Installation guide

x DAC960PG Installation Guide
Chapter 3
Installation
Installation Overview .........................................................................3-1
Requirements ....................................................................................3-1
Optional Requirements ...............................................................3-1
Before You Begin . . . ........................................................................3-2
DAC960PG Installation Checklist ...............................................3-6
Connectors and Jumpers ..................................................................3-7
External LED Connector .............................................................3-8
SCSI Termination ..............................................................................3-9
Terminating Internal Disk Arrays ................................................3-9
Terminating External Disk Arrays .............................................3-11
Terminating Combined Internal and External Disk Arrays ........3-12
Selecting the Correct Terminator ..............................................3-12
Configuring the SCSI Devices .........................................................3-13
Setting Device Termination Power ...........................................3-13
Setting Drive Spin-up & Parity Jumpers ...................................3-13
SCSI Cabling ...................................................................................3-14
Cable Lengths ..........................................................................3-15
Connecting Non-Disk Devices ..................................................3-16
Using a UPS ....................................................................................3-17
Cache Battery Backup Option .........................................................3-18
Battery Backup Module Connector ...........................................3-18
Chapter 4
Start-up Sequences
Introduction ........................................................................................4-1
System Power-Up Sequence .............................................................4-1
BIOS Start-up Sequence ............................................................4-1
Setting BIOS Options ........................................................................4-2
Invoking the BIOS Options Menu ...............................................4-2
BIOS Enable or Disable .............................................................4-5
CD-ROM Boot Disable or Enable ...............................................4-5
Enable 8 GByte or 2 GByte Drives .............................................4-6
Error Messages .................................................................................4-6
Start-up Error Messages ............................................................4-6
Drive Check Error Messages ......................................................4-7
Aborted Installation ............................................................................4-9
NVRAM Error .............................................................................4-9
System Reboot or Power Down .........................................................4-9