
3
C
ONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................4
MYLEX* ACCELERAID 200................................................................................................................4
ASSUMPTIONS......................................................................................................................................4
EXAMPLE: CONFIGURING AND INITIALIZING A RAID ARRAY USING A MYLEX
ACCELERAID 200 AND THE DACCF UTILITY ...............................................................................5
S
UMMARY
.............................................................................................................................................5
I
NSTALLING THE
M
YLEX
A
CCELE
RAID 200
HARDWARE
&
STARTING THE
DACCF
UTILITY
.....................5
U
SING
“A
UTOMATIC
C
ONFIGURATION
”
TO CREATE A
RAID5
ARRAY WITH
3
OR MORE DRIVES
..................7
U
SING
“N
EW
C
ONFIGURATION
”
TO CREATE A CUSTOM
RAID
ARRAY
.......................................................7
B
ACKING UP THE CONFIGURATION INFORMATION TO A FLOPPY
..................................................................8
I
NITIALIZING THE
RAID
ARRAY
..............................................................................................................8
E
XITING THE
DACCF
UTILITY SOFTWARE
...............................................................................................8
I
NSTALLING AN
O
PERATING
S
YSTEM
.......................................................................................................9
TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................................................... 10
APPENDIX A: MYLEX ACCELERAID 200 DRIVER SUPPORT.................................................... 11