Adaptec 2120S - SCSI RAID Controller User manual

Adaptec SCSI RAID

2120S/2200S

Installation Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction

Read this First 1-1

System Requirements 1-2

Storage Requirements for Drivers and Software 1-2

Motherboard Compatibility 1-2

SCSI Requirements 1-3

Kit Contents 1-3

Adaptec SCSI RAID Controller Features 1-4

About the Documentation 1-6

Using the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation CD 1-6

Files and Folders 1-8

Product Documentation on CD 1-9

Errata and Release Notes 1-9

Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader 1-10

Overview of the Installation Process 1-11

Adaptec Storage Manager Software Overview 1-12

Safety Information 1-13

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings 1-13

Electrostatic Discharge 1-14

2 Installing The Controller

Configuring SCSI Devices 2-1

LVD and SE Devices 2-2

Narrow and Wide SCSI Devices 2-2

Mixing Devices on a Channel 2-3

SCSI Cables 2-4

SCSI Device IDs 2-4

SCSI Termination 2-5

Installing the Controller 2-7

Determining the Booting Controller 2-7

Creating a RAID 5 Without an Operating System 2-9

Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC)

Utility 2-9

Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Installation Guide

Using the Adaptec Bootable CD 2-11

3 Installing the Driver

Driver Disks 3-2

A Note About CD Support 3-3

Creating the Driver Disk from the Bootable CD 3-3

Creating the Driver Disk on a Windows System 3-4

New Installations 3-5

Windows 2000 and XP 3-6

Installing the Driver in a New System 3-6

Adding the Controller to an Existing System 3-7

Windows NT 4.0 3-8

Installing the Driver in a New System 3-8

Adding the Controller to an Existing System 3-9

Linux 3-10

Red Hat Linux 3-11

SuSE Linux 3-13

Novell NetWare 3-14

Installing the Driver for a Boot Controller in a New

NetWare 5.1 or 6 Server 3-14

Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare 5.1 or 6

Server 3-15

Loading the NetWare Drivers at Server Bootup 3-16

UNIX 3-17

SCO OpenServer 5 3-17

UnixWare 7 and OpenUNIX 8 3-19

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4 Installing

Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition

About Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition 4-1

Software Components 4-2

Using Custom or Minimal Installations 4-5

Installing Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition 4-5

Windows System 4-5

User System Preparation Using Internet Explorer 4-7

User System Preparation Using Netscape Navigator 4-8

Linux system 4-9

UNIX Systems 4-10

A Card and Module Diagrams

Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S A-2

Adaptec SCSI RAID 2200S A-3

Adaptec ABM-300 Battery Module A-4

B Specifications

1-1

Introduction

In this Chapter

Read this First

Before you begin installing your new Adaptec SCSI RAID

controller, read this chapter. This chapter is an important guide to

the rest of the documentation and provides a summary of the

installation process.

Read this First 1-1

System Requirements 1-2

Kit Contents 1-3

Adaptec SCSI RAID Controller Features 1-4

About the Documentation 1-6

Using the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation CD 1-6

Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader 1-10

Overview of the Installation Process 1-11

Adaptec Storage Manager Software Overview 1-12

Safety Information 1-13

1-2

Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Installation Guide

System Requirements

The following system requirements are discussed:

■Storage requirements for drivers and software

■Motherboard compatibility

■SCSI requirements

Storage Requirements for Drivers and Software

Adaptec storage management software and device drivers will

require disk space of up to 20 MB.

Note:

This information is provided as a guide for allocating

resources on your system. Space requirements may vary in

subsequent releases. Allocate more room on your hard disk

drive if in doubt. See page 1-13 for information about the

meaning of Notes.

A mouse and SVGA color monitor using a resolution of at least

800 x 600 with 16-bit color are also required.

Motherboard Compatibility

The Adaptec controller requires a motherboard BIOS that:

■Complies with the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2 and

higher.

■Supports multifunction devices where one of the devices is a

PCI bridge.

■Provides large memory-mapped address ranges.

Refer to the Readme file on the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation CD

for information about motherboard compatibility and notable

comments about some motherboards that Adaptec has tested with

the Adaptec SCSI RAID controller.

1-3

Introduction

SCSI Requirements

While the Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S are designed to work

with Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives, they will operate, at a reduced

level of performance, with all Ultra 2 or higher SCSI devices. Use of

SCSI devices older than Ultra 2 is not suggested. Older devices will

adversely affect other devices attached to the same channel and

could cause a working Ultra 320 channel to become nonfunctional,

due to distance contraints inherent in using some of these older

devices.

More details about configuring and using SCSI devices are

available in Configuring SCSI Devices on page 2-1.

Kit Contents

Your Adaptec controller kit includes:

■Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S controller with 1 internal LVD

SCSI cable having a multimode terminator.

■Low-profile bracket.

■Warranty card.

■Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S CD; a bootable CD that

includes RAID management software, drivers, and

documentation.

1-4

Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Installation Guide

Adaptec SCSI RAID Controller Features

Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S features are summarized in the

table below:

Adaptec

2120S

Adaptec

2200S

PCI bus width 64-bit 64-bit

PCI bus speed 66 MHz 66 MHz

Cache, standard 64 MB 64 MB

Channels 1 2

Devices per channel 151

1SCSI RAID controllers support Ultra320 through Ultra 2 hard disk

drives and non-hard-disk-drive devices, such as CD and tape drives.

151

Total devices 15 30

Connectors, internal 1 high density 2 high density

Connectors, external 1 VHDCI2

2VHDCI (Very High Density Connector Interface).

2 VHDCI2

RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD Yes Yes

Simple Volumes Yes Yes

Spanned Volumes Yes Yes

RAID Volumes Yes Yes

Hot Spare drives Yes Yes

Hot swap drives Yes Yes

Audible alarm Yes Yes

Battery module option Yes Yes

1-5

Introduction

Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers support:

■RAID levels 0, 1, 5, multilevel 10 and 50, and joining of available

space from connected drives into a logical volume.

■Cache memory with Error Correcting Code (ECC).

■PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2, with PCI clock speeds up

to 66 MHz.

■Microsoft Windows® 2000, Windows® NT, Windows® XP,

Novell NetWare, SCO OpenServer, OpenUNIX, Red Hat Linux,

and SuSE Linux.

■Operating system independent configuration and RAID

creation using Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC).

■Local and remote configuration, array status, and I/O

monitoring using Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition.

■Intelligent Hot Spares that automatically replace failed drives.

Hot Spares may be assigned to a specific array or globally. In the

event of a drive failure of a component of a redundant array,

that component will be rebuilt automatically onto a Hot Spare.

■Flash ROM for easy upgrades of controller firmware.

■Event logging and event mail notification.

■RAID Level migration wherein a RAID may be changed from

one level to another without compromising the data.

■Novell NetWare, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows XP

only—Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and extension during

normal operation on RAID 0, RAID 10, RAID 5, or RAID 50

arrays with the NTFS file system. Refer to the Adaptec SCSI

RAID Software User’s Guide for specific information.

■Ultra 2 and above SCSI drives (including hard disk, tape,

CD-ROM, CD-RW, and Magneto-Optical drives) and jukeboxes.

See Mixing Devices on a Channel on page 2-3 for more details.

■Multimode termination.

■SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure) and SES

(SCSI Enclosure Services) enclosure support.

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