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- Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 1
PCI-DA2200 PCI-to-Ultra2 SCSI RAID Controller User's Manual Version 1.2 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 2
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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 5
Information 8-86 Chapter 9 Remote Administration 9-1 9.1 GUI RAID Manager Using SNMP Service 9-1 Appendix A Driver Installation A-1 1 MS-DOS® ASPI Drivers Installation A-1 2 NetWare® Driver Installation A-3 2.1 Installing NetWare 3.1x A-3 2.2 Installing NetWare 4.0x/4.1/4.11 A-5 3 Windows NT - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 6
During OS/2 2.x or 3.0 Installation......... A-22 5.2 Installing Driver in an Existing OS/2 2.x/3.0 System ....... A-22 5.3 Updating ASUS PCI-DA2200 OS/2 Device Driver .......... A-23 5.4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 OS/2 Driver Command-Line OptionsA-23 6 Driver Installation for SCO OpenServer and UnixWare - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 7
data. The controller also supports spare drive operation. Remarkably, all of these failure recovery procedures are transparent to the host system. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 has been designed with ease on the actual components used and the creativity of the integrator. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 1-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 8
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§ Verify-after-Write supported on normal writes, rebuild writes and/or RAID initialization writes ü PCI Rev. 2.1 compliant ü PCI form factor: 9.21"(L) x 4.2"(W) ü Supports up to 15 SCSI disks with SCSI-1, SCSI-2 or (Ultra)-Wide-SCSI (1 or 2) specification ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 2-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 10
downloaded into high-speed DRAM ü EDO DRAM supported for enhanced performance ü Up to 128 Mbytes of intelligent Read-Ahead/Write-Back cache ü Firmware resides in easy-to-update Flash Memory ü GUI RAID Manager and Text RAID Manager interfaces for RAID management 2-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 11
Availability, subsequently increasing Performance and Capacity. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides complete RAID functionality and enhanced R: High W: Medium Performance Random Drive R: High W: Highest R: Medium W: Low R: Medium W: Low R: High W: Low ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 12
of Drives. The controller treats each drive as a stand-alone disk, therefore each drive is an independent logical drive. JBOD does not provide data redundancy. 3-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 13
drive to another. RAID 1 can only be performed with two hard drives. If there are more than two hard drives, RAID (0+1) will be performed automatically. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 14
will be performed automatically. IMPORTANT: "RAID (0+1)" will not appear in the list of RAID levels supported by the controller. If you wish to perform RAID 1, the controller will determine whether to data of the failed drive from the dedicated parity drive. 3-4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 15
. Logical Drive Global Spare Drive does not only serve one specified logical drive. When a member drive from any of the logical drive fails, the Global ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 16
1 2 GS Global Spare 4 3 Drive Logical Drive 1 Logical Drive 2 The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides both Local Spare Drive and Global Spare Drive functions. On certain occasions to join Logical Drive 0 because of its insufficient capacity. However 3-6 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 17
of the failed hard drive will light. This LED will prevent you from removing the wrong drive, and is also helpful when locating for a drive. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-7 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 18
all the drives except the defective one. LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON LED Steadily ON 3.2.3 Automatic Rebuild and Manual 3-8 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 19
Time" is "Disabled," the controller will not try to rebuild unless the user applies a forced manual rebuild. When the "Periodic Auto-Detect Failure Drive Swap Check Time" is enabled (i.e., a check failed drive has been swapped, the rebuild will begin immediately. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-9 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 20
No Has the failed drive been replaced? Yes Rebuild using the replaced drive No Wait for manual rebuild If neither a Local Spare Drive nor a Global Spare Drive is available, the controller rebuild again until the user applies another forced-manual rebuild. 3-10 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 21
Priority Rebuilding time will depend on the capacity of the logical drive. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides background rebuilding ability. Meaning, the controller is able to Normal Drive Writes Performs Verify-after-Write during normal I/O requests. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-11 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 22
Each method can be enabled or disabled individually. Hard drives will perform Verify-after-Write according to the selected method. 3-12 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 23
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drive using largeblock, sequential files instead of small-block, random access files. The ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller provides the options to optimize for large-sequential I/O or optimize for the controller to make available the logical drive data again. 3-14 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 25
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serially in random sequence or Spin-up by SCSI command. Please refer to the hard drive's user's manual for instructions on configuring the hard drive using the "Spin-up by SCSI command". The procedure for each brand/ drives one by one at four seconds interval. 3-16 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 27
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is highly recommended not to change this setting. Setting the timeout to a lower value will cause the controller to judge a drive as failed a drive 3-18 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 29
will be detected and its presence will be displayed in the BIOS configuration utility, Text RAID Manager and the GUI RAID Manager programs. The RAID ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-19 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 30
check the SAF-TE device status at that interval. SAF-TE Support UPS Failure Signal Input Text RAID Manager error alert PCI-to-SCSI SAF-TE Chipset Cooling Fan Failure Signal Input System with a failed drive. To enable this feature, select a time interval. 3-20 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 31
may require that the user obtain an enclosure with more drive bays. The data will be re-striped onto the original and newly added disks. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-21 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 32
expansion of the same 4-Gigabyte RAID 5 logical drive using Mode 2 Expansion. Drives are copied and replaced, one by one, onto three higher-capacity drives. 3-22 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 33
or RAID 5 (8GB) After the RAID Expansion, the additional capacity will appear as another partition. Adding the extra capacity into the existing partition requires OS support. In use Unused ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-23 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 34
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as a choice at this time. • At the time of this printing, the firmware does not support the "Copy and Replace" function that is required for Mode 2 Expansion. Thirdparty hard disk utilities may The drive that will be extended should be using the NTFS file system. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-25 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 36
the expansion of a 900MB RAID 0 logical drive. The Text RAID Manager software that comes with the ASUS PCI-DA2200 is used to communicate with the RAID controller. You can view information about this drive in the Windows NT Server's Disk Administrator. 3-26 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 37
Place the cursor on Disk 1, right-click your mouse, and select "Properties." You will see that the total capacity for the Drive E: is just under 900MB. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-27 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 38
Follow the steps described in section 8.2.8 to add SCSI disk drives and perform Mode 1 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion. The 900MB logical drive has become a 1800MB logical drive. Place the cursor on that logical drive, and then press . 3-28 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 39
(host-bus adapter) to see it. Once you have mapped the partition, reboot Windows NT. The HBA should be able to detect an additional "disk." ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-29 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 40
Return to Windows NT Server's Disk Administrator. There now exists a Disk 2 with 900MB of free space. Click on Disk 2 to select it. From the "Partition" menu, select "Extend Volume Set." 3-30 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 41
The screen will display that volume set of Drive E: has been extended by the 900MB in Disk2. Move the cursor to "Commit Changes Now" to confirm that you want the free space to become a part of the same logical drive. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-31 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 42
Logical Drive E: is now composed of two 900MB partitions with a total volume of 1800MB. To see this, hold down on the key and select both Disk 1 and Disk2; then right-click your mouse and select "Properties." 3-32 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 43
Drive E: now has a capacity just under 1800MB. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 3-33 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 44
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LED:"BUSY" +5V voltage input JP9 Pin 1 2 3 4 I2C Connector Symbol I2CCLK GND VCC I2CDATA Type O G P O Description I2C clock Signal ground +5V voltage input I2C data ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 4-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 46
security. • Minimum DRAM required is 8 Mbytes installed in SIMM socket, however 16Mbytes is recommended. • ASUS PCI-DA2200 supports 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128 Mbyte DRAM SIMM modules. Maximum DRAM size is 128 Mbytes. of the socket snap into place (2) as shown below. 4-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 47
• SCSI nodes on the same channel have unique ID number. The SCSI ID 7 is reserved for the ASUS PCI-DA2200 adapter and thus no drives should use ID 7. • Both ends of all SCSI cables are properly terminated. Single-ended devices connecting to an LVD SCSI bus. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 4-3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 48
Embedded LVD Terminator Channel 1 Embedded LVD Terminator Both the drive SCSI channels on ASUS PCI-DA2200 are Ultra2 Wide LVD channels. Each channel has two SCSI connectors, one for in each operating system, or configured in the ASUS PCI-DA2200 BIOS settings. 4-4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 49
terminators) should be Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI compliant. It is not recommended to connect any Single-ended devices to the LVD drive SCSI bus directly. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 4-5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 50
terminators) should be Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI compliant. It is not recommended to connect any Single-ended devices to the LVD drive SCSI bus directly. 4-6 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 51
if the bus is operating in Single-ended mode. F IMPORTANT: Changing any settings in "View and Edit SCSI Channels" requires a system reset to take effect. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 4-7 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 52
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the BIOS RAID Manager 1. When the system is powered on, the following text will appear: ASUS PCI-DA2200 (PCI-TO-SCSI RAID) BIOS v1.17B PCI Bus # = 00 Device # = 09 Port = E000 IRQ = 10 EDORAM=8 MB " and press [Enter]. Choose Yes to create the logical drive. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 5-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 54
Local Spare drive, not Global Spare drive. The controller will start initialization and automatically map the logical drive to LUN 0 of the first host channel. 5-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 55
Drive Partition Logical Drive Map Host LUN (System Drive) When power is turned on, the ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller scans all the hard drives that are on all the drive channels. If a hard hard drives or virtual system drives created by the RAID controller. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 6-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 56
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together to operate under a given RAID level and appears as a single contiguous drive. The ASUS PCIDA2200 controller is capable of grouping connected drives to as many as 8 logical drives, each of a partitioned logical drive as one single physical drive. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 6-3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 58
drawers (LUNs). Data can be stored into one of the LUNs of the SCSI ID. Most SCSI host adapters treat a LUN like another SCSI device. 6-4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 59
2 4 GB ID 6 4 GB ID 1 2 GB ID 0 2 GB ID 14 RAID 5 8GB Logical Drive 0 Global Spare Drive Local Spare Drive of LD1 RAID 0 6GB Logical Drive 1 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 6-5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 60
Logical Drive 0 Partition 2 5GB Logical Drive 0 Partition 0 2GB Host SCSI Channel ID 0 ID 1 ID 2 ID 3 ID 4 ID 7 1GB Logical Drive 0 Partition 1 1.5GB Logical Drive 1 Partition 1 ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID Controller 6-6 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 61
: Configuration and Color/Monochrome. 7.1 Configuration There are five functions in the Configuration Option: Configure BIOS, Configure Card, Configure SCSI, Configure RAID and Reset to Defaults. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 7-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 62
= 64. If option "Support for Disks > 1 GB" is enabled, For disk size 1GB, BIOS uses SectorsPerTrack = 63, TotalHeads = 255. Support for Disk > 1 GB Press to toggle between Yes or No. 7-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 63
versions DOS system. Support for NOT-ZERO SCSI LUN Set this option to "Yes", if you want the BIOS to support all SCSI Target LUNs 15 ISA Emulation Mode If you are going to use ASUS PCI-DA2200 device driver distributed by Infortrend, you MUST set the IO port address ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 7-3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 64
to Appendix D, Sync. Clock Period & Sync. Clock Frequency, for the Sync. Transfer Period calculation. Enable Wide SCSI Use this option to enable/disable wide SCSI. 7-4 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 65
to Defaults If this option is selected, all the configurations are reset to the manufacturer's defaults. 7.2 Color/Monochrome Switches display mode between color and monochrome. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 7-5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 66
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operate Text RAID Manager, simply put the ASUS PCI-DA2200 driver diskette into your floppy disk drive. Change Manager are available from a BIOS configuration utility. For complete instructions on starting the BIOS RAID Manager, please see section 7.1.4. indicator. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 68
keys to move the cursor bar through the menu item, then press ENTER to choose a menu, or ESC to return to the previous menu/screen. 8-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 69
I/O", but the current setting is "Optimization for Sequential I/O". GOOD The logical drive is in good condition. DRV FAILED A drive member failed in the logical drive. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 70
Chl ID Size (MB) 8-4 Slot number of the SCSI drive. The SCSI Channel of the connected drive. The SCSI ID of the drive. Drive Capacity. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 71
Drive once exist, but is missing now. SB-MISS Spare drive missing. Vendor and Product ID The vendor and product model information of the drive. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 72
Synchronous mode. Async The default setting of the SCSI channel is Asynchronous mode. DefWid Default SCSI Bus Width: Wide 16-bit SCSI Narrow 8-bit SCSI 8-6 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 73
Width: Wide 16-bit SCSI Narrow 8-bit SCSI (empty) The default SCSI bus width has changed. Reset the controller for the changes to take effect. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-7 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 74
, the cache will be instructed to be written to disk before restarting or shutting down through the operating system. WARNING: Using hardware restart or shut down (using buttons or switches on the chassis) will result in data loss if write-back cache is "Enabled." 8-8 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 75
at Power-Up" is "Enabled". • The current setting of "Disk Access Delay Time" is "15 seconds". • The current setting of "Maximum Tag Count" is "32". ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-9 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 76
. Choose a logical drive number that has not yet been defined, then press [Enter]. A prompt "Create Logical Drive?" will appear. Select "Yes" and press [Enter]. 8-10 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 77
A list of supported RAID levels will appear. Choose a RAID level for this logical drive. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-11 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 78
. To exit this menu, press [ESC]. A prompt to confirm the changes will appear. Select Yes to create the logical drive, or No to cancel. 8-12 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 79
When a fault-tolerant RAID level (1, 3 or 5) has been selected, the controller will start initializing parity. A progress indicator will be displayed on the screen. After initialization is done, the created logical drive is also complete. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-13 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 80
Drives". The member drive information will be displayed on the screen. Refer to section 8.1.3, SCSI Drive's Status, for the detailed descriptions of each item. 8-14 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 81
. 8.2.4 Partitioning a Logical Drive Choose the logical drive you wish to partition, then press [Enter]. Choose "Partition logical drive", then press [Enter]. Choose Yes to confirm. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-15 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 82
The screen will display a partition table of up to 8 partitions with the last partition selected. Press [Enter] and type the desired size for the selected partition, then press [Enter]. The remaining size will be allotted to the next partition. 8-16 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 83
Delete Partition 1 Partition 0 - 100MB Partition 1 - 300MB • The capacity of the deleted partitions will be added to the last partition. Partition 3 - 400MB = Partition 2 - 600MB 400 + 200 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-17 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 84
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. You may now enter the new logical drive name in this field. Enter the logical drive name, then press [Enter] to save the new name. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-19 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 86
]. Choose "Rebuild logical drive", then press [Enter]. When prompted with "Rebuild Logical Drive?", select Yes. The rebuilding progress will be displayed on the screen. 8-20 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 87
When rebuilding has already started or the logical drive has been automatically rebuilt by a Local Spare Drive or Global Spare Drive, choose "Rebuild progress" to view the rebuilding progress. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-21 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 88
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RAID level 1, 3 or 5) has a failed drive member. • Refer to "3.2.3 Automatic Rebuild and Manual Rebuild" for more information. 8.2.8 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion From the main menu, select "View and Edit there is more than one) and press [Enter] to select it. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-23 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 90
by highlighting them and then pressing [Enter]. An asterisk [*] is displayed by each drive selected. When you are finished selecting, press [Esc] to confirm. 8-24 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 91
You will be prompted to confirm that you would like to add the SCSI drives to the logical drive. A bar will appear displaying the progress of adding the SCSI drives ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-25 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 92
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the expansion when the power comes back on. Resumption of the RAID expansion must be performed manually. • If a member drive of the logical drive fails during RAID expansion, the Mode 1 , then press [Enter]. When prompted to "Map Logical Drive?", select Yes. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-27 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 94
Choose the SCSI ID you wish to map, then press [Enter]. 8-28 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 95
pressing [Enter]. A list of available logical drives will be displayed on the screen. Move the cursor bar to the desired logical drive, then press [Enter]. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-29 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 96
A partition table of the logical drive will be displayed on the screen. Move the cursor to the desired partition, then press [Enter]. 8-30 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 97
ID 3 on channel 0. 8.3.2 Viewing and Deleting the LUN Mappings Choose the channel and SCSI ID of the LUN mapping you wish to view or delete. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-31 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 98
A list of the current LUN mapping will be displayed on the screen. Move the cursor bar to the LUN mapping you wish to delete, then press [Enter]. Select Yes to delete the LUN mapping, or No to cancel. 8.4 Viewing and Editing SCSI Drives 8-32 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 99
menu may vary according to the drive status. Choose the drive channel and SCSI ID of the drive you wish to scan, then press [Enter]. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-33 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 100
revision number, serial number and disk capacity (counts in block; one block refers to 512K) of the drive will be displayed on the screen. 8-34 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 101
]. The unassigned SCSI drive will be assigned to this logical drive as the Local Spare Drive. When prompted with "Add Local Spare Drive?", choose Yes. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-35 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 102
cursor to a Local Spare Drive or Global Spare Drive, then press [Enter]. Choose "Delete Global/Local Spare Drive", then press [Enter] again. Choose Yes. 8-36 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 103
8.5 Viewing and Editing SCSI Channels Choose "View and Edit SCSI Channels" in the Main Menu. A list of all the channels will be displayed on the screen. Refer to section 8.1.4, SCSI Channel Status, for detailed information. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-37 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 104
8.5.1 Viewing and Editing a SCSI ID / Channel Choose a channel, then press [Enter]. Choose "SCSI ID". A list of the existing ID(s) will be displayed on the screen. 8-38 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 105
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wish the terminator enabled or disabled, then press [Enter]. Choose "SCSI Terminator", then press [Enter]. A dialog box will appear. Choose Yes, then press [Enter]. 8-40 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 107
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speed will appear. Move the cursor bar to the desired speed and press [Enter]. A dialog box "Change Sync Transfer Clock?" will appear. Choose Yes. 8-42 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 109
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to a channel, then press [Enter]. Select "Wide Transfer", then press [Enter]. A dialog box "Disable Wide Transfer?" or "Enable Wide Transfer?" will appear. Choose Yes. 8-44 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 111
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IMPORTANT: • Every time you change the SCSI Transfer Width, you must reset the system for the changes to take effect. 8-46 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 113
8.5.5 Viewing and Editing SCSI Target / Drive Channel Move the cursor bar to a Drive channel, then press [Enter]. Select "View and Edit SCSI Target", then press [Enter]. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-47 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 114
A list of all the SCSI targets and their current settings will appear. Press [Enter] on a SCSI target and a menu list will appear on the screen. Slot Number Slot Number is reserved from use. 8-48 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 115
Maximum Synchronize Transfer Clock Choose "Maximum Sync. Xfer Clock", then press [Enter]. A dialog box will appear on the screen. Enter the clock, then press [Enter]. Please refer to Appendix D, Sync. Clock Period and Sync. Clock Frequency, for more information. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-49 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 116
Wide Transfer Choose "Wide Transfer", then press [Enter]. Choose Yes in the dialog box to confirm the setting. 8-50 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 117
Parity Check Choose "Parity Check". Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-51 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 118
Disconnecting Support Choose "Disconnect Support". Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. 8-52 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 119
SCSI I/O Timeout Choose "SCSI I/O Timeout", then press [Enter]. A list of available timeout intervals will appear. Move the cursor bar to an interval, then press [Enter]. Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-53 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 120
Tag Command Queuing Choose "Maximum Tag Count", then press [Enter]. A list of available tag count numbers will appear. Move the cursor bar to a number, then press [Enter]. Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. 8-54 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 121
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IMPORTANT: • Disabling the Maximum Tag Count will disable the internal cache of the SCSI drive. • Disabling Tag Command Queuing will disable the Write-Back cache built in the hard drive. 8-56 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 123
Idle Drive Failure Detection From the "Drive-side SCSI Parameters" menu, select "Periodic Drive Time - Disable" and then press [Enter]. Choose the desired interval for idle drive failure detection. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-57 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 124
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" menu, select "Periodic SAFTE Device Check Time - Disabled" and then press [Enter]. Use the arrow keys to choose the desired SAF-TE status check interval. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-59 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 126
at the assigned interval.) Once the drive has been replaced with another drive, the controller will automatically start to rebuild to that replacement drive. 8-60 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 127
Restoring the Default Setting for Target Choose "Restore to default setting", then press [Enter]. Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to restore all the settings of the SCSI target. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-61 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 128
" or "Disabled" will display the current setting of the Write-Back Cache. Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. 8-62 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 129
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IMPORTANT: • Every time you change the Cache Parameters, you must reset the system for the changes to take effect. 8-64 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 131
" or "Sequential" dialog box will appear, depending on the option you have selected. Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-65 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 132
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IMPORTANT: • Every time you change this setting, you must reset the system for the changes to take effect. • Refer to "3.4.1 Optimal for Sequential or Random I/O" for more information. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-67 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 134
will appear. Move the cursor bar to an item, then press [Enter]. Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. 8-68 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 135
8.6.3 Drive-side SCSI Parameters Choose "Drive-side SCSI Parameters", then press [Enter]. The Driveside SCSI parameters menu will appear. SCSI Motor Spin-Up ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-69 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 136
Power-Up", then press [Enter]. Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. Please refer to section 3.5.2 for more information. 8-70 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 137
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setting. Please see section 3.5.5 for more information. 8.6.4 Disk Array Parameters Choose "Disk Array Parameters", then press [Enter]. The Disk Array Parameters menu will appear. 8-72 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 139
Rebuild Priority Choose "Rebuild Priority", then press [Enter]. A list of the priority selections will appear. Move the cursor bar to a selection, then press [Enter]. Please see section 3.3.1 for more information. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-73 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 140
Verification On Writes Choose "Verification on Writes", then press [Enter]. Move the cursor bar to an item, then press [Enter]. Choose Yes in the dialog box that followed to confirm the setting. (Refer to section 3.3.2 for more information.) 8-74 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 141
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IMPORTANT: • Every time you change this setting, you must reset the system for the changes to take effect. • Refer to "3.5.2 SCSI Reset at Power-Up" for more information. 8-76 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 143
8.6.5 Controller Parameters Controller Name Choose "Controller Parameters", then press [Enter]. The current controller name will be displayed. Press [Enter]. Enter the new controller name in the dialog box that followed, then press [Enter]. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-77 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 144
press [Enter]. You may select an interval for password validation, "Always check," or "Disabled." Press [Enter] and then select Yes to confirm your selection. 8-78 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 145
8.7 System Functions Choose "System Functions" in the Main Menu, then press [Enter]. The System Functions menu will appear. Move the cursor bar to an item, then press [Enter]. 8.7.1 Mute Beeper ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-79 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 146
RAID Manager or the GUI RAID Manager is used, the user can only configure and monitor the RAID controller by providing the correct password. 8-80 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 147
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the previous menu. If the password is correct, or there is no preset password, it will ask for the new password. Setting a New Password 8-82 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 149
used for entering a new password. The existing password will be deleted. No password checking will occur when entering the Main Menu from the Initial screen. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-83 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 150
8.7.3 Reset Controller This function is not supported. The controller is reset when the system is reset. 8.7.4 Shutdown Controller 8-84 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 151
when the system is shutdown. 8.7.5 Controller Maintenance This function is not supported from within the Text RAID Manager. Controller maintenance functions - such as downloading new firmware - can be performed from the start-up menu of the Text RAID Manager. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 8-85 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 152
total DRAM size installed in the controller. The version of the firmware. The version of the boot record. The serial number of the controller. 8-86 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 153
SNMP service. The client computer running with GUI RAID Manager will be able to administrate the ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID Controller remotely. How to establish the connection through SNMP? Choose the "File" menu, click on "Connect" and choose "SNMP" from the pop up menu. ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 154
of "Host Bus Interface" to select. Choose "0" if there is only one ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller installed in the remote host computer. Press "OK" to establish the to the number of the ASUS PCIDA2200 be found by the host computer. If there is only one controller 9-2 ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 155
should be chosen. When more than one ASUS PCI-DA2200 RAID controller installed in the same host computer, the second ASUS PCI-DA2200 controller found by the host computer is numbered as "1", and the third controller found by the host computer is numbered as "2". ASUS PCI-DA2200 User's Manual 9-3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 156
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Index A ASPI, A-1 automatic rebuild, 3-9 B bad sector reassignment, 2-1 basic operational set-up, 4-3 beeper mute, 8-79 BIOS RAID Manager, 5-1, 7-5, 8-1 BIOS configuration utility, 7-1 building a RAID system drive, 6-1 C cable specifications SCSI, B-1 cache disable write-back during OS installation, - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 158
#, 7-1 disable write-back, 8-62 disabling the password, 8-83 disconnecting support, 8-52 disk access delay time, 3-17, 3-18, 8-71 disk array parameters, 3-11 record of settings, G-3 DOS ASPI drivers installation, A-1 drive failure management, 3-5 drives identifying, 3-7 drive-side SCSI parameters - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 159
base address, 7-1 identifying drives, 3-7 idle drive failure detection, 8-57 impedance, B-1 installation DOS ASPI drivers, A-1 hardware, 4-1 NetWare v4.0x/v4.1/v4.11, A-5 OS/2 driver, A-21 Windows 95 driver, A-19 Installation SCO Unix and UnixWare, A-25 IRQ, 7-1 J JBOD, 3-2 K keys for navigation in - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 160
drivers and utilities for SPARC platform, A-34 installing Red Hat, A-29 installing defined, 6-4 LUN mappings record of settings, G-2 viewing and deleting, 8-31 M main menu, 8-1, 8-2 manual rebuild, 3-9 maximum queued I/O count, 8-68 maximum synchronize transfer clock, 8-49 maximum tag count, 8-54, - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 161
driver, A-23 driver installation, A-21 installing driver during v2.x/3.0 installation, A-22 installing driver in an existing v2.x/3.0 system, A-22 updating IFT-2101U2 OS/2 device driver 8-83 setting a new one, 8-82 validation timeout, 8-78 PCI bus #, 7-1 periodic drive check time, 8-57 periodic drive - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 162
management, 3-1 random I/O optimization for, 3-13, 8-65 rebuild automatic, 3-9 manual, 3-9 rebuild priority, 3-11, 8-73 rebuild, concurrent in RAID (0+1), , 8-84 S SAF-TE, 3-18 periodic check time, 8-59 SCO Unix driver installation, A-25 SCSI I/O timeout, 3-17, 8-53 SCSI bus maximum throughput, - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 163
number, 8-48 SNMP establishing the connection, 9-1 GUI RAID Manager via, 9-1 Solaris drivers and utilities for x86 platform, A-32 installing SPARC platform driver and Text RAID Manager, A-35 installing x86 platform driver and text RAID Manager, A-33 Text RAID Manager, A-37 spanning NRAID, 3-2 spare - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 164
Manager, 8-1 keys, 5-1 transfer rate, B-1 transfer speed setting it, 8-42 transfer width maximum, 8-50 setting it, 8-44 troubleshooting, E-3 U UnixWare driver installation, A-25 V verification on writes, 8-74 verify-after-write, 3-11 viewing current settings, 8-8 viewing system information, 8-86 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 165
installation, A-19 updating device driver, A-21 Windows NT example of RAID expansion, 3-24 installing driver during DEC Alpha v4.0 installation, A-17 installing driver during v4.0 installation, A-15 installing driver in existing DEC Alpha v4.0 system, A-18 updating device driver in v3.1/3.51 system - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 166
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Table of Contents About this Guide v Overview of the User's Guide vi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 System Description 2 1.2 Feature Summary 3 1.3 Feature Highlights 6 2 Installation 1 2.1 System Requirements 2 2.2 Hardware Setup 3 2.3 In-band SCSI 8 2.4 Software Setup 22 2.5 Upgrading Firmware 27 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 171
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Table of Contents 4.17 Redundant Controller 50 5 Notification Configuration 1 Exiting the Demo Program 8 A Command Summary 1 Menu Commands 1 Command Buttons 6 B Troubleshooting 1 Startup Errors 2 Notification Errors 3 SNMP Errors 5 C RAID Levels 1 RAID Description - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 172
from a remote station connected through a local area network (LAN), telephone line, or the Internet. This guide discusses how to install and use the GUI RAID Manager to manage disk array systems incorporating ASUS' PCI-to-SCSI or SCSI-to-SCSI controllers. In addition to the GUI RAID Manager, you can - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 173
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: About this Guide Overview of the User's Guide ♦ Chapter 1, Introduction. Provides information about the GUI RAID Manager, the pager, fax, e-mail, and broadcast. Information about the supported notification levels are also provided to aid in the explanation of these functions. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 174
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: About this Guide ♦ Chapter 6, Running in Demo Mode. Provides information on how to and command buttons in the GUI RAID Manager. ♦ Appendix B, Troubleshooting. Provides troubleshooting tips for some problems you may encounter while using the GUI RAID Manager. ♦ Appendix - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 175
1 Introduction This chapter provides information about the GUI RAID Manager management program. These include the following topics: ♦ System description ♦ Feature summary ♦ Feature highlights 1-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 176
' GUI RAID Manager is a Windows-based program specifically designed for use in managing disk array systems implemented using any of ASUS' line of PCI-to-SCSI or SCSIto-SCSI controllers (GUI stands for graphic user interface.) The GUI RAID Manager provides a user-friendly interface that facilitates - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 177
the GUI RAID Manager features. ♦ User-friendly graphical interface running under the Windows NT or Windows 95/98 environment ♦ Supports the entire new line of ASUS' SCSI-to-SCSI and PCI-to-SCSI RAID controllers ♦ Communicates with the controllers via the RS-232 cable, over a LAN, telephone line - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 178
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Introduction logical drives; rebuilding logical drives; defining spare drives; and event description; log file can be accessed using any text editor program ♦ Supports statistics monitoring for displaying I/O throughput history ♦ Provides innovative, user-configurable event - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 179
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Introduction • Optional notification retransmission until addressee responds locally at set to different values at different times of the day Ø E-Mail notification via the MAPI service of Windows NT or Windows 95/98: • Provides user-configurable address book for keeping names, - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 180
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Introduction ♦ Provides password protection for guarding against unauthorized modification monitor the performance of the system under such conditions. This Demo supports both the SCSI-to-SCSI and PCI-to-SCSI controllers. 1.3 Feature Highlights This section explains in - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 181
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Introduction per row and column, and drive orientation. Once an enclosure is defined, drives can be dragged and dropped into their respective - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 182
Furthermore, you can specify retry periods depending on your specific needs. 1.3.4 Remote Management via SNMP or Modem The GUI RAID Manager supports remote management of the ASUS' disk array controllers over a LAN using SNMP, or over the telephone line using a dial-up modem. Management over the LAN - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 183
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Introduction and then sends back a reply to the requesting manager. The following figure shows a typical SNMP connection: GUI RAID Manager Station Network - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 184
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Introduction 1.3.5 Password Protection The GUI RAID Manager comes responds and operates under such conditions without connecting to a real disk array. This Demo program supports all management functions available in the GUI RAID Manager, making your imaginary system as real as - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 185
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2 Installation This chapter contains information about software setup and hardware setup for local and remote management. The following topics are discussed: ♦ System requirements ♦ Hardware setup ♦ Software setup ♦ Downloading new releases of the GUI RAID Manager program 2-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 187
if pager/telephone event notification is desired) or FAX/modem (if FAX event notification is desired) ♦ SNMP service for Windows NT (if SNMP remote management is desired) Local host running ASUS' SNMP agent (for SNMP remote management only) ♦ IBM-compatible 386 or above running Windows NT or Windows - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 188
Installation 2.2 Hardware Setup The GUI RAID Manager supports both local and remote management of the ASUS' disk array system. Local management refers to management of the disk array from a local host − management transactions traverse the PCI bus (for PCI-toSCSI controller) or an RS-232 cable (for - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 189
-to-SCSI controller: GUI RAID Manager Station PCI Bus PCI-to-SCSI RAID Controller Since the controller is already installed in the host, no extra connection is necessary. Just load the necessary driver for the controller and then run the GUI RAID Manager from the local host to start management - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 190
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation 4Setting up a SCSI-to-SCSI controller using RS-232 1. Connect the RS-232 port of the SCSI-to-SCSI controller to a - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 191
GUI RAID Manager on the target manager station(s), and enabling the SNMP service on the local host. The following figure illustrates a typical network setup: SNMP Agent (Windows NT/95/98) SCSI-to-SCSI RAID PC System with ASUS DA-2200 (Windows NT/95/98) SNMP Agent Management via the telephone line - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 192
ASUS problems. The PCI-to-SCSI controller does not support direct connection to a modem for remote management. To manage this controller using the modem, you will need to connect the modem instead to the local host's serial interface. This user's guide - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 193
could before via RS-232C. (Note: It is assumed that users of In-band SCSI possess the following: a thirdparty SCSI adapter and a channel on their ASUS RAID controller that can be designated as a host channel.) Both of these are required for In-band SCSI communication between the host and the RAID - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 194
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation controller and to the host computer's SNMP adjustments in the following four submenu's: Peripheral Device Type, Peripheral Device Qualifier, Device Support for Removable Media, and LUN Application. Different host operating systems require different adjustments. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 195
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation Peripheral Device Type Parameters Reference for Various Operating Systems: Operating Peripheral System Device Type Peripheral Device Qualifier Device Support for Removabl e Media LUN Applicability NT 4.0 3 connected disabled All Undefined LUNs NT 5.0 3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 196
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation Peripheral Device Type Settings: Device Type Setting No Device Present 7f Direct-access Device 0 Sequential-access Device 1 CD-ROM Device 5 Scanner - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 197
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation (For this example, we assume that there are currently no peripheral to the Host-side SCSI submenu's. Device Qualifier Connected Use the t or s to select Support for Removable Media. The default setting SupportRemovable Media - Disabled 2-12 2.3 In-band SCSI - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 198
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ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation have been completed. For remotely accessing the host computer, further on the host computer that is using In-band SCSI -- ie., 'local access' -- SNMP service is not required. You may now connect by going to FILE>CONNECT and selecting the port address. 2-14 2.3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 200
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation Remote Connection - SNMP Required SNMP Service is required to administrate a RAID controller installed and of the GUI RAID Manager, please refer to the GUI RAID Manager User Guide. Manager Site Agent Site Win NT + GUI RAID Manager LAN Host Computer With - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 201
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation The Manager Site should be a Windows NT Workstation or Server with SNMP service and the GUI RAID need for an extra SCSI cable.) 2. The host computer's operating system has SNMP service installed. 3. The host computer has the In-band SCSI SNMP agent installed for - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 202
GUI RAID Manager: Installation Checklist for Manager Site 1. The system is running Windows NT (Workstation or Server) and has SNMP Service installed. 2. The ASUS GUI RAID Manager was installed with the "SNMP Manager Site" option selected. 3. The GUI RAID Manager is running. IMPORTANT: This following - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 203
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation The Properties window appears. Choose the "Service" tab. If the SNMP Service is already installed, please go ahead to step called "Install the SNMP Agent and GUI RAID Manager." If the SNMP Service is not yet installed, click on "Add" and choose "SNMP Service" to - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 204
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation 2. Install the SNMP Agents and GUI RAID SNMP Manager Site" and "SNMP Agent Site" options. Complete the installation by following the on-screen instructions. Example Settings for Manager Site 1. Install the SNMP manager and GUI RAID Manager. During the installation - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 205
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation 2. The "Setting of SNMP Interface" window appears. Enter the IP address and community name of the Agent Site. For "Agent-site - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 206
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation 3. After the connection is established, all of the operations in the GUI RAID Manager are the same as before (please refer to the GUI RAID Manager User Guide for complete details on its operation.) 2.4 Software Setup This section discusses how to set up the GUI - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 207
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ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation 3. If you are currently running other applications, close them first before proceeding with the setup process. This will minimize the possibility - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 209
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation 5. Select the appropriate option for the type of system on which you are setting up the GUI RAID Manager. If you - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 210
Click OK. 8. If necessary, restart the SNMP service. Setup is complete. You may now start managing the disk array system. For information on first time operating instructions, see Chapter 3, Basic Operations at Startup. 2.4.3 Program Updates As ASUS' valued customer, you are entitled to free program - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 211
or In-band SCSI. New releases of the firmware are available in the form of a DOS file, which is located in the "pub" directory of ASUS' FTP site or on a 5.25" or 3.5" diskette. The file available at the FTP site is usually a selfextracting file that contains the following: FW30Bxyz Firmware Binary - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 212
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation IMPORTANT: • Allow the downloading process to finish. Do not reset or turn off the computer or the controller while it is downloading the file. Doing so may result in an unrecoverable error that requires the service band SCSI are supported in ASUS GUI RAID Manager, - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 213
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation Upgrade Both Boot Record and Firmware Binaries 1. Double click on the controller panel to get the menu appears. Choose "Controller Maintenance" > " - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 214
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Installation Upgrade the Firmware Binary Only 1. Double click on the controller panel to get the menu appears. Choose "Controller Maintenance". If both - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 215
appropriate section below for information. 4Starting the GUI RAID Manager under the Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 environment 1. From the Start menu, select Programs à ASUS GUI RAID Manager. -or- 3-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 216
not yet open. 2. From the ASUS GUI RAID Manager group window, double-click on the ASUS GUI RAID Manager icon. The ASUS GUI RAID Manager main window appears SNMP service. For information on how to enable the SNMP service for Windows NT, Windows 95/98, or Novell NetWare, see their respective manuals. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 217
are using Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0, follow these steps: 3a. From the Start menu, select Programs à ASUS GUI RAID Manager. -or- Double-click on the ASUS GUI RAID Manager icon. The ASUS GUI RAID Manager main window appears on the screen. If you are using Windows NT 3.5x, perform these steps - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 218
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 3. When a link is established, connect disk array system. Information on disconnection is provided at the latter part of this section. 4 Connecting to a PCI-to-SCSI controller from the local host 1. From the File menu, select Connect. -or- 3-4 3.2 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 219
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup Click on the Connect/Open command button. The following submenu appears on the screen: Note that there will be one PCI Bus entry for each PCI-toSCSI controller installed. If none are installed, then no PCI Bus entries will be displayed. 2. Select - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 220
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 2. Select RS-232. The Settings of RS-232 Interface dialog box appears: 3. From the COM Port# drop-down - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 221
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup Management. For information about the console interface, see the documentation that came with the controller. 5. Click OK. The enabling of the toolbar buttons signifies a successful connection. 4Connecting to a PCI-to-SCSI controller from a remote - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 222
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 3. In the Agent Name or IP Address text box, type in the IP address of the local host - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 223
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup arrow button at the right of the box, then select the option you need. 6. Click OK. The enabling - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 224
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 3. In the Agent Name or IP Address text box, type in the IP address of the local host - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 225
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup From the COM Port# drop-down list box, specify which COM port on the local host is used - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 226
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 2. Select RS-232. The Settings of RS-232 Interface dialog box appears on the screen: 3. From the COM - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 227
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 3.3 Setting Up Security The GUI RAID Manager provides password protection to prevent unauthorized modification of the system configuration. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 228
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup controller or card layout for a PCI-to-SCSI controller). The Controller Settings dialog box appears: 3. Check the Change Password check box. 4. Type in the password you want in the New Password - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 229
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup You have the option to display or hide the toolbar depending on your specific needs. If you need - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 230
the toolbar • From the View menu, click on Toolbar until a check mark "√" appears next to this command. The toolbar is displayed back in the ASUS GUI RAID Manager main window. 3.5 Displaying and Hiding the Status Bar The status bar at the bottom of the windows display area supplies information about - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 231
Startup • From the View menu, click on Status Bar until the check mark "√" next to this command disappears. The status bar will disappear from the ASUS GUI RAID Manager main window. 4 Unhiding the status bar • From the View menu, click on Status Bar until a check mark "√" appears next to this - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 232
. This section describes how to work with the GUI RAID Manager windows. 3.6.1 Using the Main Window After starting the GUI RAID Manager, the ASUS GUI RAID Manager main window appears on the screen. All management operations pertaining to the disk array system will be performed within the main window - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 233
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup operations. Most commonly used commands such as Statistics and Event Log come with command buttons to facilitate their - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 234
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup Ø The Tile In-Sequence command button arranges the displayed windows next to each other, with arrangement based on - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 235
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup Ø The Event Log command button displays the Event Log window for viewing the contents of the log file. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 236
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 3.6.2 Using the Enclosure Window The Enclosure window appears when you click on the Enclosure command button or select - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 237
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup NOTE: The Physical Drives the drive's manufacturer (if available). To facilitate management of the Enclosure window, the GUI RAID Manager supports the drag-and-drop function for moving objects within the Enclosure window. If you need to move an - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 238
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 3.6.3 Using the Physical Drives Window The Physical Drives window using, this window displays either the front panel of a SCSI-to-SCSI controller or the card layout of a PCI-to-SCSI controller. The front panel display 3-24 3.6 Working with Windows - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 239
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup reflects what appears on the actual front panel of a SCSI-to-SCSI controller. Also shown in this window - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 240
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup number, channel mode (that is, host or drive), SCSI ID, the default and current transfer clock rate, and - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 241
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup Fault Bus is a proprietary enclosure management interface. It will warn the user if a dangerous situation occurs within the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 242
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup The user is given the choice of enabling or disabling failure signals. In addition, each signal must be configured as either High or Low (refer to your 3rd-party circuit's manual for the proper settings.) SAF-TE Enclosure Management What is SAF-TE? - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 243
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup SAF-TE Support Front Panel error alert RAID Controller SCSI SAF-TE Chipset UPS Failure Signal Input Cooling Fan Failure Signal Input GUI RAID Manager error alert Drive - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 244
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup SAF-TE is configured by selecting the "SAF-TE Polling Period" under the "SCSI" menu. Intervals ranging from .05 to 60 seconds are available. The default polling period is "Disabled." 3-30 3.6 Working with Windows - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 245
ASUS is automatically started, or the drive is replaced and rebuilding is manually initiated. While rebuilding a logical drive, the GUI RAID Manager management of the Logical Drives window, the GUI RAID Manager supports drag-and-drop operations to establish certain associations. For example, - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 246
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup If you need information about a particular logical drive, just let the mouse pointer hover over its corresponding icon. A - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 247
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup Logical volumes are a grouping of The Volume window helps you create logical volumes, delete existing ones, and define partitions. It supports the drag-anddrop operation to simplify management of these disk array elements − you simply drag logical - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 248
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup Logical volumes that have been used in the system, this window displays one or more host channels; the PCI-to-SCSI controller only supports one host channel (that is, the PCI bus itself). Each host LUN appears to the host on one access letter with - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 249
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup To display the Host LUN Assignment window, you can either click on the Host LUN Assignment command button - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 250
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup For information on mapping logical volumes and/or partitions to host LUNs, and deleting existing mappings, see Chapter 4, - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 251
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Basic Operations at Startup 4Arranging windows using the Tile Horizontal command • From the Window menu, select Tile Horizontal. 4Arranging windows using the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 252
4 Array Management This chapter describes the steps on how to manage a disk array system. The topics include the following: ♦ Background information about disk array management ♦ Defining enclosures ♦ Setting controller configuration ♦ Setting channel configuration ♦ Scanning in drives ♦ Creating - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 253
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management chapter, Background Information, to get basic information about disk array management. You will need this basic knowledge to be able to effectively use the GUI RAID Manager. 4-2 4.1 Background Information - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 254
RAID levels 2 and 4 are the less popular ones. Appendix C, RAID Levels, gives information about these levels, including the benefits of each. ASUS disk array controllers support hot-swapping where a failed drive can be replaced while the disk array system continues to function. Spares can also be - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 255
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management immediately commence. Spare drives appear in darker (shaded) colors than normal drives. ♦ Replacement drives. These are physical drives that are manually configured into the array to replace failed drives. In the absence of spare drives, you will need to use - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 256
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management ♦ If a spare drive exists in the same first then assign it as a spare drive of the logical drive. Data rebuilding will have to be manually initiated. IMPORTANT: Although the RAID system provides uninterrupted disk access even after a disk failure, do not leave - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 257
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management same logical drive. A defective drive must be promptly replaced and data rebuilt. CAUTION: When performing hot-swapping, be sure to - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 258
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.3 Before you Start The GUI RAID Manager station comes with password protection that prevents unauthorized modification of the disk array - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 259
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.4 Defining Enclosures You create custom the existing enclosures appear in the window. If you want to delete an existing enclosure, see the instructions below. 2. Double-click on an empty space within the Enclosure window. The following menu will appear - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 260
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4. Resize the enclosure icon to display the exact number of drive bays you need. To resize, place the mouse pointer - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 261
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 1. Double-click on the target drive bay. The following menu will appear on the screen: 2. Select Remove Bay from Enclosure. 4 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 262
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.5 Setting Controller Configuration The GUI RAID Manager enables you to modify the (such as a modem) onto this port, ensure that their baud rates are set accordingly; otherwise, there will be communication problems. 4.5 Setting Controller Configuration 4-11 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 263
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management ♦ Change Password. This parameter allows you on the displayed controller (that is, front panel for a SCSI-to-SCSI controller or card layout for a PCI-to-SCSI controller). The Controller Settings dialog box will appear: 3. From the Write-Back drop-down list box - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 264
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management enable the write-back cache, select Enabled; to disable, select Disabled. 4. If you want a SCSI bus reset to be issued - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 265
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management channel operation mode to host or drive, host or a drive channel. Channel 0 is the default host channel with SCSI ID number 0. For a PCI-to-SCSI controller, this parameter is permanently set to Drive. ♦ Termination. This parameter enables or disables SCSI - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 266
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management assigned as the default value for host channels, and 7 necessary to switch to asynchronous communication mode. Furthermore, certain older SCSI devices may only support narrow transfer and behave abnormally when an attempt to negotiate wide transfer is made. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 267
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management wide transfer may need to be disabled corresponding SCSI Channel icon of the target channel. SCSI Channel icons are displayed on the card layout of a PCI-to-SCSI controller, or just below the front panel of a SCSI-to-SCSI controller. The Channel Setting dialog - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 268
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4. From the Termination drop-down list box, specify whether to enable the channel termination or not. To enable, select Enabled; - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 269
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4 Scanning in a drive 1. Display the Physical Drives window by clicking on the Physical Drives command button or selecting the Physical - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 270
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.8 Creating and Deleting Logical Drives You can create logical drives by simply combining physical drives together. The GUI RAID Manager provides you with two options for creating logical drives: automatic and manual. In the automatic method, the GUI RAID - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 271
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4 To create a logical drive 1. Display the Logical Drives window by clicking on the Logical Drives command button or selecting the Logical Drives command from the Open menu. If you intend to use the manual method, display also the Physical Drives window by - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 272
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 5. From the Physical Drives window, click on the target drives. Be sure to select only unassigned drives (those that appear - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 273
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 3. Select Delete. 4.9 Assigning Spare Drives You can configured into the array and reconstruction (or rebuilding) will immediately commence. Logical drives can support multiple spare drives; this configuration however is rarely used due to its high cost and - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 274
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management NOTE: Adding a spare drive can be done automatically by selecting the 1+Spare, 3+Spare or 5+Spare option from the Logical Drive - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 275
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.10 Rebuilding Logical Drives Depending on whether or not there is a spare drive, rebuilding is initiated automatically or manually. In the presence of a spare drive, the system automatically rebuilds onto the spare drive. This process is done in the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 276
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.11 Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes You can create and delete logical volumes from your GUI RAID Manager station. Logical - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 277
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 6. Select Volume. Then, from the next menu, select Create LV. The logical volume is now created. You may now define its partitions. See the Creating and Deleting Partitions section of this chapter. 4-26 4.11 Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 278
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4 To delete a logical volume 1. Display the Volume window by clicking on the Logical Volume command button or selecting the Logical - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 279
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.12 Creating and Deleting Partitions Depending on your specific needs, you can either partition a logical volume into smaller sizes or - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 280
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4. Select Create Partition. A table similar to the following will appear displaying the current partition layout: 5. Adjust the partition size using - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 281
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 7. After defining the desired partitions, double-click the right mouse button on the current logical volume. 8. From the displayed menu, - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 282
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4. Select Delete Partition. 5. Repeat the same procedure to delete the other unwanted partitions. 6. After deleting partitions, double-click the right - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 283
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.13 Mapping Logical Volumes/Partitions to Host LUNs After creating a logical volume, you can map it as is to a host LUN if you prefer; or, if partitions are set, you can map each partition to specific host LUNs. Each host supports 32 LUNs, each of which - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 284
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management window, click on the Host LUN Assignment command button or select the Host LUN Assignment command from the same menu. 2. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 285
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.14 Displaying the Event Log The GUI RAID Manager keeps a log file for documenting all events that occurred in the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 286
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 2. To scroll through the list, use the vertical scroll bars. 4.14 Displaying the Event Log 4-35 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 287
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.15 Monitoring Statistics The GUI RAID Manager comes with a statistics monitoring feature to report on the overall performance of the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 288
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.16 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion What Is It and How Does It Work? Before Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion, increasing the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 289
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management Mode 1 Expansion involves adding more SCSI hard disk drives to a logical drive, which may require that the user obtain an - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 290
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management Mode 2 Expansion, on the other hand, requires the same number of higher-capacity SCSI hard disk drives for a given logical - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 291
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management RAID Expansion - Mode 2 (2/3) 2 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB 4 GB New Drive RAID 5 ( the additional capacity will appear as another partition. Adding the extra capacity into the existing partition requires OS support. In use Unused 4.16 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 292
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management F • IMPORTANT: The increased capacity from Mode 1 Expansion of a logical drive will be a new partition. • At the time of this printing, Firmware version 2.11 does not support the "Copy and Replace" function that is required for Mode 2 Expansion. Third-party - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 293
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management The Example: The following example demonstrates the expansion of a 900MB RAID 0 logical drive. The GUI RAID Manager is used to - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 294
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management Place the cursor on Disk 1, right-click your mouse, and select "Properties." You will see that the total capacity for the Drive E: is just under 900MB. 4.16 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion 4-43 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 295
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management Three new drives are scanned in (see section 4.7 for details on scanning in new drives.) To add the drives to - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 296
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management From the menu, select Partition Logical Drive. You will see that the 1800MB logical drive is composed of two 900MB - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 297
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management From the "Partition" menu, select "Extend Volume Set." 4-46 4.16 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 298
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management The screen will display that volume set of Drive E: has been extended by the 900MB in Disk2. Move the cursor to "Commit Changes Now" to confirm that you want the free space to become a part of the same logical drive. 4.16 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion 4-47 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 299
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management Logical Drive E: is now composed of two 900MB partitions with a total volume of 1800MB. To see this, hold down on the key and select both Disk 1 and Disk2; then right-click your mouse and select "Properties." 4-48 4.16 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 300
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management Drive E: now has a capacity just under 1800MB. 4.16 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion 4-49 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 301
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management 4.17 Redundant Controller Redundant Controllers For the SCSI-to-SCSI controllers, the GUI RAID Manager is capable of monitoring a redundant controller configuration. 4-50 4.17 Redundant Controller - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 302
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Array Management The failed controller will display a red "X". Primary and Secondary controllers must be configured using the front panel. Please refer to your RAID controller instruction manual for details. 4.17 Redundant Controller 4-51 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 303
5 Notification Configuration This chapter discusses how to configure notifications. The topics include the following: ♦ Description of the notification function ♦ Notification levels ♦ Configuring notification options ♦ Configuring a pager notification ♦ Configuring a fax notification ♦ Configuring - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 304
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration The GUI RAID Manager provides four methods of same is true for Fax Notification; see section 5.2.2.) Please follow all of the instructions in the modem's user guide for correctly installing it for use with Windows NT 4.0. Please see section 5.5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 305
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 5.2.2 Pre-configuring the Fax Service in Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 ships without fax service. Administrators /fax.htm The following are instructions for installing fax service using the FAX_I386.EXE file. 5.2 Before You Begin... 5-3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 306
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 1. From the Windows Start bar, run the file FAX_I386.EXE. Enter information regarding your desired fax configuration as prompted. 2. Open the Control Panel and click on the Mail icon. 5-4 5.2 Before You Begin... - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 307
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 3. The Windows Messaging Settings Properties window will be displayed. The profile now displays two new services - Fax Address Book and Fax Mail Transport. 5.2 Before You Begin... 5-5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 308
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 4. The format of the fax can Configuring a Fax Notification. 5.2.3 Pre-configuring E-Mail Service in Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 ships with the Internet Mail E-mail service. Administrators who desire E-mail notification have two choices: - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 309
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration The following are instructions for installing the Internet Mail service in Windows NT 4.0: 1. Open the Control Panel and click on the Mail icon. 2. The Windows Messaging Settings Properties window will be displayed. If no services have been selected - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 310
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 3. Select "Internet Mail," and then click on "OK." 4. Fill in all of the fields with the settings for your Internet account, and then click on "OK." 5-8 5.2 Before You Begin... - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 311
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 5. Repeat steps 1 through 3, selecting "Personal Address Book" and "Personal Folders" at step 3. Please see section 5.7 for complete details on Configuring - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 312
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration ♦ Rebuild Initiated ♦ Rebuild Complete ♦ Rebuild Failed ♦ Logical Drive Initialization Started ♦ Logical Drive Initialization Complete ♦ Logical Drive Initialization Failed Level 2 Sample - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 313
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration Level 3 Sample Events ♦ SCSI Drive Failure You select the notification level from the RAID Manager Options dialog box. Selecting a relatively - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 314
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 2. To enable the notification function of the GUI RAID Manager, select the Enable option button in the Event Notification field. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 315
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration user-configurable time interval, you can stop subsequent transmissions with this check box. Be reminded though that this will only - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 316
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 5.5.1 Selecting the Destinations You can configure the pager notification function to send a notification to multiple pagers. This is achieved through - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 317
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 3. In the Full Name text box, type in the name of the notification recipient. This only serves for reference purposes - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 318
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 6. To enable pager notification for this particular entry, select the Enable option button. To disable, select the Disable option button. 7. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 319
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration NOTE: The prescheduled pager notification does not affect in any way the configured pager notification − prescheduled pager notification is triggered - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 320
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 3. Click on the Period button. The Scheduled Period for Calling Pager dialog box appears: 5-18 5.5 Configuring a Pager Notification - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 321
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 4. In the From and To text boxes, specify the time ranges you want. 5. For each time range, specify the notification - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 322
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration retransmissions for a particular destination, or for all destinations. 4To stop any on-going pager notification to a particular destination 1. From the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 323
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 2. If there is on-going pager a tricky process, so consult your operating system manuals for instructions on how to install your fax/modem software. Since the GUI RAID Manager depends largely on the fax service installed to the MAPI of Windows NT for - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 324
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 5.6.1 Selecting the Destinations You can configure the fax notification function to send a notification to multiple users. This is achieved through - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 325
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 3. In the Display Name text box, type in the name of the user that will receive a OK. To choose another profile, click the New button. For assistance on how to proceed from here, refer to your Windows manual. 5.6 Configuring a Fax Notification 5-23 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 326
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 9. Repeat the same procedure to add and other pertinent information about the Microsoft Internet Mail service in Windows NT, refer to the Windows NT manual. Be sure that these services are configured properly, and functioning before using the e-mail - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 327
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 5.7.1 Selecting the Destinations You can configure the e-mail notification function to send a notification to multiple users. This is achieved through - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 328
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 3. In the Display Name text box, type using. You can enter the destination email address in this box if you are using the Microsoft Internet Mail service. 4. In the Message text box, specify the message you want to send to the selected user. 5. To - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 329
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration on how to proceed from here, refer to your Windows manual Windows NT stations with the Windows NT Messenger service installed. If your system does not have these properly installed and configured, and the correct driver is used. For information on how - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 330
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration is necessary to first execute WINPOPUP.EXE on that system. WINPOPUP.EXE is located in the Windows directory. 5.8.1 Selecting the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 331
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration The list box on the left of this dialog box displays the current contents of the broadcast message address book. 2. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 332
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 7. Click OK to add the specified entry to the address book. 8. Repeat the same procedure to add the other entries - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 333
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration The list box on the left of this dialog box displays the current contents of the broadcast message address book. 2. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 334
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 4. In the From and To text boxes, specify the time ranges you want. 5. For each time range, specify the notification - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 335
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration message reception by the intended administrator. If, however, the destination computer is off-line, you can terminate subsequent message retransmissions - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 336
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Notification Configuration 2. If there is on-going broadcast message notification and you want to stop subsequent retransmissions, check the Stop InProgress Event Notification check box. 3. Click OK. 5-34 5.8 Configuring a Broadcast Message Notification - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 337
6 Running in Demo Mode This chapter provides information on how to run the GUI RAID Manager in Demo mode. These include the following topics: ♦ Introduction about the Demo program ♦ Starting the Demo program ♦ Failing a drive ♦ Exiting the Demo program 6-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 338
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Running in Demo Mode 6.1 Introduction The GUI RAID Manager configurations and check how the system responds and operates under various conditions. The Demo program supports all management functions available in the actual GUI RAID Manager, making management of the virtual - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 339
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Running in Demo Mode 6.2 Starting the Demo Program You can use the Demo program any time, even without a real disk array system ( - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 340
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Running in Demo Mode 4. In the Controller Type section, select the type of controller you want to use. To use a PCI-to-SCSI controller, select the Host Adapter option button; to use a SCSI-to-SCSI controller, select Target Controller. 5. From the Channel Count drop-down list - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 341
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Running in Demo Mode 6. If you selected Host Adapter in step 4, proceed to the next step; otherwise, select the channel mode for - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 342
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Running in Demo Mode During a drive failure, spare drive assigned to the selected logical drive, the failed drive must be replaced and rebuilding must be initiated manually. If the replacement drive is installed on a different connector, you will need to first scan in the drive - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 343
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Running in Demo Mode 4 To fail a drive 1. Display the Logical Drives window by clicking on the Logical Drives command button or selecting - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 344
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Running in Demo Mode 6.4 Exiting the Demo Program If you are done with the Demo program and you want to manage the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 345
A Command Summary This appendix describes the available commands in the GUI RAID Manager disk array management program. These commands are presented either in menus or command buttons. Menu Commands This section lists and explains in tabular form the commands available from the menus in the menu bar - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 346
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Command Summary Open Menu Commands Command Enclosure Physical Drive Description Displays the Enclosure window. This command has the same function as the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 347
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Command Summary Command Logical Drive Logical Volume Host LUN Assignment Event Log Statistics Description Displays the Logical Drives window. This command has - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 348
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Command Summary Tile In-Sequence Cascade Tile Horizontal Tile Vertical A command specifically designed for disk array management. This command arranges the displayed - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 349
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Command Summary Options Command Command Options Description This command allows you Command Contents About RAID Manager Description Displays the GUI RAID Manager on-line help manual. Displays some information about the GUI RAID Manager program. Menu Commands A-5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 350
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Command Summary Command Buttons This section describes the various command buttons provided by the system to facilitate execution of commonly used commands. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 351
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Command Summary Command Button Tile In-Sequence Enclosure Physical Drives Logical Drives Logical Volume Host LUN Assignment Event Log Notification Description A command - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 352
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Command Summary Command Button Statistics Description Displays the Statistics window. Has the same function as the Statistics command in the Open menu. A-8 Command Buttons - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 353
B Troubleshooting This appendix provides troubleshooting tips for common problems you may encounter while using the GUI RAID Manager. These include the following topics: ♦ Startup errors ♦ Notification errors ♦ SNMP errors B-1 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 354
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Troubleshooting Startup Errors Error Message1: Error encountered during OPEN: Unable to Connect to Controller Cause1: The GUI RAID Manager was not able to establish a link with - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 355
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Troubleshooting Error Message4: Error in loading DLL Cause4: The GUI RAID Manager cannot find one of its components. Solution4: Re-install the GUI RAID Manager. Notification - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 356
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Troubleshooting the message number. If your pager number is 1234567, the computer, modem is not connected to a telephone line, bad telephone line, Fax transmission is not supported by the modem (you should be using a Fax/modem), wrong Fax number, selected COM port is currently - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 357
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Troubleshooting Error Condition4: E-mail notification does not work Cause4: This error can be caused by one (or more) of the following: the Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Mail and/or Microsoft Internet Mail is not properly installed in your system, there is problem Service driver - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 358
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Troubleshooting Solution1: Install the appropriate SNMP service for the environment you are using for the local host or the remote manager station. You can get this service from the software provider; that is, Microsoft for Windows NT and Windows 95, and Novell for NetWare. - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 359
C RAID Levels This appendix provides a functional description of Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID). This includes information about RAID and available RAID levels. RAID Description Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a storage technology used to improve the processing capability - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 360
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: RAID Levels would create a single logical drive with a total disk capacity of 4GB. Disk spanning is considered non-RAID due to the - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 361
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: RAID Levels multiple disks. Furthermore, for I/Os that do not span more than one drive, read/writes to different drives can be - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 362
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: RAID Levels Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 performed automatically. F IMPORTANT: RAID (0+1) will not appear in the list of RAID levels supported by the controller. If you wish to perform RAID 1, the controller will determine whether - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 363
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: RAID Levels Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . . Physical Disks Striping Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 . . - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 364
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: RAID Levels Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . . Physical Disks Dedicated Parity Striping Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 365
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: RAID Levels Logical Drive Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 . . Physical Disks Striping + non-dedicated Parity Block 1 Parity (3,4) Block 6 Block 7 . . - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 366
Index -A- address book 1-4, 1-5, 1-8, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-22, 5-23, 524, 5-25, 5-26, 5-27, 5-28, 5-29, 5-30, 5-31 -B- baud rate 2-5, 2-7, 3-3, 3-6, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 4-11, 4-13, B-2 block striping with dedicated parity C-5 -C- cache 3-25, 4-11, 4-12 card layout 3-14, 3-24, 4-16 channel - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 367
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Index Firmware upgrading 2-27 front panel 3-13, 3-24, 4-12 FTP sites 2-26 -G- graphical interface 1-3, 1-6 -H- hardware setup 2-1, 3-1 Host LUN Assignment command button 3-20, 3- - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 368
5 4-21, 4-23, C-6 RAID levels 3-33, 4-3, 4-21, 4- 25, C-1, C-4 ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Index rebuilding logical drives 1-4 Redundant Controller 4-50 remote management 1-3, 1-8, 2-1, 4-16 Tile Horizontal command 3-37 Tile Vertical command 3-37 troubleshooting B-1 -U- Upgrading Firmware 2-27 Index-3 - Asus PCI-DA2200 | PCI-DA2200 User Guide English Version - Page 369
ASUS GUI RAID Manager: Index -V- Volume window 3-20, 3-33, 425, 4-27, 4-28, 4-30, 4-32, 4-33, A-3, A-7 -W- wide transfer 4-15, 4-17 windows display area 3-15, 3-16, 3-21 Index-4
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