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- Page 1 N440BX & T440BX Server Boards Installation and Operating Summary of the Mylex* AcceleRAID* 200 RAID Controller Revision 1.0 September 2, 1998...
- Page 2 Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. The N440BX may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are available on request.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
ONTENTS INTRODUCTION...........................4 MYLEX* ACCELERAID 200........................4 ASSUMPTIONS............................4 EXAMPLE: CONFIGURING AND INITIALIZING A RAID ARRAY USING A MYLEX ACCELERAID 200 AND THE DACCF UTILITY ................5 .............................5 UMMARY RAID 200 & DACCF .....5 NSTALLING THE YLEX CCELE HARDWARE STARTING THE UTILITY “A ” RAID5 ....7 SING... -
Page 4: Introduction
SCSI controller directly, it will only see interrupts from the RAID adapter. In the case of the N440BX Server Board, where there are two SCSI channels, both channels reside on the single Symbios* 53C876 onboard SCSI controller. The Symbios SCSI BIOS or the Mylex AcceleRAID 200 must control both SCSI channels. -
Page 5: Example: Configuring And Initializing A Raid Array Using A Mylex Acceleraid 200 And The Daccf Utility
N440BX if only one Intel Pentium® II Processor is installed), at least one 32MB SDRAM DIMM module, a floppy disk drive, and a minimum of three identical SCSI hard disk drives. If RAID 1 (mirroring) is the intended application, a minimum of two identical SCSI hard disk drives is required. A DOS bootable disk will also be needed. - Page 6 RAID controller card. 4. Connect wide SCSI cable to the properly ID’ d and terminated hard drives. For this example (in an Intel Astor chassis) connect the cable from the wide connector on the N440BX to J5A1 (wide connector) on the hot-swap backplane of the Intel Astor chassis.
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Page 7: Using "Automatic Configuration " To Create Araid5 Array With 3 Or More Drives
Using “Automatic Configuration” to create a RAID5 array with 3 or more drives 1. To create a RAID5 array using 3 or more identical drives choose “Automatic Configuration” from the Main Menu of the DACCF utility. 2. The program will prompt “Do you wish to have a standby drive”. A standby drive is also known as a “Hot Spare”. -
Page 8: Backing Up The Configuration Information To A Floppy
Backing up the configuration information to a floppy Backing up the configuration to floppy allows the configuration to be restored if it is lost. This is useful if for some reason the RAID card fails. A new card can be installed and the configuration loaded. Without the configuration, the exact configuration must be re-created with the DACCF utility or the data on the RAID array will be unreadable. -
Page 9: Installing An Operating System
Installing an Operating System Microsoft* Windows* NT 4.0 is used as an example of a Network Operating System installation. Please refer to Appendix A for further details on drivers supported by Mylex for the AcceleRAID 200. Important! Do not install the Symbios Logic drivers for the Operating System being installed. -
Page 10: Troubleshooting
If the problem system has just been assembled, a first step should be to check the system against the assembly procedures in the printed Intel N440BX (or T440BX) Server Board Quick Start Guide’ s and the electronic Intel N440BX (or T440BX) Server Board Product guides found on their respective Resource CD in the Server Board Kit. -
Page 11: Appendix A: Mylex Acceleraid 200 Driver Support
Appendix A: Mylex AcceleRAID 200 Driver Support Operating System Driver Support • Windows NT 3.51, 4.0 & Advanced Server • NetWare 3.x, 4.x (non NWPA) & SMP • SCO UnixWare 2.1, 7.0, UNIX OSR 5.x • OS/2.x,3.x &SMP • DOS 5.x, 6.x and above Mylex web site: www.mylex.com...