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PCI-to-IDE ATA-133

RAID Adapter

AEC-6885MS/6885M/6885MLP

User’s Manual

Release: July 2003

Version:1.1

Summary of Contents for AEC-6885MLP

Page 2: ... Microsoft and the Windows Logo are the registered trademarks and Windows is the trade mark of Microsoft Corporation All brands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopyin...

Page 3: ...etting 10 Chapter 3 System Installation 13 3 1 Install OS into HDD with the Adapter 13 3 1 1 Install OS 9 into HDD with the Adapter 13 3 1 2 Install OSX 10 3 into HDD with the Adapter 15 3 1 3 Verify System Profiler 16 3 2 Install the Adapter in Current OS 20 3 2 1 In OS 9 20 3 2 2 In OSX 10 3 22 3 2 3 Verify System Profiler 23 3 3 AEC 6885M RAID Utility 23 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 29 Appendix In...

Page 4: ...system smoothly via a GUI 1 2 Features n Supports 64 bit 33MHz PCI Bus Master AEC 6885MS n Supports 64 bit 66MHz PCI Bus Master AEC 6885M 6885MLP n Supports data transfer rate of 266MB s AEC 6885MS n Supports data transfer rate of 533MB s AEC 6885M n Has 4 independent IDE channels n Has a simple DIP switch for RAID configuration n Supports at most 4 hard drives n Supports RAID 0 1 0 1 and normal m...

Page 5: ... Power Cord 2 n User s Manual 1 n ACARD Support CD 1 n Power requirement Voltage 3 3V 2 5V 2 Current 0 5A Max n Environment Operating temperature 0o C to 70o C Storage temperature 20o C to 85o C n Humidity 15 to 90 n Dimensions Width 17 46cm for 6885MS and 6885M Height 8 26cm Width 17 40cm for 6885MLP Height 6 44cm n Connectors Four 40 pin IDE internal connectors 1 3 Specifications ...

Page 6: ...e of AEC 6885M you have to initialize or erase in OS X the hard drive first Besides you need to inspect if every hard drive is all right too Then shut down your computer to adjust the DIP switch to a RAID mode you want Cer tainly you have to enter Disk Utility to erase or partition those new RAID volumes 2 1 Quick Installation 1 Open the Mac computer s or workstation s case refer to Mac manual 2 C...

Page 7: ...AEC 6885MS 6885M 6885MLP 7 The PCI to IDE Adapter AEC 6885M The ATA 133 Cable IDE 4 IDE 2 IDE 3 IDE 1 LED Connect to any of the IDE Connect to the IDE ports on AEC 6885M hard drive Master ...

Page 8: ...Striping Mode RAID 0 1 Striping means to divide a piece of data into several small pieces of data with the same size The data is accessible from several hard drives at the same time This mode can greatly enhance the overall efficiency but it doesn t provide any fault tolerance 2 If hard drives are different in capacity AEC 6885M will take the hard drive of the smallest capacity as the standard and...

Page 9: ... drives fails another will keep working and thus data won t be lost 2 If the capacity of hard drives is different AEC 6885M will take the hard drive of the smallest capacity as the standard And the whole capacity you can use is that samllest hard drive 3 RAID 1 requires two hard drives 4 The DIP switch on AEC 6885M is used to set RAID mode It doesn t allow two modes at the same time For example yo...

Page 10: ...e s connector at another end Step 4 Find out pin 1 on the IDE hard drive s connector Step 5 Connect the cable to the hard drive by aligning pin 1 to pin 1 Step 6 Connect the 4 pin power cord to the IDE hard drive 2 5 DIP Switch Setting RAID configurations must be set on AEC 6885M s DIP switch However after in stalling hard drives to the IDE ports do not arbitrarily change the positions other wise ...

Page 11: ...d IDE 4 Thus the adapter will form the 2 hard drives into an array But if you connect one of the hard drives to IDE 1 or IDE 2 and another to IDE 3 or IDE 4 the adapter won t form them into an array When you have 4 hard drives and connect them to AEC 6885M the adapter will form the 4 hard drives into a striping array If you want to form two arrays and each is composed of 2 hard drives you should c...

Page 12: ...f striped hard drives This mode needs 4 hard drives to get the volume It is activated by setting DIP switch 1 as ON and switch 2 as OFF ON 1 2 If there are 4 hard drives the adapter will form the 2 hard drives connected to IDE 1 and IDE 2 into one array and another 2 connected to IDE 3 and IDE 4 into another array ...

Page 13: ...t despite that it appeared earlier than OSX 10 2 Perhaps you may wonder if AEC 6885M supports OSX 10 1 No it doesn t In this manual we are going to take OS 9 and OSX 10 3 as examples to explain system installation and Utility operation 3 1 Install OS into HDD with the Adapter Here we will install OS 9 and OSX 10 3 into the hard drive s connected with AEC 6885M the adapter After installation you ca...

Page 14: ...the hard drive connected to AEC 6885M then click Initialize For de tailed information of Drive Setup please refer to Mac OS manual 8 Start to install OS 9 onto the hard drive s or array 9 Then install RAID Utility refer to 3 3 to monitor RAID volume and hard drives ...

Page 15: ...rdware is installed correctly 2 Insert the OSX source CD into CD DVD ROM 3 Power on and press C key 4 Before installation click Installer on the top selection row 5 Click Open Disk Utility 6 Choose the hard drive you want to initialize and click Partition to decide the number of partitions you need ...

Page 16: ...d hard drives 3 1 3 Verify System Profiler For Mac OS 9 After you initialize the hard drive successfully a new Untitled hard drive icon will appear on the Mac window Of course you can give the hard drive a name 7 After partitioning or erasing the volume you can click First Aid to verify the disk partition into which you are about to install OSX 10 3 ...

Page 17: ...filer 2 Under Apple System Profiler click Devices and Volumes to read the status of devices And choose PCI to find the SCSI card and hard drives You can find the information of AEC 6885M under the Apple Logo Please follow the instructions below to read the system information ...

Page 18: ...more hard drive icons will appear on the desktop You can use the built in Disk Utility to verify or repair the hard drive when it has something wrong You can find the information of AEC 6885M under the Apple Logo Please click About This Mac and then More Info Another way of finding the system information is described below 1 Click Finder at the bottom of the Mac OS screen ...

Page 19: ...lick Applications on the tool row 3 Under Applications click Utilities 4 Under Utilities click Apple System Profiler 5 Under Apple System Profiler click Devices and Volumes to read the detailed information of AEC 6885M and disk array ...

Page 20: ...l AEC 6885M in the current OS 9 and OSX 10 3 3 2 1 In OS 9 1 Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly 2 Decide the RAID mode you need and set it by DIP switch 3 Power on 4 Double click Utilities under OnBoard Applications 6 Click Extensions to see the version of AEC 6885M s driver ...

Page 21: ...Double click Drive Setup 6 Choose the newly installed hard drive and click Initialize 7 You can see the initialized or partitioned volume on the desktop 8 Then install RAID Utility refer to 3 3 to monitor RAID volume and hard drives ...

Page 22: ...e by clicking Partition 3 2 2 In OSX 10 3 1 Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly 2 Decide the RAID mode you need and set it by DIP switch 3 Power on 4 Double click Disk Utility under OnBoard Applications Utilities OnBoard repre sents the OnBoard Mac hard drive ...

Page 23: ...ery easy to install AEC 6885M RAID Utility You can find it in the support CD After discompression you can clearly see the utility and firmware in a folder The execution of the utility is by double clicking the icon Since OS 9 and OSX are different in structure ACARD has developed two sets of utilities But the utilities are not so different in order not to make users inconvenient Here we will take ...

Page 24: ... the disk array of RAID 0 please replace it with a new one then delete the original array Restart the computer to detect the new array If you want to change RAID mode delete the current RAID and shut down Then adjust the DIP switch to the RAID mode you like Information ...

Page 25: ...mware It is placed under Setup on the top function row You can go to ACARD s web site to download the newest version of firmware But if there is no problem in use you are recommended not to update the firmware This function is somewhat different in OS 9 and OSX In OS 9 it is independent You can see the updated utility in the same folder when you discompress the down loaded new firmware Information...

Page 26: ...5MLP 26 Select Adapter When you insert two or more AEC 6885M adapters this function lets you monitor the status of all adapters in OS 9 Please update one adapter s firmware and then another s in OSX Information Information ...

Page 27: ... log It records all matters of hard drives such as the wrong RAID the failed hard drive the removed hard drive the successful or failed rebuilding etc Quit Quitting the utility does not affect all RAID operations Event Log Information ...

Page 28: ...AEC 6885MS 6885M 6885MLP 28 NOTICE When rebuilding is running you can still quit the utility by clicking Don t Stop The rebuilding process won t be affected ...

Page 29: ...re installing the adapter You are suggested to inspect if every hard drive is normal in access via the adapter s normal mode or Mac s built in IDE port 3 Inspect the adapter Inspect if the adapter is firmly inserted into the slot on the motherboard If the con nection is not good try to clean the edge connector with an eraser 4 Inspect all connectors and cables Inspect if internal IDE connector dev...

Page 30: ...885M on Power Mac G4 Mirror Door com puter is described below Step 1 Gently lower the computer s side panel onto a clean flat surface Optical drive carrier Rear hard disk drive carrier Front hard disk drive carrier Step 2 Remove the front carrier as instructed in Mac user s manual and install two hard drives ...

Page 31: ...rds to the two hard drives Step 4 Remove the optical carrier as instructed in Mac user s manual and change the place of CD DVD ROM from the upper bay to the lower bay For the convenience of later procedures please also remove the rear carrier Step 5 Screw a hard drive to a fixed support The support is optional ...

Page 32: ... support onto the optical carrier s upper bay Step 7 Connect ATA 133 cable and power cord to the hard drive And replace the optical carrier and screw it Step 8 Install a hard drive to the previously removed rear carrier Reserve the rear carrier s internal hard drive ...

Page 33: ... cord to the internal hard drive first Then connect another cable and power cord to the newly installed hard drive Step 10 Replace the rear carrier Step 11 Connect the 4 cables other ends to the adapter s 4 channels And insert the adapter into a PCI slot and screw it ...

Page 34: ...AEC 6885MS 6885M 6885MLP 34 Step 12 Gently raise the computer s side panel and close Be careful not to press the cables ...

Page 35: ...ww acard com System Configuration Motherboard BIOS version SCSI adapter Chipset Memory Display card Other I O card OS version Hard Disk Configuration Hard Disk Model type Capacity Firmware version Others Problem Description MALAEC6885ME11 0 Model AEC 6885MS 6885M 6885MLP F W Version ...

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