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Select 

Typical

 if you only need the to install the driver and supporting 

modules for Storage Manager Pro. Otherwise, select 

Custom

 to install 

additional components including the Storage Manager application.

Note: 

Removing Storage Manager will disable support for 

Storage Manager Pro. You will have to uninstall both 
packages and reinstall them to use Storage Manager Pro.

To remove Adaptec Storage Manager

1

Select 

Install Adaptec Storage Manager

 from the Storage Manager 

group on the Start menu.

2

Select 

Remove

 when the dialog appears.

3

Click on 

Next

 to continue.

4

Confirm file deletion by clicking 

OK

.

The Shared File Detection message may be displayed. If this 
message appears, select 

No

 (

Yes

 may cause your system to hang at 

restart.) 

5

The Maintenance Complete window will appear when the 
operation is complete. Click 

Finish

 to exit.

Summary of Contents for 2100S - SCSI RAID Controller

Page 1: ...SCSI RAID Family Quick Start Guide ...

Page 2: ...Adaptec CD 3 Adaptec Product Documentation 7 Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 Installing and Configuring Hardware 9 LED Indicators 18 Installing I2O Drivers 20 Installing Adaptec Storage Management Software 32 Using Storage Manager on ROM SMOR 36 ...

Page 3: ...ore detailed information the complete product manuals are on the Adaptec CD ROM The table on page 8 is a guide to help you match what you want to know with the product manual that has the information you need Errata Release Notes Before beginning your installation review the errata and release notes associated with Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers software and documentation To read this information s...

Page 4: ...em installed The CD ROM drive must be attached to a controller and host system that recognizes bootable CDs Some systems might require you to change the system BIOS configuration so that the CD ROM drive is used as a boot device When the CD is used as a boot source an operating system is loaded and then the Adaptec SCSI RAID installation utility starts You will be able to read the product document...

Page 5: ...Launch RAID configuration utility This selection starts the Storage Manager application so that you can configure your RAID subsystem and build disk arrays View documentation This selection displays a list of the available product manuals and the read me file with the latest release notes Select a document name and click on OK to view the information Start a command shell This selection starts a L...

Page 6: ...l automatically start and display the Adaptec installation menu with four options Install Adaptec Storage Manager Pro Installs the Storage Manager Pro software and Java environment for Microsoft Windows You must install Storage Manager using the Typical option to enable configuration management Install Adaptec Storage Manager Installs the Storage Manager software I2O driver for Microsoft Windows V...

Page 7: ...let you view the Adaptec documentation in PDF format Versions of Acrobat Reader for other platforms are also included see Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader on page 8 If the Autorun menu does not appear automatically 1 Click the Start button 2 Select Run 3 Type d autorun exe where d is the drive letter assigned to your CD ROM drive 4 Click OK to run the program Follow the prompts to complete the inst...

Page 8: ...ady installed Adobe Acrobat Viewer can be used on any host system that has a Java Virtual Machine JVM installed You must have Java Runtime Environment 1 1 8 installed to use Acrobat Viewer The installation utility lets you choose whether or not you want to install Adobe Acrobat Reader When you find the manual you need open the document by double clicking the file name or icon You can use the Table...

Page 9: ...talls automatically within the Adaptec installation utility If you select the Customoption during the install you can choose whether or not to install Acrobat Reader on your system Linux Acrobat Reader for Linux is located on the CD in the packages linux redhat_6 2_or_6 apps adobe subdirectory Subject Location on CD Storage Management Software User s Guide docs do1011_1 pdf Storage Manager Pro Use...

Page 10: ...lled This version is for UNIX operating systems where Acrobat Reader is not available This package is located in the acrobat_java subdirectory on the CD Installing and Configuring Hardware Installation Overview The process of installing an Adaptec controller consists of the following steps 1 If you are using a RAIDstation enclosure configure it as described in the Adaptec RAIDstation User s Manual...

Page 11: ...k arrays before installing the operating system 6 Install the I2O driver for your operating system You can also install Storage Manager Pro or Storage Manager on operating systems that support these applications Storage Manager Pro and Storage Manager are included on the Adaptec CD If you are using a Microsoft Windows operating system they can be installed automatically by the Adaptec Autorun inst...

Page 12: ...onfigured through the SMOR utility or from the Configure Host Bus Adapter dialog in Storage Manager The controller has four possible termination settings These are listed in the following table Auto The default setting This setting can be used for all cabling conditions except where two Narrow 8 bit cables are attached or both a Narrow and Wide cable are used For this case use High Only Disabled T...

Page 13: ...e SCSI devices However the device at the end of the cable must be a Wide SCSI device so that all SCSI signals are terminated For internal and external cables where one cable is an 8 bit Narrow SCSI cable set the controller termination to High Only The following illustration shows various SCSI cabling examples Terminate your SCSI devices as shown in the following examples ensuring that only the dev...

Page 14: ...al Controller Termination High Only T Narrow SCSI Wide SCSI External Internal T T T Wide SCSI Narrow SCSI External Internal Controller Termination Auto T T Wide SCSI External T T Wide SCSI Internal T Terminated Controller Termination Auto T T Wide SCSI Wide SCSI External Internal ...

Page 15: ...e SCSI devices Set the SCSI ID of each SCSI device attached to the controller to a unique ID number between 0 and 15 0 6 for 8 bit devices SCSI RAID controllers are set to ID 7 by default SCSI IDs can be duplicated on the same controller if the devices using the same ID are not attached to the same bus If necessary the SCSI RAID controller ID can be changed to any ID 0 7 You can use SMOR or the Co...

Page 16: ...isk activity LED cable to connector P6 on the controller See the appropriate SCSI RAID Installation Guide for the location of this connector 2 Pins 1 and 3 of P6 are connected to 5 V and Pins 2 and 4 are connected to GND Ensure that the positive lead of the LED cable usually a red wire or marked with a red stripe is attached to Pin 1 or 3 and the negative lead usually a black wire is attached to P...

Page 17: ...Adaptec I2O controller found during boot loads its BIOS and installs all of the Adaptec hardware on the system Any additional Adaptec I2O controllers that are found automatically detect the presence of the first controller and disable their BIOS code The disk controller that has the lowest BIOS ROM address typically the lowest PCI slot number will become the booting controller Ensure that the Adap...

Page 18: ...llers with expandable cache must have at least one memory module installed If more than one is installed they must be the same type and capacity Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers support up to 128 MB of cache using a onboard DIMM sockets Adaptec recommends that all SCSI RAID controllers have at least 32 MB of cache installed To confirm that the memory modules are properly installed start SMOR and sele...

Page 19: ...additional information about LEDs on SCSI RAID controllers see the Installation Guide for your controller Power Up LED Status During its power up sequence the controller passes through the following states in sequence as indicated by the LEDs Memory Mapped I O LEDs 6 and 7 and LEDs 5 and 8 flash alternately while the controller waits for the host computer to initialize the Address Translation Unit...

Page 20: ... become disabled during the Fast Idle phase the pattern will return to the respective wait pattern for the affected component Controller Idle Indication When no commands are in progress and all bus activity has ceased the controller enters the Idle state This is indicated by a rotating pattern in LEDs 1 through 8 Bus Status LEDs Adaptec 3000S series SCSI RAID controllers include status LEDs to ind...

Page 21: ...Manager or Storage Manager Pro These applications are available for the platforms listed in Installing Adaptec Storage Management Software on page 32 TERMPWR A TERMPWR B These LEDs are lit when termination power is supplied by the controller for the respective channels TRMEN A TRMEN B These LEDs are lit when termination is enabled on the controller for the respective channels TRMENHD A This indica...

Page 22: ...e menu to create a disk for your version of Linux Alternatively Linux driver package files and disk images are located in the packages linux redhat_6 2_or_6 apps subdirectory on the CD NetWare 4 x and 5 x Note NetWare 4 2 requires the following command when you mount the CD ROM cdmount volname x usr where volname is the volume name for the CD ROM Disk images are available on the CD ROM Disk images...

Page 23: ... Windows Drivers for all Windows operating systems can be installed automatically from the CD ROM In the case of a new system installation refer to the driver software installation procedures in the Installation Guide for your controller The Adaptec driver for Windows provides support for both disk drives and other devices such as CD ROMs and scanners There are several driver installation scenario...

Page 24: ...our controller see the table on page 8 Windows 2000 The following sections describe procedures for installing Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers under Windows 2000 There are three installation scenarios Upgrading Windows NT to Windows 2000 Adding SCSI RAID to an Existing Windows 2000 System Installing Windows 2000 on a New System Note The Adaptec driver for Windows 2000 does not include a digital signa...

Page 25: ...e on page 9 For specific information see the Installation Guide for your controller Adding to an Existing Windows 2000 System 1 Install the Adaptec controller and storage devices according to instructions in Installing the Controller on page 15 For more information see the Installation Guide for your controller 2 Install the Storage Manager software and I2O driver from the Adaptec CD ROM Autorun i...

Page 26: ... 0 system and also add a SCSI RAID controller see the Installation Guide for your controller Novell NetWare Note The most recent NetWare Support Pack will have the Novell I2O drivers These drivers might be newer than the ones from Adaptec but have not been fully tested for compatibility with Adaptec controllers Adaptec drivers for NetWare are included on the CD ROM The drivers are located in the p...

Page 27: ...ocedures for modifying disk partitions hot fixes or volume maintenance You can use SMOR the Command Line Interface CLI or Storage Manager Pro to create or modify disk arrays or add hot spare drives locally If you install remote communication support for Storage Manager you can use Storage Manager from a client workstation to manage the storage subsystem Linux Adaptec drivers for Red Hat Linux 6 1 ...

Page 28: ...ces according to the instructions in Controller Installation For more information see the Installation Guide for your controller 2 If you want to install Linux on a disk array use the bootable CD installation utility SMOR or CLI to configure any disk arrays before beginning the operating system installation Note Any partitions created on disks that are not part of an array will be unavailable if y...

Page 29: ...lers SCO starts with 0 Storage Manager numbers controllers starting with 1 Storage Manager for Motif will not display colors correctly if your video display adapter is set to display more than 256 colors This section describes the steps to install SCO UNIX 3 2V4 2 ODT 3 x and SCO OpenServer 5 on a single drive or array group If you are installing from tape or CD ROM SCO UNIX 3 2V4 2 expects to fin...

Page 30: ...or later the command is defbootstr link dpti5 2 When prompted for the SCO BTLD disk Adaptec volume insert disk 1 into the floppy drive 3 Insert the N1 or Boot disk again when prompted 4 If installing SCO 3 2V4 2 or ODT3 0 insert the N2 disk when prompted During the Hardware Roster the following line should appear adapter type dpti ha 0 id 7 channel 0 PCI If you are installing SCO UNIX 3 2V5 0 x du...

Page 31: ...l read the disk and prompt you to enter the package name to be installed Enter dpti4 for SCO UNIX 3 2V4 2 or ODT 3 0 and dpti5 for SCO OpenServer 5 6 Rebuild the kernel after the package is installed 7 Shutdown and reboot the system to install the new kernel and add devices on the controller SCO UNIX Ware 7 1 Install the Adaptec controllers and storage devices For more information see the Installa...

Page 32: ... may appear and scroll off the screen quickly These will not occur after diskadd is run and can be ignored 6 Use the diskadd utility to add drives or arrays that are attached to a SmartRAID V or SCSI RAID controller Run the sdiconfig l utility in a terminal window This will list all controllers recognized by the operating system and any attached devices Use this listing to determine the proper ID ...

Page 33: ... system uninstall the DPT software before you install Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers include four software tools to manage your storage subsystem Storage Manager Pro is a Java application that provides configuration and array management functions with security features that protect your array configurations from unauthorized changes Storage Manager is a multi platform tool t...

Page 34: ...artup Storage Manager Pro Platform Compatibility You need a system with the following minimum hardware Pentium or equivalent CPU 200 MHz or faster 64 MB RAM 128MB for NetWare 20 MB of available disk space for the software plus 40 MB of available space for temp files during installation process CD ROM drive TCP IP stack Remote management features require a network card with configured to use the TC...

Page 35: ...ackage is available from http developer novell com Install the Support Pack before installing the JVM Storage Manager Platform Compatibility Remote communication client only The Adaptec Storage Manager for Windows install utility has three options Typical Compact Custom Microsoft Windows 2000 SCO UNIX 3 2v4 2 and OpenServer 5 Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 SCO UnixWare 7 x Microsoft Windows 95 98 Red Ha...

Page 36: ... packages and reinstall them to use Storage Manager Pro To remove Adaptec Storage Manager 1 Select Install Adaptec Storage Manager from the Storage Manager group on the Start menu 2 Select Remove when the dialog appears 3 Click on Next to continue 4 Confirm file deletion by clicking OK The Shared File Detection message may be displayed If this message appears select No Yes may cause your system to...

Page 37: ... all of the advanced features of your controller install the version of Storage Manager Pro or Storage Manager supplied for your operating system Follow these steps to run SMOR and configure a new system 1 Press Ctrl A when the Adaptec I2O BIOS message appears during boot to start SMOR 2 Inspect the hardware configuration as shown by SMOR a Verify that all peripheral devices and controllers are sh...

Page 38: ... perform other activities on the system while the build operation continues The array groups being built can be accessed while the build is in progress However access time will be slower until the build is complete If you exit SMOR and you want to monitor the progress of the build operation you can use Storage Manger Pro or Storage Manager to monitor the progress of the build For additional inform...

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