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eXtremeRAID™ Quick Installation Guide eXtremeRAID 1100 PCI to Ultra2 SCSI RAID Controller P/N: 775031-00 ...

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eXtremeRAID ™ Quick Installation Guide eXtremeRAID 1100 DAC1164P™ PCI to Ultra2 SCSI RAID Controller Part Number 775031-00 © Copyright 1999 Mylex Corporation. All Rights Reserved. All contents of this manual are copyrighted by Mylex Corporati...

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Greetings Thank you for purchasing the Mylex eXtremeRAID ™ 1100 controller. This manual describes the installation of the Mylex eXtremeRAID 1100 controller. Requests for technical information about this and other Mylex Corporation products shoul...

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Regulatory Information The eXtremeRAID™ DAC1164P complies with the following regulatory agencies: Federal Communications Commission The FCC information statements are in Appendix C of the eXtremeRAID Installation Guide (P/N 775013). Community of ...

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Manual No. 775031 iv Table of Contents Hardware Introduction............................................................................................1 Performing an Installation .....................................................................

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Manual No. 775031 1 Hardware Introduction The eXtremeRAID 1100 (DAC1164P) is a very versatile PCI to Ultra2 SCSI, LVD RAID controller. There are thousands of possible hardware configurations. The following parameters are assumed: • A RAID 0, 1, ...

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Performing an Installation 2 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide Figure 1. eXtremeRAID with Component Locations Installing the eXtremeRAID into the System Board 1. With the power off, plug the eXtremeRAID card into an available 32- bit or 6...

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Hardware Manual No. 775031 3 Figure 2. Plugging the eXtremeRAID 1100 into a PCI Slot 2. Set the SCSI ID on each internal drive to a unique address between 0 and 15, but do not use address 7, as it is reserved for the controller. See the documentati...

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Performing an Installation 4 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide Figure 3. Connecting Internal and External Drives 7. Connect a wide, round, 68-pin Very High Density Connector Interface (VHDCI) cable to the external SCSI connector on the e...

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Manual No. 775031 5 RAID Configuration Using RAID EzAssist RAID EzAssist, the on-board BIOS Configuration Utility is used to build several types of RAID configurations. Since this is a Quick Installation Guide, only the Automatic Configuration opti...

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Using RAID EzAssist 6 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide ☛ Note If the BIOS has been disabled on the controller, You will need to press Alt–M to enable it (See your controller’s Installation Guide for details). 4. Watch the messag...

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RAID Configuration Manual No. 775031 7 6. The following options appear: Automatic Assisted Custom Select Automatic. Press Enter. ☛ Note The Scope of this Quick Reference Guide only covers Automatic Configuration. For information on performing Ass...

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8 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide Operating Systems and Drivers NetWare Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 4.11/4.2 Controller If the Mylex Disk Array Controller will be the primary (bootable) controller,...

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Operating Systems and Drivers Manual No. 775031 9 To install GAM server, refer to the Disk Array Controller Software Kit Installation Guide and User Manual (P/N 771929). To install the GAM client, (on a client Windows 95 or NT workstation) refer to...

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NetWare 10 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide 9. In the “Select a driver to install” box, select the following driver: MDAC.HAM | Mylex Disk Array Controller HAM Driver 10. Select Yes at the confirmation box to install the driver. 11....

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Operating Systems and Drivers Manual No. 775031 11 Overview NetWare 5.0 This section provides information about the following: • Installation procedures and the functionality of the Mylex Disk Array Controller drivers for Novell NetWare 5.0. The s...

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Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5.0 12 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5.0 Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 5.0 Controller If the Mylex Dis...

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Operating Systems and Drivers Manual No. 775031 13 4. Watch for the status screen that displays the drivers found for storage adapters: • Select Modify • Select Storage Adapters • Delete the MDAC.HAM line entries 5. Press the Insert key two ti...

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Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5.0 14 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide Installing Peripherals Under NetWare 5.0 Non-disk peripheral devices, such as tape or CD-ROM drives, can be installed on any channel of the controlle...

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Operating Systems and Drivers Manual No. 775031 15 Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller into an Existing NetWare 5.0 System If NetWare 5.0 is already installed and you wish to add a Mylex Disk Array Controller later, the controller will be a ...

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Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for NetWare 5.0 16 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide 10. Change the path line to read: A:\nw and press <Enter>. NetWare scans for drivers on the floppy diskette in the specified path. 11. In the �...

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Operating Systems and Drivers Manual No. 775031 17 Windows NT Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary Windows NT 4.x Controller If the Mylex Disk Array Controller will be the primary (bootable) controller, you must install the con...

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Windows NT 18 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide 12. With the Software Kit diskette still in the floppy disk drive, press <Enter>. 13. Select the Mylex Accelerated Disk Driver in the list and press <Enter>. 14. If you have dr...

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Operating Systems and Drivers Manual No. 775031 19 Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller into an Existing Windows NT 4.x System If Windows NT 4.x is already installed and you wish to add a Mylex Disk Array Controller later, the controller will...

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Windows NT 20 eXtremeRAID DAC1164P Quick Installation Guide 15. The Install Driver box is displayed. In the Install Driver box, click Have Disk. 16. Reinsert the NT/NW drivers diskette into the floppy disk drive if requested. 17. From the Install Fr...

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