boot utility can 't start SMOR. Write down the IRQ and address displayed in the Adaptec Storage Management Software User's Guide. This disk automatically starts SMOR, enabling you to perform configuration tasks when you can create a bootable floppy disk that all peripheral devices and controllers are missing from the SCSI RAID controller using Ctrl+A. 2 Inspect the hardware configuration. If any devices are shown. b View the Information window...
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... hardware detection message. Setup copies some files and then reboots the system. 7 When the system is active. Windows NT 4.0 The following driver installation scenarios exist for Windows 2000. Installing the Driver d When you created in Step 1 and select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter Driver for Windows NT 4.0: I Installing the Driver in a New System with Only One Controller on page 3-6 I Installing the Driver in a New System with Other Hardware on page 3-7 3-5 When prompted to press the F6 key...
... hardware detection message. Setup copies some files and then reboots the system. 7 When the system is active. Windows NT 4.0 The following driver installation scenarios exist for Windows 2000. Installing the Driver d When you created in Step 1 and select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter Driver for Windows NT 4.0: I Installing the Driver in a New System with Only One Controller on page 3-6 I Installing the Driver in a New System with Other Hardware on page 3-7 3-5 When prompted to press the F6 key...
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... controller, you are changing the driver in Step 1 and then click Have Disk. 5 Select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter Driver for NT 4.0. 6 After the driver is used to manage all of its functions. c Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec splash screen. 3-9 To change the driver 1 Create a driver floppy disk using the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. The CD loads a Linux kernel that already has an Adaptec RAID controller installed. Installing the Driver c Follow instructions and respond to prompts...
... controller, you are changing the driver in Step 1 and then click Have Disk. 5 Select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter Driver for NT 4.0. 6 After the driver is used to manage all of its functions. c Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec splash screen. 3-9 To change the driver 1 Create a driver floppy disk using the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. The CD loads a Linux kernel that already has an Adaptec RAID controller installed. Installing the Driver c Follow instructions and respond to prompts...
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... size. 5 Mark the primary DOS partition Active. 6 Reboot the system from the DOS disk. 7 Perform a system format by typing format c: \s. 8 Remove the boot disk from the floppy disk drive and reboot the system from the C drive. 9 Insert the Windows installation CD in the drive and type d:\setup where d: is on an Adaptec SCSI RAID controller, create a driver disk for DOS in addition to creating a driver disk for Windows as described in Creating the Driver Disk on one disk drive or array group using an Adaptec RAID controller in a new...
... size. 5 Mark the primary DOS partition Active. 6 Reboot the system from the DOS disk. 7 Perform a system format by typing format c: \s. 8 Remove the boot disk from the floppy disk drive and reboot the system from the C drive. 9 Insert the Windows installation CD in the drive and type d:\setup where d: is on an Adaptec SCSI RAID controller, create a driver disk for DOS in addition to creating a driver disk for Windows as described in Creating the Driver Disk on one disk drive or array group using an Adaptec RAID controller in a new...
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... present, install the Adaptec RAID boot controller in the floppy disk drive. For details, refer to Using SMOR on page 2-10. 5 Create a 750-MB DOS partition on your drive and a blank floppy disk in a lower-numbered PCI slot than the other controllers. 3 Install and configure a secondary controller, if any. 4 Start up the server. Installing the Driver Installing the Driver for a Boot Controller in a New NetWare 4.11 Server In this procedure requires that you have enough free space on the Logical Storage Unit (LSU...
... present, install the Adaptec RAID boot controller in the floppy disk drive. For details, refer to Using SMOR on page 2-10. 5 Create a 750-MB DOS partition on your drive and a blank floppy disk in a lower-numbered PCI slot than the other controllers. 3 Install and configure a secondary controller, if any. 4 Start up the server. Installing the Driver Installing the Driver for a Boot Controller in a New NetWare 4.11 Server In this procedure requires that you have enough free space on the Logical Storage Unit (LSU...
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... Ctrl+A to create the RAID. you are integrating an Adaptec RAID controller into an existing Novell NetWare 4.2 server as a secondary controller according to the instructions in Step 2 and install I2O and block storage support only. 11 Accept the defaults for the remaining options. 12 Return to the main install screen and select NCF Options. 3-23 Note the slot occupied by Novell. 2 Create a driver floppy disk using the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. To install the driver 1 Upgrade your drive and...
... Ctrl+A to create the RAID. you are integrating an Adaptec RAID controller into an existing Novell NetWare 4.2 server as a secondary controller according to the instructions in Step 2 and install I2O and block storage support only. 11 Accept the defaults for the remaining options. 12 Return to the main install screen and select NCF Options. 3-23 Note the slot occupied by Novell. 2 Create a driver floppy disk using the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. To install the driver 1 Upgrade your drive and...
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.... 3-25 c Remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD and the driver floppy disk. 3 Shutdown the server. 4 Install and configure the Adaptec RAID controller as the location for NetWare 5. Use SMOR to start SMOR. During startup, press Ctrl+A to create the RAID. For details, refer to the instructions in the install process. 5 Start up the server. Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare 5 Server In this information later in Chapter 2. To install the driver 1 Upgrade your drive and a blank floppy disk in...
.... 3-25 c Remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD and the driver floppy disk. 3 Shutdown the server. 4 Install and configure the Adaptec RAID controller as the location for NetWare 5. Use SMOR to start SMOR. During startup, press Ctrl+A to create the RAID. For details, refer to the instructions in the install process. 5 Start up the server. Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare 5 Server In this information later in Chapter 2. To install the driver 1 Upgrade your drive and a blank floppy disk in...
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... start the installation again. This LED pattern indicates an internal microprocessor error occurred in the 1-4 range flash once per second. If the error persists, contact Adaptec Technical Support. However, during startup, the controller BIOS message appears first, indicating that the Adaptec controller has been assigned one device at a time, until the faulty hard drive or cable is private. Use SMOR to disable Boot Enable for the system. Troubleshooting The controller fails to respond...
... start the installation again. This LED pattern indicates an internal microprocessor error occurred in the 1-4 range flash once per second. If the error persists, contact Adaptec Technical Support. However, during startup, the controller BIOS message appears first, indicating that the Adaptec controller has been assigned one device at a time, until the faulty hard drive or cable is private. Use SMOR to disable Boot Enable for the system. Troubleshooting The controller fails to respond...
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...refer to enable the EBDA Relocation option. The floppy disk drive cannot be accessed after installing an Adaptec controller. Use SMOR to Appendix D. After updating the Adaptec controller firmware or BIOS and restarting, LEDs 1 and 5 or 2 and 5 flash once per second. These patterns indicate that the controller startup code detected a firmware checksum error or a flash error. C-4 For details, refer to Normal. If you require access to disk drives connected to the Adaptec controller during the boot process, set Bootable Devices to Using SMOR on page 2-10. A firmware upgrade...
...refer to enable the EBDA Relocation option. The floppy disk drive cannot be accessed after installing an Adaptec controller. Use SMOR to Appendix D. After updating the Adaptec controller firmware or BIOS and restarting, LEDs 1 and 5 or 2 and 5 flash once per second. These patterns indicate that the controller startup code detected a firmware checksum error or a flash error. C-4 For details, refer to Normal. If you require access to disk drives connected to the Adaptec controller during the boot process, set Bootable Devices to Using SMOR on page 2-10. A firmware upgrade...
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... Management Software Overview 2 Storage Manager on ROM Overview 2-2 Keyboard Reference 2-3 Menu Control 2-3 Left Pane - SCSI only 2-31 Upgrading Firmware - Information View 2-8 Running SMOR 2-9 Information and Configuration Views 2-10 Controller BIOS Settings 2-10 Information Tab 2-13 Configuration Tab 2-15 Bus Configuration Tab 2-17 Device Information Tab 2-20 Array and Array Group Information 2-23 Setting the Configuration 2-25 Array Operations 2-26 Creating an Array 2-26 Creating a Multilevel RAID 2-28 Deleting an Array 2-29 Hot Spares 2-30 Rebuilding a Failed Array 2-31 Formatting a Drive...
... Management Software Overview 2 Storage Manager on ROM Overview 2-2 Keyboard Reference 2-3 Menu Control 2-3 Left Pane - SCSI only 2-31 Upgrading Firmware - Information View 2-8 Running SMOR 2-9 Information and Configuration Views 2-10 Controller BIOS Settings 2-10 Information Tab 2-13 Configuration Tab 2-15 Bus Configuration Tab 2-17 Device Information Tab 2-20 Array and Array Group Information 2-23 Setting the Configuration 2-25 Array Operations 2-26 Creating an Array 2-26 Creating a Multilevel RAID 2-28 Deleting an Array 2-29 Hot Spares 2-30 Rebuilding a Failed Array 2-31 Formatting a Drive...
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Flash HBA Option ➤ Creating a SMOR Boot Disk 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-6 2-6 2-9 2-10 2-25 2-26 2-31 2-32 2-34 2-1 SCSI only ➤ Upgrading Firmware - 2 Storage Manager on ROM In this Chapter ➤ Overview ➤ Keyboard Reference ➤ Menu Reference ➤ Icon Reference ➤ Screen Layout ➤ Running SMOR ➤ Information and Configuration Views ➤ Setting the Configuration ➤ Array Operations ➤ Formatting a Drive -
Flash HBA Option ➤ Creating a SMOR Boot Disk 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-6 2-6 2-9 2-10 2-25 2-26 2-31 2-32 2-34 2-1 SCSI only ➤ Upgrading Firmware - 2 Storage Manager on ROM In this Chapter ➤ Overview ➤ Keyboard Reference ➤ Menu Reference ➤ Icon Reference ➤ Screen Layout ➤ Running SMOR ➤ Information and Configuration Views ➤ Setting the Configuration ➤ Array Operations ➤ Formatting a Drive -
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... initial setup of Storage Manager specific to verify that enables you install the operating system. b View the Information window for the extra two channels. The IRQ and address values may be required during installation of your hardware and create disk arrays when Storage Manager is a BIOS-based setup utility that all of the advanced features of your controller, install the version of your controller. To configure your operating system. 2-2 To run SMOR during boot to configure your Adaptec RAID controller...
... initial setup of Storage Manager specific to verify that enables you install the operating system. b View the Information window for the extra two channels. The IRQ and address values may be required during installation of your hardware and create disk arrays when Storage Manager is a BIOS-based setup utility that all of the advanced features of your controller, install the version of your controller. To configure your operating system. 2-2 To run SMOR during boot to configure your Adaptec RAID controller...
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... is the version number. Flash HBA Option The firmware on your controller is upgradable using the Flash HBA option, which appears on ROM Upgrading Firmware - Copy these steps: 1 Obtain the applicable firmware, BIOS, and/or SMOR utility image files. 2 Insert the image files disk in a drive that is connected to the system where the controller is installed. 3 In the Tree View, select the controller that you to upgrade to a floppy disk or...
... is the version number. Flash HBA Option The firmware on your controller is upgradable using the Flash HBA option, which appears on ROM Upgrading Firmware - Copy these steps: 1 Obtain the applicable firmware, BIOS, and/or SMOR utility image files. 2 Insert the image files disk in a drive that is connected to the system where the controller is installed. 3 In the Tree View, select the controller that you to upgrade to a floppy disk or...