Adaptec 2120S - SCSI RAID Controller User manual

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Adaptec SCSI RAID
2120S/2200S
Installation Guide

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Contents
1 Introduction
Read this First 1-1
System Requirements 1-2
Storage Requirements for Drivers and Software 1-2
Motherboard Compatibility 1-2
SCSI Requirements 1-3
Kit Contents 1-3
Adaptec SCSI RAID Controller Features 1-4
About the Documentation 1-6
Using the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation CD 1-6
Files and Folders 1-8
Product Documentation on CD 1-9
Errata and Release Notes 1-9
Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader 1-10
Overview of the Installation Process 1-11
Adaptec Storage Manager Software Overview 1-12
Safety Information 1-13
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings 1-13
Electrostatic Discharge 1-14
2 Installing The Controller
Configuring SCSI Devices 2-1
LVD and SE Devices 2-2
Narrow and Wide SCSI Devices 2-2
Mixing Devices on a Channel 2-3
SCSI Cables 2-4
SCSI Device IDs 2-4
SCSI Termination 2-5
Installing the Controller 2-7
Determining the Booting Controller 2-7
Creating a RAID 5 Without an Operating System 2-9
Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC)
Utility 2-9

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Using the Adaptec Bootable CD 2-11
3 Installing the Driver
Driver Disks 3-2
A Note About CD Support 3-3
Creating the Driver Disk from the Bootable CD 3-3
Creating the Driver Disk on a Windows System 3-4
New Installations 3-5
Windows 2000 and XP 3-6
Installing the Driver in a New System 3-6
Adding the Controller to an Existing System 3-7
Windows NT 4.0 3-8
Installing the Driver in a New System 3-8
Adding the Controller to an Existing System 3-9
Linux 3-10
Red Hat Linux 3-11
SuSE Linux 3-13
Novell NetWare 3-14
Installing the Driver for a Boot Controller in a New
NetWare 5.1 or 6 Server 3-14
Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare 5.1 or 6
Server 3-15
Loading the NetWare Drivers at Server Bootup 3-16
UNIX 3-17
SCO OpenServer 5 3-17
UnixWare 7 and OpenUNIX 8 3-19

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4 Installing
Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition
About Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition 4-1
Software Components 4-2
Using Custom or Minimal Installations 4-5
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager-Browser Edition 4-5
Windows System 4-5
User System Preparation Using Internet Explorer 4-7
User System Preparation Using Netscape Navigator 4-8
Linux system 4-9
UNIX Systems 4-10
A Card and Module Diagrams
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S A-2
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2200S A-3
Adaptec ABM-300 Battery Module A-4
B Specifications

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Introduction
In this Chapter
Read this First
Before you begin installing your new Adaptec SCSI RAID
controller, read this chapter. This chapter is an important guide to
the rest of the documentation and provides a summary of the
installation process.
Read this First 1-1
System Requirements 1-2
Kit Contents 1-3
Adaptec SCSI RAID Controller Features 1-4
About the Documentation 1-6
Using the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation CD 1-6
Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader 1-10
Overview of the Installation Process 1-11
Adaptec Storage Manager Software Overview 1-12
Safety Information 1-13

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System Requirements
The following system requirements are discussed:
■Storage requirements for drivers and software
■Motherboard compatibility
■SCSI requirements
Storage Requirements for Drivers and Software
Adaptec storage management software and device drivers will
require disk space of up to 20 MB.
Note: This information is provided as a guide for allocating
resources on your system. Space requirements may vary in
subsequent releases. Allocate more room on your hard disk
drive if in doubt. See page 1-13 for information about the
meaning of Notes.
A mouse and SVGA color monitor using a resolution of at least
800 x 600 with 16-bit color are also required.
Motherboard Compatibility
The Adaptec controller requires a motherboard BIOS that:
■Complies with the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2 and
higher.
■Supports multifunction devices where one of the devices is a
PCI bridge.
■Provides large memory-mapped address ranges.
Refer to the Readme file on the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation CD
for information about motherboard compatibility and notable
comments about some motherboards that Adaptec has tested with
the Adaptec SCSI RAID controller.

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Introduction
SCSI Requirements
While the Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S are designed to work
with Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives, they will operate, at a reduced
level of performance, with all Ultra 2 or higher SCSI devices. Use of
SCSI devices older than Ultra 2 is not suggested. Older devices will
adversely affect other devices attached to the same channel and
could cause a working Ultra 320 channel to become nonfunctional,
due to distance contraints inherent in using some of these older
devices.
More details about configuring and using SCSI devices are
available in Configuring SCSI Devices on page 2-1.
Kit Contents
Your Adaptec controller kit includes:
■Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S controller with 1 internal LVD
SCSI cable having a multimode terminator.
■Low-profile bracket.
■Warranty card.
■Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S CD; a bootable CD that
includes RAID management software, drivers, and
documentation.

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Adaptec SCSI RAID Controller Features
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S features are summarized in the
table below:
Adaptec
2120S
Adaptec
2200S
PCI bus width 64-bit 64-bit
PCI bus speed 66 MHz 66 MHz
Cache, standard 64 MB 64 MB
Channels 1 2
Devices per channel 151
1SCSI RAID controllers support Ultra320 through Ultra 2 hard disk
drives and non-hard-disk-drive devices, such as CD and tape drives.
151
Total devices 15 30
Connectors, internal 1 high density 2 high density
Connectors, external 1 VHDCI2
2VHDCI (Very High Density Connector Interface).
2 VHDCI2
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD Yes Yes
Simple Volumes Yes Yes
Spanned Volumes Yes Yes
RAID Volumes Yes Yes
Hot Spare drives Yes Yes
Hot swap drives Yes Yes
Audible alarm Yes Yes
Battery module option Yes Yes

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Introduction
Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers support:
■RAID levels 0, 1, 5, multilevel 10 and 50, and joining of available
space from connected drives into a logical volume.
■Cache memory with Error Correcting Code (ECC).
■PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2, with PCI clock speeds up
to 66 MHz.
■Microsoft Windows® 2000, Windows® NT, Windows® XP,
Novell NetWare, SCO OpenServer, OpenUNIX, Red Hat Linux,
and SuSE Linux.
■Operating system independent configuration and RAID
creation using Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC).
■Local and remote configuration, array status, and I/O
monitoring using Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition.
■Intelligent Hot Spares that automatically replace failed drives.
Hot Spares may be assigned to a specific array or globally. In the
event of a drive failure of a component of a redundant array,
that component will be rebuilt automatically onto a Hot Spare.
■Flash ROM for easy upgrades of controller firmware.
■Event logging and event mail notification.
■RAID Level migration wherein a RAID may be changed from
one level to another without compromising the data.
■Novell NetWare, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows XP
only—Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and extension during
normal operation on RAID 0, RAID 10, RAID 5, or RAID 50
arrays with the NTFS file system. Refer to the Adaptec SCSI
RAID Software User’s Guide for specific information.
■Ultra 2 and above SCSI drives (including hard disk, tape,
CD-ROM, CD-RW, and Magneto-Optical drives) and jukeboxes.
See Mixing Devices on a Channel on page 2-3 for more details.
■Multimode termination.
■SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure) and SES
(SCSI Enclosure Services) enclosure support.