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Preliminary

ICP RAID Controllers
GDT8514RZ and GDT8114RZ

Single-channel Low Profile U320 RAID Controllers
Hardware Installation and User’s Guide, Version 1.2.6

April 2003

Summary of Contents for GDT8114RZ

Page 1: ...Preliminary ICP RAID Controllers GDT8514RZ and GDT8114RZ Single channel Low Profile U320 RAID Controllers Hardware Installation and User s Guide Version 1 2 6 April 2003 ...

Page 2: ...the time of writing ICP vortex and or its suppliers accept no liability for the implementation of these methods within the user s environment The user is responsible for and must satisfy itself that any use made of this information or ICP products is suitable to its needs Any named third party suppliers are provided for information only The hardware vendor remains solely responsible for the design...

Page 3: ...nces During System Boot 17 2 3 SCSI Termination 17 3 Hardware Specifications and Features 3 1 ICP RAID Controller Hardware Features 19 3 1 1 Key Features 19 3 2 Operating System Support 21 3 3 Supported SCSI Technology 21 3 3 1 Supported Hard Drive Technology 21 3 3 2 Support for Non Hard Disk Drive SCSI Devices Non Direct Access Devices 23 3 4 Array Roaming Compatibility 23 3 5 Optional Features ...

Page 4: ... 2 3 Jumper Locations and Pin Numbers 14 2 4 LED Labels and Colors 16 Tables 2 1 Controller Jumper Settings 15 2 2 LED Descriptions 16 2 3 Beep Sequences 17 3 1 Hardware Architecture 19 3 2 Environmental Specifications 20 3 3 Supported SCSI Device Standards 22 3 4 Configurable Disk Drive SCSI Parameters 24 3 5 Configurable I O Controller SCSI Parameters 25 3 6 RAID Controller Drive Maximum Limitat...

Page 5: ...g an ICP RAID controller and provides a guide to its features and specifications For a particular ICP RAID controller its hardware guide documents compatible RAID adapters supported operating systems standard features and optional features Software Installation and User s Guide The Software Installation and User s Guide or Software Guide contains Quick installation of the ICP RAID controller softw...

Page 6: ...om the autorun menu or open cdromdrive docs index htm PDF Portable Document Format PDF documents can be opened viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader not provided on the CD ROM 1 2 About This Guide This guide contains three sections Chapter 1 Getting Started This chapter covers how to use the different user documents in the user documentation set customer support contact information and regu...

Page 7: ...SA 1 4 4 Product Regulatory Compliance Markings The GDT8x14RZ RAID controllers are marked with the following regulatory markings 1 4 5 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices 1 4 5 1 FCC Verification Statement USA Product Type GDT8x14RZ This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this d...

Page 8: ...ressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user s authority to operate the equipment The customer is responsible for ensuring compliance of the modified product All cables used to connect to peripherals must be shielded and grounded Operation with cables connected to peripherals that are not shielded and grounded may result in interference to radio and TV reception 1 4 5 2 CE Dec...

Page 9: ...d be used by qualified technical personnel with experience installing and configuring PCI controllers Read and adhere to all warnings cautions and notices in this guide and all the guides in the user documentation set supplied with this product Warnings The connection of a non shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate the FCC certification of this device and may cause in...

Page 10: ...10 Hardware Installation and User s Guide Getting Started ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the computer chassis ...

Page 11: ...power cords to the computer before the removal of any covers Follow the warnings noted in your computer s user manual before installing this board ONLY after reinstallation of all the covers should you reconnect the power cords and power up the computer Note Take precautions to prevent electrostatic discharge ESD damage before handling the ICP RAID controller 2 1 1 Computer System Hardware Require...

Page 12: ...ves or drive enclosure Note Ensure that the end of the SCSI bus is properly terminated See Section 2 3 in this guide for termination details 5 Replace the system cover and reconnect power cord s 167 mm 56 mm Channel A Terminators for Channel A Terminators for Channel B Power PCI Bus Speed 66MHz On 33MHz Off Status DMA Mode Ch A activity Ch B activity Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI Controller A B T S P...

Page 13: ...RAID controller normally comes ready to be installed into the computer motherboard immediately However jumper settings are available to Reprogram the RAID firmware that is located in the flash memory of the ICP RAID controller Change the configuration for SCSI power and or termination The board contains 3 jumper blocks to control the functions described in Table 2 1 See Figure 2 3 for jumper locat...

Page 14: ... IOP Mode Select J4 Channel A termination power Normal Mode pins 2 3 Recovery Mode pins 1 2 No jumper normal mode Channel B termination power Jumper termination power ON for respective channel No jumper termination power OFF for respective channel Channel A termination Channel B termination Jumper termination ON for respective channel No jumper termination OFF for respective channel A B ...

Page 15: ...e the controller Further informations about these beep sequences are available in Section 2 2 3 Beep Sequences During System Boot Table 2 1 Controller Jumper Settings Jumper Block Jumper Position Definition J1 Jumper on A Termination for channel A is on No jumper on A Termination for channel A is off Jumper on B Termination for channel B is on No jumper on B Termination for channel B is off J4 Jum...

Page 16: ...rough ICPCON or ICP RAID Navigator If you use these management tools to silence the alarm it will only be disabled for the current event and will be ready to sound again at the next event 2 2 2 1 Silencing the Audible Alarm in ICPCON In ICPCON under Advanced Setup Configure Controller press F4 to silence alarm Note The F4 option is only available if the alarm has been activated Figure 2 4 LED Labe...

Page 17: ...lly referred to as a SCSI bus SCSI devices such as hard disks and tape drives must be terminated if they are the last physical devices at either end of the SCSI bus if nothing else is actively terminating the end of the bus such as a terminator or backplane If a device is inserted into the middle of the SCSI bus then it the device itself should not be terminated Only terminate each end of the bus ...

Page 18: ...18 Hardware Installation and User s Guide Hardware Installation ...

Page 19: ...roller one channel external and one channel internal with speeds up to 320 MB second per channel Online RAID level migration and capacity expansion without reboot RAID array roaming Instant availability and background initialization Automatic rebuild with private dedicated or pooled global hot fix spare drives Variable data strip size configurable per array Non hard disk drive SCSI device support ...

Page 20: ... Burst DMA to PCI and local buses PCI Signaling 5 or 3 3 volt SCSI Controller Dual channel Ultra320 Table 3 1 Hardware Architecture Component Features Table 3 2 Environmental Specifications Environmental Stress Test Meets Required Conditions Operating Temperature 0 C to 55 C Storage Temperature 40 C to 70 C Form Factor physical dimensions Height 56 mm 2 20 inches Length 167 mm 6 57 inches ...

Page 21: ...ux 7 0 Server SCO UnixWare 7 1 1 FreeBSD 4 4 and 4 5 Linux 2 2 kernal Red Hat Linux 7 0 3 3 Supported SCSI Technology The RAID controller supports up to 15 physical SCSI devices per SCSI channel It supports up to 15 hard disk drives or 14 hard disk drives if one of the SCSI IDs is occupied by a SAF TE processor per channel which means that the dual channel GDT8514RZ and GDT8114RZ controllers can s...

Page 22: ... 2 5 8 6 3 8 Fast SCSI 2 10 8 3 3 8 Fast Wide SCSI 20 16 3 3 16 Ultra SCSI 2 20 8 1 5 3 8 Ultra SCSI 2 20 8 3 N A 4 Wide Ultra SCSI 40 16 N A 3 16 Wide Ultra SCSI 40 16 1 5 N A 8 Wide Ultra SCSI 40 16 3 N A 4 Ultra 2 SCSI 2 4 40 8 4 12 8 Wide Ultra 2 4 80 16 4 12 16 Ultra160 Ultra 3 4 160 16 4 12 16 Ultra320 4 320 16 4 12 16 Notes 1 May be exceeded in Point to Point and engineered specific applica...

Page 23: ...AID subsystems of the two computer systems The hard disk drives are not required to have the same SCSI ID in the target system that they did in the original system that they are removed from Note For a migrated RAID array to be recognized by the new host operating system the host system may need to be rebooted Warning The GDT8514RZ and GDT8114RZ controllers are compatible with controllers of the s...

Page 24: ...CSI hard disk drive is initialized the first time by the RAID controller its SCSI parameters are automatically set to their optimal settings Most settings are set automatically and can not be configured manually To view or configure disk drive SCSI parameters from the ICP RAID Console choose Advanced Setup Æ Configure Physical Devices Æ Select Physical Drive Æ SCSI Parameter Initialize Table 3 4 C...

Page 25: ...imum of two hard disk drives or logical drives Therefore the maximum RAID array drive limitation for the GDT8514RZ and GDT8114RZ controllers is the physical drive limit divided by two A RAID array drive may have more than one host drive but a host drive is always part of just one array drive There is a maximum limitation of 30 host drives per controller There is a minimum of at least one host driv...

Page 26: ...de Hardware Specifications and Features Table 3 6 RAID Controller Drive Maximum Limitations Drive Type Per Channel Per Controller Per Array Drive Per Host Drive Physical Disk Drives 15 30 30 30 RAID Array Drives 7 15 1 RAID Host Drives 30 2 ...

Page 27: ...ate vs Recover When programming the firmware you must decide whether an update or a full recovery is more appropriate If firmware recovery is required you may need to change a jumper setting See Section A 3 for details on how to set jumper J4 A 3 Setting Jumper J4 The J4 jumper must be set for flash recovery mode pins 1 2 to recover the firmware For all other operations including firmware update n...

Page 28: ...g the ICP RAID controller 2 Power off all system components and disconnect their power cords 3 Remove the cover from the system to gain access to the PCI slots 4 Remove the ICP RAID controller from your system 5 On jumper block J4 move the jumper to position 1 2 for firmware recovery or to position 2 3 for firmware updates See Figure A 1 and Figure 2 3 for details 6 Re install the adapter in the P...

Page 29: ...ompting you to insert a blank floppy diskette 9 Verify that a blank diskette is inserted then press Enter Table A 2 FRUU Locations and Descriptions FRUU Location Summary More Information Run the FRUU on diskettes created from The Windows autorun menu of the RAID Software Suite CD ROM OR The Create Diskettes option from the bootable CD Create the two diskettes described below and then boot the comp...

Page 30: ...from http www icp vortex com or http www vortex de and copy it to a second floppy diskette Proceed to Section A 4 3 for information on running the FRUU OR Insert a second blank diskette into the computer then complete the remaining steps in this procedure 10 Select Create Diskettes and press Enter 11 Select Firmware Diskettes and press Enter 12 Select Firmware File and press Enter 13 Verify that y...

Page 31: ...tep 4 above Refer to Section A 3 to set the jumper in reset mode If the controller state is RESET You can perform a firmware recovery If you only need to perform a firmware update shut down the system and start again with step 4 above Refer to Section A 3 to set the jumper in normal mode If the controller state is DEFECT You must perform a firmware recovery 8 Type a controller number to start the ...

Page 32: ...re image containing the latest programs drivers from the website Also download the latest tools for your operating system including ICPCON Format a 3 5 HD disk 1 44MB and copy the firmware file and ICPCON onto the disk 2 With the adapter installed in the system start the new ICPCON under your OS 3 Select the applicable RAID controller and press Enter 4 If the Express Setup menu is displayed press ...

Page 33: ...firmware version You can also relaunch ICPCON and select the applicable RAID controller to view its new firmware version at the bottom of the console for example FW 2 38 00 R049 You can also use the OS version of ICPCON to update the firmware Refer to the ICP RAID Console chapter of the Software Guide for more details Copyright 2003 ICP vortex Computersysteme GmbH ICP Intelligent Computer Peripher...

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