Acard AEC-6880 Manuel utilisateur
Copyright 2001 ACARD Technology Corp.
ACARD ATA-133RAID
AEC-6880
PCI-to-IDE ATA-133
RAID Controller
User’s Manual
Ver:1.1.20011016.6880
Version:1.1
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.......................................................5
1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................5
1.2 Feature ...........................................................................................5
1.3 Packing List ...................................................................................5
1.4 Specification ..................................................................................6
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation.......................................7
2.1 Quick start hardware installation.................................................7
2.2 ACARD AEC-6880 Board Layout .................................................7
2.3 ACARD AEC-6880 cable & power installation ............................8
2.4 What you should know before the installation ...........................9
2.4.1 Striping Mode ..........................................................................9
2.4.2 Mirror Mode.............................................................................9
2.4.3 Normal Mode.........................................................................10
2.5 Compatibility list .........................................................................11
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ......................................................12
3.1 Functions description.................................................................12
3.1.1 Set RAID Mode screen .........................................................13
3.1.2 Explanation of each RAID mode: ..........................................13
3.1.3 Stripe Size.............................................................................14
3.1.4 Build Mirror Disk....................................................................15
3.1.5 Other Functions.....................................................................15
3.1.6 Exit Setup..............................................................................15
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Chapter 4 System Installation .........................................16
4.1 Normal Mode Installation............................................................16
4.1.1 DOS Environment .................................................................16
4.1.2 Windows 95/98/ME Environment ..........................................17
4.1.3 Windows NT Environment.....................................................20
4.1.4 Windows 2000 Environment .................................................23
4.1.5 Windows XP (Beta Version) Environment.............................28
4.2 Striping Mode (RAID 0) Installation ...........................................34
4.2.1 DOS Environment .................................................................34
4.2.2 Windows 95/98/ME Environment ..........................................34
4.2.3 Windows NT Environment.....................................................34
4.2.4 Windows 2000 Environment .................................................34
4.2.5 Windows XP (Beta Version) Environment.............................34
4.3 Mirror Mode (RAID 1) Installation...............................................35
4.3.1 DOS Environment .................................................................35
4.3.2 Windows 95/98/ME Environment ..........................................35
4.3.3 Windows NT Environment.....................................................35
4.3.4 Windows 2000 Environment .................................................35
4.3.5 Windows XP (Beta Version) Environment.............................35
4.4 RAID 0+1 Mode Installation ........................................................36
4.4.1 DOS Environment .................................................................36
4.4.2 Windows 95/98/ME Environment ..........................................36
4.4.3 Windows NT Environment.....................................................36
4.4.4 Windows 2000 Environment .................................................36
4.4.5 Windows XP (Beta Version) Environment.............................36
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting..............................................37
Appendix 1 Application Utility.........................................38
Appendix 2 Technical Support Form..............................40
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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
ACARD AEC-6880 is a high performance PCI P&P bus master Ul-
tra ATA-133 RAID adapter, supports true Hardware RAID 0,1 and 0+1, the
on board Flash BIOS that quickly creates RAID array and supports to boot
from RAID volume or Ultra ATA 100/66/33 and even ATA-133 drives.
ACARD AEC-6880 supports full featured PCI 32-bit bus master trans-
fer capability including PCI enhanced data transfer commands (133MB/s)
and Built-in Scatter/Gather function improves performance for multi-task-
ing OS.
1.2 Feature
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!A standalone PCI-to-IDE RAID controller
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!Can be configured as RAID or normal IDE adapter
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!Supports true Hardware RAID 0,RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 (under
Windows)
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!Capable Booting from standard and RAID volume (under Windows)
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!Supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 HDD
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!Cost effective and high performance
1.3 Packing List
When you open the ACARD AEC-6880 cabinet, check the following pack-
ing list.
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!One ACARD AEC-6880
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!Two ATA-133 Cables
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!One Y-splitter Cable for Power
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!One User’s Manual
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1.4 Specification
Power requirement - voltage : 3.3V+/- 2%
5V+/- 2%
current : 0.5A Max.
Environment - Temperature
Operating 0 oC to 70 oC
Storage -20 oC to 85 oC
Humidity - 15% to 90%
Models: AEC-6880
Dimentions - Width: 14 cm
Height: 4.7 cm
Connectors - Dual 40 pins IDE internal connectors
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ATA-133 Cable Layout:
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
2.1 Quick start hardware installation:
1. Open the PC case
2. Choose an empty PCI slot and plug in ACARD AEC-6880 adapter
3. Fix the hard drives in the computer
4. Connect ATA-133 cable from the adapter to the hard drives
5. Close the PC case
2.2 ACARD AEC-6880 Board Layout:
IDE1: The Primary IDE port
IDE2: The Secondary IDE port
Connect to
ACARD AEC-
6880 Adapter
IDE ports
(IDE1/IDE2)
Connect to
IDE hard
drive (Slave) Connect to
IDE hard drive
(Master)
LED
IDE2 IDE1
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2.3 ACARD AEC-6880 cable & power installation
The cable connection methods:
Step 1. Find out pin 1 of IDE connector on IDE hard drive.
Step 2. Find out a color line of the internal IDE ribbon cable which indi-
cates pin 1 of the connector.
Step 3. Connect the internal IDE cable to the IDE hard drive by aligns
with pin-1 to pin-1.
Step 4. Connect 4-pin power cable to the IDE hard drive.
Master
Master
Slave
Slave
Power Cable
IDE hard drive
For the hard drive’s Jumper setting (Master / Slave), refer to hard drive’s
Manual
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2.4 What you should know before the installation
Before installing the ACARD AEC-6880, the following tips will help you to
get the best performance of the system:
2.4.1 Striping Mode
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!If two hard drives are in different storage capacity, ACARD AEC-6880
will treat the smaller hard drive as a standard capacity, and double-up
the standard capacity as the total available disk capacity.
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!For one pair striping connection using 2 HDD, the Jumper set on
each hard drive must in the same mode (either both “Master” or both
“Slave”). Two hard drives must connect to two independent ATA-133
cables on ACARD AEC-6880 card.
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!When using two pairs striping for 4 hard drives on ACARD AEC-
6880, the hard drives needed to be identify two pairs of Jumper
setting into “Master” and “Slave” position on each IDE port cable
connector (refer to page 8).
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!For two pairs striping with 4 hard drives, the Jumper setting can not
be set at both “Master” nor both “Slave” in same connector cable.
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!In order to achieve best performance, use same hard drive model, ex.
Ultra ATA 66, 100 or 133.
2.4.2 Mirror Mode
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! Please beware of that if two HDD have different volumes, that ACARD
AEC-6880 could not back-up data from a larger HDD into a smaller
HDD.
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! When it is at the Mirror Disk Array stage, to increase operating
performance, please ensure that your ATA-66, ATA-100 or ATA-133
HDD in-use is at the same speed.
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! After set-up the Mirror Disk Array, if the HDD has not already been
backed-up, please do so. Please choose a correct source to complete
this action.
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2.4.3 Normal Mode
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!Two IDE connectors of ACARD AEC-6880 can be treated as normal
IDE port extension.
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! When two hard drives connected with ACARD AEC-6880 at the same
IDE port (i.e.on same cable), the hard drives Jumper setting must be
set as a respectively positioning “Master” and a “Slave” on the hard
drives. The two hard drives could not be set on both “Master” nor both
“Slave” on the same cable.
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!In order to achieve best performance, use same hard drive model, ex.
Ultra ATA 66, Ultra ATA 100 or Ultra ATA 133 hard drive.
As the hard drives may contain old data which might cause the
OS installation problems. For RAID function use, the clean hard
drives will achieve best performance.
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