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    INSTALLATION AND HARDWARE GUIDE AAA-UDMA ULTRA DMA/66 RAID CARD
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    R Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 © 2000 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Printed in Singapore STOCK NO.: 512408-03, Rev. A JG 02/2000 (SRC: 512408-00, Ver. AA)
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    AAA-UDMA Ultra DMA/66 RAID Card Installation and Hardware Guide R
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    about installing or using your Adaptec product, check this installation guide first-you will find answers to most of your questions here. If you need further assistance, please contact us. We offer the following support and information services. Technical Support Identification (TSID) Number • The
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    Adaptec's support options, call 408-945-2550, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. • Search the Adaptec Support Knowledgebase (A.S.K.) at http://ask.adaptec.com for articles, troubleshooting installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
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    not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Adaptec, Inc. AAA-UDMA Tested to Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE European Union Compliance Statement This Information Technology
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    Overview 1-3 2 Installing the Hardware AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout 2-2 Installing DIMM Memory 2-3 Installing the AAA-UDMA 2-4 Connecting the LED Activity Indicator 2-5 Setting Up UDMA Drives 2-6 Setting Jumpers on UDMA Drives to the Master Setting 2-6 Mounting UDMA Drives and Connecting Power Cables
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 4 Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows NT 4-2 Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT 4-2 Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed 4-4 Windows NT Installation and
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    Menus A-3 Exiting BIOSSelect A-3 Using the Disk Utilities A-4 BIOSSelect Settings A-5 Bus Interface Definitions A-5 Device Configuration A-5 Additional Options A-6 B Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checklist B-1 Windows NT Troubleshooting B-2 Error Messages While Setting Up Windows NT B-2 Index vii
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    Adaptec® AAA™-UDMA RAID card provides powerful disk array support in systems that have a PCI bus. The AAA-UDMA is a full-size PCI UDMA RAID card with four, 40-pin internal UDMA connectors. A single UDMA drive can be connected to each of the four internal UDMA connectors on the AAA-UDMA (four UDMA
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    of fault tolerance and event notification). Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions on installing and using the software. System Requirements The minimum system requirements for the AAA-UDMA are: s PCI-based 266-MHz Pentium II or equivalent motherboard that is
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    due to power failure, Adaptec strongly recommends that a UPS be installed to support your system. Installation Overview To install AAA-UDMA hardware and software, follow these steps: s Install the AAA-UDMA in the system. (Chapter 2) s Connect UDMA drives to the AAA-UDMA. (Chapter 2) s Create the
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    it. Note: The AAA-UDMA supports UDMA (UDMA 33 or 66) hard disk drives only. Any combination of UDMA 33 or 66 hard disk drives can be connected to the AAA-UDMA. Throughout the industry, these drives are also often referred to as ATA, EIDE, IDE, or Ultra DMA. The AAA-UDMA does not support CD-ROM, tape
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Note: The AAA-UDMA does not support the hot-swap functionality on the UDMA drives. WARNING: Before handling the AAA-UDMA and any other electronic component, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on your computer chassis. AAA-UDMA RAID Card
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    Figure 2-2. In most cases, the AAA-UDMA comes pre-installed with a DIMM. If a DIMM is not pre-installed, a non-buffered 60 ns (or faster), 3.3V, ECC, 168-pin EDO DIMM can be used. A DIMM of up to 64 MB is supported. (See the Adaptec Web Site at http://www.adaptec.com/tools/compatibility/u2dimm.html
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the AAA-UDMA Follow these steps to install the AAA-UDMA: Note: If you are installing the AAA-UDMA in must be PCI 2.1 or higher and must support Bus Mastering.) Save the slot cover screw for use in Step 4. 4 Insert the AAA-UDMA in the PCI expansion
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    , connect the cable to pins 1 and 2 of the LED connector. Note: If you connect the LED cable to the AAA-UDMA, the LED lights whenever there is activity on hard disks connected to the AAA-UDMA only. The LED will no longer light whenever there is activity on hard disks not connected to the
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    you refer to the UDMA drive's documentation for installation instructions, be sure to return to this document to continue with installation of the software included in the package. Setting Jumpers on UDMA Drives to the Master Setting Each UDMA drive you are connecting to the AAA-UDMA must be set to
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    order) of the drive or array must be set to 0. (See Making the Array Bootable on page 3-8.) Cable Lengths s To connect a UDMA drive to the AAA-UDMA, a UDMA/66 cable is required. Each UDMA/66 cable should not exceed 18-inches in length. Adaptec strongly recommends that you use only the two-connector
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Connecting UDMA Drives The AAA-UDMA supports up to four UDMA drives. Before connecting drives to the AAA-UDMA, be sure to also review Setting Up UDMA Drives on page 2-6. Connecting UDMA Drives to the UDMA Connectors Using the four 40-pin UDMA/66 cables
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    the Hardware 2 Plug the TO CARD (Blue) end of the cable to one of the four UDMA connectors on the AAA-UDMA. UDMA Connector 40-pin UDMA/66 Cable Figure 2-7. Connecting Cable to UDMA Connector 3 Plug the TO DRIVE (Black) end of the cable to your UDMA drive. UDMA Drive Figure 2-8. Connecting an
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 4 To connect additional UDMA drives, repeat steps 1 through 3. IDE 3 IDE 4 IDE 1 IDE 2 Figure 2-9. Connecting Additional UDMA drives 2-10
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    If the BIOS banner does not appear, see Appendix B, Troubleshooting. Before installing the drivers and software for the AAA-UDMA RAID card, you may want to configure card options (e.g., ID and Parity Checking) for the card and the UDMA drives connected to it by running the onboard BIOSSelect utility
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    or non-bootable array on your system. If you want a bootable array on your system, you must use the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility to create the bootable array. Note: ARRAYCONFIG UDMA runs from a self-booting diskette. If you are changing the configuration of a system that is already in use on a network
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    , which is included with the AAA-UDMA, to create additional arrays (CI/O is required for array management in order to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification). Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions on installing and using the software
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    drive A and reboot the system. Wait for ARRAYCONFIG UDMA to start automatically. 2 Read the text that appears number of disks you want in the array.) - Select Performance and Data Protection with Parity (RAID 5) if you want fast performance and data protection, and you have three or more disks
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 5 When the next menu appears, select the type of applications that you will run on your system. (Select Others if you are not sure what type of applications you will use.) ARRAYCONFIG UDMA will use your answer to create the best array configuration for your
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    Creating an Array With the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA Utility 4 Select Disk Array Operations from the Main capacity is needed to hold the parity information.) See the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for more information on selecting a RAID level. 8 Select the number of drives you want in the
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 9 Select array members. When the next screen appears, select drives for the array by pressing the ↑ and ↓ keys until the drive name is highlighted, and then press Ins or Enter. The names of selected drives appear in the Adaptec a RAID 1, RAID 0/1, or RAID 5
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    to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification.) See the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for more information. 15 When all arrays are created, exit ARRAYCONFIG UDMA, remove the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA diskette, and reboot the system. After you reboot you can write data
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Making the Array Bootable You can make the array to the AAA-UDMA at drive C). You must disable or remove all UDMA hard disks connected to an embedded UDMA controller if you want the system to boot from the AAA-UDMA. 1 Insert the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA disk in
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    Windows 2000, or Chapter 6, Installing the Software Driver for Novell NetWare. Note: You cannot use this procedure to change the boot order of a UDMA disk that is not part of an array. If you want to do this, create a one-disk RAID 0 array from the disk. (Data is not actually striped on a one
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    completed the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in your system. (See Chapter 2) s Created the first array using the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility, if you plan to boot from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once Windows NT and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software and use
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    performance features of the AAA-UDMA RAID card. Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT To install the cdaudma.sys driver when you are to install Windows NT from the bootable CD-ROM, make sure Bootable CD-ROM support is enabled. This is done through the System BIOS Setup utility. It may
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    floppy disk drive and press Enter. 6 The screen displays the adapter drivers supported on the disk. Select the Adaptec Array1000UDMA Family Adapter driver and press Enter. 7 If you want to add drivers (other than for the AAA-UDMA), press S and repeat Step 5 for each additional adapter and insert the
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed To update or install the cdaudma.sys driver if driver installation is complete, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software. Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions
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    Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT Windows NT Installation and Configuration Notes installation, the system may hang while the Windows NT Setup floppy disk is being used to copy the device driver. A workaround is to boot from a DOS boot disk, create a DOS partition on the array using
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Boot Order In Windows NT vs. ARRAYCONFIG UDMA During Windows NT installation, not ask for a thirdparty driver disk. (Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disks.) To have the installation program prompt you for the third-party driver disk, do the following:
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    the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in your system. (See Chapter 2) s Created the first array using the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility, if you plan to boot from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once Windows 2000 and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software and use
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    of the redundancy and performance features of the AAA-UDMA RAID card. Upgrading Windows NT to Windows 2000 Note: We recommend that you backup your system before you begin upgrading. The following steps assume that the Adaptec Array1000UDMA RAID Host Adapter is the boot adapter for the Windows
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    third-party SCSI drivers 7 Insert the Windows 2000 Driver disk for AAA-UDMA when the setup prompts you to insert the manufacturer supplied disk into drive A, and then continue. 8 Adaptec Array1000UDMA Family Manager Set for Windows 2000 driver will be displayed. Select this driver and continue with
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    third-party SCSI drivers 3 Insert the Windows 2000 Driver disk for AAA-UDMA when the setup prompts you to insert the manufacturer supplied disk into drive A, and then continue. 4 Adaptec Array1000UDMA Family Manager Set for Windows 2000 driver will be displayed. Select this driver and continue with
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    . Select SCSI and RAID controllers, and click on the Next button. 10 This screen has a list of manufacturers and their hardware device models. Select the Have Disk button. You will be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied disk. Insert the Windows 2000 Driver Disk for AAA-UDMA in your floppy
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 13 When the driver is copied on the hard drive, click on the Finish button. 14 You will be prompted to restart the computer. Select Yes. 15 After rebooting the system, install the Adaptec CI/O Management Software. Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software
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    completed the following: s Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in your system. (See Chapter 2) s Created the first array using the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility, if you plan to boot from an array. (See Chapter 3) Once NetWare and the driver are installed, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software from the
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Novell NetWare To begin driver installation, see either Installing the Driver When Installing NetWare on page 6-2, or Installing the Driver When NetWare is Already Installed on page 6-6. Note: We recommend that you
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    prompted to select an additional disk driver. 22 Select Continue Installation. 23 When NetWare installation is complete, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software from the server console. Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions on installing and using the software
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    . (If you also have an Adaptec host adapter that uses the Adaptec aic78xx.dsk driver, make sure the driver loads after the cdaudmah.ham driver.) Note: Older versions of the aic78xx.dsk driver (before v1.30) are compatible with cdaudmah.ham as long as the AAA-UDMA PCI slot is not specified on the
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    as needed: - Delete any Multiple Processor Support module that is detected (for example, MPS14). - Delete the Storage Adapters drivers for adapters that are not present in your system. 10 Insert the Adaptec Array1000UDMA Family Manager Set driver disk in your floppy disk drive. 11 Select Storage
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 21 When the server starts, type down in the NetWare install Adaptec CI/O Management Software from the server console. Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide for instructions on installing and using the software. Installing the Driver When
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    so that the proper path to the driver is specified. The correct syntax to load the cdaudmah.ham driver is: load [pathname]cdaudma Netware Installation installation. Ignore this error message. Unloading cdaudmah.ham When running Adaptec CI/O Management Software, do not unload cdaudmah.ham while iomgr.
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    BIOSSelect configuration utility, which allows you to change AAA-UDMA options without opening the computer chassis or handling the card. This appendix describes the default settings, explains when you should change them, and gives instructions for doing so. BIOSSelect also includes disk utilities
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide BIOSSelect Default Settings The BIOSSelect default settings for the AAA-UDMA, listed in the table below, are appropriate for most systems. If you want to view and/or change the current settings, or if you would
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    the options Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and Disk Utilities, as shown in Figure A-1. Adaptec Array1000 Family BIOSSelect Utility Adaptec Array1000 Family at Bus:Channel 00:A Would you like to configure the PCI device, or run the disk utilities? Select the option and press . Press
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Using the Disk Utilities To access the disk Fdisk and Format. Note: Low-level formatting takes a long time for large capacity disk drives. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of disk drives. Caution: A low-level format
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    this setting Enabled unless any device connected to the AAA-UDMA does not support parity. Device Configuration To configure settings for a problems. s Send Start Unit Command-When set to Yes, sends the Start Unit Command to the device at bootup. s Include in BIOS Scan-When set to Yes, the AAA-UDMA
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Additional Options s Array1000 BIOS-When set to Enabled, the AAA-UDMA BIOS is installed and all Int13 (except bootable CD-ROM) devices are supported at boot time. When set to Disabled, the AAA-UDMA BIOS is not installed. The default is Enabled. A-6
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    Windows NT Troubleshooting B-2 Troubleshooting Checklist Check the following if you have problems installing or using the AAA-UDMA and UDMA drives: s Does the AAA-UDMA BIOS sign-on message appear during bootup? If not, check the following items: - Is the AAA-UDMA properly seated in a PCI expansion
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Windows NT Troubleshooting Error Messages While Setting Up Windows NT "Setup the F6 key repeatedly. 3 Windows NT will later prompt you for the Array1000UDMA driver disk and the installation should continue as normal. "Partition Size Too Large" When installing
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    A customer support ii Adaptec CI/O Management Software 1-3 Adaptec customer support ii Array booting from 3-8, B-1 creating 3-4-3-7 optimized for data protection 3-3 optimizing performance 3-3 ARRAYCONFIG UDMA 3-1-3-7 D Devices, connecting 2-8-2-10 DIMM 1-2, 2-3 Disconnection A-2, A-5 Drivers for
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    AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide local memory 2-3 NetWare driver 6-2-6-7 overview 1-3 Windows 2000 driver 5-2-5-6 Windows NT driver 4-2-4-4 IRQ B-1 L LED connector 2-5 Local memory 2-3 M Manager set diskettes 4-3, 4-4 Memory, cache 2-3 Memory, local 2-3 N NetWare 6-1-6-7 cdaudmah.ham 6-6
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