Acer AcceleRAID 170 Operating System Support

Introduction

Operating System Support

MS-DOS 5.x, 6.x, and above are supported using drivers that reside in the AcceleRAID BIOS. Many drivers in the Disk Array Controller Software Kit, included with the AcceleRAID 170 controller, support many other popular operating systems (see the PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Installation Guide and User Manual).

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Contents

Page Page © Copyright 2000 Mylex Corporation Greetings Please Notice Our Policy About This Manual Conventions Enter ☛Note Caution WARNING Contents Controller Start-up AcceleRAID 170 Specifications AcceleRAID 170 Error Messages PCI Hot Plug Enclosure Management Regulatory Information Glossary Page Introduction Controller Features Channel Capabilities Controller Capabilities Operating System Support Standard Package Contents Hardware Software User-suppliedItems Page Installation Before You Begin Safety Considerations Installation Checklist GET READY GET SET Connectors, LEDs, and Jumpers PCI Hotplug Page JP2 JP6 JP7 Installation Process Installing the Controller Page Preparing the SCSI Drives Installing Cables and Setting Termination SCSI Termination Termination - Only Internal or Only External Devices connected either to the internal connector to the external connector 2.Termination - Both Internal and External Devices connected to the internal connector and some are connected to the external connector Setting SCSI Device IDs Remember: SCSI Cabling LVD Mode Single-endedMode Limitations on Mixing SCSI Drives Narrow with Wide SCSI Drives LVD with Single-endedDrives Controller Start-up Setting BIOS Options BIOS Disable or Enable Esc CD-ROMBoot Disable or Enable Enable 8 GByte or 2 GByte Drives BIOS Configuration Utility (RAID EzAssist) Operating System Operating System Device Drivers Global Array Manager (GAM) Server Global Array Manager (GAM) Client In Case of Problems Page Specifications Environmental Specifications Error Messages Installation Abort System Reboot or Power Down Page PCI Hot Plug cpqsbd.nlm Windows NT Known Windows NT Issues Windows Page Enclosure Management SES Regulatory Information Manufacturer’s Name: Mylex Corporation Manufacturer’s Address: 34551 Ardenwood Blvd Declares that the product: Product Name: Model Number(s): Responsible Party Name: Address: Trade Name: Model Number(s): A170-1-32NB Community of Europe Underwriters Laboratories Statement and Warning Page Glossary AcceleRAID™ Active Termination Application Server ASIC Automatic Rebuild BBU BIOS BIOS Configuration Utility Booting (or Bootstrapping) Bus Cables Cache Cache Flush Cache Line Size Channel Conservative Cache Consistency Check Data Transfer Rate DB-9 Disk Disk Array Disk Drive Disk System Drive Groups, Drive Packs ECC EDO EEPROM EISA Embedded Storage Controller Failback Failover Failover Port Failure Fast SCSI Gigabyte Global Array Manager (GAM) HDM Host Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Hot Spare Hot Standby Hot Swap In-LineTerminator Interface I/O Bus ISA JBOD Jumper Kilobyte Logical Drive States LVD Megabit Megabyte Mirrored Cache Mirroring MTBF Narrow SCSI NVRAM Offline Online Parity Parity Check PCI Physical Device Physical Disk Drive PROM Protocol RAID RAID Levels RAID Migration RAM RISC RJ-11, RJ-45 ROM SCSI SCSI Adapters SCSI Drive SCSI Drive States SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic (SISL) SDRAM Segment Size Sequential I/O Server SIMM SISL SMART SNMP Standard Disk Drive Stripe Order Stripe Size Stripe Width Striping Sustained Data Transfer Rate Synchronous Data Transfer System Drives Target ID Terminator Ultra SCSI (Fast 20 SCSI) Ultra Wide SCSI Ultra2 SCSI (Fast 40 SCSI) Wide SCSI Write-BackCache Index Page Customer Identification AcceleRAID Identification System Information Pack Configuration Page Mylex Warranty - Customer Policy