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Introduction

Manual No. 775064

1-3

Operating System Support

MS-DOS 5.x, 6.x, and above are supported using drivers that reside in the
AcceleRAID BIOS. Many drivers in the Disk Array Controller Software Kit,
included with the AcceleRAID 170 controller, support many other popular
operating systems (see the

PCI

Disk Array Controller Drivers Installation

Guide and User Manual

Summary of Contents for AcceleRAID 170

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Page 3: ...All contents of this manual are copyrighted by Mylex Corporation The information contained herein is the exclusive property of Mylex Corporation and shall not be copied transferred photocopied transla...

Page 4: ...sed of the possibility of such damages Any questions or comments regarding this document or its contents should be addressed to Mylex Corporation at the address shown on the back cover The following p...

Page 5: ...Chapter 2 describes the steps to be performed prior to controller installation and the physical installation of the AcceleRAID 170 single channel RAID controller Chapter 3 describes controller start...

Page 6: ...r Press the key labeled Enter or Delete etc Note Supplementary information that can have an effect on system performance Caution Notification that a proscribed action has the potential to adversely af...

Page 7: ...ms 1 5 Chapter 2 Installation Before You Begin 2 2 Safety Considerations 2 3 Installation Checklist 2 4 GET READY 2 4 GET SET 2 4 GO 2 4 Connectors LEDs and Jumpers 2 5 PCI Hotplug 2 5 Installation Pr...

Page 8: ...e of Problems 3 5 Appendix A AcceleRAID 170 Specifications General Hardware Specifications A 1 AcceleRAID 170 A 1 Environmental Specifications A 2 Appendix B AcceleRAID 170 Error Messages Start up Err...

Page 9: ...75064 vii Appendix E Regulatory Information Class B Compliance E 1 Declaration of Conformity E 2 Declaration of Conformity E 3 Community of Europe E 4 Underwriters Laboratories Statement and Warning E...

Page 10: ...viii AcceleRAID 170 Installation Guide...

Page 11: ...SI single channel RAID controller with 32 bit 33MHz PCI capability The AcceleRAID 170 supports one external connector and one internal Ultra 160 SCSI connector The AcceleRAID 170 controller provides t...

Page 12: ...d write back cache support PCI Hotplug capability allows the AcceleRAID 170 to be swapped with a replacement without powering down the system Caution Be sure the motherboard you are using supports PCI...

Page 13: ...are supported using drivers that reside in the AcceleRAID BIOS Many drivers in the Disk Array Controller Software Kit included with the AcceleRAID 170 controller support many other popular operating s...

Page 14: ...nd a printed Quick Installation Guide Standard DIMM Module 32MB 64MB or 128MB ECC Software On board RAID EzAssist disk array controller configuration utility with documentation on CD ROM and a printed...

Page 15: ...rm this installation IBM PC compatible host system with PCI slot PCI 2 2 compliant Network operating system software as required SCSI cables to connect the controller and disk arrays Static grounding...

Page 16: ...User supplied Items 1 6 AcceleRAID 170 Installation Guide...

Page 17: ...controller SCSI Termination SCSI IDs SCSI Cabling Limitations on Mixing SCSI Drives Mylex disk array controllers are designed to work in a variety of SCSI RAID application environments Certain configu...

Page 18: ...n shock and serious injury 1 Power off the system and disconnect the power cables before starting the installation Refer to the instructions provided in your system documentation Do not disconnect cab...

Page 19: ...quired Leave the controller in its anti static bag until it is time to plug the controller into the PCI slot The use of a grounded wrist strap and other ESD protective measures are highly recommended...

Page 20: ...70 controller and the Connectors Jumpers and LED descriptions 5 ____ Plug the AcceleRAID 170 controller into a standard PCI 2 2 compliant slot 6 ____ Secure the AcceleRAID 170 controller s mounting br...

Page 21: ...cate SE single ended LVD and FAIL modes SCSI jumpers should normally be set to their default settings no adjustments are needed Default jumper locations are shown in Figure 2 3 and are described in Ta...

Page 22: ...ID 170 Installation Guide Figure 2 1 AcceleRAID 170 Controller Channel Connectors Figure 2 2 AcceleRAID 170 LEDs Table 2 1 LED Descriptions D1 SE Single Ended D2 LVD Low Voltage Differential D4 Fail P...

Page 23: ...igure 2 3 AcceleRAID 170 Jumper Locations Table 2 2 AcceleRAID 170 Jumper Descriptions J1 Manufacturing test point JP2 Maintenance mode JP6 Cache dirty monitor cache write back LED header JP7 BSY SCSI...

Page 24: ...steps 1 Choose any available 32 bit or 64 bit PCI slot as shown in Figure 2 4 Figure 2 4 Choose an Available PCI Slot 2 Remove the metal cover plate from the slot s access port at the back of the cab...

Page 25: ...remove it from the anti static bag as shown in Figure 2 6 Figure 2 6 Remove the Controller from the Anti static Bag 4 Plug install the controller firmly into any 32 bit or 64 bit PCI slot as shown in...

Page 26: ...Enable term power on the drives Refer to the drive manual for specific information about drive configuration settings Installing Cables and Setting Termination Please refer to Table 2 3 on page 2 15 f...

Page 27: ...170 controller is equipped with automatic SCSI bus termination circuitry If the controller is at the end of a SCSI bus it automatically enables on board termination The controller can also detect whe...

Page 28: ...xample if the controller is at the end of the SCSI bus it automatically enables on board termination If all the SCSI devices on a channel are connected either to the internal connector or to the exter...

Page 29: ...xample of a combined internal and external drive configuration Notice that they are on the same channel Note It is better to terminate the ends of the SCSI bus itself than it is to terminate the end d...

Page 30: ...o duplicate a drive address Remember ID 7 is reserved for the controller therefore it cannot be used as a disk drive ID ID s from 0 through 6 are usually for Narrow 8 bit devices However the full rang...

Page 31: ...revert to single ended operation mode The SCSI bus lengths will then be limited to the single ended bus lengths shown in Table 2 3 The Maximum number of devices allowed on a Wide Ultra SCSI bus is 8...

Page 32: ...inate the upper eight bits and be sure to properly terminate the end of the bus with either a 16 bit terminator or a 16 bit device that has termination enabled LVD with Single ended Drives If LVD capa...

Page 33: ...OS Options After physically installing the controller and connecting the cabling do the following steps if you need to set or modify a BIOS option see Setting BIOS Options on page 3 2 for details 1 Po...

Page 34: ...be displayed Press the Esc key to restart the system and then watch the screen for the following messages CD ROM Boot Disable or Enable The default for this option is for the CD ROM boot to be disable...

Page 35: ...e controller is set to 2 GB This means that the BIOS can only access the first 2 GB of any drive that has been configured on the controller This is adequate in most applications since BIOS is only use...

Page 36: ...e Operating System If an operating system is not already installed on the system it can be installed on a system disk on the controller The operating system is installed along with the operating syste...

Page 37: ...g For details on how to install and run GAM client refer to the Global Array Manager Client Software Installation Guide and User Manual In Case of Problems If problems are encountered during start up...

Page 38: ...In Case of Problems 3 6 AcceleRAID 170 Installation Guide...

Page 39: ...170 CPU i960RM microprocessor 100MHz Cache Memory 32MB 64MB and 128MB installed on a DIMM module Write Selectable Write Through or Write Back Error Protection ECC Error Correction Code Firmware ROM T...

Page 40: ...nsing Storage 10 to 90 relative humidity non condensing Altitude Operating Up to 3 048m 10 000 ft Storage Up to 15 240m 50 000 ft Form Factor Length 7 575 inches Width 4 200 inches Maximum Component H...

Page 41: ...gnostics to pinpoint error AcceleRAID 170 firmware checksum error Reload firmware Drive Check Error Messages If the firmware finds a valid controller configuration but it doesn t match the SCSI drives...

Page 42: ...ation aborted message is displayed when the BIOS finds that the configuration of the disk drives as stored in the NVRAM and configuration on disk is different from what it senses at boot time When thi...

Page 43: ...mportant when preparing to power down the system Caution It is very important to make sure that all data is written to the disk before rebooting or powering down the system or you may lose data It is...

Page 44: ...System Reboot or Power Down B 4 AcceleRAID 170 Installation Guide...

Page 45: ...t this point the card can be replaced At this time Mylex only supports Hot Replacement of PCI Hot Plug cards Future releases are planned to support Hot Upgrade or Hot Expansion adding a card Implement...

Page 46: ...OAD sys system ncmcon nlm This command loads the Novell Configuration Manager Console which then loads odineb nlm These commands can also be executed at the server console prompt Note This command is...

Page 47: ...Hot Plug utility The macdisk sys driver should not be loaded with a Mylex PCI Hot Plug board if macdisk sys is loaded the system will hang upon shutdown When you install a Mylex controller as a boot d...

Page 48: ...ion Guide Windows 64 The released version of Windows 64 is intended to support the PCI Hot Plug capability No additional software is required Please refer to the Windows 64 documentation for instructi...

Page 49: ...otocol is compatible with standard SCSI buses and cabling The SAF TE interface standard s objective is to provide a non proprietary means of allowing third party disks and controllers to be automatica...

Page 50: ...170 Installation Guide SES The AcceleRAID 170 supports SES SCSI Enclosure System cabinets Please refer to the documentation supplied with your SES enclosure cabinet for details on how to take advanta...

Page 51: ...l interference to radio communications However there is not guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equ...

Page 52: ...170 1 32NB A170 1 64NB A170 1 128NB Year of Manufacture 2000 Conforms to the following Product Specification s FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart B Section 15 107 e and Section 15 109 g Class B Digital Device...

Page 53: ...ller Fab 550166 00 Rev A Model Number s A170 1 32NB A170 1 64NB A170 1 128NB conforms to the following specifications Standards EN 50081 1 1992 Emissions EN 55022 1998 Class B ITE radiated and conduct...

Page 54: ...ment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Achtung Dieses ist ein Ger t der Funkst rgrenzwertklasse B In Wohnbereichen k nnen bei B...

Page 55: ...Regulatory Information Manual No 775064 E 5 Underwriters Laboratories Statement and Warning...

Page 56: ...Underwriters Laboratories Statement and Warning E 6 AcceleRAID 170 Installation Guide...

Page 57: ...ic SISL In addition the 150 and 250 products can work in any PC or server with a PCI slot whether or not they have SCSI interrupt steering logic The 150 and 250 have one Ultra2 SCSI LVD channel Active...

Page 58: ...In the event of a power failure the BBU can hold data in the cache for a certain amount of time Once power is restored the data can be saved to a disk BIOS Basic Input Output System software that det...

Page 59: ...See also Caching Cache Flush Refers to an operation where all unwritten blocks in a Write Back Cache are written to the target disk This operation is necessary before powering down the system Cache L...

Page 60: ...ame For RAID Level 3 or RAID Level 5 a consistency check calculates the parity from the data written on the disk and compares it to the written parity A consistency check from Mylex utilities such as...

Page 61: ...ddressed as a single unit In some cases this may be called a drive pack when referring to just the physical devices All the physical devices in a drive group should have the same size otherwise each o...

Page 62: ...to 32 bits and allowing more than one CPU to share the bus Embedded Storage Controller An intelligent storage controller that mounts in a host computer s housing and attaches directly to a host s memo...

Page 63: ...optionally the same node from the failed port Failure A detectable physical change in hardware requiring replacement of the component Fast SCSI Devices that increases the speed at which data is transf...

Page 64: ...ta storage and I O Host Bus Adapter HBA An I O adapter that connects a host I O bus to the host s storage memory system Host I O Bus An I O bus used to connect a host computer to storage systems or st...

Page 65: ...t Replacement of Disk and Hot Spare Hot Swap The exchange of a replacement unit in a storage system for a defective unit The exchange requires human intervention but the system can continue to perform...

Page 66: ...erconnection architecture associated with the IBM AT motherboard It allows 16 bits at a time to flow between the motherboard circuitry and an expansion slot card and its associated device s JBOD Just...

Page 67: ...nd revert to single ended signaling Devices need to be Ultra2 SCSI LVD devices in order to take advantage of the LVD signaling Mylex AcceleRAID eXtremeRAID and DAC FL controllers are LVD controllers M...

Page 68: ...formed on all RAID levels except JBOD Mylex s Global Array Manager GAM supports two M O R E features Expand Capacity allows logical drive expansion for FFx external controllers only Expand Array allow...

Page 69: ...drives The parity data may exist on only one disk drive or be distributed between all disk drives in a RAID group Parity Check A function used to verify the integrity of data on a system drive It ver...

Page 70: ...sks a collection of two or more disks working together in an array DAC960 controllers implement this technology to connect up to 15 SCSI devices per channel The different forms of RAID implementation...

Page 71: ...redundancy Level 0 1 Combines RAID 0 striping and RAID 1 mirroring This level provides redundancy through mirroring JBOD Sometimes referred to as Just a Bunch of Drives Each drive is operated independ...

Page 72: ...metimes called gray satin or flat wire that people are most familiar with The RJ 45 is a single line jack for digital transmission over ordinary phone wire either untwisted or twisted the interface ha...

Page 73: ...0 to 7 0 to 15 under wide or Ultra SCSI The SCSI address uniquely identifies the drive on the SCSI bus or channel SCSI Drive States Refers to a SCSI drive s current operational status At any given tim...

Page 74: ...150 200 or 250 to implement RAID on a system board embedded SCSI bus or a set of SCSI busses SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory a form of dynamic random access memory DRAM that can be coo...

Page 75: ...evices and their functions Standard Disk Drive This term refers to a hard disk drive with SCSI IDE or other interface attached to the host system through a standard disk controller Standby Replacement...

Page 76: ...configuration without making any changes and exit the configuration utility This will clear the replacement table You may now proceed to boot your system and continue normal operations In normal use...

Page 77: ...as available disk drives each with a capacity specified by the eXtremeRAID controller Target ID The SCSI ID of a device attached to a controller Each SCSI channel can have up to 15 attached SCSI devi...

Page 78: ...viding 16 bit wide data path Write Back Cache A caching strategy whereby write operations result in a completion signal being sent to the host operating system as soon as the cache not the disk drive...

Page 79: ...annel Standard 2 12 2 13 Drive Check Error Messages B 1 E Enabled on board termination 2 12 Enclosure Management D 1 End device termination 2 12 Error Messages B 1 aborted installation B 2 Drive Check...

Page 80: ...SI ID numbers 2 14 SCSI IDs 2 14 SCSI Termination 2 11 SES D 2 Single ended Mode 2 15 Specifications A 1 controller A 1 environmental A 2 Standard Package Contents 1 4 standard package contents 1 4 St...

Page 81: ...ke Model Size Type of Phone Number _______________________________ Drives Fax Number _________________________________ Disk Non Disk System Information Motherboard ____________ CPU Speed BIOS Ver Vide...

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Page 83: ...ent the warranty period will extend through the last day of the month indicated This warranty will not apply to and MYLEX provides no warranty for any BIOS software ROM based firmware or any other PRO...

Page 84: ...ed or mailed at the shipper s risk freight prepaid to the address below Mylex Corporation 34551 Ardenwood Blvd Fremont California U S A 94555 3607 Mylex will pay for return freight via such carrier as...

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