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Buen manual de instrucciones

Las leyes obligan al vendedor a entregarle al comprador, junto con el producto, el manual de instrucciones Adaptec 1200A. La falta del manual o facilitar información incorrecta al consumidor constituyen una base de reclamación por no estar de acuerdo el producto con el contrato. Según la ley, está permitido adjuntar un manual de otra forma que no sea en papel, lo cual últimamente es bastante común y los fabricantes nos facilitan un manual gráfico, su versión electrónica Adaptec 1200A o vídeos de instrucciones para usuarios. La condición es que tenga una forma legible y entendible.

¿Qué es un manual de instrucciones?

El nombre proviene de la palabra latina “instructio”, es decir, ordenar. Por lo tanto, en un manual Adaptec 1200A se puede encontrar la descripción de las etapas de actuación. El propósito de un manual es enseñar, facilitar el encendido o el uso de un dispositivo o la realización de acciones concretas. Un manual de instrucciones también es una fuente de información acerca de un objeto o un servicio, es una pista.

Desafortunadamente pocos usuarios destinan su tiempo a leer manuales Adaptec 1200A, sin embargo, un buen manual nos permite, no solo conocer una cantidad de funcionalidades adicionales del dispositivo comprado, sino también evitar la mayoría de fallos.

Entonces, ¿qué debe contener el manual de instrucciones perfecto?

Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones Adaptec 1200A debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo Adaptec 1200A
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo Adaptec 1200A
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo Adaptec 1200A
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de Adaptec 1200A no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de Adaptec 1200A y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico Adaptec en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de Adaptec 1200A, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

¿Por qué vale la pena leer los manuales de instrucciones?

Sobre todo es en ellos donde encontraremos las respuestas acerca de la construcción, las posibilidades del dispositivo Adaptec 1200A, el uso de determinados accesorios y una serie de informaciones que permiten aprovechar completamente sus funciones y comodidades.

Tras una compra exitosa de un equipo o un dispositivo, vale la pena dedicar un momento para familiarizarse con cada parte del manual Adaptec 1200A. Actualmente se preparan y traducen con dedicación, para que no solo sean comprensibles para los usuarios, sino que también cumplan su función básica de información y ayuda.

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    R Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A Installation and User’ s Guide ATA RAID 1200A IUG.book Page i Wednes day, November 13, 2002 2:22 PM[...]

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    ii Copyr ight © 2001- 2002 Adaptec , Inc. Al l right s r eserved. No part of this public ation m ay be re pr o duced, stor ed in a retr i eval system , or transm it ted in any form or by any mean s , electron ic , m e ch an ical, photocop y ing, recordin g or o therw ise, wi tho ut the prio r wri tten c onsent of Ada ptec, Inc., 6 91 Sout h Mi lpi[...]

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    iii Regulato ry Compliance St atements Feder al Com munications Comm ission Radio Frequency Interfer ence S tatem ent W ARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly appr oved by the party res ponsible for compliance could void the user ’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with th[...]

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    iv A ust r ali an/ New Zeal and Compl ian ce St atem ent This device has been tested and f ound to comply with th e limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to the A ustralian/New Zealand s tandard AS/NZS 35 48 set out by the Spectrum Management Agency . Cana dian C omplianc e State ment This Class B digital apparatus meets all requir ements o[...]

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    v Adaptec Cu stomer Suppor t If yo u have questi ons about insta lling or using your Adaptec product, check thi s document f irst—you will find answers t o most of your questions here. If you need further assistance, use the s upport option s listed below . T echnic al Sup por t Identific ation (TSID) Numbe r ■ Bef ore co ntac t in g T ec h nic[...]

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    vi Eur ope ■ V isit our W eb site at www .adaptec -europe .com . ■ German: T o spea k wi th a T echn ical S up p ort Spe c ialis t, ca ll +49 89 43 66 55 22, Monday to Fri day , 9:00 t o 17: 00 , CET . For suppor t via e-m ail, submit your q uestion to Ada ptec ’ s T ech n ical Sup p o rt Spe c ia lis ts at ask-de .ada ptec.com . ■ French: [...]

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    vii Adaptec Soft ware License Agreem ent PLEA SE READ C ARE FULL Y : TH E US E OF THIS SOF T W A RE IS S UBJ ECT TO THE S OF TW A RE LICENSE TERMS O F AD AP TEC, INC. AND O THER L ICENSORS WHOSE S OF TW A RE MA Y BE B UND LED WI TH T HIS PROD UC T . BY YOUR U SE OF THE SOF TW ARE INCLUDED WI TH THIS PRODUCT YO U AGREE TO T HE LICE NSE T ER M S REQ [...]

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    viii NON-INFRI NGEMENT OF THIR D P ARTY RIG HT S, MERCHANT ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A P ARTI CULAR PURPOSE. Some states do not allow the exclusion of im plied warranties or limitations on how long an implied warranty may l ast, so the above limitations may not apply to you. This wa rranty gives you specific legal rights and y ou may also have other r[...]

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    ix Contents 1 Intr oduc tion Overview 1-1 Features 1-1 Contents of Kit 1-2 System Requirements 1-3 Operating System s 1-3 ATA/100 Com patibili ty Requirements 1-4 Bootabl e Cont roller 1-4 Installation Overview 1-5 Defin ing R AID 1-5 Supported RAID Levels 1-5 RAID Pe rforma nce Hi nts 1-6 2 Installing the Hardware Adaptec ATA R AID 1200A Card La y[...]

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    x Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User’ s Guid e 3 Using the BIOS Array Configuration Utili ty Intro duction 3-1 Create Array 3-2 Array Mode 3-3 Array Name 3-4 Selec t Dis k Driv es 3-4 Block Size 3-4 Start Creation Process 3-5 Start Creation With RAID 1 3 -5 Create only 3-5 Create and duplicate 3-6 Delet e Array 3 -6 Create/Delete Sp[...]

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    xi Cont ents 5 Using the Ada ptec ATA RAID Management Software Instal ling the Ad apt ec ATA RA ID Man agem ent Softw are 5-2 Using t he Adaptec ATA RAID Mana gement Software 5-3 Viewing the Array 5-4 Viewing t he Controller 5-6 Viewing the Channel 5-6 Create Arrays 5-7 Create RAID 0 (Stripin g) 5-8 Create RAID 1 (Mirroring) 5-9 Create RAID 0/ 1 (M[...]

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    1-1 1 Intr oduction In this Chapt er Overview The A d aptec A T A RA ID 1200 A card provides d ata p rotect ion an d increa sed performance with enhanced A T A technology . The Adapt ec A T A RAID 1200A s upports A T A/100 ha rd drives with data transfer rates up to 100 MB/sec providing maximum disk performance in systems that have a PCI (Periphera[...]

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    1-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de The Adaptec A T A R AID 1200A utiliz es Plug-and -P la y technology and i nstalls int o a stan d ard PCI slot and suppo rts a 32-b it and 33 MHz PCI bus. Note: The Adaptec A T A RAID 120 0A supports A T A hard disk dr ives o nly and is back war d com p a tible with all A T A/66 syste[...]

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    1-3 Introd uct ion Syste m Requiremen ts The minimum system r equirements for the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A ar e: ■ A Pentiu m II, 26 6 MHz Proces sor o r higher system tha t is PCI 2.2 or previous version com pliant ■ An available, unobstructed 5V PCI slot that supports Bus Mast erin g ■ A minimu m of o ne A T A drive ■ CD-ROM or DV D- ROM[...]

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    1-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de A T A/100 C ompatibil ity Requ irement s The A T A/1 00 s tand ard is bac kwards co mp atib le with all A T A /66 syst ems. When use d with A T A /66 system s, the Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A card is limited to the transfe r speeds of the A T A/66 sys tem. Wa r n i n g : Do n ot instal[...]

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    1-5 Introd uct ion Instal lati on Overvi ew T o Install the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A hardwar e and software, follow these steps: 1 Ins t all the Adap te c A T A RA ID 1 2 00A card in yo ur sy st em (see Chapter 2 ). 2 Connect A T A drives to th e Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A car d (see Chapter 2 ). 3 Cr eate the first bootable array using the BIOS Arra[...]

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    1-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de ■ RAID 1, Mi rro ring — Data is mirr ored o n one pair of disks providing 100 perc ent redundancy . Offers complete fault tolerance. If one disk fails , data is still a vai lable. Increases r ead perf o rmance throug h st riping , but write p e r forman ce is unaffected. Adaptec [...]

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    2-1 2 Installing the Har dwar e In this Chapt er This chapter expl ains how to in stall the A daptec A T A RAID 1 200A car d and connect A T A hard drives to it. Wa r n i n g : Befor e handli ng the Ada ptec A T A RAID 1200A card and an y oth er electronic component, ground yourself by touchin g a n unpainted metal su rfac e on your computer chassi[...]

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    2-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A Car d La y out Figu re 2-1 identifies the major components on the Adaptec A T A RAID 1 2 00A card. Y ou might find it helpful to refer to this figure whi le ins tallin g the A daptec A T A RAID 1200A and attachi ng A T A disk drives to it. Figure 2 -1 Adaptec[...]

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    2-3 Installing the Hardware 4 Insert the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A card in the PCI expansion slot; press down firmly un til it cl icks i nto place, then replace the slot cover screw as shown in Fi gure 2-2 . Note: f yo u are usin g this Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A card with a SCSI co ntroller in the same s ystem and you want to make the A T A card boo[...]

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    2-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Connecti ng the LED Activit y In dicator (Optional ) An LED on the fr ont pan el of most co mputers lights to indicate ac tiv it y o n y our ha rd dis ks . I f yo u w an t th e L ED to lig ht w he ne ver there is activity o n hard disks connected to the Adaptec A T A R AID 1200A car [...]

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    2-5 Installing the Hardware Sett in g up A T A Har d Di sk Drives Setting up A T A drives before connecting them to the Adapt ec A T A RAID 12 00A card typically invo lves setting jum pers, mounting A T A drives inside your computer , and connecting power cables to each device. Since setup can vary fr o m device to device or computer to computer , [...]

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    2-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Mountin g A T A Driv es and Connectin g P o wer Cabl es Each A T A drive must be mounted in a n availab le drive bay inside your comput er (as shown in Figure 2-4 ) an d connected to a power cable fr om your computer ’ s power supply . Refer to your computer and d evi ce do cument [...]

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    2-7 Installing the Hardware Connect ing A T A Disk Drive s to the Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Card Connect all hard disk drives to the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A car d using the 40-pin A T A/100 cables included in your kit. The A T A/100 cables have the following color -coded connectors: ■ Blue — Connects to the contro ller ■ Bla ck — Connects[...]

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    2-8 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de T o connect A T A drives t o the Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A ca rd, follow these steps: 1 Connect the blue connector of an A T A/100 cable to the ch annel 1 connector on the controller car d as shown in Figure 2-6 , being careful to match pin 1 of the cable to pin 1 of the connector . [...]

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    2-9 Installing the Hardware 2 Connect the black connector of the A T A/100 cable to a master drive. If y ou have not already set up your drives, r efe r to Se tting up A T A Hard Disk Drives on pag e 2- 5 be f ore conti nuing. Figu re 2-7 Co nnecti ng an A T A Driv e 3 If you are connecting only two ha r d disk drives, conn ect the blue connector o[...]

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    2-1 0 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de 4 If you are co nnecting four hard disk drives, co nnect the gra y connector o f the A T A/10 0 cable to th e slave drive and go to Step 5 . 5 Connect the blue connector of the second A T A/100 cable to the channel 2 connector on the contr oller card, just as you did in Step 1 . 6 [...]

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    3-1 3 Using the BIOS Array Configuration Utility In this Chapt er Int rod uctio n The Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A car d has an on -boa r d BIOS Array Configura tio n Utility wh ich allows you to create a bootable a r ray on your hard d isk drives. Before you can use your B IOS Array Configu ration Utility , make sure you have done the following: 1 In[...]

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    3-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de T o st art th e BIOS Array Configura tio n Utility, press Ctrl+H while starting up the system to en ter the BIOS Configu ration Main menu. The Ma in me nu of t he BIOS Arr ay Co nfigu ratio n Utilit y appea rs as show n in Figure 3-1 . Fi gure 3-1 BIOS Array Confi gura tio n Utility [...]

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    3-3 Using the B IOS Arra y Configuratio n Utility After you have selected th e Cr eate Array op tion in th e Main menu, pr ess En te r to display the Create RAID menu as shown in Figure 3-2 . Figu re 3-2 Create RAID Menu Caution: If you proceed to create RAID, all the d ata stored in the hard disks will be lost. The exceptio n is RAID 1 Duplication[...]

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    3-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de ■ JBOD (V olum e) — This op t ion is reco mmend ed fo r high capacity with out red unda ncy o r added performance featu res. Requires at least tw o d r ives. For more information about RAID levels, see Sup ported RAID Levels on pag e 1-5 . Figure 3 -3 RAID Arr a y Mode s Arr a y [...]

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    3-5 Using the B IOS Arra y Configuratio n Utility Star t Cr eation P rocess After you have mad e you r selections, select th is option and press Enter to start the creation pr ocess. Note: I f you skip t he S elec t Disk Driv e op tion b efor e selec tin g the Start Cr eation pr ocess, you will get an error message at the end of the cr eation pr oc[...]

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    3-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Create and duplicat e This optio n allows y ou to du plicate all the dat a o n th e Sour ce disk drive (disk #1) to the T ar get disk drive (disk #2). Note: The size of the Sour ce disk drive must be less th an or equal to the size of the T arget disk drive. Dependin g on the size of[...]

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    3-7 Using the B IOS Arra y Configuratio n Utility Selec t Boot Dis k This op tion allo ws you to select the boot disk from amo ng the hard disk devices attached to the Ad aptec A T A RAID 1 200A car d. Wa r n i n g : If you create an array with your boot disk, you must r emove the boot mark befor e you can delete the RAID array . Using th e arrow k[...]

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    4-1 4 Installing the Device Driver In this Chapt er This chapter explains h ow to install the device driver for the followi ng W indows operating systems: ■ W i ndo ws 9 8 (and W indows 9 8 Secon d Edi t io n) ■ Wi n d o w s M e ■ Wi n d o w s 2 0 0 0 ■ Wi n d o w s N T 4 . 0 ■ Wi n d o w s X P Installi ng the De v ice Dr iver f or W indo[...]

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    4-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de In stal ling th e Devic e D river for W indows 98 Install ing th e Driver When Instal ling Wind ows 98 Before you begin to instal l W i nd ows 98, you wi ll need the driver floppy disk suppl ied with you r Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A controller kit. When installing W indows 98 on a hard[...]

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    4-3 Installin g the Device Driver 10 Y ou will get this message: Wind ows is now re ady to install the bes t dr i v e r f or this de vi ce... Click Next . 11 After completing th e installation , select Finish . 12 Y ou will be prompted to r estart th e compu ter . Select Ye s . Installi ng the Drive r When Windo ws 98 is Alread y Inst alled T o in [...]

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    4-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de In stal ling th e Devic e D river for W indows Me Install ing t he Driver Whe n Instal ling Win dows Me Before you begin to ins tall W ind o ws Me, you will need the d river floppy disk suppl ied with you r Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A controller kit. Whe n install ing W in d ows Me on a[...]

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    4-5 Installin g the Device Driver Installi ng the Drive r When Windo ws Me i s Already Installed T o instal l the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A driver if W indo ws M e is already ins tal led, follo w these steps: 1 Sta rt W indow s Me . W i ndo ws M e will au tomat ically d iscov e r the new ha rdware and start the Found New Hardwar e W izard to guide [...]

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    4-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de 4 Insert the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200 A driver floppy dis k int o the floppy disk dr ive and pr ess Ente r . 5 Y ou will be presented with a selection of driver options. Using the arrow keys, select the follo wing driver and pr ess Enter : Ada ptec A T A RAID 1200 A Contr oller for Wi[...]

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    4-7 Installin g the Device Driver Instal ling t he De vice D river f or Windo ws NT 4.0 Installi ng the Drive r When Inst alling Windo ws NT 4.0 Before you begin to insta ll W indows N T 4.0, you will n eed the driver floppy disk supplied with your Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A controller kit. T o instal l the driver wh en ins talling W indows N T 4.0, [...]

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    4-8 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Install ing t he Driv er Whe n Wind ow s NT 4.0 is A lread y In stalle d T o update or in stall the Adaptec A T A R AID 12 00A driver if W indow s NT is already installed , f ollow these steps : 1 Start W indows NT . 2 Click the Start button on the W indows NT tas k ba r , then selec[...]

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    4-9 Installin g the Device Driver Instal ling the De vice Driver f or Windo ws XP Note: F or the most up-to-da te W indows XP drivers and installa tion instruction s, see the Readm e file or go to the Adaptec W eb at www .adaptec .com. Wa r n i n g : When installing the device driver for W indows XP , install on ly the Adaptec device dri v er . Ot [...]

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    4-1 0 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Install ing t he Driv er Whe n Windo ws XP is Alread y In stalled T o insta ll the Adaptec A T A R AID 1200A dr iver if W ind ow s XP is already inst alled, follow these steps: 1 Start W indow s XP . W indows XP will automa tically disc over the new hardware and start the Fo und Ne[...]

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    5-1 5 Using the Adaptec A T A RAID Management Softwar e In this Chapt er W i th Ada p tec A T A RAID Manage m ent Sof tw are, you can a dd, delete, or reconfigure RAID a rrays on yo ur system. Y ou can us e the easy to use on-scr een featur es to manage your RAID configuratio ns and mon itor d e vice in formation a nd event notifica tions. Installi[...]

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    5-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de This cha pter explains how to use A daptec A T A RA ID Managem ent Software to perform the following operations: ■ Ins tall the Ad apte c A T A RAID Mana gement Softw ar e ■ V iew arrays, A T A devices, and contr ollers ■ Crea te, delete, r ename, and monitor arra ys ■ Add a [...]

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    5-3 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware Using the Adaptec A T A RAID Management Software After you have in stalled the Adapt ec A T A RAID Ma na gement Softwar e, click the Start but ton on th e W in dows ta sk bar and se lect the Adaptec A T A RAID Management Softwar e pr ogram (see Figure 5-2 ). Figu re 5-2 L aunch Me nu The Ada[...]

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    5-4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Vie wing the Array From the Main menu, select the Array tab. The left pan e d ispla ys the arrays and the ha rd disk drives. The r ight pane displays detailed in formation for th e arrays and hard disk drives yo u have sele cte d. From the Main menu, yo u can also select the array an[...]

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    5-5 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware ■ For RAID 0 /1 the op tions a re (see Figu re 5-5 ): ■ Delete ■ Build This option allows you to verify d at a integrity and fix miscom pares. ■ Ren ame Figu re 5-5 RAID 0/1 D rop-do wn Me nu See the dif feren t RAID level sections in this chapter for more informa tion on ho w to use[...]

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    5-6 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Viewing the Contr oller From the Main menu, select the Controller tab, the left pane displa ys th e host bus ad ap ter (HBA). The righ t pane displa ys detailed in formation for the HB A you h ave sel ect ed (see Fi gure 5-6 ). Figure 5 -6 Contro ller Inf or matio n Viewing t he Chan[...]

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    5-7 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware Viewing Ha r d Dis k Drives Fr om the Contr oller ta b, select a Channel, th en select a hard disk drive. The right pan e displa ys the Device Informa tion you have selected (see Figure 5-8 ). Figu re 5-8 De vice Inf ormation Create Arrays T o cr eate a RAID array , go to the Ma in menu and [...]

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    5-8 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Create RAID 0 (Striping) T o cre ate a RAID 0 array , follow these steps: 1 From the Main menu Menu bar , select Configura tion>Cre ate>RAID 0 (St riping) or , fr om t he Mai n menu t oolb ar , sele ct RAID 0 . 2 From the A v ailable Disks scr een , select the disk and click Ad[...]

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    5-9 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware 5 Click Crea te . The following m essage appears: All d ata on t he selec ted di sks wil l be de leted! Are you sure you want to cont inue? Click Ye s to continue . 6 Y ou will get a confirmatio n message notif ying you tha t th e RAID you specified has been created successfully . Y ou will [...]

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    5-1 0 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de 2 From the A v ailable Disks scr een , select the disk and click Add for Sour ce Disk. Select ano ther disk and click Add for T arge t Disk (see Figure 5 -10 ). Note: Yo u must have two hard disk drives to cr eate a RAID 1 array . Figure 5 -10 Create RAI D 1 Men u 3 T o add a s par[...]

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    5-11 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware 6 Click OK . A message will be displayed for wh ichever initia liz ation opti on you ch oo se: ■ Create only All d ata on t he selec ted di sks wil l be de leted! Are you sure you w ant t o continue? ■ Create a nd duplicate All d ata on t he Source d isk wil l be d uplicate d to the T a[...]

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    5-1 2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Create JBOD (V olume) Arra y T o cre ate a JBOD array , follow these steps: 1 From the Main menu Menu bar , select Configuratio n>Create>J BOD (V olume) or , fr om t he Mai n menu t oolb ar , sele ct JBOD . 2 From the A v ailable Disks scr een , select the disk, then click Ad[...]

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    5-13 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware 2 Fr om the toolbar , click Event Log . Y ou will get a d rop-d own menu of option s. Sele c t Sort to or ganize your sear ch by type, tim e , o r d e s c ri p tio n ( se e Figure 5-1 1 ). Figu re 5-11 Ev ent Log 3 Fr om the toolb ar or dr op -dow n men u, clic k Exit to r e turn to Mai n m[...]

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    5-1 4 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de 3 Y ou wi ll get a confirm ation mess age notify in g you that the array you specified has been deleted. Y o u wi ll be pr ompted to restart your syst em . Click Ye s to restart. Wa r n i n g : T o delete a bootable RAID arra y when an aoperating syst em is a lr eady in stalled, yo[...]

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    5-15 Using t he Adapt ec A T A RA ID Managemen t Soft ware W i th the Rescan option, you can view the change status of each device and array . Figu re 5-12 Rescan Menu Duplicate Fr om the Main men u Menu bar , select Configura tion>Monitor>Dupli cate The Duplica te option verifies data integrity and fixes any miscom pares. Add Disk to Array F[...]

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    A-1 A T r oubleshooting In this Appendix Genera l T rou b leshoo ti ng Pr ocedures The follow ing tips are general troubleshooting procedures: ■ Check that the Adaptec A T A RAID 1200A card is seated evenly all the w ay i nto the PCI slot. ■ Check that th e PCI expansi on slot is 5V a nd compliant w ith PCI 2. 2 or pr evio us v ersio n, and sup[...]

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    A-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de Frequent l y Asked Questions Q: Can I u se hard disk drives with differen t capacity or trans fer modes? A: In order to get optimized perform anc e, Adap tec sugg ests using hard disk drives with the same model. Q: Can I u se m ultip le Adaptec A T A RA ID 1200A cont rollers in my sy[...]

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    A-3 T roubles hoot ing 3 If you have another drive avail able for use in r ebuildin g the RAID 1 array , skip this step and pr oceed to step 4. If you have no othe r drive availabl e for r ebu ild, select optio n 1 to power OFF the system and r eplace the pr oblem drive with a functional unit. Powe r ON yo ur system when you are done. 4 Sele ct opt[...]

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    Index-1 Index A Adapte c ATA RAID Manag ement Soft ware creating arrays 5-7 deleti ng array s 5-13 duplicate 5-15 insta lling 5- 2 rena mi ng ar rays 5-1 4 resc an 5-14 using 5-3 viewi ng a rr ays 5-4 viewing controll er 5-6 viewing Event Log 5- 12 viewing hard disk driv es 5- 7 viewing the channel 5-6 ATA hard driv es connecti ng to card 2-7 mount[...]

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    Index-2 Adapte c A T A RAID 1200A Installat ion and User ’ s Gui de O operating syst ems su pport ed 1-3 overview 1-1 R RAID defini ng 1- 5 JBOD support 1-6 perfor manc e hin ts 1-6 RAID 0 support 1-5 RAID 0/ 1 suppo rt 1-6 RAID 1 support 1-6 suppo rted level s 1-5 RAID 0 1-5 RAID 0/1 1-6 RAID 1 1-6 S setting up ATA har d drives 2-5 supported RAI[...]

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    R Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 © 2001-2002 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec, and the A daptec logo are tr adema rks o f Ad aptec, Inc. which may b e regi stere d in some juri sdict ions. P ART N U M B E R : 512790 - 06, V e r . A C J G 11 / 02 ATA RAID 1200A IUG.book Page 1 We dnesday, November 13, 2002 2[...]