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PCI-to-SATA RAID Adapter

AEC-6890M

User’s Manual

Copyright © 2003 ACARD Technology Corp.

Release: August 2003

Version:1.0

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Summary of Contents for AEC-6890M

Page 1: ...PCI to SATA RAID Adapter AEC 6890M User s Manual Copyright 2003 ACARD Technology Corp Release August 2003 Version 1 0...

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...

Page 3: ...allation 9 2 5 DIP Switch Setting 10 Chapter 3 System Installation 11 3 1 Install OS into HDD with the Adapter 11 3 1 1 Install OS 9 into HDD with the Adapter 11 3 1 2 Install OS X into HDD with the A...

Page 4: ...AID adapter It supports RAID 0 1 and normal modes It also provides a window based RAID Utility for easy management of the RAID subsystem AEC 6890M is fit for Macintosh workstations and servers 1 2 Fea...

Page 5: ...ase examine the following items n AEC 6890M 1 n Internal Serial ATA Cable 2 n User s Manual 1 n ACARD Support CD 1 n Power cord for Serial ATA hard drive optional n Y splitter power cord for IDE hard...

Page 6: ...the Mac machine s or Power Mac s case refer to Mac manual 2 Choose an empty PCI slot to insert AEC 6890M 3 Install hard drives into the Mac machine or Power Mac 4 Connect AEC 6890M and the hard drives...

Page 7: ...Western Digital 2 3 Before Installation Before the installation of AEC 6890M you need to know the following three modes in order to make the best use of the adapter However it is strongly recommended...

Page 8: ...ve 3 RAID 1 requires two hard drives Normal Mode NON RAID 1 If you set the DIP switch as normal mode you will use AEC 6890M as an ordi nary SATA adapter 2 AEC 6890M doesn t support ATAPI devices such...

Page 9: ...d the serial hard drive 2 Connect the power cord to the hard drive However in order to let IDE hard drives usable ACARD has designed an ATA to SATA converter AEC 7900 The converter doesn t need any dr...

Page 10: ...ing RAID configurations must be set on AEC 6890M s DIP switch However after in stalling hard drives to the serial ports do not arbitrarily change the positions other wise the adapter may misunderstand...

Page 11: ...before installation The installations of OS 9 and OS X are somewhat different 3 1 Install OS into HDD with the Adapter Here we will install OS 9 and OS X into the hard drive s connected with AEC 6890M...

Page 12: ...ected to AEC 6890M then click Initialize For de tailed information of Drive Setup please refer to Mac OS manual 8 Quit Drive Setup Utility and start to install OS 9 into the hard drive s or array 9 Th...

Page 13: ...hoose to boot from CD DVD ROM 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...

Page 14: ...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 dri...

Page 15: ...and hard drives Owing to the same chipset in 6890M and 6880M 6890M is regarded as 6880M In fact apart from the different display 6890M s functions are all right You can find the information of AEC 689...

Page 16: ...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 6890M under the App...

Page 17: ...Utilities click Apple System Profiler 5 Under Apple System Profiler click Devices and Volumes to read the detailed information of AEC 6890M and disk array Owing to the same chipset in 6890M and 6880M...

Page 18: ...6890M in the current OS 9 and OS X 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 u...

Page 19: ...e 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...

Page 20: ...e the RAID mode you need and set it by DIP switch 3 Power on 4 Update the driver of AEC 6890M to the newest version which is in the ACARD support CD Or download the driver from http www acard com If y...

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