DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE DC-200 RAID CARD........... 3 1.1 UNDERSTANDING RAID CONCEPTS.......................................... 3 1.2 OVERVIEW OF DC-200 RAID CARD........................................... 3 1.2.1 Features and specifications of the DC-200 RAID card ........... 5 1.3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 6 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION.......................................... 7 2.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual WINDOWS ME ...........................................................................23 4.3 INSTALLING THE DC-200 RAID CARD DRIVER IN WINDOWS NT ...28 5. INSTALLING DRIVERS WHEN INSTALLING THE OPERATING SYSTEM..........................................................31 5.1 INSTALLING THE DC-200 RAID CARD DRIVER WHEN INSTALLING WINDOWS 98 OR WINDOWS ME ...................................................31 5.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 1. Introduction to the DC-200 RAID card 1.1 Understanding RAID concepts RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID is a method of combining several hard drives into one logical unit. It can offer more fault tolerance and higher throughput levels than a single hard drive or a group of independent hard drives.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual RAID 0+1 mirrors two striped disk arrays.
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DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 1.3 System requirements The minimum system requirements for the DC-200 RAID card are: A Pentium II, 266 MHz Processor or higher system A minimum of one ATA drive 64 MB or more of system memory An available, unobstructed 5V PCI slot(PCI 2.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 2. Hardware installation 2.1 Install DC-200 RAID card Before installing the DC-200 RAID card, please read through the following procedures thoroughly. Also review your computer’s user manual for the procedures covering controller card installation and cover removal. Have the appropriate hand tools available so that you can remove your computer’s cover and install the controller card. To install the DC-200 RAID card in your computer, follow the steps below: 1.
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DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 2.2 Connecting hard drives to the DC-200 RAID card After you install the card, follow the steps below to connect HDDs: 1. Make sure the IDE cable is inserted correctly, with pin 1 of the cable to pin 1 of HDD and the card. Pin 1 is marked by a stripe on the cable and is located next to the power connector on most hard drives. If your IDE cable has one blue connector, this should be connected to the DC-200 RAID card.
DC-200 RAID card HDD number User’s Manual Card 1 Card 2 IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 IDE2 PM PS SM SS PM PS SM SS ? ? ? ? 4 PM: Primary Master PS: Primary Slave SM: Secondary Master SS: Secondary Slave 2. After the steps above, please secure the system cover with the tools at hand.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 3. BIOS Configuration 3.1 Basic BIOS screen information After you install the DC-200 RAID controller and HDDs in your computer and boot your system, you will see the screen that displays information about the cards and HDDs installed. Press to enter the ‘DC-200 ATA/100 RAID Controller Setup Utility’screen as follows: The BIOS screen is divided into three parts: ’MENU’,’HELP’and ‘STATUS’.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 3.2 BIOS function 3.2.1 Set RAID configuration Choose ‘1. SET RAID CONFIGURATION’from the menu and press ‘Enter’, you will enter the ‘SET RAID CONFIGURATION’screen: The HDDs installed will be highlighted. You can move the cursor to HDDs and press the spacebar to select them. Press ‘Enter’to confirm your selection and a new pop-up window will show RAID modes for you to choose, there are four modes : JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 0, RAID 1 can be used. c) When 3 HDDs are installed, if you select all connected HDDs at one time, JBOD can be used. You can also select 2 HDDs to create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array. This will be a RAID with ATA situation. In this situation, RAID function and standard ATA can be supported at the same time. We suggest that you select PM and SM to create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array). d). When 4 HDDs are installed, if you choose 4 HDDs at one time, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 0+1 can be used.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual RAID array will be damaged and can’t be restored after deleting the RAID array. 3.2.3 Display configuration Choose this function and it will display detailed information of RAID arrays: From the left to the right in the window, it will display the following information: HDD location: Where HDDs are connected, such as PM, SM, PS, SS. HDD type: The manufacturer and model of HDDs. HDD working mode: In which mode HDDs work, such as UDMA, DMA and PIO.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual Please move the cursor and press spacebar to choose the RAID array on which the HDD partition is created. Then press ‘Enter’to delete the partition on the RAID array. Note: All data in the selected RAID array will be lost. 3.2.5 HDD rebuild If a Hard Disk is damaged when running RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 mode, remove the damaged HDD, connect a workable HDD, rebuild the array and restore data as needed.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual You can move the cursor and press the spacebar to select source HDD in the RAID array, after that, target HDD will be selected automatically. And the system will remind you that data in the target HDD will be lost if you continue this process. Press ‘y’to continue and a new window will show the rebuilding speed, source HDD and target HDD. Note: In RAID 0+1 array with 1 card, the RAID structure is PM-SM, PS-SS RAID 0, PM-PS, SM-SS RAID 1.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 4. Installing drivers with an existing Operating System If you are adding the DC-200 RAID card to a computer where there is already an operating system installed, follow these instructions to install the drivers. Note: You shall install the device driver twice when 2 cards are installed with an existing operating system. (It will automatically detect the cards installed). 4.1 Installing the DC-200 RAID card driver in Windows 2000 1.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 2. Choose ‘Display a list of known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver’and click ‘Next’. 3. Choose ‘SCSI and RAID Controllers’and click ‘Next’.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 4. In the ‘Select a Device Driver’dialog box, press ‘Have disk… ’ 5.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 6. Click ‘Browse’, find ‘2000.inf’in directory ‘2000’in drive A and click ‘Open’, then. Click ‘OK’. 7. Choose ‘Tekram DC 200 ATA-100/RAID Controller’, then click ‘Next’. 8. In the ‘Start Device Driver Installation’dialogue box, click ‘Next’.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 9. The ‘Digital Signature Not Found’dialogue box will appear, ignore it and click ‘Yes’to continue the installation. 10. Click ‘Finish’, remove the floppy disk from the computer and restart the computer.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 11. After you restart your computer. Choose ‘My computer’and click right button of the mouse, choose ‘System Properties’, click ‘Hardware’and then ‘Device Manager’. If you can see ‘Tekram DC-200 ATA/100 RAID Controller’under ‘SCSI and RAID Controllers’, it means DC-200 RAID card driver is installed successfully.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 4.2 Installing the DC-200 RAID card driver in Windows 98 or Windows ME The DC-200 RAID card driver installation will be the same with Windows 98 and Windows ME. We will illustrate driver installation procedure in Windows 98 as an example. 1. After installing the DC 200 RAID card and rebooting your system, the ‘Add New Hardware Wizard’dialog box will be displayed. Click ‘Next’. 2.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 3. Choose ‘SCSI Controllers’and click ‘Next’. 4.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 5. Insert DC 200 RAID diskette in drive A: 6. Click ‘browse’and find ‘DC200.inf’in directory ‘win9x’in Drive A, click ‘OK’, then click ‘OK’. 7. Choose ‘Tekram DC 200 ATA/100 RAID Controller’, then click ‘Next’.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 8. The dialogue box ‘Windows driver file search for the device’will appear on the screen, click ‘Next’. 9. Click ‘Finish’, remove the floppy disk from the computer and restart the computer.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 10. Choose ‘My computer’, click right button of the mouse, go to ‘System Properties’and then ‘Device Manager’. If you can see ‘Tekram DC-200 ATA/100 RAID Controller’under ‘SCSI Controllers’, it means DC-200 RAID card driver is installed successfully.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 4.3 Installing the DC-200 RAID card driver in Windows NT 1. After installing the DC 200 RAID card and rebooting your system, click ‘SCSI Adapters’in ‘Control Panel’. ‘SCSI Adapters’window will appear on the screen, click ‘Drivers’at the top of the window. 2. Click ‘Add’to install driver for Windows NT. 3. Click ‘Have disk… ’. 4.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 5. Open ‘NT4’directory, then click ‘nt4.inf’and click ‘Open’, then click ‘OK’. 6. Click ‘Tekram DC-200 ATA/100 RAID Controller’and click ‘OK’.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 7. Click ‘Yes’to reboot your system. After Rebooting, if you can see ‘Tekram DC-200 ATA/100 RAID Controller’ at ‘SCSI Adapters’of ‘Control Panel’, installation of DC-200 Driver is successful.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 5. Installing drivers when installing the Operating System If you are installing a new operating system on a freshly created array or hard drive connected to the DC-200, follow these procedures. 5.1 Installing the DC-200 RAID card driver when installing Windows 98 or Windows ME Install the operating system first.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 6. GUI (Graphic User Interface) GUI stands for Graphic User Interface. GUI function offers user-friendly graphics in Windows operating systems for easy RAID array monitoring and storage management.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 4. Click ‘Next’ 5. If you want to install ‘DC-200 GUI Program’to a different directory, click ‘Browse… ’. 6.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 7. Complete the installation by clicking ‘Next’ 8. Choose ‘Yes, I want to restart my computer now’, click ‘finish’and then restart the computer. 9. Click the ‘Start’button at the left bottom of your computer and go to the directory ‘Program (P) -> Startup’. You can see the ‘DC-200_GUI’icon in the ‘Startup’directory. It starts automatically each time when you power on your computer.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 6.2 GUI function The DC-200 GUI helps you monitor RAID function and status in Windows operation systems. The DC-200 GUI has several functions such as: Monitoring the RAID arrays ,Rebuilding RAID arrays in RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 mode. The basic functions, including monitoring and warning messages, are similar in all RAID modes. Here we will use a ‘1 card, 2 HDDs, RAID 1 array’configuration as an example to explain the functions of the GUI. 6.2.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual There are seven items in this menu: 6.2.2.1 Monitor Open Click this item and the monitor window will open. Each time when GUI starts, monitor window will open automatically. In the monitor window, it is divided into three parts: In the left part, it shows the RAID array mode, HDD number and HDD model.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual HDD number: HDD numbers in the RAID array. Array number: the order of RAID array, for example, if 3 RAID arrays are created, ‘Array number’of the arrays are respectively 0, 1 and 2. ‘HDD mode’: When you click the HDD logo in the left of the window, this sub-window will show the detailed information of the HDD, such as it’s location, cylinders, heads, sectors, model, serial number, HDD size, UDMA support.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual flash ROM. In the lower part, it shows the status of RAID array, such as HDD location, Event, Time and LBA. 6.2.2.2 Hard Disk Rebuild If a Hard Disk is damaged when running RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 mode, a warning message will remind you of the failed HDD, please remove the damaged HDD, connect a workable HDD and rebuild the array.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 6.2.2.3 Auto Rebuild Check. When the RAID array is RAID 1 or RAID 0+1, if a HDD fails, ‘Auto Rebuild Check’funciton can detect the failed HDD automatically and notify you to replace it with a workable HDD to rebuild the RAID array. This is a method to rebuild RAID arrays automatically. There are hint messages to guide you through the process. You can enable or disable this funciton by clicking this item in the function menu. 6.2.2.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 7. Troubleshooting tips: The following tips are general troubleshooting procedures: 1. Check that the DC-200 RAID card is seated evenly all the way into the PCI slot. 2. Check that the PCI expansion slot is 5V and compliant with PCI 2.2 or previous version and supports Bus Mastering. 3. Check that DC-200 ATA 100 RAID card is detected during booting by looking for the BIOS message from the screen. If it is not detected, try to move it to another free PCI slot. 4.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 8. Technical support guide Tekram Technical Support provides several support options for our users to access information and updates. We encourage you to use one of our electronic services which provide product information updates with the most efficient service and support.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual 9. Glossary about DC-200 RAID card functions RAID: Abbreviation of Redundant array of independent disks. It is a set of disk array architectures that provides fault-tolerance and improve performance. RAID 0(striping): An array where data is distributed, or striped , across the disks in the array.
DC-200 RAID card User’s Manual It is the abbreviation of “Just a Bundle of Disks”. In JBOD mode, several physical devices are mapped as one virtual device. When processing data, data will not be saved in the following disk until current disk space is completely occupied. JBOD can’t increase fault tolerance or improve data access performance, but it avoids waste of disk space Multi-RAID: Installing one DC-200 card and connecting 4 HDDs, it allows creating two RAID arrays.
