ICP ICP9014RO, ICP9024RO Installation And User Manual

INSTALLATION AND USER’S GUIDE

ICP VORTEX RAID CONTROLLER

ICP9014RO/ICP9024RO

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errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained
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ICP vortex Customer Support

If you have questions about installing or using your ICP product, check this
document first
further assistance, use the support options listed below.

Support Options

■ For support via Email or phone, contact the ICP Technical Support Specialists at

[e-mail], [phone].

■ For sales information via Email or phone, contact the ICP sales department at

[e-mail], [phone].

Mailing Address

ICP vortex Computersysteme GmbH
Konrad-Zuse-Str.9
74172 Neckarsulm
Germany

Phone

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Websites

http://www.icp-vortex.com

http://www.vortex.de

—you will find answers to most of your questions here. If you need

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Limited 3-Year Hardware Warranty

1. ICP vortex (“ICP”) warrants to the purchaser of this product that it will be free from defects
in material and workmanship for a period of three (3) years from the date of purchase. If the
product should become defective within the warranty period, ICP, at its option, will repair
or replace the product, or refund the purchaser’s purchase price for the product, provided it
is delivered at the purchaser’s expense to an authorized ICP service facility or to ICP.

2. Repair or replacement parts or products will be furnished on an exchange basis and will
either be new or reconditioned. All replaced parts or products shall become the property of
ICP. This warranty shall not apply if the product has been damaged by accident, misuse,
abuse or as a result of unauthorized service or parts.

3. Warranty service is available to the purchaser by delivering the product during the warranty
period to an authorized ICP service facility or to ICP and providing proof of purchase price
and date. The purchaser shall bear all shipping, packing and insurance costs and all other
costs, excluding labor and parts, necessary to effectuate repair, replacement or refund under
this warranty.

4. For more information on how to obtain warranty service, write or telephone ICP at
Konrad-Zuse-Str. 9, D-74172 Neckarsulm, Germany, [phone].

5. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT EXTEND TO ANY PRODUCT WHICH HAS
BEEN DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT, MISUSE, ABUSE, OR AS A RESULT OF
UNAUTHORIZED SERVICE OR PARTS.

6. THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTIES WHICH NOW
OR HEREAFTER MIGHT OTHERWISE ARISE RESPECT TO THIS PRODUCT. IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT SHALL (A) HAVE NO GREATER
DURATION THAN 3 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE, (B) TERMINATE
AUTOMATICALLY AT THE EXPIRATION OF SUCH PERIOD AND (C) TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW BE EXCLUDED. IN THE EVENT THIS PRODUCT BECOMES
DEFECTIVE DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, THE PURCHASER’S EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY SHALL BE REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR REFUND AS PROVIDED ABOVE.
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
LOSS OF DATA, ARISING FROM BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY
ARE NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ICP AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED BOTH FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND TO THE EXTENT
NOT UNCONSCIONABLE, FOR PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGE.

7. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS, AND SOME STATES
DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO
THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

8. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary
from state to state.

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Regulatory Compliance Statements

Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement

WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and
can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is
no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. However, if this
equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

■ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

■ Increase the separation between equipment and receiver.

■ Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is

connected.

■ Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.

■ Use a shielded and properly grounded I/O cable and power cable to ensure compliance of

this unit to the specified limits of the rules.

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept
any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

ICP vortex ICP9014RO/ICP9024RO

Tes ted t o Comp ly
With FCC St an dard s

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

European Union Compliance Statement

This Information Technology Equipment has been tested and found to comply with
EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, as amended by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, in
accordance with:

■ EN55022 (1998) Emissions

■ EN55024 (1998) Immunity:

– EN61000-4-2 (1998) Electrostatic discharge: ±4 kV contact, ±8 kV air
– EN61000-4-3 (1998) Radiated immunity
– EN61000-4-4 (1995) Electrical fast transients/burst: ±1 kV AC, ±0.5 kV I/O
– EN61000-4-5 (1995) Surges ±1 kV differential mode, ±2 kV common mode
– EN61000-4-6 (1996) Conducted immunity: 3 V
– EN61000-4-11 (1994) Supply dips and variation: 30% and 100%

In addition, all equipment requiring U.L. listing has been found to comply with EMC
Directive 73/23/EEC as amended by 93/68/EEC in accordance with EN60950 with
amendments A1, A2, A3, A4, A11.

Australian/New Zealand Compliance Statement

This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to the Australian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS 3548 set out by
the Spectrum Management Agency.

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Canadian Compliance Statement

This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference­Causing Equipment Regulations.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur
le matériel brouilleur du Canada.

Japanese Compliance (Voluntary Control Council Initiative)

This equipment complies to class B Information Technology equipment based on
VCCI (Voluntary Control Council for Interface). This equipment is designed for home
use but it may causes radio frequency interference problem if used too near to a
television or radio. Please handle it correctly per this documentation.

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1 Introduction

Overview 1-1
Kit Contents 1-2
Overview of the Installation Process 1-2
System Requirements and Compatibility 1-3

Drive Requirements 1-3
Hardware Requirements 1-3
Operating System Compatibility 1-4

Controller Features 1-4

Features Overview 1-4
Features Summary 1-6

Advanced Features 1-6
About the Documentation 1-9
Using the Installation CD 1-9

Booting from the CD With No Operating System 1-10

Using the CD Autorun in Windows 1-10

Browsing the CD 1-11
Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader 1-11
Software Tools Overview 1-12
Safety Information 1-13

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) 1-13

Contents

2 Installing the Controller and Drives

Installing the Controller and Drives 2-2
Determining the Boot Controller 2-3
Creating a Bootable RAID 5 Array 2-4

Using the ICP RAID Configuration Utility 2-4

Using the Installation CD 2-6

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3 Installing the Driver

Overview of the Driver Installation Process 3-2
Creating a Driver Disk 3-2
Installing the Windows Driver 3-3

Installing the Driver When You Install Windows 3-3

Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System 3-4
Installing the Linux Module 3-5

Installing the Module When You Install Red Hat or

SuSE 3-5

Installing the Module in an Existing Linux System 3-6
Installing the Unix Driver 3-6

OpenServer 3-6

UnixWare and OpenUNIX 3-8
Installing the NetWare Driver 3-9

Installing the Driver When You Install NetWare 3-9

Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare System 3-10

Loading NetWare Drivers During Server Restart 3-11

4 Installing and Starting ICP Storage Manager

Installing ICP Storage Manager on Windows 4-2
Installing ICP Storage Manager on Linux 4-3
Installing ICP Storage Manager on OpenServer 4-4
Installing ICP Storage Manager on UnixWare/OpenUNIX

4-5
Installing ICP Storage Manager on NetWare 4-6
Starting ICP Storage Manager 4-7

Windows Operating Systems 4-7
Linux Operating Systems 4-9
OpenServer UnixWare and OpenUNIX Operating

Systems 4-10
NetWare Operating System 4-10

Logging into Remote Systems 4-10

Contents

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5 Understanding ICP Storage Manager

Introduction 5-1

Features 5-1

Overview 5-2

Physical Devices View 5-3

Logical Devices View 5-3
Changing How Drives are Displayed 5-4
Collapsed and Expanded Views 5-4
Component Views 5-5

A ICP RAID Configuration Utility

Overview A-1
Using the ACU A-2

Creating Arrays A-2

Managing Arrays A-5

Initializing Drives A-8

Rescanning Drives A-9
Using SCSI

Controller Configuration Options A-10

SCSI Configuration Options A-12
Using Disk Utilities A-14
Viewing the Event Log A-15

Select A-9

Contents

B ACU for DOS

Introduction B-1
Creating the ACU Utility Disk B-1
Running the ACU Interactively B-2
Running the ACU Using Scripts B-3

Playback Mode B-4

Record Mode B-4

Creating the Script File Manually B-5

Array Definition Block Keywords B-6

Channel Definition Block Keywords – SCSI only B-12

ACU Error Codes B-13

Example – Running the ACU with a Script B-14

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Contents

C ICP Flash Utility (IFU)

Introduction C-1

System Requirements C-2

Compatibility C-2
Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks C-3
Running the IFU from the GUI C-4
Running the IFU from the Command Line C-5

Command Summary C-5

IFU Command Line – Step-by-Step C-9

D Installing and Using the Command Line Utility

Introduction D-2
Installing ARCCONF D-2

Installing ARCCONF for Windows D-2

Installing ARCCONF for NetWare D-3

Installing ARCCONF for Linux D-4
Starting ARCCONF D-5
Using ARCCONF D-5

Status Functions D-6

RAID Configuration Functions D-7

E About RAID

Simple Volume E-1
Spanned Volume E-2
RAID 0 E-2
RAID 1 E-2
RAID 5 E-3
RAID 10 E-4
RAID 50 E-5

F About SCSI

SCSI Device Support F-1
Setting SCSI IDs F-2
Changing SCSI Termination on the Controller F-2
Enabling CD Drive Support F-3
Mixing SE Devices with LVD Devices F-3

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G Controller Reset Procedures

Mode 0 Flash G-2

Create a bootable floppy disk G-2

Mode 0 flash Procedures G-2

H Controller Illustrations

LED Function H-2

I Specifications

Glossary

Index

Contents

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1

Introduction

In this Chapter...

Overview 1-1
Kit Contents 1-2
Overview of the Installation Process 1-2
System Requirements and Compatibility 1-3
Controller Features 1-4
About the Documentation 1-9
Using the Installation CD 1-9
Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader 1-11
Software Tools Overview 1-12
Safety Information 1-13

Overview

The ICP9014RO and ICP9024RO are advanced-featured Ultra320
SCSI RAID single-channel and dual-channel controllers. Both are
64-bit/133 MHz controllers with PCI/PCI-X compatibility and
demonstrate unprecedented performance and RAID flexibility. For
a description of features for your ICP controllers, see Controller

Features on page 1-4.

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Kit Contents

Your controller kit includes:

■ ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controller (illustrated in

Appendix H)

■ Installation CD

■ Low-profile bracket

■ Quick Installation Guide

Overview of the Installation Process

This section provides an overview of how to install and configure
the controller:

1 Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives, as

described in Chapter 2, Installing the Controller and Drives.

2 Your next steps depend on your system:

In a system without an operating system (fresh install)...

a Build the bootable array, as described in Creating a Bootable

RAID 5 Array on page 2-4.

b Install the driver at the beginning of the operating system

installation, as described in Chapter 3.

c Install ICP Storage Manager

d View, manage, and build additional arrays, as needed, using

ICP Storage Manager. For an overview, see Chapter 5. For
details, refer to the ICP Storage Manager online Help.

In an existing system that already has an operating system...

a Install the driver.

b Install ICP Storage Manager as described in Chapter 4.

c Build the array using ICP Storage Manager. View, manage,

and build additional arrays, as needed. For an overview, see

Chapter 5. For details, refer to the ICP Storage Manager

online Help.

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as described in Chapter 4.

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Introduction

System Requirements and Compatibility

This section summarizes the following system requirements:

■ Drive Requirements

■ Hardware Requirements

■ Operating System Compatibility

Drive Requirements

You need to have enough drives available for the RAID array level
you want to build. For details, see Appendix E, About RAID.

Note: Arrays work best when all array members (drives) are
identical.

Hardware Requirements

The following list summarizes the hardware requirements:

■ Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor

■ A motherboard that meets the following compatibility

requirements:

– 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 installation CD for additional

motherboard compatibility information.

■ At least 128 MB of RAM

■ An available 3.3 Volt 32- or 64-bit PCI or PCI-X slot

■ 20 MB of free drive space

■ 16-bit SVGA color monitor with a resolution of at least 800 x 600

■ CD drive

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Operating System Compatibility

The following operating systems are supported:

■ Windows 2003 Server—Standard and Advanced

■ Windows 2000—Server, Advanced Server, Professional

■ Windows XP—Home Edition and Pro

■ Red Hat Linux—Advanced Server 3.0

■ SuSE Linux—Professional 9.1, and Enterprise Server 9

Note: For the latest on Linux support, or to download
driver sources, visit www.icp-vortex.com.

■

SCO—

– UnixWare 7.13

– OpenServer 5.06a and 5.07

■ Novell—NetWare 6.x

Controller Features

This section contains the following subsections:

Introduction

■ Features Overview

■ Features Summary

■ Advanced Features

Features Overview

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers offer the
following features:

■

Supports
support the

■ 64-bit, 66-MHz 3.3V PCI interface compatible with

32-bit/33-MHz 3.3V PCI slots.

■ At least 256 MB of on-board RAM. Some controllers are

available with more RAM.

■ Operating system independent configuration and RAID

creation using the ICP RAID Configuration utility.

PCI Local Bus Specification

PCI-X Addendum

, Revision 1.0a. See page 1-6.

, Revision 2.2. Some models also

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■ Flash ROM for easy updates of controller firmware, BIOS, and

ICP RAID Configuration utility. For details on updating the
flash, see Appendix C.

■ Centralized management across all ICP host-based RAID

products using ICP Storage
console access, ICP Storage

Manager

Manager

. In addition to local

provides remote
configuration and management of RAID subsystems through
password-protected access.

■ Event logging and broadcasting, including messaging for

alphanumeric pagers.

■ Optional battery backup module available. For details, see

page 1-9.

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Introduction

Features Summary

The following tables summarizes the features of the ICP SCSI RAID
controllers.

ICP9014RO

Form factor Low-profile Low-profile

PCI compatibility PCI/

PCI bus width (max) 64-bit 64-bit

PCI bus speed (max) 133 MHz 133 MHz

Cache, standard 256 MB 256 MB

Channels 1 2

Devices per channel 15 15

Total dev i c e s 15 30

Connectors, internal (high density) 1 2

Connectors, external

RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 5, 10, 50

Simple volume Yes Yes

Spanned volume Yes Yes

Hotspares Yes Yes

Automatic failover Yes Yes

Audible alarm Yes Yes

Battery module option (sold separately)

(VHDCI) 12

PCI-X

ABM-400 ABM-400

ICP9024RO

PCI/
PCI-X

Advanced Features

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers
following advanced features:

■

Optimized Disk Utilization

of all your drives, even if drive sizes vary.

■

SCSI Disk Hot Plug

—Allows you to add and remove disks

without shutting down your system.

■ Online Capacity Expansion

■ Array Level Migration

—Allows you to use the full capacity

support the

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Introduction

■ Drive Enclosures

■ Hotspares

■ Audible Alarm

■ Automatic Failover

■ Battery Backup Module Support

Online Capacity Expansion

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers support Online
Capacity Expansion (OCE) of existing arrays. With OCE, you can
add new members to increase the capacity of an array without
losing any data. For details, refer to the ICP Storage Manager
online Help.

Windows OCE allows you to use the additional capacity without
restarting the system. For details, refer to your Windows
documentation.

Array Level Migration

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers

allow you to
migrate from one array type to another. The migration possibilities
are:

Current Array Type New Array Type

RAID 0 RAID 5 or 10

RAID 1 RAID 0, 5 or 10

RAID 5 RAID 0 or 10

RAID 10 RAID 0 or 5

RAID 50 RAID 0 or 5

For details on how to migrate from one array type to another, refer
to the ICP Storage Manager online Help.

Drive Enclosures

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers support drive
enclosures that include SAF-TE enclosure management hardware
per the SAF-TE specification.

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Introduction

Hotspares

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers support
hotspares—drives that are reserved to replace a failing drive in a
redundant array. If a drive fails, the hotspare will replace it and the
array is automatically rebuilt. Two types of hotspares can be used:

■ Global—Protects every array that the drive has enough

available capacity to protect.

■ Dedicated—Protects only the array that it has been assigned to

protect.

Audible Alarm

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers are equipped with
an audible alarm that alerts you to situations that affect safety of
your data.

Sounding the Alarm

The alarm sounds under the following circumstances:

■ When the controller is running, and a drive fails. For example, if

a drive becomes unplugged, the alarm sounds.

■ When restarting the system, if an array is degraded. For

example, if a drive is missing from a three-drive RAID 5, the
alarms sounds.

■ If an array can’t be configured. For example, if a drive is missing

from a RAID 0, or if two drives are missing from a RAID-5, the
alarm sounds.

Silencing the Alarm

The alarm continues to sound until one of the following actions is
taken:

■ The array with the failed member is deleted.

■ If the array is redundant, a rebuild begins.

The alarm feature can be disabled using SCSISelect or ICP Storage
Manager. For details on disabling it throug SCSISelect, see

page A-11. Also refer to the ICP Storage Manager online Help.

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Automatic Failover

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers can automatically
rebuild an array when a failed drive is replaced with a new drive.
This feature applies only to redundant arrays in SES- or SAF-TE­enabled drive enclosures. See page A-10 for details.

Battery Backup Module Support

To see the battery module connector location for your controller,
see Appendix H.

About the Documentation

The documentation set for the ICP RAID controllers includes:

■ Quick Installation Guide—Printed guide that summarizes

how to install the controller and create a bootable array.

■ Readme Text File—Contains late-breaking technical

information.

■ Installation and User’s Guide (this book)—PDF file on the

installation CD with complete information on how to install
and configure your controller and attach devices.

■ Online Help—ICP Storage Manager includes an embedded

online Help system that provides details on how to use ICP
Storage Manager to create and manage arrays.

To view the PDF documents, use Acrobat Reader or Viewer. For
details, see Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader on page 1-11.

For details on using the installation CD, see Using the Installation

CD on page 1-9.

Using the Installation CD

The installation CD contains software, drivers, and documentation.
You can use the CD in the following ways:

■ Booting from the CD With No Operating System

■ Using the CD Autorun in Windows

■ Browsing the CD

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Introduction

Booting from the CD With No Operating System

The installation CD is bootable. You can use it to start a computer that
has no operating system and configure an array.

Note: To use the bootable CD, verify that your computer
supports bootable CDs. To do so, enter system Setup and
check the settings.

Using the CD Autorun in Windows

To use the Autorun executable, autorun.exe, start Windows and
insert the installation CD. Your computer automatically reads the
CD (provided it has been set up to do so).

Note: If your computer does not automatically read the CD,
you can prompt it to read the CD by clicking on
from the CD’s root directory.

The CD presents the following options:

■ Install ICP Storage Manager—Installs the management

software. For details, see Chapter 4.

autorun.exe

■

Install Adobe Acrobat Reader

—Installs Adobe Acrobat Reader
for Windows to let you view the ICP documentation in PDF
format. Versions of Acrobat Reader for other platforms are also
included, see

■ View Release Notes—Displays the Readme file containing the

Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader

on page 1-11.

latest information for ICP RAID products and software.

■ View Documentation—Provides quick access to the PDF files.

■ Create Driver Diskette—Allows you to create a driver disk for

any supported operating system.

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Introduction

Browsing the CD

If your installation process requires you to directly access files on the
installation CD, you can save time by limiting your browsing to the
following files and folders, available at the root level:

■ Autorun executable—In Windows, click on autorun.exe if your

computer does not automatically execute it when you insert the
CD in the drive.

■

Readme text file

—Contains additional technical information

about device compatibility, operating system support, and drivers.

■ DOCS folder—Contains the user documentation PDF files.

■ PACKAGES folder (and subfolders)—Contains the

management software and device drivers.

■ SOURCES folder (and subfolders)—Contains driver source

files and other components developed under the GNU General
Public License (GPL) agreement.

Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader

Both Adobe Acrobat Reader and Viewer are provided on the
installation CD. These applications allow you to view PDF files.
Acrobat Reader is also available from Adobe as a free download at

www.adobe.com

.

How you use Reader or Viewer depends on your operating system,
as described below:

■

Windows

—To install Acrobat Reader, choose the appropriate

option from the CD Autorun menu.

■ Linux—Acrobat Reader is located on the installation CD at

mount-point/packages/Linux/RedHat/apps/adobe. Use the full path

name to access this location. If the path gets truncated, you may
not see the correct location.

■ UNIX—Use Acrobat Viewer because Reader is not available for

all operating systems. Your system must have Java Runtime
Environment (JVE) 1.1.7B from April 11, 2000 or later (you can
download it from
installation

java.sun.com). The Viewer is

CD at

mount-point

/Acrobat_Reader

located on the

.

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Introduction

■ NetWare—Acrobat Reader and Viewer are not available for this

operating system or any DOS environment. You need to use a
computer that supports Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Viewer.

Software Tools Overview

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controllers support the
following tools:

■ ICP Storage Manager—Storage management application with

a graphical user interface (GUI). Use this tool to create,
configure, and manage arrays in an environment in which you
have an operating system installed. For details, see Chapters 4
and 5.

■ ICP RAID Configuration Utility—BIOS-based utility that

contains the following components:

– Array Configuration Utility (ACU)—Storage management

utility. Use this BIOS-based utility to create, configure, and
manage arrays on a fresh system on which the operating
system has not yet been installed. Also available as a
DOS-based executable (see next bullet). For details on using
the ACU, see Appendix A. For details on using the DOS­based ACU, see Appendix B.

– SCSISelect—Device management utility. Used to verify the

hardware configuration of the controller and the drives. For
details, see page A-9.

– Disk Utilities—Drive management utility. Used to format

and verify drives. For details, see page A-14.

■ Array Configuration Utility (ACU) for DOS—DOS utility used

to create, configure, and manage arrays. Also available as part
of the BIOS-based ICP RAID Configuration utility. For details,
see Appendix B.

■

ICP Flash Utility (IFU)

—DOS utility used to update, save, or
verify the controller firmware, BIOS, and ICP RAID
Configuration

■ ARCCONF Command Line Program—Allows you to create

utility

versions. For details, see Appendix C.

and manage arrays with ICP RAID Configuration-based ICP
Storage Manager controllers. For details, see Appendix D.

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Introduction

Safety Information

To ensure your personal safety, as well as the safety of you
equipment:

■

Keep your work area and the computer clean and clear of debris.

■ Before opening the system cabinet, unplug the power cord.

■ Observe the safety information of the host system/disk cabinet.

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

Caution: ESD is produced by materials that accumulate and

!

retain electrical charges and is transferred to people or other
objects upon contact. It can damage electronic components
when they are improperly handled and can result in total or
intermittent failures. Follow ESD-prevention procedures
when removing and replacing components.

To prevent ESD damage:

■ Use an ESD wrist or ankle strap and ensure that it makes skin

contact. Connect the equipment end of the strap to an
unpainted metal surface on the chassis. If a wrist strap is not
available, ground yourself by touching the metal chassis before
handling the controller or any other part of the computer.

■ Avoid touching the controller against your clothing. The wrist

strap protects components from ESD voltages present on the
body only. ESD voltages on clothing can still cause damage.

■ Handle your controller by its bracket or edges only. Avoid

touching the printed circuit board or the connectors.

■ Place your controller only on an antistatic surface, such as the

bag supplied in your kit.

■ If you plan to return the controller, put it back in its antistatic

bag immediately.

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2

Installing the Controller and Drives

In this Chapter...

Installing the Controller and Drives 2-2
Determining the Boot Controller 2-3
Creating a Bootable RAID 5 Array 2-4

2-1

Installing the Controller and Drives

Installing the Controller and Drives

Use only the latest Ultra320 hard
quality Ultra320-rated cables with multimode terminators for all
drives that share a channel with Ultra320 drives.

To install the controller and drives:

Caution: Take appropriate action to prevent ESD damage. See

!

Safety Information on page 1-13.

1 If you have a low-profile computer cabinet, replace the original

full-height bracket with the low-profile bracket.

2 Turn off your computer.

3 Unplug the power cord.

4 Open the system cabinet.

5 Remove the cover from an available 3.3V PCI or PCI-X slot that

is 2.2 or higher compliant.

Note: You’ll get better performance if you use a 64-bit slot.

6 Install the controller in the PCI (or PCI-X) slot and secure the

controller bracket to the chassis.

7 Install and connect any internal drives using the appropriate

cable.

disk

drives in arrays and only high-

Note: To build a RAID 5, as described in Creating a Bootable

RAID 5 Array on page 2-4, you must install at least three

drives.

8 Close the computer cabinet.

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9 Connect any external cables and drives to the controller.

Notes:

■ Do not attach a cable to the controller unless the other

end of the cable is attached to a proper termination.
Doing so can cause unstable operation.

■ Use high quality cables. Poor quality cables may

degrade system reliability. Avoid cables not rated for
Ultra320 operation.

■ Observe the maximum cable lengths/cable loads for

Ultra320.

■ Use device adapters as needed to connect any single-

ended (SE) drives (avoid mixing old SE and LVD
devices on the same SCSI bus).

■ For additional considerations about installing SCSI

drives, see Appendix F, About SCSI.

Determining the Boot Controller

Note: If your system will contain two or more bootable

controllers, read this section. Otherwise, skip this section.

The ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID controller

s support bootable
drives and arrays. The controller’s default setting and your system
setup usually allow you to install and boot from either a hard disk
drive connected to the motherboard, or from a drive or array
connected to the controller.

If you already have an operating system installed on a hard disk
drive connected to the motherboard and you want to boot a second
operating system from the RAID controller, follow these steps:

1 Enter the system setup.

2 Navigate to the hard disk drive boot sequence.

3 Move the boot controller to the top of the list.

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Creating a Bootable RAID 5 Array

Note: To install an operating system on a drive or array

connected to your ICP9014RO or ICP9024RO RAID
controller, read this section. Otherwise, skip to Chapter 3 to
install the driver in an existing operating system.

This section describes how to create a bootable RAID 5 array with
at least three drives.

Choose one of the following methods:

■ Using the ICP RAID Configuration Utility—Use this method if

you prefer a text-based approach.

■ Using the Installation CD—Use this method if you prefer a

GUI-based approach.

Why build a RAID 5?

This array level provides a versatile combination of performance
and redundancy on a minimum of three drives. Because RAID 5
uses parity, it is the safest, and most recoverable, of all RAID levels.

What if I prefer a different RAID level?

That’s no problem. Once you build your array and install your
operating system, you can change array levels (see Array Level

Migration on page 1-7) or expand the capacity of the array (see
Online Capacity Expansion on page 1-7) to suit your needs.

Using the ICP RAID Configuration Utility

To build a bootable RAID 5 array using the ICP RAID
Configuration utility:

1 Install the controller and drives, as described in Installing the

Controller and Drives on page 2-2.

Note: For a RAID 5, you need at least 3 drives.

2

Turn on the computer, then press
Configuration utility.

The first screen shows all installed ICP RAID controllers.

Ctrl+A

to enter the ICP RAID

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3 Use the arrow keys to highlight the controller you want to use,

then press Enter.

The Menu Options screen is displayed.

4 Highlight Array Configuration Utility, then press Enter.

The ACU Menu is displayed.

5 Highlight Initialize Drives, then press Enter.

6 Highlight at least three drives to be used for the array and press

Insert for each highlighted drive.

The utility displays the selected drives.

7 Press Enter.

A warning message appears—this is normal.

Note: During initialization, all data is deleted from the
disk. Before proceeding, back up any data you want to
keep.

8 Press Y.

The selected drives are initialized, then the ACU Menu is
displayed again.

9 Highlight Create Array, then press Enter.

10

Highlight the three dirves you just initialized for the array, then
press

Insert

for each highlighted drive.

11 Press Enter.

12 On the Array Properties screen, respond as follows to accept

the defaults (shown in parentheses):

Property Line Displayed Entry or Selection

Array Type Select RAID 5, then press Enter

Array Label Type a name, then press Enter.

Array Size Press Enter, then press Enter again to

use the default granularity of GB.

Stripe Size Press Enter (256KB).

Read Caching Press Enter (Yes).

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Property Line Displayed Entry or Selection

Wri t e C aching Press Enter (Enable always).

Create RAID via Press Enter (Build/Verify).

[Done] Press Enter.

13 A cache warning message is displayed. Type Y.

A Creating Array window appears.

14 Once the array is created, a message displays telling you that

the array can now be used. Press any key to return to the ACU
Menu.

Note:

Although you can start using the array immediately,

performance is reduced until the build process is complete.

15 Press Esc until the Exit Utility window appears.

16 Highlight Yes, then press Enter.

The computer restarts.

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Install the driver as described in Chapter 3.

Using the Installation CD

Note: You cannot create the RAID using a CD drive connected

to the RAID controller.

To build a bootable RAID 5 array using the installation CD:

1 Install the controller and drives, as described in Installing the

Controller and Drives on page 2-2.

2 Start or restart the computer.

3 Insert the installation CD.

Note: If the installation CD does not start automatically,

you may need to enter system setup and enable booting
from the CD. For details, refer to your computer’s
documentation.

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