Using This Manual - Accusys ACS-8990 User Manual

Using this manual

This guide contains all the information you need to set up and start using your RAID controller
and to monitor its performance in real time. It is intended to be read in a linear manner, though
some instructions may not be applicable to all users. Users may prefer to skip more familiar
sections, but each of the steps below must be completed.
The setup process follows these steps:
Prepare:
Install:
Configure:
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ACS-8990/89200/89230 User's Manual
This manual covers three models: ACS-8990, ACS-89200 and ACS-89230.
Where references are made to ACS-8990, they should be taken as applying to
all three models. The three models differ in the maximum number of hard
disks they support::
ACS-8990 – 16 disks
ACS-89230 – 12 disks
ACS-89200 – 8 disks
Familiarize yourself with the features and capabilities
of ACS-8990 (Chapter 1)
Make sure you have everything (Chapter 1)
Install SODIMM cache memory and attach the
necessary cables (Chapter 2)
Turn on (Chapter 2)
Perform Quick Setup (Chapter 3, optional)
Open Monitor Utility (Chapter 4, recommended)
Configure (Chapter 5)
ACS-8990 is available in two configurations differing in their host interfaces:
SCSI (host) to Serial ATA (disk)
Fibre (host) to Serial ATA (disk)
This manual contains the information necessary to set up both configurations.
Where procedures for the two configurations differ, they are described
separately and clearly marked.