Acard AEC-6896S User Manual

PCI-to-SATA RAIDController AEC-6896S/6896User’s ManualCopyright © 2003 ACARD Technology Corp. Release: April 2003Version 1.0

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual10Chapter 3 BIOS SetupAfter installing AEC-6896 and booting the system, you will see the following figureappear immediately behi

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual113.1 Description of FunctionsOn BIOS screen use <á>,<â> to change items, press <Enter> to select a

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual123.1.2 Build Mirror DiskWhen replacing a mirrored hard drive, you can rebuild the hard drive’s data by“Build Mirror Disk” accor

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual13 Figure 3-4Select any array in “Set RAID Modes”, then press <Enter> to select a RAID mode.After selectio

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual14 Figure 3-73.2.2 Mirror ModeThis mode needs a pair of hard drives for each array. If the two hard drives you havechosen con

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual153.2.3 Stripe + Mirror ModeThis mode needs four hard drives. If your hard drives are ATA ones, you are sug-gested to

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual16Chapter 4 System & Driver InstallationDriver installation varies somewhat in different operating systems. You can installt

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual17(3). Follow the wizard. Windows XP will require the driver’s location. Select “Include this location in the sear

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual18(6). Click “Continue Anyway” to continue the installation. Figure 4-4(7). Follow the directions. The system will complete the

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual19(8). After setup, please boot the system again, and click “My Computer”. Figure 4-6(9). Find “View system

Copyright and TrademarksThe information of the product in this manual is subject to change without priornotice and does not represent a commitment on

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual20(10). In “System Properties”, click “Hardware” and then “Device Manager”.(11). Under “SCSI and RAID Controllers”, double click

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual214.1.2 Boot from AEC-6896Please follow the steps given below to install a new OS to the hard drives con-nected to AE

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual22(3) Follow the wizard to complete. After execution, boot the system again.4.2.2 Boot from AEC-6896Please refer to 4.1.2.4.3 I

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual23instructions, we take AEC-68x5 to represent AEC-6885/6895/6896.Copy all contents of the files into a formatted flopp

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual24Please visit http://www.acard.com to download the latest driver and installation guide.The installation guide is in Readme.txt

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual25Chapter 5 The AEC-68X5 UtilityACARD has designed a program called AEC-68X5 Utility for you to use the IDEcard effec

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual26 Figure 5-25.2.1 FileClick “File” to find “Exit”. It is used to leave the utility. But if you don’t like to

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual275.2.5 System InfoClick “System Info” to find the information and status of your RAID and hard drives.5.2.6 Event L

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual28Chapter 6 TroubleshootingAfter installing AEC-6896, if it cannot work normally, please follow the checklistgiven below to solv

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual29Appendix A About RAIDRAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a system composed of many harddrives; that is,

Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction ...51.1 Overview ...

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual30It is suggested to compose RAID 1 with hard drives of the same capacity. Becausethe capacity of mirrored disk array is that of

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual31Appendix B Make An Installation DiskFor installing an OS like Windows 2000/NT/XP into a hard drive with ACARD con-t

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual323. Under the “Driver” folder find your controller’s model number. For example, AEC-6880’s driver is Driver>IDE>AEC6880V1.

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual334. Choose the driver folder, and right-click “Send to 3.5” floppy”. Meanwhile insertan empty disk into floppy drive.

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual34Appendix C ASPITool32 ManagerThe ASPITool32 Manager program has many functions aimed at making the harddrives work properly un

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual35Technical Support FormEmail: [email protected]://www.acard.com Model AEC-6896/6896S F/W VersionSystem Confi

4.3.1 Install the Driver ... 224.3.2 Boot from AEC-6896 ...

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual5Chapter 1 Introduction1.1 OverviewAEC-6896S is a 64-bit, 33MHz PCI-to-SATA RAID controller while AEC-6896 a66MHz on

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual61.4 PackageWhen you open the package, please examine the following items.n AEC-6896S or AEC-6896 × 1n Serial ATA Cable × 4n Us

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual7Chapter 2 Hardware Installation2.1 Quick Installation2.2 The Board LayoutThe layout of AEC-6896 board is shown as

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual82.3 Connection of Cable and Power CordConnect the Serial ATA cable and the power cord to an IDE hard drive as follows.(1). Conn

AEC-6896S/6896 Manual9Figure 2-3NOTICE: The serial ATA cable is used to transfer data of very highfrequency. It is suggested not to connect