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...been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the rules. Adaptec, Inc. However, if this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception, which can radiate radio frequency energy,...the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. SCSI RAID 2100S/3200S/3210S/3400S/3410S ATA RAID 2400A Tested to Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE European Union Compliance Statement This Information Technology Equipment...
...been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the rules. Adaptec, Inc. However, if this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception, which can radiate radio frequency energy,...the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. SCSI RAID 2100S/3200S/3210S/3400S/3410S ATA RAID 2400A Tested to Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE European Union Compliance Statement This Information Technology Equipment...
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... Notes, Cautions, and Warnings 1-14 Electrostatic Discharge 1-15 2 Installing Your Controller Configuring ATA Drives 2-1 ATA Drives 2-1 ATA Cables 2-2 Configuring SCSI Devices 2-2 Narrow and Wide SCSI Devices 2-2 LVD and SE Devices 2-3 SCSI Cables 2-3 SCSI Device IDs 2-3 SCSI Termination 2-4 v Contents 1 Introduction Read this First 1-2 System Requirements 1-2 Storage Requirements for Drivers and Software 1-2 Motherboard Compatibility 1-3 Kit Contents 1-3 Adaptec RAID Controller Features 1-4 Adaptec RAID Features -
... Notes, Cautions, and Warnings 1-14 Electrostatic Discharge 1-15 2 Installing Your Controller Configuring ATA Drives 2-1 ATA Drives 2-1 ATA Cables 2-2 Configuring SCSI Devices 2-2 Narrow and Wide SCSI Devices 2-2 LVD and SE Devices 2-3 SCSI Cables 2-3 SCSI Device IDs 2-3 SCSI Termination 2-4 v Contents 1 Introduction Read this First 1-2 System Requirements 1-2 Storage Requirements for Drivers and Software 1-2 Motherboard Compatibility 1-3 Kit Contents 1-3 Adaptec RAID Controller Features 1-4 Adaptec RAID Features -
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... - Adaptec RAID Installation Guide A Card and Module Diagrams Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A A-2 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S A-3 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3200S A-4 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3400S A-5 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3210S/3410S A-6 Adaptec Battery Backup Module A-8 B Controller LEDs LED During Power-up B-2 LEDs During Controller Idle B-2 LEDs During Controller Active B-2 Cache Status LEDs B-3 Cache Status LEDs - Adaptec 3210S Only B-4 SCSI Bus Status LEDs - Adaptec 3410S Only B-5 C Troubleshooting D Controller Reset Procedures NVRAM Reset D-2 Flash Mode 0 D-2 E Specifications viii Adaptec 3200S/3400S Only B-4 SCSI...
... - Adaptec RAID Installation Guide A Card and Module Diagrams Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A A-2 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S A-3 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3200S A-4 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3400S A-5 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3210S/3410S A-6 Adaptec Battery Backup Module A-8 B Controller LEDs LED During Power-up B-2 LEDs During Controller Idle B-2 LEDs During Controller Active B-2 Cache Status LEDs B-3 Cache Status LEDs - Adaptec 3210S Only B-4 SCSI Bus Status LEDs - Adaptec 3410S Only B-5 C Troubleshooting D Controller Reset Procedures NVRAM Reset D-2 Flash Mode 0 D-2 E Specifications viii Adaptec 3200S/3400S Only B-4 SCSI...
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... First Before you begin installing your new Adaptec RAID controller, read this chapter. Adaptec 2100S/3200S/3210S/3400S/3410S only Storage Requirements for installation. System Requirements The following system requirements are also required. A mouse and SVGA color monitor are discussed: I Storage requirements for drivers and software I Motherboard compatibility I SCSI requirements - The host system should have 64...
... First Before you begin installing your new Adaptec RAID controller, read this chapter. Adaptec 2100S/3200S/3210S/3400S/3410S only Storage Requirements for installation. System Requirements The following system requirements are also required. A mouse and SVGA color monitor are discussed: I Storage requirements for drivers and software I Motherboard compatibility I SCSI requirements - The host system should have 64...
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... using Adaptec RAID controllers. I Adaptec RAID Installation CD, a bootable CD that includes RAID management software, drivers, and documentation. 1-3 I Supports multifunction devices where one of the following : I Adaptec controller card and cables, one of the devices is a PCI bridge. I Adaptec RAID Installation Guide (this book). I Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, or 3410S controller with 1 internal LVD SCSI cable with active terminator. Introduction Motherboard Compatibility The Adaptec controller...
... using Adaptec RAID controllers. I Adaptec RAID Installation CD, a bootable CD that includes RAID management software, drivers, and documentation. 1-3 I Supports multifunction devices where one of the following : I Adaptec controller card and cables, one of the devices is a PCI bridge. I Adaptec RAID Installation Guide (this book). I Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, or 3410S controller with 1 internal LVD SCSI cable with active terminator. Introduction Motherboard Compatibility The Adaptec controller...
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... Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 The Adaptec 3200S and 3400S differ only in that the Adaptec 3400S has a factory-installed daughter card that provides two additional channels. 2 The Adaptec 2400A supports ATA/66 and ATA/100 hard drives only. 1-5 Introduction Adaptec RAID Features - SCSI Only Adaptec 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, and 3410S controllers support I Legacy SCSI drives (including hard disk, tape, CD...
... Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 The Adaptec 3200S and 3400S differ only in that the Adaptec 3400S has a factory-installed daughter card that provides two additional channels. 2 The Adaptec 2400A supports ATA/66 and ATA/100 hard drives only. 1-5 Introduction Adaptec RAID Features - SCSI Only Adaptec 2100S, 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, and 3410S controllers support I Legacy SCSI drives (including hard disk, tape, CD...
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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide 3 SCSI RAID controllers support Ultra160 and legacy hard drives and non-harddrive devices, such as CD and tape drives. 4 Adaptec RAID software supports up to 64 hard drives per array and up help for both applications are included on the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. Both Storage Manager Pro and Storage Manager provide online help displays. Refer...
Adaptec RAID Installation Guide 3 SCSI RAID controllers support Ultra160 and legacy hard drives and non-harddrive devices, such as CD and tape drives. 4 Adaptec RAID software supports up to 64 hard drives per array and up help for both applications are included on the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. Both Storage Manager Pro and Storage Manager provide online help displays. Refer...
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... Chapter ➤ Configuring ATA Drives ➤ Configuring SCSI Devices ➤ Installing Additional Cache Memory ➤ Installing the Battery Backup Module ➤ Installing the Controller ➤ Using SMOR 2-1 2-2 2-6 2-8 2-8 2-10 Configuring ATA Drives When configuring drives for the Adaptec 2400A, you need to I Attach supplied ATA cables. RAID drives should be as alike as a master (factory...
... Chapter ➤ Configuring ATA Drives ➤ Configuring SCSI Devices ➤ Installing Additional Cache Memory ➤ Installing the Battery Backup Module ➤ Installing the Controller ➤ Using SMOR 2-1 2-2 2-6 2-8 2-8 2-10 Configuring ATA Drives When configuring drives for the Adaptec 2400A, you need to I Attach supplied ATA cables. RAID drives should be as alike as a master (factory...
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... are correctly terminated. 2-2 However, if your SCSI drive was formatted to your controller kit have a blue connector at one of the Wide devices at the other than 512 bytes, you must reformat the drive before you use ATA/100 cables. Adaptec RAID Installation Guide ATA Cables ATA RAID controllers use Narrow and Wide devices on the...
... are correctly terminated. 2-2 However, if your SCSI drive was formatted to your controller kit have a blue connector at one of the Wide devices at the other than 512 bytes, you must reformat the drive before you use ATA/100 cables. Adaptec RAID Installation Guide ATA Cables ATA RAID controllers use Narrow and Wide devices on the...
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..., or other suppliers. The Adaptec RAID controller is still used with some SCSI devices, such as tape and CD drives. SCSI IDs, which can support up to 7 SCSI devices (and a controller) to be assigned a unique SCSI ID. Note: Adaptec RAID controllers cannot be used with the same controller. SCSI Cables Adaptec recommends you using Ultra160 SCSI devices and good quality LVD SCSI cables, which are typically...
..., or other suppliers. The Adaptec RAID controller is still used with some SCSI devices, such as tape and CD drives. SCSI IDs, which can support up to 7 SCSI devices (and a controller) to be assigned a unique SCSI ID. Note: Adaptec RAID controllers cannot be used with the same controller. SCSI Cables Adaptec recommends you using Ultra160 SCSI devices and good quality LVD SCSI cables, which are typically...
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You should leave the Adaptec RAID controller set at SCSI ID 7. Disables controller termination unconditionally. The controller has four possible termination settings, as follows: I Enable termination on the SCSI controller and one peripheral SCSI device. For these exceptions, use SMOR or the Configure Host Bus Adapter window in Storage Manager to change the controller SCSI ID. Enables controller termination unconditionally. You can be...
You should leave the Adaptec RAID controller set at SCSI ID 7. Disables controller termination unconditionally. The controller has four possible termination settings, as follows: I Enable termination on the SCSI controller and one peripheral SCSI device. For these exceptions, use SMOR or the Configure Host Bus Adapter window in Storage Manager to change the controller SCSI ID. Enables controller termination unconditionally. You can be...
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... being used on a multi-channel RAID adapter must be terminated properly for its termination enabled, as shown in the diagrams where the circled T is Narrow, set the controller termination to a Wide cable along with Wide devices. Terminate your SCSI devices as indicated in the examples, ensuring that all SCSI signals are not terminated. Installing...
... being used on a multi-channel RAID adapter must be terminated properly for its termination enabled, as shown in the diagrams where the circled T is Narrow, set the controller termination to a Wide cable along with Wide devices. Terminate your SCSI devices as indicated in the examples, ensuring that all SCSI signals are not terminated. Installing...
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... the smallest add-in a system with multiple Adaptec controllers, the first Adaptec RAID controller found automatically detect the presence of the other Adaptec controllers. If problems occur, refer to control which adapter BIOS loads first. Note: If you want the Adaptec controller to a SCSI controller with an embedded DOS driver. The disk controller that the Adaptec ROM occupies the lowest address if you have...
... the smallest add-in a system with multiple Adaptec controllers, the first Adaptec RAID controller found automatically detect the presence of the other Adaptec controllers. If problems occur, refer to control which adapter BIOS loads first. Note: If you want the Adaptec controller to a SCSI controller with an embedded DOS driver. The disk controller that the Adaptec ROM occupies the lowest address if you have...
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... Chapter 3). Note: The Adaptec RAID Installation CD boot utility can 't start SMOR. If any devices are shown. a Verify that all installed expansion and memory modules are shown. This disk automatically starts SMOR, enabling you can create a bootable floppy disk that all peripheral devices and controllers are missing from the SCSI RAID controller using Ctrl+A. 2 Inspect the...
... Chapter 3). Note: The Adaptec RAID Installation CD boot utility can 't start SMOR. If any devices are shown. a Verify that all installed expansion and memory modules are shown. This disk automatically starts SMOR, enabling you can create a bootable floppy disk that all peripheral devices and controllers are missing from the SCSI RAID controller using Ctrl+A. 2 Inspect the...
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Click the SCSI Adapters icon. To do so, open the Control Panel. The CD loads a Linux kernel that already has an Adaptec RAID controller installed. c Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec splash screen. 3-9 Then, click the appropriate operating system. e Insert a floppy disk and ... NT 4.0 system that is loaded, shut down the system and remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD and the driver floppy disk. 3 Restart the system and open the Control Panel, click the SCSI Adapters icon, and then select the old driver and click Remove. Then select...
Click the SCSI Adapters icon. To do so, open the Control Panel. The CD loads a Linux kernel that already has an Adaptec RAID controller installed. c Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec splash screen. 3-9 Then, click the appropriate operating system. e Insert a floppy disk and ... NT 4.0 system that is loaded, shut down the system and remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD and the driver floppy disk. 3 Restart the system and open the Control Panel, click the SCSI Adapters icon, and then select the old driver and click Remove. Then select...
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Click the SCSI Adapters icon. Leave the existing controller installed. 8 Start up the system. 3-10 Then, click the appropriate operating system. The system creates the driver disk. 2 Shut down the system. 7 Install and configure the Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Step 1 and then click Have Disk. 5 Select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter...
Click the SCSI Adapters icon. Leave the existing controller installed. 8 Start up the system. 3-10 Then, click the appropriate operating system. The system creates the driver disk. 2 Shut down the system. 7 Install and configure the Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Step 1 and then click Have Disk. 5 Select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter...
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... New Windows 98/Me System In this scenario, you doing a full installation on one disk drive or array group using an Adaptec RAID controller in Creating the Driver Disk on page 3-11. To install the driver 1 Install and configure your drive. 10 Follow the... to your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. 2 Start up the system. Adaptec RAID Installation Guide I If the CD drive is on a SCSI controller other than an Adaptec RAID SCSI controller, refer to establish CD-ROM support. I If the CD drive is on an Adaptec SCSI RAID controller, create a...
... New Windows 98/Me System In this scenario, you doing a full installation on one disk drive or array group using an Adaptec RAID controller in Creating the Driver Disk on page 3-11. To install the driver 1 Install and configure your drive. 10 Follow the... to your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2. 2 Start up the system. Adaptec RAID Installation Guide I If the CD drive is on a SCSI controller other than an Adaptec RAID SCSI controller, refer to establish CD-ROM support. I If the CD drive is on an Adaptec SCSI RAID controller, create a...
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..., remove the mscdex entry from a specific location. Note: If you created (page 3-11) and select Have Disk. If you are adding an Adaptec RAID controller to an existing system, go back to Step 6 on page 3-17 and continue with a yellow exclamation mark in the computer, repeat Steps 11 ...PCI Card with the procedure. 12 When prompted, insert the driver disk you are not prompted for each controller. 13 Open the Device Manager. Select the SCSI and RAID Controllers icon. The system restarts. If you complete the installation procedure, these config.sys and autoexec.bat file entries...
..., remove the mscdex entry from a specific location. Note: If you created (page 3-11) and select Have Disk. If you are adding an Adaptec RAID controller to an existing system, go back to Step 6 on page 3-17 and continue with a yellow exclamation mark in the computer, repeat Steps 11 ...PCI Card with the procedure. 12 When prompted, insert the driver disk you are not prompted for each controller. 13 Open the Device Manager. Select the SCSI and RAID Controllers icon. The system restarts. If you complete the installation procedure, these config.sys and autoexec.bat file entries...
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..., these config.sys and autoexec.bat file entries may no longer be needed. The system should now show an Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter in the SCSI and RAID Controllers section. 24 Optional: Using a text editor, remove the following entries from your config.sys file: device=i2oddl....sys device=dptcdrom.sys 25 Optional: Using a text editor, remove the mscdex entry from your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to Using SMOR on page...
..., these config.sys and autoexec.bat file entries may no longer be needed. The system should now show an Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter in the SCSI and RAID Controllers section. 24 Optional: Using a text editor, remove the following entries from your config.sys file: device=i2oddl....sys device=dptcdrom.sys 25 Optional: Using a text editor, remove the mscdex entry from your Adaptec RAID controller and hard drives according to Using SMOR on page...
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... disk partitions, applying hot fixes, or performing volume maintenance. 3-18 Upgrading Windows 95 to the upgrade, follow the procedure in Installing the Driver in the SCSI and RAID Controllers section. Novell NetWare The Adaptec RAID Installation CD contains device drivers for each Adaptec RAID controller. 14 Restart the system and then open the Device Manager.
... disk partitions, applying hot fixes, or performing volume maintenance. 3-18 Upgrading Windows 95 to the upgrade, follow the procedure in Installing the Driver in the SCSI and RAID Controllers section. Novell NetWare The Adaptec RAID Installation CD contains device drivers for each Adaptec RAID controller. 14 Restart the system and then open the Device Manager.