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AAA-130U2 Series Installation and Hardware Guide
Use the Adaptec CI/O Management Software
™
, which is included
with the AAA-131U2/133U2, to create additional arrays (CI/O is
required for array management in order to provide the proper level
of fault tolerance and event notification). Refer to the Adaptec CI/O
Management Software User’s Guide for instructions on installing and
using the software.
System Requirements
The minimum system requirements for the AAA-131U2/133U2 are
■
PCI-based 90-MHz Pentium or equivalent motherboard with
PCI-to-PCI bridge support
■
An available half-length (for AAA-131U2) or full-length
(for AAA-133U2), unobstructed PCI slot that supports Bus
Mastering
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A minimum of one SCSI hard disk
■
A standard 168-pin EDO 3.3v, 60ns or faster DIMM installed on
the adapter. (A DIMM is typically pre-installed.) See the
Adaptec Web Site at
http://www.adaptec.com/raid for a list of
approved DIMMs and vendors
■
Five MBytes of free hard disk space for the AAA-131U2/133U2
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, 4.2, or 5.0, or UnixWare 7.0.
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A 3.5-inch 1.44-MByte primary (boot) floppy disk drive
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64 MBytes or more of system memory.
Caution:
An Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) is a key
feature for system fault tolerance. It is possible to lose data
due to power failure or power brown outs. In order to pre-
vent errors or data loss due to power failure, Adaptec
strongly recommends that a UPS be installed to support
your system.