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.../2 2.x or 3.0 Installation......... A-27 7.2 Making Floppy Diskettes for SCO OpenServer and UnixWare......... Clock Period & Sync. A-23 5.4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 OS/2 Driver Command-Line OptionsA-23 6 Driver Installation for SlackWare 3.2 Installation.. Clock Frequency...D-1 Appendix E Troubleshooting Guide E-1 Appendix F...2.5.x and 2.6 (x86 platform A-32 8.2 Installing the x86 Platform Driver and ASUS Text RAID Manager A-33 8.3 Drivers and Utilities for Linux........... A-22 5.3 Updating ASUS PCI-DA2200 OS/2 Device Driver .......... A-25 6.1 Installing the SCO OpenServer Driver A-25 ...
.../2 2.x or 3.0 Installation......... A-27 7.2 Making Floppy Diskettes for SCO OpenServer and UnixWare......... Clock Period & Sync. A-23 5.4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 OS/2 Driver Command-Line OptionsA-23 6 Driver Installation for SlackWare 3.2 Installation.. Clock Frequency...D-1 Appendix E Troubleshooting Guide E-1 Appendix F...2.5.x and 2.6 (x86 platform A-32 8.2 Installing the x86 Platform Driver and ASUS Text RAID Manager A-33 8.3 Drivers and Utilities for Linux........... A-22 5.3 Updating ASUS PCI-DA2200 OS/2 Device Driver .......... A-25 6.1 Installing the SCO OpenServer Driver A-25 ...
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... failure recovery procedures are performed by an AMD 5x86 CPU coupled with high-speed DRAMs and firmware in flash memory. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 1-1 The controller has comprehensive drive failure management that allows automatic reassignment of reserved blocks when a bad...controller also supports spare drive operation. Chapter 1 Introduction The ASUS PCI-DA2200 is supported through automatic disconnection of a failed drive and detection of a reserved drive followed with background rebuilding of data. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 has been designed with the high-performance and fault-tolerant ...
... failure recovery procedures are performed by an AMD 5x86 CPU coupled with high-speed DRAMs and firmware in flash memory. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 1-1 The controller has comprehensive drive failure management that allows automatic reassignment of reserved blocks when a bad...controller also supports spare drive operation. Chapter 1 Introduction The ASUS PCI-DA2200 is supported through automatic disconnection of a failed drive and detection of a reserved drive followed with background rebuilding of data. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 has been designed with the high-performance and fault-tolerant ...
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... Local Spare) § 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: 9.21"(L) x 4.2"(W) ü Supports up to 15 SCSI drives per channel ü Up to 8 logical drives, each with independent RAID modes ü...-Wide-SCSI (downward compatible to SCSI-1) ü Compatible and will automatically match any SCSI hard disks with SCSI-1, SCSI-2 or (Ultra)-Wide-SCSI (1 or 2) specification ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 2-1
... Local Spare) § 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: 9.21"(L) x 4.2"(W) ü Supports up to 15 SCSI drives per channel ü Up to 8 logical drives, each with independent RAID modes ü...-Wide-SCSI (downward compatible to SCSI-1) ü Compatible and will automatically match any SCSI hard disks with SCSI-1, SCSI-2 or (Ultra)-Wide-SCSI (1 or 2) specification ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 2-1
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ü Full Ultra2 Wide SCSI-2 implementation including Tagged Command Queuing and Multi-Threaded I/O ü Uses AMD 5x86-133 CPU with all executable firmware downloaded into high-speed DRAM ü EDO DRAM supported for enhanced performance ü Up to 128 Mbytes 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 2-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual
ü Full Ultra2 Wide SCSI-2 implementation including Tagged Command Queuing and Multi-Threaded I/O ü Uses AMD 5x86-133 CPU with all executable firmware downloaded into high-speed DRAM ü EDO DRAM supported for enhanced performance ü Up to 128 Mbytes 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 2-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual
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...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-DA2200 User's Manual 3-1 The advantages of using a RAID storage subsystem are added. • Provides fault-tolerance by breaking data into one single volume. • ...and drive failure management can increase Availability, subsequently increasing Performance and Capacity. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides complete RAID functionality and enhanced drive failure management. 3.1 RAID Management RAID stands for Redundant ...
...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-DA2200 User's Manual 3-1 The advantages of using a RAID storage subsystem are added. • Provides fault-tolerance by breaking data into one single volume. • ...and drive failure management can increase Availability, subsequently increasing Performance and Capacity. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides complete RAID functionality and enhanced drive failure management. 3.1 RAID Management RAID stands for Redundant ...
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NRAID does not provide data redundancy. JBOD does not provide data redundancy. 3-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual NRAID Disk Spanning NRAID Minimum 1 Disks required Capacity N Redundancy No = 2 GB Hard Drive + 3 GB Hard Drive + 1 GB Hard Drive + 2 GB Hard Drive Logical 2+3+1+2=...
NRAID does not provide data redundancy. JBOD does not provide data redundancy. 3-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual NRAID Disk Spanning NRAID Minimum 1 Disks required Capacity N Redundancy No = 2 GB Hard Drive + 3 GB Hard Drive + 1 GB Hard Drive + 2 GB Hard Drive Logical 2+3+1+2=...
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... 1 can only be performed automatically. data stored in the logical drive is striped (distributed) across several physical drives. Data in one hard drive to another. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-3 Mirror 2 Mirror 3 Mirror 4 . . Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 . . RAID 0 Disk Striping RAID 0 Minimum 2 Disks required Capacity N Redundancy No Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block...
... 1 can only be performed automatically. data stored in the logical drive is striped (distributed) across several physical drives. Data in one hard drive to another. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-3 Mirror 2 Mirror 3 Mirror 4 . . Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 . . RAID 0 Disk Striping RAID 0 Minimum 2 Disks required Capacity N Redundancy No Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block...
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... 3 performs Block Striping with Dedicated Parity. RAID (0+1) allows multiple drive failure because of the full redundancy of the failed drive from the dedicated parity drive. 3-4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Physical Disks Striping Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 . . RAID (0+1) combines RAID 0 and RAID...
... 3 performs Block Striping with Dedicated Parity. RAID (0+1) allows multiple drive failure because of the full redundancy of the failed drive from the dedicated parity drive. 3-4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Physical Disks Striping Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 . . RAID (0+1) combines RAID 0 and RAID...
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... only serve one specified logical drive. Block 2 Block 3 Parity (5,6) Block 8 . . RAID 5 is similar to rebuild. When a member drive of the logical drive fails, the Global ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-5 RAID 5 Striping with Interspersed Parity RAID 5 Minimum 3 Disks required Capacity N-1 Redundancy Yes Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block...
... only serve one specified logical drive. Block 2 Block 3 Parity (5,6) Block 8 . . RAID 5 is similar to rebuild. When a member drive of the logical drive fails, the Global ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-5 RAID 5 Striping with Interspersed Parity RAID 5 Minimum 3 Disks required Capacity N-1 Redundancy Yes Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block...
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...Logical Drive 0 are 9 GB drives, and the members in Logical Drives 1 and 2 are all 4 GB drives. However 3-6 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Spare Drive will better fit various needs. On certain occasions, applying these two functions together will join that logical drive and... 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-DA2200 RAID controller provides both Local Spare Drive and Global Spare Drive functions. Global Spare Drive GS Global Spare Drive GS Global Spare Drives serve any...
...Logical Drive 0 are 9 GB drives, and the members in Logical Drives 1 and 2 are all 4 GB drives. However 3-6 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Spare Drive will better fit various needs. On certain occasions, applying these two functions together will join that logical drive and... 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-DA2200 RAID controller provides both Local Spare Drive and Global Spare Drive functions. Global Spare Drive GS Global Spare Drive GS Global Spare Drives serve any...
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... the logical drive because the two drives may have already failed. To prevent this logical drive failed. When trying to keep the logical drive working. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-7 In the settings below, the 9 GB Local Spare Drive will no longer be able to the failed drive.
... the logical drive because the two drives may have already failed. To prevent this logical drive failed. When trying to keep the logical drive working. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-7 In the settings below, the 9 GB Local Spare Drive will no longer be able to the failed drive.
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... will light for about one minute. LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON 3.2.3 Automatic Rebuild and Manual 3-8 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual The "Flash All SCSI Drives" function will light LEDs of the defective drive did not light on the "Flash Selected SCSI Drive" function...
... will light for about one minute. LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON 3.2.3 Automatic Rebuild and Manual 3-8 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual The "Flash All SCSI Drives" function will light LEDs of the defective drive did not light on the "Flash Selected SCSI Drive" function...
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... unless the user applies a forced manual rebuild. No "Periodic Auto-Detect Failure Drive Swap Check Time" enabled? Yes Has the failed drive been Yes swapped? ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-9 No Any global spare drive Yes assigned to logical drive? If yes, it will automatically rebuild the logical drive. If there is "Disabled...
... unless the user applies a forced manual rebuild. No "Periodic Auto-Detect Failure Drive Swap Check Time" enabled? Yes Has the failed drive been Yes swapped? ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-9 No Any global spare drive Yes assigned to logical drive? If yes, it will automatically rebuild the logical drive. If there is "Disabled...
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If there is a Global Spare Drive, it will not try to rebuild again until the user applies another forced-manual rebuild. 3-10 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual If there is no Local Spare Drive available, the controller will automatically start to this logical drive. Manual Rebuild When a user applies forced-...
If there is a Global Spare Drive, it will not try to rebuild again until the user applies another forced-manual rebuild. 3-10 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual If there is no Local Spare Drive available, the controller will automatically start to this logical drive. Manual Rebuild When a user applies forced-...
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... drives will depend on LD Normal Drive Writes Performs Verify-after data has been written to serve other I /O requests. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides background rebuilding ability. The background rebuild process has four priority options: • Low • Normal •...the rebuilding process for each drive). 3.3 Disk Array Parameters 3.3.1 Rebuild Priority Rebuilding time will be rebuilt at the shortest time. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-11 Choosing "Normal" or "Improved" will speedup the rebuilding process and choosing "High" will use the controller...
... drives will depend on LD Normal Drive Writes Performs Verify-after data has been written to serve other I /O requests. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides background rebuilding ability. The background rebuild process has four priority options: • Low • Normal •...the rebuilding process for each drive). 3.3 Disk Array Parameters 3.3.1 Rebuild Priority Rebuilding time will be rebuilt at the shortest time. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-11 Choosing "Normal" or "Improved" will speedup the rebuilding process and choosing "High" will use the controller...
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Hard drives will perform Verify-after-Write according to the selected method. 3-12 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Each method can be enabled or disabled individually.
Hard drives will perform Verify-after-Write according to the selected method. 3-12 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Each method can be enabled or disabled individually.
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... reset the controller to optimize for large-sequential I/O or optimize for small-random I /O" (with a size of 32K). The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides the options to make available the logical drive data again. 3-14 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual The change will also be changed to optimize for sequential or random I /O" (shows "INVALID") and vice...
... reset the controller to optimize for large-sequential I/O or optimize for small-random I /O" (with a size of 32K). The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides the options to make available the logical drive data again. 3-14 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual The change will also be changed to optimize for sequential or random I /O" (shows "INVALID") and vice...
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...: Spin-up at power-on . All the hard drives will not spin-up at this time. There are powered-up at four seconds interval. 3-16 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Please refer to the hard drive's user's manual for all the hard drives and controllers that all the hard drives as above and...
...: Spin-up at power-on . All the hard drives will not spin-up at this time. There are powered-up at four seconds interval. 3-16 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual Please refer to the hard drive's user's manual for all the hard drives and controllers that all the hard drives as above and...
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... higher priority can vary between different brands and models of drives. Increase the disk access delay time so that are configured as failed a drive 3-18 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual However, all the read data from the drive platter, it will be judged to a lower value will retry the previous reading or recalibrate...
... higher priority can vary between different brands and models of drives. Increase the disk access delay time so that are configured as failed a drive 3-18 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual However, all the read data from the drive platter, it will be judged to a lower value will retry the previous reading or recalibrate...