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Gateway Ultra2 User Manual (112 pages)

Brand: Gateway | Category: Gateways/controllers | Size: 2.34 MB |

English

Table of contents

ADAC Ultra2 S466

1

Single Ended and Low

1

Voltage Differential SCSI

1

PCI RAID Controller

1

Hardware Guide

1

Revision History

2

Table of Contents

3

Contents

5

Preface vii

7

# of Physical

9

Physical Device Layout

10

Preface, Continued

12

FCC Regulatory Statement

13

Disclaimer

14

1 Overview

15

• a single ended bus and

16

Documentation

17

2 Introduction to RAID

19

In This Chapter

20

RAID Overview

22

Consistency Check

22

Fault Tolerance

22

Disk Striping

23

Disk Spanning

24

Disk Mirroring

25

Hot Spares

27

Disk Rebuild

28

Logical Drive

29

Hot Swap

29

SCSI Drive States

30

Logical Drive States

30

Disk Array Types

31

Enclosure Management

31

3 RAID Levels

33

Selecting a RAID Level

34

Chapter 3 RAID Levels

35

RAID 3, Continued

38

4 ADAC Ultra2 S466 Features

43

Hardware Requirements

44

Configuration Features

44

Array Performance Features

45

RAID Management Features

46

Fault Tolerance Features

46

Software Utilities

47

PCI Bridge/CPU

49

Cache Memory

49

ADAC Ultra2 S466 BIOS

49

Onboard Speaker

50

Serial Port

50

SCSI Bus

50

SCSI Connectors

51

SCSI Termination

51

SCSI Firmware

51

RAID Management

52

Fault-Tolerance Features

53

Compatibility

54

5 Configuring ADAC Ultra2

55

Current Configuration

56

Logical Drive Configuration

56

Configuring Arrays

59

Configuration Strategies

60

Assigning RAID Levels

62

Configuring Logical Drives

62

Optimizing Data Storage

63

Array Configuration Planner

65

6 Hardware Installation

67

Installation Steps

68

Step 1 Unpack

69

Step 2 Power Down

69

Step 3 Configure Motherboard

69

Step 4 Install Cache Memory

70

Step 5 Set Jumpers

72

ADAC Ultra2 S466 Card Layout

72

Step 5 Set Jumpers, Continued

73

Step 6 Set Termination

75

SCSI Termination, Continued

77

Step 8 Connect SCSI Cables

80

Step 9 Set Target IDs

81

Step 10 Power Up

83

Step 11 Run ADAC BIOS Setup

84

DEVICE=C:\ADACDROM.SYS

85

MSCDEX /D:MSCD001

85

7 Troubleshooting

87

Firmware Initializing

88

BIOS Boot Error Messages

89

Other BIOS Error Messages

91

Other Potential Problems

93

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

95

A SCSI Cables and

97

Connectors

97

AMP - 786090-7

98

68 Conductor 0.025 Centerline

98

Continued

100

B Audible Warnings

107

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