Adaptec 2074700-R - ICP Vortex GDT8514RZ RAID... User manual

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ICP RAID Software
Software Installation and User’s Guide, Version 1.2.7
June 2003

Software Installation and User’s Guide
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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Using the User Documentation Set .............................................................................................13
1.1.1 Document Formats ....................................................................................................14
1.2 About This Guide.........................................................................................................................14
1.2.1 Installation Guide .......................................................................................................15
1.2.2 User’s Guide ..............................................................................................................16
1.3 RAID Levels ................................................................................................................................17
1.3.1 RAID 0 - Data Striping ...............................................................................................17
1.3.2 RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring/Disk Duplexing.....................................................................17
1.3.3 RAID 4 - Data Striping With a Dedicated Parity Drive ...............................................18
1.3.4 RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity .................................................................19
1.3.5 RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0..........................................................19
1.3.6 Levels of Drive Hierarchy Within the ICP RAID Firmware .........................................20
1.4 Transparency of Host Drives.......................................................................................................21
1.4.1 Using CD-ROMs, DATs, Tapes, etc. .........................................................................22
2 Getting Started
2.1 Determine the RAID Configuration ..............................................................................................24
2.2 Create the RAID Driver Installation Diskette ...............................................................................25
2.2.1 Preferred Method.......................................................................................................25
2.2.2 Alternative Methods ...................................................................................................27
2.3 Install the ICP RAID Controller....................................................................................................29
3 Quick Installation
3.1 Roadmap for Quick Installation ...................................................................................................31
3.2 Create a Bootable Host Drive—RAID 1 Mirrored Array...............................................................32
3.3 Create a Bootable Host Drive—RAID 5 Disk Array with Hot Fix .................................................36
3.4 Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT Quick Installation.....................................................41
3.4.1 Minimum Requirements.............................................................................................41
3.4.2 OS Installation Procedures ........................................................................................41
3.5 Novell NetWare 4.2x, 5.x and 6.x Quick Installation....................................................................42
3.5.1 Minimum Requirements.............................................................................................43
3.5.2 OS Installation Procedures ........................................................................................43
3.6 SCO UnixWare 7.1.1 and 8.0 Quick Installation .........................................................................44
3.6.1 Minimum Requirements.............................................................................................44
3.6.2 OS Installation Procedures ........................................................................................44
3.7 RAID Software Suite Quick Installation .......................................................................................45
3.7.1 Microsoft Windows 2000 and NT 4.0.........................................................................45
3.7.2 Novell NetWare 4.2x, 5.x and 6.x ..............................................................................46
3.7.3 SCO UnixWare 7.1.1 or 8.0 .......................................................................................47
4 Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP
4.1 Operating System Installation Procedures ..................................................................................48
4.1.1 Pre-Installation Requirements Checklist....................................................................48
4.1.2 Installing an Operating System onto a Host Drive .....................................................49

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4.1.3 Installing an OS onto a Disk Drive not Attached to the ICP RAID Controller............. 51
4.1.4 Upgrading/Replacing Windows NT 4.0 Server installed on a host drive ................... 52
4.1.5 Installation to an Existing OS..................................................................................... 54
4.1.6 Replacing Compatible ICP RAID Controllers in Windows 2000 / XP ........................ 56
4.2 Configuring the RAID Configuration Service ...............................................................................57
5 Installing Linux
5.1 Before you begin ......................................................................................................................... 60
5.1.1 Linux Drivers and Updates ........................................................................................ 60
5.1.2 Available Drivers and Tools on the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM .......................... 61
5.1.3 Assumptions About Path Names ............................................................................... 61
5.2 General Installation Notes ........................................................................................................... 61
5.2.1 Minimum Hardware Requirements ............................................................................ 61
5.3 Installing Red Hat Linux 7.x on a Host Drive............................................................................... 62
5.4 Installing an ICP RAID Controller onto an Existing Linux Server ................................................ 63
5.4.1 Installation of Driver Sources from the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM.....................63
5.5 GDTH Driver Parameters ............................................................................................................ 64
5.5.1 Reservation of SCSI Devices .................................................................................... 64
5.5.2 Further Driver Parameters ......................................................................................... 65
5.6 Installation of ICPCON Monitoring Utility..................................................................................... 65
5.6.1 Installation of ICPCON from the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM............................... 65
5.6.2 Using ICPCON Monitoring Utility ...............................................................................66
5.7 Remote Monitoring with the ICP vortex SRCD Remote Access Service .................................... 66
5.7.1 SRCD Installation Instructions from the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM ................... 66
6 Installing Novell NetWare
6.1 Pre-Installation Requirements Checklist ..................................................................................... 69
6.1.1 Minimum Hardware Requirements ............................................................................ 69
6.1.2 Minimum Software Requirements.............................................................................. 69
6.2 New installation of NetWare 4.2x, 5.xx and 6.x........................................................................... 70
6.2.1 New Installation of NetWare 4.20 with the SRCRX.HAM Driver................................ 70
6.2.2 New Installation of NetWare 5.0 with the SRCRX.HAM Driver.................................. 70
6.2.3 New Installation of NetWare 5.1x with the SRCRX.HAM Driver................................ 71
6.2.4 New Installation of NetWare 6.x with the SRCRX.HAM Driver.................................. 72
6.3 Adding Drivers and/or ICP RAID Console to an existing NetWare Installation ........................... 72
6.3.1 Installing the ICP RAID Driver Package .................................................................... 72
6.3.2 Installing the ICP RAID Controller Tools Kit Package ...............................................73
6.4 ASPI Support for NetWare 4.2x, 5.x............................................................................................ 74
6.5 Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................................ 74
6.5.1 Last Status Information.............................................................................................. 74
6.5.2 Adding Additional Capacity after an Online Capacity Expansion .............................. 75
7 Installing SCO UnixWare
7.1 General Installation Notes ........................................................................................................... 76
7.1.1 Minimum Hardware Requirements ............................................................................ 76
7.1.2 Minimum Software Requirements.............................................................................. 76
7.2 Installing the ICP RAID Controller as Boot Controller ................................................................. 77
7.3 Installing the ICP RAID Controller as an Additional Controller.................................................... 77
7.3.1 No ICP RAID Controller Has Yet Been Configured ................................................... 77
7.3.2 An ICP RAID Controller Has Already Been Configured............................................. 78

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7.4 Installing an Operating System onto an Array Drive or Single Disk ............................................78
7.5 Hardware Identifiers of SCSI Devices .........................................................................................79
7.5.1 Host adapter Number (HA) ........................................................................................79
7.5.2 Bus Number, Target ID and LUN...............................................................................79
7.6 Additional Information..................................................................................................................80
7.7 Host Drive Removal ....................................................................................................................81
7.8 Remote Monitoring with the SRCD Remote Access Service ......................................................81
7.8.1 SRCD Installation Instructions ...................................................................................81
8 Installing SCO OpenServer
8.1 General Installation Notes ...........................................................................................................82
8.1.1 Minimum Hardware Requirements ............................................................................82
8.1.2 Minimum Software Requirements..............................................................................82
8.1.3 Additional Installation Notes ......................................................................................83
8.1.4 Installing OpenServer on a System with Multiple SCSI or RAID Controllers .............84
8.1.5 Installing an Operating System onto an Array Drive or Single Disk...........................84
8.1.6 Installing the operating system to an Disk Drive not attached to the RAID Card.......84
8.2 Instructions on mkdev (ADM) for 3.2v5.x (Open Server).............................................................85
8.2.1 Host adapter Number (HA) ........................................................................................85
8.2.2 UNIX Target ID and LUN ...........................................................................................85
8.2.3 Configuration Example ..............................................................................................85
8.3 Additional Information..................................................................................................................86
8.4 Remote Monitoring with the SRCD Remote Access Service ......................................................86
8.4.1 SRCD Installation Instructions ...................................................................................87
9 Installing Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD
9.1 General Installation Notes ...........................................................................................................88
9.1.1 Minimum Hardware Requirements ............................................................................88
9.1.2 Minimum Software Requirements..............................................................................88
9.2 Installing an Operating System onto an Array Drive or Single Disk ............................................89
9.3 Installing an OS onto an IDE or SCSI Disk Drive not Attached to the ICP RAID Controller........89
9.4 ICP RAID Controller Installation in an Already Configured FreeBSD System.............................90
9.4.1 Installation Procedure ................................................................................................90
9.4.2 Un-installation Procedure ..........................................................................................90
9.5 Remote Monitoring with the SRCD Remote Access Service ......................................................91
9.5.1 SRCD Installation Instructions ...................................................................................91
10 ICP RAID Console
10.1 ICPCON Features .......................................................................................................................93
10.2 Installing and Launching ICPCON...............................................................................................94
10.2.1 Launching the ICPCON Program Under NetWare ....................................................94
10.2.2 Installing and Launching ICPCON under Windows NT/2000/XP...............................94
10.2.3 Installing and Launching ICPCON Under Linux.........................................................96
10.2.4 Launching ICPCON Under OpenServer ....................................................................97
10.2.5 Launching ICPCON Under UnixWare........................................................................97
10.2.6 Launching ICPCON Under FreeBSD.........................................................................97
10.2.7 Un-installing the RAID Software Suite .......................................................................97
10.3 The ICPCON Program ................................................................................................................98
10.3.1 Select Interface........................................................................................................100
10.3.2 Select Controller ......................................................................................................100

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10.3.3 Express Setup / Advanced Setup and Monitor Menus ............................................ 101
10.4 Express Setup ........................................................................................................................... 101
10.4.1 Configure Host Drives.............................................................................................. 102
10.4.2 Repair Array Drives ................................................................................................. 109
10.5 Advanced Setup ........................................................................................................................ 111
10.5.1 Configure Controller................................................................................................. 112
10.5.2 Configure Physical Devices ..................................................................................... 122
10.5.3 Configure Logical Drives.......................................................................................... 130
10.5.4 Configure Array Drives ............................................................................................ 132
10.5.5 Configure Host Drives.............................................................................................. 141
10.5.6 Repair Array Drives ................................................................................................. 148
10.6 Monitor Menu ............................................................................................................................ 148
10.6.1 View Statistics.......................................................................................................... 149
10.6.2 View Events ............................................................................................................. 150
10.6.3 View Hard Disk Info .................................................................................................150
10.6.4 Save Information...................................................................................................... 151
11 ICP RAID Navigator
11.1 Introduction................................................................................................................................ 153
11.2 The ICP RAID Navigator Controls.............................................................................................154
11.2.1 The Toolbar ............................................................................................................. 154
11.2.2 The Status Bar......................................................................................................... 155
11.2.3 File Menu Commands.............................................................................................. 155
11.2.4 View Menu Commands............................................................................................ 155
11.2.5 Window Menu Commands....................................................................................... 156
11.2.6 The Chart Menu....................................................................................................... 156
11.2.7 The Configuration Menu Commands....................................................................... 156
11.2.8 Help Menu Commands ............................................................................................ 158
11.3 Select Controller........................................................................................................................ 158
11.4 Physical Configuration Window................................................................................................. 159
11.4.1 Controller Configuration Settings.............................................................................161
11.4.2 I/O Processors......................................................................................................... 163
11.4.3 Direct Access Devices ............................................................................................. 165
11.4.4 Non-Direct Access Devices (Raw Devices)............................................................. 169
11.5 Logical Configuration Window................................................................................................... 169
11.5.1 Host Drives .............................................................................................................. 170
11.5.2 Array Drives ............................................................................................................. 172
11.5.3 Logical Drives .......................................................................................................... 174
11.5.4 Physical Drives ........................................................................................................ 174
11.5.5 The Host Drive Information Window........................................................................ 174
11.5.6 The Array Drive Information Window....................................................................... 175
11.5.7 The Logical Drive Information Window.................................................................... 176
11.5.8 Drive Name..............................................................................................................177
11.5.9 Properties (of a Host Drive) ..................................................................................... 178
11.5.10 Remove (a Host Drive) ............................................................................................ 178
11.5.11 Create New (Host Drive)..........................................................................................178
11.5.12 Parity Verify ............................................................................................................. 179
11.5.13 Progress Information ............................................................................................... 180
11.5.14 Expand Array ........................................................................................................... 180

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11.5.15 Add Hot Fix ..............................................................................................................182
11.5.16 Remove Hot Fix .......................................................................................................183
11.5.17 Hot Fix Pool Access.................................................................................................183
11.5.18 Add RAID 1 Component (Mirror a Drive) .................................................................183
11.5.19 Remove RAID 1 Component (Remove a Mirror Drive)............................................184
11.5.20 Replace Drive ..........................................................................................................184
11.5.21 The Different States of an Array Drive.....................................................................185
11.6 The Statistics Window ...............................................................................................................187
11.7 The Events Window ..................................................................................................................188
11.8 ICP RAID Navigator Help ..........................................................................................................190
11.9 RAID Configuration Service and RAIDMail ...............................................................................191
A Optional Features
A.1 Server Clustering ......................................................................................................................195
A.1.1 ICP RAID Controllers in a Cluster Configuration .....................................................196
A.1.2 Hardware Installation ...............................................................................................196
A.1.3 Using ICP RAID Controllers with SCSI Interfaces ...................................................196
A.1.4 Releasing the Cluster Channels ..............................................................................197
A.1.5 The Microsoft Cluster Server Concept.....................................................................197
A.1.6 Novell Netware Clustering .......................................................................................199
A.2 PCI Hot Plug Overview.............................................................................................................204
B Advanced Features
B.1 Chaining....................................................................................................................................206
B.1.1 Configuring a Chaining Set Using ICPCON.............................................................206
B.1.2 Configuring a Chaining Set Using ICP RAID Navigator...........................................206
C Fibre Channel Features
C.1 Boot BIOS Message .................................................................................................................207
C.2 Physical Device Information .....................................................................................................208
C.2.1 Physical Device Configuration Screen.....................................................................208
C.2.2 Fibre Channel Information .......................................................................................209
C.2.3 Using ICP RAID Navigator.......................................................................................210
C.2.4 Configuring an FC-Enabled RAID Controller for Optimal Performance ...................211
C.3 SES Support .............................................................................................................................212
C.3.1 SES Status Change.................................................................................................212
C.3.2 SES Verification.......................................................................................................212
Index
Figures
1-1 RAID 0 - Data Striping ................................................................................................................17
1-2 RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring...............................................................................................................18

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1-3 RAID 1 - Disk Duplexing ............................................................................................................ 18
1-4 RAID 4 - Data Striping With a Dedicated Parity Drive ................................................................ 19
1-5 RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity .................................................................................. 19
1-6 RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 .......................................................................... 20
2-7 Main Menu.................................................................................................................................. 26
2-8 Create Diskettes Menu ............................................................................................................... 26
2-9 Select an OS to Create............................................................................................................... 27
2-10 ICP RAID Splash Screen............................................................................................................ 28
2-11 Select an Operating System Screen .......................................................................................... 28
3-12 Select Controller ......................................................................................................................... 32
3-13 Configure Host Drives ................................................................................................................ 33
3-14 Create New Host Drive ............................................................................................................... 33
3-15 Select Physical Drive.................................................................................................................. 34
3-16 Choose Type Menu .................................................................................................................... 34
3-17 Host Drive Creation Confirmation ............................................................................................... 35
3-18 Drive Capacity ............................................................................................................................ 35
3-19 Newly Created Host Drive .......................................................................................................... 36
3-20 Select Controller ......................................................................................................................... 37
3-21 Configure Host Drives ................................................................................................................ 37
3-22 Create New Host Drive ............................................................................................................... 38
3-23 Select Physical Drive.................................................................................................................. 38
3-24 Choose Type Menu .................................................................................................................... 39
3-25 Host Drive Creation Confirmation ............................................................................................... 39
3-26 Drive Capacity ............................................................................................................................ 39
3-27 Newly Created Host Drive .......................................................................................................... 40
3-28 Progress Window ....................................................................................................................... 40
3-29 RAID Software Setup Splash Screen ......................................................................................... 45
3-30 Setup Type ................................................................................................................................. 46
4-31 Access Account Manager........................................................................................................... 57
4-32 Enter User Account and Password.............................................................................................58
4-33 Confirm User Account and Password......................................................................................... 59
10-34 ICP RAID Splash Screen............................................................................................................ 95
10-35 Setup Type ................................................................................................................................. 96
10-36 Select Interface......................................................................................................................... 100
10-37 Remote Machine ..................................................................................................................... 100
10-38 Select Controller ....................................................................................................................... 101
10-39 Express Setup and Monitor Menus .......................................................................................... 101
10-40 Advanced Setup and Monitor Menus ....................................................................................... 101
10-41 Select Host Drive Screen ......................................................................................................... 102
10-42 Select Physical Drive and Choose Type Screens .................................................................... 103
10-43 Create Host Drive Confirmation ............................................................................................... 103
10-44 Hard Disk Capacity to Use ....................................................................................................... 104
10-45 SAF-TE Auto Hot Plug..............................................................................................................104
10-46 Cluster Popup Window ............................................................................................................. 104
10-47 Newly Created Host Drive ........................................................................................................ 105
10-48 Progress Information: Non-destructive Array Build .................................................................. 106
10-49 Host Drive Menu for an Existing Host Drive ............................................................................. 108
10-50 Array Drive Summary ............................................................................................................... 110
10-51 Failed Hard Drive...................................................................................................................... 110
10-52 Replace Hard Drive Prompt ..................................................................................................... 110

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10-53 Replace Hard Drive Prompt .....................................................................................................110
10-54 Add Disk to Array Confirmation ...............................................................................................110
10-55 Array Drive Summary ...............................................................................................................111
10-56 Array Drive Error State Dialog .................................................................................................111
10-57 Configure Controller Menu........................................................................................................112
10-58 Controller Settings Dialog .........................................................................................................112
10-59 Firmware Update ......................................................................................................................115
10-60 Firmware Update Warning........................................................................................................115
10-61 Select Enclosure ......................................................................................................................117
10-62 Enclosure Slots.........................................................................................................................117
10-63 Select Disk ...............................................................................................................................117
10-64 Advanced Settings Warning .....................................................................................................118
10-65 Advanced Settings Dialog.........................................................................................................118
10-66 Cluster Channels Screen..........................................................................................................119
10-67 Periodic Parity Verify Screen ....................................................................................................120
10-68 Remove Configuration Screen..................................................................................................122
10-69 Select Physical Drive ...............................................................................................................123
10-70 Configure Disk ..........................................................................................................................124
10-71 Initialize Disk ............................................................................................................................124
10-72 Disk Initialization Confirmation .................................................................................................125
10-73 View Defects/Status..................................................................................................................127
10-74 Select Physical Drive Screen with Initialized and Fragmented Disk.........................................128
10-75 Select Physical Drive Screen with De-initialized Disk...............................................................128
10-76 Enclosure Status ......................................................................................................................129
10-77 Enclosure Slots ........................................................................................................................129
10-78 Block Diagram of a SAF-TE Subsystem ..................................................................................130
10-79 Select Logical Drive .................................................................................................................131
10-80 Select Physical Drive ................................................................................................................131
10-81 Create Single Drive ..................................................................................................................131
10-82 Drive Size .................................................................................................................................132
10-83 Select Array Drive ....................................................................................................................132
10-84 Array Drive Menu......................................................................................................................133
10-85 Expand Popup Window ............................................................................................................134
10-86 Remove Drive Confirmation......................................................................................................135
10-87 Progress Information ................................................................................................................138
10-88 Create New Array Drive ...........................................................................................................139
10-89 Choose Type ............................................................................................................................139
10-90 Strip Size ..................................................................................................................................140
10-91 Choose Build Type ...................................................................................................................140
10-92 Create Array Drive Confirmation ..............................................................................................140
10-93 Drive Size Dialog ......................................................................................................................140
10-94 Array Drive Status ....................................................................................................................140
10-95 Select Host Drive Screen .........................................................................................................142
10-96 Select Physical Drive and Choose Type Screens ....................................................................143
10-97 Create Host Drive Confirmation ...............................................................................................143
10-98 Strip Size ..................................................................................................................................143
10-99 Hard Disk Capacity to Use........................................................................................................144
10-100 SAF-TE Auto Hot Plug..............................................................................................................144
10-101 Cluster Popup Window .............................................................................................................144
10-102 Newly Created Host Drive ........................................................................................................145

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10-103 Progress Information: Non-destructive Array Build .................................................................. 146
10-104 Host Drive Menu for an Existing Host Drive ............................................................................. 146
10-105 Host Drive Cluster .................................................................................................................... 148
10-106 View Statistics Menu ................................................................................................................ 149
10-107 Physical Drive Statistics ........................................................................................................... 149
10-108 Logfile Name ............................................................................................................................ 150
10-109 Controller Events ...................................................................................................................... 150
10-110 Hard Disk Information............................................................................................................... 150
10-111 Hard Disk Information............................................................................................................... 151
10-112 Save Information ...................................................................................................................... 152
10-113 Screen Service Messages and Async. Events ........................................................................ 152
11-114 ICP RAID Navigator Toolbar .................................................................................................... 154
11-115 Status Bar................................................................................................................................. 155
11-116 File Menu ................................................................................................................................. 155
11-117 View Menu ................................................................................................................................ 156
11-118 Window Menu .......................................................................................................................... 156
11-119 Chart Menu .............................................................................................................................. 156
11-120 Physical Configuration Menu.................................................................................................... 157
11-121 Logical Configuration Menu...................................................................................................... 157
11-122 Refresh Rate Settings Dialog ................................................................................................... 157
11-123 Help Menu ............................................................................................................................... 158
11-124 Select Controller ....................................................................................................................... 158
11-125 Select Controller ....................................................................................................................... 159
11-126 Sockets ..................................................................................................................................... 159
11-127 Access Control ......................................................................................................................... 159
11-128 Physical Configuration Icon ...................................................................................................... 159
11-129 Example of a Physical Configuration and the Controller Settings ........................................... 160
11-130 Controller Icon .......................................................................................................................... 160
11-131 Controller Settings Dialogs ...................................................................................................... 161
11-132 Processor Information ............................................................................................................. 163
11-133 Physical Drive Information ....................................................................................................... 166
11-134 Logical Configuration Icon ........................................................................................................ 169
11-135 Host Drive Information Window ............................................................................................... 175
11-136 Array Drive Information Window ............................................................................................... 175
11-137 Logical Drive Information Window ............................................................................................ 177
11-138 Properties ................................................................................................................................. 178
11-139 New Host Drive......................................................................................................................... 179
11-140 Array Build Information Dialog.................................................................................................. 179
11-141 Parity Verify .............................................................................................................................. 180
11-142 Parity Verify Progress Information ........................................................................................... 180
11-143 Logical Configuration................................................................................................................ 181
11-144 Add Hot Fix Drive ..................................................................................................................... 182
11-145 Add RAID1 Component ............................................................................................................ 184
11-146 The Ready State....................................................................................................................... 185
11-147 The Idle State ........................................................................................................................... 185
11-148 The Build / Rebuild State.......................................................................................................... 186
11-149 The Fail State ........................................................................................................................... 186
11-150 The Error State ......................................................................................................................... 187
11-151 Statistics Window Icon..............................................................................................................187
11-152 Statistics Window .................................................................................................................... 188

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11-153 Events Window Icon .................................................................................................................188
11-154 Controller Events ......................................................................................................................189
11-155 ICP RAID Navigator Help .........................................................................................................190
11-156 Services .................................................................................................................................... 191
11-157 RAID Configuration Service .....................................................................................................192
11-158 RAID Configuration Service......................................................................................................193
11-159 RAIDMail...................................................................................................................................193
11-160 Log File Name ..........................................................................................................................194
11-161 Workstation Names ..................................................................................................................194
11-162 RAIDMail Utility.........................................................................................................................194

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Tables
2-1 Pre-installation Worksheet (Creating a Host Drive for the Operating System)........................... 25
3-2 High Level Steps for Quick Installation....................................................................................... 31
5-3 Driver Diskette or Driver Update................................................................................................. 60
5-4 Linux Path Names ......................................................................................................................61
7-5 Bus Number, Target ID and LUN ............................................................................................... 80
8-6 UNIX Target ID and LUN............................................................................................................ 86
10-7 Host Drive Types ........................................................................................................................ 99
10-8 Controller Settings .................................................................................................................... 113
10-9 Advanced Settings.................................................................................................................... 119
10-10 Cluster Channels Settings ........................................................................................................ 120
10-11 Periodic Parity Verify Settings .................................................................................................. 121
11-12 Toolbar Icons............................................................................................................................ 154
11-13 Configuration Menu Refresh Settings....................................................................................... 157
11-14 Controller Settings .................................................................................................................... 161
11-15 I/O Processor Icons .................................................................................................................. 163
11-16 Direct Access Device Icons ...................................................................................................... 165
11-17 Data Transfer Rates ................................................................................................................. 167
11-18 Non Direct Access Devices ...................................................................................................... 169
11-19 Host Drive Icons ....................................................................................................................... 170
11-20 Array Drive Icons ...................................................................................................................... 173
11-21 Logical Drive Icons ................................................................................................................... 174
11-22 Physical Disk Icon .................................................................................................................... 174
11-23 Event Window Icons ................................................................................................................. 189

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Introduction
Introduction 1
Intended Audience
This documentation is intended for users who are experienced in configuring computer
systems with new add-in cards or have had previous experience with ICP RAID
controllers.
Read and adhere to all warnings, cautions, and notices in this guide and the other
documents in the user documentation set supplied with this product.
1.1 Using the User Documentation Set
User documentation for this product is provided in four separate documents. Not all of
them must be part of the printed documentation. You will find the following documents on
the RAID software suite CD-ROM:
Quick Installation Guide
The Quick Installation Guide provides a high level view of installing and configuring a
RAID controller. Refer to the accompanying Software Guide for more detailed
information.
Hardware Installation and User’s Guide
The Hardware Installation and User’s Guide, or Hardware Guide, covers instructions for
installing an ICP RAID controller and provides a guide to its features and specifications.
For a particular ICP RAID controller, its hardware guide documents compatible RAID
adapters, supported operating systems, standard features and optional features.
Software Installation and User’s Guide
The Software Installation and User’s Guide, or Software Guide, contains:
•Quick installation of the ICP RAID controller software on a newly created bootable
host drive with commonly used operating systems.
•Detailed instructions covering more complex software installation scenarios for all
supported operating systems.
•Instructions for using the RAID Software Suite, the drivers, tools and utilities of the
ICP RAID controller.
The first part of the software guide provides an overview of RAID technology and its
features. Next, the guide documents various installation procedures for an ICP RAID
controller and the RAID Software Suite, depending on the chosen OS configuration. The
software guide then includes descriptions of the utilities, ICP RAID Console (ICPCON)
and ICP RAID Navigator (ICP RAID Navigator), to facilitate the configuration of the
RAID subsystem. Finally, the guide provides details of all product features supported by

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the software and firmware For further information refer to the Optional Features section
of the appropriate hardware guide since not all features are applicable to all ICP RAID
controllers.
Clustering Guide
Clustering is applicable only for those RAID controllers that support this feature. See the
Hardware Guide to determine if clustering is supported.
The ICP RAID Controller Clustering Guide, or Clustering Guide, describes how to set up
clustering configurations using ICP RAID Controllers and ICP RAID controller software.
Information on Operating Systems, Cluster functionality, and other system details may be
found in their corresponding system manuals.
1.1.1 Document Formats
All documents, with the exception of the quick start poster, are provided on the CD-ROM
in both PDF and HTML format:
•HTML—To view online HTML documents, Click Documentation from the autorun
menu or open <cdromdrive>:\docs\index.htm.
•PDF—Portable Document Format (PDF) documents can be opened, viewed, and
printed with Adobe* Acrobat Reader* (not provided on the CD-ROM).
1.2 About This Guide
This guide covers two major topics:
•The software installation for the ICP RAID controller.
•All implemented features of the ICP RAID controller, including optional and advanced
features.
Note: Refer to the Hardware Guide of the specific ICP RAID controller to determine which
implemented features are applicable.
This Software Guide provides installation instructions for the following operating
systems:
•Microsoft* Windows* 2000
•Microsoft Windows NT*
•Linux*
•Novell* NetWare*
•SCO* UnixWare*
•SCO OpenServer*
•Berkeley UNIX* FreeBSD*

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Note: Refer to the Hardware Guide of the specific ICP RAID controller to determine the
supported operating systems and OS versions.
Caution: Ensure that your computer system/platform also supports your required Operating
System before attempting to install and configure your ICP RAID controller.
1.2.1 Installation Guide
The portions of this manual dedicated to the installation guide contain the following:
Chapter 1, Introduction
This chapter describes the user documentation set, RAID levels and levels of drive
hierarchy.
Chapter 2, Getting Started
This chapter provides instructions for creating an ICP RAID controller installation
diskette.
Chapter 3, Quick Installation
This chapter covers the quick installation of the ICP RAID controller software on a newly
created bootable host drive with the following operating systems:
•Microsoft Windows 2000
•Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
•Novell NetWare 4.2x, 5.x and 6.x
•UnixWare 7.1.1 and 8.0
Refer to Chapter 4, Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 for more complex installations on these same
operating systems. Refer to Chapter 5, Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 for installations with other
operating systems.
Chapter 4, Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP
This chapter describes installation procedures specific to the Microsoft Windows NT or
Windows 2000 operating system. There are instructions for installing the OS as well as
installing the RAID Software Suite.
Chapter 5, Installing Linux
This chapter describes installation procedures specific to the Linux OS. There are
instructions for installing the OS as well as installing the RAID Software Suite.
Chapter 6, Installing Novell NetWare
This chapter describes installation procedures specific to the Novell NetWare operating
system. There are instructions for installing the OS as well as installing the RAID
Software Suite.

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Chapter 7, Installing SCO UnixWare
This chapter describes installation procedures specific to the UnixWare OS. There are
instructions for installing the OS and the RAID Software Suite.
Chapter 8, Installing SCO OpenServer
This chapter describes installation procedures specific to the SCO OpenServer OS. There
are instructions for installing the OS and the RAID Software Suite.
Chapter 9, Installing Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD
This chapter describes installation procedures specific to the Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD
OS. There are instructions for installing the OS and the RAID Software Suite.
1.2.2 User’s Guide
The portions of this manual describing the software features contain the following:
Chapter 10, ICP RAID Console
This chapter describes ICP RAID Console (ICPCON), a utility for configuring and
diagnosing RAID subsystems built on ICP RAID controllers. ICPCON is a character-
based user interface that is loadable from the Flash-RAM of the ICP RAID controller.
ICPCON is available for all supported operating systems.
Chapter 11, ICP RAID Navigator
ICP RAID Navigator (ICP RAID Navigator) is a software tool for setting up and
maintaining mass storage subsystems based on ICP RAID controllers. ICP RAID
Navigator is a graphical user interface designed for execution under Win32 operating
systems only.
Appendix A, Optional Features
Appendix A provides instructions for server clustering with Microsoft and Novell
operating systems and describes PCI Hot Plug. Refer to the Hardware Guide of the
specific ICP RAID controller to determine whether the optional features described in this
chapter are supported.
Appendix B, Advanced Features
This chapter describes how to use ICPCON or ICP RAID Navigator to chain several
drives to form a large single drive.
Appendix C, Fibre Channel Features
This chapter describes Fibre Channel (FC) functionality with your ICP RAID controller.
Fibre Channel functionality does not alter the normal interaction with your RAID
controller. In fact, there are no user-definable parameters specific to Fibre Channel. There
are however some differences in how information about your Fibre Channel is presented.
This chapter covers these differences.

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1.3 RAID Levels
1.3.1 RAID 0 - Data Striping
Data blocks are split into stripes based on the adjusted stripe size (for example, 128 KB)
and the number of hard disks. Each stripe is stored on a separate hard disk. Significant
improvement of the data throughput is achieved using this RAID level, especially with
sequential read and write. RAID 0 includes no redundancy. When one hard disk fails, all
data is lost.
Figure 1-1. RAID 0 - Data Striping
1.3.2 RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring/Disk Duplexing
All data is stored twice on two identical hard disks. When one hard disk fails, all data is
immediately available on the other without any impact on performance and data integrity.
With Disk Mirroring (Figure 1-2) two hard disks are mirrored on one I/O channel. If each
hard disk is connected to a separate I/O channel, it is called Disk Duplexing (Figure 1-3).
RAID 1 represents an easy and highly efficient solution for data security and system
availability. It is especially suitable for installations which are not too large (the available
capacity is only half of the installed capacity).

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Figure 1-2. RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring
Figure 1-3. RAID 1 - Disk Duplexing
1.3.3 RAID 4 - Data Striping With a Dedicated Parity Drive
RAID 4 works in the same way as RAID 0. The data is striped across the hard disks and
the controller calculates redundancy data (parity information) that is stored on a separate
hard disk (P1, P2, ...). See Figure 1-4. Should one hard disk fail, all data remains fully
available. Missing data is recalculated from existing data and parity information.
Unlike in RAID 1 only the capacity of one hard disk is needed for redundancy. For
example, in a RAID 4 disk array with 5 hard disks, 80% of the installed hard disk capacity
is available as user capacity, only 20% is used for redundancy. In systems with many
small data blocks, the parity hard disk becomes a throughput bottleneck. With large data
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Figure 1-4. RAID 4 - Data Striping With a Dedicated Parity Drive
1.3.4 RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity
Unlike RAID 4, the parity data in a RAID 5 disk array are striped across all hard disks
(Figure 1-5). The RAID 5 disk array delivers a balanced throughput. Even with small data
blocks, which are very likely in a multi-tasking and multi-user environment, the response
time is very good. RAID 5 offers the same level of security as RAID 4. When one hard
disk fails, all data is still fully available. Missing data is recalculated from the existing
data and parity information. RAID 4 and RAID 5 are particularly suitable for systems with
medium to large capacity requirements, due to their efficient ratio of installed and
available capacity.
Figure 1-5. RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity
1.3.5 RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0
RAID 10 is a combination of RAID 0 (Performance) and RAID 1 (Data Security). See
Figure 1-6. Unlike RAID 4 and RAID 5, there is no need to calculate parity information.
RAID 10 disk arrays offer good performance and data security. As in RAID 0, optimum
performance is achieved in highly sequential load situations. Identical to RAID 1, 50% of
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Figure 1-6. RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0
1.3.6 Levels of Drive Hierarchy Within the ICP RAID Firmware
The ICP RAID firmware is based on four fundamental levels of hierarchy. Each level has
its “own drives” (components). The basic rule is to build up a “drive” on a given level of
hierarchy. The “drives” of the next lower level of hierarchy are used as components.
1.3.6.1 Level 1
Physical drives are hard disks and removable hard disks. Some Magneto Optical (MO)
drives are located on the lowest level. Physical drives are the basic components of all
“drive constructions”. However, before they can be used by the firmware, these hard disks
must be “prepared” through a procedure called initialization. During this initialization
each hard disk receives information which allows an univocal identification even if the
SCSI ID or the controller is changed. For reasons of data coherency, this information is
extremely important for any drive construction consisting of more than one physical drive.
1.3.6.2 Level 2
On the next higher level are the logical drives. Logical drives are introduced to obtain full
independence of the physical coordinates of a physical device. This is necessary to easily
change the ICP RAID controller and the channels, IDs, without loosing the data and the
information on a specific disk array.
1.3.6.3 Level 3
On this level of hierarchy, the firmware forms the array drives. Depending on the
firmware installed an array drive can be: