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Contents
Main
IntelServer RAID Controller U3-1 Users Manual Rev1.0
Contents
1 Quick Start Instructions
2 Advanced Installation Steps
3 Exploring the Utilities
4 Using the Storage Console
5 RAID Features
A Hardware Details
B Troubleshooting Scenarios
Figures
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Tables
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Quick Start Instructions 1
1.1 Summary of Contents
1.2 Before YouBegin
1.2.1 FCC/Emissions Disclaimer
1.2.2 Warning
1.2.3 Canadian Users
1.2.4 Warnings and Cautions
1.2.4.1 Warnings
1.2.4.2 Cautions
1.2.5 About the Documentation
1.2.6 Online HTML Documentation
1.2.7 Intended Audience
1.2.8 Product Check List
1.2.8.1 Contents of the Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1 (SRCU31)CD-ROM (bootable)
1.3 Introduction
IntelServer RAID Controller U3-1 Users Manual Rev 1.0 1-5
Quick Start Instructions Figure 1-2. SRCU31 Adapter Card
1.3.1 Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1 Hardware Setup
1.3.1.1 Hardware Requirements
1.3.1.2 Installing SRCU31 into a System
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1.4 Intel Integrated RAID Software Setup and
1.4.1 Create a RAID Volume for the Operating System
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1.4.2 Setup and Installation for Microsoft Windows NT* Server
1.4.2.1 Local versus Remote Administration
1.4.2.2 Software Requirements for Local Administration
1.4.2.3 Installing Microsoft Windows NT Server on a Intel Integrated RAID Volum e
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1.4.3 Setup and Installation for Novell NetWare*
1.4.3.1 Software Requirements
1.4.3.2 Installing Novell NetWareon a RAID Volume
NetWare4.2
NetWare 5
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1.4.4 Setup and Installation for UnixWare* 7.1
1.4.4.1 Software Requirements
1.4.4.2 Installing UnixWare on a RAID Volumeon a Stand Alone Server
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mount -F cdfs -r /dev/cdrom/cdrom1 /cdfiles
1.5 Getting Help
1.5.1 World Wide Web
1.5.2 Telephone
1.5.3 Technical Traininga nd Support
Advanced Installation Steps 2
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Summary of Contents
2.2 RAID Configuration Utility
2.2.1 Introduction
2.2.2 How to Invoke RAID Configuration Utility (RCU)
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2.2.2.2 The Number of System Drivesand RAID Level
2.3 Configuring and Administering RAID Volumes in the RAID Configuration Utility
2.3.1 Keyboard Navigation
2.3.2 RAID Configuration Utility Main Menu
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2.3.2.1 Exiting RAID Configuration Utility
2.3.3 Creating a RAID Volume in RAID Configuration Utility
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2.3.3.1 RAID Configuration Utility RAID Level VolumeSelection
2.3.3.2 RAID Configuration Utility - All Disks Already in a RAID Volume
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2.3.3.3 Create a RAID 0 Volume
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2.3.3.4 Create a RAID 1 Volume
2.3.3.5 Create a RAID 5 Volume(with 3 Disks)
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2.3.3.6 Create a RAID 5 Volume(with more than 3 Disks)
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2.3.4 Custom Configuration
2.3.4.1 Define Pass Through Disks
2.3.4.2 Format Disks
2.3.4.3 Boot Device Select
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2.3.5 Display Volume Information in RAID Configuration Utility
2.3.6 Delete a RAID Volume in RAID ConfigurationUtility
2.3.7 Reset an Entire Configuration in RAID Configuration Utility
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2.3.8 Display Help Text
2.4 Advanced RAID Configuration Utility
2.4.1 Introduction
2.4.2 Keyboard Navigation
2.4.3 How to Invoke Advanced RCU
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5. Figure2-18 shows the main menu configuration screen. Figure 2-17. Advanced RCU Configuration Menu
Figure 2-18. Advanced RCU Configuration Main Menu
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2.5 IntelServer RAID Controller U3-1 Setup and
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2.5.1 Overview of Setup and Installation for Local Administration of NT Server
2.5.2 Setup and Installation for Local Administration of Microsoft Windows NT* Server
2.5.2.1 In this Section
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2.5.2.3 SRCU31 Hardware Installation
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2.5.2.4 Installing Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 on a IntelIntegrated RAID Volume
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2.5.2.5 Installing Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 on a Pass-through Disk or other Storage Device
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2.5.2.6 Install IntelServerRAIDControllerU3-1onanExistingNT4.0 Server
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2.5.3 Overview of Setup and Installation for Remote Administration for NT Server
Remote Servers
Workstation Remotely Administering NT Servers
2.5.4 Setup and Installation for Microsoft Windows NT* Server 4.0
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2.5.4.3 Installing Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 on a IntelIntegrated RAID Volume
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2.5.4.4 Installing Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 on a Pass-through Disk or another Storage Device
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2.5.4.5 Install Intel ServerRAID Controller U3-1 on an Existing NT 4.0 Server
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2.5.5 Configuring Microsoft Windows IIS 4.0
2.5.5.1 Configuring IIS 4.0 for Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
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2.5.6 Configuring IIS for use with Netscape Navigator
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2.5.7 Uninstalling Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1 from NT Server
2.5.8 Setup and Installation for Novell NetWare*
2.5.8.3 Installing Novell NetWareon a RAID Volume
NetWare4.2
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NetWare 5
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2.5.8.4 Installing Novell NetWare on a Pass-through Device or another Storage Device
NetWare 4.2
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NetWare5
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2.5.8.5 Installing Intel ServerR AIDController U3-1 on an Existing Novell NetWare Server
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2.5.8.6 Uninstalling Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1from NetWare
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2.5.9 Setup and Installation for UnixWare*
2.5.9.3 Installing UnixWareon a RAID Volume
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2.5.9.4 Installing UnixWareon a Pass-through Device or another Storage Device
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2.5.9.5 Install IntelServer RAID Controller U3-1 on an Existing UnixWare Server
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2.5.9.6 Uninstalling IntelServer RAID ControllerU 3-1 from UnixWare
2.6 Support
2.6.1 Telephone
Exploring the Utilities 3
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Summary of Contents
3.2 ROM-DOS Startup Utilities
3.2.1 ROM-DOS Startup Menu
3.2.1.1 Make Diskettes
3.2.1.2 Update Flash
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3.2.1.3 Update Flash Procedure
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3.2.1.4 Advanced RAID Configuration Utility
3.2.1.5 RAID Recovery (Recover Flash)
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Run Mode
Flash Mode
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Using the Storage Console 4
4.1 IntelIntegrated RAID Software Suite
4.1.1 Summary of Contents
4.1.2 Introduction
4-2 Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1 Users Manua l Rev 1.0
Using the Storage Console Table4-1. IntelIntegrated RAID Software
4.2 IntelIntegrated RAID Software Component
4.2.1 RAID Monitor
4.2.1.1 Overview
4.2.1.2 Using RAID Monitor with NT Server
RAID
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4.2.1.3 DMI Monitoring
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4.2.1.4 SNMP Management
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4.2.2 Using Intel Server Control (ISC) to Monitor RAID Events
4.2.2.1 Overview of ISC
4.2.2.2 Managing and Monitoring via DMI
4.2.2.3 Installing DMI Software
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4.2.3 HP OpenView* Network Node Manager Integration
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c:\openview.
4.3 Configuring RAID Volumes Using the IntelIntegrated RAID Storage Console
4.3.1 Getting Started
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4.3.2 Launching the IntelIntegrated RAID Storage Consolefor Local Administration
4.3.2.1 Microsoft Windows NT
4.3.3 Launching the IntelIntegrated RAID Storage Console for Remote Administration
4.3.3.1 Microsoft Windows NT
4.3.3.2 Novell NetWare
4.3.3.3 SCO UnixWare
4.3.4 IntelIntegrated RAID Storage Console
4.3.4.1 The Menu
4.3.5 RAID Volumes
4.3.5.1 View/Actions
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4.3.5.2 Create Typical
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4.3.5.3 Create Custom
4.3.5.4 Modify Volume
4.3.6 Physical Disks
4.3.6.1 View/Actions
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Usingthe Storage Console Figure 4-17. PhysicalDi skConfiguration
Table4-6. Physical Disk Usage
Table4-7. Physical Disk Actions (Sheet 1 of 2)
4.3.6.2 Replacing a Failed Drive
4.3.7 Logical Arrays
4.3.7.1 View/Actions
4.3.7.2 Expand Array
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4.3.8 Enclosures
4.3.8.1 View
4.3.9 Utilities
4.3.9.3 Bus Scan
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4.3.9.4 Options
4.3.10 Management Utilities (including Storage Console)
4.3.10.1 Storage Console
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RAID Features 5
5.1 Introduction
5.1.1 In this Chapter
5.1.2 Summary of Contents
5.1.3 Ease of Use Features
5.1.3.2 Online RAID Reconfiguration
5.1.3.3 Online Volume Migration
5.1.3.4 Online Capacity Expansion Without Reboot
Before Array Expansion
After Array Expansion (By Adding One Disk)
5.1.3.5 Array Roaming
5.1.4 High Availability/Redundancy
5.1.4.1 Global Hot Spare
5.1.4.2 Hot Plug Disk Drive Support
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5.1.4.3 Auto Declare Spare
5.1.5 System Management
5.1.6 What is RAID?
5-6 Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1 Users Manua l Rev 1.0
5.2 Overview of the RAID Subsystem
5.2.1 Summary of RAID Levels
5.2.2 RAID Volume Characteristics
5.2.2.1 RAID 0 VolumeCharacteristics
5.2.2.2 RAID 1 VolumeCharacteristics
5.2.2.3 RAID 5 VolumeCharacteristics
5.2.2.4 RAID 10 VolumeCharacteristics
5.2.3 Factors to Consider When Selecting a RAID Level
5.2.4 RAID Configuration Parameters
5.2.5 Arrays
5.2.6 RAID Volumes
5.2.6.1 RAID VolumeStatus
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5.2.7 Physical Drive Usage
Thissection addresses the usage of physical drives.
Table5-10. Available Volume Actions and Volume Status
Table5-11. Physical Drive Status
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Table5-12. Physi cal Drive Usage
Table5-13. Disk A ctions, Usage and Status
5.2.8 Caching
5.2.8.1 Downstream Write-Through
5.2.8.2 Sequential Write-Back
5.2.8.3 Full Write-Back
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5.2.9 RAID Levels Examples
5.2.9.1 Striping
Disk #0 Disk #1 Disk #2 Disk #3
5.2.9.2 RAID Level 0 Example
5.2.9.3 RAID Level 1 Example
Disk #0 Disk #1 Disk #2 Disk #3
5.2.9.4 RAID Level 10 Example
Disk #0 Disk #1
Disk #0 Disk #1 Disk #2
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Di is the i'th data strip
5.2.9.5 RAID Level 5 Example
Data Map of a RAID Level 10 Volume
Disk #0 Disk #1 Disk #2 Disk #3
Vol 1 Vol 0
Disk #4
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Hardware Details A
A.1 About this Chapter
A.1.1 Summary of Contents
A.2 Features and Specifications
A.2.1 IntelServer RAID Controller U3-1 Functions and Features
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A.2.2 IntelServer RAID Controller U3-1 Specifications
A.3 Disk Drive Connectivity
A.3.1 SCSI Specifics
A.3.1.1. Drives Supported
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A.3.1.2. SCSI Connectors
A.3.1.3. Support for SCSI Devices Other than Disk Drives
A.4 Regulatory Information
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Troubleshooting Scenarios B
B.1 Summary of Contents
B.2 Hardware Troubleshooting
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B.3 Software Troubleshooting
B.4 RAID Configuration Utility
B.5 Windows NT
STOP: 0x0000007b Inaccessible Boot device
B.6 Browser Configuration During Initial Installation
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B.7 Running a Browser on the Unixware Server
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Error Messages Defined C
C.1 Summary of Contents
C.2 Error Messages
C.2.1 RAID Configuration Utility Error Messages
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C.2.2.2. Internal Errors
C.2.2.3. Warning Messages
C.2.3 Firmware Update Utility (FUU) Error Messages
C.2.3.1. Firmware UpdateUtility (FUU) Internal Errors (Error Code Range = 1500 to 1599)
C.2.3.2. Firmware Update Utility Errors (Error Code Range = 1600 to 1749)
C.2.3.3. Firmware Update Utility Warnings(Error Code Range = 1750 to 1999)
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Index
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