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MAN-475
6/13/2001

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  • Page 1: Hardware Guide

    MegaRAID Express 500 ® Hardware Guide MAN-475 6/13/2001...

  • Page 2: Revision History

    This publication contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. No part of this publication can be reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher, LSI Logic Corporation. LSI Logic Corporation acknowledges the following trademarks: Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Sytos 300 is a registered trademark of Sytron Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    MegaRAID Express 500 Block Diagram... 4 Introduction to RAID... 5 RAID Benefits ... 5 In This Chapter ... 6 MegaRAID Express 500 – Host-Based RAID Solution ... 7 RAID Overview... 8 Fault Tolerance... 8 Consistency Check... 8 Disk Rebuild ... 9 Hot Spares ...
  • Page 4 Array Performance Features ... 29 RAID Management Features ... 30 Fault Tolerance Features... 30 Software Utilities ... 31 Operating System Software Drivers... 31 MegaRAID Express 500 Specifications ... 32 PCI Bridge/CPU ... 32 Cache Memory... 33 MegaRAID BIOS ... 33 Onboard Speaker ... 33 Serial Port ...
  • Page 5 Step 7 Install MegaRAID Express 500... 60 Step 8 Connect SCSI Cables... 61 Step 9 Set Target IDs... 62 Device Identification on MegaRAID Express 500 ... 63 Step 10 Power Up ... 64 Step 11 Run MegaRAID BIOS Setup... 64 Step 12 Install the Operating System Driver...
  • Page 6 Table of Contents, Continued Troubleshooting ... 99 BIOS Boot Error Messages ... 101 Other BIOS Error Messages ... 103 DOS ASPI Driver Error Messages ... 104 Other Potential Problems... 105 SCSI Cables and Connectors ... 107 SCSI Connectors... 107 68-Pin High Density SCSI Internal Connector ... 107 High-Density 68-Pin SCSI Connector Pinout...
  • Page 7 160 MB/s (Megabytes per second). This manual describes MegaRAID Express 500. Limited Warranty The buyer agrees if this product proves to be defective, that LSI Logic is obligated only to repair or replace this product at LSI Logic’s discretion according to the terms and conditions of the warranty registration card that accompanies this product.
  • Page 8 • a warranty registration card (on CD) Technical Support If you need help installing, configuring, or running the MegaRAID Express 500 PCI RAID Controller, call your LSI Logic OEM Technical Support representative at 678-728- 1250. Before you call, please complete the MegaRAID Problem Report form on the next page.
  • Page 9 Address City/State Country email address Phone System Information Motherboard: Operating System: Op. Sys. Ver.: MegaRAID Driver Ver.: Network Card: Other disk controllers installed: Description of problem: Steps necessary to re-create problem: Logical Drive Configuration Logical RAID Stripe Drive Level Size...
  • Page 10 Logical RAID Stripe Logical Drive Cache Read Write # of Physical Size Drives Drive Level Size Policy Policy Policy LD20 LD21 LD22 LD23 LD24 LD25 LD26 LD27 LD28 LD29 LD30 LD31 LD32 LD33 LD34 LD35 LD36 LD37 LD38 LD39 MegaRAID Express500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 11: Physical Device Layout

    Physical Device Layout Channel 1 Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID...
  • Page 12 Channel 1 Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level...
  • Page 13 (even if LSI Logic has been advised of the possibility of such damages). Any questions or comments regarding this document or its contents should be addressed to LSI Logic at the address shown on the cover.

  • Page 14: Fcc Regulatory Statement

    Series 475 FCC ID Number: IUESER475 LSI Logic certifies only that this product will work correctly when this product is used with the same jumper settings, the same system configuration, the same memory module parts, and the same peripherals that were tested by LSI Logic with this product. The...

  • Page 15: Overview

    MegaRAID Express 500 offers a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a server. The MegaRAID Express 500 has a 160M Ultra and Wide SCSI channel supporting data transfer rates up to 160 megabytes per second (MB/s) per channel. The SCSI channel supports up to fifteen non-Ultra SCSI devices.

  • Page 16: Single Ended And Differential Scsi Buses

    Fast SCSI Fast Wide SCSI Ultra SCSI Wide Ultra SCSI Ultra 2 SCSI Wide Ultra 2 SCSI Ultra3 SCSI Wide Ultra3 SCSI MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Single ended Maximum Number of Drives 12 m 12 m 12 m 1.5 m...

  • Page 17: Documentation

    Documentation The MegaRAID Express 500 technical documentation set includes: • the MegaRAID Elite 1600 Hardware Guide • the MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide • the MegaRAID Operating System Drivers Guide MegaRAID Configuration Hardware Guide This manual contains the RAID overview, RAID planning, and RAID system configuration information you will need first.

  • Page 18: Megaraid Express 500 Block Diagram

    MegaRAID Express 500 Block Diagram MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 19: Introduction To Raid

    RAID has gained popularity because it improves I/O performance and increases storage subsystem reliability. RAID provides data security through fault tolerance and redundant data storage. The MegaRAID Express 500 management software configures and monitors RAID disk arrays. Although disk drive capabilities have improved drastically, actual performance has been Improved I/O improved only three to four times in the last decade.

  • Page 20: In This Chapter

    In This Chapter The following topics are discussed: Major Topic Host-based RAID solution RAID overview MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Subtopic turn to page 7 page 8 Consistency check page 8 Fault tolerance page 8 Disk rebuild page 9 Hot spares...

  • Page 21: Megaraid Express 500 - Host-Based Raid Solution

    A host-based RAID product provides the best performance. MegaRAID Express 500 is part of the file server, so it can transmit data directly across the computer’s buses at data transfer speeds up to 132 MB/s.

  • Page 22: Raid Overview

    A RAID system can be implemented in a number of different versions (or RAID Levels). The standard RAID levels are 0, 1, 3, and 5. MegaRAID Express 500 supports all standard RAID levels and RAID levels 10, 30, and 50, special RAID versions supported by MegaRAID Express 500.

  • Page 23: Disk Rebuild

    A rebuild rate of 100 percent means the system is totally dedicated to rebuilding the failed drive. The MegaRAID Express 500 rebuild rate can be configured between 0% and 100%. At 0%, the rebuild is only done if the system is not doing anything else. At 100%, the rebuild has a higher priority than any other system activity.

  • Page 24: Hot Spares

    Express 500 RAID Management software allows you to specify physical drives as hot spares. When a hot spare is needed, the MegaRAID Express 500 controller assigns the hot spare that has a capacity closest to and at least as great as that of the failed drive to take the place of the failed drive.

  • Page 25: Parity

    Parity Parity generates a set of redundancy data from two or more parent data sets. The redundancy data can be used to reconstruct one of the parent data sets. Parity data does not fully duplicate the parent data sets. In RAID, this method is applied to entire drives or stripes across all disk drives in an array.

  • Page 26: Disk Striping

    For example, a four-disk array with disk striping has a stripe width of four. Stripe Size The stripe size is the length of the interleaved data segments that MegaRAID Express 500 writes across multiple drives. MegaRAID Express 500 supports stripe sizes of 2 KB, 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.

  • Page 27: Disk Mirroring

    Disk Mirroring With mirroring (used in RAID 1), data written to one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive. If one disk drive fails, the contents of the other disk drive can be used to run the system and reconstruct the failed drive. The primary advantage of disk mirroring is that it provides 100% data redundancy.

  • Page 28: Disk Spanning

    Spanning two contiguous RAID 0 logical drives does not produce a new RAID level or add fault tolerance. It does increase the size of the logical Note: volume and improves performance by doubling the number of spindles. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Description...

  • Page 29: Logical Drive

    The drive operating condition is not optimal. One of the configured drives has failed or is offline. Failed The drive has failed. Offline The drive is not available to MegaRAID Express 500. SCSI Drive States A SCSI disk drive can be in one of these states: State Description...

  • Page 30: Disk Array Types

    Bus) but is limited to the bus it is designed for. MegaRAID Express 500 resides on a PCI bus, which can handle data transfer at up to 132 MB/s. With MegaRAID Express 500, the channel can handle data transfer rates up to 160 MB/s per SCSI channel.

  • Page 31: Raid Levels

    There are six official RAID levels (RAID 0 through RAID 5). MegaRAID Express 500 supports RAID levels 0, 1, 3, and 5. LSI Logic has designed three additional RAID levels (10, 30, and 50) that provide additional benefits. The RAID levels that MegaRAID...

  • Page 32: Selecting A Raid Level

    Disk striping and parity data across all drives. Note: The maximum number of physical drives supported by the Express 500 controller is 15. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Pros Cons Maximum Physical Drives High data No fault...

  • Page 33: Raid 0

    RAID set. RAID 0 offers high bandwidth. By breaking up a large file into smaller blocks, MegaRAID Express 500 can use several drives to read or write the file faster. RAID 0 involves no parity calculations to complicate the write operation. This makes RAID 0 ideal for applications that require high bandwidth but do not require fault tolerance.

  • Page 34: Raid 1

    RAID 1 In RAID 1, MegaRAID Express 500 duplicates all data from one drive to a second drive. RAID 1 provides complete data redundancy, but at the cost of doubling the required data storage capacity. Uses Use RAID 1 for small databases or any other environment that requires fault tolerance but small capacity.

  • Page 35: Raid 3

    RAID 3 RAID 3 provides disk striping and complete data redundancy though a dedicated parity drive. The stripe size must be 64 KB if RAID 3 is used. RAID 3 handles data at the block level, not the byte level, so it is ideal for networks that often handle very large files, such as graphic images.
  • Page 36 Continued RAID 5 vs RAID 3 You may find that RAID 5 is preferable to RAID 3, even for applications characterized by sequential reads and writes, because MegaRAID Express 500 has very robust caching algorithms. The benefits of RAID 3 disappear if there are many small I/O operations scattered randomly and widely across the disks in the logical drive.

  • Page 37: Raid 5

    Use RAID 5 for transaction processing applications because each drive can read and write independently. If a drive fails, MegaRAID Express 500 uses the parity drive to recreate all missing information. Use also for office automation and online customer service that requires fault tolerance.

  • Page 38: Raid 10

    RAID 10 provides both high data transfer rates and Strong Points complete data redundancy. RAID 10 requires twice as many drives as all other RAID Weak Points levels except RAID 1. Four to 14 (must be a multiple of two) Drives MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 39: Raid 30

    RAID 30 RAID 30 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 3. RAID 30 provides high data transfer speeds and high data reliability. RAID 30 is best implemented on two RAID 3 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays. RAID 30 breaks up data into smaller blocks, and then stripes the blocks of data to each RAID 3 raid set.

  • Page 40: Raid 50

    Requires 2 to 4 times as many parity drives as RAID 5. Weak Points Drives Six to 15 The initiator takes one ID per channel. This leaves 15 IDs available for one channel. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 41: Features

    Configuration on Disk Configuration on Disk (drive roaming) saves configuration information both in NVRAM on MegaRAID Express 500 and on the disk drives connected to MegaRAID Express 500. If MegaRAID Express 500 is replaced, the new MegaRAID Express 500 controller can detect the actual RAID configuration, maintaining the integrity of the data on each drive, even if the drives have changed channel and/or target ID.

  • Page 42: Hardware Requirements

    Hardware Requirements MegaRAID Express 500 can be installed in an IBM AT®-compatible or EISA computer with a motherboard that has 5 volt/3.3 volt PCI expansion slots. The computer must support PCI version 2.1 or later. The computer should have an Intel Pentium, Pentium Pro, or more powerful CPU, a floppy drive, a color monitor and VGA adapter card, a mouse, and a keyboard.

  • Page 43: Hardware Architecture Features

    Hardware Architecture Features The hardware architecture features include: Specification Processor SCSI Controller Size of Flash ROM Amount of NVRAM Hardware XOR assistance Direct I/O Removable cache memory module SCSI bus termination Double-sided DIMMs Auxiliary TermPWR source Direct I/O bandwidth Array Performance Features The array performance features include: Specification Host data transfer rate...

  • Page 44: Raid Management Features

    The fault tolerance features include: Specification Support for SMART Enclosure management Drive failure detection Drive rebuild using hot spares Parity Generation and checking MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Feature RS232C Not released yet Not released yet Feature SAF-TE compliant Automatic...

  • Page 45: Software Utilities

    Bootup configuration via MegaRAID Manager Online Read, Write, and cache policy switching Internet and intranet support through TCP/IP Operating System Software Drivers Operating System Drivers MegaRAID Express 500 includes a DOS software configuration utility and drivers for: • Windows NT V4.0 •...

  • Page 46: Megaraid Express 500 Specifications

    Serial Port PCI Bridge/CPU MegaRAID Express 500 uses the Intel i960RM PCI bridge with an embedded 80960JX RISC processor running at 100 MHz. The RM bridge handles data transfers between the primary (host) PCI bus, the secondary PCI bus, cache memory, and the SCSI bus. The DMA controller supports chaining and unaligned data transfers.

  • Page 47: Cache Memory

    Cache Memory MegaRAID Express 500 cache memory resides in a memory bank that uses 2 M x 72 (16 MB), 4 M x 72 (32 MB), 8 M x 72 (64 MB) or 16 M x 72 (128 MB) unbuffered 3.3V SDRAM .

  • Page 48: Scsi Bus

    SCSI Bus MegaRAID Express 500 has a Fast and Wide Ultra 160M SCSI channel that supports both LVD and single-ended devices with active termination. Synchronous and asynchronous devices are supported. MegaRAID Express 500 provides automatic termination disable via cable detection. The SCSI channel supports up to 15 wide or seven non-wide SCSI devices at speeds up to 160 MB/s.

  • Page 49: Raid Management

    Detect Failed Drive The MegaRAID Express 500 firmware automatically detects and rebuilds failed drives. This can be done transparently with hot spares. Hot Swap MegaRAID Express 500 supports the manual replacement of a disk unit in the RAID subsystem without system shutdown. Chapter 4 Features...

  • Page 50: Compatibility

    SCSI device compatibility • software compatibility Server Management As an SNMP agent, MegaRAID Express 500 supports all SNMP managers and RedAlert from Storage Dimensions. SCSI Device Compatibility MegaRAID Express 500 supports SCSI hard disk drives, CD-ROMs, tape drives, optical drives, DAT drives and other SCSI peripheral devices.

  • Page 51: Configuring Megaraid Express 500

    Physical SCSI drives must be organized into logical drives. The arrays and logical drives that you construct must be able to support the RAID level that you select. Your MegaRAID Express 500 adapter has one SCSI channel. Basic Configuration Rules You should observe the following guidelines when connecting and configuring SCSI devices in a RAID array: •...

  • Page 52: Current Configuration

    LD13 LD14 LD15 LD16 LD17 LD18 LD19 LD20 LD21 LD22 LD23 LD24 LD25 LD26 LD27 LD28 MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Device Description Termination? SCSI Channel 1 Logical Drive Cache Read Write Size Policy Policy Policy # of Physical Drives...
  • Page 53 Logical RAID Stripe Logical Drive Cache Read Write # of Physical Size Drives Drive Level Size Policy Policy Policy LD29 LD30 LD31 LD32 LD33 LD34 LD35 LD36 LD37 LD38 LD39 Cont’d Chapter 5 Configuring MegaRAID Express 500...

  • Page 54: Physical Device Layout

    Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Channel 1...
  • Page 55 Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Target ID Device Type Logical Drive Number/ Drive Number Manufacturer/Model Number Firmware level Chapter 5 Configuring MegaRAID Express 500...

  • Page 56: Configuring Arrays

    Express 500, formatted, and initialized. An array can consist of up to 15 physical disk drives, depending on the RAID level. MegaRAID Express 500 supports up to eight arrays. The number of drives in an array determines the RAID levels that can be supported.

  • Page 57: Configuration Strategies

    – (capacity of 1 disk X of arrays) number of Arrays) 6 – 15 (Must (Number of disks) X (capacity of be a multiple smallest disk) – (capacity of 1 disk X of arrays) number of Arrays) Chapter 5 Configuring MegaRAID Express 500 Cont’d...
  • Page 58 Provides data redundancy and good performance in most environments. Provides data redundancy and excellent performance. Provides data redundancy and good performance in most environments. Provides data redundancy and very good performance. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Fault Tolerance Protection Performance Characteristics...

  • Page 59: Assigning Raid Levels

    The maximum number of physical drives supported by the controller is 15. Configuring Logical Drives After you have installed the MegaRAID Express 500 controller in the server and have attached all physical disk drives, perform the following actions to prepare a RAID disk...

  • Page 60: Optimizing Data Storage

    Maximize the safety of the data (fault tolerance) Maximize hard drive performance and throughput How many hot spares? Amount of cache memory installed on MegaRAID Express 500 Are all of the disk drives and the server protected by a UPS? MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 61: Array Configuration Planner

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  • Page 62 MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 63: Hardware Installation

    Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for the entire system • 160M, Ultra, Fast SCSI 2 or Wide SCSI hard disk drives Optional Equipment You may also want to install SCSI cables that connect MegaRAID Express 500 to external SCSI devices. Checklist...

  • Page 64: Installation Steps

    Installation Steps MegaRAID Express 500 provides extensive customization options. If you need only basic MegaRAID Express 500 features and your computer does not use other adapter cards with resource settings that may conflict with MegaRAID Express 500 settings, even custom installation can be quick and easy.

  • Page 65: Step 1 Unpack

    Remove the controller card and inspect it for damage. If the card appears damaged, or if any item listed below is missing, contact LSI Logic or your MegaRAID OEM support representative. The MegaRAID Express 500 Controller is also shipped with the following on CD: •...

  • Page 66: Step 4 Install Cache Memory

    You must use an approved DIMM only. Call LSI Logic Technical Support at 678-728-1250 for the latest list of approved memory vendors. Install cache memory on the MegaRAID Express 500 card in the DIMM socket. This socket accepts a 168-pin DIMM.

  • Page 67: Step 5 Set Jumpers

    Step 5 Set Jumpers Make sure the jumper settings on the MegaRAID Express 500 card are correct. The jumpers and connectors are: Connector SCSI bus termination enable control CPLD programming NVRAM clear Serial EPROM Serial port Write Pending BIOS enable...
  • Page 68 Unit. Attach a four-wire cable from J9 to the I2C Bus Interface Unit. J5 Serial Port J5 is a 3-pin berg that attaches to a serial cable. The pinout is: Signal Description MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide J10 Setting Short Pins 1-2 Short Pins 2-3...
  • Page 69 Step 5 Set Jumpers, Continued J8 Hard Disk LED J8 is a four-pin connector that attaches to a cable that connects to the hard disk LED mounted on the computer enclosure. The LED indicates data transfers. J10 Term PowerJ10 is a 2-pin jumper. The factory setting is Pins 1-2 shorted. Pins 1-2 should always be shorted for J10 to enable onboard term power.

  • Page 70: Step 6 Set Termination

    For a disk array, set SCSI bus termination so that removing or adding a SCSI device does not disturb termination. An easy way to do this is to connect the MegaRAID Express 500 card to one end of the SCSI cable and to connect an external terminator module at the other end of the cable.

  • Page 71: Scsi Termination

    You complete the SCSI bus by setting termination at both ends. You can let MegaRAID Express 500 automatically provide SCSI termination at one end of the SCSI bus. You can terminate the other end of the SCSI bus by attaching an external SCSI terminator module to the end of the cable or by attaching a SCSI device that internally terminates the SCSI bus at the end of the SCSI channel.
  • Page 72 Terminating Internal and External Disk Arrays You can use both internal and external drives with MegaRAID Express 500. You still must make sure that the proper SCSI termination and termination power is preserved, as shown below: MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Cont’d...
  • Page 73 SCSI Termination, Continued Connecting Non-Disk SCSI Devices SCSI Tape drives, scanners, CD-ROM drives, and other non-disk drive devices must each have a unique SCSI ID regardless of the SCSI channel they are attached to. The general rule for Unix systems is: •...

  • Page 74: Step 7 Install Megaraid Express 500

    Step 7 Install MegaRAID Express 500 Choose a 3.3 V or 5 V PCI slot and align the MegaRAID Express 500 controller card bus connector to the slot. Press down gently but firmly to make sure that the card is properly seated in the slot.

  • Page 75: Step 8 Connect Scsi Cables

    Step 8 Connect SCSI Cables Connect SCSI cables to SCSI devices. MegaRAID Express 500 provides two SCSI connectors: J11, the SCSI channel internal high-density 68-pin connector for Wide (16- bit) SCSI and J13, the SCSI channel external ultra high-density 68-pin connector for Wide (16-bit) SCSI.

  • Page 76: Step 9 Set Target Ids

    SCSI IDs regardless of the channel where they are connected. See the documentation for each SCSI device to set the TIDs. The MegaRAID Express 500 controller automatically occupies TID 7 in the SCSI channel. Eight-bit SCSI devices can only use the TIDs from 0 to 6.

  • Page 77: Device Identification On Megaraid Express 500

    Device Identification on MegaRAID Express 500 Example of MegaRAID Express 500 ID Mapping As Presented to the Operating System Channel 1 A1-1 A2-1 A2-5 A4-1 Optical Reserved A5-2 A5-6 A6-1 A6-4 A6-7 A7-2 A7-5 A7-8 Device Device Disk (A1-X) Scanner...

  • Page 78: Step 10 Power Up

    If the computer is powered up before a SCSI device, the device might not be recognized. During boot, the MegaRAID Express 500 BIOS message appears: MegaRAID Express 500 Disk Array Adapter BIOS Version x.xx date Copyright (c) LSI Logic Corporation Firmware Initializing... [ Scanning SCSI Device ...(etc.)... ] The firmware takes several seconds to initialize.

  • Page 79: Step 12 Install The Operating System Driver

    Step 12 Install the Operating System Driver When booting the system from a drive connected to a MegaRAID controller and using EMM386.EXE, MEGASPI.SYS must be loaded in CONFIG.SYS before EMM386.EXE is loaded. If you do not do this, you cannot access the boot drive after EMM386 is loaded.

  • Page 80: Step 12 Install Operating System Driver

    Step 12 Install Operating System Driver, CD-ROM Driver A device driver is provided with MegaRAID Express 500 for CD-ROM drives operating under DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows 95. The driver filename is AMICDROM.SYS. The MEGASPI.SYS ASPI manager must be added to the CONFIG.SYS file before you can install the CD-ROM device driver.

  • Page 81: Cluster Installation And Configuration

    Cluster Installation and Configuration Overview This chapter contains the procedures for installing Cluster Service for servers running the Windows 2000 server operating system. Clusters Physically, a cluster is a grouping of two independent servers that can access the same data storage and provide services to a common set of clients. With current technology, this usually means servers connected to common I/O buses and a common network for client access.

  • Page 82: Hardware Requirements

    • Make sure that all hardware is identical, slot for slot, card for card, for all nodes. This will make it easier to configure the cluster and eliminate potential compatibility problems. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 83: Installation And Configuration

    Installation and Configuration Use the following procedures to install and configure your system as part of a cluster. Step Unpack the controller following the instructions on page 51. Set the hardware termination for the controller as “always on”. Refer to the J1 Termination Enable jumper settings on page 54 for more information.

  • Page 84: Driver Installation Instructions Under Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

    The following screen displays the detected hardware device. Click on Next. The following screen appears. This screen is used to locate the device driver for the hardware device. Select Search for a suitable driver… and click on Next. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Action...
  • Page 85 Step The following screen displays. Insert the floppy diskette with the appropriate driver disk for Windows 2000. Select Floppy disk drives in the screen below and click on Next. The Wizard detects the device driver on the diskette and the "Completing the upgrade device driver"...
  • Page 86 On the screen below, choose to display a list of the known drivers, so that you can choose a specific driver. Click on Next. The following screen displays. Select Other devices from the list of hardware types. Click on Next. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Action...
  • Page 87 Step The following screen displays. Select the driver that you want to install for the device. If you have a disk with the driver you want to install, click on Have Disk. The following window displays. Insert the disk containing the driver into the selected drive and click on OK.
  • Page 88 Step The following screen displays. Select the processor device and click on Next. On the final screen, click on Finish to complete the installation. Repeat the process on the peer system. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Action...

  • Page 89: Network Requirements

    Network Requirements The network requirements for clustering are: • A unique NetBIOS cluster name • Five unique, static IP addresses: • two are for the network adapters on the internal network • two are for the network adapters on the external network •...

  • Page 90: Cluster Installation

    A mix of domain controllers and member servers in a cluster is not acceptable. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Make sure that power to all storage devices on the shared bus is turned off.

  • Page 91: Installing The Windows 2000 Operating System

    Install at least two network card adapters per each cluster node. One network card adapter card is used to access the public network. The second network card adapter is used to access the cluster nodes.
  • Page 92 Note: Use crossover cables for the network card adapters that access the cluster nodes. If you do not use the crossover cables properly, the system will not detect the network card adapter that accesses the cluster nodes. If the network card adapter is not detected, then you cannot configure the network adapters during the Cluster Service installation.

  • Page 93: Configuring The Cluster Node Network Adapter

    Right-click Private Connection again. Click on Properties. Click on Configure. Click on Advanced. The network card adapter properties window displays. You should set network adapters on the private network to the actual speed of the network, rather than the default automated speed selection.

  • Page 94: Configuring The Public Network Adapter

    In order to verify that the network adapters are working properly, perform the following steps. Note: Before proceeding, you must know the IP address for each network card adapter in the cluster. You can obtain it by using the IPCONFIG command on each node. Step Click on Start.

  • Page 95: Verifying Domain Membership

    They you would type Ping 192.168.0.172 10.1.1.1 from Node 2. To confirm name resolution, ping each node from a client using the node’s machine name instead of its IP number. Verifying Domain Membership All nodes in the cluster have to be members of the same domain and capable of accessing a domain controller and a DNS Server.

  • Page 96: Setting Up A Cluster User Account

    Click on Administrators and click on OK. This gives the new user account administrative privileges on this computer. Close the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Description If your company’s security policy does not allow the use of passwords that never expire, you must renew the password on each node before password expiration.

  • Page 97: Setting Up Shared Disks

    Setting Up Shared Disks Warning: Make sure that Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and the Cluster Service are installed and running on one node before you start an operating system on another node. If the operating system is started on other nodes before you install and configure Cluster Service and run it on at least one node, the cluster disks will have a high chance of becoming corrupted.

  • Page 98: Configuring Shared Disks

    Step Right-click on the desired partition and select Change Drive Letter and Path. Select a new drive letter. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each shared disk. Close the Computer Management window. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Description Description...

  • Page 99: Verifying Disk Access And Functionality

    Verifying Disk Access and Functionality Perform the steps below to verify disk access and functionality. Step Click on Start. Click on Programs. Click on Accessories, then click on Notepad. Type some words into Notepad and use the File/Save As command to save it as a test file called test.txt.

  • Page 100: Cluster Service Software Installation

    Enter x:\i386 (where x is the drive letter of your CD-ROM). If you installed Windows 2000 from a network, enter the appropriate network path instead. (If the Windows 2000 Setup flashscreen displays, close it.) Click on OK. The following screen displays. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Description...
  • Page 101 Click on Next. The Hardware Configuration Certification window appears. Click on I Understand to accept the condition that Cluster Service is supported only on hardware listed on the Hardware Compatibility List. This is the first node in the cluster; therefore, you must create the cluster itself. Select The first node in the cluster, as shown below and then click on Next.
  • Page 102 At this point the Cluster Service Configuration Wizard validates the user account and password. Click on Next. The Add or Remove Managed Disks screen displays next. This screen is in the following section about configuring cluster disks. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 103: Configuring Cluster Disks

    Configuring Cluster Disks Windows 2000 Managed Disks displays all SCSI disks, as shown on the screen below. It displays SCSI disks that do not reside on the same bus as the system disk. Because of this, a node that has multiple SCSI buses will list SCSI disks that are not to be used as shared storage.
  • Page 104 Verify that the network name and IP address correspond to the network interface for the public network. Check the box Enable this network for cluster use. Select the option All communications (mixed network), as shown below, and click on MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Continued Description...
  • Page 105 Next. The next dialog box configures the private network. Make sure that the network name and IP address correspond to the network interface used for the private network. Check the box Enable this network for cluster use. Select the option Internal cluster communications only, then click on Next. In this example, both networks are configured so that both can be used for internal cluster communication.
  • Page 106 The Cluster Service Configuration Wizard shown below automatically associates the cluster IP address with one of the public or mixed networks. It uses the subnet mask to select the correct network. Click Finish to complete the cluster configuration on the first node. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...
  • Page 107 The Cluster Service Setup Wizard completes the setup process for the first node by copying the files needed to complete the installation of Cluster Service. After the files are copied, the Cluster Service registry entries are created, the log files on the quorum resource are created, and the Cluster Service is started on the first node.
  • Page 108 Close the Add/Remove Programs window. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 109: Validating The Cluster Installation

    Validating the Cluster Installation Use the Cluster Administrator snap-in to validate the Cluster Service installation on the first node. Step Click on Start. Click on Programs. Click on Administrative Tools. Click on Cluster Adminstrator. The following screen displays. If your snap-in window is similar to that shown above below, your Cluster Service was successfully installed on the first node.

  • Page 110: Verify Installation

    Now, you are ready to install cluster resources, such as file shares, printer spoolers, cluster aware services like IIS, Message Queuing, Distributed Transaction Coordinator, DHCP, WINS, or cluster aware applications like Exchange or SQL Server. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 111: Scsi Drive Installations

    SCSI Drive Installations This information is provided as a generic instruction set for SCSI drive installations. If the SCSI hard disk vendor’s instructions conflict with the instructions in this section, always use the instructions supplied by the vendor. The SCSI bus listed in the hardware requirements must be configured prior to installation of Cluster Services.
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  • Page 113: Troubleshooting

    Replace the drive cable. Set the drives to spin on command. This will allow MegaRAID Express 500 to spin two devices simultaneously. These utilities require a color monitor. For proper cache memory operation, you must install at least 16 MB of memory in MegaRAID Express 500.
  • Page 114 The channel is automatically terminated at the MegaRAID Express 500 card if only one cable is connected to a channel. Make sure (on a channel basis) only two types of cables are connected at any one time.

  • Page 115: Bios Boot Error Messages

    BIOS Boot Error Messages Message Adapter BIOS Disabled. No Logical Drives Handled by BIOS Host Adapter at Baseport xxxx Not Responding No MegaRAID Express 500 Adapter Configuration of NVRAM and drives mismatch. Run View/Add Configuration option of Configuration Utility. Press any key to run the Configuration Utility.
  • Page 116 BIOS. Press any key to continue… Insufficient Memory The following SCSI IDs are not responding: Channel x:a.b.c MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Problem Suggested Solution A logical drive signed on Make sure all physical in a degraded state. drives are properly...

  • Page 117: Other Bios Error Messages

    Other BIOS Error Messages Message Following SCSI The physical disk roaming disk not found feature did not find the physical and no empty disk with the displayed SCSI slot available for ID. No slot is available to map mapping it the physical drive.

  • Page 118: Dos Aspi Driver Error Messages

    'ERROR: VDS support is *INACTIVE* for MegaRAID Express logical drives MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Corrective Action The ASPI manager is not loaded. One of the failure codes listed below is displayed next. Correct the condition that caused the failure. The failure...

  • Page 119: Other Potential Problems

    We do not provide a driver for BSDI Unix. MegaRAID Express 500 does not support BSDI Unix. Multiple LUNs MegaRAID Express 500 supports one LUN per each target ID. No multiple LUN devices are supported. MegaRAID Express The Maximum MegaRAID Express 500 power Power Requirements requirements are 15 watts at 5V and 3 Amps.
  • Page 120 Select Other from the bottom of the list. Insert the Drivers Disk you made when prompted to do so and select MegaRAID Express 500 from this list. In some cases, Windows NT Setup repeatedly prompts to swap disks. Windows NT will now recognize any devices attached to this adapter.

  • Page 121: Ascsi Cables And Connectors

    68-pin ultra high density external connector 68-Pin High Density SCSI Internal Connector The SCSI channel on the MegaRAID Express 500 Controller has a 68-pin high density 0.050 inch pitch unshielded connector. This connector provides all signals needed to connect MegaRAID Express 500 to wide SCSI devices.
  • Page 122 Cable Assembly for Internal Wide SCSI Devices The cable assembly for connecting internal wide SCSI devices is shown below: pin 1 pin 1 pin 1 Connectors: 68 position plug (male) AMP - 786090-7 Cable: Flat Ribbon or Twisted-Pair Flat Cable 68 Conductor 0.025 Centerline 30 AWG MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Continued Cont’d...
  • Page 123 68-Pin High Density Connectors, Connecting Internal and External Wide Devices The cable assembly for connecting internal wide and external wide SCSI devices is shown below: pin 1 pin 1 pin 1 Connector A: 68 position panel mount receptacle with 4-40 holes (female) AMP - 786096-7 NOTE: To convert to 2-56 holes, use screwlock kit 749087-1, 749087-2, or 750644-1...
  • Page 124 OPEN OPEN OPEN TABLE 1: CONNECTOR CONTACT CONNECTION FOR WIDE TO NON-WIDE CONVERSION MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Continued pin 1 pin 1 pin 1 Connector A: 68 position plug (male) AMP - 749925-5 Connector B:50 position IDC receptacle (female)
  • Page 125 68-Pin High Density Connectors, Converting Internal Wide to Internal Non-Wide (Type 30) The cable assembly for connecting internal wide SCSI devices to internal non-wide SCSI devices is shown below: pin 1 pin 1 Connector A: 68 position plug (male) AMP - 749925-5 Connector B:50 position plug (male) AMP - 749925-3 Wire:...
  • Page 126 Cables To Go System Connection Technical Cable Concepts SCSI Connector Vendors Manufacturer Connector Part Number Fujitsu Honda MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Continued Telephone Number Voice: 800-826-7904 Fax: 800-331-2841 Voice: 800-877-1985 Voice: 714-835-1081 Voice: 800-659-1599 Back Shell Part Number 749111-4...

  • Page 127: High-Density 68-Pin Scsi Connector Pinout

    High-Density 68-Pin SCSI Connector Pinout Signal Connector Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground TERMPWR TERMPWR Reserved Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Cable Cable...

  • Page 128: 68-Pin Scsi Connector Pinout, Continued

    Lines labeled RESERVED should be connected to Ground in the bus terminator assemblies or in the end devices on the SCSI RESERVED lines should be open in the other SCSI devices, but MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Continued Caution cable.

  • Page 129: 68-Pin Connector Pinout For Lvd Scsi

    68-Pin Connector Pinout for LVD SCSI Signal Connector +DB(12) +DB(13) +DB(14) +DB(15) +DB(P1) +DB(0) +DB(1) +DB(2) +DB(3) +DB(4) +DB(5) +DB(6) +DB(7) +DB(P) Ground DIFFSENS TERMPWR TERMPWR Reserved Ground +ATN Ground +BSY +ACK +RST +MSG +SEL +C/D +REQ +I/O +DB(8) +DB(9) +DB(10) +DB(11) The conductor number refers to the conductor position when using flat-ribbon cable.
  • Page 130 MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 131: Audible Warnings

    Audible Warnings The MegaRAID Express 500 RAID controller has an onboard tone generator that indicates events and errors. Tone Pattern Three seconds on and one second One second on and one second One second on and three seconds Meaning Examples...
  • Page 132 MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 133: Cluster Configuration With A Crossover Cable

    Cluster Configuration with a Crossover Cable When you are installing the Cluster Service on the first node in a server cluster, Setup may not detect the network adapter that is connected with a crossover cable. The icon in Network and Dial-up Connections that represents the network adapter connected to the crossover cable is displayed with a red X, and the Network cable unplugged icon in displayed on the taskbar.

  • Page 134: Solution

    Alternatively, when you install the Cluster Service on the first node, you can have the second node powered up to the Control M (<Ctrl> <M>) menu. On the first node, a network connection will be detected for the private network. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 135: Glossary

    Glossary Array A grouping or array of disk drives combines the storage space on the disk drives into a single segment of contiguous storage space. MegaRAID can group disk drives on one or more SCSI channels into an array. A hot spare drive does not participate in an array. Array Management Software Software that provides common control and management for a disk array.
  • Page 136 For example, four 400 MB disk drives can be combined to appear to the operating system as one single 1600 MB drive. See also Array Spanning and Spanning. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Cont’d...
  • Page 137 Glossary, Continued Disk Striping A type of disk array mapping. Consecutive stripes of data are mapped round-robin to consecutive array members. A striped array (RAID Level 0) provides high I/O performance at low cost, but provides lowers data reliability than any of its member disks. Disk Subsystem A collection of disks and the hardware that connects them to one or more host computers.
  • Page 138 Arrays can work without initializing, but they can fail a consistency check because the parity fields have not been generated. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Cont’d...
  • Page 139 Glossary, Continued Logical Disk A set of contiguous chunks on a physical disk. Logical disks are used in array implementations as constituents of logical volumes or partitions. Logical disks are normally transparent to the host environment, except when the array containing them is being configured.
  • Page 140 I/O performance on a server using only a single drive. The RAID array appears to the host server as a single storage unit. I/O is expedited because several disks can be accessed simultaneously. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Cont’d...
  • Page 141 Glossary, Continued RAID Levels A style of redundancy applied to a logical drive. It can increase the performance of the logical drive and can decrease usable capacity. Each logical drive must have a RAID level assigned to it. The RAID level drive requirements are: RAID 0 requires one or more physical drives, RAID 1 requires exactly two physical drives, RAID 3 requires at least three physical drives, RAID 5 requires at least three physical drives.
  • Page 142 Fast and Wide or Ultra SCSI mode. Each adapter can control up to three SCSI channels. Internal and external disk drives can be mixed on channels 0 and 1, but not on channel 2. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Cont’d...
  • Page 143 Glossary, Continued SCSI ID A SCSI physical drive can be in one of these states: • Online - Powered-on and operational. • Hot Spare - Powered-on stand-by disk drive, ready for use if an online disk fails. • Rebuild - A disk drive to which one or more logical drives is restoring data.
  • Page 144 A variant on the SCSI-2 interface. Wide SCSI uses a 16-bit bus, double the width of the original SCSI-1. Wide SCSI devices cannot be connected to a SCSI-1 bus. Wide SCSI supports transfer rates up to 20 MB/s, like Fast SCSI. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide...

  • Page 145: Index

    Index 160M and Wide SCSI, 27 68-Pin High Density Connectors, 107 AMICDROM.SYS, 66 AMPLIMITE .050 Series connectors, 114 Array, 121 Array Configuration Planner, 47 Array Management Software, 121 Array Performance Features, 29 Array Spanning, 121 ASPI Driver Error Messages, 104 ASPI Drivers, 65 ASPI manager, 104 Assigning Drive Letters, 84...
  • Page 146 Logical Drive States, 15 Mapping, 125 MB, 125 MegaRAID BIOS, 33 MegaRAID BIOS Setup, 35 MegaRAID Express 500 Card Installing, 60 MegaRAID Express 500 Card Layout, 53 MegaRAID Manager, 35 Mirroring, 13 Motherboard Jumpers, 51 Multi-threaded, 125 Multi-threading, 34 Nonvolatile RAM, 32...
  • Page 147 Offline, 15 Onboard Speaker, 33 Online Drive state, 15 Operating Environment, 125 Operating System Software Drivers, 31 Operating Voltage, 32 Optimal, 15 Optimizing Data Storage, 46 OS/2 2.x, 35 Other BIOS Error Messages, 103 Package Contents, viii packing slip, viii Parity, 11, 126 Partition, 126 PCI Controller, 32...
  • Page 148 Target IDs Setting, 62 Technical Cable Concepts, 112 Technical Support, viii Termination Disable, 32 Terminator, 130 Troubleshooting, 99 MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide Ultra SCSI, 130 Ultra2-SCSI, 130 Ultra3-SCSI (160M), 130 UnixWare, 35 Unpack, 51 Virtual Sizing, 130 WebBIOS Guide, 3...

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