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PCI Ultra160 SCSI Adapter
AEC-67162
User's Manual
Version:1.1
Copyright © 2004 ACARD Technology Corp.
Release: January 2004

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  • Page 1 PCI Ultra160 SCSI Adapter AEC-67162 User’s Manual Version:1.1 Copyright © 2004 ACARD Technology Corp. Release: January 2004...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Trademarks

    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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 4 System & Driver Installation ..16 4.1 In Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 ...... 16 4.1.1 Install the Driver ............16 4.1.2 Boot from AEC-67162 ........... 21 4.2 In Windows NT4.0 ..........21 4.2.1 Install the Driver ............21 4.2.2 Boot from AEC-67162 ........... 22 4.3 In Windows 98/ME ..........
  • Page 4 4.4 In Linux ..............23 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting ......29 Appendix Make An Installation Diskette ..31 Technical Support Form ........34...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    AEC-67162 Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview ACARD AEC-67162 is a high-performance, 2-channel, PCI-to-Ultra160 SCSI adapter. It has the full features of PCI 64-bit bus master transfer capability and PCI enhanced data transfer commands. 1.2 Features Ultra160 2-channel adapter Data transfer rate up to 160MB/s per channel PCI bus master reduces CPU’s I/O loading...

  • Page 6: Os Compatibility

    Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server Windows NT4.0 Workstation, Server Windows 98/ME Linux Red Hat, SuSE, Turbo 1.5 Package When you open the package, please examine the following items. × AEC-67162 SCSI Adapter × Internal SCSI Cable × Terminator × User’s Manual ×...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Channel B (CN1): 68-pin Ultra160 LVD/SE SCSI external connector 2.2 Install the Adapter Please follow the steps given below to install the adapter AEC-67162. (1). Power off the computer. (2). Unplug the power cord and all connections of external devices.

  • Page 8: Connect Internal Devices

    AEC-67162 Manual 2.3 Connect Internal Devices Connect internal devices to the adapter according to the following steps. (1). Connect one end of the internal SCSI cable to any one of the adapter’s 2 inter- nal connectors. (2). Find an unused connector on the other end of the cable, and connect it to your SCSI device.
  • Page 9 AEC-67162 Manual Connect more external devices to the adapter according to the following steps. (1). Connect one end of the external SCSI cable to the adapter’s external connec- tor. (2). Connect another end of the cable to the first connector of your first SCSI device.

  • Page 10: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    AEC-67162 Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Setup After installing AEC-67162 and booting the system, you will see the following screen appear shortly after the screen of motherboard. Figure 3-1 NOTICE: If the message shows the IRQ Number : 10...ERROR, tested UNMATCHED, it means that the PCI slot has not been assigned IRQ #.

  • Page 11: Description Of Functions

    AEC-67162 Manual 3.1 Description of Functions á â On the BIOS screen use < >,< >, etc. to move the cursor, press <Enter> to select and confirm, press <Space> to change setup, and press <Esc> to exit. 3.1.1 Channel The following figure is setting a device according to the selected channel to which the device is connected.

  • Page 12: Adapter Setup

    AEC-67162 Manual 3.1.3 Adapter Setup Figure 3-5 Host adapter SCSI ID: Default is 7. Host adapter BIOS: Default is Enable. PCI Master-DMA Burst mode: Default is Enable. Host adapter SCSI termination: Activate or inactivate the SCSI terminator. Default is Automatic.

  • Page 13: Scsi Speed Setup

    AEC-67162 Manual 3.1.3.1 SCSI Speed Setup In SCSI Speed Setup you can choose a speed by moving the highlighted bar, and then press “Enter”. Figure 3-6 3.1.3.2 Additional Setup Functions Additional setup functions include Boot Target ID and Boot LUN Number. You can change any of them or all of them, and press “Enter”.

  • Page 14: Utility

    AEC-67162 Manual 3.1.4 Utility The utility includes three items: Preformat, Verify, and Quick Erase. Preformat is used to format a hard drive beforehand. But if the hard drive contains important data, you had better back it up at first. Verify is used to examine if a hard drive is sound. If there is any error, a message will show to ask you whether to reassign or not.

  • Page 15: Exit Setup

    AEC-67162 Manual 3.1.6 Exit Setup In Exit Setup you can choose “Update Data & Exit” or “No Update, Exit”. Figure 3-10...

  • Page 16: Chapter 4 System & Driver Installation

    Chapter 4 System & Driver Installation Driver installation varies somewhat in different operating systems. You can install the driver of AEC-67162 in an existing OS, or install a new OS into the hard drives connected to AEC-67162. The latter is to boot from AEC-67162.
  • Page 17 AEC-67162 Manual (3). Follow the wizard. Windows XP will require the driver’s location. Select “Include this location in the search”. (4). Select “Browse” to find the driver’s directory of AEC67162.inf such as A:\WinXP. Figure 4-2 (5). After the wizard finds the driver, click “Next” to install it.
  • Page 18 AEC-67162 Manual (6). Click “Continue Anyway” to continue the installation. Figure 4-4 (7). Follow the directions. The system will complete the setup automatically. Figure 4-5...
  • Page 19 AEC-67162 Manual Now verify if AEC-67162 has been installed successfully. (1). After setup, please boot the system again, and click “My Computer”. Figure 4-6 (2). Find “View system information”, and double click it. Figure 4-7...
  • Page 20 AEC-67162 Manual (3). In “System Properties” click “Hardware” and then “Device Manager”. Figure 4-8 (4). Under “SCSI and RAID Controllers” double click “ACARD AEC-67162 PCI Ultra 3 LVD/SE Controller” to see if the adapter has been installed successfully. Figure 4-9...

  • Page 21: Boot From Aec-67162

    Please follow the steps given below to install a new OS into the hard drives con- nected to AEC-67162. (1). Find the driver of AEC-67162 from the package on the support CD. Copy the driver into a formatted floppy disk and label it. Please refer to Appendix.

  • Page 22: Boot From Aec-67162

    Wizard asks you “What do you want Windows to do?” (3). Let Windows search the appropriate location of the driver such as A:\Win9x. (4). Wait a moment. Windows will search a driver file for the device “ACARD AEC67162 PCI Ultra3 LVD/SE SCSI Adapter”. Click “Next” to begin installing the driver.

  • Page 23: In Linux

    Turbo. You can also refer to the readme file in the driver package you download or on the support CD. The update of Linux version is frequent, so please visit ACARD’s Web site to download the newest driver and support information.
  • Page 24 Please type [linux dd] to install linux to a specific device. c. Press "Yes". There are drivers for Linux on the "Devices" dialog box. d. Insert the AEC-67162 Driver disk into floppy drive and press "ok" to continue. e. Follow the installation guide to finish your OS installation.
  • Page 25 AEC-67162 Manual SuSE Linux ACARD AEC-67162 Driver Diskette & Installation Guide for SuSE Linux 8.1 Copy all contents of the files into a formatted floppy diskette and label it as "AEC- 67162 SuSE8.1 Driver". (1). Install AEC-67162 driver into an existing system: a.
  • Page 26 AEC-67162 Manual e. Select "Load IDE/RAID/SCSI modules". f. Select "--More modules--" -->SuSE 8.1 Linux has no driver for AEC-67162. g. Insert the "AEC-67162 SuSE8.1 Driver" diskette into floppy drive and press OK to add an AEC-67162 module. h. Press "Enter" --> No parameters need to be entered.
  • Page 27 AEC-67162 driver: # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # cd /mnt/floppy # ./install Answer "Y or N" to load AEC-67162 module when linux booting... complete # cd / # umount /dev/fd0 c. Mount hard drives and done.
  • Page 28 Instead, please press "Ctrl+Alt+F2" again to enter command mode terminal and issue the following commands to load AEC-68x5 Turbo driver into the hard drives Insert "AEC-67162 Turbo8.0 driver" diskette into floppy drive # chroot /mnt/sysimage # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # cd /mnt/floppy # ./setup67162...

  • Page 29: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    2. The adapter Check if the adapter AEC-67162 is inserted firmly into the slot on the motherboard. If the adapter is fine but cannot be detected, that is usually bad connection. You can remove the card and insert it into the original or the other PCI slot again.
  • Page 30 2.4.20 and 2.4.22 is not much, but you still need to compile the driver for each version. In order not to trouble users, ACARD simply provides the driver for standard OS such as Red Hat 8.0, 9.0. It won’t provide the driver for the update of kernel.

  • Page 31: Appendix Make An Installation Diskette

    To install an OS like Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 into a hard drive connected with AEC-67162, you need a floppy diskette containing the SCSI card’s driver to boot the hard drive. Please follow the steps below to make a driver diskette.
  • Page 32 AEC-67162 Manual 3. Under the “Driver” folder find your SCSI card’s model number. For example, AEC-67162s driver is Driver>SCSI>AEC67162.
  • Page 33 AEC-67162 Manual 4. Choose the driver folder, and right-click “Send to 3.5” floppy”. Meanwhile insert an empty diskette into the floppy drive.

  • Page 34: Technical Support Form

    AEC-67162 Manual Technical Support Form Email: support@acard.com http://www.acard.com Model F/W Version AEC-67162 System Configuration Motherboard BIOS version SCSI adapter Chipset Memory Display card Other I/O card OS version Hard Disk Configuration Hard Disk Model/type Capacity Firmware version Others Problem Description...

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