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DAC960PG™ and DAC960PJ™ PCI to Ultra SCSI RAID Controllers Installation Guide Part Number 775012-02 08P4078 © Copyright 2000 Mylex Corporation. All Rights Reserved. All contents of this manual are copyrighted by Mylex Corporation. The information contained herein is the exclusive property of Mylex Corporation and shall not be copied, transferred, photocopied, translated on paper, film, electronic media, or computer-readable form; or otherwise reproduced in any way, without the express w
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Greetings Thank you for purchasing the Mylex DAC960PG™ or DAC960PJ™ controller. This manual describes the installation of the Mylex DAC960PG/PJ controllers. Requests for technical information about this and other Mylex Corporation products should be made to your Mylex authorized reseller or Mylex sales representative. Please Notice IBM, Mylex, RAID EzAssist, Global Array Manager, GAM, DAC960PG, and DAC960PJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. and
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About This Manual This installation guide covers hardware set-up and configuration procedures necessary for the installation of Mylex DAC960PG and DAC960PJ PCI to Ultra SCSI RAID controllers. Chapter 1 describes the controllers, standard package contents, and user- supplied items necessary for installation. Chapter 2 describes steps to be performed prior to controller installation. Chapter 3 describes installation of the controller. Chapter 4 describes controller start-up and BIOS options. App
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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................ 1-1 Product Description ........................................................................... 1-1 Controller Features and Functions ............................................. 1-2 Operating System Support ......................................................... 1-2 Standard Package Contents ............................................................. 1-3 Hardware ...
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Appendix A Battery Backup Unit Option ........................................................A-1 Product Description ...........................................................................A-1 Features .....................................................................................A-1 Installation .........................................................................................A-2 Operation .........................................................................................
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Appendix E Regulatory Information .................................................................E-1 Class B Compliance ..........................................................................E-1 Declaration of Conformity ..................................................................E-2 Declaration of Conformity ..................................................................E-3 Community of Europe ........................................................................E-4 Underwriters
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Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter covers: Product description Standard package contents User supplied items Figure 1-1. DAC960PG or DAC960PJ Disk Array Controller Product Description The Mylex DAC960PG™ and DAC960PJ™ controllers are 32-bit PCI to Ultra SCSI RAID controllers designed for high performance file servers. With up to 3 Ultra SCSI drive channels, and support for a cache memory battery backup (full-length card models only), these controllers provide the speed and functional
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Product Description Controller Features and Functions Features of the DAC960PG and DAC960PJ controllers include: Ultra SCSI drive channels that support RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 0+1, 10, 30, and 50 Single-Ended Wide Ultra SCSI (Fast 20) drive support High performance RISC processor and EDO ECC DRAM cache (4MB to 128MB) for high speed, fault tolerant I/O transfers 512KB, 8-bit flash EEPROM for BIOS and code supports future enhancements through firmware upgrades Built-in configuration
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Introduction Standard Package Contents The following items are supplied with the standard shipping package: Hardware DAC960PG or DAC960PJ Disk Array Controller with documentation Battery Backup (BBU) port loopback terminator plug, or... Optional Battery Backup Unit (BBU) ☛ Note A loopback terminator plug must be installed on the DAC960PG or DAC960PJ controller’s BBU connector if the optional BBU is not present. Software RAID EzAssist disk array controller configuration utility wit
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User-supplied Items User-supplied Items The following user-supplied items are required to perform this installation: IBM-PC™ compatible host system with an available PCI slot (PCI 2.1 compliant) Network operating system software (as required) SCSI cables to connect the controller and disk drives Static grounding strap or electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe work area Disk array enclosure (or equivalent) and SCSI disk drives 1-4 DAC960PG and DAC960PJ Installation
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Chapter 2 Preinstallation Planning This chapter covers: SCSI termination SCSI cabling SCSI drive preparation Limitations on mixing Narrow and Wide SCSI drives Mylex Disk Array Controllers are designed to work in a variety of SCSI RAID application environments. Certain configuration steps need to be performed prior to installing the controller into a RAID environment. Manual No. 775012 2-1
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SCSI Termination SCSI Termination The DAC960PG and DAC960PJ are equipped with automatic SCSI termination circuitry. If the controller is at the end of a SCSI bus, it automatically enables on-board termination. If all the SCSI devices on a channel are connected either to an internal connector of a channel, or to an external connector of a channel, the end of the SCSI bus farthest from the controller must have a terminator installed. In this case, the controller automatically enables on-boar
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Preinstallation Planning Figure 2-1. DAC960 Controller Termination Examples ☛ Note For this discussion, assume that the illustrated internal and external connectors are both on the same channel. It is better to terminate the ends of the SCSI bus itself than it is to terminate the end devices on the bus. This allows hot swap devices to be added or removed from the SCSI bus without affecting termination. Manual No. 775012 2-3
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SCSI Cabling SCSI Cabling Each Ultra SCSI channel supports up to 15 drives. The total allowable SCSI bus lengths will be limited to the single-ended bus lengths shown in Table 2-1. Table 2-1. Supported SCSI Formats and Bus Lengths Bus Speed, Bus Width, Bus Length, Drives** per SCSI Drive Type* Max.(MB/Sec) (Bits) Max.(Meters) Channel, Max. SCSI-1 5 8 6 7 Fast SCSI 10 8 3 7 Fast Wide SCSI 20 16 3 15 Ultra SCSI 20 8 1.5 7 Ultra SCSI 20 8 3 3 Wide Ultra SCSI 40 16 — 15† Wide Ultra SCSI 40 16 1
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Preinstallation Planning SCSI Drive Preparation Prepare the drives for installation as follows: Remove any terminators attached to the drive or set any drive termination jumpers to the disabled position. Set the SCSI addresses on the drives. ☛ Note Each drive on a channel must have a unique ID chosen from 0 through 6 or 8 through 15. ID 7 cannot be used as a drive ID because it is reserved for the controller. Enable term power on the drives. Refer to the drive manual for specific infor
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Mixing Narrow and Wide SCSI Devices 2-6 DAC960PG and DAC960PJ Installation
