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... OS/2 Warp are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Solaris is a trademark of their respective companies. Product Name: PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 Manual Revision: 1.20 Release Date: May 1999 2 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Disclaimer ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and/or other countries. All other countries. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of...
... OS/2 Warp are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Solaris is a trademark of their respective companies. Product Name: PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 Manual Revision: 1.20 Release Date: May 1999 2 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Disclaimer ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and/or other countries. All other countries. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of...
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... +886-2-2894-3447 ext. 113 Fax: +886-2-2895-9254 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw Newsgroup: news2.asus.com.tw WWW: www.asus.com.tw FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Marketing Address: 6737 Mowry Avenue, Mowry Business Center, Building...ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Marketing Address: Harkort Str. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Telephone: 49-2102-445011 Fax: 49-2102-442066 Email: [email protected] Tech Support Hotline: BBS: Email: WWW: FTP: 49-2102-499712 49-2102-448690 [email protected] www.asuscom.de ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI...
... +886-2-2894-3447 ext. 113 Fax: +886-2-2895-9254 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw Newsgroup: news2.asus.com.tw WWW: www.asus.com.tw FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Marketing Address: 6737 Mowry Avenue, Mowry Business Center, Building...ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Marketing Address: Harkort Str. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Telephone: 49-2102-445011 Fax: 49-2102-442066 Email: [email protected] Tech Support Hotline: BBS: Email: WWW: FTP: 49-2102-499712 49-2102-448690 [email protected] www.asuscom.de ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI...
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... Communications. This class B digital apparatus complies with FCC Rules Part 15. FCC & DOC Compliance Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Canadian ICES-003 4 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed...
... Communications. This class B digital apparatus complies with FCC Rules Part 15. FCC & DOC Compliance Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Canadian ICES-003 4 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed...
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...; ASPI Drivers Installation 139 2 NetWare® Driver Installation 141 2.1 Installing NetWare 3.1x 141 2.2 Installing NetWare 4.0x/4.1/4.11 143 3 Windows NT® 3.1/3.51 Driver Installation 151 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 5
...; ASPI Drivers Installation 139 2 NetWare® Driver Installation 141 2.1 Installing NetWare 3.1x 141 2.2 Installing NetWare 4.0x/4.1/4.11 143 3 Windows NT® 3.1/3.51 Driver Installation 151 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 5
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...View and Edit SCSI Drives 194 View and Edit SCSI Channels 195 View and Edit Configuration Parameters 195 Index 197 6 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3.1 Installing Driver During WinNT 3.1/3.51 Installation...........151 3.2 Installing Driver in Existing WinNT 3.1/3.51 System...178 8.4 Installing SPARC Driver & Text RAID Manager 180 8.5 Configuring RAID in an Existing OS/2 2.x/3.0 164 5.3 Updating PCI-DA2100/2200 OS/2 Device Driver 164 5.4 DA2100/2200 OS/2 Driver Command-Line Options ..........165 6 Driver Installation for SCO OpenServer & UnixWare 168 6.1 Installing the SCO ...
...View and Edit SCSI Drives 194 View and Edit SCSI Channels 195 View and Edit Configuration Parameters 195 Index 197 6 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3.1 Installing Driver During WinNT 3.1/3.51 Installation...........151 3.2 Installing Driver in Existing WinNT 3.1/3.51 System...178 8.4 Installing SPARC Driver & Text RAID Manager 180 8.5 Configuring RAID in an Existing OS/2 2.x/3.0 164 5.3 Updating PCI-DA2100/2200 OS/2 Device Driver 164 5.4 DA2100/2200 OS/2 Driver Command-Line Options ..........165 6 Driver Installation for SCO OpenServer & UnixWare 168 6.1 Installing the SCO ...
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... of integration and maintenance in the next chapter. ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 7 The controller already includes all of RAID technology. The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 has been designed with background rebuilding of ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 are described in mind. All the RAID ... of a failed drive and detection of a reserved drive followed with ease of the integrator. 1 Chapter 1 Introduction The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 is a PCI-to-SCSI RAID controller specifically designed to provide RAID 0, 1, 3 or 5 capability to the host system. The controller ...
... of integration and maintenance in the next chapter. ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 7 The controller already includes all of RAID technology. The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 has been designed with background rebuilding of ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 are described in mind. All the RAID ... of a failed drive and detection of a reserved drive followed with ease of the integrator. 1 Chapter 1 Introduction The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 is a PCI-to-SCSI RAID controller specifically designed to provide RAID 0, 1, 3 or 5 capability to the host system. The controller ...
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... Background rebuilding (Rebuild priority selectable) § Verify-after-Write supported on normal writes, rebuild writes and/or RAID initialization writes ü PCI Rev. 2.1 compliant ü PCI form factor: 6.87"(L) X 4.2"(W) (PCI-DA2100) 9.21"(L) x 4.2"(W) (PCI-DA2200) ü Supports up to 15 SCSI drives per channel ü Up to 8 logical drives, each with independent RAID modes ... ü Prior to first disk access, it allows adjustment of delay time during controller initialization to enhance compatibility with slow-initial drives ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 9
... Background rebuilding (Rebuild priority selectable) § Verify-after-Write supported on normal writes, rebuild writes and/or RAID initialization writes ü PCI Rev. 2.1 compliant ü PCI form factor: 6.87"(L) X 4.2"(W) (PCI-DA2100) 9.21"(L) x 4.2"(W) (PCI-DA2200) ü Supports up to 15 SCSI drives per channel ü Up to 8 logical drives, each with independent RAID modes ... ü Prior to first disk access, it allows adjustment of delay time during controller initialization to enhance compatibility with slow-initial drives ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 9
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...or (Ultra)-Wide-SCSI (1 or 2) specification ü Full Ultra-Wide (PCI-DA2100) or Ultra2-Wide (PCI-DA2200) SCSI-2 implementation including Tagged Command Queuing and Multi-Threaded I/O ü Uses Intel 486DX2-100 (PCI-DA2100) or AMD 5x86-133 (PCIDA2200) CPU with all executable firmware downloaded into high... performance ü Up to 64MB (PCI-DA2100) or 128MB (PCI-DA2200) of intelligent Read-Ahead/Write-Back cache ü Firmware resides in easy-to-update Flash Memory ü GUI RAID Manager and Text RAID Manager interfaces for RAID management 10 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual
...or (Ultra)-Wide-SCSI (1 or 2) specification ü Full Ultra-Wide (PCI-DA2100) or Ultra2-Wide (PCI-DA2200) SCSI-2 implementation including Tagged Command Queuing and Multi-Threaded I/O ü Uses Intel 486DX2-100 (PCI-DA2100) or AMD 5x86-133 (PCIDA2200) CPU with all executable firmware downloaded into high... performance ü Up to 64MB (PCI-DA2100) or 128MB (PCI-DA2200) of intelligent Read-Ahead/Write-Back cache ü Firmware resides in easy-to-update Flash Memory ü GUI RAID Manager and Text RAID Manager interfaces for RAID management 10 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual
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The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 RAID controller provides complete RAID functionality and enhanced drive failure management. 3.1 RAID Management RAID stands for Redundant Array of RAID...5 Performance Sequential Drive R: Highest W: Highest R: High W: Medium R: High W: Medium R: High W: Medium Performance Random Drive R: High W: Highest R: Medium W: Low R: Medium W: Low R: High W: Low ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 11 With RAID, storage speed increases as more drives are : Availability, Capacity and Performance. 3 Chapter 3 Functional Description The advantages of Independent Drives...
The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 RAID controller provides complete RAID functionality and enhanced drive failure management. 3.1 RAID Management RAID stands for Redundant Array of RAID...5 Performance Sequential Drive R: Highest W: Highest R: High W: Medium R: High W: Medium R: High W: Medium Performance Random Drive R: High W: Highest R: Medium W: Low R: Medium W: Low R: High W: Low ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 11 With RAID, storage speed increases as more drives are : Availability, Capacity and Performance. 3 Chapter 3 Functional Description The advantages of Independent Drives...
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... e 3 GB H a r d D riv e 1 GB H a r d D riv e 2 GB H a r d D riv e JBOD Minimum 1 Disks required Capacity 1 Redundancy No JBOD stands for Non-RAID. JBOD does not provide data redundancy. 12 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3 NRAID Disk Spanning 2 GB Hard Drive + 3 GB Hard Drive + 1 GB Hard Drive + 2 GB Hard Drive = NRAID Minimum 1 Disks required Capacity N Redundancy No...
... e 3 GB H a r d D riv e 1 GB H a r d D riv e 2 GB H a r d D riv e JBOD Minimum 1 Disks required Capacity 1 Redundancy No JBOD stands for Non-RAID. JBOD does not provide data redundancy. 12 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3 NRAID Disk Spanning 2 GB Hard Drive + 3 GB Hard Drive + 1 GB Hard Drive + 2 GB Hard Drive = NRAID Minimum 1 Disks required Capacity N Redundancy No...
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... Mirroring Logical Drive Physical Disks Block 1 Block 2 Mirroring Block 3 Block 1 Mirror 1 RAID 1 Disks required 2 Capacity N/2 Redundancy Yes Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . Mirror 2 Mirror 3 Mirror 4 . . ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 13
... Mirroring Logical Drive Physical Disks Block 1 Block 2 Mirroring Block 3 Block 1 Mirror 1 RAID 1 Disks required 2 Capacity N/2 Redundancy Yes Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . Mirror 2 Mirror 3 Mirror 4 . . ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 13
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... the controller. Physical Disks Dedicated Parity Striping Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . . . . This will be performed automatically. Parity (1,2) Parity (3,4) Parity (5,6) Parity (7,8) . . 14 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Block 8 . . Mirroring and Striping. Striping . . . If there are more than two hard drives assigned to perform RAID 1, RAID (0+1) will depend on the...
... the controller. Physical Disks Dedicated Parity Striping Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . . . . This will be performed automatically. Parity (1,2) Parity (3,4) Parity (5,6) Parity (7,8) . . 14 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Block 8 . . Mirroring and Striping. Striping . . . If there are more than two hard drives assigned to perform RAID 1, RAID (0+1) will depend on the...
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... parity data is not stored in one dedicated hard drive. RAID 5 Striping with Dedicated Parity. Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . . ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 15 One drive member is interspersed across the drive array. When a drive member fails, the controller can recover/regenerate the lost data...
... parity data is not stored in one dedicated hard drive. RAID 5 Striping with Dedicated Parity. Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . . ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 15 One drive member is interspersed across the drive array. When a drive member fails, the controller can recover/regenerate the lost data...
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... 2 Spare Drive joins the logical drive and automatically starts 3 to rebuild. When a member drive from any logical drives. 1 2 3 Logical Drive 0 1 2 Logical Drive 1 1 2 4 3 Logical Drive 2 16 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Logical Drive Global Spare Drive does not only serve one specified logical drive. When a member drive of the logical drive fails, the...
... 2 Spare Drive joins the logical drive and automatically starts 3 to rebuild. When a member drive from any logical drives. 1 2 3 Logical Drive 0 1 2 Logical Drive 1 1 2 4 3 Logical Drive 2 16 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Logical Drive Global Spare Drive does not only serve one specified logical drive. When a member drive of the logical drive fails, the...
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... require 4 GB only. Take note though that logical drive and automatically starts to rebuild. 1 2 3 Logical Drive 0 X 1 2 1 2 GS Global Spare 4 3 Drive Logical Drive 1 Logical Drive 2 The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 RAID controller provides both Local Spare Drive and Global Spare Drive functions. In the example shown on the next page, the member drives in...
... require 4 GB only. Take note though that logical drive and automatically starts to rebuild. 1 2 3 Logical Drive 0 X 1 2 1 2 GS Global Spare 4 3 Drive Logical Drive 1 Logical Drive 2 The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 RAID controller provides both Local Spare Drive and Global Spare Drive functions. In the example shown on the next page, the member drives in...
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... in the RAID 5 logical drive, make it a point to replace the failed drive with a new drive to read /write LED of identifying for a drive. 18 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual
... in the RAID 5 logical drive, make it a point to replace the failed drive with a new drive to read /write LED of identifying for a drive. 18 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual
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... all connected drives will light steadily for about one minute. LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 19 The "Flash All SCSI Drives" function will light LEDs of the drive you R/W LED selected will light for about one minute...
... all connected drives will light steadily for about one minute. LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 19 The "Flash All SCSI Drives" function will light LEDs of the drive you R/W LED selected will light for about one minute...
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... the user applies a forced manual rebuild. If there is enabled (i.e., a check time interval has been selected), the controller will begin with the spare drive. 20 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual
... the user applies a forced manual rebuild. If there is enabled (i.e., a check time interval has been selected), the controller will begin with the spare drive. 20 ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual
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... to repeat the rebuilding process for manual rebuild If neither a Local Spare Drive nor a Global Spare Drive is no available drive for a Global Spare Drive. ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 21 Newly replaced drives must be rebuilt at the same time (you do not need to rebuild using the replaced drive No...
... to repeat the rebuilding process for manual rebuild If neither a Local Spare Drive nor a Global Spare Drive is no available drive for a Global Spare Drive. ASUS PCI-DA2100/PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 21 Newly replaced drives must be rebuilt at the same time (you do not need to rebuild using the replaced drive No...