Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AEC-4412B Adaptec
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AEC- 4412B/7 412B Stock Numb er : 511 640- 00 Re v B P age : Fr ont Cover Print Spe c Num ber : 49 7358 -0 0 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 User’s Gu ide AEC -4 412B/ 741 2B Exte.
AEC- 4412B/7 412B Stock Numb er : 511 640- 00 Re v. B Page: Back Cover Print Spe c Num ber : 49 7358 -0 0 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milp itas Boulevard Mil pit as, CA 9503 5 © 1998 Adap te c , In c . All rights reserved.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. B Page: i Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 R AEC-4412B/7412B External RAID Contr oll.
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vii Contents AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511640- 00 Re v B Page: vii Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Write 6 and Write 10 4-17 S.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : viii Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 1-1 1 In troduct ion Th is Us er’ s .
1-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 P r oduc t Fe atu res The fo l lowing sec tions desc ribe the f eatures of t he AEC-441 2B/ 7412B RAID c o ntr oller .
1-3 Intr odu ction AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Dual RS-232 se .
1-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 .
1-5 Intr odu ction AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 In teg r ated Ba tt.
1-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 E.
1-7 Intr odu ction AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Batter y Th e follo.
1-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 H.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 2-1 2 H a rd wa re I n s t a l l a t i o n This ch ap ter cov ers the har dware in st allati on of the AEC-441 2B/ 7412B E xt ernal RAID Contr oller .
2-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3 Inser t th e AEC- 4412B int o an avai la bl e 5.
2-3 H ard ware Installation AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 stand ard SCSI d evice c ables t hat meet SCSI 2 s pecific ations (for example, c able length s hould not ex c eed 3 meters).
2-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 9.
2-5 H ard ware Installation AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 11 Connect a power supply , pr o viding +12 V DC and +5 VDC, to th e VCC/+12V c onnect or on the back of th e cani ster .
2-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3 On the F i b r e channel ca ble attac hed to the bac k of the canist er , r emove the two jac k sc r ews fr om the Fibr e chan nel D B 9 r eceptacle.
2-7 H ard ware Installation AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 back o f the cani s ter . Up to fi fteen drives c an be c onnected to each S CSI output channel.
2-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 1.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3-1 3 Soft war e Confi guration Co nfi.
3-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 S.
3-3 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3 Pr e ss the Sele ct button . Y ou can now us e the front panel d isplay to c onfigu re t he RAID controller .
3-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 U.
3-5 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 S.
3-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 The fi rst t i me you boot the A EC-441 2B/7412B, F igure 3-2 is d is- played.
3-7 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 If you want t o be prompted every boot, select “Y” in the menu shown in Figure 3- 4.
3-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Gray ed M en u Options Gray ed men u opt io ns ar e not s ele ctab le, u sua lly be cau se they do no t apply to the c hosen ar r ay .
3-9 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-9 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Th e Syste m Menu optio ns ar e de scri bed i n the f ollowi ng se ctions .
3-10 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-10 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Ad d ing an Array T o ad d a n e w ar r a y , fo l l o w th e se ste ps: 1 From th e Sy st em M en u sele ct A dd an Arra y .
3-11 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-11 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 drives (ex cluding s pares) you w ant in t h e arra y , and pr ess Enter .
3-12 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-12 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 5 If th e array i s mirr ored or RAID 5 and y ou ha ve on e or mo re drives left, a prompt appears, asking whether yo u want to ch oose a spare drive.
3-13 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-13 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 12 Whe n initializa tion o f the a rray i s com plete, press an y key to continue.
3-14 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-14 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 C.
3-15 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-15 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Chann el Configura tion W ith the Chann el con figuration func tion yo u can c onfigure indiv id- ual cha nnels in the c ontroller .
3-16 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-16 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 me nt. Figur e 3 -13 sh ows the opti ons avai labl e fr om t h e SE P C onfi g- ur at io n Me nu.
3-17 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-17 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Uti liti es M enu Figure 3-14 s hows the options availabl e from the Utilitie s Menu.
3-18 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-18 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 1 From the Ut ilitie s Menu select Hot Swap Pa u se .
3-19 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-19 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Displ ay Options Fig ure 3-16 shows th e Disp l ay Optio n s Menu .
3-20 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-20 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Displ ay Statisti cs Disp l ays rea d/write st atist ics for an arra y or for a spec i f ic drive.
3-21 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-21 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T.
3-22 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-22 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Displ ay Status Displays informa tion on t he selec ted arra y and o n drives includ ed in the a r ray (see Figure 3-20).
3-23 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-23 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 D.
3-24 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-24 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Bl ink D r ive Light s Fro m the Arra y Menu se lect Bli nk Dr iv e Lig h ts .
3-25 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-25 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 V er if i catio n begins, and the C o nf iguration sc reen f or the array appear s.
3-26 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-26 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3 Ind i cate th e pri or ity b y typi n g a n u m ber fro m 0 t hrou gh 9, wher e 0 indic ates the low est priori ty .
3-27 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-27 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Follow these steps to add a s par e d rive to an array: 1 From the Arr ay Me nu, select Ad d S pare Dri ves .
3-28 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-28 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 L.
3-29 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-29 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 U.
3-30 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-30 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Th e AEC-441 2B/7412B runs t h e di agn ostic test s, scan s the SC SI chann els, and in itializes t he co ntroller .
3-31 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-31 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Figure 3-28.
3-32 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-32 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Using the Bridge Flash Loader Ut ility (BFL U) The B FL U is resi d ent in th e em bedded fi r mware of the A EC-4412B / 7412B .
3-33 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-33 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Do wnloadi ng New Fir m ware T o do wn load ne w firm ware (.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-34 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 4-1 4 SCSI Implementation This ch apt er descri bes AEC-4412B/74 12B SC SI implementat ion.
4-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 S CSI Comm ands Sinc e the AEC-4412B/ 7412B d oes not support li nked comman ds, the con tr ol byte o f each C DB must be ze ro.
4-3 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 The on ly defe ct l ist fo rm at s upp ort ed is z ero .
4-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 4-3.
4-5 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Periph eral Qua lifier 0=The spe c ified peripheral d evice type i s curr en tly connected to this l ogical un it.
4-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 .
4-7 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Mode Select 6.
4-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Cac hing ■ Cont rol mod e These pages are mainl y for informational purposes.
4-9 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-9 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 In th e 1 0 byt e Re ad C DB , a tr ansfer leng th o f z e r o indica tes no data is to be transferred.
4-10 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-10 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 The AEC-4 412B /7412B will r eturn the L BA a nd s ize in bytes of t he last LBA on the lo g ical device r efer enced by th e specified LUN.
4-11 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-11 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T a b le 4 -1 2 de sc ri b es th e R e tu r ne d Da ta For m a t.
4-12 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-12 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 .
4-13 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-13 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 S eek 6 a nd .
4-14 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-14 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 S.
4-15 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-15 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T est Uni t R.
4-16 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-16 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 4- 21 sh ow s some poss ible AEC-4412B / 7412B states, and test uni t ready / reque st sense r e s ponses wh i le in these st ates .
4-17 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-17 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Th e DPO, Bytc k, and R el adr bi ts ar e i gnor ed . A v erif ic atio n lengt h of zero indic ates no da ta is to b e verif ied.
4-18 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-18 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 In the 6-by te W rite CDB, a t r ans fer len gt h of zer o i ndi c at es 256 l ogi- cal blocks s hall b e trans ferred.
4-19 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-19 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 SC SI Mes sag es T able 4- 26 describes t he SCSI messages s uppo rted by t he AEC-441 2B/7412B.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-20 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 5-1 5 Fibr e Channel Implementation Th.
5-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 L.
5-3 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Ex tended Lin k S er vi ce C omma nd s T able 5-2.
5-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5 -4.
5-5 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T abl e 5-6.
5-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5-7.
5-7 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T abl e 5-8.
5-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5-9.
5-9 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-9 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5-10 .
5-10 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-10 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 FCP -SCSI Im ple me ntation SCSI i nformat ion is i ncluded in the Fibr e Ch annel frame thr ough the us e of the Fi bre Chan nel Pro tocol ( FCP ).
5-11 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-11 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0.
5-12 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-12 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5-1 3.
5-13 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-13 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ❒ 6 Clear ACA Set to c lear the auto con tingent allegiance condition from t he init iat or that caused the A CA .
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-14 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 6-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 6-1 6 T r ou bleshoot ing Re so l u t io ns to co m mo n p rob le m s you ma y e nco u n te r are de s cr ib e d in the following sections.
6-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 6-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 4 When t he Flash Loader Utilit y appear s, select opt io n 5 to con- tin ue t o b oot th e c o ntro lle r .
6-3 T roub leshoo t i ng AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 6-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Pr oblem: The host SCSI BIOS s can dis plays “dev ice name not avail able .
6-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 6-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 D.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 A-1 A Array Basics Ada pte c’s A EC- 4412 B/7412B Ext erna l RAI D Cont ro lle r s let you s et up and manage disk arrays.
A-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 RAID 0 (Striped Dis ks) In a RAID 0 array , dat a is d istrib uted, or stripe d , acr oss the d isks i n the array .
A-3 Arra y Basi cs AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 check dis k ) . In the event of a di sk failur e, the data can be recon- st r ucte d fr om cor res p on ding data st ripes on the r emaini ng disks i n the a rr ay .
A-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 RAID 0 array , because write o perations inv olve calculating a nd writ- ing new parity data as well a s writing the new user data.
A-5 Arra y Basi cs AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Mix ing Di sks fro.
A-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Mix ing Di sks on Dif f e ren t R AID Co ntrolle r Cha nnels An AEC-441 2B /741 2B RAID c on tr oller has two de vice c h anne l s: 0 an d 1.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 B-1 B Diagno stic Error Codes Ea ch ti me you s ta rt the AEC-4412B/7412B , th e c ont rol le r perf o rms a set of di agnos tic tests to e nsu r e everythin g is worki ng prope rly .
B-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Vi.
B-3 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Syst.
B-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Er.
B-5 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 2B0 Warning.
B-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 49B Disk SCS I channel 0 or ch annel 1 DEV- CONFI G register def ault error .
B-7 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 599 Data or parity cache DMCNFIG register error . V ar 3 = DMCNF IG The mo ther board ma y be d ef ective .
B-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 7A6 M emor y test error . De vice walking z eros err or in Scra tch Ra m.
B-9 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 9 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 8A8 M emor y t est error . Data or parity cache walking ones er ror in DRA M.
B-10 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age: B-1 0 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 BB 8 I 2C inter nal chip er ror . Cannot talk to regis- te r S1 co rre ctly .
B-11 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age: B-1 1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ❒ CC1 The m other board is not using the SCB back door .
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age: B-1 2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98.
I nde x-1 AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Index A Accessin g 3 -3.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide .
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 I nde x-3 In dex Add an Array 3-1.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide .
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 I nde x-5 In dex V Va r2, de fine.
AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98.
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