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ADAC Ultra2 S466
Single Ended and Low-
Voltage Differential SCSI
PCI RAID Controller
Hardware Guide
8503624 A MAN US ADAC U2 S466 GDE R0
8/14/98
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Table of Contents 1 Overview ...............................................................1 Single Ended and Differential SCSI Buses ..............................2 Maximum Cable Length for SCSI Standards ...........................2 Documentation .........................................................................3 ADAC Ultra2 S466 Block Diagram.........................................4 2 Introduction to RAID ............................................5 RAID Benefits....................
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Software Utilities....................................................................33 Operating System Software Drivers .......................................33 ADAC Ultra2 S466 Specifications.........................................34 PCI Bridge/CPU.....................................................................35 Cache Memory .......................................................................35 ADAC Ultra2 S466 BIOS......................................................35 Onboard S
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Step 11 Run ADAC BIOS Setup............................................70 Step 12 Install Operating System Driver................................70 Summary ................................................................................72 7 Troubleshooting.................................................73 BIOS Boot Error Messages....................................................75 Other BIOS Error Messages...................................................77 DOS ASPI Driver Error Messages....
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Preface The ADAC Ultra2 S466 PCI RAID Controller supports all single ended and low-voltage differential (LVD) SCSI devices on an Ultra and Wide SCSI channel with data transfer rates up to 80 MB/s (Megabytes per second). This manual describes ADAC Ultra2 S466. Limited Warranty The buyer agrees if this product proves to be defective, that Gateway is only obligated to repair or replace this product at Gateway’s discretion according to the terms and conditions of the warranty registration card that
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Preface, Continued Package Contents You should have received: • a ADAC Ultra2 S466 PCI RAID Controller, • a ADAC Ultra2 S466 Hardware Guide, • a ADAC Ultra2 S466 Configuration Software Guide, • a ADAC Ultra2 S466 Operating System Drivers Guide, • software license agreement, • diskette(s) with the ADAC Ultra2 S466 software, and • a warranty registration card. Technical Support If you need help installing, configuring, or running the ADAC Ultra2 S466 PCI RAID Controller, call your Gateway OEM Tech
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ADAC Ultra2 S466 Problem Report Form Customer Information ADAC Ultra2 S466 Information Name Today’s Date Company Date of Purchase Address Invoice Number City/State Serial Number Country email address Cache Memory Phone Firmware Version Fax BIOS Version System Information Motherboard: BIOS manufacturer: Operating System: BIOS Date: Op. Sys. Ver.: Video Adapter: ADAC Ultra2 S466 CPU Type/Speed: Driver Ver.: Network Card: System Memory: Other disk controllers Other adapter cards installed: installe
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Physical Device Layout Channel 1 Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model
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Channel 1 Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number
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Preface, Continued Disclaimer This manual describes the operation of the Gateway ADAC Ultra2 S466 Disk Array Controller. Although efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained here, Gateway expressly disclaims liability for any error in this information, and for damages, whether direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential or otherwise, that may result from such error, including but not limited to the loss of profits resulting from the use or misuse of the man
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FCC Regulatory Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Note: This equipment has been t
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Disclaimer Gateway only certifies that this product will work correctly when this product is used with the same jumper settings, the same system configuration, the same memory module parts, and the same peripherals that were tested by Gateway with this product. The complete list of tested jumper settings, system configurations, peripheral devices, and memory modules are documented in the Gateway Compatibility Report for this product. Call your Gateway sales representative for a copy of the Compa
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1 Overview The ADAC Ultra2 S466 PCI RAID controller is a high performance intelligent PCI-to-SCSI host adapter with RAID control capabilities. The ADAC Ultra2 S466 provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management. The ADAC Ultra2 S466 is an entry level-to mid-range RAID controller solution. ADAC Ultra2 S466 offers a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a server. The ADAC Ultra2 S466 has an Ultra and Wide SCSI channel supporting data transfer rates up to 80
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Single Ended and Differential SCSI Buses The SCSI standard defines two electrical buses: • a single ended bus and • low-voltage differential bus. Maximum Cable Length for SCSI Standards Standard Single ended LVD Maximum Number of Drives SCSI I 6 m 12 m 7 Fast SCSI 6 m 12 m 7 Fast Wide SCSI 6 m 12 m 15 Ultra SCSI 1.5 m 12 m 7 Ultra SCSI 3 m 12 m 3 Wide Ultra SCSI 12 m 15 Wide Ultra SCSI 1.5 m 12 m 7 Wide Ultra SCSI 3 m 12 m 3 Ultra 2 SCSI 25 m 1 Ultra 2 SCSI 12 m 7 Wide Ultra 2 SCSI 25 m 1 Wide U
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Documentation The ADAC Ultra2 S466 documentation set includes: Using ADAC Ultra2 S466 Manuals This manual contains the RAID overview, RAID planning, and RAID system configuration information you will need first. Read the ADAC Ultra2 S466 Hardware Guide first. ADAC Ultra2 S466 Configuration Software Guide This manual describes the software configuration utilities that configure and modify RAID systems. ADAC Ultra2 S466 Operating System Drivers Guide This manual provides detailed information about
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ADAC Ultra2 S466 Block Diagram 4 ADAC Ultra2 S466 Hardware Guide
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2 Introduction to RAID RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is an array of multiple independent hard disk drives that provide high performance and fault tolerance. A RAID disk subsystem improves I/O performance over a computer using only a single drive. The RAID array appears to the host computer as a single storage unit or as multiple logical units. I/O is expedited because several disks can be accessed simultaneously. RAID systems improve data storage reliability and fault tolerance com
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In This Chapter The following topics are discussed: Major Topic Subtopic turn to Host-based solution page 7 RAID overview page 8 Consistency check page 8 Fault tolerance page 8 Disk striping page 9 Disk spanning page 10 Disk mirroring page 11 Parity page 12 Hot spares page 13 Disk rebuilds page 14 RAID levels page 19 Selecting a RAID level page 20 RAID 0 page 21 RAID 1 page 22 RAID 3 page 23 RAID 5 page 25 RAID 10 page 26 RAID 30 page 27 RAID 50 page 28 6 ADAC Ultra2 S466 Hardware Guide
