Acer AcceleRAID 352 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 other popular operating systems are supported using software drivers in the Disk Array Controller Software Kit that is included with the AcceleRAID 352 controller (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 BBM-BatteryBackup Module AcceleRAID 352 Specifications AcceleRAID 352 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, Jumpers and LEDs PCI Hotplug Page Page Page Installation Process Installing the Controller Page Preparing the SCSI Drives Installing Cables and Setting Termination Page SCSI Termination Termination - Only Internal or Only External Devices connected either to the internal connector to the external connector 7.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 Do Not Mix Narrow and Wide SCSI Drives Mixing LVD with Single-endedDrives Controller Start-up Setting BIOS Options BIOS Disable or Enable CD-ROMBoot Disable or Enable Enable 8GByte or 2GByte 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 BBM-BatteryBackup Module BBM Operation Set-up– Enabling the Write-BackCache Battery Backup Capacity Maintenance Removing the BBM BBM BBM Functional Description BBM Status Indication Battery and Charge Circuit On-boardBattery Battery Charger Disposition of Failed Batteries BBM Specifications On-boardBattery Electrical Properties Physical Description Battery Charge Life (Data Retention) 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): AcceleRAID Responsible Party Name: Address: Trade Name: Model Number: 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 Conservative Cache Consistency Check Data Transfer Rate DB-9 Device Driver Disk Array Disk Drive Disk System Drive Groups, Drive Packs Drivers 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 Customer Identification AcceleRAID Identification System Information Pack Configuration Page Mylex Warranty - Customer Policy