Preliminary
ICP RAID ControllersGDT8514RZ and GDT8114RZ
Single-channel Low Profile U320 RAID ControllersHardware Installation and User’s Guide, Version 1.2.6
April 2003
Страница 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...
Страница 2: ...he 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 an...
Страница 3: ...ces 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 Supporte...
Страница 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 Environment...
Страница 5: ...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 s...
Страница 6: ...m 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 Gui...
Страница 7: ...A 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 Sta...
Страница 8: ...pressly 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 c...
Страница 9: ...e 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 doc...
Страница 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...
Страница 11: ...ower 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...
Страница 12: ...es 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...
Страница 13: ...AID 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 o...
Страница 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 jumpe...
Страница 15: ...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 Defin...
Страница 16: ...ough 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 Silen...
Страница 17: ...ly 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 terminat...
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Страница 19: ...oller 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 availabilit...
Страница 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 Environment...
Страница 21: ...x 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 sup...
Страница 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...
Страница 23: ...ID 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...
Страница 24: ...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 config...
Страница 25: ...mum 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 driv...
Страница 26: ...e 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 Ar...
Страница 27: ...te 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 Sectio...
Страница 28: ...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 you...
Страница 29: ...mpting 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 o...
Страница 30: ...rom 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 comput...
Страница 31: ...ep 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...
Страница 32: ...e 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 ICP...
Страница 33: ...irmware 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...
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