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ACARD AEC-6880M

For Mac OS X Environment

Make sure that the computer “initialize” the hard drive successfully.  When

you initialize the hard drive successfully, on the Mac window a new “Un-

titled” hard drive icon will appear.

For advanced Mac users, find the system information under the Apple

Logo pop up.  Then choose “Apple System Profiler” to find the informa-

tion.  Check the information and see the computer system status.  Follow

the instruction below to check the system information.

Step 1. Please find the “Finder” at the bottom of the Mac OS Screen, then

click it.

Содержание AEC-6880M

Страница 1: ...Copyright 2003 ACARD Technology Corp ACARD ATA 133 RAID AEC 6880M PCI to IDE ATA 133 RAID Controller for Macintosh User s Manual Version 2 0...

Страница 2: ...rks of ACARD Technology Corp IBM is a trademark of the International Business Machine Corporation Apple and the PowerMac Logo are registered trademarks of Apple Corpo ration All brand names and tradem...

Страница 3: ...stallation 8 2 4 ACARD AEC 6880M cable power installation 10 2 5 Configuring ACARD AEC 6880M 11 Chapter 3 System Installation 12 3 1 Normal Mode Installation 12 3 1 1 Mac OS 9 x installation 12 3 1 2...

Страница 4: ...nal G4 the improvement can be as high as 300 For PowerMac G4 ACARD AEC 6880M allows Mac to add more IDE drives or to use Hardware RAID by adjusting the easy RAID DIP Switch setting ACARD AEC 6880M ada...

Страница 5: ...n 1 3 1 Packing List When you open the ACARD AEC 6880M cabinet please check the following things n One ACARD AEC 6880M n Two ATA 133 Cables n One Y splitter Power Cord n Two hard disk mounting kits an...

Страница 6: ...y contains data or any version of Mac OS it is strongly recommended to back up the old data before installating the adapter The hard drive must be initialized first under the normal mode of ACARD AEC...

Страница 7: ...IDE2 The Secondary IDE port For the hard drive s Jumper setting Master Slave refer to hard drive s Manual ATA 133 Cable Layout Connect to ACARD AEC 6880M Adapter IDE ports CN1 CN2 Connect to IDE hard...

Страница 8: ...the instructions below to get the best performance Striping Mode n If two hard drives are in different storage capacity ACARD AEC 6880M will treat the smaller one as standard capacity and double the s...

Страница 9: ...the same Master or Slave mode The two hard drives must connect with two indepen dent ATA 133 cables on ACARD AEC 6880M n For two pairs of mirroring connection using 4 HDDs the jumper setting on every...

Страница 10: ...IDE connector on the IDE hard drive Step 2 Find out a color line of the internal IDE cable indicating pin 1of the connector Step 3 Connect the internal IDE cable to the IDE hard drive aligning with pi...

Страница 11: ...ve set the DIP Switch 1 and 2 as OFF The default is OFF 2 Striping Mode RAID 0 RAID 0 is dedicated as a pair of hard drives that store striping data but appears as a single drive on the computer Set t...

Страница 12: ...lation 3 1 1 Mac OS 9 x installation 1 Be sure the hardware is installed correctly 2 Insert Mac OS CD ROM to Macintosh 3 Power on Macintosh and press C key 4 Wait for Mac OS and the appearance of Mac...

Страница 13: ...D AEC 6880M 7 Choose the hard drive connected to ACARD AEC 6880M then press Initialize button For more detailed information of Drive Setup refer to Mac OS manual 8 Start to install a new OS on the har...

Страница 14: ...our Macintosh and press C key 4 After Mac OS X boots up select Installer from the top selection tools 5 Select Open Disk Utility to open it 6 Select the hard drive which you want to initialize and cho...

Страница 15: ...15 ACARD AEC 6880M 8 Update your driver to version 1 5 1 which is on the support CD Note For more information about Mac OS X installation guide please refer to Mac OS X installation manual...

Страница 16: ...window a new Un titled hard drive icon will appear For advanced Mac users find the system information under the Apple Logo pop up Then choose Apple System Profiler to find the informa tion Check the i...

Страница 17: ...2 Under the Apple System Profiler you will see the System Profiler Choose Devices and Volumes to see the devices status Step 3 Under Devices and Volumes please choose PCI item You will find the SCSI c...

Страница 18: ...new Un titled hard drive icon will appear For advanced Mac users find the system information under the Apple Logo pop up Then choose Apple System Profiler to find the informa tion Check the informati...

Страница 19: ...19 ACARD AEC 6880M Step 2 Find the Application sign on the top of the screen and click it Step 3 Under the Application find out the Utilities item and click it...

Страница 20: ...4 Under the Utilities you will see the Apple System Profiler Click on Apple System Profiler to see the devices status Step 5 Under Devices and Volumes please choose PCI item You will find the SCSI ca...

Страница 21: ...e installation do the initialize under normal mode first then turn off the computer to set the DIP Switch as striping mode 3 2 1 Mac OS 9 x installation 1 Be sure the hardware is installed correctly 2...

Страница 22: ...D AEC 6880M 7 Choose the hard drive connected to ACARD AEC 6880M then press Initialize button For more detailed information of Drive Setup refer to Mac OS manual 8 Start to install a new OS on the har...

Страница 23: ...t skip the step otherwise RAID mode will be wrongly detected 4 After Mac OS X Boot up select Installer from the top selection tools 5 Select Open Disk Utility and open it 6 Select the hard drive which...

Страница 24: ...24 ACARD AEC 6880M 8 Update your driver to version 1 5 1 which is on the support CD Note For more information about Mac OS X installation please refer to Mac OS X installation manual...

Страница 25: ...window a new Untitled hard drive icon will appear For advanced Mac users find the system information under the Apple Logo Then choose Apple System Profiler to find the information Check the informati...

Страница 26: ...ep 2 Under the Apple System Profiler you will see the System Profiler Choose Devices and Volumes to see the devices status Step 3 Under Devices and Volumes please choose PCI You will find the SCSI car...

Страница 27: ...new Untitled hard drive icon will appear For advanced Mac users find the system information under the Apple Logo Then choose Apple System Profiler to find the information Check the information and se...

Страница 28: ...ind the Application on the top of the screen and click it Step 3 Under the Application find out the Utilities and click it Step 4 Under the Utilities you will see the Apple System Profiler Click on it...

Страница 29: ...29 ACARD AEC 6880M Step 5 Under Devices and Volumes please choose PCI You will find the SCSI card installation status...

Страница 30: ...m monitors the RAID volume status A message will appear to inform you AEC 6880M RAID Utility must be used together with AEC 6880M firmware Ver 2 42 or later You may find them in ACARD Support CD Delet...

Страница 31: ...array into a blank drive When a failed drive has been replaced with a new one as part of a mirror array the operation will be resumed Quick Erase It can erase the data on hard drive content quickly Pl...

Страница 32: ...to the slot on the motherboard 4 Check all connectors and cables Check if internal IDE connector device power connector and cables are con nected well Cables are easily damaged because of improper fol...

Страница 33: ...ort acard com http www acard com Model AEC 6880M F W Version System Configuration Computer CPU Memory SCSI adapter Other I O card Other Storage Device MAC OS version Hard Disk Configuration Problem De...

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