User manual ACER ALTOS 3102RS

[. . . ] AcerAltos 3102RS Ultra-SCSI to Ultra-SCSI RAID Controller User's Guide Copyright Copyright © 1998 by Acer Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company. Disclaimer This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software. [. . . ] Use t or s to select "Periodic Drive Check Time - Disable, " and then press <ENT>. Use t or s to choose the desired interval for idle drive failure detection. Set Drv Swap Chk Time - 5 sec View and Edit Config Parms Drive-side SCSI Parameters . . Periodic Drive ChkTime -Disable AutoChk -Disable Set Drive Check Time 1/16sec ? · By choosing a time value to enable the "Periodic Drive Check Time", the controller will poll all of the connected drives in the controller's drive channels at the assigned interval. Drive removal will be detected even if a host does not attempt to access data on the drive. 118 User's Guide · If the "Periodic Drive Check Time" is set to "Disabled" (the default setting is "Disabled"), the controller will not be able to detect any drive removal that occurs after the controller has been powered on. The controller will only be able to detect drive removal when a host attempts to access the data on the drive. Disk Array Parameters Press t or s to select "Disk Array Parameters", then press ENT. Rebuilding Priority Press t or s to select "Rebuild Priority", then press ENT. The current setting will be displayed on the LCD. Press t or s to select "Low", "Normal", "Improved" or "High", then press ENT for two seconds. Verification on Writes Press t or s to select "Verification on Writes", then press ENT. Verification on Writes Rebuild Priority Low . . Disk Array Parameters . . Rebuild Priority High ? . . (Refer to Chapter 3 section "Verify-after-Write" for more information. ) Chapter 7 General Front Panel Operation 119 VERIFICATION ON LOGICAL DRIVE'S INITIALIZATION WRITES Press t or s to select "On LD Initialize Writes", then press ENT. The current setting will be displayed on the LCD. Press ENT for two seconds to confirm the setting. On LD Initializa Writes Disabled. Enable VerifyOn LD Init Writes ? When "Verification on Logical Drive Initialization Writes" is enabled, initialization of the logical drive will be slower than when it is disabled. VERIFICATION ON LOGICAL DRIVE REBUILD WRITES Press t or s to select "On LD Rebuild Writes", then press ENT. The current setting will be displayed on the LCD. Press ENT for two seconds to confirm the setting. On LD Rebuild Writes Disabled. Enable VerifyOn LD rebu Writes ? When "Verification on Logical Drive Rebuild Writes" is enabled, rebuilding of the logical drive will be slower than when it is disabled. VERIFICATION ON NORMAL DRIVE WRITES Press t or s to select "On Normal Drive Writes", then press ENT. The current setting will be displayed on the LCD. Press ENT for two seconds to confirm the setting . On Normal Drive Writes Disabled. Enable VerifyOn Drive Writes ?User's Guide 120 When "Verification on Normal Drive Writes" is enabled, all read/write will be slower than when it is disabled. Controller Parameters Controller Name Press t or s to select "Controller Parameters", then press ENT. Controller Parameters . . The current Controller Name will be displayed on the LCD. Press ENT to enter a new controller name. To enter the controller name, press t or s to select a character, then press ENT to move to the next character. After entering all the character, press ENT for two seconds. Controller Name: Not Set Enter Ctlr Name: z Chapter 7 General Front Panel Operation 121 Viewing and Editing Peripheral Devices Refer to Chapter 9 for information on the Redundant Controller and Chapter 12 for information on the Fault-bus operation. 122 User's Guide System Functions Mute Beeper This function does not permanently turn off the beeper. It mutes the beeper once and will bring back the beep alarm on the next event. [. . . ] Check proper installation or connection of the drives (use the "View SCSI drives" function to help locate the problem). SCSI cable must be shorter than 3 meters. Make sure terminators are proper installed. Power supply voltage must be within specification. [. . . ]