Intel 273561-003 manual

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    SRCMRU Hardwa re Inst allat ion and User’s Guide, V ersion 1.1.3 October 20 02 Order Num ber: 2735 61-003[...]

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    Hardware Insta llation a nd User’s Guide Informati on in this doc ument i s provide d in conne ction with Inte l ® prod ucts. No licen se, expr ess or impl ied, by estoppel or othe rwise, to any inte llectual property rights is granted b y this do cument . Except a s provide d in Int el's T erms an d Cond itions of Sale fo r such pro ducts,[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide 3 Contents 1 Getting St arted 1.1 Using the User Docum entation S et .................. ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ... ... 5 1.1.1 Documen t Formats ................... ............. ............ .................... ............. ............. ............[...]

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    4 Hardware Insta llation a nd User’s Guide Tables 2-1 Configu rable Disk Dr ive SCSI P arameters ... ................... ............. ................... ............. ............. . 16 2-2 Configu rable I/O C ontroller SCSI Parame ters ........... ................... ............. ............. ................... . 16 3-1 Hardware Ar chitectu[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide 5 Getting Started Getting S tarted 1 Intended Audience This documen tation i s intende d for u sers who ar e experie nced in configur ing computer systems wit h new add -in card s or have ha d previous experien ce with Intel ® Integ rated RAI D (IIR ) Co ntroll ers . Read and adh ere to all warni ngs, ca[...]

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    6 Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide Getting Started Clus ter in g Gui de Clusteri ng is appl icabl e only for those RAID controll ers that support this fea ture. S ee the Hardware Guide to de termine if clus teri ng is suppor ted. The Intel ® Inte grated RAID Con tr olle r Clustering Guide , or Clu steri ng Guide , descr ibes how to set [...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide 7 Getting Started 1.4 Regulatory and Ce rtification Information Note: This card is inten ded for use in UL Li sted comp uters or equivalen t, that ha ve instr uctions deta ilin g in stal latio n. 1.4.1 Product Regulatory Compliance The IIRZN0CHXX (SRCMRU) RAID add- in card, whe n corr ectly int egrated pe[...]

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    8 Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide Getting Started C UL US Listing Marks CE M ark FCC Marking (Clas s A) This devi ce comp lies with Part 1 5 of the FC C Rules . Oper ation of t his de vice is subject to the followin g two c onditions : (1) This de vice may not c ause harm ful inter ference , and (2) This de vice must acc ept any i nterf[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide 9 Getting Started T aiwa n BSMI Marking (Class A) Korea RR L MIC Mark In addit ion, the I IRZN0CHXX RAID add-in c ard meets t he foll owing regul ations: Canada EMC Marking (Class A)[...]

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    10 Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide Getting Started Jap an VCCI Marking (Class A) 1.4.5 Electromagnetic Comp atibility Not ices 1.4.5.1 FCC V erifica tion S t atement (USA) Product T y pe: IIRZN0CHXX This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the foll owing two conditi ons: (1) This de vice may not cause [...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide 11 Getting Started • Consult t he dealer or an e xperience d radio/T V techni cian for help. Any changes or modif ications not expre ssly appr oved by the grante e of this device co uld void the u ser ’ s authorit y to opera te the equipment. T he cust omer is re sponsi ble for ensuring compliance of [...]

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    12 Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide Getting Started 1.4.5.5 BSMI (T aiwan) The BSMI ID cert ific ation numbe r is loca ted on the primar y (top) si de of the product . 1.5 W arnings and Cautions This guid e and all assoc iated guid es in the us er document ation set (the Quick S tar t Guide, the Hardwar e Guide, and t he Softwar e Guide)[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide 13 Hardware In stallation Hardware Installation 2 2.1 About thi s Cha pter This chapt er provi des infor mation on instal ling th e IIR cont roller , programming t he Flash memory , and genera l SCSI t erminati on info rmatio n. 2.2 Inst allation Procedures War n in g : Do not attempt to inser t your RAID[...]

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    14 Hardware In stallatio n and User’ s Guide Hardware Ins tallatio n Figure 2-1. IIR Controller Component Layout 2.2.2 Install ing the IIR Controller 1. Power- off the c omputer syst em. 2. Disconnect power cord( s) and remove the system cover . 3. Install the IIR c ontroll er into an a vailable RAIDIOS-ena bled PCI s lot. See Figure 2- 2 . Not e[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide 15 Hardware In stallation Figur e 2-2. Installing the IIR Co ntrolle r into a C omputer Sy stem 2.3 Programm ing the F lash Memory The IIR cont roller normally c omes ready t o be in stalled into the computer moth erboar d immediatel y . However , you may need t o reprogra m the RAID fir mware th at is l[...]

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    16 Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide Hardware Ins tallatio n 2.5 Con figurable Disk Drive SCSI Param eters Wh en a SC SI hard d isk d rive is ini tial ized th e fi rst t ime b y the R AID contr oll er , its SC SI paramet ers are a utomati cally se t to th eir opt imal se ttings. M ost sett ings are set automatica lly and ca n not be co n[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide 17 Hardw are Spec ific atio ns an d Fea tur es Hardware Specifications and Features 3 This chap ter c overs all the ha rdwa re spe cifi cat ions a ssoci ate d with the II R con tro ller an d its compone nts. Sect ion 3.5 covers o ptiona l RAID feat ures that are suppor ted by th e RAID Software Suite. Th[...]

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    18 Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide Hardware Specifi cations and Feat ures 3.2 Op erating System Sup port The followi ng operat ing sys tems are f ully va lidated and supp orted: • Microsoft* W i ndows* 2000 Adva nced Server , Servic e Pack 2 • Nov ell * Net W are* 6 .0 • SCO* Openserver * 5.0.6 from Ca ldera* • Red Hat* Linux *[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide 19 Hardw are Spec ific atio ns an d Fea tur es The SRCMRU firmware support s the fol lowing SCSI controll ers on the motherb oard: • SCSI Ultra160 — Adaptec* AIC-7899x d ual-chann el Ultra160 SCSI con troller — Adaptec AI C-7892x si ngle-channel Ultra160 SC SI contr oller • SCSI Ultra320 — Adap[...]

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    20 Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide Hardware Specifi cations and Feat ures 3.3.2 Support for Non-Hard-Disk- Drive SCSI Devices (Non-Direct- Access Devices) The RAID contro ller wil l pass th rough t o the host operatin g system di rect acce ss to non- direct- access SCSI devices whi ch are con nected to a SCSI bus (chann el) of t he RAI[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide 21 Hardw are Spec ific atio ns an d Fea tur es War n in g : †† The SRCMRU adapter , with firmware 2.34. yy-Rzzz, i s not comp atible with all previous controllers and firmware versions. Do not attempt RAID Array Drive Roaming between RAID controller s that are n ot compatible with th e SRCMRU control[...]

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    22 Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide Hardware Specifi cations and Feat ures RAID fir mware li mits the c ontroll er to a maximum of 30 host dr ives (RAID volumes) per controll er . There is a min imum of at leas t one hos t drive per arr ay driv e . A host driv e can only be ass ociated wi th (or reside on) a singl e arra y driv e . Like[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide 23 Flash Mem ory Progr amming Flash Memory Programming A A.1 Firmware Up date Procedur e via XROM St orCon The Stora ge C onsol e (Sto rCon ) is a fu ll-f eatur ed moni tori ng a nd co nfi gura tion util ity with a text- based user int erface. S torCo n manages all as pects of the RAID subsystem a s well[...]

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    24 Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide Flash Memor y Programmi ng Warning: Do not interrupt the up date process to a void damaging the firmware image in the Flash. If the f irmware is i nterrupted you wil l need to follow th e firmware recov ery proces s in the ne xt sec tion. After S torCo n indicat es that t he update is compl ete, press[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide 25 Flash Mem ory Progr amming 2. Change your computer’ s BIOS se ttin g so that y our syste m boots from the CD- ROM. 3. Use the RAID Sof tware Sui te CD-ROM to fla sh the fi rmware. a. Boot the compute r with th e boota ble RAID Softwa re Suite CD-ROM that contains the vers ion of the RAID firmware th[...]

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    26 Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide Flash Memor y Programmi ng[...]

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    Hardware In stallatio n and User ’ s Guide 27 Index Index A adapter hardware architecture features 17 system requi rements 13 D disk d rive conn ectivit y 18 F flash memory programming 15 recovering t he firmware 24 I instal lation raid adapter 14 warnings and caut ions 12 R raid adapter hardware features 17 hardware requirements 13 instal lation[...]