Adaptec AEC-4412B manuale d’uso

AEC- 4412B/7 412B Stock Numb er : 511 640- 00 Re v B P age : Fr ont Cover Print Spe c Num ber : 49 7358 -0 0 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 User’s Gu ide AEC -4 412B/ 741 2B Exte rna l RAID Controller[...]

AEC- 4412B/7 412B Stock Numb er : 511 640- 00 Re v. B Page: Back Cover Print Spe c Num ber : 49 7358 -0 0 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milp itas Boulevard Mil pit as, CA 9503 5 © 1998 Adap te c , In c . All rights reserved. Adaptec, the Adaptec logo, is a trademark of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registe[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. B Page: i Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 R AEC-4412B/7412B External RAID Contr oller Us er’ s Guide[...]

ii AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: ii Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Co py ri gh t ©1 998 Ada pte c, In c. All ri ghts re ser ved . No par t of th is publi cat io n ma y be r epr o- duced, stored in a retri eval syst em, or tran smitted i n an y form or by[...]

ii i AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: i ii Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Sales and Ordering I nf or mation ■ Fo r sal es infor ma tion, cal l 800-959 - 7 274 or 408 - 945 -255 0, M–F , 6:00 A . M . to 5:00 P . M ., P acifi c T ime. ■ T o order Adapte[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: i v Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98[...]

v AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: v Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Contents 1 Intr odu cti on Prod uc t Fe a tures 1- 2 Mot her Bo ard 1-2 Daught er Boards 1-3 Cani s t er F r ont and Ba ck Panel Interface 1-3 In tegr at ed Batt ery Ba ckup 1-5 Spe cific at[...]

vi AEC-4412 B /7412B Use r’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: vi Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Abo ut the S y stem Me nu 3-8 Config uration S tep-by-Ste p Instructi ons 3-9 Adding an Array 3- 10 Deleti ng an Array 3-13 Config uration Menu 3-14 Util[...]

vii Contents AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511640- 00 Re v B Page: vii Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Write 6 and Write 10 4-17 SCSI Me ssages 4 - 19 5 Fi bre C ha nnel Im pl emen ta tion Lin k Servi ce s 5-2 Ba si c L i nk S e r v i c e C o m ma n d s 5- 2 Exte nde d Link Servi[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : viii Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 1-1 1 In troduct ion Th is Us er’ s G uid e explai ns how to in sta ll and use th e Ad ap te c  AEC  -4412B and AEC-7412B Extern al RA ID Contr ollers, which ar e desi gned to be i[...]

1-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 P r oduc t Fe atu res The fo l lowing sec tions desc ribe the f eatures of t he AEC-441 2B/ 7412B RAID c o ntr oller . Mother Board The mother board co[...]

1-3 Intr odu ction AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Dual RS-232 se rial por t s an d I 2 C ser ia l po rt ■ Analog-to-Digit al Converter f or power/battery/temperatur e mon ito rin g ■ On board st anda rd PC- type[...]

1-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Front p an el LED lights for channel a ctivity an d cont roller sta tus Note: See Using the Fr ont Panel Displ ay on p a g e 3 - 2 7 f o r inf orma[...]

1-5 Intr odu ction AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 In teg r ated Ba tte ry Back up ■ Batter y interface : battery pack/cells lo cated inside the canis ter lid and connect ed to the mot her board using an int eg rat ed,[...]

1-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 E lectr ical The foll owing t able show s the m o ther an d daughter boar d electrical specif i cations of the AEC- 4412B/7412B: Envi r o nm en ta l Th[...]

1-7 Intr odu ction AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Batter y Th e follo wing ta ble sh ows the ba ttery s pecifi catio n s of the AEC- 4412B / 7 412B: Note: A fully charged batte ry can provide a minim um of 72 hours back[...]

1-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 1-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Ho w to O r de r Upgra des T o or der an upgrade, contact the place wher e yo u pur chased the con tr oll er or contac t A dapt ec Inside Sales at : ?[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 2-1 2 H a rd wa re I n s t a l l a t i o n This ch ap ter cov ers the har dware in st allati on of the AEC-441 2B/ 7412B E xt ernal RAID Contr oller . AE C-4412 B C an ister In sta lla tio[...]

2-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3 Inser t th e AEC- 4412B int o an avai la bl e 5.25-in c h half-h ei g ht dis k b ay a nd sec ure it i n pla ce by sc rew ing it to the m oun ti n g b[...]

2-3 H ard ware Installation AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 stand ard SCSI d evice c ables t hat meet SCSI 2 s pecific ations (for example, c able length s hould not ex c eed 3 meters). Note: Y o u will need at le ast th[...]

2-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 9 Conne ct the RS-232 adapt er fr o m the 3 -pi n RS-232 conne ct or (als o kn ow n a s th e CO N F I G po rt ) on the b a ck of th e C a n i st e r to[...]

2-5 H ard ware Installation AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 11 Connect a power supply , pr o viding +12 V DC and +5 VDC, to th e VCC/+12V c onnect or on the back of th e cani ster . Th is is a stand ard drive po wer c o [...]

2-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3 On the F i b r e channel ca ble attac hed to the bac k of the canist er , r emove the two jac k sc r ews fr om the Fibr e chan nel D B 9 r eceptacle.[...]

2-7 H ard ware Installation AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 back o f the cani s ter . Up to fi fteen drives c an be c onnected to each S CSI output channel. U s e st anda r d SCSI device cables. Note: Y o u will need at [...]

2-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 2-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 10 Conne ct the RS-232 adapt er fr o m the 3 -pi n RS-232 conne ct or (als o kn ow n a s th e CO N F I G po rt ) on the b a ck of th e C a n i st e r t[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3-1 3 Soft war e Confi guration Co nfigura tio n O ver view T o con fi gu r e the AEC-4 412B / 7412B , you can use ei ther th e A dmini s- trator Ut ility run ning through a comput er seri[...]

3-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Se e Us ing the Ad m in i st rat or U til it y on pa ge 3-4 or Us ing the Fr ont Pane l Displa y on page 3-27 depending on which m ode you w ant to use[...]

3-3 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3 Pr e ss the Sele ct button . Y ou can now us e the front panel d isplay to c onfigu re t he RAID controller . Con figura tion Q uic k S tar t Steps 1[...]

3-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Usi ng the Ad min ist rator U tilit y The Administra tor Utility is implemented w it h a VT 100 or ANSI ter- minal co nnec ted thr ough a seri al RS-23[...]

3-5 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Se t the c ommu nicati ons par ameters wit h the ter m inal pr ogram a s follows: Note: The AEC- 4412B/7412B c onfigura tion utilit y supports baud ra [...]

3-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 The fi rst t i me you boot the A EC-441 2B/7412B, F igure 3-2 is d is- played. If your terminal does n o t support line d r aw charact er s, answer Y t[...]

3-7 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 If you want t o be prompted every boot, select “Y” in the menu shown in Figure 3- 4. Y ou will also be prompt ed f or time and date o n the first b[...]

3-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Gray ed M en u Options Gray ed men u opt io ns ar e not s ele ctab le, u sua lly be cau se they do no t apply to the c hosen ar r ay . If an array has [...]

3-9 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 3-9 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Th e Syste m Menu optio ns ar e de scri bed i n the f ollowi ng se ctions . Con figura tion St ep- b y- Ste p In struct ions The fo l lowing sections d[...]

3-10 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-10 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Ad d ing an Array T o ad d a n e w ar r a y , fo l l o w th e se ste ps: 1 From th e Sy st em M en u sele ct A dd an Arra y . The m e n u sh own in Fig[...]

3-11 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-11 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 drives (ex cluding s pares) you w ant in t h e arra y , and pr ess Enter . T he utility scans the RAID controller for drives . Pr ess Ta b to high ligh[...]

3-12 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-12 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 5 If th e array i s mirr ored or RAID 5 and y ou ha ve on e or mo re drives left, a prompt appears, asking whether yo u want to ch oose a spare drive. [...]

3-13 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-13 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 12 Whe n initializa tion o f the a rray i s com plete, press an y key to continue. The status l ine displays a percentage c om plete num- ber while the[...]

3-14 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-14 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Configuration Menu The Configu ration m enu allo ws yo u to c onfigure th e follo wing AEC-441 2B/7412B contr oller param eter s: ■ Sys tem time / da[...]

3-15 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-15 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Chann el Configura tion W ith the Chann el con figuration func tion yo u can c onfigure indiv id- ual cha nnels in the c ontroller . Select C hannel Co[...]

3-16 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-16 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 me nt. Figur e 3 -13 sh ows the opti ons avai labl e fr om t h e SE P C onfi g- ur at io n Me nu. Figure 3-13. SE P Configuration Menu The fo l lowing [...]

3-17 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-17 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Uti liti es M enu Figure 3-14 s hows the options availabl e from the Utilitie s Menu. Hot Swap Pause Some drive enclosur es allow you to remove and rep[...]

3-18 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-18 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 1 From the Ut ilitie s Menu select Hot Swap Pa u se . The s creen shown in Figur e 3-15 appea rs. 2 T o continue, type y . Othe rwi se, ty pe n . While[...]

3-19 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-19 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Displ ay Options Fig ure 3-16 shows th e Disp l ay Optio n s Menu . Array Me nu If mo re th an one array e xi s ts (f ou r arrays maximum), a l ist of [...]

3-20 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-20 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Displ ay Statisti cs Disp l ays rea d/write st atist ics for an arra y or for a spec i f ic drive. T empora ry Ar ray S tatistics: T o display for the [...]

3-21 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-21 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T emporary Drive S tatistics: T o d is play for each drive the number of r eads, the n u mb e r of wr ites, a nd th e tota l secto rs r e ad fr om and [...]

3-22 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-22 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Displ ay Status Displays informa tion on t he selec ted arra y and o n drives includ ed in the a r ray (see Figure 3-20). Displa y Arra y Overview Disp[...]

3-23 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-23 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Display Arra y Drive S tatus The Displa y Array Drive Status screen, shown in Figure 3-22, dis- plays the st atus of drives w ithin an array includin g[...]

3-24 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-24 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Bl ink D r ive Light s Fro m the Arra y Menu se lect Bli nk Dr iv e Lig h ts . The Co nfigur a tion scre en as shown in Figure 3-24 appears. 1 Use the [...]

3-25 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-25 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 V er if i catio n begins, and the C o nf iguration sc reen f or the array appear s. In that scr e en, t he Ut ility R unning f ield in dicate s tha t t[...]

3-26 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-26 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 3 Ind i cate th e pri or ity b y typi n g a n u m ber fro m 0 t hrou gh 9, wher e 0 indic ates the low est priori ty . 4 T ype y to con tinue , or n to[...]

3-27 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-27 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Follow these steps to add a s par e d rive to an array: 1 From the Arr ay Me nu, select Ad d S pare Dri ves . 2 If you c an ad d mo r e than one s par [...]

3-28 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-28 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 LED S t a tus Lights Th e fo ll o wing tab le d escrib e s th e meanin g of th e LE D stat us li ghts loc ated on th e fr ont p anel of the canis ter: [...]

3-29 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-29 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Using the Front P ane l Buttons Th e fo ll o wing ta ble desc ri bes the co ntrol s of the fr ont pane l buttons on the AEC- 4412B /7412B canist er : F[...]

3-30 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-30 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Th e AEC-441 2B/7412B runs t h e di agn ostic test s, scan s the SC SI chann els, and in itializes t he co ntroller . Whe n com plete, the fo llow - in[...]

3-31 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-31 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Figure 3-28. Front P an el Displa y Menu Opt ions System Menu Array Menu Display Drives Blink Drive Light Add an Array Delete an Array Config Menu Util[...]

3-32 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-32 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Using the Bridge Flash Loader Ut ility (BFL U) The B FL U is resi d ent in th e em bedded fi r mware of the A EC-4412B / 7412B . It can be used to down[...]

3-33 S of tw ar e C on fi gur a t ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-33 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Do wnloadi ng New Fir m ware T o do wn load ne w firm ware (. bfl f ile), use opt ions 2 thr ough 3 depending on t h e fi l e tr ansfer protoc ols s u [...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 3-34 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 4-1 4 SCSI Implementation This ch apt er descri bes AEC-4412B/74 12B SC SI implementat ion. The follo wing major SC SI features are s uppor ted: ■ SCSI-I I com plianc e ■ Limit ed supp[...]

4-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 S CSI Comm ands Sinc e the AEC-4412B/ 7412B d oes not support li nked comman ds, the con tr ol byte o f each C DB must be ze ro. Also, since t he LUN i[...]

4-3 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 The on ly defe ct l ist fo rm at s upp ort ed is z ero . If t he Fmt D b it is z ero, th e AEC-4412B/7412 B immediatel y complete s this command with a good s tatu[...]

4-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 4-3. Returned Dat a F ormat Byte# Bi t7 Bit6 Bit5 Bi t4 Bi t 3 Bit 2 Bit1 Bit0 0 P eripheral Qualifier P er ipheral Device T ype 1 RMB Devi ce T[...]

4-5 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Periph eral Qua lifier 0=The spe c ified peripheral d evice type i s curr en tly connected to this l ogical un it. 3=The target is not capable of supporting th[...]

4-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Rel A dr 0 =Rela tive addr essing i s not suppo rted ■ W32 0 =32 bit wi d e S CSI i s n o t su p p or ted ■ W16 1=16 bit wide SCSI is supported[...]

4-7 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Mode Select 6 The mo de se le ct co mm an d, a s sh ow n in T ab le 4 -4, a llow s the hos t to modify , an d pos sibly s av e, mode pages i n the A EC-4412 B /741[...]

4-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Cac hing ■ Cont rol mod e These pages are mainl y for informational purposes. None o f the fields in these pages are c hang eable ex c ept for w [...]

4-9 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 4-9 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 In th e 1 0 byt e Re ad C DB , a tr ansfer leng th o f z e r o indica tes no data is to be transferred. Th is is not consid ered an error . The DPO, FUA, an d Re l[...]

4-10 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-10 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 The AEC-4 412B /7412B will r eturn the L BA a nd s ize in bytes of t he last LBA on the lo g ical device r efer enced by th e specified LUN. The Re la [...]

4-11 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-11 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T a b le 4 -1 2 de sc ri b es th e R e tu r ne d Da ta For m a t. ■ V alid 0=The bytes in the in formation fi eld ar e undefined 1=The by te s in the inform atio[...]

4-12 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-12 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ Addi ti onal Sense Len gth 6 bytes fo ll ow Re serve Th e Res e rv e c omm and, as sh own in T abl e 4- 13, allows th e h ost to r eserve a LUN, po[...]

4-13 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-13 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 S eek 6 a nd S eek 1 0 Afte r c hec k ing r eserved bits, the AEC-4412B / 7412 B return s go od stat us for these c ommands shown in T ab l e 4-1 5 and T able 4 -1[...]

4-14 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-14 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Sta r t S top U nit Afte r c hec k ing r eserved bits, the AEC-4412B / 7412 B return s go od stat us for Start Stop Unit command , as sh ow n in T able[...]

4-15 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-15 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T est Uni t Read y Th e T est Unit Rea dy com mand, as shown i n T abl e 4-20, pr ovides a way for the ho st to deter m in e if the AEC- 4412B/7412B is r eady to a[...]

4-16 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-16 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 4- 21 sh ow s some poss ible AEC-4412B / 7412B states, and test uni t ready / reque st sense r e s ponses wh i le in these st ates . Ve r i f y [...]

4-17 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-17 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Th e DPO, Bytc k, and R el adr bi ts ar e i gnor ed . A v erif ic atio n lengt h of zero indic ates no da ta is to b e verif ied. T his is n ot c onsidered a n err[...]

4-18 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-18 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 In the 6-by te W rite CDB, a t r ans fer len gt h of zer o i ndi c at es 256 l ogi- cal blocks s hall b e trans ferred. In th e 1 0-byte W rite CDB , a[...]

4-19 SCSI Implementat ion AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-19 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 SC SI Mes sag es T able 4- 26 describes t he SCSI messages s uppo rted by t he AEC-441 2B/7412B. The AEC-4412B/7412B w ill no t initiate e ither Synchronous or Wid[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 4-20 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 5-1 5 Fibr e Channel Implementation This chapter describes the AEC-7412B Fibr e Channel implementa- ti on alon g with th e asso ciat e d F CP ( Fib r e Cha nnel Prot ocol - SCSI) support e[...]

5-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Lin k Ser vic es The A EC -7 412 B s up po rt s th e com p let e s et of b asic a nd ex te nd ed link ser vice c ommand s outlin ed in the PL DA do cum[...]

5-3 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Ex tended Lin k S er vi ce C omma nd s T able 5-2.Basi c R eje ct (BA_RJT) Byte 7 65432 1 0 Reser ved 1 Reason C ode 2 R eason Explanation 3 V end[...]

5-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5 -4.Node/P ort Name F ormat By te 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 000 10 Network Address ID N P or t Ident i fier 1 2 3 IEEE Company Identifier 4 5 6 Unique Id[...]

5-5 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T abl e 5-6.P or t Logi n Accept P a yl oad (PLO GI A CC) Byte 7 6543210 0 0 0000010 1 0 0000000 2 0 0000000 3 0 0000000 L ink Ser v ic e Co mma n[...]

5-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5-7. Process Logi n (PRLI ) Byte 7654 3210 0 0 010 0000 Link Servi ce C o mmand Code 1 0 001 0000 Pa ge Le ngth 2 0 000 0000 3 0 001 0100 P ayl [...]

5-7 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T abl e 5-8.Pr ocess Login Accept Pa yload (PRLI A CC) By te 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Li nk S ervice Comma nd Code 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 P ag[...]

5-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5-9. Di scov er Addre ss (ADISC) By te 76543210 00 1010010 10 0000000 20 0000000 30 0000000 Link Ser vice Command Code 4 Re se rv ed 5 6 H ard A[...]

5-9 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 5-9 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5-10 .Discov er Addr ess Acce pt (ADISC A CC) By te 76543210 00 0000010 10 0000000 20 0000000 30 0000000 Link Ser vice Command Code 4 Re se[...]

5-10 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-10 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 FCP -SCSI Im ple me ntation SCSI i nformat ion is i ncluded in the Fibr e Ch annel frame thr ough the us e of the Fi bre Chan nel Pro tocol ( FCP ). Al[...]

5-11 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-11 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 6 Source ID (S _ ID) 7 80 0001000 Ty p e 9 10 F_C TL 11 12 Sequence ID (SEQ_ID) 13 0 0000000 DF_CTL 14 0 0000000 15 0 0000000 Sequence Count (SEQ [...]

5-12 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-12 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 T able 5-1 3.FCP Command Pa yl oad Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 7 Logi- cal Unit Num- ber 8 Re se r ved 9 Re se r ved Ta s k At tri b ute 10 TT CACA TR Re se[...]

5-13 Fibr e Cha nnel I mp lem e nt a ti on AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-13 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ❒ 6 Clear ACA Set to c lear the auto con tingent allegiance condition from t he init iat or that caused the A CA . Once cleared, normal operatio[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: 5-14 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 6-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 6-1 6 T r ou bleshoot ing Re so l u t io ns to co m mo n p rob le m s you ma y e nco u n te r are de s cr ib e d in the following sections. See Appendix B, Di agno stic Error Codes for r e[...]

6-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 6-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 4 When t he Flash Loader Utilit y appear s, select opt io n 5 to con- tin ue t o b oot th e c o ntro lle r . Note: Some ter minal emulator s don ’t i[...]

6-3 T roub leshoo t i ng AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 6-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Pr oblem: The host SCSI BIOS s can dis plays “dev ice name not avail able .” The AEC-4412 B /741 2B is pr oper ly connected, but no arrays have been cr eated. [...]

6-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age : 6-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Devic e SCS I Ch an nel Pr o blem s Pr oblem: Not all dri ves con nect ed to the AEC-4412B/ 7412 B de vi ce channe ls ar e displa yed du ring bo ot, or[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 A-1 A Array Basics Ada pte c’s A EC- 4412 B/7412B Ext erna l RAI D Cont ro lle r s let you s et up and manage disk arrays. A disk a rray is a group of di sk s th at appears to the syste[...]

A-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 RAID 0 (Striped Dis ks) In a RAID 0 array , dat a is d istrib uted, or stripe d , acr oss the d isks i n the array . The array appears to the server a[...]

A-3 Arra y Basi cs AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 check dis k ) . In the event of a di sk failur e, the data can be recon- st r ucte d fr om cor res p on ding data st ripes on the r emaini ng disks i n the a rr ay . RA[...]

A-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 RAID 0 array , because write o perations inv olve calculating a nd writ- ing new parity data as well a s writing the new user data. Note: For mor e in[...]

A-5 Arra y Basi cs AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Mix ing Di sks from D iffer ent Ma nufa ctu rers or wit h Differe nt C ap aci ties An arr ay can con tain dif fer e nt models of SC SI disks , even di sks wit h dif fer[...]

A-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Pag e: A - 6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Mix ing Di sks on Dif f e ren t R AID Co ntrolle r Cha nnels An AEC-441 2B /741 2B RAID c on tr oller has two de vice c h anne l s: 0 an d 1. A n ar r[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 B-1 B Diagno stic Error Codes Ea ch ti me you s ta rt the AEC-4412B/7412B , th e c ont rol le r perf o rms a set of di agnos tic tests to e nsu r e everythin g is worki ng prope rly . This [...]

B-2 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Viewing Additional Err or Inf ormation So me err or co de s do not ha ve var i able va l ues ass ocia ted wit h the er r or mess age, ot her s have mor [...]

B-3 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ■ System temperatur e range ■ Vo l t a g e r a n g e ■ Unde r voltag e ■ Ove r vo l t a ge ■ Not i n stalled ■ Shor t c ircui t ■ Low ■ Unknow[...]

B-4 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Error C ode D esc rip tions The following table pro v ides descripti ons of the erro r codes, the ty pe of v ariable s di splayed , an d poss ible steps[...]

B-5 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 2B0 Warning. The temperature is out of r a nge . V ar 1 = Minim um t emperature (Celsius) V ar 2 = Maximum temperature ( Celsius) V ar 3 = Current temperature[...]

B-6 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 6 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 49B Disk SCS I channel 0 or ch annel 1 DEV- CONFI G register def ault error . Va r 2 = D E V C O N F I G The mo ther board ma y be d ef ective . R eplac[...]

B-7 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 7 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 599 Data or parity cache DMCNFIG register error . V ar 3 = DMCNF IG The mo ther board ma y be d ef ective . R eplace the mother b oard. 5A1 Conf iguration spa[...]

B-8 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 8 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 7A6 M emor y test error . De vice walking z eros err or in Scra tch Ra m. V ar 1 = Register V ar 2 = Read data V ar 3 = Write ones data V ar 4 = W rite [...]

B-9 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B Page: B- 9 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 8A8 M emor y t est error . Data or parity cache walking ones er ror in DRA M. V ar 1 = Address V ar 2 = Read data V ar 3 = Write ones data V ar 5 = Word loop [...]

B-10 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age: B-1 0 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 BB 8 I 2C inter nal chip er ror . Cannot talk to regis- te r S1 co rre ctly . V ar 1 = Read v alue V ar 2 = Def ault v alue The mo ther board ma y be[...]

B-11 Dia gnosti c Er ror C odes AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age: B-1 1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 ❒ CC1 The m other board is not using the SCB back door . Please cont act y our v endo r t o upgrade the m other b oard. V ar 1 = Xilinx re vision The mo [...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev B P age: B-1 2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98[...]

I nde x-1 AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-1 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 Index A Accessin g 3 -32 Adaptec Ins id e S ale s 1 -8 WWW s ite 1-8 Add an ar ray 3-1 0 Addi ng 3-10 Administ rator Utilit y 3-4 abo ut 3 -4 bac k ing up on e m en u 3- 7 b[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-2 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide I nde x-2 communicat io ns p a ramet ers 3- 5 configuration 3- 1 men u 3-14 quick start st eps 3-3 conn ecting a powe r s up p ly 2-5, 2-8 conn ecting[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-3 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 I nde x-3 In dex Add an Array 3-10 Add Spare Drives 3-27 Del ete an Array 3-13 gra y ed op ti o ns 3 -8 ho t ke y 3 -7 Hot Swap Pa use 3-17 on th e fron t pa ne l di spla y 3 -30 Reco[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-4 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 AEC-4412B/ 7412B User’ s Guide I nde x-4 replacing drives 3 -17 request sense SC SI command 4-10 reserve SCSI command 4-12 resuming SCSI bus a ctivity 3-18 rez e r o un i t SC SI co[...]

AEC- 4412 B/7412B Use r’s Guide Stock Numb er: 511 640- 00 Rev. A Pag e: Inde x-5 Print Spec Num ber : 497358 -00 Cu rren t Da te: 3 /19 /9 8 EC N D ate : 3/ 2 0/98 I nde x-5 In dex V Va r2, de fined B-1 veri fy SCSI co mmand 4-16 veri fy ing a rrays tracki ng veri ficatio n 3-25 veri fying da ta 3-24 vibration sp ecifications 1-6 W Wi n dow s T [...]

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