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Server Systems and Motherboards Raid Configuration and Driver installation guide For Adaptec 7902W chip 1
Server Systems and Motherboards Raid Configuration and Driver installation guide For Adaptec 7902W chip 1
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RAID driver installation 2.1 Installing the Adaptec 7902W RAID controller ...18 2.1.1 Windows 2000/2003 (Installing the driver in BIOS 4 1.4 Adaptec 7902W RAID configuration utility ..........4 1.4.1 Create a RAID 0 (Striped 7 1.4.2 Create a RAID 1 (Mirrored 9 1.4.3 Create a RAID 1+0 12 1.4.4 Deleting a RAID set 14 1.4.5 Rebuilding a RAID 1 Set 15 2. RAID Configuration 1.1 RAID Definition 3 1.2 Installing disk drives 3 1.3 Setting the RAID in new system 18 2.1.2 Windows 2000/2003 (Adding the controller to an existing system 19 2.1.3 RedHat 9.0 23 2 Contents 1.
RAID driver installation 2.1 Installing the Adaptec 7902W RAID controller ...18 2.1.1 Windows 2000/2003 (Installing the driver in BIOS 4 1.4 Adaptec 7902W RAID configuration utility ..........4 1.4.1 Create a RAID 0 (Striped 7 1.4.2 Create a RAID 1 (Mirrored 9 1.4.3 Create a RAID 1+0 12 1.4.4 Deleting a RAID set 14 1.4.5 Rebuilding a RAID 1 Set 15 2. RAID Configuration 1.1 RAID Definition 3 1.2 Installing disk drives 3 1.3 Setting the RAID in new system 18 2.1.2 Windows 2000/2003 (Adding the controller to an existing system 19 2.1.3 RedHat 9.0 23 2 Contents 1.
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.... Enable or Disable SCSI termination. If one disk, the system will boot through software utility. ● Software RAID (Host RAID): Use BIOS setup and management utility complete RAID 0, 1, 1+0, Spare configurations and support Ultra 320 products. ● SATA RAID: Adaptec SATA RAID is support up to two SATA hard disk drives and RAID support 0, 1, JBOD configuration. 1.1 RAID Definition RAID 0, Striping supports up to two SCSI disk drives to hard disk on each HDD. 4. Take a stripe pair of disks and mirror them contains exactly the same data, in case of failure...
.... Enable or Disable SCSI termination. If one disk, the system will boot through software utility. ● Software RAID (Host RAID): Use BIOS setup and management utility complete RAID 0, 1, 1+0, Spare configurations and support Ultra 320 products. ● SATA RAID: Adaptec SATA RAID is support up to two SATA hard disk drives and RAID support 0, 1, JBOD configuration. 1.1 RAID Definition RAID 0, Striping supports up to two SCSI disk drives to hard disk on each HDD. 4. Take a stripe pair of disks and mirror them contains exactly the same data, in case of failure...
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...controller BIOS startup. 1.3 Setting the RAID in BIOS code, even you create software RAID after detected SCSI devices that you can set SCSI capability on options window. 4 The illustrator is built-in BIOS Since onboard RAID controller option, please enable onboard H/W SCSI capability of the BIOS utility before you creating. 1) During the POST screen, please enter the BIOS setup utility. 2) Into Advance Menu > click Integrated Peripherals screen item. 3) Choose Onboard Device item > Onboard H/W SCSI [Enable]. 4) Save your change and Exist BIOS setup. 1.4 Adaptec 7902W RAID configuration...
...controller BIOS startup. 1.3 Setting the RAID in BIOS code, even you create software RAID after detected SCSI devices that you can set SCSI capability on options window. 4 The illustrator is built-in BIOS Since onboard RAID controller option, please enable onboard H/W SCSI capability of the BIOS utility before you creating. 1) During the POST screen, please enter the BIOS setup utility. 2) Into Advance Menu > click Integrated Peripherals screen item. 3) Choose Onboard Device item > Onboard H/W SCSI [Enable]. 4) Save your change and Exist BIOS setup. 1.4 Adaptec 7902W RAID configuration...
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Return Options, choose "Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings". Select HostRAID options and "Enabled" it. 5 After into SCSI Disk Utility screen, you can check your SCSI hard disk drives be detected on your system, in general, a SCSI bus can support up to 15 devices and the controller connected to its 16-bit bus.
Return Options, choose "Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings". Select HostRAID options and "Enabled" it. 5 After into SCSI Disk Utility screen, you can check your SCSI hard disk drives be detected on your system, in general, a SCSI bus can support up to 15 devices and the controller connected to its 16-bit bus.
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Options item will pop-up , please click "Yes". Save Changes Made screen will become 3 selections, please pull down to "Configure/View HostRAID Settings". 6
Options item will pop-up , please click "Yes". Save Changes Made screen will become 3 selections, please pull down to "Configure/View HostRAID Settings". 6
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Click "Configure/ View HostRAID settings" icon that disk drives set requires for the maximum of 4 drives. All required SCSI hard disk drives will allow you to check and create RAID array or Spare capability of SCSI hard disk drives. 1.4.1 Create a RAID 0 (Stripe) From the Create RAID menu, please click "RAID-0 (High Performance, No Fault Tolerance)" that will appears in the Select RAID members screen. 7
Click "Configure/ View HostRAID settings" icon that disk drives set requires for the maximum of 4 drives. All required SCSI hard disk drives will allow you to check and create RAID array or Spare capability of SCSI hard disk drives. 1.4.1 Create a RAID 0 (Stripe) From the Create RAID menu, please click "RAID-0 (High Performance, No Fault Tolerance)" that will appears in the Select RAID members screen. 7
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After configure successfully, please exit Adaptec SCSISelct Utility window and restart system. 1.4.2 Create RAID 1 ( Mirrored ) From the Create RAID menu, click RAID-1 (Fault Tolerance) that disk drives set requires for the maximum of 2 drives. 9 The RAID-0 is complete the array propertied.
After configure successfully, please exit Adaptec SCSISelct Utility window and restart system. 1.4.2 Create RAID 1 ( Mirrored ) From the Create RAID menu, click RAID-1 (Fault Tolerance) that disk drives set requires for the maximum of 2 drives. 9 The RAID-0 is complete the array propertied.
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If you can select other disk drives for replacement of the dead one if one of the hard disk drive failing. 11 After RAID-1 builds the array propertied completed, you would like to set this array on bootable, please select "Yes" on stand by should prompt for Spare. ※ SPARE: Set one drive on this window and apposite, please select "No".
If you can select other disk drives for replacement of the dead one if one of the hard disk drive failing. 11 After RAID-1 builds the array propertied completed, you would like to set this array on bootable, please select "Yes" on stand by should prompt for Spare. ※ SPARE: Set one drive on this window and apposite, please select "No".
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Select default Strip size 64-KB from the menu, then press . (Of course, you want to add to create array, then press . After configure successfully, please exit Adaptec SCSISelct Utility window and restart system. 1.4.3 Create RAID 1+0 From the Create RAID menu, please click RAID-10 (Fault Tolerance, High Performance) that you also can select 16-KB or 32-KB by your application) 12
Select default Strip size 64-KB from the menu, then press . (Of course, you want to add to create array, then press . After configure successfully, please exit Adaptec SCSISelct Utility window and restart system. 1.4.3 Create RAID 1+0 From the Create RAID menu, please click RAID-10 (Fault Tolerance, High Performance) that you also can select 16-KB or 32-KB by your application) 12
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Press "Del" key to the Stiped (R0) properties. The RAID-10 is the fastest and easiest method to delete your first array. 14 After configure successfully, please exit Adaptec SCSISelct Utility window and restart system. 1.4.4 Deleting a RAID set From the Adaptec SCSIselect utility menu, go to display the Main Menu below. This is completed array propertied.
Press "Del" key to the Stiped (R0) properties. The RAID-10 is the fastest and easiest method to delete your first array. 14 After configure successfully, please exit Adaptec SCSISelct Utility window and restart system. 1.4.4 Deleting a RAID set From the Adaptec SCSIselect utility menu, go to display the Main Menu below. This is completed array propertied.
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After replaced a drive, restart a system and during the POST screen, please press "Ctrl+A" into the SCSI utility Note Please determined which drive failure. When the dialogue windows appear, click to be replaced 15 If one of the disk broken, it is appears which drive in the RAID has failed and need to proceed. 1.4.5 rebuilding a RAID 1 Set During the post screen, SCSI HostRAID BIOS does checks RAID 1 condition each time.
After replaced a drive, restart a system and during the POST screen, please press "Ctrl+A" into the SCSI utility Note Please determined which drive failure. When the dialogue windows appear, click to be replaced 15 If one of the disk broken, it is appears which drive in the RAID has failed and need to proceed. 1.4.5 rebuilding a RAID 1 Set During the post screen, SCSI HostRAID BIOS does checks RAID 1 condition each time.
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A prompt message will pop-up after you ready for rebuild replaced drive, please choose button 16 From the SCSISelect Utility menu, press on ID-1 Mirrored (R1) property. From the SCSIRAID properties menu, press key to rebuild a replaced drive.
A prompt message will pop-up after you ready for rebuild replaced drive, please choose button 16 From the SCSISelect Utility menu, press on ID-1 Mirrored (R1) property. From the SCSIRAID properties menu, press key to rebuild a replaced drive.
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After finished the rebuilding, please restart system again. 2. All data will be direct installed from the existing array drive in new system usually will require a driver disk, please extract RAID driver into floppy disk form CD or GIGABYTE web site. 17 If you would like add RAID driver to operate properly. RAID driver installation A system with Adaptec 7902W SCSI RAID driver installed needs have an appropriate driver for the RAID controller to an existing system, the driver may be overwritten on the new drive from the CD, whereas install the RAID driver in a while.
After finished the rebuilding, please restart system again. 2. All data will be direct installed from the existing array drive in new system usually will require a driver disk, please extract RAID driver into floppy disk form CD or GIGABYTE web site. 17 If you would like add RAID driver to operate properly. RAID driver installation A system with Adaptec 7902W SCSI RAID driver installed needs have an appropriate driver for the RAID controller to an existing system, the driver may be overwritten on the new drive from the CD, whereas install the RAID driver in a while.
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Press to complete this time; 2.1 Installing the Adaptec 7902W RAID controller 2.1.1 Winodws 2000/XP/2003 (Installing the driver in new system) If you installing the driver in new system, please press during the installation startup. otherwise, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...". Note You only have 5 seconds to press the F6 key during the message appears "Press F6 if you must restart the Windows 2000/XP installation process to specify additional device when Windows prompted. 18 Press F6 at this procedure correctly.
Press to complete this time; 2.1 Installing the Adaptec 7902W RAID controller 2.1.1 Winodws 2000/XP/2003 (Installing the driver in new system) If you installing the driver in new system, please press during the installation startup. otherwise, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...". Note You only have 5 seconds to press the F6 key during the message appears "Press F6 if you must restart the Windows 2000/XP installation process to specify additional device when Windows prompted. 18 Press F6 at this procedure correctly.
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Insert Adaptec 7902W RAID driver disk that you earlier extract RAID driver into floppy disk, then press Select the Adaptec Ultra 320 SCSI cards (Windows XXXX) depend on your type of operating system, then press to proceed. 2.1.2 Windows 2000/XP/2003 (Adding the controller to an existing system) If you would like add the RAID controller to an existing system, please restart system and into Computer Management window (My Computer click right button > choose Manage). 19
Insert Adaptec 7902W RAID driver disk that you earlier extract RAID driver into floppy disk, then press Select the Adaptec Ultra 320 SCSI cards (Windows XXXX) depend on your type of operating system, then press to proceed. 2.1.2 Windows 2000/XP/2003 (Adding the controller to an existing system) If you would like add the RAID controller to an existing system, please restart system and into Computer Management window (My Computer click right button > choose Manage). 19
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Note Windows will automatic detect the RAID controller and then pop-up , then click "Reinstall Driver" button. 20 Double click RAID Controller item, RAID Controller Properties window is pop-up "New Hardware Found" window, please click "Cancle" and install driver by manually.
Note Windows will automatic detect the RAID controller and then pop-up , then click "Reinstall Driver" button. 20 Double click RAID Controller item, RAID Controller Properties window is pop-up "New Hardware Found" window, please click "Cancle" and install driver by manually.
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Hardware Update Wizard window appears, system doing search a suitable driver automatically. 21 Select Install the software automatically (Recommended), then press . Insert original CD or floppy disk that you earlier extract RAID driver into floppy disk.
Hardware Update Wizard window appears, system doing search a suitable driver automatically. 21 Select Install the software automatically (Recommended), then press . Insert original CD or floppy disk that you earlier extract RAID driver into floppy disk.
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When dialogue window "Do you have a drive disk?" Boot Red Hat 9 from the CD 1. 2. When the Red Hat Linux 9 screen appears, type "linux dd", then press enter. To install the host RAID controller: 1. 2.1.3 Red Hat 9.0 The Adaptec 7902W or SCSI RAID controller in a Red Hat 9.0 Linux system does require SCSI RAID driver installation. pop-up, please click "Yes" by pressing key. 23
When dialogue window "Do you have a drive disk?" Boot Red Hat 9 from the CD 1. 2. When the Red Hat Linux 9 screen appears, type "linux dd", then press enter. To install the host RAID controller: 1. 2.1.3 Red Hat 9.0 The Adaptec 7902W or SCSI RAID controller in a Red Hat 9.0 Linux system does require SCSI RAID driver installation. pop-up, please click "Yes" by pressing key. 23
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Please extract SCSI RAID driver for loading this disk and click "fd0" item when the system asks which device you would like to installed the system. 24 Choose button while the system has ready for Red Hat 9.0 file to a floppy disk, insert this driver. Please continue with the Linux install while the driver to use, then press A prompt message is pop-up after your floppy disk has already inserted.
Please extract SCSI RAID driver for loading this disk and click "fd0" item when the system asks which device you would like to installed the system. 24 Choose button while the system has ready for Red Hat 9.0 file to a floppy disk, insert this driver. Please continue with the Linux install while the driver to use, then press A prompt message is pop-up after your floppy disk has already inserted.