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INSTALLATION AND HARDWARE GUIDE AAA-UDMA ULTRA DMA/66 RAID CARD
INSTALLATION AND HARDWARE GUIDE AAA-UDMA ULTRA DMA/66 RAID CARD
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AAA-UDMA Ultra DMA/66 RAID Card Installation and Hardware Guide R
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... Overview 1-3 2 Installing the Hardware AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout 2-2 Installing DIMM Memory 2-3 Installing the AAA-UDMA 2-4 Connecting the LED Activity Indicator 2-5 Setting Up UDMA Drives 2-6 Setting Jumpers on UDMA Drives to the Master Setting 2-6 Mounting UDMA Drives and Connecting Power Cables 2-7 Additional Hints for UDMA Drives 2-7 Connecting UDMA Drives 2-8 Connecting UDMA Drives to the UDMA Connectors 2-8 Configuring the AAA-UDMA 2-11 3 Creating an Array With...
... Overview 1-3 2 Installing the Hardware AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout 2-2 Installing DIMM Memory 2-3 Installing the AAA-UDMA 2-4 Connecting the LED Activity Indicator 2-5 Setting Up UDMA Drives 2-6 Setting Jumpers on UDMA Drives to the Master Setting 2-6 Mounting UDMA Drives and Connecting Power Cables 2-7 Additional Hints for UDMA Drives 2-7 Connecting UDMA Drives 2-8 Connecting UDMA Drives to the UDMA Connectors 2-8 Configuring the AAA-UDMA 2-11 3 Creating an Array With...
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... can be connected to as ATA, EIDE, IDE, or Ultra DMA. The AAA-UDMA does not support CD-ROM, tape drives, or other non-hard disk drive devices. 1-1 1 Introduction In this Chapter ➤ System Requirements 1-2 ➤ Installation Overview 1-3 The Adaptec® AAA™-UDMA RAID card provides powerful disk array support in systems that have a PCI bus.
... can be connected to as ATA, EIDE, IDE, or Ultra DMA. The AAA-UDMA does not support CD-ROM, tape drives, or other non-hard disk drive devices. 1-1 1 Introduction In this Chapter ➤ System Requirements 1-2 ➤ Installation Overview 1-3 The Adaptec® AAA™-UDMA RAID card provides powerful disk array support in systems that have a PCI bus.
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...-hard disk drive devices. 2-1 2 Installing the Hardware In this Chapter ➤ AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout 2-2 ➤ Installing DIMM Memory 2-3 ➤ Installing the AAA-UDMA 2-4 ➤ Setting Up UDMA Drives 2-6 ➤ Connecting UDMA Drives 2-8 ➤ Configuring the AAA-UDMA 2-11 This chapter explains how to install the AAA-UDMA and connect UDMA drives to as ATA, EIDE, IDE, or Ultra DMA. Any combination...
...-hard disk drive devices. 2-1 2 Installing the Hardware In this Chapter ➤ AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout 2-2 ➤ Installing DIMM Memory 2-3 ➤ Installing the AAA-UDMA 2-4 ➤ Setting Up UDMA Drives 2-6 ➤ Connecting UDMA Drives 2-8 ➤ Configuring the AAA-UDMA 2-11 This chapter explains how to install the AAA-UDMA and connect UDMA drives to as ATA, EIDE, IDE, or Ultra DMA. Any combination...
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AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout Figure 2-1 identifies the major components on the UDMA drives. You may find it helpful to refer to this figure while installing the AAA-UDMA and attaching UDMA drives to it. 40-pin Internal UDMA Connectors DIMM DIMM Socket PCI Bus Contacts Figure 2-1. AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Note: The AAA-UDMA does not support the hot-swap functionality on the AAA-UDMA. AAA-UDMA Major Components 2-2 WARNING: Before handling the AAA-UDMA and any other electronic component, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on your computer chassis.
AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout Figure 2-1 identifies the major components on the UDMA drives. You may find it helpful to refer to this figure while installing the AAA-UDMA and attaching UDMA drives to it. 40-pin Internal UDMA Connectors DIMM DIMM Socket PCI Bus Contacts Figure 2-1. AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Note: The AAA-UDMA does not support the hot-swap functionality on the AAA-UDMA. AAA-UDMA Major Components 2-2 WARNING: Before handling the AAA-UDMA and any other electronic component, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on your computer chassis.
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... prompt appears during BIOS initialization: Press for additional information. 2-11 Should you may want to configure card options (e.g., ID and Parity Checking) for the AAA-UDMA RAID card, you need to run the BIOSSelect utility. During BIOS initialization, the AAA-UDMA BIOS banner should appear on the computer. In most cases, it by running the onboard BIOSSelect...
... prompt appears during BIOS initialization: Press for additional information. 2-11 Should you may want to configure card options (e.g., ID and Parity Checking) for the AAA-UDMA RAID card, you need to run the BIOSSelect utility. During BIOS initialization, the AAA-UDMA BIOS banner should appear on the computer. In most cases, it by running the onboard BIOSSelect...
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Before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in your system. (See Chapter 2) s Created the first array using the software. 4-1 4 Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT In this Chapter ➤ Installing the ...) for array management in order to add, delete, and manage arrays from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once Windows NT and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software and use it to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification). Refer to the...
Before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in your system. (See Chapter 2) s Created the first array using the software. 4-1 4 Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT In this Chapter ➤ Installing the ...) for array management in order to add, delete, and manage arrays from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once Windows NT and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software and use it to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification). Refer to the...
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... 0/1) to 1 GByte. Note: We recommend that you can create to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of the AAA-UDMA RAID card. It may also be necessary to edit the config.sys file to install Windows NT from the bootable CD-ROM, make sure Bootable ...CD-ROM support is done through the System BIOS Setup utility. AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows NT To begin driver installation, see Windows NT 1 GByte Partition Limitation on page 4-5. 1...
... 0/1) to 1 GByte. Note: We recommend that you can create to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of the AAA-UDMA RAID card. It may also be necessary to edit the config.sys file to install Windows NT from the bootable CD-ROM, make sure Bootable ...CD-ROM support is done through the System BIOS Setup utility. AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows NT To begin driver installation, see Windows NT 1 GByte Partition Limitation on page 4-5. 1...
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Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions on installing and using the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility, if you have completed the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in order to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification). 5 Installing the Software Driver for Windows 2000 ..., make sure you plan to boot from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once Windows 2000 and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software and use it to add, delete, and manage arrays from the server console (CI/O is required for Windows 2000.
Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions on installing and using the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility, if you have completed the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in order to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification). 5 Installing the Software Driver for Windows 2000 ..., make sure you plan to boot from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once Windows 2000 and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software and use it to add, delete, and manage arrays from the server console (CI/O is required for Windows 2000.
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... Adaptec Array1000UDMA RAID Host Adapter is the boot adapter for the Windows NT setup that you backup your Windows 2000 operating system on a fault-tolerant array (RAID 5, 1, or 0/1) to Windows 2000 Note: We recommend that you begin driver installation, see either Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of the AAA-UDMA RAID card.... that you install your system before you may have. 1 Startup Windows 4.0 completely. 2 Insert the Windows 2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive. AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows 2000 To begin upgrading.
... Adaptec Array1000UDMA RAID Host Adapter is the boot adapter for the Windows NT setup that you backup your Windows 2000 operating system on a fault-tolerant array (RAID 5, 1, or 0/1) to Windows 2000 Note: We recommend that you begin driver installation, see either Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of the AAA-UDMA RAID card.... that you install your system before you may have. 1 Startup Windows 4.0 completely. 2 Insert the Windows 2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive. AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows 2000 To begin upgrading.
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... the driver, make sure you plan to boot from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once NetWare and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software from the server console (CI/O is required for Novell NetWare (NetWare 4.11, 4.2, and 5.0). 6 Installing the...s Created the first array using the software. 6-1 Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions on installing and using the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility, if you have completed the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in order to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event ...
... the driver, make sure you plan to boot from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once NetWare and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software from the server console (CI/O is required for Novell NetWare (NetWare 4.11, 4.2, and 5.0). 6 Installing the...s Created the first array using the software. 6-1 Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions on installing and using the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility, if you have completed the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in order to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event ...
