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IBM ATA 133 RAID Controller User's

Guide

MAN-524

2/6/03

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Page 2: ...without the prior written consent of the publisher LSI Logic Corporation LSI Logic Corporation acknowledges the following trademarks Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation MS DOS Windows...

Page 3: ...ategies 8 Selecting a RAID Level 9 Assigning RAID Levels 9 3 RAID Levels 11 RAID 0 11 RAID 1 12 RAID 10 13 4 Hardware Installation 15 Installation Steps 15 Step 1 Unpack 16 Step 2 Power Down 16 Step 3...

Page 4: ...Using Online Volume Extension 36 Running a Consistency Check 36 Exiting the BIOS Configuration Utility 37 7 Troubleshooting 39 Drive Connection Tips 39 Problems and Suggested Solutions 40 A Getting He...

Page 5: ...interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Warning Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void...

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Page 7: ...ou can use striping RAID 0 to improve performance or mirroring RAID 1 to improve data security RAID 10 provides both RAID 1 disk mirroring and RAID 0 data striping This manual describes RAID features...

Page 8: ...for ATA 100 and ATA 133 support for RAID levels 0 1 and 10 multiple drive rebuilding special handling of error log spare drive and rebuilding support for BIOS boot specification BBS co existence with...

Page 9: ...ies have improved drastically actual performance has improved only three to four times in the last decade Computing performance has improved over 50 times during the same time period RAID allows you t...

Page 10: ...a repeated sequential manner The combined storage space is composed of stripes from each drive IBM IDE supports stripe sizes of 32 KB to 4 MB For example in a four disk system using only disk stripin...

Page 11: ...is that it provides 100 data redundancy Since the contents of the hard drive are completely written to a second drive it does not matter if one of the drives fails Both drives contain the same data at...

Page 12: ...ust be contiguous In the following graphic a pair of RAID 1 arrays are turned into a RAID 10 array Figure 2 3 Disk Spanning Segment 1 Segment 3 Segment 7 Segment 1 Duplicate Segment 3 Duplicate Segmen...

Page 13: ...ilding The drive is being rebuilt with data from a failed drive Ready The drive is available for configuration and is not yet part of an array Array A RAID array is a collection of physical drives gov...

Page 14: ...ilds using hot spare drives providing a high degree of fault tolerance and zero downtime The IBM IDE BIOS configurator allows you to specify physical drives as hot spares When a hot spare is needed IB...

Page 15: ...ure striping Use for non critical data that requires high performance High data throughput for large files No fault tolerance All data lost if any drive fails One to Four No 1 Data duplicated on anoth...

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Page 17: ...stripe size parameter set during the creation of the RAID set RAID 0 offers high bandwidth By breaking up a large file into smaller blocks IBM IDE can use multiple IDE channels and drives to read or...

Page 18: ...vironment that requires fault tolerance but small capacity Strong Points RAID 1 provides complete data redundancy RAID 1 is ideal for any application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity...

Page 19: ...specially for large files Strong Points RAID 10 provides complete data redundancy RAID 10 is ideal for any application that requires fault tolerance and increased data throughput Weak Points RAID 10 r...

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Page 21: ...t for damage Make sure all items are in the package If any parts are damaged or missing contact IBM Support as outlined in Appendix A 2 Turn the computer off unplug the cord and remove the cover 3 Che...

Page 22: ...e cover Make sure the computer is turned off and disconnected from any networks before installing the controller card Step 3 Set Jumpers Make sure the jumper settings on the RAID card are correct The...

Page 23: ...oller J 1 Pr im a ryC h an ne l J3 Step 4 Install IBM ATA 133 RAID Controller Select a 3 3 V or 5 V PCI slot and align the RAID controller card bus connector to the slot Press down gently but firmly t...

Page 24: ...be connected to the controller select the extended length ATA 100 133 cables with single drive connector Use the selected ATA 100 133 cables to connect up to two IDE drives one master and one slave t...

Page 25: ...them to the master and slave connectors on both ATA 100 133 cables The following table displays the order in which you should connect the drives to the RAID controller as described above Table 4 2 Or...

Page 26: ...e under MS DOS or any DOS compatible operating system using the standard AT BIOS INT 13h Hard Disk Drive interface To operate with other operating systems you must install software drivers IBM provide...

Page 27: ...ver for the appropriate operating system from the list and click OK 7 Continue with the installation procedure Updating the Windows 2000 Driver Perform the following steps to update the Windows 2000 d...

Page 28: ...The Control Panel window displays 4 Select IDE Adapters 5 Select the Drivers tab If the RAID board is installed it appears in the list as LSI Logic MegaRAID IDE Controller 6 Select the Devices tab If...

Page 29: ...HA 0 Bus 1 Dev 6 Type Standard FW x xx SDRAM 128MB 0 Logical Drives found on the Host Adapter Adapter BIOS Disabled No Logical Drives handled by BIOS 0 Logical Drive s handled by BIOS Press Ctrl M to...

Page 30: ...pare 1 Select Objects Physical Drive A physical drive selection screen appears 2 Select a hard drive in the Ready state and press Enter to display the action menu for the drive 3 Press the arrow keys...

Page 31: ...ect them to span them NOTE You can press F2 to display the number of drives in the array their channel and ID and F3 to display array information such as the stripes slots and free space 7 Press F10 t...

Page 32: ...most recent disk accesses occurred in sequential sectors If all read requests are random the algorithm reverts to No Read Ahead however all requests are still evaluated for possible sequential operat...

Page 33: ...y the logical drives that have been configured F4 Designate the selected drive as a hot spare F10 Display the logical drive configuration screen 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical d...

Page 34: ...ogical drive 8 Highlight RAID and press Enter to set the RAID level for the logical drive A list of the available RAID levels for the current logical drive appears 9 Select a RAID level and press Ente...

Page 35: ...current logical drive select Accept and press Enter If space remains in the arrays the next logical drive to be configured appears 21 Repeat step 7 to step 20 to create an array and configure another...

Page 36: ...cal drives per array NOTE Dell does not recommend using RAID 0 in the cluster environment RAID 0 is not redundant and provides no data protection 5 Press Enter after you finish creating the current ar...

Page 37: ...the current logical drive 11 Highlight a spanning option and press Enter 12 Move the cursor to Size and press Enter to set the logical drive size By default the logical drive size is set to all avail...

Page 38: ...each new logical drive you configure You can initialize the logical drives using the following methods Batch Initialization The Initialize option on the Management Menu screen lets you initialize up t...

Page 39: ...ress appears as a bar graph on the screen 4 When initialization completes press any key to display the previous menu Deleting Logical Drives This RAID controller supports the ability to delete any unw...

Page 40: ...excessive you should probably format the hard drive If more than 32 media errors were detected the RAID controller automatically puts the drive in FAIL state This occurs even in a degraded RAID set T...

Page 41: ...ve being replaced by the hot spare Manual Rebuild Rebuilding an Individual Drive 1 Select Objects Physical Drive from the BIOS Configuration Utility Management Menu A device selection window displays...

Page 42: ...o Enabled before you add a physical drive to a logical drive After you have created a logical drive set the partition of the drive should be as large as the virtual size of the logical drive After you...

Page 43: ...m the following steps to exit the BIOS Configuration Utility 1 Press Esc when the BIOS Configuration Utility Management Menu displays 2 Select Yes at the prompt 3 You must reboot the computer The BIOS...

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Page 45: ...ives with similar capability in terms of speed and capacity 4 Do not use dissimilar drives on the same channel 5 Always use 80 conductor Ultra ATA 100 133 cables 6 Ensure that proper jumper settings a...

Page 46: ...ake sure the Ultra ATA 100 133 cables are used 2 Make sure that the cable ends are connected properly 3 Make sure that the power cables to the drives are connected properly 4 Make sure that the Master...

Page 47: ...s in the online help or in the publications that are provided with your system and software The information that comes with your system also describes the diagnostic tests that you can perform Most xS...

Page 48: ...u solve problems Participating in IBM discussion forums Setting up e mail notification of technical updates about your products Software Service and Support Through IBM Support Line you can get teleph...

Page 49: ...n or mail in Problem Determination Prior to on site warranty service you are required to go through problem determination with an IBM service specialist call center technician The service specialist w...

Page 50: ...make Engineering Changes ECs available that apply to your hardware Customer replaceable units CRUs Some parts of IBM xSeries and IntelliStation systems are designated as customer replaceable units IB...

Page 51: ...not be available in all countries and regions Service centers in certain countries or regions might not be able to service all models of a particular machine type In addition some countries or regions...

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Page 53: ...18 IDE channels 1 IDE connectors 1 installation drivers 20 installation steps 15 installing DOS 22 installing Windows 2000 driver 21 J J1 secondary IDE channel 16 J2 secondary channel activity LED 16...

Page 54: ...nical assistance 41 hardware service and support 42 software service and support 42 troubleshooting 39 drive connection tips 39 problems and suggestions 40 W warranty international warranty service 45...

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