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ACARD ATA-133 RAID
AEC-6880
PCI-to-IDE ATA-133
RAID Controller
User's Manual
Version:1.1
Copyright 2001 ACARD Technology Corp.
Ver:1.1.20011016.6880

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  • Page 1 ACARD ATA-133 RAID AEC-6880 PCI-to-IDE ATA-133 RAID Controller User’s Manual Version:1.1 Copyright 2001 ACARD Technology Corp. Ver:1.1.20011016.6880...
  • Page 2 ACARD and SCSIDE are the trademarks of ACARD Technology Corp. Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft. All brand names and trade- marks are properties of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation........7 2.1 Quick start hardware installation ..........7 2.2 ACARD AEC-6880 Board Layout ..........7 2.3 ACARD AEC-6880 cable & power installation ......8 2.4 What you should know before the installation ......9 2.4.1 Striping Mode ................9 2.4.2 Mirror Mode ................
  • Page 4 ACARD AEC-6880 Chapter 4 System Installation ......... 16 4.1 Normal Mode Installation ............16 4.1.1 DOS Environment ..............16 4.1.2 Windows 95/98/ME Environment .......... 17 4.1.3 Windows NT Environment ............. 20 4.1.4 Windows 2000 Environment ..........23 4.1.5 Windows XP (Beta Version) Environment ......28 4.2 Striping Mode (RAID 0) Installation ...........

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction ACARD AEC-6880 is a high performance PCI P&P bus master Ul- tra ATA-133 RAID adapter, supports true Hardware RAID 0,1 and 0+1, the on board Flash BIOS that quickly creates RAID array and supports to boot from RAID volume or Ultra ATA 100/66/33 and even ATA-133 drives.

  • Page 6: Specification

    ACARD AEC-6880 Specification Power requirement - voltage : 3.3V+/- 2% 5V+/- 2% current : 0.5A Max. Environment Temperature Operating 0 C to 70 Storage -20 C to 85 Humidity 15% to 90% Models: AEC-6880 Dimentions Width: 14 cm Height: 4.7 cm...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Quick start hardware installation: Open the PC case Choose an empty PCI slot and plug in ACARD AEC-6880 adapter Fix the hard drives in the computer Connect ATA-133 cable from the adapter to the hard drives Close the PC case 2.2 ACARD AEC-6880 Board Layout:...

  • Page 8: Acard Aec-6880 Cable & Power Installation

    ACARD AEC-6880 2.3 ACARD AEC-6880 cable & power installation The cable connection methods: Step 1. Find out pin 1 of IDE connector on IDE hard drive. Step 2. Find out a color line of the internal IDE ribbon cable which indi- cates pin 1 of the connector.

  • Page 9: What You Should Know Before The Installation

    In order to achieve best performance, use same hard drive model, ex. Ultra ATA 66, 100 or 133. 2.4.2 Mirror Mode ! ! ! ! ! Please beware of that if two HDD have different volumes, that ACARD AEC-6880 could not back-up data from a larger HDD into a smaller HDD.

  • Page 10: Normal Mode

    Two IDE connectors of ACARD AEC-6880 can be treated as normal IDE port extension. ! ! ! ! ! When two hard drives connected with ACARD AEC-6880 at the same IDE port (i.e.on same cable), the hard drives Jumper setting must be set as a respectively positioning “Master”...

  • Page 11: Compatibility List

    ACARD AEC-6880 2.5 Compatibility list ACARD AEC-6880 is designed specifically for DMA hard drive, fully tested on the hard drives which are available in lab. The ACARD AEC-6880 supports many ATA 66/100/133 hard drives from the following vendors and models:...

  • Page 12: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    ACARD AEC-6880 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Plug the ACARD AEC-6880 IDE RAID card in the PCI slot, while the PC remains power on. When you see the following messages, press <F1> or <F10> to setup RAID utility. 3.1 Functions description...

  • Page 13: Set Raid Mode Screen

    Stripe Disk Array (Array 1). Both Array 0 and Array 1 use RAID 0 (Striping Mode) to operate. ! ! ! ! ! Mirror * Mirror : Use the ACARD AEC-6880, 2 Master HDD devices which are the IDE1-Master HDD and the IDE2-Master HDD respectively into the first Mirror Disk Array (Array 0).

  • Page 14: Stripe Size

    ! ! ! ! ! Stripe + Mirror : For RAID 0/1 mode (Stripe Mode+ Mirror Mode; RAID 10), set-up the ACARD AEC-6880’s IDE1-Master HDD and the IDE2-Slave HDD into the first Stripe Disk Array (Array 0). Then set-up the IDE1-Slave HDD and the IDE2-Master HDD into the second Stripe Disk Array (Array 1).

  • Page 15: Build Mirror Disk

    ACARD AEC-6880 3.1.4 Build Mirror Disk While a failed drive in a disk array, the starting screen will show the follow- ing message: Array_0 => bad mirror array !! Array_1 => bad mirror array !! You can run utility to build array or check drives status !! Press <F1>...

  • Page 16: Chapter 4 System Installation

    4.1 Normal Mode Installation 4.1.1 DOS Environment For Boot Device 1. Complete ACARD AEC-6880 hardware installation. 2. Boot-up the computer, press <Del> to enter the motherboard’s BIOS setup. Then change “Boot Sequence” to A:. 3. Restart the computer by a DOS bootable floppy and run DOS FDISK.

  • Page 17: Windows 95/98/Me Environment

    ACARD AEC-6880 4.1.2 Windows 95/98/ME Environment Non Boot Device 1. Complete ACARD AEC-6880 hardware installation. 2. The system will detect any new device and ask for directory to access the device driver. Click “Next” to go on. 3. Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommend)”.
  • Page 18 ACARD AEC-6880 4. Windows will display the message when the system has found the driver for it and is going to install the driver. 5. Select “Specify a location”. Please insert the directory of AEC6880.inf for it (such as a:\WIN9X).
  • Page 19 ACARD AEC-6880 has installed OK. Step 1. Enter “My Computer” and double click on “Control Panel”. Step 2. Double click on “System” and enter “Device Manager”. Step 3. Click the “SCSI controller” to check whether ACARD AEC-6880 adapter has installed properly. For Boot Device For bootable drive from ACARD AEC-6880, complete Windows 95/98/ME operation system installation onto ACARD AEC-6880 drive first.

  • Page 20: Windows Nt Environment

    3. Press “S” to skip mass storage devices detection. 4. Move the highlight bar to “the other” and press “Enter”. 5. Before the installation, copy the AEC-6880’s driver into a floppy diskette first. Then insert the ACARD AEC-6880 driver disk into the floppy.
  • Page 21 ACARD AEC-6880 1. Double click on “My Computer”, enter ”Controller Panel” . 2. Double click on “SCSI Adapter“. 3. Choose “Drivers” and click on “Add”.
  • Page 22 ACARD AEC-6880 4. Click on “Hard Disk” to select the right driver for the IDE adapter. 5. Insert the directory of driver for Windows NT, for example “A:\Winnt” 6. Then follow the direction to complete the installation.

  • Page 23: Windows 2000 Environment

    3. Press “S” to skip mass storage devices detection. 4. Move the highlight bar to “the other” and press “Enter”. 5. Before the installation, copy the AEC-6880’s driver into a floppy diskette first. Then insert the ACARD AEC-6880 driver disk into the floppy.
  • Page 24 ACARD AEC-6880 1. Complete ACARD AEC-6880 hardware installation. The system will find “New Hardware”. 2. The system will detect a new device and ask for directory to access the driver. Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)”. Then click “Next”.
  • Page 25 ACARD AEC-6880 4. Select “Browse” to find out the driver directory of AEC6880.inf for it (such as A:\Win2000). 5. The wizard will find a driver for IDE adapter. Click on “Next” to install the driver.
  • Page 26 ACARD AEC-6880 6. Click on “Yes” to continue the installation. 7. Follow the directions, the system will complete the setup automatically.
  • Page 27 Step 3. In “System Properties”, choose “Hardware” and click on “Device Manager”. Step 4. In “SCSI and RAID controllers” to double click on “ACARD AEC- 6880 PCI Ultra ATA133 RAID Controller” to check whether the device has connected to AEC-6880.

  • Page 28: Windows Xp (Beta Version) Environment

    3. Press “S” to skip mass storage devices detection. 4. Move the highlight bar to “the other” and press “Enter”. 5. Before the installation, copy the AEC-6880’s driver into a floppy diskette first. Then insert the ACARD AEC-6880 driver disk into the floppy.
  • Page 29 ACARD AEC-6880 1. Complete ACARD AEC-6880 hardware installation. The system will find “New Hardware”. 2. The system will detect a new device and ask for directory to access the driver. Select “ Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
  • Page 30 ACARD AEC-6880 3. Follow the wizard, Windows will ask for the driver files’ location. Select “Include this location in the search”. 4. Then select “Browse” to find out the driver directory of AEC6880.inf for it (such as A:\Win2000). 5. The wizard will find a driver for IDE adapter. Click on “Next” to install the...
  • Page 31 ACARD AEC-6880 6. Click on “Continue Anyway” to continue the installation. 7. Follow the directions, the system will complete the setup automatically.
  • Page 32 Verify ACARD AEC-6880 After the system booted, follow the directions below to check “Device Man- ager” and see whether the ACARD AEC-6880 has installed. Step 1. Press “Start” and select “My Computer” Step 2. Find “View system information”, double click it.
  • Page 33 Step 3. In “System Properties”, choose “Hardware” and click on “Device Manager”. Step 4. In “SCSI and RAID controllers” to double click on “ACARD AEC- 6880 PCI Ultra ATA133 RAID Controller” to check whether the device has success connected to ACARD AEC-6880.

  • Page 34: Striping Mode (Raid 0) Installation

    Utility. 3. Choose Striping Mode (RAID 0) and select the drives. Then press <Esc> to save and quit the utility. 4. Restart the computer, and install the AEC-6880 driver to the Operation System. 4.2.1 DOS Environment Refer to Chapter 4.1.1 (refer to page 16).

  • Page 35: Mirror Mode (Raid 1) Installation

    5. Enter “Build Mirror Disk”, press enter and confirm. Then the data will be copied onto the selected drive. 6. Press <Esc> to save and quit the utility. Restart the computer, and install the ACARD AEC-6880 driver to the Operation System. 4.3.1 DOS Environment Refer to Chapter 4.1.1 (refer to page 16).

  • Page 36: Raid 0+1 Mode Installation

    5. Enter “Build Mirror Disk”, press enter and confirm. Then the data will be copied onto the selected drive. 6. Then press <Esc> to save and quit the utility. Restart the computer, and install the ACARD AEC-6880 driver to the Operation System. 4.4.1 DOS Environment Refer to Chapter 4.1.1 (refer to page 16).

  • Page 37: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    ACARD AEC-6880 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Installing the ACARD AEC-6880 while it does not function properly, follow the troubleshooting guide below. 1. Check power supply Check the malfunction devices and the power status (ON / OFF) at all times. 2. Verify IDE device Before installing the ACARD AEC-6880, ensure your IDE device functions are set in proper mode.

  • Page 38: Appendix 1 Application Utility

    AEC6880 RAID Monitor utility from the tray i-con. From this RAID monitor utility, you will get through the information hard drives, which is connected with ACARD AEC-6880 (refer to figure 1). This pro- gram will monitor the RAID volume status and properly pop out message to inform you (refer to figure 2).
  • Page 39 Windows OS while connect with ACARD SCSI adapter or IDE adapter. The ASPITool32 Man- ager program has proudly and solely developed by ACARD. You may get the installation executive program from the ACARD Driver CD.

  • Page 40: Appendix 2 Technical Support Form

    ACARD AEC-6880 Appendix 2 Technical Support Form Email: support@acard.com http://www.acard.com Model F/W Version AEC-6880 System Configuration Main Board vendor BIOS version SCSI adapter Chipset Memory Dispay card Other I/O card OS version Hard Disk Configuration Hard Disk Model/type Capacity Firmware version...

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