Acard ARS-2160 User manual

ARS-2160/ARS-2320
SCSI Hard Disk Drive
User's Manual
Version: 1.2
Copyright©2007 ACARD Technology Corp.
Release: December 2008

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 About SCSIDE II .......................................................
Chapter 2 Introduction ...............................................................
2.1 Overview ............................................................................
2.2 Features ............................................................................
2.3 Speci ications ....................................................................
2.4 Package and Others ..........................................................
2.4.1 Package ........................................................................
2.4.2 Spec Parameters ..........................................................
2.4.3 Connectors ...................................................................
Chapter 3 Hareware Installation ................................................
3.1 Install a 2.5'' HDD ..............................................................
3.2 Set the Jumper ..................................................................
3.3 Install to the Server ............................................................
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting ........................................................
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WEEE Statement
In order to cope with the increasing waste electrical and electronic equipment, reduce the use o
land ill and incinerator, and prevent the harm ul matter o waste equipment rom entering the
environment, the European Union (EU) has set the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE) asking manu acturers to collect, recycle and treat waste electrical and
electronic equipment properly. Member nations already established their ree o charge recycle
systems o WEEE be ore August 13, 2005. Accordingly, ACARD has to be responsible or
recycling all products exported to Germany. You can return your ACARD product that needs
recycling to a local collector.
WEEE Erklärung
Mit dem Ziel die steigende Menge elektrischer und elektronischer Altgeräte zu bewältigen ohne
hierzu unnötig Mülldeponien und Verbrennungsanlagen zu belasten und um die Verschmutzung
der Umwelt durch reiwerdende Sto e aus den Altgeräten zu vermeiden, hat die Europäische
Union (EU) die Richtlinie über Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräte erlassen. Die Richtlinie verp lichtet
Hersteller, elektrische und elektronische Altgeräte umweltgerecht einzusammeln, zu recyceln und
zu entsorgen. Die Mitgliedsstaaten der EU haben bereits ihre kosten reien Recyclesysteme
kon orm der WEEE vor dem 13. August 2005 eingerichtet. Entsprechend der Richtlinie ist ACARD
verantwortlich ür die umweltgerechte Entsorgung aller nach Deutschland exportierten ACARD
Produkte. Sie können Ihr zu entsorgendes ACARD Produkt zu Ihrer örtlichen Sammelstelle
bringen.
AEEA verklaring
Met het doel de stijgende hoeveelheid a gedankte elektrische en elektronische apparatuur te
beheersen zonder hiervoor onnodig stortplaatsen en verbrandingsovens te belasten en om de
vervuiling van het milieu door vrijkomende sto en uit de a gedankte apparatuur te voorkomen,
hee t de Europese Unie (EU) de richtlijn betre ende a gedankte elektrische en elektronische
apparatuur besloten. Deze richtlijn verplicht abrikanten a gedankte elektrische en elektronische
apparatuur in te zamelen, te recyclen en te verwijderen. De lidstaten van de EU hebben reeds de
kosteloze recyclesystemen volgens de AEEA vóór de 13 augustus 2005 ingericht. Con orm de
richtlijn is ACARD verantwoordelijk voor de verwijdering van alle naar Nederland geëxporteerde
ACARD producten. U kunt uw a gedankt ACARD product naar uw locale inzamelplaats brengen.
Elektrik ve Elektronik Madde Atıkları Demeci
Elektrik ve electronik madde atıklarının yukselmesiyle basedebilmek ,arazi doldurma ve cop
yakma ırını kullanımını azaltmak,atık madde zararlarının cevreye yayılmasını onlemek icin Avrupa
Birligi (AB),ureticilerden elektrik ve elektronik madde atıklarını gerektigi gibi toplamalarını,geri
donusturmelerini ve kimyasal isleme tabi tutmalarınıKtalep etmek icinKElektrik ve Elektronik Madde
Atıkları uzerine bir direkti hazırladı.Topluluk uyeleri,13 Agustos 2005' ten onceK elektrik ve
elektronik madde atıklarının ucretsiz geri donusum sistemlerini coktan olusturmuslardı.Bundan
dolayı, ACARD, Almanya'ya ihrac ettigi butun urunlerin geri donusumunden sorumludur.ACARD
urunleri geri donusum gerektirirse yerel toplayıcılara geri verebilirsiniz.
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WEEE бюлетень
ЧтобЫ с׀׀ρaвиться с увеличивающимся ненуҗным электрическим и электронным
оборудованием, уменъшите использование закапывания мусора и использования установки
для сжигания отходов, препятствуйте вредному выбросам загрязнять окружановки среду,
Европейский союз (EC) установил Директиву по Ненужному Электрическому и
Электронному Оборудованию (WEEE) для того, чтобы изготовителей собрали,
перерабатывали и вообще проявили внимание к ненужному электрическому и злектронному
оборудованию должным образом. Члены нации установили бесплатную систему и
электронному оборудованию должным образом. Члены нации установили бесплатную
систему переработки WEEE до 13 августа 2005. Соответственно, ACARD обязан быть
ответственным за то, что переработал все продукты, экспортируемые в Германию. Вы
можете возвратнть ваш продукт ACARD, который нуждается в рециркуляции местному
сборщику.
WEEE Statement
A in de gérer la quantité croissante de déchets électriques et électroniques, de réduire l’utilisation
des décharges et des incinérateurs et d’éviter que des déchets noci s ne polluent l’environnement,
l’Union Européenne a publié la directive WEEE sur les déchets électriques et électroniques. Celle-
ci spéci ie que les abricants doivent collecter, recycler et traiter l’équipement électronique et
électrique usagé. Depuis le 13 août 2005, les pays membres ont mis en place un système de
recyclage gratuit selon le WEEE,.
De ce ait, Acard est responsable du recyclage de tous les produits exportés vers l’Allemagne.
Vous pouvez mettre au rebut votre équipement ACARD usagé dans votre centre local de
recyclage.
Pour plus d’in ormations sur les lieux de mise au rebut des équipements usagés destinés au
recyclage, veuillez contacter votre mairie, votre service de traitement des déchets ménagers ou le
magasin où vous avez acheté le produit.
RAEE
Con la inalidad de reducir el incremento de residuos eléctricos y de material electrónico,
reduciendo el uso de los vertederos e incineradoras y prevenir el preocupante aumento del
contacto de estos residuos con el medio ambiente. Por este motivo la Unión Europea ha ijado la
Directiva de Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos (RAEE) solicitando a los abricantes
la recolección, reciclaje y tratamiento de ests residuos correctamente. Los paises miembros ya
han establecido su sistema de reciclaje gratuito de RAEE antes del 13 de Agosto del 2005. Por
este motivo ACARD es el responsable del reciclaje de todos los productos exportados a
Alemania. Usted puede devolver su producto Acard a un punto de recogida local cuando desee
reciclarlo.
Dichiarazione WEEE
Per ar ronte all’aumento dei residui delle apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche, ridurre l'uso
di materiale di riporto e degli inceneritori, ed impedire che il materiale nocivo delle apparecchiature
residue entri a contatto con l'ambiente, l’ Unione Europea (UE) ha stabilito le Direttive sui Residui
delle apparecchiature Elettriche ed Elettroniche (WEEE) chiedendo ai ornitori di raccogliere
correttamente, riciclare e trattare le apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche residue. Le nazioni
acenti parte dell’ Unione Europea hanno già stabilito il loro sistema gratuito di riciclaggio di questo
materiale (WEEE) prima del 13 agosto 2005. Di conseguenza, ACARD è responsabile del
riciclaggio di tutti i prodotti esportati in Germania. Potete restituire il vostro prodotto acquistato da
ACARD che deve essere riciclato da un’ azienda speci ica locale.
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Chapter 1 About SCSIDE II
The Overview
ACARD is an expert o storage. It has years o experiences in the design, development and
application o storage devices. The quick solutions it provides always meet the market demand,
and have won praise rom some well-known manu acturers in the world. Over the years its
exclusive SCSIDE technology, chips and system applications have obtained an important market
share, but now owing to the change o times, its SCSIDE technology is no longer simply used to
make SCSI-to-IDE (SATA) Bridges that turn ATA/IDE (SATA) hard drives or ATAPI devices into
high-per ormance SCSI ones. The technology can be urthermore used to design serialized,
visualized and it- or-network Bridges to connect more storage devices and to do more
trans ormations like SATA-to-SAS, Network-to-SATA/SAS, etc. For these di erent applications,
ACARD has given the technology a new name SCSIDE II. That means the second generation o
SCSIDE technology. Storage products based on SCSIDE II are more practical and more popular.
Besides having the new unctions o ACARD’s IC, the series products o SCSIDE II contain the
technology o the irst generation, too. In operation, SCSIDE II uses the built-in RISC on the chip
or inter ace trans ormation to lower the burden o CPU in data trans er, and accordingly enhances
the I/O per ormance, makes the whole system more stable and more e icient. The applications o
SCSIDE II on di erent storage devices are lexible and steady. The prices o SCSIDE II products
are also reasonable.
The reason o turning an IDE/SATA/SAS inter ace into a high-end, all-purpose
SATA/SCSI/Network one is that corporations have desired to get highly e icient and stable
inter aces or data trans er by using inexpensive storage inter aces so as to accomplish the
economy o costs. Obviously, SCSIDE II has the technological advantage and its price meets the
corporate budget. ACARD’s series products o SCSIDE II are quite compatible with Windows
NT/2000/XP/Vista, Linux, Unix and Mac.
SCSI-to-SATA
The basic type o SCSIDE II is raising a SATA inter ace rom 15.G to 3G. The SCSI inter ace is
raised to Ultra 320 too. Besides being applied to SATA devices or trans ormation, SCSIDE II also
supports the newest SATAPI devices or the trans ormation o SATA to SCSI. Furthermore, the
orm actors o SCSIDE II products include the industrial standards, too. In other words, such
modularized products are specially designed or industrial storage equipment.
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Chapter 2 Introduction
2.1 Overview
ARS-2160 / ARS-2320 is an internal SCSI-to-SATA-II bridge HDD enclosure, which converts a
standard 2.5” SATA HDD into SCSI HDD with 68-pin connector. This device easily and e iciently
enables users to create their own SCSI HDD.
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2.2 Features
 ACARD chips: ARC767 and ARC772
 Cost e ective and higher system I/O per ormance
 Get the maximum bene its and high per ormance rom SCSI Bus and SATA or devices
 Creates new SCSI devices in economic cost
 Designed in 3.5” orm actor or a built-in 2.5” SATA hard disk drive
 Cross-plat orm operation supports Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista, Linux, Mac, Sun
 Supports ull LVD/SE SCSI inter ace
2.3 Specifications
 ARS-2160 supports 160MB/s o trans er rate
ARS-2320 supports 320MB/s o trans er rate
 Supports a SATA hard drive o 1.5G/3.0G
 Supports SCSI RAID card
 Provides Flash ROM or irmware update
 Selectable SCSI ID rom 0 to 15

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2.4 Package and Others
2.4.1 Package
 ARS-2160 or ARS-2320 × 1
 screws or 2.5” SATA hard drive × 4
 screws or ARS-2160 or ARS-2320 × 4
 User's manual × 1
2.4.2 Spec Parameters
Temperature: Operation: 0°C to 85°C
Non-operation: -40°C to 85°C
Humidity: 15% to 90%
Size: 14.6 cm(L) x 10.1 cm (W) x 2.5cm (H)
2.4.3 Connectors
CN6: (1) 68-pin connector
(2) Jumper
(3) 4-pin power connector
CN16: SATA II integrated connector
CN3 & CN4: reserved
J1: jumper
CN6 (1)
CN16
J1
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CN4

4. Return the upper cover o the bridge and ix with the 4 screws.
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5. Set the jumper, and connect CN6 o ARS-2160 to the host SCA2 80-pin connector.
3.1 Install a 2.5'' HDD
The hard drive installation procedures or ARS-2160 / ARS-2320 are the same.
Here we simply take ARS-2160 to demonstrate.
1. Remove the 4 screws o ARS-2160 and open the upper cover.
2. Slide the 2.5'' SATA hard drive along the sides o ARS-2160 till it connects CN16.
3. Fix the SATA hard drive to the two sides o ARS-2160 with the enclosed 4 screws.
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3.2 Set the Jumper
1. The jumper (J1) is used to set unctions
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4
8
DELAY START
WRITE PROTECT
PARITY DISABLE
FORCE SINGLE ENDED
LED +5V
LED ─
Reserved Pin 1 GND
Pin 1
Pin 20
SCSI ID
2. The (J1) setting o SCSI ID
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SCSI ID
1
2
4
8
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
SCSI ID
1
2
4
8
ID 7 is reserved or SCSI host, so don't set the ID o your SCSI drive as 7.
Short
Open DELAY START
WRITE PROPECT
PARITY DISABLE
FORCE SINGLE ENDED
Short
Delay Start Normal Start
Write Protect
Parity Disable
SE SCSI mode
Normal read/write
Parity Enable
LVD SCSI mode
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1. The jumper CN6(2) is used to set unctions
4-pin power
connector
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2
4
8
SCSI ID
WRITE PROTECT
LED-
68-pin SCSI
connector
LED+
4. The CN6(2) setting o SCSI ID
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
SCSI ID
1
2
4
8
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SCSI ID
1
2
4
8
ID 7 is reserved or SCSI host, so don't set the ID o your SCSI drive as 7.
Short
Open
Short Open
WRITE PROPECT Write protect Normal read/write
LED LED OFF LED ON
CN6(1) CN6(2)
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3.3 Install to the Server
The ollowing steps are installing ARS-2160 / ARS-2320 to the server are the same. Here we take
ARS-2160 and PC or example.
2. Connect a SCSI Cable to the SCSI adapter's internal connector.
1. Open the Computer case, insert ARS-2160, and connect 4-pin power cord.
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4. Fasten with 4 screws, and close the Computer case.
3. Connect the other end o the SCSI cable to ARS-2160, and attach a terminator.
Be sure that ARS-2160 was irmly connected to the SCSI connector. Then close the tray by the
handle. The ARS-2160 can be treated as a real SCSI hard drive.
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Chapter 4 Troubleshooting
A ter installing ARS-2160 / ARS-2320, i it doesn't work properly, try to eliminate the problem
re erring to the procedures below:
1. Check the hardware installation
a. Make sure SATA HDD was irmly connected to the ARS-2160 / ARS-2320.
b. Make sure the ARS-2160 / ARS-2320 was irmly connected to the SCSI cable.
c. Make sure the SCSI terminator was properly connected to the end o SCSI cable.
2. Check the SCSI ID setting
a. Make sure i the SCSI ID is unique in the same SCSI channel.
Note: The de ault SCSI host adapter ID is 7. I not required, please set ID to other ones.
b. Make sure i the SCSI ID is supported by the SCSI host adapter.
Note: Older SCSI card with narrow SCSI bus only does not support SCSI ID 8 or greater.
3. Check the device detection
a. Make sure the ARS-2160 / ARS-2320 was detected by the SCSI host adapter.
b. Make sure the model name was detected correctly.
c. Make sure the SCSI synchronization speed is correct.
4. Check there is no error while data accessing. I there is an error occurred, try to:
a. Lower the data trans erring speed.
b. Shorten the SCSI cable.
c. Simpli y the SCSI connection ex: connect only one device at a time.
d. Exchange another SCSI cable or terminator.
Un ortunately, i the problem remain unchanged, please ill in the technical support orm and mail
to us or help.
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Technical Support Form
Email address: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.acard.com
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Model Name* (ex: ARS-2160) Firmware version*
System Con iguration
Motherboard/System model*
SCSI host adapter/chip brand & model*
SCSI host BIOS version
Other I/O card*
Operating System*
SATA HDD brand & model*
SATA HDD capacity
SATA HDD irmware
Problem description*
『*』is required