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ix Contents 1 Intr oduc tion Overview 1-1 Features 1-1 Contents of Kit 1-2 System Requirements 1-3 Operating System s 1-3 ATA/100 Com patibili ty Requirements 1-4 Bootabl e Cont roller 1-4 Installatio.
x Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User’ s Guid e 3 Using the BIOS Array Configuration Utili ty Intro duction 3-1 Create Array 3-2 Array Mode 3-3 Array Name 3-4 Selec t Dis k Driv es 3-4 .
xi Cont ents 5 Using the Ada ptec ATA RAID Management Software Instal ling the Ad apt ec ATA RA ID Man agem ent Softw are 5-2 Using t he Adaptec ATA RAID Mana gement Software 5-3 Viewing the Array 5-4.
1-1 1 Intr oduction In this Chapt er Overview The A d aptec A T A RA ID 1200 A card provides d ata p rotect ion an d increa sed performance with enhanced A T A technology .
1-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de The Adaptec A T A R AID 1200A utiliz es Plug-and -P la y technology and i nstalls int o a stan d ard PCI slot and suppo rts a 32-b it and 33 MHz PCI bus.
1-3 Introd uct ion Syste m Requiremen ts The minimum system r equirements for the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A ar e: ■ A Pentiu m II, 26 6 MHz Proces sor o r higher system tha t is PCI 2.
1-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de A T A/100 C ompatibil ity Requ irement s The A T A/1 00 s tand ard is bac kwards co mp atib le with all A T A /66 syst ems. When use d with A T A /66 system s, the Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A card is limited to the transfe r speeds of the A T A/66 sys tem.
1-5 Introd uct ion Instal lati on Overvi ew T o Install the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A hardwar e and software, follow these steps: 1 Ins t all the Adap te c A T A RA ID 1 2 00A card in yo ur sy st em (see Chapter 2 ). 2 Connect A T A drives to th e Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A car d (see Chapter 2 ).
1-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de ■ RAID 1, Mi rro ring — Data is mirr ored o n one pair of disks providing 100 perc ent redundancy . Offers complete fault tolerance. If one disk fails , data is still a vai lable. Increases r ead perf o rmance throug h st riping , but write p e r forman ce is unaffected.
2-1 2 Installing the Har dwar e In this Chapt er This chapter expl ains how to in stall the A daptec A T A RAID 1 200A car d and connect A T A hard drives to it.
2-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A Car d La y out Figu re 2-1 identifies the major components on the Adaptec A T A RAID 1 2 00A card. Y ou might find it helpful to refer to this figure whi le ins tallin g the A daptec A T A RAID 1200A and attachi ng A T A disk drives to it.
2-3 Installing the Hardware 4 Insert the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A card in the PCI expansion slot; press down firmly un til it cl icks i nto place, then replace the slot cover screw as shown in Fi gure 2-2 .
2-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Connecti ng the LED Activit y In dicator (Optional ) An LED on the fr ont pan el of most co mputers lights to indicate ac tiv it y o n y our ha rd dis ks .
2-5 Installing the Hardware Sett in g up A T A Har d Di sk Drives Setting up A T A drives before connecting them to the Adapt ec A T A RAID 12 00A card typically invo lves setting jum pers, mounting A T A drives inside your computer , and connecting power cables to each device.
2-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Mountin g A T A Driv es and Connectin g P o wer Cabl es Each A T A drive must be mounted in a n availab le drive bay inside your comput er (as shown in Figure 2-4 ) an d connected to a power cable fr om your computer ’ s power supply .
2-7 Installing the Hardware Connect ing A T A Disk Drive s to the Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Card Connect all hard disk drives to the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A car d using the 40-pin A T A/100 cables included in your kit.
2-8 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de T o connect A T A drives t o the Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A ca rd, follow these steps: 1 Connect the blue connector of an A T A/100 cable to the ch annel 1 connector on the controller car d as shown in Figure 2-6 , being careful to match pin 1 of the cable to pin 1 of the connector .
2-9 Installing the Hardware 2 Connect the black connector of the A T A/100 cable to a master drive. If y ou have not already set up your drives, r efe r to Se tting up A T A Hard Disk Drives on pag e 2- 5 be f ore conti nuing.
2-1 0 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de 4 If you are co nnecting four hard disk drives, co nnect the gra y connector o f the A T A/10 0 cable to th e slave drive and go to Step 5 . 5 Connect the blue connector of the second A T A/100 cable to the channel 2 connector on the contr oller card, just as you did in Step 1 .
3-1 3 Using the BIOS Array Configuration Utility In this Chapt er Int rod uctio n The Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A car d has an on -boa r d BIOS Array Configura tio n Utility wh ich allows you to create a bootable a r ray on your hard d isk drives.
3-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de T o st art th e BIOS Array Configura tio n Utility, press Ctrl+H while starting up the system to en ter the BIOS Configu ration Main menu. The Ma in me nu of t he BIOS Arr ay Co nfigu ratio n Utilit y appea rs as show n in Figure 3-1 .
3-3 Using the B IOS Arra y Configuratio n Utility After you have selected th e Cr eate Array op tion in th e Main menu, pr ess En te r to display the Create RAID menu as shown in Figure 3-2 . Figu re 3-2 Create RAID Menu Caution: If you proceed to create RAID, all the d ata stored in the hard disks will be lost.
3-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de ■ JBOD (V olum e) — This op t ion is reco mmend ed fo r high capacity with out red unda ncy o r added performance featu res. Requires at least tw o d r ives. For more information about RAID levels, see Sup ported RAID Levels on pag e 1-5 .
3-5 Using the B IOS Arra y Configuratio n Utility Star t Cr eation P rocess After you have mad e you r selections, select th is option and press Enter to start the creation pr ocess.
3-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Create and duplicat e This optio n allows y ou to du plicate all the dat a o n th e Sour ce disk drive (disk #1) to the T ar get disk drive (disk #2). Note: The size of the Sour ce disk drive must be less th an or equal to the size of the T arget disk drive.
3-7 Using the B IOS Arra y Configuratio n Utility Selec t Boot Dis k This op tion allo ws you to select the boot disk from amo ng the hard disk devices attached to the Ad aptec A T A RAID 1 200A car d. Wa r n i n g : If you create an array with your boot disk, you must r emove the boot mark befor e you can delete the RAID array .
4-1 4 Installing the Device Driver In this Chapt er This chapter explains h ow to install the device driver for the followi ng W indows operating systems: ■ W i ndo ws 9 8 (and W indows 9 8 Secon d Edi t io n) ■ Wi n d o w s M e ■ Wi n d o w s 2 0 0 0 ■ Wi n d o w s N T 4 .
4-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de In stal ling th e Devic e D river for W indows 98 Install ing th e Driver When Instal ling Wind ows 98 Before you begin to instal l W i nd ows 98, you wi ll need the driver floppy disk suppl ied with you r Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A controller kit.
4-3 Installin g the Device Driver 10 Y ou will get this message: Wind ows is now re ady to install the bes t dr i v e r f or this de vi ce... Click Next . 11 After completing th e installation , select Finish . 12 Y ou will be prompted to r estart th e compu ter .
4-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de In stal ling th e Devic e D river for W indows Me Install ing t he Driver Whe n Instal ling Win dows Me Before you begin to ins tall W ind o ws Me, you will need the d river floppy disk suppl ied with you r Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A controller kit.
4-5 Installin g the Device Driver Installi ng the Drive r When Windo ws Me i s Already Installed T o instal l the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A driver if W indo ws M e is already ins tal led, follo w these steps: 1 Sta rt W indow s Me .
4-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de 4 Insert the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A driver floppy dis k int o the floppy disk dr ive and pr ess Ente r .
4-7 Installin g the Device Driver Instal ling t he De vice D river f or Windo ws NT 4.0 Installi ng the Drive r When Inst alling Windo ws NT 4.0 Before you begin to insta ll W indows N T 4.0, you will n eed the driver floppy disk supplied with your Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A controller kit.
4-8 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Install ing t he Driv er Whe n Wind ow s NT 4.0 is A lread y In stalle d T o update or in stall the Adaptec A T A R AID 12 00A driver if W indow s NT is already installed , f ollow these steps : 1 Start W indows NT .
4-9 Installin g the Device Driver Instal ling the De vice Driver f or Windo ws XP Note: F or the most up-to-da te W indows XP drivers and installa tion instruction s, see the Readm e file or go to the Adaptec W eb at www .adaptec .com. Wa r n i n g : When installing the device driver for W indows XP , install on ly the Adaptec device dri v er .
4-1 0 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Install ing t he Driv er Whe n Windo ws XP is Alread y In stalled T o insta ll the Adaptec A T A R AID 1200A dr iver if W ind ow s XP is already inst alled, follow these steps: 1 Start W indow s XP .
5-1 5 Using the Adaptec A T A RAID Management Softwar e In this Chapt er W i th Ada p tec A T A RAID Manage m ent Sof tw are, you can a dd, delete, or reconfigure RAID a rrays on yo ur system. Y ou can us e the easy to use on-scr een featur es to manage your RAID configuratio ns and mon itor d e vice in formation a nd event notifica tions.
5-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de This cha pter explains how to use A daptec A T A RA ID Managem ent Software to perform the following operations: ■ Ins tall the Ad a.
5-3 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware Using the Adaptec A T A RAID Management Software After you have in stalled the Adapt ec A T A RAID Ma na gement Softwar e, click the Start but ton on th e W in dows ta sk bar and se lect the Adaptec A T A RAID Management Softwar e pr ogram (see Figure 5-2 ).
5-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Vie wing the Array From the Main menu, select the Array tab. The left pan e d ispla ys the arrays and the ha rd disk drives. The r ight pane displays detailed in formation for th e arrays and hard disk drives yo u have sele cte d.
5-5 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware ■ For RAID 0 /1 the op tions a re (see Figu re 5-5 ): ■ Delete ■ Build This option allows you to verify d at a integrity and fix miscom pares.
5-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Viewing the Contr oller From the Main menu, select the Controller tab, the left pane displa ys th e host bus ad ap ter (HBA). The righ t pane displa ys detailed in formation for the HB A you h ave sel ect ed (see Fi gure 5-6 ).
5-7 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware Viewing Ha r d Dis k Drives Fr om the Contr oller ta b, select a Channel, th en select a hard disk drive.
5-8 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Create RAID 0 (Striping) T o cre ate a RAID 0 array , follow these steps: 1 From the Main menu Menu bar , select Configura tion>Cre ate>RAID 0 (St riping) or , fr om t he Mai n menu t oolb ar , sele ct RAID 0 .
5-9 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware 5 Click Crea te . The following m essage appears: All d ata on t he selec ted di sks wil l be de leted! Are you sure you want to cont inue? Click Ye s to continue . 6 Y ou will get a confirmatio n message notif ying you tha t th e RAID you specified has been created successfully .
5-1 0 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de 2 From the A v ailable Disks scr een , select the disk and click Add for Sour ce Disk. Select ano ther disk and click Add for T arge t Disk (see Figure 5 -10 ). Note: Yo u must have two hard disk drives to cr eate a RAID 1 array .
5-11 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware 6 Click OK . A message will be displayed for wh ichever initia liz ation opti on you ch oo se: ■ Create only All d ata on t he selec ted di.
5-1 2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Create JBOD (V olume) Arra y T o cre ate a JBOD array , follow these steps: 1 From the Main menu Menu bar , select Configuratio n>Create>J BOD (V olume) or , fr om t he Mai n menu t oolb ar , sele ct JBOD .
5-13 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware 2 Fr om the toolbar , click Event Log . Y ou will get a d rop-d own menu of option s. Sele c t Sort to or ganize your sear ch by type, tim e , o r d e s c ri p tio n ( se e Figure 5-1 1 ).
5-1 4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de 3 Y ou wi ll get a confirm ation mess age notify in g you that the array you specified has been deleted.
5-15 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware W i th the Rescan option, you can view the change status of each device and array . Figu re 5-12 Rescan Menu Duplicate Fr om the Main men u Menu bar , select Configura tion>Monitor>Dupli cate The Duplica te option verifies data integrity and fixes any miscom pares.
A-1 A T r oubleshooting In this Appendix Genera l T rou b leshoo ti ng Pr ocedures The follow ing tips are general troubleshooting procedures: ■ Check that the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A card is seated evenly all the w ay i nto the PCI slot. ■ Check that th e PCI expansi on slot is 5V a nd compliant w ith PCI 2.
A-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Frequent l y Asked Questions Q: Can I u se hard disk drives with differen t capacity or trans fer modes? A: In order to get optimized perform anc e, Adap tec sugg ests using hard disk drives with the same model.
A-3 T roubles hoot ing 3 If you have another drive avail able for use in r ebuildin g the RAID 1 array , skip this step and pr oceed to step 4. If you have no othe r drive availabl e for r ebu ild, select optio n 1 to power OFF the system and r eplace the pr oblem drive with a functional unit.
Index-1 Index A Adapte c ATA RAID Manag ement Soft ware creating arrays 5-7 deleti ng array s 5-13 duplicate 5-15 insta lling 5- 2 rena mi ng ar rays 5-1 4 resc an 5-14 using 5-3 viewi ng a rr ays 5-4.
Index-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de O operating syst ems su pport ed 1-3 overview 1-1 R RAID defini ng 1- 5 JBOD support 1-6 perfor manc e hin ts 1-6 RAID 0 support 1.
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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Adaptec 1200A è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Adaptec 1200A - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Adaptec 1200A imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Adaptec 1200A ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Adaptec 1200A, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Adaptec 1200A.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Adaptec 1200A. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Adaptec 1200A insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
