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Standard Package Contents
Controller Features and Functions
Features of the DAC960PG and DAC960PJ controllers include:
• Ultra SCSI drive channels that support RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 0+1, 10,
30, and 50
• Single-Ended Wide Ultra SCSI (Fast 20) drive support
• High performance RISC processor and EDO ECC DRAM cache (4MB to 128MB) for high speed, fault tolerant I/O transfers
• 512KB, 8-bit flash EEPROM for BIOS and code supports future enhancements through firmware upgrades
• Built-in configuration utilities in BIOS (with firmware 4.06 and above)
• An Intelligent Battery Backup (IBBU) option to protect data in cache during power loss is available for full-length card models
Operating System Support
• Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and NT 4.0
• Novell NetWare 3.12 or 4.xx
• SCO UNIX 3.2.4, ODT, and OSR 5.0
• SCO UnixWare v2.1
• MS-DOS 5.x, 6.x, and above
• Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 95 – for Global Array Manager
(GAM) client only
Standard Package Contents
The following items are suppled with the standard shipping package:
Hardware
• DAC960PG or DAC960PJ Disk Array Controller with documentation
• Intelligent Battery Backup (IBBU) port loopback terminator plug (on full-length cards only), or...
• Optional Intelligent Battery Backup Unit (IBBU)
1-2 DAC960PG/PJ Installation Guide
Introduction
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Note
A loopback terminator plug must be installed on the full-length version of the DAC960PG/PJ controller’s
IBBU connector if the optional IBBU is not present.
Software
• Disk Array Controller Configuration (DACCF) utility with documentation
• Disk Array Controller Software Kit (OS, drivers, and GAM Server) with documentation
• Optional Global Array Manager (GAM client) software utility with documentation
DAC960PG Half-card
Or
DAC960PG/PJ Controller
User Manuals Software
Utilities &
Drivers
IBBU
Terminator
Intelligent
Battery
Backup
Unit
(optional)
GAM Client
Software &
User Manual
(optional)
Figure 1-2. Standard Package Contents
Manual Number 775012 1-3
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Table of contents
- 2 Please Notice
- 2 Our Policy
- 3 Conventions
- 9 Product Description
- 10 Controller Features and Functions
- 10 Operating System Support
- 10 Standard Package Contents
- 10 Hardware
- 11 Software
- 12 User-supplied Items
- 14 SCSI Termination
- 16 SCSI Cabling
- 17 SCSI Drive Preparation
- 17 Mixing Narrow and Wide SCSI Devices
- 19 Before You Begin
- 20 Connectors and Jumpers
- 22 External SCSI Connectors
- 23 Safety Considerations
- 24 Installing the Controller
- 25 Procedural Overview
- 26 Controller Start-up
- 26 BIOS Start-up Sequence
- 27 Other BIOS Options
- 29 Device Drivers
- 29 Global Array Manager (GAM)
- 29 In Case of Problems
- 31 Product Description
- 31 Features
- 32 Installation
- 34 Operation
- 34 Battery Conditioning Prior to Use
- 34 Set-up – Enabling the Write-Back Cache
- 34 Battery Backup Capacity
- 35 Maintenance
- 35 Removing the Battery Backup Module
- 36 Functional Description
- 36 General Operational Description
- 36 Status Indication
- 37 Battery and Charge Circuit
- 37 Recycling the Battery
- 38 IBBU Specifications
- 38 On-board Battery
- 38 Battery Charge Life
- 38 External Battery
- 38 Module Dimensions
- 38 Environmental
- 39 General Hardware Specifications
- 39 DAC960PG
- 40 DAC960PJ
- 41 Physical and Environmental Specifications
- 43 Error Messages
- 43 Start-up Error Messages
- 43 Drive Check Error Messages
- 44 Aborted Installation
- 45 NVRAM Error
- 45 System Reboot or Power Down Messages
- 47 Class B Compliance
- 48 Declaration of Conformity
- 49 Community of Europe
- 50 Underwriters Laboratories Listed
- 51 Battery Backup Unit
- 51 Cache
- 51 Cache Flush
- 51 Cache Line Size
- 51 Channel
- 51 Consistency Check
- 52 Disk Failure Detection
- 52 Disk Media Error Management
- 52 Drive Groups (or Drive Packs)
- 53 Hot Replacement of Disks (Hot Swap)
- 53 IBBU
- 53 Intelligent Battery Backup Unit
- 53 Logical Drive States
- 53 Online: A Logical Drive is in an “online” state if...
- 54 Critical: A Logical Drive is in a “critical” state...
- 54 Offline: A Logical Drive is in an “offline” state ...
- 54 Logical Drives
- 54 Mirroring
- 54 Pack
- 54 Parity
- 55 RAID
- 55 RAID Levels
- 56 Replacement Table
- 56 Rotated XOR Redundancy
- 56 SCSI Drive
- 57 SCSI Drive States
- 57 Ready: A SCSI disk drive is in a “ready” state if ...
- 57 Online: A SCSI disk drive is in an “online” state ...
- 57 Standby: A SCSI disk drive is in a “standby” state...
- 57 Dead: A SCSI disk drive is in a “dead” state if it...
- 58 Rebuild: A SCSI disk drive is in a “rebuild” state...
- 58 Segment Size
- 58 Session
- 58 Standard Disk Drive
- 58 Standby Replacement of Disks (“Hot Spare”)
- 60 Stripe Order
- 60 Stripe Size
- 60 Stripe Width
- 60 Striping
- 60 System Drives
- 60 Target ID
- 61 Write-Back Cache
- 61 Write Through Cache