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scsi raid function - 2 - copyright copyright by giga-byte technology co., ltd. (?gbt?) no part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of gbt . t rademarks third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. notice due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date be- fore publication of this booklet. the author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
table of content - 3 - table of content 1. introduction ........................................................................................ 5 1.1 features ............................................................................................................ 5 1.2 system require ments ....................................................................................... 6 1.2.1 operating systems .................................................................................................................. 6 1.3 defining raid ................................................................................................. 7 1.3.1 supported raid levels .......................................................................................................... 7 2. using the scsiselect utility to manage arr ays ................................ 8 2.1 using the scsiselect utility ........................................................................... 8 2.1.1 using scsiselect menus ....................................................................................................... 8 2.1.2 starting scsiselect ................................................................................................................ 8 2.1.3 v iewing array ................................................................................................................... ..... 11 2.1.4 exiting the scsiselect utility ............................................................................................... 11 2.2 creating arrays .............................................................................................. 12 2.2.1 creating raid 0 arrays ....................................................................................................... 14 2.2.2 creating raid 1 arrays ....................................................................................................... 15 2.3 deleting arrays .............................................................................................. 17 2.4 adding a spare drive ..................................................................................... 18 2.5 rebuilding arrays .......................................................................................... 19 2.6 verifying data integrity ................................................................................. 20 2.7 bootable array ............................................................................................... 21 2.8 check point .................................................................................................... 21 3. installing the software driver for windows nt 4.0 ........................ 22 3.1 installing the driver for win dows nt 4.0 ..................................................... 22 3.1.1 installing the driver when installing windows nt 4.0 ....................................................... 22 3.1.2 installing the driver when windows nt 4.0 is already installed ....................................... 23 3.1.3 cha nging boot controllers ................................................................................................... 24 3.2 windows nt 4.0 installation and configuration note s ................................ 25 3.2.1 if w indows nt 4.0 setup hangs .......................................................................................... 25 3.2.2 w indows nt 4.0 disk administrator ................................................................................... 25 3.2.3 boot order in windows nt 4.0 versus raid manage ment ................................................ 25 .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 4 - 4. installing the software driver f or windows 2000 ........................... 26 4.1 installing the device driver for w indows 2000 ............................................ 26 4.1.1 installing the driver for a fresh installation of windows 2000 .......................................... 26 4.1.2 installing the driver when windows 2000 is already installed .......................................... 27 4.1.3 cha nging boot controllers ................................................................................................... 28 4.2 windows 2000 installation a nd configuration note s ................................... 29 4.2.1 windows 2000 disk manage ment ........................................................................................ 29 4.2.2 boot order in windows 2000 vs. the scsiselect utility .................................................... 29 5. installing the software driver f or windows xp .............................. 30 5.1 installing the device driver for w indows xp ............................................... 30 5.1.1 installing the driver for a fresh installation of windows xp ............................................. 30 5.1.2 installing the driver when windows xp is already installed ............................................. 31 5.1.3 cha nging boot controllers ................................................................................................... 32 5.2 windows xp installa tion and configuration notes ...................................... 32 5.2.1 windows xp disk manage ment ........................................................................................... 32 5.2.2 boot order in w indows xp vs. the scsiselect utility ....................................................... 32 6. troubleshootin g ................................................................................ 33 6.1 general troubleshooting procedures ............................................................ 33 6.2 event message s .............................................................................................. 33 7. migrating from hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi .................... 35 7.1 migrating with windows 2000 ...................................................................... 35 7.1.1 installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver ....................................................................... 35 7.1.2 disabling hostraid support ............................................................................................... 37 7.1.3 completing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver installation ................................................ 38 7.2 migrating with windows xp ........................................................................ 39 7.2.1 installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver ....................................................................... 39 7.2.2 disabling hostraid support ............................................................................................... 40 7.2.3 completing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver installation ................................................ 42 7.3 migrating with windows nt 4.0 .... ............................................................... 43 7.3.1 installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver ....................................................................... 43 7.3.2 installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver ....................................................................... 43 7.3.3 completing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver installation ................................................ 45 .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
introduction - 5 - 1 . intr oduction hostraid ? is a product that adds entry-level raid functionality to scsi asics. with hostraid you can add reliable performance and full data protection for storage systems using scsi controllers. hostraid provides: n an easy to use bios based setup and rebuild utility called scsi select ? . n an alert utility for microsft windows ? that provides automatic error notification, warnings, and task information. 1.1 features hostraid offers the following basic and advanced features: n bootable array support n support for up to 2 raid arrays per channel in these combinations: one raid 0 with 3 or 4 drives two raid 0s with two drives each one raid 0 with two drives and one raid 1 two raid 1s with or without a spare each n support for all major scsi peripherals n complete raid configuration and management utility in the bios n support for transparent array (data) migration to adaptec intelligent raid cards n support for auto rebuild (if there is a spare) n support for auto verify n support for check pointing .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 6 - 1.2 system requirements the minimum system requirements for hostraid are: n a pentium ii, 266 mhz processor or higher system that supports pci/pci-x n a minimum of one scsi drive for hostraid without raid capabilities n a minimum of two scsi drives for hostraid with raid capabilities n cd-rom or dvd-rom drive n floppy disk drive n 64 mb or more of system memory n 5 mb of free hard disk space 1.2.1 operating systems hostraid supports these operating systems: n microsoft windows nt ? 2000 n microsoft wi ndows nt ? 4.0 n microsoft windows xp ? .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
introduction - 7 - 1.3 defining raid raid (redundant array of independent disks) offers data protection, outstanding data availability, excellent performance, and high capacity. a raid is defined as: n unified array ? two or more hard drives are grouped to appear as one single device to the host system while operating independently of one another. n fault-tolerant redundancy ? if one drive fails no data is lost. (raid 0 is an exception to this definition because raid 0 is not fault tolerant.) 1.3.1 supported raid levels hostraid includes a bios configuration utility for boosting disk performance and data protection. hostraid supports the following raid levels: n raid 0, striping ? two or more drives that can read and write data in parallel. offers higher performance than a single drive, but no fault tolerance. raid 0 arrays do not store redundant data; if any disk in the array fails, all data is lost. n raid 1, mirroring ? data is mirrored on one pair of disks providing 100 percent redundancy. offers complete fault tolerance. if one disk fails, data is still available. increases read performance through load balancing. adaptec recommends using the same size disks, but if you use a disk with less disk space, the actual data capacity of the array equals the smaller capacity disk. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 8 - 2 . using the scsiselect utility to m a nage arrays the scsi select utility is a bios based configuration utility included with your scsi asics. with scsi select , you can create and maintain raid arrays when you enable the hostraid settings. this chapter explains how to use the scsi select utility to enable hostraid and create raid arrays on your system. use hostraid to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification for your system. hostraid supports the following raid levels: n raid 0 ? striping mode for boosting performance. n raid 1 ? mirroring mode for data security. for more information on supported raid levels, see defining raid on page 7. 2.1 using the scsi select utility 2.1.1 using scsi select menus to select a scsi select menu option, move the cursor to the option with the arrow keys ( k l ), then press enter . in some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. you can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing esc . 2.1.2 starting scsi select to select a scsi select , follow these steps: 1) press the ctrl-a keys simultaneously when the following prompt appears when you turn on or restart your system: press < a> for scsiselect (tm) utility! .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
using the scsi select utility to manage arrays - 9 - adaptec < scsiselect (tm) > utility v. 4.20.0s4 proto 1 for gbt test only aic-7902 a at slot 08 03:0a:00 aic-7902 b at slot 08 03:0a:01 < arrow > move cursor , < enter > to select option, to exit ( *=default ) 3) from the main options menu, select enable hostraid and press enter . adaptec < scsiselect (tm) > utility v. 4.20.0s4 proto 1 for gbt test only < arrow > move cursor , < enter > to select option, to exit ( *=default ) aic-7902 a at slot 08 03:0a:00 would you like to configure the scsi controller, or run the scsi disk utilities? select the option and press . options configure/view scsi controller settings scsi disk utilites enable hostraid 2) from the device menu that appears, select a channel and press enter . .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 10 - 4) from the main options menu, select configure/view hostraid and press enter . hostraid must be enabled for the configure/view hostraid option to appear on the main options menu. after scanning the device is completed, the main menu appears. the main menu displays the following information: n id ? indicate s id number of hard drive. n type ? indicates available non-array hard drive or raid type: striped (r0) mirrored (r1) hard drive n vendor ? indicates vendor of hard drive. n product ? indicates model of hard drive or name of built array. n size ? indicates size of hard drive. adaptec < scsiselect (tm) > utility v. 4.20.0s4 proto 1 for gbt test only < arrow > move cursor , < enter > to select option, to exit ( *=default ) aic-7902 a at slot 08 03:0a:00 would you like to configure the scsi controller, configure the hostraid settings, or run the scsi disk utilities? select the option and press . options configure/view scsi controller settings configure/view hostraid settings scsi disk utilites disabled hostraid support .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
using the scsi select utility to manage arrays - 11 - n status ? indicates available raid status: free ? available drive optimal ? no defect degraded ? one drive in a mirrored array is in failed status, and a rebuild option is available. dead ? one drive in a raid 0 array is in failed state or missing. building ? the drive is a target of an ongoing rebuild operation verifying ? checking the data integrity of redundant data stored on fault- tolerant arrays 2.1.3 viewing array to view an array, select the array and press enter . a detailed view of the hard drives will appear. from this window you can see the status of the individual hard drives. the status you might see are: n optimal ? no defect n building ? the drive is a target of a n ongoing rebuild operation n verify ? checking the data integrity of redundant data stored on fault-tolerant arrays missing drive information indicates that a member is missing and the array is not optimal. 2.1.4 exiting the scsi select utility to exit scsi select , press esc until a message prompts you to exit. select yes to exit, then press any key to restart the system. any changes you made in scsi select take effect after the system restarts. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 12 - 2.2 creating arrays before creating the array, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system, then follow these steps: 1) start scsi select . 2) from the main menu, press c to create a raid array. adaptec < scsiselect (tm) > utility v. 4.20.0s4 proto 1 for gbt test only move cursor , < enter > select option , exit aic-7902 a at slot 08 03:0a:00 create, spare, delete, rebuild, verify, bootable id type vendor product size status 00 hard drive adaptec hostraid-a 2gb free 03 hard drive quantum xp3227w 2gb free you must have at least two hard drives to create an array. if the hard drive you select is already part of an array configuration, it will not be available for selection. 3) select the raid type you want to build. as you highlight the selections you will get an allowance message regarding minimum and maximum drives and spares per drive. press enter . .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
using the scsi select utility to manage arrays - 13 - 4) from the select raid member menu, press the spacebar to select the hard drives you want to use in the array. an x will appear next to the drives you have selected. by pressing the spacebar twice, spare will appear next to the drives selected if the spare is allowed. press enter . adaptec < scsiselect (tm) > utility v. 4.20.0s4 proto 1 for gbt test only move cursor , (space) toggle drive , < enter > accept option , exit aic-7902 a at slot 08 03:0a:00 raid-1 : select raid members id vendor product size 00 quantum xp32275w 2gb x 01 quantum xp32275w 2gb x 02 quantum xp32275w 2gb spare 03 quantum xp32275w 2gb the allowance messages for the different raid types are as follows: n raid-0 minimum 2 drives and maximum 4 drives n raid-1 minimum 2 drives and maximum 2 drives with 1 spare n spare one spare per raid 1 array .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 14 - 2.2.1 creating raid 0 arrays to create a raid 0 array, follow these steps: 1) from the select raid type window, select raid-0 and press enter . 2) select the hard drives you want to use and press enter . 3) select the stripe size and press enter. you can select from 16k, 32k, or 64k. if a partition exists on any of the selected drives, you will get a message that the partition will be deleted. select yes to continue, or no to cancel. 4) when the create array? message appears, select yes and press enter to create a raid 0 array. after your array is created, you will automatically return to the main menu. adaptec < scsiselect (tm) > utility v. 4.20.0s4 proto 1 for gbt test only move cursor , (space) toggle drive , < enter > accept option , exit aic-7902 a at slot 08 03:0a:00 create raid id vendor product size 02 quantum xp34550w 2gb 03 quantum xp32070w 2gb select raid type raid-0 (high performance, no fault tolerance) raid-1 (fault tolerance) raid-10 (fault tolerance, high performance) striping requirements min 2 drives, max 4 drives. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
using the scsi select utility to manage arrays - 15 - 2.2.2 creating raid 1 arrays there are two ways to create a raid 1 array. you can create a new raid 1 array or you can migrate from an existing single drive to a raid 1 array. to create a raid 1 array using either option, follow these steps: 1) from the select raid type window, select raid-1 . select the hard drives you want using the spacebar to toggle, and press enter . the raid-1 build option window appears. 2) select an option and press enter . the options you can choose are: n create new raid-1 ? is the default option. n copy from (11) to (12) ? copy from a source drive to a target drive if the source is equal to or smaller than the target. n copy from (12) to (11) ? copy from a source drive to a target drive if the source is equal to or smaller than the target. if a valid partition table or boot block is detected in the target drive, you will get a warning message that the information will be destroyed. 3) with raid 1 you can create a spare drive. this option allows you to select the hard drive to be used as a spare for a mirror disk array. to create a spare, you can create it during the creation of an array or you can add a spare later to an existing raid 1 array. only one spare drive is allowed. to create a spare during array creation, follow these steps: a. in the select raid type window, press the spacebar twice. the word spare will appear next to the drive you have selected. this only applies for the first two drives that you select. if two drives are already selected (marked with an x), the third drive you try to select will automatically be marked as a spare. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 16 - b. press enter to accept your options. to add a spare to an existing raid 1 array, see adding a spare drive on page 17. after entering your options, if a partition exists on any of the selected drives, you will get a message that the partition will be deleted. select yes to continue, or no to cancel. 4) when the create array? message appears, select yes and press enter to create a raid array. if you select no , the raid creation will terminate and you will return to the main menu. 5) after your array is created, you will be prompted with the driver background task priority for the build or rebuild process. select the driver background task priority and press enter . the progress bar will appear showing the percentage completed in the create process. to stop the process and return to the main menu, press esc . driver background task priority is how much priority the background tasks of build, verify, or rebuild get while the driver handles i/os from the operating system. you can select from the following driver priority levels: n high? background tasks execute most of the time. this will slow down the main system. this is needed when rebuild is on and you want your raid to become fault tolerant faster than serving the data to different applications. n medium? is equal division of time to serve foreground i/os versus background verify or rebuild tasks. n low? the background tasks are not of most importance. the background tasks may take a significant length of time to run if multiple applications are running on your system. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
using the scsi select utility to manage arrays - 17 - 2.3 deleting arrays to delete an array, follow these steps: 1) from the main menu, select the array you need to delete by moving the cursor, then press enter . 2) press d . the following message appears: delete array? 3) for raid 0 , go to step 4. for raid 1, select one of these options, then continue to step 4: n drive id 1? deletes out all data on the drive 1 n drive id 2? deletes out all data on the drive 2 n drive id 1 & 2? deletes all data on both drives n none? breaks the array but keeps any existing data on both drives 4) press d . the following message appears: delete array? 5) select yes and press enter . the following message appears: are you sure? 6) select yes and press enter . if you select no , you will return to the main menu. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 18 - 2.4 adding a spare drive with raid 1 you have the option to create a maximum of one spare drive. to create a spare, you can create it during the creation of an array or you can add a spare later to an existing raid 1 array. the spare drive must be of equal or greater size than the array size. for example, if your raid array is 36gb, but your spare drive is 18gb, you will not be able to select the drive as a spare. to create a spare during array creation, follow these steps: 1) in the select raid type window, press the spacebar twice. the word spare will appear next to the drive you have selected. 2) press enter to accept your options. to add a spare to an existing raid 1 array, follow these steps: 1) select the array then press enter . 2) press spare then press enter. the following options appear: add spare delete spare (only available if a spare already exists) 3) select a drive and press enter . select yes when the following message appears: are you sure? yes/no .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
using the scsi select utility to manage arrays - 19 - 2.5 rebuilding arrays rebuilding applies to fault tolerant arrays (raid 1 ) only. if an array build process (or initialization) is interrupted or critical with one member missing, you must perform a rebuild to get the array to optimal status. for a critical array rebuild operation, the optimal drive is the source drive. if no spare exists and a hard disk drive fails, you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array. see adding a spare drive on page 18 before continuing your rebuild. for raid 1 , you can rebuild an array by following these steps: 1) from the main menu, select array for rebuild and press enter . 2) press rebuild . 3) select the driver background task priority for the rebuild and press enter . see creating raid 1 arrays on page 12 for more information on driver priority levels. 4) if your array rebuilds successfully, the following message appears: build/rebuild completed. press esc to return to the main menu. press enter and you will return to the main menu. during the rebuild process, you can stop the rebuild by pressing esc . you will get a pop-up window displaying stop build? if you select ye s , you will return to the main menu. hostraid will set a check point when you exit rebuild. see check point on page 21 for more information. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 20 - 2.6 verifying data integrity to verify data integrity, your raid 1 must be at optimal status. to verify data integrity, follow these steps: 1) from the main menu, select array, press enter , then press v . 2) select yes and press enter . if you select ye s , next select the driver background task priority and press enter . if you select no , you will return to the main menu. see creating raid 1 arrays on page 15 for more information on driver priority levels. during the verify process, you can stop the verify by pressing esc . you will get a pop-up window displaying stop verify? if you select yes , you will return to the main menu. hostraid will set a check point when you exit verify. see check point on page 21 for more information. 3) you will get a message asking if you want to automatically fix errors. press yes to autofix. this will execute a comparison of mirrored drives, a copy from the primary drive to secondary drive when miscompare occurs, a log of errors, and a report at the end of the verification process. if you select no , verify will execute a comparison of mirrored drives, a log of errors, and a report at the end of the verification process. to fix errors found (if any), run verify again with autofix=yes . after you select your verification option, the following message appears: depending on your disk capacity, verifying may take several minutes to several hours. are you sure? 4) when your verify is completed, you will get a verification message and log. press esc to exit. 5) press enter and you will return to the main menu. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
using the scsi select utility to manage arrays - 21 - 2.7 bootable array to create a bootable array, follow these steps: 1) from the main menu, select array, press enter , then press bootable . 2) select mark bootable and press enter . mark bootable gives boot priority to the array regardless of the scsi id priority. a b will appear next to the drive id to indicate it as bootable. 2.8 check point hostraid has a check point feature that enables you to exit the scsi select utility when an operation (for example, verify, or rebuild) is in progress. the hostraid driver will continue the operation where scsi select left off and scsi select will continue the operation where the hostraid driver left off if an operation was started from the driver. adaptec < scsiselect (tm) > utility v. 4.20.0s4 proto 1 for gbt test only move cursor , < enter > select option , exit aic-7902 a at slot 08 03:0a:00 create, spare, delete, rebuild, verify, bootable id type vendor product size status 00 mirrored (r1) adaptec hostraid-a 2gb optimal 03 hard drive quantum xp3227w 2gb free b .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 22 - 3 . installing the softwar e driver f or w indows nt 4.0 this chapter explains how to install the adaptec hostraid software driver for windows nt 4.0. before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: n if you want to start from the raid, create the raid using the scsi select utility. by pressing ctrl-a keys simultaneously when the adaptec bios banner comes up, will allow you to do scsi select from bios. see chapter 2, using the scsiselect utility to manage arrays for more information. 3.1 installing the driver for windows nt 4.0 3.1.1 installing the driver when installing windows nt 4.0 before you install the drivers, please prepare an empty floppy disk. then copy the adaptec aic-7902w scsi controller drivers files from the driver cd-title int the floppy disk. to install the driver when you are installing windows nt 4.0, follow these steps: 1) start your system with the windows nt 4.0 boot disk in the floppy disk drive or the windows nt 4.0 boot cd in the cd-rom drive. during windows nt 4.0 installation, if your system configuration has multiple arrays and/or single drives, windows nt 4.0 limits the size of the system partition you can create to 1 gb. if there is dos installed and you are tying to install windows nt 4.0, then it may also be necessary to edit the config.sys file to include command lines for your cd-rom drive. see the system documentation for more information. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
installing the software driver for windows nt 4.0 - 23 - 2) when the following message appears onscreen, press the f6 key. setup is inspecting your computer system's hardware? if you are installing from cd, skip to step 4. if you are installing from floppy disk, continue to step 3. 3) for windows nt 4.0 boot disk installation only : when prompted, insert disk #2 in your floppy disk drive. after a few moments you will see a blue screen. continue with step 4. 4) press s to specify an additional device. 5) press enter to select others ; insert the adaptec hostraid raid controller driver disk in your floppy disk drive and press enter . 6) the screen displays the adapter drivers supported on the disk. select adaptec hostraid u320 raid driver for windows nt 4.0 and press enter . 7) if you want to add drivers (other than for hostraid), press s and repeat step 5 for each additional adapter and insert the appropriate disk provided by the hardware manufacturer. 8) press enter to continue with the windows nt 4.0 operating system setup. follow the instructions onscreen and in the windows nt 4.0 documentation to complete the installation. 3.1.2 installing the driver when windows nt 4.0 is already installed to update or install the driver if windows nt 4.0 is already installed, follow these steps: 1) start windows nt 4.0. 2) click the start button on the windows nt 4.0 task bar, and then point to settings . 3) click the control panel . .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 24 - 4) double-click the scsi adapters icon. 5) click the drivers tab, and then click the add button. 6) in the install driver window, click the have disk button. 7) insert the adaptec hostraid raid controller driver disk in your floppy disk drive . enter the following path to the installation files and then click ok . a:\nt4 8) in the install driver window, click ok . 9) you must restart your computer for the changes to take effect. click yes to restart your computer. 3.1.3 changing boot controllers if you want to reconnect your bootable hard disk drive from the scsi controller to the hostraid controller, you must: 1) start windows nt 4.0 and install the driver from the adaptec hostraid driver set disk. 2) shut down windows nt 4.0 and turn off your system. 3) switch the bootable hard disk drive from the old scsi controller to the hostraid controller. 4) power on your system. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
installing the software driver for windows nt 4.0 - 25 - 3.2 windows nt 4.0 installation and configuration notes 3.2.1 if windows nt 4.0 setup hangs during windows nt 4.0 installation, the system may hang while the windows nt 4.0 setup floppy disk is being used to copy the device driver. a workaround is to start from a dos boot disk, create a dos partition on the array using fdisk, and then install windows nt 4.0 on the array. 3.2.2 windows nt 4.0 disk administrator when creating a new array on a system running under windows nt 4.0, the array is not listed as usable in the windows nt 4.0 disk administrator until it is initialized. this is normal windows nt 4.0 functionality. 3.2.3 boot order in windows nt 4.0 versus raid management during windows nt 4.0 installation, windows nt 4.0 does not show the devices in the boot order. instead, it shows the arrays with the lower id first. to minimize confusion during windows nt 4.0 installation, try one of the following: n disconnect all devices other than members of the boot array, so that only one logical device is present in the windows nt 4.0 installation. reconnect all other devices after windows nt 4.0 is successfully installed. n configure the boot array in the system bios or with scsi select so that the lowest id is a member of the boot array. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 26 - 4 . installing the softwar e driver f or w indows 2000 this chapter explains how to install the adaptec hostraid software driver for windows 2000. before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: n if you want to start from the raid, create the raid using the scsi select utility. by pressing ctrl-a keys simultaneously when the adaptec bios banner comes up, will allow you to do scsi select from bios. see chapter 2, using the scsiselect utility to manage arrays for more information. 4.1 installing the device driver for windows 2000 4.1.1 installing the driver for a fresh installation of windows 2000 before you install the drivers, please prepare an empty floppy disk. then copy the adaptec aic-7902w scsi controller drivers files from the driver cd-title int the floppy disk. 1) start your system with the windows 2000 boot cd in the cd-rom drive. when using a cd-rom drive to install windows 2000 from the bootable cd, make sure bootable cd-rom support is enabled. this is done through the system bios setup utility. 2) press f6 when this message is displayed: press f6 if you need to install third-party scsi or raid drivers 3) press s = specify additional device. 4) insert the adaptec hostraid raid controller driver disk when the setup prompts you to insert the manufacturer supplied disk into drive a, and then continue. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
installing the software driver for windows 2000 - 27 - 5) the screen displays the adapter drivers supported on the disk. select adaptec hostraid u320 raid driver for windows 2000 and continue with the rest of the windows 2000 installation. 6) your system will restart once more to finish setting up windows 2000. 4.1.2 installing the driver when windows 2000 is already installed to update or install the driver if windows 2000 is already installed, follow these steps: 1) start windows 2000. windows 2000 will automatically discover the new hardware and start the found new hardware wizard to guide you through the device driver installation. 2) at the welcome to the found new hardware wizard window, select next . 3) on the install hardware device drivers screen, select display a list of the known drivers for this device , and click next . 4) on the hardware type screen, select scsi and raid controllers , and click next . 5) on select a device drivers screen, select the have disk button. you will be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied disk. insert the windows 2000 driver disk for hostraid in your floppy disk drive and enter the following path: a:\win2000 click the ok button. 6) select adaptec hostraid u320 raid driver for windows 2000 from the list, then click the next button. 7) on the update driver warning window, click yes to continue the installation. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 28 - 8) click the next button again to confirm the installation of the driver. you may be prompted with this warning message: "the software you are about to install does not contain a microsoft digital signature..." ignore the warning and click yes to continue the installation. 9) when the driver is copied on the hard disk drive, click finish . 10)you will be prompted to restart the computer. select yes . 4.1.3 changing boot controllers if you want to reconnect your bootable hard disk drive from the scsi controller to the hostraid controller, you must: 1) install the hostraid controller into your system without attaching any devices to it. see the controller documentation for more information on installation. 2) install the driver from the adaptec hostraid driver set disk. 3) shut down windows 2000 and turn off your system. 4) switch the bootable hard disk drive from the old scsi controller to the hostraid controller. 5) power on your system. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
installing the software driver for windows 2000 - 29 - 4.2 windows 2000 installation and configuration notes 4.2.1 windows 2000 disk management when creating a new array on a system running under windows 2000, the array is not listed in windows 2000 disk management until the array is initialized. this is normal windows 2000 functionality. 4.2.2 boot order in windows 2000 vs. the scsi select utility during windows 2000 installation, windows 2000 does not show the devices in the boot order. instead, it shows the arrays with the lower id first. to minimize confusion during windows 2000 installation, try one of the following: n disconnect all devices other than members of the boot array, so that only one logical device is present in the windows 2000 installation. reconnect all other devices after windows 2000 is successfully installed. n configure the boot array in the system bios or with scsi select so that the lowest id is a member of the boot array. see the system documentation for more information. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 30 - 5 . installing the softwar e driver f or w indows xp this chapter explains how to install the adaptec hostraid software driver for windows xp. before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: n if you want to start from the raid, create the raid using the scsi select utility. by pressing ctrl-a keys simultaneously when the adaptec bios banner comes up, will allow you to do scsi select from bios. see chapter 2, using the scsiselect utility to manage arrays for more information. once windows xp and the driver are installed, install the hostraid alert utility. with this utility you can get automatic notifications and suggestions whenever there is some change in configuration, like drive is degrading , drive goes down, or array becomes critical. see chapter 2, using the scsiselect utility to manage arrays for more information. 5.1 installing the device driver for windows xp 5.1.1 installing the driver for a fresh installation of windows xp before you install the drivers, please prepare an empty floppy disk. then copy the adaptec aic-7902w scsi controller drivers files from the driver cd-title int the floppy disk. 1) start your system with the windows 2000 boot cd in the cd-rom drive. when using a cd-rom drive to install windows xp from the bootable cd, make sure bootable cd-rom support is enabled. this is done through the system bios setup utility. 2) press f6 when this message is displayed: press f6 if you need to install third-party scsi drivers .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
installing the software driver for windows xp - 31 - 3) insert the adaptec hostraid raid controller driver disk when the setup prompts you to insert the manufacturer supplied disk into drive a, and then continue. 4) the screen displays the adapter drivers supported on the disk. select adaptec hostraid u320 raid driver for windows xp and continue with the rest of the windows xp installation. 5) your system will restart once more to finish setting up windows xp. 5.1.2 installing the driver when windows xp is already installed to update or install the driver if windows xp is already installed, follow these steps: 1) start windows xp. windows xp will automatically discover the new hardware and start the found new hardware wizard to guide you through the device driver installation. 2) at the welcome to the found new hardware wizard window, select install from a list or specific location (advanced) , then click next . 3) select search removable media (floppy, cd-rom...) , then insert the windows xp driver disk for hostraid into your floppy disk drive and click next . 4) select adaptec hostraid u320 raid driver for windows xp from the list, then click the next button. 5) click the next button again to confirm the installation of the driver. you may be prompted with this warning message: "the software you are installing has not passed windows logo testing to verify its compatibility with windows xp." click continue anyway to continue the installation. 6) when the driver is copied on the hard drive, click finish . 7) you will be prompted to restart the computer. select yes . .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 32 - 5.1.3 changing boot controllers if you want to reconnect your bootable hard disk drive from the scsi controller to the hostraid controller, you must: 1) install the hostraid controller into your system without attaching any devices to it. see the controller documentation for more information on installation. 2) install the driver from the adaptec hostraid driver set disk. 3) shut down windows xp and turn off your system. 4) switch the bootable hard disk drive from the old scsi controller to the hostraid controller. 5) power on your system. 5.2 windows xp installation and configuration notes 5.2.1 windows xp disk management when creating a new array on a system running under windows xp, the array is not listed in windows xp disk management until the array is initialized. this is normal windows xp functionality. 5.2.2 boot order in windows xp vs. the scsi select utility during windows xp installation, windows xp does not show the devices in the boot order. instead, it shows the arrays with the lower id first. to minimize confusion during windows xp installation, try one of the following: n disconnect all devices other than members of the boot array, so that only one logical device is present in the windows xp installation. reconnect all other devices after windows xp is successfully installed. n configure the boot array in the system bios or with scsi select so that the lowest id is a member of the boot array. see the system documentation for more information. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
troubleshooting - 33 - 6 . t r ouble shooting 6.1 general troubleshooting procedures n check that the pci expansion slot is 5v and compliant with pci/pci-x and supports bus mastering. n check that all scsi devices are assigned unique scsi ids. n check that all scsi cables and power cables are connected. 6.2 event messages the hostraid alert utility enables you to receive event messages that can either provide information or warn you of a critical event. the following are event messages you can receive, their descriptions, and actions you might need to take. message: opcode request failed sensekey=, addsensecode= description: some internal command has failed. action: if there is no other symptom in the system, please report this message to the customer support. message: unsafe shutdown detected on array description: this message will come only at the time of system startup and is informational in nature. hostraid will start an automatic verify on the mirrored pairs to see if they are not fully synchronized. mismatches will be automatically fixed. action: nothing. please remember to follow the regular shutdown procedure next time. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 34 - message: recovered error: bad block repaired on array [bus, ch, id, lun] description: though the raid is still not critical, this should be taken as a warning. the numbers in the bracket identify the member who had to recover from a media error. action: if message recurs on the same member, look for a replacement for that member before it goes down and makes the raid critical. if it shows on different members, look for corrections on cables and connectors. message: device failure predicted on array [bus, ch, id] description: this is is a smart error reported by the drive. though the raid is still not critical, this should be taken as a warning. the numbers in bracket identify the member. action: if message recurs on the same member, look for a replacement for that member before it goes down and makes the raid critical. message: member is down on array [bus, ch, id] description: this member has a failure and cannot recover. so the raid has now become critical. action: it is strongly recommended that you replace the failed drive at your earliest convenience. after you insert a new drive at the same bus or channel, you may need to start the rebuild by rebooting the system and pressing ctrl-a . if you had a spare disk, the rebuild would have already started by deploying that disk in place of failed disk, automatically. you will need to remove the failed disk, add a new disk and make it a spare disk using ctrl-a at the boot time when the hostraid bios displays the signature message. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
migrating from hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi - 35 - 7 . m igrating fr om hostraid to ada pte c ultra320 scsi if after installing the hostraid drivers, you decide to use your controller as standalone scsi without raid functionality, you must disable hostraid and install the scsi drivers. to use standalone scsi on your adaptec ultra320 scsi asics, refer to the following sections of this appendix. we recommend that you back up all of your data before migrating from hostraid to ultra320 scsi. we recommend that if you want to migrate to standalone scsi, you migrate from raid 1 only. if you try to migrate from raid 0, you will loose all of your data. see disabling hostraid support on page 38 for more information. ez-scsi is only supported with standalone scsi. we recommend that you reinstall ez-scsi after migrating from hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi. 7.1 migrating with windows 2000 7.1.1 installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver to migrate the boot channel on hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi with a windows 2000 os, follow these steps: 1) start windows 2000. 2) go to the device manager by clicking on start=>settings=>control panel=> system=>hardware=>device manager .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 36 - if you are not sure which channel your boot drive is connected to, change the view of the device manager to view devices by connection, and find out which drives are connecting to which channels. 5) select driver, then update driver. 6) click next . 7) select display a list of the known drivers for this device so that i can choose a specific driver , then click next . 8) click the have disk button. 9) insert the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver cd into the cd-rom drive and click browse . if the cd automatically opens a welcome screen, click the exit button to close it. 10)click on the path d:\other\scsi\win2000 (where d: is the cd-rom drive letter). 11)click on adpu320 , then click open . 12)click ok . 13)scroll down the list and select your adaptec ultra320 scsi driver, then click next . 3) at the device manager, click the + sign next to the scsi and raid controllers entry to expand it. 4) there will be two entries representing the dual channels. right-click on the channel that you are booting from, then select properties . .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
migrating from hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi - 37 - 14)click next again. you may be prompted with this warning message: "the software you are about to install does not contain a microsoft digital signature..." ignore the warning and click yes to continue. 15)when the driver is copied on the hard disk drive, click finish . 16)you will be prompted to restart the computer. select yes . the new adaptec ultra320 scsi driver will be displayed under scsi and raid controllers in the device manager. 7.1.2 disabling hostraid support after installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver, you must disable hostraid support before you can use the scsi features. before you disable hostraid, for raid 1, you must break a raid 1 array. see the following steps for instructions. for raid 0, you will loose all your data if you try to disable hostraid. to disable hostraid, follow these steps: 1) press ctrl+a keys simultaneously when the adaptec bios appears. 2) when your adaptec ultra320 scsi asics appears, press enter . if you are using a dual channel card, select channel a , then press enter . 3) on any channel containing an array, scroll down and select configure/view hostraid settings. 4) select the array by scrolling to it and pressing enter . this will display the members of that array. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 38 - 5) press the d key to delete the selected array. when prompted to confirm deletion of the array, select yes . 6) at the deleting information window, select none and press enter . 7) when prompted, select yes to continue. 8) press esc, save change, then exit. 9) at the options screen, select disable hostraid support . 10)press esc and save change. 7.1.3 completing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver installation after you have installed the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver and disabled hostraid support, you need to complete the installation so that the windows os can detect the new driver hardware. to complete your adaptec ultra320 scsi driver installation, follow these steps: 1) restart windows 2000. windows 2000 will automatically discover the new hardware and will prompt you for the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver cd. 2) you may be prompted with this warning message: "the software you are about to install does not contain a microsoft digital signature..." ignore the warning and click yes to continue. 3) insert the adaptec ultra320 scsi cd into the cd-rom drive when prompted, click on the path d:\drivers\windows\win2000 (where d: is the cd-rom drive letter), then click ok . .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
migrating from hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi - 39 - 4) when the driver is copied on the hard disk drive, click finish . 5) you will be prompted to restart the computer. select yes . to migrate the non-boot channel from hostraid to scsi, follow the instructions for migrating from a boot channel for your other channel. 7.2 migrating with windows xp 7.2.1 installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver to migrate the boot channel on hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi with a windows xp os, follow these steps: 1) start windows xp. 2) go to the device manager by right-clicking on my computer then clicking on properties=>hardware=>device manager . 3) at the device manager, click the + sign next to the scsi and raid controllers entry to expand it. 4) there will be two entries representing the dual channels. right-click on the channel that you are booting from, then select update driver . if you are not sure which channel your boot drive is connected to, change the view of the device manager to view devices by connection, and find out which drives are connecting to which channels. 5) select install from a list or specific location (advanced) , then click next . 6) select don't search, i will choose the driver to install, then click next . 7) click the have disk button. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 40 - 8) insert the adaptec ultra320 scsi cd into the cd-rom drive and click browse . if the cd automatically opens a welcome screen, click the exit button to close it. 9) click on the path d:\other\scsi\winxp (where d: is the cd-rom drive letter). 10) click on the adpu320 , then click open . 11) click ok . 12) scroll down the list and select your adaptec ultra320 scsi driver, then click next . 13) click next again. you may be prompted with this warning message: "the software you are installing for this hardware...has not passed windows logo testing to verify its compatibility with windows xp..." ignore the warning and click continue anyway to continue. 14) when the driver is copied on the hard disk drive, click finish . 15) you will be prompted to restart the computer. select yes . the new adaptec ultra320 scsi driver will be displayed under scsi and raid controllers in the device manager. 7.2.2 disabling hostraid support after installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver, you must disable hostraid support before you can use the standalone scsi. before you disable hostraid, for raid 1, you must break a raid 1 array. see the following steps for instructions. for raid 0, you will loose all your data if you try to disable hostraid. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
migrating from hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi - 41 - to disable hostraid, follow these steps: 1) press ctrl+a keys simultaneously when the adaptec bios appears. 2) when your scsi driver appears, press enter . if you are using a dual channel card, select channel a , then press enter . 3) on any channel containing an array, scroll down and select configure/view hostraid settings. 4) select the array by scrolling to it and pressing enter . this will display the members of that array. 5) press the d key to delete the selected array. when prompted to confirm deletion of the array, select yes . 6) at the deleting information window, select none and press enter . 7) when prompted, select yes to continue. 8) press esc to exit. 9) at the options screen, select disable hostraid support . 10)press esc and save change. if you are using a dual channel card, select channel b and repeat the steps to disable hostraid support. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 42 - 7.2.3 completing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver installation after you have installed the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver and disabled hostraid support, you need to complete the installation so that the windows os can detect the new driver hardware. to complete your adaptec ultra320 scsi driver installation, follow these steps: 1) restart windows xp. windows xp will automatically discover the new hardware and will prompt you for the hostraid raid driver. 2) at the welcome to the found new hardware wizard window, select install the software automatically (recommended) , then click next . 3) at the please select the best match... window, keep the default drive that is highlighted and click next . 4) you may be prompted with this warning message: "the software you are installing for this hardware...has not passed windows logo testing to verify its compatibility with windows xp..." ignore the warning and click continue anyway. 5) when the driver is copied on the hard disk drive, click finish . 6) when prompted, click yes to restart your system. to migrate the non-boot channel from hostraid to scsi, follow the instructions for migrating from a boot channel for your other channel. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
migrating from hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi - 43 - 7.3 migrating with windows nt 4.0 7.3.1 installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver to migrate the boot channel on hostraid to scsi with a windows nt 4.0 os, follow these steps: 1) start windows nt 4.0. 2) click on start=>settings=>control panel . 3) in the control panel, double-click the scsi adapters icon and click on the drivers tab, then click add . 4) from the install driver window, click have disk.... 5) insert the adaptec ultra320 scsi cd into the cd-rom drive. if the cd automatically opens a welcome screen, click the exit button to close it. 6) at the install from disk... window, click the browse button and path d:\other\scsi\winnt40 (where d: is the cd-rom drive letter). click ok . 7) from the install driver window, select the the appropriate adaptec scsi asics from the list and click ok . restart the system. 7.3.2 installing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver after installing the hostraid driver, you must disable hostraid support before you can use the standalone scsi features. before you disable hostraid, for raid 1, you must break a raid 1 array. see the following steps for instructions. for raid 0, you will loose all your data if you try to disable hostraid. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
scsi raid function - 44 - to disable hostraid, follow these steps: 1) press ctrl+a keys simultaneously when the adaptec bios appears. 2) when your scsi asics appears, press enter . if you are using a dual channel card, select channel a , then press enter . 3) on any channel containing an array, scroll down and select configure/view hostraid settings. 4) select the array by scrolling to it and pressing enter . this will display the members of that array. 5) press the d key to delete the selected array. when prompted to confirm deletion of the array, select yes . 6) at the deleting information window, select none and press enter . 7) when prompted, select yes to continue. 8) press esc to exit. 9) at the options screen, select disable hostraid support . 10)press esc and save change. if you are using a dual channel card, select channel b and repeat the steps to disable hostraid support. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
migrating from hostraid to adaptec ultra320 scsi - 45 - 7.3.3 completing the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver installation after you have installed the adaptec ultra320 scsi driver and disabled hostraid support, complete the installation by following these steps: 1) restart windows nt 4.0. you may receive the following service control manager error: at least one service or driver failed during system startup. use event viewer to examine the event log for details. to prevent this error from reoccuring during subsequent restarts, click on start=> settings=>control panel and double-click the scsi adapters icon. 2) click the drivers tab, select the adaptec hostraid raid driver, and click remove . 3) when the message are you sure you want to remove this drivers? appears, click yes and restart the system. .com .com .com .com .com 4 .com u datasheet
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