ACARD ATA-133 RAID AEC-6880M
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1. 6 2 2 ACARD AEC 6880M adapter compatibility 8 2 3 What you should know before the installation 8 2 4 ACARD AEC 6880M cable amp power installation 10 2 5 Configuring ACARD AEC 6880M 11 Chapter 3 System Installation 12 3 1 Normal Mode Installation 12 3 1 1 Mac OS 9 x installation 12 9 T2 Mae OS X dqnstallatllOfscaes aee Der o POR de Do 14 3 1 3 Verify System t 16 3 2 Striping Mode RAID 0 Mirroring Mode RAID 1 Installation 21 92 1 Mao OS Ox INSlall AON PEE b ra Ed 21 3 2 2 Mac OS X instalator RE RE RES Eua 23 3 2 3 Verify System Profiler 25 3 3 AEC 6880M RAID Utility Installation 30 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 32 pr TN 33 ACARD AEC 6880M Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction ACARD AEC 6880M is a high performance Hardware RAID Ultra ATA 133 adapter for PCI PowerMac Its on board Open Firmware supports booting from IDE disks configured as RAID AEC 6880M supports2. m og d Switch eam ACARD AEC 6880M ATA 133 CE T c mH Cu C setting 1 Normal Mode When using the RAID adapter card as an IDE exten sion port to connect the IDE hard drive set the DIP Switch 1 and 2 as OFF The default is OFF Striping Mode RAID 0 RAID 0 is dedicated as a pair of hard drives that store striping data but appears as a single drive on the computer Set the DIP Switch 1 as OFF and 2 as ON and the RAID 0 mode will be activated Mirroring Mode RAID 1 RAID 1 is a pair of hard drives that store mirroring data and IS regarded asa single drive Normal Striping Mirroring Sett the DIP Switch 1 as ON Mode Mode Default setting and 2 as OFF and the RAID 1 mode will be activated 11 ACARD AEC 6880M Chapter 3 System Installation 3 1 Normal Mode Installation 3 1 1 Mac OS 9 x installation 1 Be sure the hardware is installed correctly 2 Insert Mac OS CD ROM to Macintosh 3 Power on Macintosh and press C key 4 Wait for Mac OS and the appearance of Mac OS CD window 5 Double click on Utilities 05 9 10 items 126 available nstall 05 Install 05 9 0 4 Updates mi Adobe Software CD Extras 6 Double click on Driver Setup sj Utilities Disk First Aid SimpleText Drive Setup Guide Sxxx Oxxx Tester 1 1 Applechare 3 6 5 ACARD 6880 7 Choose the hard dr
3. gt Chooser Ej Contro Panels f Favorites Key Caps Network Browser Recent Applications il Recent Documents amp j Recent Servers Remote Access Status f Scrapbook Sherlock 2 lt 25 ACARD AEC 6880M Step 2 Under the Apple System Profiler you will see the System Profiler Choose Devices and Volumes to see the devices status Step Under Devices and Volumes please choose PCI You will find the SCSI card installation status DB ieee ystem Profiler Erien Prete h Cuvier ped h a oira Dara ing Pa fi dee ic ied cu HE FE b Hugh im Appia b ikaj ERE lr Brede E chery Fm md zm bas Hedd hF b mirra 0 DE are reik ete 5 Ee Fi Hind FE mi uai ial DereH amu Ea He E prima HEUS Cra 4 DE Ara lad ie 12 13 Dk Parga Hn b bring Fila sar Rebis pude DO Fr ip HEE Fick aera ade Sica ee dy EN TE ELTE m TU T 1 WF eed Card hepar Cord woe Card made Cord Ete TF Card revive sender i 26 6880 For Mac OS X Envi
4. 49 Sherlock 2 Stickies 16 ACARD 6880 Step 2 Under the Apple System Profiler you will see the System Profiler Choose Devices and Volumes to see the devices status Step 3 Under Devices and Volumes please choose PCI item You will find the SCSI card installation status birra Fi Flyer D prti mra Yonder Pruda i al Caper dy Profiler ats Hede HTOZOHZ lh ie 2 4TUOB lE T0 13 ER IE m alm b mm nien Ida ted rra Erbij CHF Gs lad ie im Parcerd dll rit protected Ha b bring File hared St AF ani tl Deren venu n Fix aera lad ie He pr tHg Sen MS Pie CH 1 HY zm tira s faa dbh GE Parcurd fl arih protected b File hared bin Fair pude Prada Hede STS HO d rere Fix aera lad ie zJ T Um Cee 1005 Cer by 23 EIS Es TDI T 1 SUE UI P rpi car BLT Card bo Cord ones Card race Cord Fie T Card revive 0 17 6880 For Mac OS Environment Make sure that the computer initialize the hard drive successfully When you initialize the hard drive successfully on the Mac window a new Un
5. Setup Disk Copy zt amp Disk Utility Display Calibrator Grab Installer Key Caps Keychain Access Netinfo Manager Network Utility m amp Print Center ProcessViewer SetupAssistant Stuffit Expander Terminal WA 28 ACARD 6880 Step 5 Under Devices and Volumes please choose PCT You will find the SCSI card installation status Apple System Profiler l system Profile Dew and Vales Frameworks Extensions Applicators eo RH eed nr WORD nnd Lard hug xai Cid MC AED irit Card maa Acum Cord Hai arai Lard rirka Lad sees D 4491 Le re mns ene rr nz abl 797 Pirs 0i Erhi CHF Gs THF dy mens Han iii ie ae Porcerd ddl Writ protested b berg Fila aged a 29 ACARD AEC 6880M 3 3 AEC 6880M RAID Utility Installation AEC 6880M RAID Utility lets you read the information of the hard drives connected to ACARD AEC 6880M and RAID volume status in Mac OS 9 x This program monitors the RAID volume status A message will appear to inform you AEC 6880M RAID Utility must be used together with AEC 6880M firmware Ver 2 42 or later You may find them in ACARD Support CD T Vette Upah aain Renal Hin Fai te GEO ARAID Lalit Delete Array When a disk failes in disk array under RAID 1 Mirror Mode please re pl
6. before the installation Before installing the ACARD AEC 6880M please follow the instructions below to get the best performance Striping Mode if two hard drives are in different storage capacity ACARD AEC 6880M will treat the smaller one as standard capacity and double the standard capacity as total disk capacity For one pair of striping connection using 2 HDDs the jumper setting on each hard drive must be set as the same mode that is either Master or Slave The two hard drives must connect with two independent ATA 133 cables on ACARD AEC 6880M For two pairs of striping connection using 4 HDDs the jumper setting on every 2 hard drives must be set as Master and Slave on each IDE port see Figure 1 ACARD 6880 For two pairs striping with 4 hard drives the Jumper setting can not be set as both Master or both Slave in same connector cable In order to get a better performance use Ultra ATA 66 100 or 133 hard drive in same model Mirroring Mode if two hard drives are in different storage capacity ACARD AEC 6880M will treat the smaller one as standard capacity and double it as total available disk capacity For one pair of mirroring connection using 2 HDDs the jumper setting on the hard drives must be set as the same Master or Slave mode The two hard drives must connect with two indepen dent ATA 133 cables on ACARD AEC 6880M For two pairs of mirroring con
7. eight screws One User s Manual 1 3 2 Parts Specification Power requirement voltage 3 3VB 2 current 0 5 Max Environment Temperature Operating 0 C to 70 C Storage 20 C to 85 C Humidity 15 to 90 Model AEC 6880M Dimentions Width 14 cm Height 4 7 cm Connectors Dual 40 pin IDE internal connectors 5 6880 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The hardware installation is a simple RAID host adapter installation Please follow the instructions given below Before installing an IDE device into the ACARD AEC 6880M the IDE device should be adjusted as Master or Slave mode through the jumper setting Since the hard drive may contain some data that might cause the Mac OS installation difficult under striping mode please adjust ACARD AEC 6880M DIP Switch to a normal mode at first When attaching an IDE hard drive to ACARD AEC 6880M which already contains data or any version of Mac OS it is strongly recommended to back up the old data before installating the adapter The hard drive must be initialized first under the normal mode of ACARD AEC 6880M After doing initialize under normal mode adjust AEC 6880M DIP Switch to striping mode or mirroring mode to initialize drive again 2 1 Quick hardware installation 1 Open the Mac case please refer to Mac s manual 2 Choose an empty PCI slot and plug in ACARD AEC 6880M 3 Install the hard drive into the Mac
8. 4 Connect the adapter and the hard drive with an ATA 133 cable 5 Close the Mac case Connect 2 hard drives in the same channel check the Master Slave jumper Set ACARD AEC 6880M adapter DIP Switch to normal mode as an IDE extension port ACARD 6880 Board Layout CN1 IDE1 The Primary IDE port CN2 IDE2 The Secondary IDE port CN2 IDE2 CN1 IDE1 22222732 12222222222 IJ JIIPILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII En nhuhaARRRRHARR RH Hh P pu pa pm p pl pam p Ma m p p pa p d m J CB ACARD AEC 6880M ATA 133 c a ATA 133 Cable Layout 4p i EI E n iE Connect to ACARD Connect to IDE hard drive Slave AEC 6880M Adapter IDE ports CN1 CN2 Connect to IDE hard drive Master For the hard drive s Jumper setting Master Slave refer to hard drive s Manual ACARD AEC 6880M 2 2 ACARD AEC 6880M adapter compatibility ACARD AEC 6880M is designed specifically for DMA hard drive and has been fully tested with many kinds of hard drives AEC 6880M supports many ATA 66 100 133 hard drives produced by the following manufacturers FUJITSU BM MAXTOR QUANTUM SEAGATE WESTERN DIGITAL 2 3 What you should know
9. ACARD ATA 133 RAID AEC 6880M PCI to IDE ATA 133 RAID Controller for Macintosh User s Manual Version 2 0 ACARD Copyright 2003 ACARD Technology Corp Copyright and Trademarks Information The information of product in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor who assume no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual ACARD and SCSIDE are the trademarks of ACARD Technology Corp IBM is a trademark of the International Business Machine Corporation Apple and the PowerMac Logo are registered trademarks of Apple Corpo ration All brand names and trademarks are 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 transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 4 aM MTPOGUGCUON Pene a STEDS RET TESS SEE DSE 4 1 2 Iri mem 5 8 LES 5 To ly Faking EIST Tr 5 13 2 SPECICATION e E 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 2 1 Quick start hardware installation
10. Macintosh Power on Macintosh and press C Wait for Mac OS and the appearance of Mac OS CD window Double Click on Utilities 9 1 05 SS pl Ej SI ue Es I9 E 05 Install 05 9 0 4 Update s mi Adobe Software CD Extras 6 Double click on Driver Setup sj Utilities Disk First Aid Drive Setup Guide Sxxx Oxxx Tester 1 1 AppleShare 3 6 5 ACARD 6880 7 Choose the hard drive connected to ACARD AEC 6880M then press Initialize button For more detailed information of Drive Setup refer to Mac OS manual Drive Setup c B List of Drives Volume Name s HRCHLDL ZLD R HM drive Hot initialized Unrecognized driver or this disk is protected by security Software This disk can still be initialized Initialize 8 Start to installa new OS on the hard drive 22 ACARD 6880 3 2 2 Mac OS X installation 1 Be sure the hardware is installed correctly 2 Insert Mac OS X CD ROM to Macintosh 3 Power on your Macintosh and press Option key Don t skip the step otherwise RAID mode will be wrongly detected 4 After Mac OS X Boot up select Installer from the top selection tools Select Open Disk Utility and open it 6 Select the hard drive which you want to initialize and choose Parti tion to decide the number of partitions you need et Pm Fori 3 Ebr Dania Dgrrrir ELTE JA AD Lem HEP NM g
11. ace it with a new one then delete the original array setting Then restart the computer to detect the new disk and reset RAID mode ACARD A Bus 0 AEC GBB NE 41 a _ ABC zm IDE 1 Mirror J IDE 2 Master ACARD Mirror HD 0 0 Stee Mirrar Hat mpm a 30 ACARD 6880 Rebuild Copy data from an existing data disk in the array into a blank drive When a failed drive has been replaced with a new one as part of a mirror array the operation will be resumed ACARD CERE RS TE Csi Eb SelertAdapber Fas p AEC DEDE FEA Mame ATS 4 02011 Sime 18585 2 Hints Quick Erase Eehuild quit Quick Erase It can erase the data on hard drive content quickly Please beware that the data and the partitions will be completely erased ACARD GM Select Adapter Es ACB VAI ALARD Mirror Hoo Simm 105050 Statuses ara ted Hint Quick camplutel ACARD AEC 6880M Chapter 4 Troubleshooting After installation if ACARD AEC 6880M cannot work properly please follow the troubleshooting below 1 Check power supply Whenever the device is malfunctioned check the power status ON OFF first 2 Verify the IDE device Always let the IDE device function in proper mode before i
12. all models of PowerMac which have a PCI slot including PowerMac G3 G4 For PowerMac older than G4 ACARD AEC 6880M can boost the disk better The performance can further be improved by using a 7200rpm big capacity drive Compared with the original G4 the improvement can be as high as 300 For PowerMac G4 ACARD AEC 6880M allows Mac to add more IDE drives or to use Hardware RAID by adjusting the easy RAID DIP Switch setting ACARD AEC 6880M adapter is the first Mac add on card to support ANSI X3T9 2 CAM ATA4 ATAS5 The data transfer rate is up to 133 MB sec per channel and meets the demand of multimedia real time video ACARD AEC 6880M supports the true PnP function in Mac OS 8 5 OS 9 x and OS X No software driver is needed for connecting an Ultra ATA 66 100 133 HDD With the advanced function the adapter is really user friendly It coexists with the on board IDE controller The on board BIOS lets the system boot from ATA HDD ACARD 6880 1 2 Feature A standalone PCI to IDE RAID controller Supports RAID O Striping Mode and RAID 1 Mirroring Mode At a normal mode as IDE devices extension Supports Ultra ATA 66 100 133 HDD Supports OS Mac OS 8 5 OS 9 x and OS X Cost effective and high performance 1 3 Specification 1 3 1 Packing List When you open the ACARD AEC 6880M cabinet please check the following things One ACARD AEC 6880M Two ATA 133 Cables One Y splitter Power Cord Two hard disk mounting kits and
13. it 1 rel 7 After partitioning or erasing the volume quit the Utilities and begin the OS installation m kda md m ua y h Famili a Peer EAEE i Fur ped iar d a aH EM 23 ACARD AEC 6880M 8 Update your driver to version 1 5 1 which is on the support CD First Aid E E vire eh eh D Corb infe Paritsa Leg Drive Setup Volumes hemi L Partition i Partition Info al 05 Extended United Size 38 17 CE tocked ai a f Dele Reen S Partie Note For more information about Mac OS X installation please refer to Mac OS X installation manual 24 6880 3 2 3 Verify System Profiler For Mac OS 9 x Environment Make sure the computer initialize hard drive successfully When you initialize the hard drive successfully on the Mac window a new Untitled hard drive icon will appear For advanced Mac users find the system information under the Apple Logo Then choose Apple System Profiler to find the information Check the information and see the computer system status Follow the instructions below to check the system information Step 1 Click on Apple Logo and choose Apple System Profiler to show hard drives information vas File Edit View Special Help About This Computer sta Apple System Profiler E Calculator
14. itor Disk Utility Key Caps Print Center Terminal Applet Launcher DigitalColor Meter v Display Calibrator Keychain Access il ProcessViewer gU ColorSync Utility Directory Setup Grab Netinfo Manager SetupAssistant Console gt wy gt g a a gt lt 20 A m m Network Utility Bem Stufflt Expander m Step 5 Under Devices and Volumes please choose PCI item You will find the SCSI card installation status Fires F cere ub OT PCI rnr 4 z DT 3 Tiyp hy ELE rand EL eed Card mal Cord bore oiled Card maa ERTH Card Fiii Hri Geta Card r kke Card vender D dibi El d pp La Pan did mn Porn ti er Saree hed HH er rey Ki gpa ti er Gat Apple 5ystem Profiler System Profile f Devices and WOlTES Frameworks Extensions Applications 20 ACARD 6880 3 2 Striping Mode RAID 0 Mirroring Mode RAID 1 Installation Use clean hard drives for the ACARD AEC 6880M striping mode Before doing the striping mode mirroring mode installation do the initialize under normal mode first then turn off the computer to set the DIP Switch as striping mode 3 2 1 Mac OS 9 x installation 1 Be sure the hardware is installed correctly Insert Mac OS CD ROM to
15. ive connected to ACARD 6880 then press Initialize button For more detailed information of Drive Setup refer to Mac OS manual Drive Setup List of Drives Volume Name s 05 9 inttialzed Initialize This disk can be initialized 8 Start to install a new OS on the hard drive 13 ACARD AEC 6880M 3 1 2 Mac OS X installation Be sure your hardware is install correctly Insert Mac OS X CD ROM into your Macintosh Power on your Macintosh and press C key After Mac OS X boots up select Installer from the top selection tools Select Open Disk Utility to open it Select the hard drive which you want to initialize and choose Parti tion to decide the number of partitions you need EAE um es Volumes Maxtor Disk Description ATA Maxtor 5T030H3 Media Total Capacity 28 62 GB 30 735 581 184 bytes Connection Bus SCSI Connection ID 0 Connection LUN 0 You can initialize this disk Click the lock to prevent further changes 7 After partitioning or erasing the volume quit Utilities and begin the OS X installation Disk Utility Drive Setup Select disk to initialize devydisko E Current Volumes Partition 5 27 NN 2 Partitions Partition Info 3 Partitions 4 Partitions 3 5 Partitions 6 Partitions FE 7 Partitions 9 8 Partitions Click the lock to prevent f
16. nection using 4 HDDs the jumper setting on every 2 hard drives must be set as Master and Slave on each IDE port Normal Mode Two IDE connectors of ACARD AEC 6880M can be regarded as normal IDE port extension When using two hard drives to connect to ACARD AEC 6880M at the same IDE port on the same cable the hard drives Jumper setting must be set as one Master and one Slave positions The two hard drives cannot be set as Master or Slave at the same time on the same cable n order to get a better performance use Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 100 or Ultra ATA 133 hard drives ACARD AEC 6880M 2 4 ACARD AEC 6880M cable amp power installation The cable connection methods Step 1 Find out pin 1 of the IDE connector on the IDE hard drive Step 2 Find out a color line of the internal IDE cable indicating pin 1of the connector Step 3 Connect the internal IDE cable to the IDE hard drive aligning with pin 1 to pin 1 Step 4 Connect the 4 pin power cord to IDE the hard drive Power Cord 10 ACARD 6880 2 5 Configuring ACARD 6880 Jumper Setting RAID DIP Switch Setting RAID configurations must be set up on ACARD AEC 6880M Set RAID Mode by adjusting ON OFF DIP Switch Please follow the instructions below and decide a suitable RAID DIP Switch 77723 e SII RAID DIP gt FARA FE
17. nstalling ACARD AEC 6880M 3 Check host adapter Verify if the adapter is firmly inserted into the slot on the motherboard 4 Check all connectors and cables Check if internal IDE connector device power connector and cables are con nected well Cables are easily damaged because of improper folding Try a new cable and make sure that no connector pins are bent Pin 1 on the cable must be aligned with pin 1 on the hard drive and host adapter 5 Verify the DIP switch setting Check if the RAID DIP switch setting on ACARD AEC 6880M is correct 6 PCI Slot Position When you install ACARD AEC 6880M in Mac Clone computer that is not manufactured by Apple you need to change the PCI slot for proper opera tion 32 ACARD 6880 Appendix 1 Technical Support Form Email support acard com http www acard com AEC 6880M F W Version system Configuration Computer CPU Memory SCSI adapter Other I O card Other Storage Device MAC OS version Hard Disk Configuration Model Manufacturer Firmware Rev Problem Description MALAEC6880ME20 0 33
18. ronment Make sure the computer initialize hard drive successfully When you initialize the hard drive successfully on the Mac window a new Untitled hard drive icon will appear For advanced Mac users find the system information under the Apple Logo Then choose Apple System Profiler to find the information Check the information and see the computer system status Follow the instruction below to check the system information Step 1 Please find the Finder at the bottom of the Mac OS Screen then Click it 27 ACARD AEC 6880M Step 2 Find the Application on the top of the screen and click it Step 3 Under the Application find out the Utilities and click it Applications Cem wv Back View Computer Home Favorites Applications Address Book AppleScript Calculator Chess Clock gt ma C a T t Dock Extras Image Capture Internet Connect Internet Explorer Mail ge e a5 g i Preview QuickTime Player Sherlock Stickies System Prefer TextEdit Ns 9 14 eee SS Step 4 Under the Utilities you will see the Apple System Profiler Click on it to see the devices status 2 Utilities Oo mio NW T A Back View Computer Home Favorites Applications A 80 Applet Launcher ColorSync Utility Console CPU Monitor DigitalColor Meter Directory
19. titled hard drive icon will appear Mon 11 41 PM Desktop Mac OS 9 Mac OS X Install CD Untitled For advanced Mac users find the system information under the Apple Logo pop up Then choose Apple System Profiler to find the informa tion Check the information and see the computer system status Follow the instruction below to check the system information Step 1 Please find the Finder at the bottom of the Mac OS Screen then Click it ACARD 6880 Step 2 Find the Application sign on the top of the screen and Click it 8 FAE ACARD s Computer gt mm BBtv Back Computer Home Favorites Applications Local Maxtor Network LZ Step 3 Under the Application find out the Utilities item and click it Applications mm Ay A Back View Computer Home Favorites Applications Address Book AppleScript Calculator Chess Clock 22 zs A 3 tel eg 3 a Dock Extras Image Capture Internet Connect Internet Explorer Mall LAN s gt T Preview QuickTime Player Sherlock Stickies System Prefer e x TextEdit Utilities 4 gt 19 ACARD AEC 6880M Step 4 Under the Utilities you will see the Apple System Profiler Click on Apple System Profiler to see the devices status J Utilities Cem Back View Computer Home Favorites Applications CPU Mon
20. urther changes 14 6880 8 Update your driver to version 1 5 1 which is on the support CD Select disk to initialize Jdev disko Volumes Click the lock to prevent further changes Partition Scheme 1 Partition Partition Info Name Untitled Type Mac OS Extended Size 28629 GB Locked Note For more information about Mac OS X installation guide please refer to Mac OS X installation manual 15 6880 3 1 3 Verify System Profiler For Mac OS 9 Environment Make sure that the computer initialize the hard drive successfully When you initialize the hard drive successfully on the Mac window a new Un titled hard drive icon will appear 2 15PM Finder For advanced Mac users find the system information under the Apple Logo pop up Then choose Apple System Profiler to find the informa tion Check the information and see the computer system status Follow the instructions below to check the system information Step 1 Click on Apple Logo and choose Apple System Profiler to show hard drive information r L9 File Edit View Special Help About This Computer Apple System Profiler Calculator Chooser Contro Panels f Favorites Key Caps Network Browser Recent Applications gt Ej Recent Documents gt amp j Recent Servers Remote Access Status Scrapbook
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