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... support via Email, submit your product and support status. to Adaptec's Technical Support Specialists at www.adaptec.com/buy-cables. iii s If you register by mail, affix one copy of the TSID label to the registration card, which may be contained on two white, bar-coded labels... Support Specialist, s For Hardware products call +1 321-207-2000, Monday to Friday, 3:00 A.M. s For RAID and Fibre Channel products call +1 408-934-7274, Monday to Friday, 3:00 A.M. s To order Adaptec products, including accessories and cables, call +1 408-957-2550, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week....
... support via Email, submit your product and support status. to Adaptec's Technical Support Specialists at www.adaptec.com/buy-cables. iii s If you register by mail, affix one copy of the TSID label to the registration card, which may be contained on two white, bar-coded labels... Support Specialist, s For Hardware products call +1 321-207-2000, Monday to Friday, 3:00 A.M. s For RAID and Fibre Channel products call +1 408-934-7274, Monday to Friday, 3:00 A.M. s To order Adaptec products, including accessories and cables, call +1 408-957-2550, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week....
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...1-4 Storage Management Software 1-5 Operating Systems 1-6 Adaptec SCSI Cards 1-6 HostRAID 1-6 System Requirements 1-7 Understanding SCSI 1-8 SCSI IDs 1-8 Terminating the SCSI Bus 1-9 Defining RAID 1-10 Supported RAID Levels 1-11 2 Using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI Devices Using SCSI Devices 2-2 Using SCSI Hard Disk Drives 2-2 Using Ultra320/Ultra160 Hard Disk Drives 2-3 Combining SCSI and Non-SCSI Devices 2-4 Installing Multiple SCSI Cards 2-6 Connecting the LED Connector 2-7 Overriding SCSI Termination Settings 2-7 Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A 2-8 Adaptec SCSI Card 29320A 2-8 Adaptec SCSI Card...
...1-4 Storage Management Software 1-5 Operating Systems 1-6 Adaptec SCSI Cards 1-6 HostRAID 1-6 System Requirements 1-7 Understanding SCSI 1-8 SCSI IDs 1-8 Terminating the SCSI Bus 1-9 Defining RAID 1-10 Supported RAID Levels 1-11 2 Using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI Devices Using SCSI Devices 2-2 Using SCSI Hard Disk Drives 2-2 Using Ultra320/Ultra160 Hard Disk Drives 2-3 Combining SCSI and Non-SCSI Devices 2-4 Installing Multiple SCSI Cards 2-6 Connecting the LED Connector 2-7 Overriding SCSI Termination Settings 2-7 Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A 2-8 Adaptec SCSI Card 29320A 2-8 Adaptec SCSI Card...
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... Utility 4-2 Viewing Array 4-5 Exiting the SCSISelect Utility 4-5 Creating Arrays 4-5 Creating RAID 0 Arrays 4-7 Creating RAID 1 Arrays 4-8 Creating RAID 10 Arrays 4-9 Deleting Arrays 4-11 Adding a Spare Drive 4-11 Rebuilding Arrays 4-12 Verifying Data Integrity 4-13 Bootable Array 4-15 Check Point 4-15 x Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 3 Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect Starting SCSISelect 3-3 Exiting SCSISelect 3-4 Using SCSISelect Settings...
... Utility 4-2 Viewing Array 4-5 Exiting the SCSISelect Utility 4-5 Creating Arrays 4-5 Creating RAID 0 Arrays 4-7 Creating RAID 1 Arrays 4-8 Creating RAID 10 Arrays 4-9 Deleting Arrays 4-11 Adding a Spare Drive 4-11 Rebuilding Arrays 4-12 Verifying Data Integrity 4-13 Bootable Array 4-15 Check Point 4-15 x Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 3 Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect Starting SCSISelect 3-3 Exiting SCSISelect 3-4 Using SCSISelect Settings...
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... NT 4.0 is Already Installed 6-3 Windows NT 4.0 Installation and Configuration Notes 6-4 If Windows NT 4.0 Setup Hangs 6-4 Windows NT 4.0 Disk Administrator 6-4 Boot Order In Windows NT 4.0 versus RAID Management 6-5 7 Installing the HostRAID Driver for Windows 5-2 Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of Windows 5-2 Installing the Driver When Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003...
... NT 4.0 is Already Installed 6-3 Windows NT 4.0 Installation and Configuration Notes 6-4 If Windows NT 4.0 Setup Hangs 6-4 Windows NT 4.0 Disk Administrator 6-4 Boot Order In Windows NT 4.0 versus RAID Management 6-5 7 Installing the HostRAID Driver for Windows 5-2 Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of Windows 5-2 Installing the Driver When Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003...
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... drivers for your operating system. 1-1 It also explains how to create and maintain RAID arrays. Ultra320 SCSI on the Adaptec SCSI Card Device Drivers HostRAID on Adaptec SCSI Cards Storage Management Software Operating Systems System Requirements Understanding SCSI SCSI IDs Terminating the SCSI Bus Defining RAID 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-8 1-9 1-10 This User's Guide provides information about using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI devices, troubleshooting, SCSI termination, and other important topics.
... drivers for your operating system. 1-1 It also explains how to create and maintain RAID arrays. Ultra320 SCSI on the Adaptec SCSI Card Device Drivers HostRAID on Adaptec SCSI Cards Storage Management Software Operating Systems System Requirements Understanding SCSI SCSI IDs Terminating the SCSI Bus Defining RAID 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-8 1-9 1-10 This User's Guide provides information about using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI devices, troubleshooting, SCSI termination, and other important topics.
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...) s Support for Ultra320 products s Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A/29320A/29320ALP s AIC®-7901/AIC-7902 s Support for all major SCSI peripherals s Complete RAID configuration and management utility in the BIOS s Provides graphical RAID management software 1-4 s Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition™ to use BIOS based setup and restore utility called SCSISelect. Browser Edition for storage systems using SCSI controllers. HostRAID provides: s an...
...) s Support for Ultra320 products s Adaptec SCSI Card 39320A/29320A/29320ALP s AIC®-7901/AIC-7902 s Support for all major SCSI peripherals s Complete RAID configuration and management utility in the BIOS s Provides graphical RAID management software 1-4 s Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition™ to use BIOS based setup and restore utility called SCSISelect. Browser Edition for storage systems using SCSI controllers. HostRAID provides: s an...
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...Support for transparent array (data) migration to Adaptec Intelligent RAID cards s Supports Hot Swap of drives s Support for Auto Rebuild (if there is a spare) s Support for Auto Verify s Support for Check Pointing Storage Management Software HostRAID includes Adaptec Storage Manager, a browser-based storage management software that provides all of the creation...Windows XP s Linux s Red Hat 8.0 and 9.0 s Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 s SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 s SuSE Enterprise 8 For information on installing Adaptec Storage Manager, see Chapter 14, Installing Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition. 1-5
...Support for transparent array (data) migration to Adaptec Intelligent RAID cards s Supports Hot Swap of drives s Support for Auto Rebuild (if there is a spare) s Support for Auto Verify s Support for Check Pointing Storage Management Software HostRAID includes Adaptec Storage Manager, a browser-based storage management software that provides all of the creation...Windows XP s Linux s Red Hat 8.0 and 9.0 s Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 s SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 s SuSE Enterprise 8 For information on installing Adaptec Storage Manager, see Chapter 14, Installing Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition. 1-5
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...of one SCSI drive for the Adaptec SCSI Card and HostRAID are: s A Pentium II, 266 MHz Processor or higher system that supports PCI/PCI-X. s An installed and configured CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. System Requirements The minimum system requirements for HostRAID without RAID capabilities. Introduction... s Windows XP s Linux s Red Hat 8.0 and 9.0 s Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 s SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 s SuSE Enterprise 8 Note: Visit www.adaptec.com for HostRAID with RAID capabilities. s A minimum of free hard...
...of one SCSI drive for the Adaptec SCSI Card and HostRAID are: s A Pentium II, 266 MHz Processor or higher system that supports PCI/PCI-X. s An installed and configured CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. System Requirements The minimum system requirements for HostRAID without RAID capabilities. Introduction... s Windows XP s Linux s Red Hat 8.0 and 9.0 s Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 s SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 s SuSE Enterprise 8 Note: Visit www.adaptec.com for HostRAID with RAID capabilities. s A minimum of free hard...
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.... See Supported RAID Levels.) 1-10 the card cannot change this definition because RAID 0 is controlled by physically removing or installing one or more hard drives are grouped to appear as an LVD terminator or a Multimode terminator. A RAID is enabled or disabled by setting a switch on a device. This automatic setting is just for the Adaptec SCSI Card itself is...
.... See Supported RAID Levels.) 1-10 the card cannot change this definition because RAID 0 is controlled by physically removing or installing one or more hard drives are grouped to appear as an LVD terminator or a Multimode terminator. A RAID is enabled or disabled by setting a switch on a device. This automatic setting is just for the Adaptec SCSI Card itself is...
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... the same size disks, but no fault tolerance. If one pair of the array equals the smaller capacity disk. RAID 10 provides both high performance and fault tolerance. 1-11 Adaptec SCSI Card supports the following RAID levels: s RAID 0, Striping-Two or more drives that can read performance through load balancing. Offers higher performance than a single drive...
... the same size disks, but no fault tolerance. If one pair of the array equals the smaller capacity disk. RAID 10 provides both high performance and fault tolerance. 1-11 Adaptec SCSI Card supports the following RAID levels: s RAID 0, Striping-Two or more drives that can read performance through load balancing. Offers higher performance than a single drive...
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... because the drives are supported by the SCSI card BIOS. HostRAID Options HostRAID-When set to Disabled. Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect s Support Removable Disks Under INT 13 as Fixed Disks- (Default: Disabled) Determines which removable-media drives are not controlled by the BIOS. ! The options are...-media software driver and set to Enabled, the SCSI card BIOS allows the computer to Manage Arrays. 3-11 Note: The Boot Only and All Disks options are as Fixed Disks to Enabled, the user can create and maintain RAID arrays. s BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM-(...
... because the drives are supported by the SCSI card BIOS. HostRAID Options HostRAID-When set to Disabled. Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect s Support Removable Disks Under INT 13 as Fixed Disks- (Default: Disabled) Determines which removable-media drives are not controlled by the BIOS. ! The options are...-media software driver and set to Enabled, the SCSI card BIOS allows the computer to Manage Arrays. 3-11 Note: The Boot Only and All Disks options are as Fixed Disks to Enabled, the user can create and maintain RAID arrays. s BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM-(...
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This chapter explains how to use the SCSISelect utility to enable HostRAID and create RAID arrays on your system. 4-1 Use HostRAID to Manage Arrays In this Chapter... 4 Using the SCSISelect Utility to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification for your system. Using the SCSISelect Utility Creating Arrays Deleting Arrays Adding a Spare Drive Rebuilding Arrays Verifying Data Integrity Bootable Array Check Point 4-2 4-5 4-11 4-11 4-12 4-13 4-15 4-15 With SCSISelect, you can create and maintain RAID arrays when you enable the HostRAID settings.
This chapter explains how to use the SCSISelect utility to enable HostRAID and create RAID arrays on your system. 4-1 Use HostRAID to Manage Arrays In this Chapter... 4 Using the SCSISelect Utility to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification for your system. Using the SCSISelect Utility Creating Arrays Deleting Arrays Adding a Spare Drive Rebuilding Arrays Verifying Data Integrity Bootable Array Check Point 4-2 4-5 4-11 4-11 4-12 4-13 4-15 4-15 With SCSISelect, you can create and maintain RAID arrays when you enable the HostRAID settings.
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...select a SCSISelect menu option, move cursor, to select option, to the messages that appear on your screen. 2 When the following RAID levels: s RAID 0-Striping mode for SCSI Select (TM) Utility! 3 From the device menu that appears, select a channel and press Enter. During the startup process, ... B at slot 6, 00:0E:01 Arrow keys to move the cursor to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide HostRAID supports the following message appears on your computer. Starting the SCSISelect Utility To start the SCSISelect, follow these steps:...
...select a SCSISelect menu option, move cursor, to select option, to the messages that appear on your screen. 2 When the following RAID levels: s RAID 0-Striping mode for SCSI Select (TM) Utility! 3 From the device menu that appears, select a channel and press Enter. During the startup process, ... B at slot 6, 00:0E:01 Arrow keys to move the cursor to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide HostRAID supports the following message appears on your computer. Starting the SCSISelect Utility To start the SCSISelect, follow these steps:...
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...RAID type, or global spare: s Striped (R0) s Mirrored (R1) s Striped on the Options menu to configure the SCSI controller, configure HostRAID settings, or run the SCSI disk utilities? s Product-indicates model of hard drive or name of hard drive. Select the option and press . Adaptec... s ID-indicates ID number of built array. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 7 After you enable HostRAID, you like to create and maintain RAID arrays. Options Configure/View SCSI ControllerSettings Configure/View HostRAID Settings SCSI Disk Utilities move cursor, accept option, exit (*=...
...RAID type, or global spare: s Striped (R0) s Mirrored (R1) s Striped on the Options menu to configure the SCSI controller, configure HostRAID settings, or run the SCSI disk utilities? s Product-indicates model of hard drive or name of hard drive. Select the option and press . Adaptec... s ID-indicates ID number of built array. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 7 After you enable HostRAID, you like to create and maintain RAID arrays. Options Configure/View SCSI ControllerSettings Configure/View HostRAID Settings SCSI Disk Utilities move cursor, accept option, exit (*=...
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... is missing and the array is in SCSISelect takes effect after the computer restarts. Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays s Dead-One drive in a RAID 0 array is not optimal Exiting the SCSISelect Utility To exit SCSISelect: 1 Press Esc until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any key to...
... is missing and the array is in SCSISelect takes effect after the computer restarts. Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays s Dead-One drive in a RAID 0 array is not optimal Exiting the SCSISelect Utility To exit SCSISelect: 1 Press Esc until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any key to...
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... get an allowance message regarding minimum and maximum drives. Press Enter. s RAID-1 Min 2 drives, max 2 drives. The allowance messages for selection. 4 Select the RAID type you will not be available for the different RAID types are as follows: s RAID-0 Min 2 drives, max 4 drives. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 3 From the Main menu, press C to create an...
... get an allowance message regarding minimum and maximum drives. Press Enter. s RAID-1 Min 2 drives, max 2 drives. The allowance messages for selection. 4 Select the RAID type you will not be available for the different RAID types are as follows: s RAID-0 Min 2 drives, max 4 drives. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 3 From the Main menu, press C to create an...
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...) Striping Requirements Min 2 drives, Max 4 drives move cursor, accept option, exit Creating RAID 0 Arrays To create a RAID 0 array: 1 From the Select RAID Type window, select RAID-0 and press Enter. Adaptec SCSISelect(TM) Utility vX.XX 39320A at slot 03, 00:0F:00 RAID-1 : Select RAID members ID Vendor 00 Quantum 01 Quantum 02 Quantum 03 Quantum Product...
...) Striping Requirements Min 2 drives, Max 4 drives move cursor, accept option, exit Creating RAID 0 Arrays To create a RAID 0 array: 1 From the Select RAID Type window, select RAID-0 and press Enter. Adaptec SCSISelect(TM) Utility vX.XX 39320A at slot 03, 00:0F:00 RAID-1 : Select RAID members ID Vendor 00 Quantum 01 Quantum 02 Quantum 03 Quantum Product...
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... is detected in the target drive, you want using either option: 1 From the Select RAID Type window, select RAID-1. s Copy from (12) to (11)-copy from a source drive to create a RAID 0 array. The following message appears: Are you can choose are two ways to or ...then press Enter. Note: If a valid partition table or boot block is equal to create a RAID 1 array. To create a RAID 1 array using the Spacebar to the Main menu. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 4 Assign a RAID name by entering up to make the array bootable. The following message appears: Create Array? 6...
... is detected in the target drive, you want using either option: 1 From the Select RAID Type window, select RAID-1. s Copy from (12) to (11)-copy from a source drive to create a RAID 0 array. The following message appears: Are you can choose are two ways to or ...then press Enter. Note: If a valid partition table or boot block is equal to create a RAID 1 array. To create a RAID 1 array using the Spacebar to the Main menu. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 4 Assign a RAID name by entering up to make the array bootable. The following message appears: Create Array? 6...
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...message that the partition will be able to use and press Enter. 3 Select the stripe size and press Enter. To add a spare to an existing RAID 1 array, see Adding a Spare Drive on any reason you want to make the array bootable. The following message appears: Do you want to use..., or 64K. 4-9 Note: You might not be deleted. The following message appears: Create Array? 5 Select Yes. Creating RAID 10 Arrays To create a RAID 10 array: 1 From the Select RAID Type menu, select RAID-10 and press Enter. 2 Select the hard drives you want to make this array bootable? 4 Select Yes if you...
...message that the partition will be able to use and press Enter. 3 Select the stripe size and press Enter. To add a spare to an existing RAID 1 array, see Adding a Spare Drive on any reason you want to make the array bootable. The following message appears: Do you want to use..., or 64K. 4-9 Note: You might not be deleted. The following message appears: Create Array? 5 Select Yes. Creating RAID 10 Arrays To create a RAID 10 array: 1 From the Select RAID Type menu, select RAID-10 and press Enter. 2 Select the hard drives you want to make this array bootable? 4 Select Yes if you...
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... entering your options, assign a RAID name by selecting the Rebuild function later. After your RAID 10 is defined, and add a spare later to create a maximum of two spare drives. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 4 With RAID 10 you have the option to an existing RAID 10 array. You can create:... s two spares before your RAID 10 is defined s two spares after your RAID 10 is defined s a spare before your array ...
... entering your options, assign a RAID name by selecting the Rebuild function later. After your RAID 10 is defined, and add a spare later to create a maximum of two spare drives. Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 4 With RAID 10 you have the option to an existing RAID 10 array. You can create:... s two spares before your RAID 10 is defined s two spares after your RAID 10 is defined s a spare before your array ...