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IBM SSA RAID Adapter
Installation and User's Guide
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_ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996
for PC Servers
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SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.
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NOTICES Notices +--- Note! ----------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure ¦ ¦ to read the general information under "Notices" in topic D.2 . ¦ ¦ ¦ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ NOTICES - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 Notices SSA
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EDITION Edition Notice THIS PUBLICATION IS PRINTED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some _ Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1996. All rights reserved. EDITION - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Note to U.S. Government Users -- Document
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CONTENTS Table of Contents COVER Book Cover NOTICES Notices EDITION Edition Notice CONTENTS Table of Contents FRONT_1 Safety Information PREFACE About This Book PREFACE.1 How This Book Is Organized. PREFACE.2 Related Publications 1.0 Chapter 1. Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter 1.1 SSA 1.2 The Adapter Card 1.3 RAID 1.4 Operating Systems 1.5 Before In
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FRONT_1 Safety Information FRONT_1 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 Safety Information SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.
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FRONT_1 - 2 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 Safety Information SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.
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CAUTION: FRONT_1 - 3 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 A module on the SSA RAID Adapter card contains a lithium battery. Dispose of the battery according to local regulations. The battery connector is polarized; do not try to reverse the polarity. Use of another battery might present a risk of fire or explosion. system. Keep away from children. Replace only with the part number specified for your directly to the cell, incinerate, or expose cell to water. Do not recharge, disassem
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PREFACE About This Book Subtopics PREFACE.1 How This Book Is Organized. PREFACE.2 Related Publications PREFACE - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 technology, and describes tasks associated with disk arrays. troubleshooting a PC server. It includes information about installing and using the SSA RAID Adapter, discusses disk-array This book is intended for a network administrator-that is, the individual responsible for configuring, maintaining, managing, and About This Book SSA RAID Adapt
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PREFACE.1 How This Book Is Organized. PREFACE.1 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 gives background information on SSA and RAID in general. Appendix C, "Introducing SSA and RAID" in topic C.0 subsystem might give you. provides more detail about the messages that the Appendix B, "SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers" in topic B.0 more than one adapter. describes the special considerations for setting up subsystems that have Appendix A, "Multiple-Adapter
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PREFACE.2 Related Publications PREFACE.2 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 , SA33-3269 SSA RAID Adapter: Technical Reference , S32H-3817 SSA RAID Adapter: Maintenance Information Other manuals that you might find useful are: Related Publications SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.
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1.0 Chapter 1. Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter Subtopics 1.1 SSA 1.2 The Adapter Card 1.3 RAID 1.4 Operating Systems 1.5 Before Installing the Adapter 1.6 Installation Requirements 1.0 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 Adapter provides RAID functions. Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) architecture and devices using the Serial Storage Architecture (SSA). The SSA RAID The IBM SSA RAID Adapter for PC Servers is a PCI bus-master adapter that serves as the interface between syst
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1.1 SSA 1.1 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 reached. Multiple commands can be travelling around the loop simultaneously. reuse of the individual links. Commands are forwarded automatically from device to device along a loop until the target device is In SSA subsystems, transmissions to several destinations are multiplexed; the effective bandwidth is further increased by spatial bytes. an ANSI standard through the ANSI X3T10.1 subcommittee. SSA retains the SCSI-2 commands, qu
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1.2 The Adapter Card 1.2 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 adapter. On the front panel of the adapter and on one of its modules are labels on which is printed the 15-character SSA unique ID of the The light is off if both ports are not operational correctly or the device connected next to the adapter in the loop is not operational. The light flashes continuously if one of the ports is not operational. That occurs when the cable to that port is not con
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RAID 1.3 RAID . 1.3 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 Appendix C, "Introducing SSA and RAID" in topic C.0 If you need some basic information about RAID technology, refer to use in an array. The members of an array can be disk drives only; that is, an array cannot be a member of another array. to the adapter can be configured as individual drives, as members of a RAID-0, RAID-1, or RAID-5 array, or as hot spares for future The SSA RAID Adapter provides RAID functions within th
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1.4 Operating Systems 1.4 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 Windows NT 3.51 Serve Novell NetWare 4.1, 4.1 SM OS/2 2.11 SMP, OS/2 WarpServer Version systems: The SSA RAID Adapter, its firmware, and the software supplied with it provide attachments of SSA devices to the following operating Operating Systems SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.
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1.5 Before Installing the Adapter 1.5 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 Contact the place of purchase if any parts are missing or damaged. - PC-DOS Configurator and Utilities diskette. - Windows NT Device Driver and Utilities diskette - Novell NetWare Device Driver and Utilities diskette - OS/2 Device Driver and Utilities diskette Diskette package containing Hardware Maintenance Manual Supplemen Installation and User's Guide
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1.6 Installation Requirements 1.6 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 A small flat-blade screwdriver The documentation that came with your serve To install this option, you will need the following: Installation Requirements SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.
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2.0 Chapter 2. Installing an SSA RAID Adapter . Subtopics 2.1 Installing the Adapter Card 2.2 Connecting the Disk Drives 2.3 Configuring the Disk Drives 2.4 Installing an Operating System 2.5 Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs 2.6 Selecting Your Boot Device 2.0 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 Chapter 3, "Configuring SSA Subsystems" in topic 3.0 described in This chapter describes how to perform these tasks. How to configure disk arrays and atta
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2.1 Installing the Adapter Card 2.1 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 for your server describes which rule applies. User's Handbook in other servers, higher numbers mean higher priority; the slot with a higher priority than the slot used by the SCSI adapter. In some servers, slots with lower numbers have higher priority, If you want to boot from an SSA disk drive and the system has a SCSI PCI adapter, you must install the SSA adapter in a PCI RAI
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2.2 Connecting the Disk Drives 2.2 - 1 _ Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 2. Turn the retaining screws on the SSA cable connectors fully clockwise to ensure that a good ground connection is made. 1. Connect the cables from the devices to the appropriate pair of connectors on the adapter card. To connect the cables: provides a general description of SSA loops and some rules for cabling valid configurations. "SSA Loops and Links" in topic C.1.1 loop. Each of the 2 pairs of SSA
