AcceleRAID™ Quick Installation Guide AcceleRAID 150 AcceleRAID 200 AcceleRAID 250 PCI to Ultra2 SCSI RAID Controllers P/N: 775030-00
AcceleRAID™ Quick Installation Guide AcceleRAID 150 AcceleRAID 200 AcceleRAID 250 PCI to Ultra2 SCSI RAID Controllers Part Number 775030-00 © Copyright 1999 Mylex Corporation. All Rights Reserved. All contents of this manual are copyrighted by Mylex Corporation.
Greetings Thank you for purchasing the Mylex AcceleRAID™ 150/200/250 controller. This manual describes the installation of the Mylex AcceleRAID controllers. Requests for technical information about this and other Mylex Corporation products should be made to your Mylex authorized reseller or Mylex sales representative. Please Notice Mylex is a registered trademark, and AcceleRAID, DAC960PRL, and DAC960PTL are a trademarks of Mylex Corporation.
Regulatory Information The AcceleRAID 150, 200, and 250 comply with the following regulatory agencies: Federal Communications Commission The FCC information statements are in Appendix C of the AcceleRAID 150 Installation Guide (P/N 775024) and Appendix C of the AcceleRAID 200 and 250 Installation Guide (P/N 775007).
Table of Contents Hardware Introduction – Assumptions .................................................................. 1 Types of Installations ............................................................................ 1 Standard Installation ...................................................................... 1 SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic (SISL) Installation .......................... 1 Performing a Standard Installation .......................................................
Hardware Introduction – Assumptions The AcceleRAID 150, AcceleRAID 200 and the AcceleRAID 250 are very versatile Ultra2 SCSI, LVD RAID controllers. There are literally thousands of possible hardware configurations. In order to keep this Quick Installation Guide down to a manageable size, the following assumptions are being made: • A RAID 0, 1, or 5 installation is being installed. • The user is familiar with Windows NT® or Novell® NetWare® . • The user is familiar with disk drive and RAID terminology.
Performing a Standard Installation Performing a Standard Installation (AcceleRAID 150 and AcceleRAID 250 only) m Caution If an operating system or existing data resides on SCSI disk drives already installed on the system, a full backup should be performed on these drives prior to this installation. 1. Be sure power is turned off and the system is not plugged into an electrical outlet. , WARNING To avoid electrical shock, do not attempt to perform this hardware installation with power on.
Hardware J1 Internal Connector (68-Pin High Density) JP4 JP1 JP5 J2 External Connector (VHDCI) 1 Jumper on 3 2 Jumper off Jumper removed and placed over a single pin for safekeeping JP10 Note: J1 and J2 are both on the same Channel. Figure 2. AcceleRAID 250 with Component Locations Table 2.
Performing a Standard Installation System Board Plug Controller into any Available PCI Slot Figure 4. .Plugging the AcceleRAID 150 or 250 into a Standard PCI Slot 4. Set the SCSI ID on each internal drive to a unique address between 0 and 15, but do not use address 7, as it is reserved for the controller. See the documentation that comes with your drives for instructions on how to do this. m Caution If internal and external drives are used, be sure that no drive addresses are duplicated.
Hardware T T Figure 5. Connecting Internal and External Drives 9. Connect a wide, round, 68-pin Very High Density Connector Interface (VHDCI) cable to the external SCSI connector on the AcceleRAID 150 or 250 and connect the other end of the cable to an external drive cabinet as required. See Figure 5. External drive cabinets usually have termination built into the end of the SCSI bus. Check the documentation that comes with your drive cabinet to be sure this is the case.
Performing a SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic (SISL) Installation Performing a SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic (SISL) Installation m Caution If an operating system or existing data resides on drives connected to the system board’s resident SCSI channels, a full backup must be performed on these drives prior to this installation, as these drives will no longer be readable after this installation is performed. 1. Be sure power is turned off and the system is not plugged into an electrical outlet.
Hardware Table 3. AcceleRAID 200 Jumpers Jumpers JP1 JP4 JP5 JP10 Description Header for SCSI activity & Cache Dirty LEDs Mylex use only Not used On for SISL – Off for standard VCC JP1, LED Connector Channel Activity LED* Cache Dirty LED* * Active low Figure 8.
Performing a SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic (SISL) Installation System Board Plug Controller into the Specially Wired SISL PCI Slot Wide SCSI Connector on System Board Narrow SCSI Connector on System Board Figure 9. Plugging the AcceleRAID into a Prewired SISL PCI Slot 4. For each channel, set the SCSI ID on each internal drive to a unique address between 0 and 15, but do not use address 7, as it is reserved for the controller.
Hardware T T Figure 10. Connecting Internal and External Drives 8. Connect an active terminator to the end of the SCSI ribbon cable at the end farthest from the controller. See Figure 10. 9. Connect a wide, round, 68-pin VHDCI cable to the external SCSI connector on the AcceleRAID 250 and connect the other end of the cable to an external drive cabinet as required. See Figure 10. External drive cabinets usually have termination built into the end of the SCSI bus. 10.
Performing a SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic (SISL) Installation System Board T Channel 0 T Plug Controller into the Specially Wired SISL PCI Slot Wide SCSI Connector on System Board (Ch 1) Narrow SCSI Connector on System Board (Ch 2) Figure 11. AcceleRAID 150 or 250 in a Typical SISL Installation System Board Plug Controller into the Specially Wired SISL PCI Slot T Wide SCSI Connector on System Board (Ch 1) Narrow SCSI Connector on System Board (Ch 2) Figure 12.
RAID Configuration Using RAID EzAssist RAID EzAssist, the on-board BIOS Configuration Utility is used to build several types of RAID configurations. Since this is a Quick Installation Guide, only the Automatic Configuration option will be described here. ☛ Note A first time installation is being assumed. The following limitations apply to Automatic Configuration: • Only one array will be configured using the Automatic Configuration option.
Using RAID EzAssist ☛ Note If the BIOS has been disabled on the controller, You will need to press Alt–M to enable it (See your controller’s Installation Guide for details). 3. Watch the messages on the screen for the following prompt to be displayed: Press for RAID Configuration options 4. Press Alt–R to get into RAID EzAssist (the configuration utility).
RAID Configuration 5. The following options appear: Automatic Assisted Custom Select Automatic. Press Enter. ☛ Note The Scope of this Quick Reference Guide only covers Automatic Configuration. For information on performing Assisted or Custom RAID configurations, refer to the RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility User Reference Guide (P/N 775029). A summary display of the configuration will appear. Up to 5 lines will be displayed.
Operating Systems and Drivers NetWare Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 4.11/4.2 Controller If the Mylex Disk Array Controller will be the primary (bootable) controller, you must install the controller driver at the time of NetWare 4.11/4.2 installation. The procedure below assumes that the CD-ROM drivers are available. 1. Boot the system from a newly created DOS boot drive, and then create (or edit) the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.
Operating Systems and Drivers 5. After the NetWare 4.11/4.2 installation is complete, copy the files in the \NW subdirectory of the NT/NW drivers diskette to SYS:SYSTEM of the NetWare 4.11/4.2 server. To install GAM server, refer to the Disk Array Controller Software Kit Installation Guide and User Manual (P/N 771929). To install the GAM client, refer to the Global Array Manager Client Software Installation Guide and User Manual (P/N 771961).
NetWare 8. Change the path line to read: A:\nw and press . NetWare scans for drivers on the floppy diskette in the specified path. 9. In the “Select a driver to install” box, select the following driver: MDAC.HAM | Mylex Disk Array Controller HAM Driver 10. Select Yes at the confirmation box to install the driver. 11. Press to select the default server boot path. 12. Select Yes to save a backup of the old or existing driver. 13.
Operating Systems and Drivers Overview of NetWare 5.0 This section provides information about the following: • Installation procedures and the functionality of the Mylex Disk Array Controller drivers for Novell NetWare 5.0. The software is provided on the appropriate Software Kit distribution diskette. • Installation, verification, and startup of the Global Array Manager Server software and utilities for Novell NetWare 5.0. The software is provided on the appropriate GAM Server distribution diskettes.
Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5.0 Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5.0 Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 5.0 Controller If the Mylex Disk Array Controller will be the primary (bootable) controller, you must install the controller driver at the time of NetWare 5.0 installation. Installing NetWare 5.0 Drivers NetWare version 5.0 is available on CD-ROM.
Operating Systems and Drivers 4. Watch for the status screen that displays the drivers found for storage adapters: • Select Modify • Select Storage Adapters • Delete the MDAC.HAM line entries 5. Press the Insert key two times in order to add new drivers from another source. Insert the NT/NW drivers diskette into the floppy disk drive when the installation program prompts you to insert the vendorsupplied disk. The installation program will scan the diskette for all available drivers. Select the NetWare 5.
Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5.0 Installing Peripherals Under NetWare 5.0 Non-disk peripheral devices, such as tape or CD-ROM drives, can be installed on any channel of the controller. Each non-disk device will require a unique SCSI ID, different from any other non-disk device connected to the controller regardless of the channel. 1. The NetWare 5.0 NWASPI must be loaded. For example: : load nwaspi.cdm ☛ Note NWASPI.
Operating Systems and Drivers Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller into an Existing NetWare 5.0 System If NetWare 5.0 is already installed and you wish to add a Mylex Disk Array Controller later, the controller will be a secondary (non-bootable) controller. After installing the controller hardware and configuring a disk array, follow the procedure below to add the necessary controller drivers. 1. With NetWare Server 5.
Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5.0 10. Change the path line to read: A:\nw and press . NetWare scans for drivers on the floppy diskette in the specified path. 11. In the “Select a driver to install” box, select the following driver: MDAC.HAM | Mylex Disk Array Controller HAM Driver 12. Select Yes at the confirmation box to install the driver. 13. Press to select the default server boot path. 14. Select Yes to save a backup of the old or existing driver. 15.
Operating Systems and Drivers Windows NT Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary Windows NT 4.x Controller If the Mylex Disk Array Controller will be the primary (bootable) controller, you must install the controller driver at the time of Windows NT 4.x installation.
Windows NT 12. With the Software Kit diskette still in the floppy disk drive, press . 13. Select the Mylex Accelerated Disk Driver in the list and press . 14. If you have drivers to install for other controllers (for example, an onboard SCSI controller to run other devices such as a CD-ROM drive, etc.), repeat Step 6 and Step 7. Then when prompted, insert the manufacturer’s supplied hardware support disk, press , and select the appropriate driver from the list.
Operating Systems and Drivers Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller into an Existing Windows NT 4.x System If Windows NT 4.x is already installed and you wish to add a Mylex Disk Array Controller later, the controller will be a secondary (non-bootable) controller. After installing the controller hardware and configuring a disk array, follow the procedure below to add the necessary controller drivers. 1. Make sure Windows NT 4.x is up and running. 2.
Windows NT 15. The Install Driver box is displayed. In the Install Driver box, click Have Disk. 16. Reinsert the NT/NW drivers diskette into the floppy disk drive if requested. 17. From the Install From Disk box, change the path to A:\DISK and click OK. 18. From the Install Driver box, be sure the Mylex Accelerated Disk Driver is selected and click OK. 19. If there is an existing Mylex driver in the system you will see a Windows NT Setup box. Click New to install the new driver from the diskette. 20.
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