Page 1 User's Manual Disk Array Controller Series PCI - FAST-SCSI PCI - Wide SCSI PCI - Wide & Ultra SCSI Version 1.1/8-96 - RA/RS/WM/RM All Rights and Changes reserved. 1991-96 vortex Computersysteme GmbH PN/s: GDT65xy05z...
Page 2 Contents of this User’s Manual: Part I Chapter A General Informationen Chapter B Hardware Installation Chapter C Quick-Setup Part II Chapter D Using Microsoft MS-DOS Chapter E Using IBM OS/2 v2.x Chapter F Using Novell NetWare Chapter G Using SCO UNIX V/386 Chapter H Using Interactive UNIX Chapter I...
Page 3 Pick up the phone if you need technical support and dial the number +49-(0)7131-5972-30 or send us a FAX Fax +49-(0)7131-5972-31 or send us an E-Mail support@vortex.de or call our BBS 19200, 8N1, 24h +49-(0)7131-5972-15...
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents A. INTRODUCTION......................13 A.1 Product Identification ....................13 A.1.1 Available RAIDYNE Upgrades ................16 A.1.2 Key Features of the GDT-Series Controllers ............16 A.2 Copyrights, Patents....................18 A.3 Software License Agreement..................19 A.4 General Information ....................20 A.4.1 Unpacking the GDT controller................
Page 6 B.5 Installing the GDT controller ..................51 B.6 GDT controller Function Check.................. 52 B.6.1 PCI 2.x Compatibility Requirements ..............52 B.6.2 Switching On the PCI Computer System ............. 54 B.6.3 Trouble Shooting ....................55 B.7 Checking the GDT controller Configuration ............... 56 B.7.1 Starting GDTSETUP ....................
Page 7 D. USING MICROSOFT MS-DOS..................131 D.1 Transparency of Host Drives ................... 131 D.2 Partitioning a Host-Drive and Transferring MS-DOS..........131 D.3 CONFIG.SYS and the Driver GDTX000.EXE............135 D.4 Expanded Memory Managers.................. 136 D.5 Using Windows 3.x ....................137 D.6 Using a CD-ROM Drive under MS-DOS or Windows 3.x ........138 D.6.1 Example: Using an ASW ASPI Module for the NEC CD-ROM......
Page 8 G.1 Transparency of Host-Drives................... 156 G.2 General Tips for Installation..................156 G.3 SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2v2.0 ................156 G.4 SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2v4.x & 3.2v5.x ............157 G.4.1 GDT as additional Controller................158 G.5 Instructions on mkdev (ADM) for 3.2v2.0 & 3.2v4.x ..........158 G.6 Instructions on mkdev (ADM) for 3.2v5.x (Open Server) ........
Page 9 J.5 Installation of a Removable Hard Disk ..............179 K. THE DIAGNOSIS PROGRAM GDTMON ..............182 K.1 Loading GDTMON ....................183 K.1.1 Loading the GDTMON program under Netware ..........184 K.1.2 Loading the GDTMON program under OS/2............184 K.1.3 Loading the GDTMON program under Windows NT ......... 184 K.1.4 Loading the GDTMON program under Windows 95 ..........
Page 10 K.3.6.7 Hot Plug: Remove Pool Hot Fix Drive............234 K.3.6.8 Pool Hot Fix Access.................. 234 K.3.7 Save Information ....................235 M. GDTSETUP IN DETAIL....................240 M.1 The three Levels of Hierarchy in GDT Firmware............. 240 M.1.1 Host Drive types in RAIDYNE................241 M.2 SCSI-Devices which can be run with GDTSETUP..........
Page 11: Fcc Compliance Statement
N.3 Assignment of the LED connectors ................. 292 N.4 Index ........................293 FCC Compliance Statement Information for the User NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations.
Page 12 Chapter A General Information Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 13: Introduction
A. Introduction GDT Series: Hardware RAID Disk Array Controller for PCI Bus Computersystems with FAST SCSI, Wide SCSI or Wide & Ultra SCSI I/O channnels ICP - Intelligent Computer Peripherals ® A.1 Product Identification Chapter A - Introduction & General Information...
Page 14 FAST SCSI RAID Controllers Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 15 Wide SCSI RAID Controllesr Wide & Ultra SCSI RAID Controllers Chapter A - Introduction & General Information...
Page 16: Available Raidyne Upgrades
A.1.1 Available RAIDYNE Upgrades A.1.2 Key Features of the GDT-Series Controllers Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 17 Chapter A - Introduction & General Information...
Page 18: Copyrights, Patents
A.2 Copyrights, Patents Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 19: Software License Agreement
A.3 Software License Agreement Chapter A - Introduction & General Information...
Page 20: General Information
A.4 General Information A.4.1 Unpacking the GDT controller A.4.2 Contents A.4.3 Contents of the GDT System Disks A.4.4 Before you start Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 21: Product Description
A.5 Product Description A.5.1 Transputer as Control CPU A.5.2 Architecture - General 32 BIT A.5.3 Cache RAM - Expandable to 32MB/64MB A.5.4 Compatibility - PCI A.5.5 Up to 5 independent SCSI channels Chapter A - Introduction & General Information...
Page 22: Gdt Controller Firmware And Pci-Bios
A.5.6 GDT Controller Firmware and PCI-BIOS A.5.7 Configuration Program GDTSETUP A.5.8 Diagnosis-Program GDTMON Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 23: Driver Software
A.5.9 Driver Software Hard Disk Remov. HDD CD-ROM Streamer WORM MS-DOS NetWare UNIX Win. NT OS/2 Chapter A - Introduction & General Information...
Page 24 ..SCSI connector ..External SCSI connector ..72 PIN SIMM; 70ns ..Terminator Power channel A ..LEDs: T(green)=DMA; A(yellow)=Activity SCSI channel A; S(green)=Status OK ..LED connector channel A ..Flash-RAM for Firmware/BIOS ..Electronic loudspeaker ..Socket for the RAID GAL Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 25 ..SCSI connectors A,B ..External SCSI connector channel A ..72 PIN SIMM;70ns ..Terminator Power channels A,B ..LEDs: T(green)=DMA; A,B (yellow) =Activity SCSI channels A,B; S(green)=Status OK ..LED connector channels A,B ..Flash-RAM for Firmware/BIOS ..Electronical loudspeaker ..Socket for the RAID GAL Chapter A - Introduction & General Information...
Page 26 ..SCSI connectors A-C ..External SCSI connector channel A ..72 PIN SIMM;70ns ..Terminator Power channels A-C ..LEDs: T(green)=DMA; A-C (yellow) =Activity SCSI channels A-C; S(green)=Status OK ..LED connector channels A-C ..Flash-RAM for Firmware/BIOS ..Electronical loudspeaker ..Socket for the RAID GAL Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 27 ..SCSI connectors A-E ..External SCSI connector channel A ..72 PIN SIMM;70ns ..Terminator Power channels A-E ..LEDs: T(green)=DMA; A-E (yellow) =Acivity SCSI channels A-E; S(green)=Status OK ..LED connector channels A-E ..Flash-RAM for Firmware/BIOS ..Electronical Loudspeaker Chapter A - Introduction & General Information...
Page 28 ..SCSI connector for 8 Bit cable ..External SCSI connector for 16 Bit cable ..72 PIN SIMM;70ns ..Terminator Power channel A ..LEDs: T(green)=DMA; A(yellow)=Activity SCSI channel A; S(green)=Status OK ..LED connector channel A ..Flash-RAM for Firmware/BIOS ..Electronic loudspeaker ..Socket for the RAID GAL ..SCSI connector for 16 Bit cable Chapter A - GDT User's Manual...
Page 29 ..SCSI connectors A,B for 8 Bit cable ..External SCSI connector channel A for 16 Bit cable ..72 PIN SIMM;70ns ..Terminator Power channels A,B ..LEDs: T(green)=DMA; A,B (yel- low) =Aktivity SCSI channels A,B; S(green)=Status OK ..LED connector channels A,B ..
Page 30 ..SCSI connectors A,B,C for 8 Bit cable ..External SCSI connector channel A for 16 Bit cable ..72 PIN SIMM;70ns ..Terminator Power channels A,B,C ..LEDs: T(green)=DMA; A,B,C (yellow) =Aktivity SCSI channels A,B,C; S(green)=Status OK ..LED connector channels A,B,C ..
Page 31 ..SCSI connectors A-E for 16 Bit cable ..External SCSI connector channel A for 16 Bit cable ..72 PIN SIMM;70ns ..Terminator Power channels A,B,C ..LEDs: T(green)=DMA; A-E (yellow) =Aktivity SCSI channels A-E; S(green)=Status OK ..LED connector channels A-E ..
Page 32 Chapter B Hardware Installation Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 33: Hardware Installation
B. Hardware Installation B.1 Before the Installation B.2 Tools B.3 Installing the Cache RAM SIMM Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 34 It is not possible to operate the GDT controller without Cache-RAM. FAST SCSI RAID Controllers Wide / Wide & Ultra SCSI RAID Controllers Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 35: What You Should Know About Scsi
B.4 What you should know about SCSI B.4.1 SCSI Cables Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 36 Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 39 Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 40: Scsi Termination
B.4.2 SCSI Termination Auto Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 41 FAST SCSI GDT RAID Controllers GDT6110, GDT6120, GDT6510, GDT6520, GDT6530 and GDT6550 Wide SCSI and Wide & Ultra SCSI GDT RAID Controllers GDT6115, GDT6125, GDT6515, GDT6525, GDT6535, GDT6117, GDT6127, GDT6517, GDT6527 and GDT6537 Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 42: Scsi Id
Wide SCSI and Wide & Ultra SCSI GDT RAID Controllers GDT6555 and GDT6557 B.4.3 SCSI ID Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 43: Scsi Accessories From Icp-Vortex
B.4.4 SCSI Accessories from ICP-vortex B.4.5 Examples Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 44 Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 45 Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
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Page 47 Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
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Page 49 Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 50 Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 51: Installing The Gdt Controller
B.5 Installing the GDT controller Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 52: Gdt Controller Function Check
B.6 GDT controller Function Check B.6.1 PCI 2.x Compatibility Requirements Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 53 Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 54: Switching On The Pci Computer System
B.6.2 Switching On the PCI Computer System BIOS located at 0x00E0000 - 0x00E1FFF Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 55: Trouble Shooting
[PCI 0/3] DPMEM at 0x000D0000 - 0x000D3FFF INTA = IRQ10 (level). DPMEM INT A IRQ10 (level) B.6.3 Trouble Shooting Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 56: Checking The Gdt Controller Configuration
Error: System-BIOS not PCI compliant (contact your mainboard supplier) Controller at x/y has invalid DPMEM address 012345. Trying to allocate a free address. Found free address at 678901, accept ? (Yes/No/Abort) Y (Caution: this address must not be used by another expansion card !) free address Cannot set DPMEM address, aborting Warning:...
Page 57: Starting Gdtsetup
B.7.1 Starting GDTSETUP Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 58: Updating The Gdt Controller With New Firmware And Bios Versions
B.7.2 Updating the GDT Controller with new Firmware and BIOS Versions Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 59 EPROMLIB.Rxy EPROMLIB.Nxy R... Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 60: Additional Notes
B.6.3 Additional Notes Chapter B - GDT User's Manual...
Page 61 Chapter B - Hardware Installation...
Page 62 Chapter C Quick-Setup Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 63: Quick-Setup
C. Quick-Setup C.1 What is the Aim of Quick-Setup ? Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 GDT611y/GDT612y No(*) No(*) GDT651y GDT652y GDT653y GDT655y y=0 FAST SCSI RAID controller; y=5 Wide SCSI RAID controller; y=7 Wide & Ultra SCSI RAID controller (*) Yes Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 64: What Is The Gdt Controller Firmware
C.2 What is the GDT controller Firmware ? C.3 How are the GDT Firmware Features activated ? Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 65: The Express Setup Function Of Gdtsetup
C.3.1 The Express Setup Function of GDTSETUP Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 66: Levels Of Hierarchy Within The Gdt Firmware
C.4 Levels of Hierarchy within the GDT Firmware Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 67: Using Cd-Roms, Dats, Tapes, Etc
C.5 Using CD-ROMs, DATs, Tapes, etc. Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 68: Example 1 - Installing A Single Scsi Hard Disk
C.6 Example 1 - Installing a single SCSI Hard Disk Step 1: Starting GDTSETUP GDTX000<ENTER> DEVICE=GDTX000.EXE Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 69 Step 2: Initializing the SCSI Hard Disk Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 70 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 71 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 72 Step 3: Setting Up the Cache Drive Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 73 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 74 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 75 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 76 Step 4: Configuring a Host Drive Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 77 Step 5: Leaving GDTSETUP Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 78: Example 2 - Installing A Mirroring Array
C.7 Example 2 - Installing a Mirroring Array Step 3: Setting Up the Cache Drive Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 79 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 80 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 81 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 82 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 83 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 84: Example 3 - Installing A Raid 5 Disk Array
C.8 Example 3 - Installing a RAID 5 Disk Array C.8.1 Mechanical structure, electrical connections Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 85 C.8.2 Setting up a RAID 5 Disk Array Partial step 1: Starting GDTSETUP GDTX000 <ENTER> DEVICE=GDTX000.EXE Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 86 Partial step 2: Initialize the SCSI Hard Disk Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 87 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 88 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 89 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 90 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 91 Partial step 3: Setting Up Cache drives Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 92 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 93 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 94 Partial step 4: Installing the Disk Array Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 95 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
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Page 104 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 105 Partial step 5: Simulating a drive failure Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
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Page 109 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 110: Example 4 - Raid 5 Disk Arrays With A Hot Fix Drive
.C.9 Example 4 - RAID 5 Disk Arrays with a Hot Fix drive. Partial step 4: Creating an Array Drive consisting of four identical cache drives Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 111 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 112 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
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Page 115 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 116 Partial step 5: Creating a Hot Fix drive Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 117 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 118 Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 119 Partial step 6: Simulating a disk drive failure when a Hot-Fix drive is present. Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
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Page 123 Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 124: Trying To Answer The Initial Questions
C.10 Trying to answer the initial questions C.10.1 How many disk drives should be integrated into the disk array ? RAID-Level Type of Disk Array Minimum number of disk drives RAID 0 data striping RAID 1 disk mirroring Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 125: Which Level Of Redundancy Is Needed
RAID 4 data dtriping with parity drive RAID 5 data striping with striped parity RAID 10 data striping and mirroring C.10.2 Which level of redundancy is needed ? RAID-Level 2 disk drives 3disk drives 4 disk drives 5 disk drives RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 4...
Page 126: Statuses Of A Raidyne Raid4/5 Disk Array
C.11 Statuses of a RAIDYNE RAID4/5 Disk Array C.11.1 Idle status C.11.2 Build status C.11.3 Ready status C.11.4 Fail status Chapter C - GDT User’s Manual...
Page 127: Rebuild Status
C.11.5 Rebuild status C.11.6 Error status Chapter C - Quick-Setup...
Page 128 (*) Replacement either manually, or through hot fix method. Chapter C - GDT User's Manual...
Page 129 Chapter D - Using Microsoft MS-DOS...
Page 130 Chapter D Using Microsoft MS-DOS Chapter D - User's Manual...
Page 131: Using Microsoft Ms-Dos
D. Using Microsoft MS-DOS D.1 Transparency of Host Drives D.2 Partitioning a Host-Drive and Transferring MS-DOS A:\> GDTSETUP <Enter> Chapter D - Using Microsoft MS-DOS...
Page 132 Chapter D - User's Manual...
Page 133 Chapter D - Using Microsoft MS-DOS...
Page 134 Chapter D - User's Manual...
Page 135: Config.sys And The Driver Gdtx000.Exe
A:\> FORMAT C: /S <Enter> D.3 CONFIG.SYS and the Driver GDTX000.EXE Chapter D - Using Microsoft MS-DOS...
Page 136: Expanded Memory Managers
device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=gdtx000.exe files=30 buffers=30 stacks=9,256 dos=high,umb install=\dos\keyb.com GR,,\dos\keyboard.sys shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P device=gdtx000.exe device=mouse.sys device=\dos\setver.exe device=\dos\gdtxdos.exe device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe device=\aspi\aswcdnec.sys /D:CD-ROM lastdrive=h D.4 Expanded Memory Managers Chapter D - User's Manual...
Page 137: Using Windows 3.X
BIOS located at 0x00E0000 - 0x00E1FFF DPMEM at 0x000D0000 - 0x000D3FFF DEVICE=EMM386.EXE X=D000-D3FF X=E000-E1FF DEVICE=EMM386.EXE X=D000-D3FF D.5 Using Windows 3.x DEVICE=GDTX000.EXE Chapter D - Using Microsoft MS-DOS...
Page 138: Using A Cd-Rom Drive Under Ms-Dos Or Windows 3.X
[386Enh] EMMExclude=D000-D1FF VirtualHDIrq=off DMABufferSize=128 D.6 Using a CD-ROM Drive under MS-DOS or Windows 3.x NEC CD-ROM CDR-84 NEC ASPI Module MS-DOS, Windows GDT ASPI Manager GDT controller Chapter D - User's Manual...
Page 139: Example: Using An Asw Aspi Module For The Nec Cd-Rom
D.6.1 Example: Using an ASW ASPI Module for the NEC CD-ROM device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=gdtx000.exe files=30 buffers=30 stacks=9,256 dos=high,umb shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P device=\dos\setver.exe device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe device=\aspi\aswcdnec.sys /D:CD-ROM lastdrive=h path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\gdt;c:\aspi; prompt $P -$G doskey c:\aspi\mscdex /D:CD-ROM Chapter D - Using Microsoft MS-DOS...
Page 140: Example: Using Corelscsi For The Nec Cd-Rom
D.6.2 Example: Using corelSCSI for the NEC CD-ROM device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=gdtx000.exe files=30 buffers=30 stacks=9,256 dos=high,umb shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P device=\dos\setver.exe device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe device=c:\corel\cuni_asp.sys /ID:6 /HAN:0 /N:1 /D:MSCD000 lastdrive=h path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\gdt;c:\aspi; prompt $P -$G c:\corel\corelcdx /M:8 /D:MSCD000 D.7 Using a DAT drive under MS-DOS with Sytos Plus Chapter D - User's Manual...
Page 141: Notes On Arcsolo From Cheyenne
device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=gdtx000.exe files=30 buffers=30 stacks=9,256 dos=high,umb shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe D.8 Notes on ARCsolo from Cheyenne device=gdtx000.exe files=30 buffers=30 shell=\command.com /E:512 /P device=\gdt\gdtxdos.exe device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe Chapter D - Using Microsoft MS-DOS...
Page 142: The Gdt Aspi Manager Gdtaspi.exe
Configure Options Available Subjects Administration Configure Options Configure Tape Driver View Activity Log Optimize Tape Performance Configure Tape Driver Adaptec ASPI Manager Adapter Number: SCAN D.9 The GDT ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE DEVICE=GDTASPI.EXE /R:Hx1Iy1[:Hx2Iy2:Hx3Iy3 ...] Chapter D - User's Manual...
Page 143: Using Asw Aspidisk.sys
DEVICE=GDTASPI.EXE /R:H0I2:H1I4 D.9.1 Using ASW ASPIDISK.SYS device=gdtx000.exe files=30 buffers=30 stacks=9,256 shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P device=\gdt\gdtxdos.exe device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe /R:H1I4 device=aspidisk.sys D.9.2 Using corelSCSI Chapter D - Using Microsoft MS-DOS...
Page 144: Using Windows 95
device=gdtx000.exe files=30 buffers=30 stacks=9,256 shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P device=\gdt\gdtxdos.exe device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe /R:H1I4 device=\coreldrv\UNI_ASP.SYS /C:4 /ID:4;;;1 /VOL:1 /DOS4 /SS:512 /@4:-98 D.10 Using Windows 95 Chapter D - User's Manual...
Page 145 Chapter E Using IBM OS/2 v2.x & Warp Chapter E - Using IBM OS/2...
Page 146: Using Ibm Os/2 Version 2.X And Warp
E. Using IBM OS/2 Version 2.x and Warp E.1 Transparency of Host Drives E.2 Preparing the Installation BASEDEV=GDTX000.ADD /V E.3 Carrying out the Installation Chapter E - GDT User's Manual...
Page 147: Using A Cd-Rom Drive Under Os/2
BASEDEV=GDTX000.ADD /V GDTX000.ADD \OS2\GDTX000.ADD E.4 Using a CD-ROM Drive under OS/2 E.4.1 Installation with OS2SCSI.DMD BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q DEVICE=C:\OS2\CDROM_G.SYS /N:4 Chapter E - Using IBM OS/2...
Page 148: Installation With Os2Aspi.dmd
E.4.2 Installation with OS2ASPI.DMD BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD BASEDEV=GDTX0000.ADD /V /A:0 /AM:(0,6) E.5 Command Line Switches of GDTX000.ADD BASEDEV=GDTX000.ADD [/V] [/A:d] [/[!]DM...] [/[!]SM...] [/[!]AM...] [/NOSCAN] [/[!]UT] [R:...] /A:d /[!]DM... /DM:d /DM:(d,e) /[!]SM... /SM:d /SM:(d,e) Chapter E - GDT User's Manual...
Page 149 /[!]AM... /AM:d /AM:(d,e) /NOSCAN /[!]UT /R:(d,e) Chapter E - Using IBM OS/2...
Page 150 Chapter F - GDT User's Manual...
Page 151: Novell Netware
Chapter F Using Novell NetWare Chapter F - Using Novell NetWare...
Page 152: Using Novell Netware
F. Using Novell NetWare F.1 Transparency of Host-Drives F.2 How much RAM should the GDT controller have ? F.3 Novell NetWare 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 :LOAD GDT6X310 <Enter> :LOAD GDT6X311 <Enter> Chapter F - GDT User's Manual...
Page 153: Novell Netware 4.X
SET MAXIMUM CONCURRENT DISK CACHE WRITES = 250 F.4 Novell NetWare 4.x F.4.1 Tips for the Installations :LOAD GDT6X400 <Enter> SET MAXIMUM CONCURRENT DISK CACHE WRITES = 250 F.5 Notes on ARCserve Chapter F - Using Novell NetWare...
Page 154 Adaptec ASPI Manager Chapter F - GDT User's Manual...
Page 155 Chapter G Using SCO UNIX V/386 Chapter G - Using SCO UNIX V/386...
Page 156: Using Sco Unix V/386
G. Using SCO UNIX V/386 G.1 Transparency of Host-Drives G.2 General Tips for Installation G.3 SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2v2.0 Chapter G - GDT User's Manual...
Page 157: Sco Unix System V/386 3.2V4.X & 3.2V5.X
G.4 SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2v4.x & 3.2v5.x Chapter G - Using SCO UNIX V/386...
Page 158: Gdt As Additional Controller
G.4.1 GDT as additional Controller G.5 Instructions on mkdev (ADM) for 3.2v2.0 & 3.2v4.x Host adapter Number (HA) UNIX Target-ID and LUN Chapter G - GDT User's Manual...
Page 159 Host drive Target ID Host drive Target ID number Chapter G - Using SCO UNIX V/386...
Page 160: Instructions On Mkdev (Adm) For 3.2V5.X (Open Server)
Configuration Example: Result: G.6 Instructions on mkdev (ADM) for 3.2v5.x (Open Server) Chapter G - GDT User's Manual...
Page 161 Host adapter Number (HA) UNIX Target-ID and LUN Configuration Example: Result: Chapter G - Using SCO UNIX V/386...
Page 162: Further Information
G.7 Further Information Chapter G - GDT User's Manual...
Page 163 Chapter H Using Interactive UNIX Chapter H - Using Interactive UNIX...
Page 164: Using Interactive Unix
H. Using Interactive UNIX H.1 Transparency of Host drives H.2 Installation as an additional Controller Chapter H - GDT User's Manual...
Page 165: Installation As Boot Controller
H.3 Installation as Boot Controller H.4 UNIX Target-ID/LUN of a Host Drive Number Chapter H - Using Interactive UNIX...
Page 166 Host drive Target ID Host drive Target ID number Chapter H - GDT User's Manual...
Page 167: Further Information
Configuration Example: Result: H.5 Further Information Chapter H - Using Interactive UNIX...
Page 168 Chapter H - GDT User's Manual...
Page 169 Chapter I Using UnixWare Chapter I - Using UnixWare...
Page 170: Using Unixware
I. Using UnixWare I.1 Transparency of Host Drives I.2 General Installation Notes I.3 GDT as Boot Controller Chapter I - GDT User's Manual...
Page 171: Gdt As An Additional Controller
I.4 GDT as an additional Controller I.5 Coordinates of SCSI devices a.) Host adapter Number (HA) b.) UnixWare Target-ID and LUN Chapter I - Using UnixWare...
Page 172 Host drive Target ID Host drive Target ID number Chapter I - GDT User's Manual...
Page 173 Configuration Example: Result: Chapter I - Using UnixWare...
Page 174: Further Information
I.6 Further Information Chapter I - GDT User's Manual...
Page 175 Chapter J Using Microsoft Windows NT Chapter J - Using Microsoft Windows NT...
Page 176: Using Microsoft Windows Nt
J. Using Microsoft Windows NT J.1 Transparency of Host Drives J.2 General Information on Windows NT J.3 Preparing the Installation Step 1: Step 2: Chapter J - GDT User's Manual...
Page 177: The Installation
Step 3: Step 4: FDISK /MBR <ENTER> NTPREP <ENTER> Step 5: J.4 The Installation Chapter J - Using Microsoft Windows NT...
Page 178: The Gdt Controller Is The Only Controller In The System
J.4.1 The GDT controller is the only Controller in the system C=Custom Setup S=Specify Additional SCSI Adapters Other GDT Cache and Disk Array Controller J.4.2 The GDT controller is the secondary Controller in the system Windows NT Setup Options Add/Remove SCSI Adapters Other GDT Cache and Disk Array Controller Install...
Page 179: Using The Hot-Plug Function With Raid Host Drives
J.4.3 Using the Hot-Plug Function with RAID Host Drives Windows NT Setup Options Add/Remove SCSI Adapters GDT Cache and Disk Array Controller Remove Other GDT Cache and Disk Array Controller Install J.4.4 Installation of a new GDTX.SYS Driver Version J.5 Installation of a Removable Hard Disk Mode 1: Mode 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\gdtx\Parameters\Device...
Page 180 regedt32.exe \winnt35\system32 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine gdtx SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ Parameters Parameters Device Device DriveParameter REG_SZ. Now e /reserve:0,0,4,0 Chapter J - GDT User's Manual...
Page 181 Chapter K Diagnosis Program GDTMON Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 182: The Diagnosis Program Gdtmon
K. The Diagnosis Program GDTMON Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 183: Loading Gdtmon
K.1 Loading GDTMON Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 184: Loading The Gdtmon Program Under Netware
K.1.1 Loading the GDTMON program under Netware LOAD GDTMON <ENTER> GDTMON <ENTER> K.1.2 Loading the GDTMON program under OS/2 GDTMON32 <ENTER> K.1.3 Loading the GDTMON program under Windows NT GDTMON <ENTER> K.1.4 Loading the GDTMON program under Windows 95 Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 185: Loading Gdtmon Under Sco Unix
GDTMON <ENTER> K.1.5 Loading gdtmon under SCO UNIX cd /userlib/terminfo <ENTER> tic gdt386.src <ENTER> TERM = gdt386 <ENTER> export TERM <ENTER> gdtmon <ENTER> K.2 The GDTMON program Host Drives Cache Drives Physical Drives K.2.1 Select Controller Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
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Page 187: Host Drives
K.2.2 Host Drives Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 188: Cache Drives
K.2.3 Cache Drives Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 189 Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 190: Physical Drives
K.2.4 Physical Drives Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 192: Cache Statistics
K.2.5 Cache Statistics Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 193: Sampling Rate
K.2.6 Sampling Rate Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 194: The Menu: View/Change Settings
K.3 The Menu: View/Change Settings Controller Cache Settings Physical Drives Cache Drives Array Drives Save Information Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 195: Notes And Information On The Hot Plug Function Of Gdtmon
K.3.1 Notes and Information on the Hot Plug function of GDTMON C xy z t 1 B6 3 + Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 196: Controller
K.3.2 Controller Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 197: Gdt Cache
K.3.3 GDT Cache Cache ON Cache OFF Delayed Write ON Delayed Write OFF Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 198: Physical Drives
K.3.4 Physical Drives Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 199: Cache Drives
K.3.5 Cache Drives Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 200: Set Cache Drive Name
K.3.5.1 Set Cache Drive Name Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 201: Hot Plug: Replace Mirror Drive
K.3.5.2 Hot Plug: Replace Mirror Drive Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 202 Example Session for Application 1 Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 207 Example Session for Application 2 Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
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Page 209: Hot Plug: Add Mirror Drive
K.3.5.3 Hot Plug: Add Mirror Drive Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
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Page 212: Hot Plug: Remove Mirror Drive
K.3.5.4 Hot Plug: Remove Mirror Drive Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 213: Hot Plug: Add Pool Hot Fix Drive
K.3.5.5 Hot Plug: Add Pool Hot Fix Drive Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
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Page 215: Hot Plug: Remove Pool Hot Fix Drive
K.3.5.6 Hot Plug: Remove Pool Hot Fix Drive K.3.5.7 Pool Hot Fix Access Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 216: Array Drives
K.3.6 Array Drives Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 217: Parity Verify
K.3.6.1 Parity Verify Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 218: Parity Recalculate
K.3.6.2 Parity Recalculate Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 219: Hot Plug: Replace Drive
K.3.6.3 Hot Plug: Replace Drive Example Session for Application 1 Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
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Page 229: Hot Plug: Add Private Hot Fix Drive
K.3.6.4 Hot Plug: Add private Hot Fix Drive Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
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Page 232: Hot Plug: Add Pool Hot Fix Drive
K.3.6.5 Hot Plug: Add Pool Hot Fix Drive Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 233: Hot Plug: Remove Private Hot Fix Drive
K.3.6.6 Hot Plug: Remove private Hot Fix Drive Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 234: Hot Plug: Remove Pool Hot Fix Drive
K.3.6.7 Hot Plug: Remove Pool Hot Fix Drive K.3.6.8 Pool Hot Fix Access Chapter K - GDT User's Manual...
Page 235: Save Information
K.3.7 Save Information Chapter K - Diagnosis Program GDTMON...
Page 236 Chapter L Hot Plug Program Chapter L - GDT User's Manual...
Page 237 Chapter L - The Hot Plug Program...
Page 238 Chapter L - GDT User's Manual...
Page 239 Chapter M GDTSETUP in Detail Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 240: Gdtsetup In Detail
M. GDTSETUP in Detail M.1 The three Levels of Hierarchy in GDT Firmware Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
Page 241: Host Drive Types In Raidyne
M.1.1 Host Drive types in RAIDYNE Available with Firmware Type of Host Description of Host Drive Installation Minimum number of Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 242: Scsi-Devices Which Can Be Run With Gdtsetup
variant Drive on Level SCSI-devices S, R Disk 1:1 assignment: Host Drive to SCSI- device S, R Chain Concatenation of several SCSI- devices S, R Mirror, RAID 1 Mirroring of Cache Drives S, R RAID 0 Data Striping 2,3 (*) RAID 4 Data Striping with parity drive RAID 5...
Page 243: Special Keys In Gdtsetup
GDTSETUP <ENTER> GDTSETUP /D <ENTER> GDTSETUP /E <ENTER> M.3.1 Special Keys in GDTSETUP Cursor-Keys ENTER-Key ESC-Key Space-bar Function Key F1 Function Key F2 Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 244: Select Controller
Function Key F3 M.4 Select Controller Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
Page 245: Configure Controller
M.5 Configure Controller Delayed-Write GDT PCI Interrupt BIOS BIOS Warning Level DPMEM-Mapping GDT SCSI-Termination GDT SCSI-IDs Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 246: Initializing Disks
M.6 Initializing Disks Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 249 1. Formatting and Surface Test: OFF (ON). 2. Sync. Transfer: ENABLED (DISABLED) 3. Disconnect: ENABLED (DISABLED) 4. SCSI Options Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
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Page 252: Setting Up Cache Drives
M.7 Setting Up Cache Drives Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 257: Installing A Cache Drive Of The Type Disk
M.7.1 Installing a Cache drive of the Type Disk Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 258: Installing A Cache Drive Of The Types Chain Or Stripe
M.7.2 Installing a Cache drive of the Types Chain or Stripe Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
Page 259 Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 260: Installing A Cache Drive Of The Type Mirror - Raid 1
M.7.3 Installing a Cache drive of the Type Mirror - RAID 1 Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 264 Additional Information on Cache drives of the type Mirror Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
Page 265: Configuring Host Drives
M.8 Configuring Host Drives Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 266 Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
Page 267: Setting Up Array Drives
M.8.1 Setting Up Array Drives Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
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Page 271: Enter Array Drive Name
M.8.1.1 Enter Array Drive Name M.8.1.2 Remove Array Drive Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 272: Add Hot-Fix Drive
M.8.1.3 Add Hot-Fix Drive Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 275: Replace Drive
M.8.1.4 Replace drive Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
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Page 279: Parity Verify
M.8.1.5 Parity Verify Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 280: Notes On The Configuration Of Raid 4/5 Host Drives
M.8.1.6 Notes on the configuration of RAID 4/5 host drives Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 283: Swap Host Drives
M.8.2 Swap Host Drives Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 284: Partition Host Drive
M.8.3 Partition Host Drive Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
Page 285: System Overview
M.9 System Overview Chapter M - GDTSETUP in Detail...
Page 286: Last Status Messages Of The Scsi Devices
M.9.1 Last Status Messages of the SCSI Devices 0x????70yz 0x????7000h 0x????7001h 0x????7002h Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 288: Leaving Gdtsetup
0x????700Eh 0x????700Fh M.10 Leaving GDTSETUP Chapter M - GDT User's Manual...
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Page 290 Chapter N Appendix Chapter N - GDT User's Manual...
Page 291: Appendix
N. Appendix N.1 Technical Data of the GDT controller N.2 Error Messages issued by the GDT controller Chapter N - Appendix...
Page 292 N.3 Assignment of the LED connectors Chapter N - GDT User's Manual...
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Introduction

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The Diagnosis Program Gdtmon

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