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- Page 1 PCI-to-SATA RAID Adapter AEC-6890M User’s Manual Version:1.0 Copyright © 2003 ACARD Technology Corp. Release: August 2003...
- Page 2 ACARD and SCSIDE are the trademarks of ACARD Technology Corp. Microsoft and the Windows Logo are the registered trademarks, and Windows is the trade- mark of Microsoft Corporation.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
3.2 Install the Adapter in Current OS ...... 18 3.2.1 In OS 9 ................18 3.2.2 In OS X ................20 3.2.3 Verify System Profiler ............ 21 3.3 AEC-6890M RAID Utility ........21 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting ......26 Technical Support Form ........27... -
Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction
ACARD AEC-6890M is a 32-bit, 33MHz, 2-channel, high-performance PCI-to-SATA RAID adapter. It supports RAID 0, 1 and normal modes. It also provides a window- based RAID Utility for easy management of the RAID subsystem. AEC-6890M is fit for Macintosh workstations and servers. -
Page 5: Package
AEC-6890M Manual 1.4 Package When you open the package, please examine the following items. × AEC-6890M × Internal Serial ATA Cable × User’s Manual × ACARD Support CD Power cord for Serial ATA hard drive (optional) Y-splitter power cord for IDE hard drive and converter (for package with... -
Page 6: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
AEC-6890M Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation You can install AEC-6890M and hard drives successfully to your Mac machine ac- cording to subsection 2.1. Before installing the operating system, if the hard drives connected to AEC-6890M contain important data, you had better back up. -
Page 7: Hdd Compatibility
The PCI-to-SATA RAID Adapter AEC-6890M Serial Port 2 Serial Port 1 LED Pins 2.2 HDD Compatibility AEC-6890M is specially designed for DMA hard drives. It supports most SATA hard drives of the following brands. Seagate Maxtor Western Digital 2.3 Before Installation Before the installation of AEC-6890M, you need to know the following three modes in order to make the best use of the adapter. - Page 8 AEC-6890M Manual Normal Mode (NON-RAID) 1. If you set the DIP switch as normal mode, you will use AEC-6890M as an ordi- nary SATA adapter. 2. AEC-6890M doesn’t support ATAPI devices such as CD/DVD-ROM. Striping Mode (RAID 0) 1. Striping means to divide a piece of data into several small pieces of data with the same size.
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Page 9: Hardware Installation
SATA converter AEC-7900. The converter doesn’t need any driver. And its installa- tion is quite easy. (1). Connect one end of the serial ATA cable to AEC-6890M and another end to the ATA-to-SATA converter. (2). Connect the converter to the IDE hard drive, then connect them with a Y-splitter... -
Page 10: Dip Switch Setting
2.5 DIP Switch Setting RAID configurations must be set on AEC-6890M’s DIP switch. However, after in- stalling hard drives to the serial ports, do not arbitrarily change the positions other- wise the adapter may misunderstand and the data may be lost. -
Page 11: Chapter 3 System Installation
AEC-6890M in different operating systems (OS 9 , OS X) and applications. The built-in driver in OS X 10.1 and 10.2 is not exclusively designed for AEC-6890M. Therefore you should update the driver before installation. The installations of OS 9 and OS X are somewhat different. - Page 12 AEC-6890M Manual 6. Double click “Drive Setup”. 7. Choose the hard drive connected to AEC-6890M, then click “Initialize”. For de- tailed information of “Drive Setup”, please refer to Mac OS manual. 8. Quit “Drive Setup Utility” and start to install OS 9 into the hard drive(s) or array.
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Page 13: Install Os X Into Hdd With The Adapter
6. Choose the hard drive you want to initialize, and click “Partition” to decide the number of partitions you need. NOTICE: Do not skip step 3 otherwise AEC-6890M may wrongly detect the RAID mode. However, if you’re an OS X 10.3 user, you can just... -
Page 14: Verify System Profiler
OS X. 8. Quit “Disk Utility” and start the OS X installation. 9. Update the driver of AEC-6890M to the newest version, which is in the ACARD support CD. Or download the driver from http://www.acard.com. - Page 15 AEC-6890M Manual You can find the information of AEC-6890M under the Apple Logo. Please follow the instructions below to read the system information. 1. Click Apple Logo and choose “Apple System Profiler”. 2. Under “Apple System Profiler” click “Devices and Volumes” to read the status of devices.
- Page 16 You can use the built-in Disk Utility to verify or repair the hard drive when it has something wrong. You can find the information of AEC-6890M under the Apple Logo. Please click “About This Mac” and then “More Info”.
- Page 17 5. Under “Apple System Profiler” click “Devices and Volumes” to read the detailed information of AEC-6890M and disk array. (Owing to the same chipset in 6890M and 6880M, 6890M is regarded as 6880M. In fact, apart from the different dis-...
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Page 18: Install The Adapter In Current Os
6. Click “Extensions” to see the version of AEC-6890M’s driver. 3.2 Install the Adapter in Current OS We are going to install AEC-6890M in the current OS 9 and OS X 10.3. 3.2.1 In OS 9 1. Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly. - Page 19 AEC-6890M Manual 5. Double click “Drive Setup”. 6. Choose the newly installed hard drive, and click “Initialize”. 7. You can see the initialized or partitioned volume on the desktop. 8. Then install RAID Utility (refer to 3.3) to monitor RAID volume and hard drives.
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Page 20: In Os X
2. Decide the RAID mode you need and set it by DIP switch. 3. Power on. 4. Update the driver of AEC-6890M to the newest version, which is in the ACARD support CD. Or download the driver from http://www.acard.com. (If you’re an OS X 10.3 user, you can skip this step.)
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