Preface 1 preface notice product features and specifications described in this manual are subject to change without notice. The manufacturer shall not be liable for any damage, or for the loss of information resulting from the performance or use of the information contained herein. Trademarks accusy...
Acs-61100 user’s manual about this manual congratulations on your selection of the acs-61100. The card is monitored by a java-based raid gui. Intended user this manual is designed and written for users installing and using raid gui. The intended user should have working knowledge of raid planning an...
Table of contents 3 table of contents p reface ............................................................................................ 1 notice................................................................................................................... 1 trademarks ..........................
Acs-61100 user’s manual part two - ...............................16 installing the card chapter 2 - ....................................................... 17 i nstallation installation flowchart ......................................................................................... 17 pre-instal...
5 introduction.
Acs-61100 user’s manual chapter 1 introduction this chapter introduces the features and capabilities of acs-61100. You will find: Ö a full introduction to your raid card Ö details of key features Ö a checklist of package contents Ö a checklist of what else you need to start installation Ö an overvie...
Chapter 1 – introduction key features acs-61100 features the following: z multiple raid levels: 0,1, 0+1, 5, 6, and jbod z up to 4 independent disk arrays z support 12~24 x sata i/ii drives z raid capacity partitioning: up to 16 slices z support up to 64 luns z variable stripe sizes, up to 256kb z s...
Acs-61100 user’s manual serial ata (serial advanced technology attachment) the acs-61100 is designed for use with the latest serial ata ii hard disk drives. Serial ata (often abbreviated as sata or s-ata) allows data transfer up to 3 gbps and is compatible with older parallel ata standards. It has a...
Chapter 1 – introduction before you begin what’s in the box some vendors may ship certain components as standard, while other vendors treat the same components as optional. In its most basic configuration, your package should include the following: z 1 x acs-61100 pci-express to sata raid card z 6 x...
Acs-61100 user’s manual optional items z battery backup module (bbm) – the bbm stores the cached data in the event of power supply failure. Z lcd control panel for card status checking and advanced configuration. What else you need z lba 48 bit hard disk drives (hdds) (different raid levels require ...
Chapter 1 – introduction familiarizing yourself with the raid card overview 1. Ddrii memory connector 2. I2c connector 3. Mini sas connectors 4. Disk access led connector 5. Disk fault led connector 6. Pci-express x 8 connector 7. Serial port connector 8. Button port connector 9. Lcd panel connector...
Acs-61100 user’s manual pin settings the pin settings on the card are as follows: i2c connector (2) pin 1 scl pin 2 sda pin 3 nc pin definition: pin 4 gnd disk access led connector (4) pin 1 gnd pin 2 gnd pin 3 hd_acc_led#0 pin 4 hd_acc_led#1 pin 5 hd_acc_led#2 pin 6 hd_acc_led#3 pin 7 hd_acc_led#4 ...
Chapter 1 – introduction pin 19 hd_acc_led#16 pin 20 hd_acc_led#17 pin 21 hd_acc_led#18 pin 22 hd_acc_led#19 pin 23 hd_acc_led#20 pin 24 hd_acc_led#21 pin 25 hd_acc_led#22 pin 26 hd_acc_led#23 disk fault led connector (5) pin 1 gnd pin 2 gnd pin 3 hd_fault_led#0 pin 4 hd_fault_led#1 pin 5 hd_fault_l...
Acs-61100 user’s manual serial port connector (7) pin 1 u0_rxd pin 2 u1_rxd pin 3 u0_txd pin 4 u1_txd pin 5 gnd pin definition: pin 6 gnd button port connector (8) 1 2 9 10 pin 1 vcc pin 2 gnd pin 3 pan3 pin 4 pan1 pin 5 pan4 pin 6 pan2 pin 7 nc pin 8 gnd pin 9 nc pin definition: pin 10 gnd 14.
Chapter 1 – introduction lcd panel connector (9) pin 1 gnd pin 2 vcc pin 3 lcd_rs pin 4 lcd_vo pin 5 lcd_e pin 6 lcd_rw pin 7 lcd_d1 pin 8 lcd_d0 pin 9 lcd_d3 pin 10 lcd_d2 pin 11 lcd_d5 pin 12 lcd_d4 pin 13 lcd_d7 pin definition: pin 14 lcd_d6 battery module connector (10) pin 1 bat_v pin 2 nc pin ...
Acs-61100 user’s manual 16 installing the card.
Chapter 2 – installation chapter 2 installation this chapter presents: Ö instructions on installing the card in the host system. Ö instructions on installing hard drives. Installation flowchart installation of acs-61100 is simple. This chapter will lead you though the steps: z install the card in a ...
Acs-61100 user’s manual pre-installation notices before starting any kind of hardware installation, please ensure that all power switches have been turned off and all power cords disconnected to prevent personal injury and damage to the hardware. To avoid overheating, acs-61100 should be installed i...
Chapter 2 – installation card installation read the pre-installation notices earlier in this chapter before proceeding. 1. Remove the blanking plate from the pci-e slot. 2. Position the connector of the card over the expansion slot. 3. Press the connector of the card gently but firmly into the expan...
Acs-61100 user’s manual lcd panel (optional) installation read the pre-installation notices earlier in this chapter before proceeding. 1. Remove or open the system case to allow access to the 51/4 ” drive bay you are going to use for the lcd panel. 2. Remove the blanking plate from this slot. 3. Wit...
21 card configurations.
Acs-61100 user’s manual chapter 3 card connections this chapter details the usage of the connectors on the acs-61100 cards. In addition to the ports used for connecting to hdds, the acs-61100 also includes connectors for external devices. 1. Ddrii memory connector 2. I2c connector 3. Mini sas connec...
Chapter 3 – card connections 23 ddrii memory connector (1) the ddr memory connector accepts a ddrii memory module. Mini sas connectors (3) used for connecting the interface cables to hard disk drives. See part 2 hard drive connection. Disk access led connector (4) the disk access led connector enabl...
Acs-61100 user’s manual lcd panel connector (9) the lcd panel (not supplied) enables you to configure the card without using the bios or raidguard x gui. Hard disk light up and down menus confirm a command return to previous menu power light follow the instructions below to use the lcd panel: 1. Use...
25 card bios and efi.
Acs-61100 user’s manual chapter 4 configuring the bios this chapter details the usage of the bios on the acs-61100. The bios functionality is similar to that of the raidguard x application. Below is a menu tree detailing the menu structure of the bios. 1. Start the server and watch the screen. When ...
Chapter 4 – bios quick array configuration 1. For first time use go raid configuration > create array > quick array configuration. The bios will recognize how many drives are installed and provide the best solution. Type "y" to begin configuration. 1. If there are only 2 disks installed the default ...
Acs-61100 user’s manual custom array configuration 1. To change the details of an array go to raid configuration > create array > custom array configuration. See the screen below for configuration details. 2. Use the arrow keys to select the array. Press enter. 3. Use to select: 3.1 raid level....
Chapter 4 – bios bios menu structure the bios menu structure details how the commands in the bios relate to each other. The bios manages the same information as the raidguard x application, see its user manual for further details on these functions. 29.
Acs-61100 user’s manual bios menu the menu below gives brief information about the functions of the bios menu. For further details see the raidguard x user manual. A. Raid config create array quickly create and array, administer the details of a current and array and configure a jbod. A collection o...
Chapter 4 – bios c. Controller config utility password change change the bios password. Serial number display the serial number of the raid card. System cache activate and disable the system cache. Controller memory used to speed up data transfer to and from a disk. Disk cache activate and disable d...
Acs-61100 user’s manual 32 on-the-fly legacy raid algorithms only record the progress. Sectors having been initialized might have to be initialized again and accessed with resync overhead. Experaid records the initialized sectors in bitmap. All sectors are initialized only once. The whole initializa...
Chapter 5 – configuring the lcd menu 33 chapter 5 configuring the lcd menu this chapter details the usage of the lcd on the acs-61100. Raid parameter configuration 1. Turn the raid chassis on. 2. Press enter. Note: the gggxxxxxx at the bottom of the panel it indicates that an array has not been setu...
Acs-61100 user’s manual raid editor write buffer disk state unlock drive array 1 ~ 4 enable/ disable raid params hostlun params raid level 0,1,5,6,0+1 stripe size disk member raid type confirm slice delete raid 8, 16, 32, 64, 128kb disk 1~8 on-the- fly/performance no/yes slice no (0~16) slice size (...
35 appendices.
Acs-61100 user’s manual appendix a specifications cpu intel iop341 800mhz pci express one pci-e x 8 pci 64-bit pcix-133 r6 support yes disk disk interface sata ii/sata disk channel sataii x 24 (acs-61100-24) sataii x 16 (acs-61100-16) sataii x 12 (acs-61100-12) disk interface chip marvell 6081 x 3 h...
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