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  • Page 1 Installation and Hardware Guide ARO-1130CA RAIDport II Card for Personal Workstations...
  • Page 2 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 © 1997 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec, and the Adaptec logo are trade- marks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Printed in Singapore STOCK NO.: 511611-00, Rev. A RQ 10/97...

  • Page 3: Installation And Hardware Guide

    ARO-1130CA RAID port II Card for Personal Workstations Installation and Hardware Guide...
  • Page 4 Copyright © 1997 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, elec- tronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.
  • Page 5 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two con- ditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Adaptec, Inc. FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Canadian Compliance Statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    1 Introduction System Requirements 1-1 Using the ARO-1130CA with Other Adaptec Products 1-2 Installation Overview 1-3 2 Installing the ARO-1130CA and Connecting SCSI Devices ARO-1130CA Layout 2-2 Verifying Presence of DIMM Memory 2-3 Installing the ARO-1130CA 2-4 Connecting the LED Activity Indicator to the...
  • Page 8 Workstation A-2 Using the ARO-1130CA with an AHA-2940 Family Host Adapter A-4 Scenario #1: Adding an ARO-1130CA to a System with an AHA-2940 Family Adapter A-4 Scenario #2: Adding an AHA-2940 Family Adapter to a RAIDport II System with an ARO-1130CA A-7...
  • Page 9 C Using a CD-ROM Drive with DOS D Obtaining SCSI Cables and Converters External Cables D-2 Internal Ribbon Cables D-2 Converters D-2 E Listing of Vendors Array Storage Enclosure Manufacturers D-1 SCSI Disk Drive Manufacturers D-2 Index Contents...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    This Installation and Hardware Guide explains how to install the ARO-1130CA, create the first array, and then install the supporting software. The Adaptec Array1000CA Family Array Management Guide, which is included with the ARO-1130CA, explains how to use the software to create and manage additional arrays. System Requirements...

  • Page 12: Using The Aro-1130Ca With Other Adaptec Products

    Windows NT Workstation Using the ARO-1130CA with Other Adaptec Products Read this section if you plan to install an ARO-1130CA in a RAIDport II computer system with AIC-7895 dual motherboard SCSI channels that already includes another Adaptec product. You can use an ARO-1130CA in a RAIDport II-equipped com- puter system that has been upgraded with an Adaptec ®...

  • Page 13: Installation Overview

    Installation Overview The steps involved in installing the ARO-1130CA hardware and software are Locate the PCI RAIDport II slot on the motherboard. Install the ARO-1130CA in the RAIDport II on-board system. Connect the SCSI devices to the RAID ready SCSI connectors on the motherboard.

  • Page 15: Installing The Aro-1130Ca And Connecting Scsi Devices

    SCSI channels Note: If another Adaptec host adapter is already installed in the computer system, you may need to make some changes to the Windows NT configuration. See Using the ARO-1130CA with Other Adaptec Products on page 1-2 for more information.

  • Page 16: Aro-1130Ca Layout

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide ARO-1130CA Layout Figure 2-1 identifies the major ARO-1130CA components. You may find it helpful to refer to this information while installing the ARO-1130CA. DIMM Memory Socket Must be populated with a 168-pin 16-, 32-, or 64-MByte EDO, 3.3v DIMM...

  • Page 17: Verifying Presence Of Dimm Memory

    Installing the ARO-1130CA and Connecting SCSI Devices Verifying Presence of DIMM Memory Before you can use the ARO-1130CA, the DIMM memory socket must be populated with a 168-pin, 16-, 32-, or 64-MByte, EDO 3.3v 60ns or faster DIMM, as shown in Figure 2-2. Install a DIMM if one is not yet installed.

  • Page 18: Installing The Aro-1130Ca

    Step 3, as shown in Figure 2-3. Expansion Slot Bracket Screw RAID port II Card Bracket PCI Expansion Slots RAID port II Expansion Slot Figure 2-3. Installing the ARO-1130CA in a Typical PCI/RAID port II Expansion Slot Bus Contacts...

  • Page 19: Connecting The Led Activity Indicator To The Aro-1130Ca

    ARO-1130CA) instead, you must disconnect the LED cable from the motherboard and connect it to the LED connector on the ARO-1130CA. If the LED has a two-position cable, connect the cable to pins 1 and 2 of the LED connector, as shown in Figure 2-4.

  • Page 20: Connecting Scsi Devices

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Connecting SCSI Devices The ARO-1130CA supports both internal and external SCSI devices. Depending on the number of SCSI channels provided on the moth- erboard. Each channel supports up to 15 SCSI devices—either 16-bit devices alone or a combination of 16-bit and up to seven 8-bit devices.

  • Page 21: Connecting Internal Scsi Devices

    Installing the ARO-1130CA and Connecting SCSI Devices Connecting Internal SCSI Devices Follow these steps to connect internal devices: Prepare each SCSI device for installation. Make sure each device (internal and external) is assigned a unique SCSI ID number from 0 to 15—no duplicate IDs are permitted on a channel.

  • Page 22: Connecting External Scsi Devices

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Attach the remaining connectors on the cable to the remaining internal devices. Connect an available DC power cable (from your computer’s power supply) to the power input connector on each SCSI device. Connecting External SCSI Devices To install external SCSI devices, you will first need to install an inter- nal-to-external SCSI port expansion kit.
  • Page 23 Installing the ARO-1130CA and Connecting SCSI Devices Once the SCSI port expansion kit is installed, follow these steps to connect external SCSI devices: Make sure each device (internal and external) is assigned a unique SCSI ID number from 0 to 15—no duplicate IDs are permitted on a channel.
  • Page 24 ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Attach the connector at the other end of the cable to either one of the SCSI connectors on the external SCSI device, as shown in Figure 2-8. (If you are installing only one external device, attach a terminating plug to the device.)
  • Page 25 Installing the ARO-1130CA and Connecting SCSI Devices Connect other external SCSI devices by daisy-chaining each device to the previous device until all external SCSI devices have been connected, as shown in Figure 2-9. (The device at the end of the chain must have a terminating plug installed.

  • Page 26: Connecting Scsi Array Enclosures (Storage Subsystems)

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Connecting SCSI Array Enclosures (Storage Subsystems) To help you conveniently manage your SCSI storage subsystems, a variety of array enclosures are available from different manufactur- ers. Figure 2-10 shows a typical setup between the array enclosure and the system.

  • Page 27: Installation Hints For Connecting Scsi Devices

    Installing the ARO-1130CA and Connecting SCSI Devices Installation Hints for Connecting SCSI Devices All SCSI Devices If you are booting your system from a single SCSI hard disk drive or bootable array, the boot order of the disk or array must be set to 0.
  • Page 28 SCSI ID Numbers Each device attached to a SCSI channel supported by the ARO-1130CA must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number—0 to 15 for Wide (16-bit) devices, and 0 to 7 for Narrow (8-bit) devices. No duplicate IDs are permitted on a channel.

  • Page 29: Completing The Installation

    Note: If you need to configure the SCSI options (e.g., ID, Par- ity Checking, and Termination) of the SCSI channels sup- ported by the ARO-1130CA, see Chapter 5, Configuring the ARO-1130CA with the SCSISelect Utility. the external the computer. When the computer...

  • Page 31: Creating The First Array With The Arrayconfigca Program

    Creating the First Array With the ArrayConfigCA Program This chapter explains how to use the Adaptec ArrayConfigCA pro- gram to create the first bootable or nonbootable array on your com- puter. Before creating the array, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your computer (or array enclosure).

  • Page 32: Creating An Array With Express Setup

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Creating an Array with Express Setup ArrayConfigCA’s Express Setup option allows you to quickly create an array by answering some basic questions about what kind of array you want. This process is similar to the wizards used in many ®...
  • Page 33 Creating the First Array With the ArrayConfigCA Program – Select Optimized for Data Protection if your main concern is to protect the files on the array from disk failure. This kind of array safeguards files in the array even if one of the array disks fails.

  • Page 34: Creating An Array With Custom Setup

    RAID 1: Data is mirrored on one pair of disks. If one disk fails, data is still safe. The actual data capacity of the array equals half the available disk space. See the Adaptec ARO-1130CA Family Array Management Guide for more information on selecting a RAID level.
  • Page 35 When the next screen appears, press Tab to highlight a channel (if your Adaptec array card uses more than one SCSI channel). Select drives for the array by pressing the the drive name is highlighted, and then press Ins or Enter. The names of selected drives appear in the box on the right side of the screen.
  • Page 36 At this point, you can make your initial array bootable as described in the next section. For information on other Custom Setup options, or information on using ArrayConfigCA to create, delete, and manage arrays and spares, refer to the Adaptec ARO-1130CA Array Management Guide.

  • Page 37: Making The Array Bootable

    Creating the First Array With the ArrayConfigCA Program Making the Array Bootable You can make the array bootable so that the computer boots from the array instead of from a stand-alone (single) disk. To make the array bootable, the array must be set to #0 in the boot order. We rec- ommend that you make your initial array bootable.
  • Page 38 ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Note: You cannot designate a stand-alone SCSI disk drive the boot order of Unit 0. If you want to do this, create a one- disk RAID 0 array from the stand-alone disk drive and then...

  • Page 39: Installing Software On A Windows Nt System

    Install the Array1000CA driver for Windows NT Install the Adaptec CI/O Workstation Array Management Software for Windows NT Once all software is installed, refer to the Adaptec ARO-1130CA Array Management Guide for instructions on adding, deleting, and manag- ing your arrays.

  • Page 40: Installing The Array1000Ca Driver For Windows Nt

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000CA Driver for Windows NT This section explains how to install the Array1000CA Miniport Driver ( cda1000.sys ) for Windows NT. To begin driver installation, see either Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT below, or Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed on page 4-3.

  • Page 41: Installing The Driver When Windows Nt Is Already Installed

    Enter. If you want to add drivers for other host adapters (other than the ARO-1130CA), do so at this time by pressing S and repeat- ing Step 5 for each additional adapter and inserting the appro- priate disk provided by the hardware manufacturer.

  • Page 42: Installing Adaptec Ci/O Workstation Array Management Software For Windows Nt

    Enter: [pathname] setup.exe (The setup.exe file is located at \win_nt\disk1\setup.exe on the CD-ROM, and at \setup.exe on Disk 1 of the Adaptec CI/O Workstation Array Management Software for Windows NT.) Follow the directions that appear on the screen. When installation is complete, reboot the system. The follow-...
  • Page 43 Double-click the CI/O Array Management Software icon to start the program. See the Adaptec ARO-1130CA Array Management Guide for informa- tion on using the Adaptec CI/O Workstation Array Management Software to add, delete, or manage your arrays. If you are experienc- ing problems starting the software, see Problems Running the Software On Your Windows NT Workstation on page A-2.

  • Page 45: Configuring The Aro-1130Ca With The Scsiselect Utility

    Array1000CA SCSISelect also includes SCSI disk utilities to list the SCSI IDs of devices controlled by the ARO-1130CA, format SCSI disk drives, and check them for defects. Instructions for using these utilities are included.

  • Page 46: Default Scsiselect Settings

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Default SCSI Select Settings The default SCSISelect settings, shown in the table below, are appro- priate for most systems. For situations where you might want or need to change the settings, see the descriptions of each setting beginning on page 5-5.

  • Page 47: Starting The Scsiselect Utility

    Configuring the ARO-1130CA with the SCSISelect Utility Starting the SCSI Select Utility To start SCSISelect, press Ctrl-A when the following prompt appears when you turn on or reboot your computer: Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSISelect (TM) Utility! The menu that appears displays the options Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and SCSI Disk Utilities, as shown in Figure 7-1.

  • Page 48: Exiting Scsiselect

    MS-DOS Fdisk and Format . Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk util- ity is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives. Caution: A low-level format destroys all data on the drive.

  • Page 49: Scsiselect Settings

    SCSI ID. The default setting is SCSI ID 7, which gives the ARO-1130CA the highest priority on the SCSI bus. We recom- mend that you leave the ARO-1130CA set to SCSI ID 7. SCSI Parity Checking—This option determines whether the ARO-1130CA verifies the accuracy of data transfer on the SCSI bus.

  • Page 50: Scsi Device Configuration

    You should leave Enable Disconnection set to Yes if two or more SCSI devices are supported by the ARO-1130CA. If only one SCSI device is supported by the ARO-1130CA, you can set Enable Disconnection to No to achieve slightly better perfor- mance.

  • Page 51: Additional Options

    ARO-1130CA BIOS supports hard disk drives attached to the SCSI channel controlled by the ARO-1130CA. When set to Yes, the ARO-1130CA BIOS controls the hard disk drive. When set to No, the ARO-1130CA BIOS does not control the hard disk drive. The default setting is Yes. Additional Options...

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting Checklist

    Troubleshooting Checklist Check the following if you have problems installing or running the ARO-1130CA and SCSI devices: Does the ARO-1130CA BIOS sign-on message appear during bootup? If not, check the following items: – Is the ARO-1130CA properly seated in a PCI/RAIDport expansion slot? Refer to your computer documentation for the slot location.

  • Page 54: Problems Running The Software On Your Windows Nt Workstation

    Problems Running the Software On Your Windows NT Workstation If the Adaptec CI/O Workstation Array Management Software does not start when you double-click the program icon and you see a warning box with Unable to Initialize IOMAPI, try the following: Verify that the following NT service has a status of Started (double-click the Services icon in Control Panel).
  • Page 55 Verify that the following DLLs are located in your system32 directory. If they are not present, try reinstalling the Adaptec CI/O Workstation Array Management Software: ctl3dnt.dll xnmhb420.dll xnmhn420.dll xnmte420.dll msvcrt20.dll mtld.dll xnmba420.dll iomgrmsg.dll Verify that the following files are located in the directory where you installed the Adaptec CI/O Workstation Array Manage- ment Software.

  • Page 56: Using The Aro-1130Ca With An Aha-2940 Family Host Adapter

    Using the ARO-1130CA with an AHA-2940 Family Host Adapter This section explains how to use an ARO-1130CA and an AHA-2940 Family host adapter in the same computer system. In order to do this, you must load drivers. You also may need to make changes to the Windows NT registry.
  • Page 57 Changing Registry Settings Back up the NT Registry, using one of the techniques described in Backing up the Windows NT Registry on page A-10 Caution: It is very important to back up the NT Regis- try before you make any changes to it. This allows you to restore the original NT Registry settings if there is a problem with the new configuration.
  • Page 58 ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide This table of hexidecimal numbers indicates the Tag-value sequence in which the SCSI Miniport drivers are loaded when you start Windows NT. Determine what the Tag value loading sequence is. Here is how you do this: Ignore the four-digit groups on the left of each row.

  • Page 59: Scenario #2: Adding An Aha-2940 Family Adapter To A Raidport Ii System With An Aro-1130Ca

    These instructions assume that Windows NT is already installed on the computer system and that the boot drive is connected to the SCSI channel controlled by the ARO-1130CA. If the AHA-2940 Fam- ily adapter is already installed, shut down the computer system, remove the adapter from the slot, and restart the system.
  • Page 60 ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide When the Install from Disk dialog box appears, type A:\winnt on the command line and click OK. Select Adaptec Adaptec AHA-294x/AHA-394x or AIC-78xx PCI SCSI Controller and click OK. When a message appears asking you if you want to restart Windows NT, click No.
  • Page 61 A table appears with columns of two- and four-number groups, something like this: 0005 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 0010 01 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 0015 04 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 0020 06 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 etc.

  • Page 62: Backing Up The Windows Nt Registry

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Compare the Tag value loading sequence to the actual tag val- ues of cda1000 and aic78xx that you determined in steps 4 and 5. If cda1000 is loading before aic78xx, skip to step 16. If aic78xx is loading first, continue with the next step.
  • Page 63 Troubleshooting Run the rdisk utility with the /s option to create a copy of the Registry on a hard disk. (A typical backup file is 5 MBytes to 10 MBytes in size.) Then use xcopy or some other command to copy the information to removable media.

  • Page 65: B Advanced Topics

    Advanced Topics Installing Multiple Adapters You cannot install more than one ARO-1130CA card in the same sys- tem unless the system is designed with more than one PCI/RAID- port slot; however, you can install an ARO-1130CA in computers that have other PCI-, ISA-, or EISA-based host adapters installed. When...

  • Page 67: C Using A Cd-Rom Drive With Dos

    Using a CD-ROM Drive with DOS To operate a SCSI CD-ROM drive connected to the ARO-1130CA under DOS, you need The SCSI driver, aspi8dos.sys (version 1.30 or later) The CD-ROM driver, aspicd.sys The Microsoft CD-ROM extensions, mscdex.exe The aspi8dos.sys and aspicd.sys files must be copied from the Adaptec Array1000CA Family Manager Set drivers diskette to a directory (e.g., c:\scsi ) on your hard disk drive.
  • Page 68 ASPI manager also increases. Use this option only if you want to run an ASPI program that specifies a higher number of concurrent commands. Displays information about the ARO-1130CA and attached SCSI devices when the computer boots. Enables aspi8dos to recognize all eight possible LUNs asso- ciated with each SCSI ID.
  • Page 69 Command Line Options for aspi8dos.sys (Continued) Option Example /norst /norst Prevents aspi8dos from resetting the SCSI bus when you boot your computer. By default, aspi8dos resets the SCSI bus when you boot the computer if the host adapter BIOS is not present.
  • Page 70 ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Command Line Options for aspicd.sys Option Example /d: <name> /d:aspicd0 Required in the config.sys command line. Assigns a name to the CD-ROM drive so that mscdex can assign the CD-ROM a logical drive letter. The name must exactly match the CD-ROM drive name in the mscdex command line in autoexec.bat .

  • Page 71: D Obtaining Scsi Cables And Converters

    Obtaining SCSI Cables and Converters High-quality cables are required in high-performance SCSI systems to ensure data integrity. Adaptec provides the highest quality SCSI cables designed specifically for use with Adaptec SCSI cards. For purchasing information, contact Adaptec: Adaptec, Inc. 691 S. Milpitas Boulevard...

  • Page 72: External Cables

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide External Cables External Cables Part Number Connectors ACK-W2W-E High-density 68-pin male to High-density 68-pin male Internal Ribbon Cables Internal Ribbon Cables Part Number Connectors ACK-F2F-5IT 5 position (4 devices + SCSI Card), Standard 50-pin female connectors, terminated...

  • Page 73: Scsi Disk Drive Manufacturers

    Listing of Vendors This appendix contains a partial listing of array storage enclosure and SCSI disk drive manufacturers. Array Storage Enclosure Manufacturers JMR Electronics, Inc. 20400 Plummer Street Chatsworth, CA 91311 Tel: (818) 993-4801 Fax: (818) 993-9173 Internet: http://www.jmr.com Kingston Technology Corporation 17600 Newhope Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708 Tel (U.S.): (800) 435-0642...

  • Page 74: Scsi Disk Drive Manufacturers

    ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide SCSI Disk Drive Manufacturers Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. 2904 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95134-2009 Tel (U.S.): (800) 626-4686 Tel (Intl): (408) 432-6333 Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com IBM Corporation 1 Old Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 Tel: (914) 765-1900 Internet: http://www.ibm.com...

  • Page 75: Index

    Adaptec CI/O Workstation Array Management Software 4-4 Advanced topics B-1 AHA-2940 Family Driver, installing A-7 AHA-2940 Family host adapter, using with ARO-1130CA A-4 ARO-1130CA Driver, installing A-4 ARO-1130CA RAIDport card BIOS address B-1 board layout 2-2 components 2-2 installation 2-4...
  • Page 76 ARO-1130CA Installation and Hardware Guide Enable disconnection 5-2, 5-6 Enclosure, Array 2-6, D-1 Expansion slot 2-4, A-1 External devices 2-8 Format disk 5-4 Hard disk drives 2-13 Hardware installation 1-3 Host adapter SCSI ID 5-2 ID numbers 2-7, 2-9, 2-12, 2-14, 2-15,...
  • Page 77 SCSISelect Utility 5-1–5-7 default settings 5-2 Send start unit command 5-2, 5-7 Services 4-4 Synchronous negotiation 5-2, 5-6 Synchronous transfer rate 5-2, 5-6 System requirements 1-1 Terminating plug 2-11 Termination 2-11, 2-14, 2-15, 5-2, 5-5, A-1 power 2-12 Transfer rates 5-2, 5-5, 5-6 Troubleshooting A-1–A-11 UltraSCSI 5-2, 5-5 Index...

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