PCI-to-SATA RAID Adapter AEC-6890M User`s Manual
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1. 2 Connect the converter to the IDE hard drive then connect them with a Y splitter power cord AEC 6890M Manual NOTICE The serial ATA cable is used to transfer data of very high frequency It is suggested not to connect and disconnect it often for the connector is easily damaged 2 5 DIP Switch Setting RAID configurations must be set on AEC 6890M s DIP switch However after in stalling hard drives to the serial ports do not arbitrarily change the positions other wise the adapter may misunderstand and the data may be lost 1 Normal Mode In this mode you should set DIP switch 1 and 2 as OFF The default is OFF 2 Striping Mode RAID 0 RAID 0 is 2 hard drives that store striping data but appears as a single volume in the computer This mode is formed by setting DIP switch 1 as OFF and 2 as ON 3 Mirroring Mode RAID 1 RAID 1 is a pair of hard drives that store mirroring data and is regarded as a single volume This mode is formed by setting DIP switch 1 as ON and 2 as OFF 10 AEC 6890M Manual Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter is going to tell you how to install and use the hard drives connected to AEC 6890M in different operating systems OS 9 OS X and applications The built in driver in OS X 10 1 and 10 2 is not exclusively designed for AEC 6890M Therefore you should update the driver before installation The installations of OS 9 and OS X are somewhat different 3 12. Aid cannet sens or peer thet 31iap dak or Pegi a wrne pratexcred disi a CD ROM ora dk eth agen ier The srima p disk was amied and Mar C X Install reed F pebea 315600 teme i ondes n3 seporr e versfy hae arip Disk please poo Irom rhe Mac 5 X anai CO nid warily rg dic using iu Uribe bpm Ther lasraler Apake Meri a Fog Sig lp repair permasie pn a lag 5 X Gey volume oP rias epee nie wu may nee Ip unde oiher Peas ey reper i cimpina eA Parceenz 25 71 ME Verfying dis amp s Checking HFS Flas hime D E achirg Exiarti Dwertloo Mia Checking Caralq le Caacking Catalog hierar hy E f venir Disk a Click the loti to prevem further changes 8 Quit Disk Utility and start the OS X installation 9 Update the driver of AEC 6890M to the newest version which is in the ACARD support CD Or download the driver from http www acard com 10 Install RAID Utility refer to 3 3 to monitor RAID volume and hard drives NOTICE If you re an OS X 10 3 user you don t need to update because the newest version of driver is already built in the OS 2 15PM E Finder 3 1 3 Verify System Profiler For Mac OS 9 After you initialize the hard drive successfully a new Untitled hard drive icon will appear on the Mac window Of course you can give the hard drive a name 14 AEC 6890M Manual You can find the information of AEC 6890M under the Apple Logo Please follow the instructions below to read the system inf
3. Install OS into HDD with the Adapter Here we will install OS 9 and OS X into the hard drive s connected with AEC 6890M the adapter After installation you can boot from the original hard drive or the newly arrayed drives 3 1 1 Install OS 9 into HDD with the Adapter 1 Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly 2 Insert the OS 9 source CD into CD DVD ROM 3 Power on and press C key 4 Wait for the appearance of OS 9 5 Double click Utilities Mac 05 9 10 items 126 K available Before You Install Installing Mac QS 9 pdf K t Mac 05 Install Mac QS 9 0 4 Update smi Adobe Software CD Extras 11 AEC 6890M Manual 6 Double click Drive Setup Utilities SimpleText 3 Sxxx Oxxx Tester 1 1 AppleShare 3 6 5 7 Choose the hard drive connected to AEC 6890M then click Initialize For de tailed information of Drive Setup please refer to Mac OS manual Drive Setup List of Drives Volume Name s Hac OS 9 lt not initialize d Initialize This disk can be initialized 8 Quit Drive Setup Utility and start to install OS 9 into the hard drive s or array 9 Then install RAID Utility refer to 3 3 to monitor RAID volume and hard drives 12 AEC 6890M Manual 3 1 2 Install OS X into HDD with the Adapter o 0O A OON Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly Insert the OS X source CD into CD DVD ROM Power on press opt
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5. 7 4 Apples ua ian 10 0 Cop Appie aiie erzian 145 4 ApnplefFan airian 135 3 1 Cosi I ee 3 2 Install the Adapter in Current OS We are going to install AEC 6890M in the current OS 9 and OS X 10 3 3 2 1 In OS 9 1 Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly 2 Decide the RAID mode you need and set it by DIP switch 3 Power on 4 Double click Utilities under OnBoard Applications 18 AEC 6890M Manual 5 Double click Drive Setup r LJ Drive Sabes HI EI 6 Choose the newly installed hard drive and click Initialize Drive Setup E4 List of Drives Volume Hamels HRCHLLI lt CO ROM drive not initial ized Unrecognized driver or this disk is protected by security software This disk can still be initialized 7 You can see the initialized or partitioned volume on the desktop 8 Then install RAID Utility refer to 3 3 to monitor RAID volume and hard drives 19 AEC 6890M Manual 3 2 2 In OS X Be sure that the hardware is installed correctly Decide the RAID mode you need and set it by DIP switch Power on A U N Update the driver of AEC 6890M to the newest version which is in the ACARD support CD Or download the driver from http www acard com If you re an OS X 10 3 user you can skip this step 5 Double click Disk Utility under OnBoard Applications Utilities OnBoard repre sents the OnBoard Mac hard drive A m8 LJ Unilin
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8. PCI to SATA RAID Adapter AEC 6890M User s Manual Version 1 0 TECHNOLOGY Copyright 2003 ACARD Technology Corp Release August 2003 CE FE Copyright and Trademarks The information of the product in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor who as sumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual ACARD and SCSIDE are the trademarks of ACARD Technology Corp Microsoft and the Windows Logo are the registered trademarks and Windows is the trade mark of Microsoft Corporation All brands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying without the written per mission of the manufacturer and the author All inquires should be addressed to ACARD Technology Corp Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 4 Me OOM CT VOW age ccacecceccgesensccscccceeccssecceececsessseccsnecsseccsnecse 4 WZ Feal ES saccaecececececacaraenedeaeccacecarenenceesceesceeuenseenesesee 4 1 3 s SDECINC AU ONS cecccssecacsssecccesscacesrecccannacseteeccessnaeceestes 4 TT PC WAC eorna 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 2 1 Quick Install
9. ation ucc acc c 6 2 2 HDD Compatibility ccena nnn ema eese 7 2 9 Belore InstallatlODIuu accessi e x00 x eo Ne Speo spas E coto oer E Os 7 2 4 Hardware Installation 9 2 9 DIP Switch Setting icri e Ea aX ER ERRAR ER RR RSEN R NUR PE ERES 10 Chapter 3 System Installation 11 3 1 Install OS into HDD with the Adapter 11 3 1 1 Install OS 9 into HDD with the Adapter 11 3 1 2 Install OS X into HDD with the Adapter 13 3 1 3 Verify System Profiler 14 3 2 Install the Adapter in Current OS 18 32 Tin OS c E m 18 C7 0720 Ooi Geman eee me ee ne eer eee 20 3 2 3 Verify System Profiler 21 3 3 AEC 6890M RAID Utility 21 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 26 Technical Support Form 27 AEC 6890M Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview ACARD AEC 6890M is a 32 bit 33MHz 2 channel high performance PCI to SATA RAID adapter It supports RAID 0 1 and normal modes It also provides a window based RAID Utility for easy management of the RAID subsystem AEC 6890M is fit for Macintosh workstations and servers 1 2 Features A PCI to SATA RAID controller Has two independent SATA channels Suppor
10. ck Installation 1 Open the Mac machine s or Power Mac s case refer to Mac manual 2 Choose an empty PCI slot to insert AEC 6890M 3 Install hard drives into the Mac machine or Power Mac 4 Connect AEC 6890M and the hard drives with serial ATA cables 5 Close the Mac machine s or Power Mac s case The picture of AEC 6890M is shown on the next page AEC 6890M Manual The PCI to SATA RAID Adapter AEC 6890M Serial Port 2 Serial Port 1 LED Pins l M ms EMT ad E E too C 2 2 HDD Compatibility AEC 6890M is specially designed for DMA hard drives It supports most SATA hard drives of the following brands E Seagate i Maxtor i Western Digital 2 3 Before Installation Before the installation of AEC 6890M you need to know the following three modes in order to make the best use of the adapter However it is strongly recommended to use hard drives of the same model and capacity so as to get the best efficiency and stability AEC 6890M Manual Normal Mode NON RAID 1 If you set the DIP switch as normal mode you will use AEC 6890M as an ordi nary SATA adapter 2 AEC 6890M doesn t support ATAPI devices such as CD DVD ROM Striping Mode RAID 0 1 Striping means to divide a piece of data into several small pieces of data with the same size The data is accessible from several hard drives at the same time This mode can greatly enhance the overall efficiency but it doesn t provide any fault tolera
11. e fails in the disk array of RAID 1 this function will be activated It is to copy data from a normal hard drive to a new one e AEL EESOM IBEODR RAID Lhiliny Selecr Adaptar SLCIT 3 amp LARDLBBBOUM GETIH l Mod RAID 1 iMerarn CH 1 IDE 3 Mariai De I Shiv Afray D Afra 1 IDE 2 Marti De 2 Sb CH 2 Name Arey Oe ATA ACARD Hira HOO Stabs Critica Capaciry 35304 MH ee Update Firmware It is placed under Setup on the top function row You can go to ACARD s web site to download the newest version of firmware But if there is nothing wrong during op eration you are recommended not to update the firmware This function is somewhat different in OS 9 and OS X In OS 9 it is independent You can see the updated utility in the same folder when you discompress the down loaded new firmware 23 AEC 6890M Manual O AE ARO AEC BBBO 30H Firn Update Utiliiy Em Current firmare yaralan At s AR EE t DQO MC SHNUMIDAROM RAD Viite 000000 m New Tirma version Selaci Adapter SLOT 5 ACAREEAEOM r amp BUITM E C HNOLOC U N Y aa b a a ELE AEL GHBOM West Mese RAID 0 Giria _ CHi IDE 1 Masses IDE 1 Slaw E Aij E in OS 9 Please update one adapter s i E firmware and then another s Olt Mater DEES CH z Mares Armay D ATA ACARD Stirpe HOO Status OK Capacty 315255 ME in OSX Select Adapter When you insert two or more AEC 6890M adapters this function lets you monitor the status of all adap
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13. ion key and choose to boot from CD DVD ROM Before installation click Installer on the top selection row Click Open Disk Utility Choose the hard drive you want to initialize and click Partition to decide the number of partitions you need e e e Disk Utiliy DER oeil t Weolumer CED Infarmation First Aid Erase Partien RAID 5 8 63 CE IBH Cink i mee L Bran Vokes Scheme Volume In nrmazian 41 153 38 GB ATA 2 Pamira n Mamac Partition h24 7 E War 15 hatal lil Portal Mar CG Entiri He 65 05 n Far Locked For adiing pihy a RI natat Met 05 9 Oak Divas Taya rl H E Beg pac ij Ear 0 fea d 1 ice ur Marhhon 5aket n wziprra Chama Ce Te rare and fle ese ps ard Lea d larra ii i Fiat F hid NOTICE Do not skip step 3 otherwise AEC 6890M may wrongly detect the RAID mode However if you re an OS X 10 3 user you can just press C key to boot from CD DVD ROM 13 AEC 6890M Manual 7 After partitioning or erasing the volume you can click First Aid to verify the disk partition into which you are about to install OS X eoa Disk Hilin E Dkk ond 2 Volumes Selected informaron irit Add Es Fartzian 3j 28 bi GB iEMA Onlluars To use Disk Frar ald ober Tie wpluime and Cick a repair burien Ce iir Disk Fitz Abd vau can eerily ar fede aij Mar 4 Seasibe B Mier Ot Bane and LOS foemiamed di lack phireg hand dhit and 0 Bley a iik Fire
14. nce If hard drives are different in capacity AEC 6890M will take the hard drive of the smallest capacity as the standard and multiply with the total number of hard drives The value will be the total capacity of striping array RAID O0 requires two hard drives Mirroring Mode RAID 1 1 Mirroring means to save every piece of data into two hard drives at the same time The two hard drives contain the same data therefore the efficiency of this mode is not higher than that of a general hard drive The main function is that when one of the hard drives fails another will keep working and thus data won t be lost If the capacity of two hard drives is different AEC 6890M will take the hard drive of the smaller capacity as the standard And the whole capacity you can use is the samller hard drive RAID 1 requires two hard drives AEC 6890M Manual 2 4 Hardware Installation It is quite easy to connect the serial ATA cable and the power cord to SATA hard drives because they are foolproof The methods are given below 1 Connect the serial ATA cable to AEC 6890M and the serial hard drive 2 Connect the power cord to the hard drive However in order to let IDE hard drives usable ACARD has designed an ATA to SATA converter AEC 7900 The converter doesn t need any driver And its installa tion is quite easy 1 Connect one end of the serial ATA cable to AEC 6890M and another end to the ATA to SATA converter
15. ormation 1 Click Apple Logo and choose Apple System Profiler r ae File Edit View Special Help sta Apple System Profiler E Calculator Chooser Control Panels I Favorites Key Caps Network Browser Recent Applications G Recent Documents Eg Recent Servers fr Remote Access Status Scrapbook 49 Sherlock 2 W Stickies 2 Under Apple System Profiler click Devices and Volumes to read the status of devices And choose PCP to find the SCSI card and hard drives Owing to the same chipset in 6890M and 6880M 6890M is regarded as 6880M In fact apart from the different display 6890M s functions are all right oak Cue EUR ieee ees Pip dad E ris C 15 AEC 6890M Manual For Mac OS X 10 3 Basically if you have installed the hard drive and AEC 6890M successfully and have partitioned or erased the hard drive one or more hard drive icons will appear on the desktop You can use the built in Disk Utility to verify or repair the hard drive when it has something wrong You can find the information of AEC 6890M under the Apple Logo Please click About This Mac and then More Info Another way of finding the system information is described below 1 Click Finder at the bottom of the Mac OS screen AEC 6890M Manual 2 Click Applications on the tool row 3 Under Applications click Utilities 4 Under Utilities click Apple System Profiler LA Lem Z msm Fre
16. suggested to inspect if every hard drive is normal in access via the adapter s normal mode or Mac s built in SATA port 3 Inspect the adapter Inspect if the adapter is firmly inserted into the slot on the motherboard If the con nection is not good try to clean the edge connector with an eraser 4 Inspect all connectors and cables Inspect if SATA connector device power connector and cables are connected well Cables are easily damaged because of improper folding Try a new cable when the old one is bad 5 Inspect the DIP switch setting Inspect if the DIP switch is set correctly on the adapter 26 AEC 6890M Manual Technical Support Form Email support acard com http www acard com AEC 6890M F W Version oystem Configuration Motherboard BIOS version Other I O card OS version Hard Disk Configuration Hard Disk Model type Capacity Firmware version Others Problem Description MALAEC6890ME10 0 2
17. ters M SLOT 1 ACARD EZE E BSCM Select Aclipher E SLE T AR E TET n hi Mie RAM D Stripe EH IDE 3 Master IDE 1 Slave Array 1 f ii IDE 2 Mastar IDE 2 Sime CH Z Partis Ary Oe ATA ACARD Stripe HOD Statues OK Capacity 305255 Me Lo sd SS eS Eo 24 AEC 6890M Manual Quit Quitting the utility does not affect all RAID operations 28 AEC GAA0M GB SOM RAD Utility Select Adapter SLOT 5 ACARD BBBOM GASOM E Mode RAD Giripei LN IDE 1 Master KEW 1 Shaye Amap 6 Amap l IDL z Master EX zz Save LH 7 eee Hame Array O ATA ACARD Stripe HED Status Ce Capacity 905255 Mf NOTICE When rebuilding is running you can still quit the utility by clicking Don t Stop The rebuilding process won t be affected Reuilding now Do you want to stop the reubuilding qoom f Cancel cel Stop uii n 25 AEC 6890M Manual Chapter 4 Troubleshooting After installation if AEC 6890M cannot work smoothly please troubleshoot it ac cording to the methods given below 1 Inspect power supply When the device is malfunctioned inspect the power status ON OFF first If you connect more than 4 hard drives you had better prepare another set of power source in order not to affect the stability of hard drives 2 Inspect the SATA devices Always let the SATA devices function in a proper mode before installing the adapter You are
18. ts 32 bit 3S3MHz PCI Bus Master PCI 2 2 compliance Supports data transfer rate of 133MB s Supports RAID 0 1and normal modes Bootable from standard and RAID volume DIP switch setting for RAID and normal modes Supports Mac OS 8 5 OS 9 and OS X Supports G3 blue amp white and G4 series Power Mac machines 1 3 Specifications Zi Power requirement Voltage 3 3V 2 5V 2 Current 0 5A Max Bi Environment Operating temperature 0 C to 70 C Storage temperature 20 C to 85 C x Humidity 15 to 90 il Dimensions Width 12 95cm Height 6 77cm E Connectors Two 7 pin SATA connectors AEC 6890M Manual 1 4 Package When you open the package please examine the following items AEC 6890M x 1 Internal Serial ATA Cable x 2 User s Manual x 1 ACARD Support CD x 1 Power cord for Serial ATA hard drive optional Y splitter power cord for IDE hard drive and converter for package with AEC 7900 enclosure only AEC 6890M Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation You can install AEC 6890M and hard drives successfully to your Mac machine ac cording to subsection 2 1 Before installing the operating system if the hard drives connected to AEC 6890M contain important data you had better back up In addition before using the hard dirves you should examine and initialize them in Normal mode with the Disk Utility no matter what RAID mode you are going to set Thus RAID can work normally 2 1 Qui
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