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Preliminary

Intel

Integrated RAID Controller

SRCU42L

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

October 2002

Order Number: 273738-001

Summary of Contents for SRCU42L - RAID Controller

Page 1: ...Preliminary Intel Integrated RAID Controller SRCU42L Dual channel Low Profile U320 RAID Controller Hardware Installation and User s Guide Version 1 2 6 October 2002 Order Number 273738 001 ...

Page 2: ... future definition and shall have no responsibility whatsoever for conflicts or incompatibilities arising from future changes to them The RAID Adapter may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications Current characterized errata are available on request This RAID Adapter as well as the software described in it is furnished un...

Page 3: ...ttings 15 2 2 Diagnostic Features 17 2 2 1 LED Indicators 18 2 2 2 Audible Alarm 18 2 2 3 Beep Sequences During System Boot 19 2 3 SCSI Termination 19 3 Hardware Specifications and Features 3 1 IIR Controller Hardware Features 21 3 1 1 Key Features 21 3 2 Operating System Support 23 3 3 Supported SCSI Technology 23 3 3 1 Supported Hard Drive Technology 23 3 3 2 Support for Non Hard Disk Drive SCSI...

Page 4: ... Numbers 16 2 4 LED Labels and Colors 18 Tables 2 1 Controller Jumper Settings 17 2 2 LED Descriptions 18 2 3 Beep Sequences 19 3 1 Hardware Architecture 21 3 2 Environmental Specifications 22 3 3 Supported SCSI Device Standards 24 3 4 Configurable Disk Drive SCSI Parameters 26 3 5 Configurable I O Controller SCSI Parameters 27 3 6 RAID Controller Drive Maximum Limitations 28 ...

Page 5: ...re 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 IIR controller software on a newly created bootable host drive with commonly used operating systems Detailed instructions covering more complex software ...

Page 6: ...ocuments 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 regulatory and license agreements covering this product Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This...

Page 7: ...netic compatibility EMC regulations 1 4 2 Product Safety Compliance CSA C22 2 No UL 60950 60950 3rd Edition US Canada EN 60950 European Union IEC 60950 International CE Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC European Union 1 4 3 Product EMC Compliance FCC Part 15 Class A Emissions USA ICES 003 Class A Emissions Canada CISPR 22 3rd Edition Class A Emissions International EN55022 1998 Class A Emissions EN5...

Page 8: ...RCU42L 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 device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Marking Description UL Listed Accessory mark for USA and Canada CE mark for European Union C Tick mark for Australia and New Z...

Page 9: ... 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 ICES 003 Canada This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appereil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB 003 du Canada 1 4 5 3 CE Declar...

Page 10: ...73 23 EEC Norsk Dette produktet er i henhold til bestemmelsene i det europeiske direktivet 89 336 EEC 73 23 EEC Portuguese Este produto cumpre com as normas da Diretiva Européia 89 336 EEC 73 23 EEC Español Este producto cumple con las normas del Directivo Europeo 89 336 EEC 73 23 EEC Svenska Denna produkt har tillverkats i enlighet med EG direktiv 89 336 EEC 73 23 EEC 1 4 5 4 BSMI Taiwan These pr...

Page 11: ...his equipment It is the responsibility of the user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device If the equipment has more than one interface connector do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces unless otherwise instructed to do so in the user manual Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate the ...

Page 12: ...12 Hardware Installation and User s Guide Getting Started ...

Page 13: ...ll 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 IIR controller 2 1 1 Computer System Hardware Requireme...

Page 14: ...ive 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 P66 Back...

Page 15: ... the computer motherboard immediately However jumper settings are available to Reprogram the RAID firmware that is located in the flash memory of the IIR 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 locations and pin numbers and see Appendix A for a detailed descrip...

Page 16: ... 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 17: ...and boot up beep sequences that can help diagnose the controller 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 Jumper on pins 1 2 IOP is in reset mode with firmware recovery enabl...

Page 18: ...StorCon or StorCon 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 StorCon In StorCon 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 Labels and Colors ...

Page 19: ...ed 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 See Table ...

Page 20: ...20 Hardware Installation and User s Guide Hardware Installation ...

Page 21: ...20 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 tape CD ROM etc 64MB of ECC SDRAM support Read write controller and disk...

Page 22: ...naling 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 23: ... TurboLinux 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 SRCU42L controller can support 3...

Page 24: ... 1 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 3 160 16 4 12 16 Ultra320 320 16 4 12 16 Notes 1 May be exceeded in Point to Point and engineered specific applicati...

Page 25: ...mation and user data on that RAID array Compatible RAID controllers must control the RAID subsystems of the two computer systems see list of compatible controllers in this section 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 operatin...

Page 26: ...y loaded 3 5 2 Configurable Disk Drive SCSI Parameters When a SCSI 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 Storage Console choose Advanced Setup Æ Configure Physical Devices Æ...

Page 27: ...minimum of two hard disk drives or logical drives Therefore the maximum RAID array drive limitation for the SRCU42L controller is the physical drive limit divided by two A RAID array drive can contain or have reside on it up to a maximum of 2 host drives There is a maximum limitation of 30 host drives per SRCU42L controller There is a minimum of at least one host drive per array drive A host drive...

Page 28: ...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 29: ... RAID controller visit our website at http support Intel com Note The Firmware Update option is not available when StorCon is accessing the RAID Controller remotely Follow the procedure below to update the firmware via XROM StorCon 1 Download the firmware image containing the latest programs drivers from the website Format a 3 5 HD disk 1 44MB and copy the SRC_RXFW file onto the disk 2 With the ad...

Page 30: ... Rzzz You can also use the OS version of StorCon to update the firmware Refer to the Storage Console chapter of the Software Guide for more details A 2 Firmware Recovery Procedure via Flash Recovery Utility FRU Figure A 1 Jumper Positions for Flash Update and Recovery 1 Set the IIR controller s IOP to Reset Flash Recovery mode Warning Shock hazards may be present inside the unit in which this cont...

Page 31: ...igure A 1 and Figure 2 3 to set the jumper in reset mode d Type a controller number to start the recovery process for the firmware on that controller You do not need to press Enter after typing the number You will see the messages shown below during a successful recovery Each message provides a percent complete status while the action is in progress The entire process may take several minutes Eras...

Page 32: ...32 Hardware Installation and User s Guide Flash Memory Programming ...

Page 33: ...ty 23 F flash memory recovering the firmware 30 I installation raid adapter 14 warnings and cautions 11 R raid adapter hardware features 21 hardware requirements 13 installation 14 intallation procedures 13 system requirements 13 S scsi termination 19 system requirements hardware 13 U user s manual intended audience 5 W warnings and cautions 11 ...

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