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v Contents 1 Intr o duc tion Read th is First 1-2 System Requirements 1- 2 Storage Re quirements for Drivers an d Software 1-2 Motherboa rd Com patibilit y 1 -3 Kit Con tents 1-3 Adaptec RAID Co ntrol.
vi Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Instal ling Addi tional Cach e Memory 2-6 Seating th e Module – Adaptec 320 0S/3400S Only 2-6 Seating th e Module – Adaptec 240 0A/2100 S/321 0S/34 10S Only 2- .
vii Cont ents Installin g the Driver for a Boo t Controller in a New NetWare 4.2 Server 3-21 Installin g the Driver in a n Existing N etWare 4.2 Server 3 -23 Installin g the Driver for a Boo t Control.
viii Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide A Card and Mo dule Diagrams Adaptec ATA RAID 240 0A A-2 Adapte c SCSI RAID 2100S A-3 Adapte c SCSI RAI D 320 0S A-4 Adapte c SCSI RAI D 340 0S A-5 Adapt ec SCSI R.
1-1 1 Intr oduction In this Chapter ➤ R ead this Fi rst 1-2 ➤ S ystem Re quireme nts 1-2 ➤ K it Content s 1-3 ➤ A daptec RA ID Control ler F eatures 1-4 ➤ A bout the Do cumentati on 1-6 ➤ .
1-2 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Read th is Fir st Before you begin instal ling yo ur new Adapt ec RAID controller , read this chapter . This chapt er is an important gu ide to the re st of the docum entatio n and provide s a summa ry of th e install ation p r ocess.
1-3 In troduct ion Mother boar d Co mpat ibility The Adaptec contr oller r equires a motherboar d B IOS that ■ Co mp lies w ith th e PCI L oca l Bus Sp ecifica tion (r evisions 2.1 and 2.2) . ■ Supports multifunction dev ices wher e one of the devices is a PCI bridge.
1-4 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Adapt ec RAID Contr oller Features Adaptec RA ID contr ollers support ■ RAID levels 0 , 1, 5, multil evel 0/1 and 0/5 . ■ Cache memory modules with ECC and predictive caching. ■ PCI Local Bus Specificat ion, Revision 2.
1-5 In troduct ion Adaptec RAID Feature s – SCSI Onl y Adapte c 2100S, 32 00S, 32 10S, 34 00S , and 34 10S co ntr ollers suppor t ■ Legacy SCSI drives (including hard disk, tape, CD-ROM, CD-R W , and Magneto- Optical drives ) and jukeboxes . ■ Active termina tion.
1-6 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide About the Document ation The complete documentation set for Adaptec RAID contr ollers consis ts of the follow ing: ■ Adaptec RAI D Installation Guide (th is book )—Contai ns informa tion that h elps you to co nfigure and ins tall your Adaptec RA ID contr oller and attached devices.
1-7 In troduct ion The Adaptec RAID I nstallation CD is a bo otable disc, wh ich means you can use it to start up a computer that has no operating system and configur e a R AID, provide d your computer recognizes bootable CDs.
1-8 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide ■ Install Ad apte c Storag e Manager —Installs Storage M anager softwar e. For an overview of the storage management software option s, refer to Storag e Management Soft ware Over view on page 1- 13 .
1-9 In troduct ion Product Documentation on CD The Adaptec RAID I nstallation CD contains the following documents: Y ou can view these documents only if you have Acr obat Read er or V iewer installed on your computer . For details, refer to In stal ling t he Adobe Acr obat Reader o n page 1- 10 .
1-10 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Instal ling t he Adobe Acr obat Reader Both Adobe Acr obat Rea der and V iewer are prov ided on the Adaptec RAID Ins tallati on CD . These applications enable you to view the Portable Document Format (PDF) files on the Adap tec RAID Installation CD .
1-11 In troduct ion Overvie w of the I nstalla ti on Pr ocess The follo wing steps provide an overview of th e pr ocess of ins talling and setting up th e controller and config uring the RAI D: 1 Read this enti r e chapter . 2 V erify that y our motherboard is compatible with the controller .
1-12 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Cac he Memory Module Adaptec cache m emory modules pr ovide up to 256 MB of high- speed SDRAM disk cache with ECC (Err o r Corr ection Coding). Note: Y ou must have at least 32 MB o f cache installed. The on-boar d pr ocessor uses 16 MB o f the available memory .
1-13 In troduct ion Stora ge Mana gement So ftware Ov ervie w Y our Adaptec RAID co ntr oller includes th e following softwar e to ols to ma nage yo ur storage subsys tem: ■ Storag e Manager Pro —The Graphical Us er Interface (GUI) through which you intera ct with the stora ge subsystem.
1-14 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide has not yet been i ncorporated into Storag e Manager Pro. Keep in mind however , th at the advan tage of Storage Ma nager Pro over Storage Manager is its new er G.
1-15 In troduct ion Saf ety Inf ormation Any device that uses electricity mu st be tr eated with caution. T o ensure general safety , fo llow these guideli nes: ■ Keep your work area and the comp uter clean and clear of debris. Elim inate hazards such as spills or bad wirin g.
1-16 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide T o pr event ESD dam age, follow these guidelines: ■ Always use an ESD wrist or ankle stra p and ensu r e that it makes skin contact. ■ Connect the equipment end of th e strap to an unpainted metal chassis surfa ce.
2-1 2 Installing Y o ur Contr oller In this Chapter Configurin g A T A Dr ives When conf iguring drives for the Adaptec 2400A, yo u need to ■ Select and configure compatible drives.. ■ Attach supplied A T A cables. ATA D r i v e s Y our Adapt ec 240 0A contr oller supports A T A/66 an d A T A/100 har d drives only .
2-2 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide A T A Cables A T A RAID contr ollers use A T A/100 cables . The cables su pplied with your con tr oller kit ha ve a blue connecto r at one end and a bla ck connector at the other end. Plug the blue connector into the controller and the black co nnector int o the hard driv e.
2-3 Installing Y o ur Controller W ide devices allow data to be tra nsferr ed at twice the rate of Narr ow devices. The W ide bus is backward compatible with Narrow devices, allowin g both types o f SCSI devices to be used with the same controller . The Narrow interfa ce is still used with some SCSI devices, such as tape and CD drives.
2-4 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide If necessary , the Adaptec RAID co ntr oller ID can be changed to an y ID fr om 0 thr ough 7. Y ou can use SMOR or the Configure Host Bus Adapt er win dow in Storag e Manag er to ch ange th e cont roller SCSI I D. Note: Ch anging th e contro ller ID is not recommended .
2-5 Installing Y o ur Controller By using a 68-pin to 50-pin SCSI cable adapter , a Narrow device can be attached to a W ide cable along with W ide devices. However , the device at the end o f the cable must be a W ide device so that all SCSI signals ar e terminated.
2-6 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Instal ling Ad d itional Cache Memory Adaptec RA ID contr ollers can be upgraded with additional cache memory . See Cach e Memo ry Module on page 1- 12 for addition al information about memory modules for cache memory .
2-7 Installing Y o ur Controller From the si de view shown below , you can see that the module is placed into the socket at an angle. Then, pr es s the m odule into place until the meta l clips click into th e sides of th e modu le and holds it securely .
2-8 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Instal ling t he Batte ry Back up Module T o install the battery backup m odule in Adaptec 3200S, 3210S, 3400S, and 3410 S controllers, plug it in a s shown belo w . Note: The so c ke t lo ca ti on in t h e fi g ur e be lo w is f or Adapt ec 3200S /3400 S contr ol lers on ly .
2-9 Installing Y o ur Controller need to move another contr oller in your system to accommodate this r equirement. 4 SCSI only —Connect any external ca bles to the contr oller . Note: If you have disk drives attached to a SCSI contr oller with a Sy mbios chipset, use SM OR to set the Boot able Devi ces opti on to Disa ble .
2-10 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Using SMOR Y ou need to run SMOR in systems wher e you need to configure th e controller and set up disk arrays before the operating system h as been installed.
2-11 Installing Y o ur Controller 3 If the boot device will be a n array , create that array now . Y ou can create or modify array groups later . 4 Exit SMOR. The system begin s building array s that you created or modified. Fo r lar ge arrays, t his process may take s everal ho urs.
3-1 3 Installing the Driver In this Chapter This chapter presents several scenario s for installin g the controller driver . Identify the appr opriate scenario and r ead the entir e pr ocedur e and r elated explan ations befor e pr oceeding. ➤ Windows 2000 3-2 ➤ Windows NT 4.
3-2 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Windo ws 2000 The following sections describe procedur es for installing the Adaptec RAI D contr oller with W indows 2000.
3-3 Installing the Driver 3 Shut down the system and r emove the Adaptec R AID Instal lation CD and the driver floppy disk. 4 Insert the W indows 2 000 setup m edia (f loppy disk o r CD) an d r estart th e system to begin the W i ndows 2000 inst allation.
3-4 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide c Follo w instructions an d r espond to prompts as necessa ry to get to the Adaptec splash screen. d When you see the Adaptec splash scree n, click Create Driver Di sk . Then, click the appropriate o perating system.
3-5 Installing the Driver d When you see the Adaptec splash scr een, click Create Driver Disk . Then, click the appr opriate operating system. e Insert a f loppy disk and cli ck OK . The system cre ates the driver disk . 2 Shut down the system and r emove the Adaptec R AID Instal lation CD .
3-6 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide ■ Upgrading t he Controller in an Existin g System on p age 3- 8 ■ Cha ngi ng the Dri ver in an Exi st ing Syst em on page 3-9 Note: If yo u choose the Micr osoft I 2 O Op erat in g S yst em Module (OSM) in place of the Ada ptec driver , you cannot use Adaptec storage m anagement softwar e.
3-7 Installing the Driver 4 Shut down the system and r emove the Adaptec R AID Instal lation CD and the driver floppy disk. 5 Insert the W indows NT setup medi a (floppy disk o r CD) and r estart the sys tem. 6 If prompted, skip Setup ’s mass stora ge detectio n.
3-8 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide 4 Start up the system. During startup, pr ess Ctrl+A to start SMOR. Use SMOR to create th e RAID. For details, r efer to Usin g SMOR on page 2- 10 . 5 In ser t the W indows NT C D in t he dri ve an d r e start th e s yst em .
3-9 Installing the Driver c Follo w instruction s and re spon d to pr ompts as necessa ry to get to the Adaptec splash screen . d When you see the Adaptec splash scr een, click Create Driver Disk . Then, click the appr opriate operating system. e Insert a f loppy disk and cli ck OK .
3-10 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide d When you see the Adaptec splash scree n, click Create Driver Di sk . Then, click the appropriate o perating system. e Inser t a fl oppy d isk an d cli ck OK . The system cr eates the driver disk. 2 Shut down the system and r emove the Adaptec RAID Install ation CD and the driver floppy disk.
3-11 Installing the Driver Windo ws 95, Windo ws 98, and Wind ows Me The follow ing insta llation scenar ios are discussed: ■ Installi ng the Dr iver in a New Windows 98 /Me Syst em on page 3-12 ■.
3-12 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide ■ If the CD drive is on a SCSI contr o ller other than an Adaptec RAID SCSI contr oller , r efer to the CD drive guide.
3-13 Installing the Driver 11 During one of the device detection boot pr ocesses, W indows identifies a PCI Car d device. Click Next and d isplay the list of drivers from a specific location.
3-14 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Inst alling t he Driver in a New System wit h Windows 95 (O EM SR2 – V ers ion 95B) In this scenario, you ar e ins talling a bootable Ad aptec RAID controller in a new syst em with W indo ws 95 (OEM SR 2 version).
3-15 Installing the Driver 14 Op en t h e De v i c e M an a ge r . L oo k f o r a PCI Card entry under the Other Devices category . Ther e may be multiple entries if yo u have multipl e Adaptec RAID controllers installed. There may also be an entry ca lled PCI Memory Controller .
3-16 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide 22 If you system contains multiple Adaptec RAID contr ollers, re p e a t S t e ps 14 through 21 for each contr oller . The system should a sk you to reboot when this a ction is complet ed. 23 The Devi ce Manager sh ould now sho w an Adaptec I 2 O RAI D Host Adapte r in the SCSI and RAID Contr oller s section.
3-17 Installing the Driver 5 If W indows did not discover the devices duri ng startup, o pen the Device Manager . Look for a PCI car d entry in the Other Devices categ ory . There may be multiple entries if you have multiple Adaptec RAID cont r ollers installed.
3-18 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide 13 If your system cont ains multip le Adaptec RAID cont ro llers, re p e a t S t e ps 6 thr ough 12 for each Adaptec RAID contr oller . 14 Restart the system an d then open the Device Man ager . It should n ow show a n Adaptec I 2 O RAID Host Ad apter in the SCSI and RAID Con tr ollers section.
3-19 Installing the Driver Instal ling t he Dr iver f or a Boot Con troller in a New NetW are 4 .11 Se rver In this sc enario, you are instal ling an Adaptec RAID controller as a boot contr oller in a new NetW are 4.
3-20 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide 8 Insert the driver disk you cr eated in Step 1 an d run dpt4 11.ba t . This utility co pies the necessar y files to the C drive. 9 Run inst all .ba t fr om the C drive. 10 When asked to select a dis k driver s elect i2opci.
3-21 Installing the Driver 3 Shutdown the server . 4 Install and conf igure your Adaptec RAID cont ro ller as a seconda ry controller according to the instruction s in Chapter 2 . Note the slot occupied by the contr oller; you will need this informatio n later in the ins tall process.
3-22 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide c Remov e the A daptec R AID Ins tallati on CD an d th e dri v er floppy disk. 2 Instal l and config ur e your Adaptec R AID controller as the primary controller according to the instructions in Chapter 2 . 3 Cr eate a dir ectory on the C drive named nw upda te .
3-23 Installing the Driver Instal ling the Driver i n an Existi ng NetW ar e 4.2 Ser ver In this scenari o, you a r e integra ting an Adaptec RA ID controller into an existing Novell NetW are 4.2 server as a secondar y controller . T o install th e driver 1 Upgrade your NetW are server to the minimum patch level specified by Novell.
3-24 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide 13 Sel ec t Edit startup.ncf . If needed, edit th e file so that i2opc i.nlm is listed before bk stros m.ham in your s tar tu p .
3-25 Installing the Driver 12 Select Ed it startup.ncf . 13 Install the latest support pack for NetW are 5. Instal ling the Driver i n an Existi ng NetW ar e 5 Ser ver In this scenari o, you a r e integra ting an Adaptec RA ID controller into an existing Novell NetW are 5 server as a secon dary controller .
3-26 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide SCO UNIX The Adaptec RAID Insta llation C D contains a driver for each version of SCO. Y ou use the CD to crea te driver disks. T wo disks are r equire d to stor e all of the drivers. T o crea te the driver disks 1 Start up the system from the CD and select Create driv er disks .
3-27 Installing the Driver Instal ling the Dr iver in a Ne w OpenSer ver 5.0 x System In this sc enario, you are instal ling SCO UNIX OpenD esktop 3. x or OpenServer 5.0 x on a s ingle drive or array group. T o install the driver 1 Start up the sy stem with the SCO UNIX boot disk.
3-28 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide 4 To r u n t h e insta llpkg utility , type installpkg -d disk/ . SCO UNIX reads the disk and prompts you to en ter the package name to be installed. 5 Ty p e dpti4 for Open D esktop 3. x an d dpti5 for SC O Open Server 5 .
3-29 Installing the Driver 8 If you need to ad d devices to a secondary contr o ller , open a terminal wi ndow and type sdiconfig -l . This uti lity r eturns the device address for all contr ollers r ecogni zed by the operatin g system a nd any atta ched devices.
3-30 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Lin ux The A daptec RAI D contr oller sup por ts Red Hat 6 .2 an d 7. 0 an d SuS E 6.4 and 7. 0 wit h kernel versions 2.2.1 4-5.0, 2.2. 16-22, 2.2 .14, an d 2.2.16 . Note: F or the most up-to-date inf ormation on Adaptec’s support of Linux, or to download driver s our ces, visit http:/ /lin ux.
3-31 Installing the Driver 2 Install a nd configure your Adaptec RA ID controller and hard drives according to the in structions in Chapter 2 . 3 Start up the server . During startup, pr ess Ctrl +A to start SMOR. Use SMOR to cr eate the RAID. For details , r efer to Using SMOR on page 2-10 .
3-32 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Inst alling t he Drive r in an Exist ing Linux System The Adaptec RAID Insta llation C D contains pr ecompiled module drivers and stor age management softwar e in RPM ( Red Hat Package Manager) format. For c urren t information, visit http:// linu x.
4-1 4 Installing Storage Management Softwar e In this Chapter As described i n Storage Management Software Overview on page 1- 13 , you can use either Storage Manager or Storage Manager Pro as your primary RAID manag ement utility .
4-2 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Syste m Req uiremen ts Y ou need a system that meets the following minimum hardw ar e re q u ir em e n t s : ■ Pentium or equivalent CPU that is at least as fa st as 200 MHz ■ 64 MB of RAM (128 MB of R AM for Net W ar e) ■ 60 MB of disk space for S torage Manager Pr o.
4-3 Installing Storage Ma na gement Sof tware Instal lati on Prerequi sites The prer equisites for instal ling Stora ge Manager Pro ar e that you have already ins talled the foll owing: ■ Adapt ec RAID controller and drives. Refer to Chapter 2, Installi ng Y o ur Co ntroller .
4-4 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide 2 If your W indows system is co nfigured to automa tically start CD softwar e, insert the Adaptec RAID Installat ion CD into your drive and when the installatio n menu appears cl ick Install Adapte c Stora ge Mana ger P ro .
4-5 Installing Storage Ma na gement Sof tware Note: Storage Manager Pr o does not run on J RE 1.2.2. Therefor e, if you have JRE 1.2.2 installed on your server , you still ne ed to inst all JR E 1.1 .7B. 5 Edit the server ’s sys: syste mauto e x ec.
4-6 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide The autoe x ec .ncf file now co ntains sear ch add SYS:Adapt ecSMPr o asmp sr vr .ncf 8 Pr ess Esc to exit when prompted.
4-7 Installing Storage Ma na gement Sof tware 4 From the Select Pr oduct Option window , select Adaptec Storag e Manager Pro and p ress Enter . W hen the process is complete, the files will be install ed in sys: adapt ecsm pro . 5 Press Enter to co nt inu e o r F3 to specif y a dif fer ent path.
4-8 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Instal ling St ora ge Manager Storage manager occupies appr oximately 5 MB of hard disk space. Operatin g System Compa tibility Storage Manager r uns on the following operating systems: ■ Micr osoft W ind ows 2 000, W indows NT 4.
4-9 Installing Storage Ma na gement Sof tware 1 Start Sto rage Mana ger and doubl e-click on the con tr oller icon to display th e Host Bus Adapter Info window . 2 Select Config ure to display th e Configure Host Bus Adapter (HBA) wi ndow . 3 Select Caching .
4-10 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide SCO UNIX Note: Th e Motif versio n of Stor age Man ager for SCO UNIX will not d isplay colors correctly if your video display adapte r is s et to dis pla y mor e than 25 6 col ors.
4-11 Installing Storage Ma na gement Sof tware Linux Storage Manager for Linux r equir es X-W indow support. Storage Manager includes LessT if components and supports the following environme nts: ■ .
A-1 A Car d and Module Diagrams In this Appendix ➤ Adaptec A T A RAID 2400A A-2 ➤ Adaptec SCS I RAID 2100S A-3 ➤ Adaptec SCSI RA ID 3200 S A-4 ➤ Adaptec SCSI RAID 3 400S A-5 ➤ Adaptec SCSI R.
A-2 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Adapt ec A T A RAID 240 0A Pa r t D e s c r i pt i o n ECCEN ECC enabled LED (gr een ) ECCERR ECC error LED (r ed) IRQ, 8.
A-3 Card and Module Diagrams Adapte c SCSI RAID 2100S P art D escription IRQ , 8..1 Adap ter ac ti vity LEDs J1 Cache memory socket. ( During oper ation, this socket must c ontain a memory module .
A-4 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Adaptec SCSI RAID 320 0S Part Descript ion ECCEN ECC enabled LED (gr een) ECCERR ECC err or LED (r ed) IRQ, 8 ..1 Adapt er ac tiv ity LE Ds J1 Cach e memory socke t 1. (During oper ation, t his socket must contai n a memory module.
A-5 Card and Module Diagrams Adapte c SCSI RAID 3400S P art Descrip tion ECCEN ECC enabled LED (gr een ) ECCERR ECC err or LED (re d) IRQ, 8..1 Adapter act ivity LEDs J1 Cache memory socket 1. (Durin g operation, this socket must contain a memory module.
A-6 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Adaptec SCSI RAID 321 0S/3410S Fr o n t V i e w Bac k Vie w — LEDs Only Adaptec AIC-7899W HPT37 0 Adaptec AIC-7899W J1 4 Bus y LED NVRA M J1 2 J19 J1 J1 0 J1 1 J.
A-7 Card and Module Diagrams P art D escription ECCERR ECC Error LED (r ed) IRQ, 8.. 1 Adapt er ac ti vity LEDs J1 Cache m emory socket. ( During operat ion, this socket must c ontain a memory module .
A-8 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide Adapt ec Battery Bac kup Modul e W ARNING : If th e battery is incorrectly r eplaced, it can explode. Replace only with the same or equivalent type r ecommended by the manufa cturer . Dispose of used batteries accor ding to the battery manufacturer ’s instruction s.
B-1 B Contr oller LEDs In this Chapter Adapt ec RAID controllers provide LEDs that let yo u visual ly monitor controller activity . Several diffe ren t contro ller states are indicat ed by the LEDs as ou tlined in the fol lowing sectio ns. Additional LEDs indicate the status of the cache m emory on the contr oller .
B-2 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide LED Du ring P ower -up During its power-up sequen ce, the contr oller passes thr ough the following states in sequence, as indicated by the LEDs: Note: Th e addr e.
B-3 Cont r oller LE Ds When the power- up sequence is complete, viewing the LEDs can help yo u determine the operating status of the con tr oller . These L ED patterns are also useful for tr oubleshooting. Refer to Appendix C for more information on interpreting LED patterns.
B-4 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide is corr ectable), ECCERR r e mains lit until th e contr oller is power ed down. Refe r to Appendix A for the loca tion of the LEDs on y our controller . Cache Status LED – Ada ptec 321 0S/3410S Only These contr ollers pr ovide the ECCER R (ECC Err or) cache status LED.
B-5 Cont r oller LE Ds SCSI Bus Status LEDs – Adaptec 3 410S On l y The follow ing bus st atus LE Ds ar e provided: ■ TPOWER_A, TPOWER_B, T POWER_C, TPOWER_D— Lit when termina tion power is su pplied by the controller for the r espective channels.
C-1 C T r oubleshooting This appendix provides ans wers to many frequently asked questions . If a situation occurs th at is not cover ed in this appendix , or if these r ecommendations do not corr ect the pr o blem, contact Adaptec T e c hnical Support.
C-2 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide The controller fails to respo nd and the IR Q LED (and possibly other LEDs ) remains lit. The IRQ LED indicates that the contro ller IRQ assignment is pending. Thi s usually indi cates an IRQ conf lict with an other car d.
C-3 T roubles hoot ing The controller fails to respond an d v arious IRQ LEDs in the 1–4 range f lash once per second. This LED pattern indicates an internal micr opr ocessor err or occurr ed in the contr oller . Shut down the computer and unplug all cables.
C-4 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide The Adaptec c ontroller BIOS report s a drive as a disk instead of a driv e. Th is c ond ition can o ccu r i f SM OR is us ed to dis abl e B oot Ena b le. If you requir e access to disk drives connected to the Adaptec cont r oller during the boot process, set Bootab le Devices to Normal .
D-1 D Contr oller Reset Pr ocedur es In this Appendix This Appe ndix describes procedur es that you can use to r eset your controller in the event the cont r oller becomes inoperabl e for the r easons descri bed below: ■ NVRAM Reset — The controller was improperly configu red.
D-2 Adaptec RA ID Installation Guide NVRAM Re set Adaptec RA ID contr ollers re tain their setup parame ters even when power ed O FF . These parameter s are stor ed on the contro ller in an ar ea of nonvolatile memory (NVRAM).
D-3 Controller Reset Procedures 4 When you see the Adaptec splash scr een, click Create Driv er Disk . The n, c lic k t he appr opriat e me nu opt ion . 5 Insert a f loppy disk and cli ck OK . The system cre ates the bootable SMOR disk. 6 Remove t he Ad aptec RAID Ins tallation CD and the driver floppy disk.
E-1 E Specifications DC P ower Requi rements Curre nt Requirem ents En vironmental Specificatio ns Note: Forced airflow is recommended, but no t r equired. Vo l t a g e 5 V ± 5 % Ripple an d noise 50 mV peak-t o-p eak maxi mum Adapt ec 240 0A/2100 S 1.
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An important point after buying a device Adaptec RAID 2100S (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Adaptec RAID 2100S yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Adaptec RAID 2100S - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Adaptec RAID 2100S you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Adaptec RAID 2100S will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Adaptec RAID 2100S, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Adaptec RAID 2100S.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Adaptec RAID 2100S. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Adaptec RAID 2100S along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
