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ARO-1130U2 Installation and Hardware Guide

UnixWare Installation and Configuration Notes

Editing Hardware Device Configuration in DCU

If you used Disk B of the Adaptec Array1000U2 Family Manager Set 
driver diskette for SCO UnixWare in Step 3 on page 7-2, you need to 
enter the DCU to edit the Hardware Device Configuration. Follow 
the instructions below:

1

Enter the DCU when prompted during installation.

2

Select Hardware Device Configuration and press Enter.

3

Search for entries with a device name of AIC-7895.

4

Tab over, press F2 for choices (device name choices appear).

5

Page down to find device name of “

cda1000

”

6

Find any other entries with a device name of AIC-7895 and 
change them to “

cda1000

.”

7

Press F10.

8

Select Apply Changes and Exit DCU and press Enter.

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Summary of Contents for 1130U2 - Storage Controller RAID)- U2W SCSI 80 MBps

Page 1: ...INSTALLATION AND HARDWARE GUIDE ARO 1130U2 RAID OPTION CARD FOR PC SYSTEMS ...

Page 2: ...as Boulevard Milpitas CA 95035 R 1998 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec Inc which may be regis tered in some jurisdictions Printed in Singapore STOCK NO 512215 00 Rev A RQ 12 98 ...

Page 3: ...R ARO 1130U2 RAID Option Card for PC Systems with RAIDport III Installation and Hardware Guide ...

Page 4: ...s a trademark of Microsoft Cor poration in the U S and other countries used under license All other trademarks are owned by their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change with out notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this docu ment to assure its accuracy Adaptec Inc assumes no liability resulting from e...

Page 5: ...ff and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Use a shielded a...

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Page 7: ...ion Utility Running the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility 3 2 4 Creating an Array With the ArrayConfigU2 Utility Creating an Array 4 2 Creating an Array with Express Setup 4 2 Creating an Array with Custom Setup 4 5 Making the Array Bootable 4 8 5 Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT Installing the Array1000U2 Driver for Windows NT 5 2 Installing the Driver When Installing Windows N...

Page 8: ...Installed 7 3 UnixWare Installation and Configuration Notes 7 4 Editing Hardware Device Configuration in DCU 7 4 A Configuring ARO 1130U2 with the SCSISelect Utility Starting the SCSISelect Utility A 2 Using SCSISelect Menus A 2 Exiting SCSISelect A 3 Using the SCSI Disk Utilities A 3 SCSISelect Settings A 4 SCSI Bus Interface Definitions A 4 SCSI Device Configuration A 5 Additional Options A 6 B ...

Page 9: ...ter to a RAIDport II or III System with an ARO 1130U2 B 6 Backing up the Windows NT Registry B 10 C Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checklist C 1 Windows NT Troubleshooting C 2 Error Messages While Setting Up Windows NT C 2 D Using a CD ROM Drive Using a CD ROM Drive with DOS D 1 Index ...

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Page 11: ...rboards and systems that support the ARO 1130U2 RAID option card This Installation and Hardware Guide explains how to install the ARO 1130U2 run the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility run the ArrayConfigU2 Utility to create the first array for a boota ble array configuration and then install the software driver for your operating system Use the Adaptec CI O Management Software which is includ...

Page 12: ... for a list of approved DIMMs and vendors Five MBytes of free hard disk space for the ARO 1130U2 software five MBytes of free hard disk space on the Windows system disk are also required for the temporary files created during installation of the software Windows NT 4 0 Server Windows NT 4 0 Workstation Novell NetWare 4 11 or 5 0 or UnixWare 7 0 A 3 5 inch 1 44 MByte primary boot floppy disk drive ...

Page 13: ...ptec product and the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility determines you require Disk B of the manager set driver diskettes see Appendix B before continuing with installation 5 Create the first bootable array using the ArrayConfigU2 Utility Chapter 4 6 Install the appropriate Array1000U2 software driver for your operating system Chapter 5 Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 7 Install the Adaptec CI O Manag...

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Page 15: ...ow to install the ARO 1130U2 in your system Note If the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility Chapter 3 determines you require driver Disk B of the Array1000U2 Family Manager Set driver diskettes see Appendix B Using the ARO 1130U2 with Other Adaptec Products ...

Page 16: ...130U2 Figure 2 1 ARO 1130U2 Major Components DIMM Memory Socket Must be populated with a 168 pin EDO 3 3v DIMM BIOS EPROM Provides booting capabilities from a SCSI hard disk or array LED Connector Connects to the computer s LED cable to display activity on the SCSI bus Expansion Slot Bracket Secures the ARO 1130U2 card inside your computer Bus Contacts Inserted into the RAIDport III expansion slot...

Page 17: ...h a DIMM as shown in Figure 2 2 In most cases the ARO 1130U2 comes pre installed with a DIMM If a DIMM is not pre installed a 168 pin EDO 3 3v 60ns or faster DIMM can be used See the Adaptec Web Site at http www adaptec com raid for a list of approved DIMMs and vendors Figure 2 2 Installing a DIMM in the ARO 1130U2 DIMM Memory Socket 168 pin DIMM ...

Page 18: ...to the instructions in your computer documentation 3 Locate the RAIDport III expansion slot unscrew and remove the expansion slot bracket that covers the card slot opening 4 Insert the ARO 1130U2 in the slot press down firmly so that the bus contacts are securely seated in the slot Secure the adapter bracket with the screw you removed in Step 3 as shown in Figure 2 3 Figure 2 3 Installing the ARO ...

Page 19: ...as a two position cable connect the cable to pins 1 and 2 of the LED connector as shown in Figure 2 4 If the ARO 1130U2 supports multiple SCSI channels and you want the LED to light whenever there is activity on any of those channels refer to your motherboard documentation for instructions on setting the appropriate motherboard jumpers Note If you are using non SCSI disk drives e g IDE the LED may...

Page 20: ...SCSI connectors on the motherboard Note If you refer to the computer s documentation for installation instructions be sure to return to this document for instructions on running the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility and installing the software included in the package In most cases it is not necessary to run the SCSISelect utility Should you need to configure SCSI options e g ID Parity Check ...

Page 21: ...mend that you back up the data on your system before you use the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility This ensures that your data is completely protected The Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility installs the ARO 1130U2 BIOS by automatically updating flashing the correct ARO 1130U2 BIOS The utility also determines which Array1000U2 Family Manager Set driver diskette Disk A or Disk B is requir...

Page 22: ...river diskettes Disk A or Disk B is required when you install the operating system driver as explained in Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 Make a note of which diskette to use and continue with Step 2 2 Select either Express or Advanced setup Note If you receive an Unsupported Hardware Con figuration message during setup contact the system manufacturer The ARO 1130U2 is not supported by the system Express ...

Page 23: ...se options select Advanced setup and con tinue with Step 3 3 From the Main Menu select the array adapter card you want to upgrade only available array adapters can be selected The Utility Menu appears 4 Make a selection from the Utility Menu 5 Follow the instructions on the screen 6 When prompted remove the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selec tion Utility diskette from drive A and reboot your system ...

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Page 25: ...e the arrays over the net work Refer to the Adaptec CI O Management Software User s Guide for instructions on installing and using the software Note ArrayConfigU2 runs from a self booting diskette If you are changing the configuration of a system that is already in use on a network log all users off the system and shut it down in an orderly manner before you start ArrayConfigU2 Caution It is stron...

Page 26: ... disks or adding spare disks to an array Creating an Array with Express Setup Follow these steps to create an array with Express Setup You can probably complete the Express Setup process simply by following the instructions that appear on the screen Note To select ArrayConfigU2 menu options type the hot key the letter that appears in a different color The hot key letters are underlined in the foll...

Page 27: ... for the array This kind of array contains redundant parity data distributed across all disks in the array If any one disk fails data can be reconstructed from the parity information If a second disk fails before the array has been reconstructed all data is lost The actual usable data capacity of the array is equal to one less than the total number of disks One disk s worth of capacity is needed t...

Page 28: ... your workstation to boot from the new array 7 When you have finished all these menu selections wait while ArrayConfigU2 creates the array This may take a long time especially if the drives are large A message appears when the array has been created An error message appears if fewer than two drives are available or if ArrayConfigU2 encounters some other problem If this hap pens install more drives...

Page 29: ... if any disk in the array fails all data is lost RAID 1 Data is mirrored on one pair of disks If one disk fails data is available The actual data capacity of the array equals half the available disk space RAID 5 The array contains redundant parity data distrib uted across all disks in the array If any one disk fails data can be reconstructed from the parity information If a second disk fails befor...

Page 30: ... Adaptec Array box To select drives on a different channel press Tab to select another channel and then select the drives from the SCSI IDs on the Channel menu To deselect the drive you most recently added press Del Caution A warning appears if you select a disk that has partitions Do not select a partitioned disk if it con tains data you want to keep because any existing data will be erased when ...

Page 31: ...atting takes a long time for large capacity disk drives 10 Select array block size When the menu of block sizes appears select a block size This menu does not appear if the array is a mirrored array with only two drives The allowable block sizes are 8 16 32 64 the default and 128 KBytes The default block size gives the best overall performance in most environments 11 Wait for initialization to com...

Page 32: ...E disk drive at drive C You must disable or remove all non SCSI disks if you want the system to boot from a SCSI disk or array 1 Insert the ArrayConfigU2 diskette in the system s floppy disk drive A 2 Reboot the system from the diskette ArrayConfigU2 starts automatically 3 Select Display Boot Order from the Main Menu The Boot Order for Singles and Arrays window appears 4 If the newly created array...

Page 33: ...he Software Driver for Windows NT Chapter 6 Installing the Software Driver for Novell NetWare or Chapter 7 Installing the Software Driver for SCO UnixWare Note You cannot use this procedure to change the boot order of a SCSI disk drive that is not part of an array If you want to do this create a one disk RAID 0 array from the disk Data is not actually striped on a one disk array ...

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Page 35: ...river Selection Utility to deter mine which Array1000U2 Family Manager Set driver diskettes Disk A or Disk B is required to install the Windows NT driver See Chapter 3 Created the first array using the ArrayConfigU2 Utility if you plan to boot from an array See Chapter 4 Once Windows NT and the driver are installed install Adaptec CI O Management Software and use it to add delete and manage arrays...

Page 36: ...To begin driver installation see either Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT on page 5 3 or Installing the Driver When Win dows NT is Already Installed on page 5 4 Note We recommend that you install your Windows NT operating system on a fault tolerant array RAID 5 1 or 0 1 to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of the array Note If your system 1 is RAIDport II or ...

Page 37: ... in SCSISelect 2 Windows NT Boot Diskette installation When prompted insert diskette 2 in your floppy drive After a few moments you will see a blue screen To setup Windows NT now press Enter and continue with Step 3 below Windows NT Boot CD ROM installation When the following mes sage appears onscreen press the F6 key and skip to Step 4 below Setup is inspecting your computer system s hardware 3 P...

Page 38: ...Start button on the Windows NT task bar and then point to Settings 3 Click the Control Panel 4 Double click the SCSI Adapters icon 5 Click the Drivers tab and then click the Add button 6 In the Install Driver window click the Have Disk button 7 Insert the appropriate Adaptec Array1000U2 Family Man ager Set driver diskette Disk A or Disk B in your floppy disk drive and press Enter See Running the A...

Page 39: ... of data whichever is less or Using MS DOS create a partition using FDISK During Windows NT installation delete the partition created with MS DOS This allows Windows NT Setup to create a system partition larger than 1 GByte but limited to 4 GBytes or 1024 cylinders of data whichever is less If Windows NT Setup Hangs During Windows NT installation the system may hang while the Windows NT Setup flop...

Page 40: ...y so that the lowest SCSI ID on the lowest channel is a member of the boot array Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server features a nonbootable installation CD and setup boot diskettes which do not ask for a third party driver disk Manufacturer supplied hardware support disks To have the installation program prompt you for the third party driver disk d...

Page 41: ...the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility to deter mine which Array1000U2 Family Manager Set driver diskettes Disk A or Disk B is required to install the NetWare driver See Chapter 3 Created the first array using the ArrayConfigU2 Utility if you plan to boot from an array See Chapter 4 Once NetWare and the driver are installed install Adaptec CI O Management Software from the server console Refe...

Page 42: ...alling the Array1000U2 Driver for Novell NetWare To begin driver installation see either Installing the Driver When Installing NetWare on page 6 3 or Installing the Driver When NetWare is Already Installed on page 6 9 Note We recommend that you install your Novell NetWare operating system on a fault tolerant array RAID 5 1 or 0 1 to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of the ...

Page 43: ...d lines for aspi8u2 sys and aspicd sys The following sample command lines for the config sys file are appropriate for most systems device c scsi aspi8u2 sys d device c scsi aspicd sys d aspicd0 Note For non Ultra2 systems use aspi8dos sys instead of aspi8u2 sys in the command line for exam ple device c scsi aspi8dos sys d 4 Edit the autoexec bat file to include a command line for mscdex exe the ms...

Page 44: ...driver For NetWare 4 1 the driver is located in netware v4_1x on the diskette 15 Select cda1000h ham and press Enter 16 When prompted to save existing file c nwserver nbi nlm select No 17 When prompted to save existing file c nwserver nwpaload nlm select No 18 When prompted to save existing file c nwserver nwpa nlm select No 19 When prompted select Select Modify driver parameters 20 Enter a valid ...

Page 45: ...ter the cda1000h ham driver Note Older versions of the aic78xx dsk driver before v1 30 are compatible with cda1000h ham as long as the ARO 1130U2 PCI slot is not specified on the command line e g load aic7870 dsk slot z If there is an AIC 78xx based card e g AHA 2940 in the system z must point to that card s slot number and not to the ARO 1130U2 slot number If loaded without command line parameter...

Page 46: ...ems device c scsi aspi8u2 sys d device c scsi aspicd sys d aspicd0 Note For non Ultra2 systems use aspi8dos sys instead of aspi8u2 sys in the command line for exam ple device c scsi aspi8dos sys d 4 Edit the autoexec bat file to include a command line for mscdex exe the mscdex exe file is included with MS DOS 6 x and above The following sample command lines for the autoexec bat file are appropriat...

Page 47: ...your floppy drive 12 Select Storage Adapters and press Enter 13 To add Storage Adapter driver press Insert 14 Press Insert again to add an unlisted driver 15 Press F3 to specify a different path Enter the following path a netware 16 Select Return to Driver Summary and press Enter CDA1000 is listed as your storage adapter 17 Remove the diskette from your floppy drive 18 Select Continue 19 Follow th...

Page 48: ...nd line for exam ple device c scsi aspi8dos sys d 23 Edit the autoexec bat file to include a command line for mscdex exe The following sample command lines for the autoexec bat file are appropriate for most systems c dos mscdex exe d aspicd0 M 12 24 Remove the NetWare 5 0 CD from the CD ROM drive and reboot the server to the DOS prompt C 25 Change to the c nwserver directory and enter server 26 At...

Page 49: ...11 the cda1000h ham file is in a netware v4_1x 2 If necessary modify the load command line in the startup ncf so that the proper path to the driver is specified The correct syntax to load the cda1000h ham driver is load pathname cda1000 NetWare 5 0 1 Copy the cda1000h ham file from the appropriate Adaptec Array1000U2 Family Manager Set driver diskette Disk A or Disk B into the server s startup dir...

Page 50: ...re on an array 4 GBytes or larger the Install program erroneously reports that the DOS partition is too small It however does allow you to continue installation Ignore this error message Unloading cda1000h ham When running Adaptec CI O Management Software do not unload cda1000h ham while iomgr nlm is still loaded Unstable behavior may result ...

Page 51: ...iver Selection Utility to deter mine which of the two Array1000U2 Family Manager Set driver diskettes Disk A or Disk B is required to install the UnixWare driver See Chapter 3 Created the first array using the ArrayConfigU2 Utility if you plan to boot from an array See Chapter 4 Once UnixWare and the driver are installed install Adaptec CI O Management Software from the server s X Window Refer to ...

Page 52: ...ily Manager Set driver diskette for SCO UnixWare Disk A or Disk B into your floppy disk drive See Running the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility on page 3 2 to determine the appropriate driver diskette 3 Select Install HBA Diskette and press F10 4 If you have additional HBA diskettes insert the next HBA dis kette select Install HBA Diskette and press F10 If all of your HBA diskettes have been...

Page 53: ...ow the instructions below 1 At the system prompt type the following and press Enter pkgadd d diskette1 2 Follow the instructions onscreen to insert the HBA diskette the appropriate Adaptec Array1000U2 Family Manager Set driver diskette for SCO UnixWare Disk A or Disk B into your floppy disk drive and press Enter Note See Running the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selec tion Utility on page 3 2 to determine...

Page 54: ...DCU to edit the Hardware Device Configuration Follow the instructions below 1 Enter the DCU when prompted during installation 2 Select Hardware Device Configuration and press Enter 3 Search for entries with a device name of AIC 7895 4 Tab over press F2 for choices device name choices appear 5 Page down to find device name of cda1000 6 Find any other entries with a device name of AIC 7895 and chang...

Page 55: ...rrent settings or if you would like to for mat or verify a disk see Starting the SCSISelect Utility on page A 2 Detailed descriptions of each setting begin on page A 4 SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID SCSI Parity Checking Host Adapter SCSI Termination Host Adapter UltraSCSI SCSI Device Configuration Initiate Sync Negotiation Maximum Transfer Rate Enable Disconnection Initiate Wi...

Page 56: ...You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc To restore the original SCSISelect default values press F6 from the Configure View Host Adapter Settings screen To toggle the display between color and monochrome modes press F5 from the main SCSISelect screen this feature does not work on some monitors Adaptec Array1000 Family SCSISelect TM Utility Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to ...

Page 57: ...u appears dis playing the options Format Disk and Verify Disk Media Format Disk This utility allows you to perform a low level format on a hard disk drive Each hard disk drive must be low level formatted before you can use your operating system s partitioning and file preparation utilities such as MS DOS Fdisk and Format Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do not need to be ...

Page 58: ...st SCSI devices do support SCSI parity If you are not sure whether a device supports SCSI parity consult the documentation for the device Host Adapter SCSI Termination This option is used in con junction with your motherboard termination settings Refer to your motherboard documentation for instructions on properly setting termination Host Adapter UltraSCSI This option determines whether the ARO 11...

Page 59: ...l supports Enable Disconnection This option determines whether the SCSI channel allows the SCSI device to disconnect from the SCSI bus sometimes called Disconnect Reconnect This option should be enabled for maximum performance Initiate Wide Negotiation This option determines whether the SCSI channel attempts 16 bit data transfer instead of 8 bit data transfer The effective data transfer rate is do...

Page 60: ...d the ARO 1130U2 BIOS is installed and all Int13 except bootable CD ROM devices are supported When set to Disabled the ARO 1130U2 BIOS is not installed BIOS Support for Bootable CD ROM This option determines whether the Array1000U2 BIOS supports booting from a CD ROM drive attached to the ARO 1130U2 channel When set to Enabled the ARO 1130U2 allows booting from the CD ROM drive ...

Page 61: ...ngle array cannot be created with drives from two or more host adapters If you are booting from a SCSI disk drive or array supported by the ARO 1130U2 then the ARO 1130U2 must be the card that the server scans first Some computers boot from the device with the lowest PCI device number others boot from the device with the highest number See also Making the Array Bootable on page 4 8 You can disable...

Page 62: ... motherboard that requires driver Disk B these host adapters cannot coexist with an ARO 1130U2 inside a RAIDport II or III system Using the ARO 1130U2 with an AHA 294x AHA 3940 or Other AIC 78xx Based Host Adapter and Driver Disk B Windows NT Only This section offers two scenarios for using the ARO 1130U2 in a sys tem also containing any of the above host adapters If the Array1000 BIOS Driver Sele...

Page 63: ...vers tab and click Add 3 Click Have Disk and insert Disk B of the Array1000U2 Family Manager Set diskettes in the floppy disk drive This diskette is included with your ARO 1130U2 adapter 4 When the Install from Disk dialog box appears type a winnt on the command line and click OK 5 Select Adaptec Array1000U2 Family Adapter and click OK 6 When a message appears asking you if you want to restart Win...

Page 64: ...AL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Con trol GroupOrderList 7 Select GroupOrderList 8 Click the right mouse button on SCSI Miniport on the right side of the window and select Modify from the pop up menu A table appears with columns of two and four number groups something like this 0005 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 0010 01 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 0015 04 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 0020 06 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 et...

Page 65: ...d aic78xx that you determined in steps 4 and 5 If cda1000 is loading before aic78xx skip to step 16 If aic78xx is loading first continue with the next step 11 Expand the tree on the left until you can see the nodes under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentCon trolSet Services 12 Select cda1000 on the left part of the screen Click the right mouse button on Tag Value on the right part of the screen an...

Page 66: ... 1130U2 If the AHA 294x AHA 3940 or any other AIC 78xx based host adapter is already installed shut down the server remove the adapter from the slot and restart the system Installing the AHA 2940 AHA 3940 or AIC 78xx Family Driver 1 Start the Windows NT Control Panel and double click the SCSI Adapters icon 2 Click the Drivers tab and click Add 3 Click Have Disk and insert AIC 78xx Family Manager S...

Page 67: ...ditor window appears expand the tree on the left until you can see the nodes under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Ser vices 4 Select cda1000 on the left part of the screen Write down the cda1000 Tag value that appears on the right part of the screen The Tag value is a hex number followed by an equivalent deci mal equivalent in brackets for example 0x00000002 2 5 Select aic78xx on the ...

Page 68: ...g value sequence in which the SCSI Miniport drivers are loaded when you start Windows NT 9 Determine what the Tag value loading sequence is Here is how you do this a Ignore the four digit groups on the left of each row b Going from left to right and starting on the first row divide the two digit numbers into groups of eight In this example the groups are 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 01 0...

Page 69: ...n see the nodes under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Ser vices 12 Select cda1000 on the left part of the screen Click the right mouse button on Tag Value on the right part of the screen and select Modify from the pop up menu 13 Type the tag value of the aic78xx miniport driver in the space provided and click OK 14 Select aic78xx on the left part of the screen Click the right mouse but...

Page 70: ...here are included with NT Workstation Use the ntbackup utility to create a tape copy of all data files and Registry information Be sure to select the Backup Local Registry option when performing the backup Run the rdisk utility with the s option to create a copy of the Registry on a hard disk A typical backup file is 5 MBytes to 10 MBytes in size Then use xcopy or some other command to copy the in...

Page 71: ...er documentation If so run the CMOS Setup program and assign the parame ters usually IRQ Enable PCI Slot and Enable Master Have you run the Array1000 BIOS Driver Selection Utility Is the SCSI bus terminated properly and are all SCSI devices turned on Are all SCSI bus cables and power cables connected Does each channel and each device on the channel have a unique SCSI ID If you are having trouble b...

Page 72: ...e with the lowest SCSI target ID Boot Couldn t find NTLDR If this message appears when attempting to boot from the Windows NT installation CD boot from the Windows NT installation floppy diskettes instead and proceed to load Windows NT from the CD ROM No Accessible Boot Device When attempting to boot from the Windows NT installation CD this message indicates that the NT CD ROM does not contain Arr...

Page 73: ...stem partition larger than 4 GBytes Windows NT has a maximum system partition size of 4096 MBytes Create a partition that is smaller than 4 GBytes and continue the Windows NT installa tion When Windows NT is completely installed use the Windows NT Disk Administrator to partition the remaining available space of the array ...

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Page 75: ...SI driver aspi8u2 sys for Ultra2 systems or aspi8dos sys for non Ultra2 systems The CD ROM driver aspicd sys The Microsoft CD ROM extensions mscdex exe The aspi8u2 sys or aspi8dos sys and aspicd sys files must be cop ied from the dos directory on the Adaptec Array1000U2 Family Manager Set driver diskette to a directory e g c scsi on your hard disk drive The mscdex exe file is included with MS DOS ...

Page 76: ...device c scsi aspicd sys d aspicd0 Note For non Ultra2 systems use aspi8dos sys instead of aspi8u2 sys in the command line for example device c scsi aspi8dos sys d Sample command line for autoexec bat file c dos mscdex exe d aspicd0 This assigns the CD ROM the next available drive letter typi cally D if there is only one DOS drive The following tables describe the aspi8u2 sys or aspi8dos sys and a...

Page 77: ...ne which scanning method will work best for the given system configuration Use the mb m1 and m2 options only if you want to override the aspi8dos internal scanning mechanism Usually aspi8dos can determine which scanning method is optimal for your system PCI BIOS calls are described in the PCI BIOS spec scanning mechanisms 1 and 2 are described in the PCI spec norst norst Prevents aspi8dos from res...

Page 78: ...d the L option to the command line if you have a CD ROM drive that can access multiple discs If your computer system includes a Pioneer DRM 600 or DRM 604x multiple disc CD ROM drive you do not need to add the L option The aspicd device driver automati cally scans multiple LUNs if it detects one of these devices on the SCSI bus norst norst Prevents aspicd from issuing a SCSI Bus Reset message at s...

Page 79: ...nfigU2 1 3 4 1 4 8 aspi8dos sys D 3 aspicd sys D 2 B BIOS address B 1 Array1000 A 1 bios and driver selection utility 3 1 display checksum 3 2 EPROM 2 2 erase 3 3 save to a file 3 3 scan A 1 A 5 sign on message C 1 Block size 4 7 Board layout 2 2 Boot partition C 1 Bootable CD ROM 5 3 Booting boot drive 4 4 from an array 4 8 C 1 Bus contacts 2 2 Bus parameters C 1 C Cables See SCSI Cables CD ROM d...

Page 80: ...ow level format 4 7 LUNs D 4 M Manager set diskettes 2 1 3 1 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 6 1 7 1 Memory 2 3 Microsoft CD ROM extensions D 1 mscdex exe D 1 N NetWare 6 1 6 10 cda1000h ham 6 9 startup ncf 6 5 P Parameters C 1 Parity checking A 4 PCI bus expansion slot 2 4 parameters C 1 R RAID 0 4 5 RAID 0 1 4 5 RAID 1 4 5 RAID 5 4 5 Registry B 3 Requirements system 1 2 S SCO UnixWare see UnixWare SCSI cables C...

Page 81: ... 4 C 1 Transfer rates A 1 A 5 Troubleshooting C 1 C 3 U Ultra SCSI A 1 A 4 UnixWare 7 1 7 4 driver installation 7 2 7 3 V Verify disk media A 3 W Wide negotiation A 1 A 5 Windows NT 5 1 5 6 driver installation 5 2 5 4 registry B 3 B 10 ...

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