Adaptec GDT8546RZ - ICP Vortex RAID Controller, Installation And User Manual

Page 1: ...Preliminary ICP RAID Controller GDT8546RZ and GDT8586RZ Four port Low Profile Serial ATA RAID Controller Hardware Installation and User s Guide Version 1 2 November 2003 ...

Page 2: ...he time of writing ICP vortex and or its suppliers accept no liability for the implementation of these methods within the user s environment The user is responsible for and must satisfy itself that any use made of this information or ICP products is suitable to its needs Any named third party suppliers are provided for information only The hardware vendor remains solely responsible for the design ...

Page 3: ...ators 16 2 2 2 Audible Alarm 17 2 2 3 Beep Sequences During System Boot 18 3 Hardware Specifications and Features 3 1 ICP RAID Controller Hardware Features 19 3 1 1 Key Features 19 3 2 Operating System Support 21 3 3 Supported Hard Drive Technology 21 3 4 Array Roaming Compatibility 21 3 5 PCI Hot Plug 22 3 6 Hot Plug Disk Drive Support 22 3 7 Auto detection of Hot Plug Disk Drives in a Non Intell...

Page 4: ...ations and Pin Numbers GDT8546RZ 14 2 5 LED Labels and Colors GDT8546RZ 16 2 6 LED Labels and colors GDT8586RZ 17 Tables 2 1 Controller Jumper Settings GDT8546RZ 15 2 2 Controller jumper Settings GDT8586RZ 15 2 3 LED Description GDT8546RZ 16 2 4 LED Beschreibungen GDT8546RZ 17 2 5 Beep Sequences 18 3 1 Hardware Architecture 19 3 2 Environmental Specifications 20 3 3 RAID Controller Drive Maximum L...

Page 5: ... 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 ...

Page 6: ...run 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 contains three sections Chapter 1 Getting Started This chapter covers how to use the different user documents in the user documentation set customer support contact information and regulatory and ...

Page 7: ...tage Directive 73 23 EEC European Union 1 4 3 Product EMC Compliance FCC Part 15 Class A Emissions USA 1 4 4 Product Regulatory Compliance Markings The GDT8546RZ and GDT8586RZ RAID controllers are marked with the following regulatory markings 1 4 5 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices 1 4 5 1 FCC Verification Statement USA Product Type GDT8546RZ and GDT8586RZ This device complies with Part 15 of ...

Page 8: ...equipment not expressly approved by ICP vortex you could void your authority to operate the equipment Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user s authority to operate the equipment The customer is responsible for ensuring compliance of the modified product All cables used to connect to peripherals must be shielded and grounded Operation w...

Page 9: ...fied technical personnel with experience installing and configuring PCI controllers Read and adhere to all warnings cautions and notices in this guide and all the guides in the user documentation set supplied with this product Warnings The connection of a non shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate the FCC certification of this device and may cause interference levels ...

Page 10: ...l power cords to the computer before the removal of any covers Follow the warnings noted in your computer s user manual before installing this board ONLY after reinstallation of all the covers should you reconnect the power cords and power up the computer Note Take precautions to prevent electrostatic discharge ESD damage before handling the ICP RAID Controller 2 1 1 Computer System Hardware Requi...

Page 11: ...Hardware Installation and User s Guide 11 Hardware Installation Figure 2 1 ICP RAID Controller Component Layout GDT8546RZ ...

Page 12: ...ow for cooling min 1m sec LED Connectors for SUM Activity Activity Port A0 Activity Port A1 Activity Port B0 Activity Port B1 External Alarm FRU Jumper Right Normal Mode Left Recovery Mode PCI bus speed Up Auto 33 66MHz Low Force 33MHz Do not use connectors that are not mentioned LEDs on Reverse Side S On in Recovery Mode T Internal Data Transfer Sum Activity on any Port P66 66MHz PCI Clock 3V3 3 ...

Page 13: ...owever jumper settings are available to Reprogram the RAID firmware that is located in the flash memory of the ICP RAID controller Set the PCI bus speed force 33 MHz or auto negotiate 33 66 MHz The board contains 2 jumper blocks to control the functions described in Table 2 1 GDT8546RZ and Table 2 2 GDT8586RZ See Figure 2 2 GDT8586RZ or Figure 2 4 GDT8546RZ for jumper locations and pin numbers and...

Page 14: ... s Guide Hardware Installation Figure 2 4 Jumper Locations and Pin Numbers GDT8546RZ 2 3 1 PCI Bus Speed J4 Auto negotiate 33 or 66 MHz pins 2 3 Force 33 MHz pins 1 2 2 3 1 IOP Mode Select J1 Normal Mode pins 2 3 Recovery Mode pins 1 2 ...

Page 15: ...on pins 2 3 to auto negotiate 33 66 Mhz unless instructed to do otherwise by customer support or a specification update Table 2 1 Controller Jumper Settings GDT8546RZ Jumper Block Jumper Position Definition J1 Jumper on pins 1 2 IOP is in reset mode with firmware recovery enabled Jumper on pins 2 3 IOP is in normal run mode No jumpers IOP is in normal run mode J4 Jumper on pins 1 2 PCI bus is forc...

Page 16: ...P66 P green yellow yellow green red green yellow yellow yellow B 0 B 1 Table 2 3 LED Description GDT8546RZ LED Description A 0 Indicates activity on SATA port A 0 A 1 Indicates activity on SATA port A 1 B 0 Indicates activity on SATA port B 0 B 1 Indicates activity on SATA port B 1 T Indicates data transfer to the controller s cache memory S When illuminated the controller s IOP is in reset mode P...

Page 17: ... Shows activity on SATA port A0 A1 B0 B1 C0 C1 D0 D1 S When illuminated the controller s IOP is in reset mode T Indicates data transfer to the controller s cache memory Sum When illuminated there is data transfer on one or more SATA ports P66 When illuminated PCI bus frequency is 66MHz When not illuminated PCI bus frequency is 33MHz 3V3 Shows 3 3 volt current on the PCI bus 5V Shows 5 volt current...

Page 18: ... icon of the controller requiring alarm deactivation Click Silence to deactivate alarm If the alarm has not been activated the Silence option will be grayed out 2 2 3 Beep Sequences During System Boot During system POST the audible alarm on the controller will produce one of a number of beep sequences to indicate the status of the controller See Table 2 5 for a description of these beep sequences ...

Page 19: ...ATA ports on the controller Online RAID level migration and capacity expansion without reboot RAID array roaming Instant availability and background initialization Automatic rebuild with private dedicated or pooled global Hot Fix spare drives Variable data strip size configurable per array 128MB of ECC SDRAM support Read write controller caching Hot Plug disk drive auto detection configurable for ...

Page 20: ...ollers which each control two serial ports four ports total with speeds up to 1 5 Gbps Table 3 1 Hardware Architecture Component Features Table 3 2 Environmental Specifications Environmental Stress Test Meets Required Conditions Operating Temperature 0 C to 55 C Storage Temperature 40 C to 70 C Form Factor physical dimensions GDT8546RZ Height 56mm Length 167mm Form Factor physical dimensions GDT85...

Page 21: ...inux 7 2 Debian Linux 3 0 Caldera Linux 3 1 1 Mandrake Linux 8 2 TurboLinux 7 0 Server FreeBSD 4 5 4 6 und 5 x 3 3 Supported Hard Drive Technology The RAID controller supports up to 4 8 hard disk drives connected to the 4 8 SATA ports These hard drives must be compliant with the SATA specification 1 0 3 4 Array Roaming Compatibility Array Roaming allows the user the ability to move a complete RAID...

Page 22: ...feature allows for the ability to remove and replace drives while I O activity is taking place provided that both the hard disk drive and backplane fully support Hot Plug without interruption of operations on any other drives It supports the Hot Plug of new drives in non intelligent enclosures as detailed in Section 3 7 3 7 Auto detection of Hot Plug Disk Drives in a Non Intelligent Drive Enclosur...

Page 23: ...imitation for the GDT8546RZ and GDT8586RZ controller is the physical drive limit divided by two Each RAID array drive up to two can contain up to a maximum of two host drives This means that the GDT8546RZ and GDT8586RZ controller has a maximum limitation of four eigth host drives Also each array drive must have at least one host drive A host drive can only be associated with or reside on a single ...

Page 24: ...ver When programming the firmware you must decide whether an update or a full recovery is more appropriate If firmware recovery is required you may need to change a jumper setting See Section A 3 for details on how to set jumper J1 FRU jumper A 3 Setting Jumper J1 FRU Jumper The J1 jumper must be set for flash recovery mode pins 1 2 to recover the firmware For all other operations including firmwa...

Page 25: ...ling the ICP RAID Controller 2 Power off all system components and disconnect their power cords 3 Remove the cover from the system to gain access to the PCI slots 4 Remove the ICP RAID Controller from your system 5 On jumper block J1 FRU jumper move the jumper to position 1 2 for firmware recovery or to position 2 3 for firmware updates See Figure A 1 and Figure 2 1 for details 6 Re install the ad...

Page 26: ...ompting you to insert a blank floppy diskette 9 Verify that a blank diskette is inserted then press Enter Table A 2 FRUU Locations and Descriptions FRUU Location Summary More Information Run the FRUU on diskettes created from The Windows autorun menu of the RAID Software Suite CD ROM OR The Create Diskettes option from the bootable CD Create the two diskettes described below and then boot the comp...

Page 27: ...from http www icp vortex com or http www vortex de and copy it to a second floppy diskette Proceed to Section A 4 3 for information on running the FRUU OR Insert a second blank diskette into the computer then complete the remaining steps in this procedure 10 Select Create Diskettes and press Enter 11 Select Firmware Diskettes and press Enter 12 Select Firmware File and press Enter 13 Verify that y...

Page 28: ... above Refer to Section A 3 to set the jumper in reset mode If the controller state is RESET You can perform a firmware recovery If you only need to perform a firmware update shut down the system and start again with step 4 above Refer to Section A 3 to set the jumper in normal mode If the controller state is DEFECT You must perform a firmware recovery 8 Type a controller number to start the updat...

Page 29: ...re image containing the latest programs drivers from the website Also download the latest tools for your operating system including ICPCON Format a 3 5 HD disk 1 44MB and copy the firmware file and ICPCON onto the disk 2 With the adapter installed in the system start the new ICPCON under your OS 3 Select the applicable RAID controller and press Enter 4 If the Express Setup menu is displayed press ...

Page 30: ...firmware version You can also relaunch ICPCON and select the applicable RAID controller to view its new firmware version at the bottom of the console for example FW 2 39 yy Rzzz You can also use the OS version of ICPCON to update the firmware Refer to the ICP RAID Console chapter of the Software Guide for more details Copyright 2003 ICP vortex Computersysteme GmbH ICP Intelligent Computer Peripher...