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100is controlled by another SCSI channel, independent Logical Drive accesses become possi-ble, resulting in a high degree of overlapping. After having

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101Since we want to create a new Array Drive press <ENTER>.Note: The first entry in this list has no relevance for our example.Move the selectio

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102When the last Logical Drive is selected, confirm with <ENTER>. GDTSETUP now displays alist of possible RAID levels available with the number

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103GDTSETUP asks for the Stripe Size. This is the size of the stripes into which the data is di-vided. The default is 32KB which we leave for this exa

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104It's done !We succeeded in setting up a RAID 5 disk array. The screen shows that the disk array is cur-rently in an idle state. Later in this

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105At position 1 we find our previously configured RAID-5 disk array. It was automaticallytransformed into a Host Drive, thus for this example we have

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106By the way, if you have loaded GDTSETUP from the Flash-RAM (<CTRL><G>) the PartitionDrive option will be missing in this menu. The reas

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107Press <ENTER> and move the selection bar to the Build/Rebuild Progress menu. Press<ENTER> .From the progress information slider, we can

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108Now press <ENTER> and move the selection bar to the Parity Verify menu. Press <ENTER>.RAIDYNE now checks the correctness of the redunda

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109fully operational (e.g., in a NetWare file server). Further information on GDTMON is given ina separate chapter of this manual.6WHS6LPXODWLQJ

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110After selecting the failed Logical Drive, press again <F2> to obtain detailed information onthe physical drive which has actually failed.Impo

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111Press <ENTER> . GDTSETUP recognises the previously failed drive again (it was not reallydefective) and asks if it should be integrated into t

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112aware of the fact that this disk array does not have any redundancy until the defective harddisk has been substituted. This means that if another h

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113Press <ENTER>. (Note: the Host Drive boot_me is not relevant for our example). Select oneby one the Logical Drives 1, 2, 4 and 5. Omit Logica

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114In our case we take RAID-5 and press <ENTER>.GDTSETUP asks for the Stripe Size. This is the size of the stripes into which the data is di-vi

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115GDTSETUP allows you to limit the capacity of the disk array. This may be of interest if yourinstallation requires an exact size for a disk array. N

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116Press <ENTER>. GDTSETUP now displays a new dialog-box containing all the LogicalDrives apt to serve as a Hot Fix drive (one criterion for thi

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117GDTSETUP offers two different Hot Fix types: A private Hot Fix drive is only available for onespecific disk array. A Hot Fix drive in a Hot Fix Poo

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118After pressing <F2> we get detailed information on the structure of the disk array. The lastentry refers to the Priv. Hot Fix drive.We have a

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1192. RAIDYNE activates the so-called fail operation mode. In this mode, the disk array re-mains fully operational. The data of the failed drive is r

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120In the next step we setup a new Logical Drive:DISK_B3 is our new Logical Drive, which we want to use as a new Hot Fix drive.Change to the Configure

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121Select Add Hot Fix Drive and thereafter DISK_B3.Select Private Hot Fix and press <ENTER> .Press <F2> to get the configuration informati

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122DISK_C2 is still invalid (this was our former Hot Fix drive), since the rebuild process is notyet completed.&7U\LQJWR$QVZHU7KH,QLWLDO

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124In order to assist the following considerations, we define the term time without redundancy,TWR. Set apart the time needed to set up the disk array

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125&([SDQG6WDWHIf the capacity or RAID level of an existing disk array is changed, the disk array changes itsstate into expand. As soon

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128'8VLQJ0LFURVRIW06'26After having explained the installation of the ICP Controller and the host-drives in chaptersB and C, we now ex

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129(C) Now, in the program GDTSETUP, select the menu Configure Host Drives.Pressing <ENTER> leads you to the following sub-menu. In our example,

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130We now select Partition Drive and then View Partitions. The following screen appears. In ourexample, there is no entry yet.Press <ESC>, selec

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131In the upcoming window, select Primary Partition and confirm with <ENTER>.Now you can determine the size of the primary partition. In our exa

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132(E) Now use the MS-DOS program FORMAT to transfer MS-DOS to the primary partitionyou have just created.To do so, enterA:\> FORMAT C: /S <ENTE

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134(B) After the installation is completed, the Setup program will ask you if you want to resetthe system. This reset must be performed.(C) If you cha

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136information for MSCDEX. As mentioned before, it is our objective to be able to access theCD-ROM drive with a drive name (i.e. E). Naturally, this d

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137'7KH*'7$63,0DQDJHU*'7$63,(;(The GDT ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE allows you not only to run Not Direct Access Devices(e.g., CD-

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138shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /Pdevice=\gdt\gdtxdos.exedevice=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe /R:H1I4device=aspidisk.sysNote: Drives run with ASPIDISK.SYS are not com

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139',QVWDOOLQJ:LQGRZVThis guide will take you through the process to install the files necessary to allow the con-troller to operate unde

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140Upon completion of the Windows 95 installation you will need to load the GDTMONprogram to Windows 95. The following steps will take you through thi

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144(8VLQJ1RYHOO1HW:DUHAfter having explained in chapters B and C the installation of the ICP Controller as well asthat of the host-drives, we wou

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145GDTRP400.DSK for NetWare 4.xASPITRAN.DSK ASPI managerCTRLTRAN.DSK Module for GDTMON(Note: More information about the GDTMON diagnosis tool may be f

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147This parameter sets the time whereafter 'dirty buffers' are written (flushed) from the cacheof NetWare to the hard disk. The minimum valu

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150)8VLQJ0LFURVRIW:LQGRZV17After having explained the installation of the ICP Controller and the host drives in chaptersB and C, we now explain

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15310.Afterwards, the installation program scans the system for existing hard disks (which areidentical to the Host Drives of the GDT). Choose the dr

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154g) Click on 2..Windows NT informs you that this driver is already on the system and asks if youwant to use the currently installed driver or a ne

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156If the function key F6 was not pressed at the correct point, the procedure can be easily re-peated by rebooting the computer (hard reset).Otherwise

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158*7KH'LDJQRVLV3URJUDP*'7021GDTMON (GDT monitor) is a helpful and flexible diagnosis tool for the monitoring, main-tenance and tuning

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159*/RDGLQJ*'7021As mentioned before, the GDTMON program is available for various operating systems.It can be used either locally or remotel

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160*/RDGLQJWKH*'70213URJUDP8QGHU1HW:DUHThe GDTMON program for NetWare is part of the GDT Novell NetWare disk.GDTMON can be used either

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162(MS-DOS) in the Select Protocol menu indicates that the GDTMON program was loaded ona MS-DOS computer. I.e.: If GDTMON had been loaded under Windo

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163*+RVW'ULYHVThis menu option leads to the list of available Host Drives (level 4). We would like to recallthat the operating system (e.g

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164(Note: All Host Drives on the screen shown above are idle.)*/RJLFDO'ULYHVThis menu option yields a list of available Logical Drives (le

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165The figures under Total represent the total performance of all Logical Drives. With the mand o keys you may change the scale of the graphical KB/s

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166*3K\VLFDO'ULYHVIn addition to the performance report on the hard disks, you are given additional informa-tion on each device: the GDT

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167The Retries/Reassigns counters have a particular meaning:(1) The Retries counter is incremented by one unit whenever the ICP Controller retries toa

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171&: controller number[: channel\: ID]: Logical Drive numberW:  = terminated,  = not terminated (with SCSI hard disks)Example:6&

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172*&DFKH6HWWLQJVThis submenu displays the current GDT cache settings which can be changed here. Thevarious settings are:&DFKH21the GD

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173*3K\VLFDO'ULYHVThis option gives a list of all hard disks connected to the ICP Controller. Besides informa-tion on the GDT I/O channel,

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174If you select the SEP of a SAF-TE subsystem, GDTMON displays a list of the installed andconfigured slots in the subsystem

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175Press <F2> to get the status of the SAF-TE enclosure.*/RJLFDO'ULYHVThis command yields a list of the existing Logical Drives. In

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176Press <ENTER> to select a Logical Drive. The following options become available:*6HW/RJLFDO'ULYH1DPHChange the name of the Lo

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177*+RW3OXJ5HSODFH0LUURU'ULYHIf a RAID 1 or RAID 10 Host Drive has already been set up, a defective drive can be replaced(Hot Plug)

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179The Hot Plug function now displays a list of the positions available for the new drive. Eachposition is univocally determined by its coordinates (I

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18$*HQHUDO,QIRUPDWLRQThe ICP Controller should be installed by an authorized ICP vortex distributor. Preconditionfor the safe installation is an

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180For this example, we select the first position and receive the following message:The Hot Plug function now informs us that all devices on the I/O c

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181Now we have entered the actual Hot Plug procedure. Disconnect the drive to be exchangedby plugging it off from the I/O channel first, and then, fro

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182GDTMON recognizes that the new hard disk was already initialized before.Confirmation of this message destroys all data on the selected drive.After

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183([DPSOH6HVVLRQIRU$SSOLFDWLRQWe assume that there is a RAID 1 Array Drive which is no longer fault tolerant. Its state is-1/v, one drive has fa

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184After confirming here with "Yes", you can follow the next paragraph "G.3.5.3 Hot Plug: AddMirror Drive", to add a new mirror d

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185assigned to a Logical Drive or Host Drive, it will be displayed in the list of Disk Drive Posi-tions.There are two cases which make this function v

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186After selecting the new hard disk, the following message appears:The following message indicates that channel B was stopped for the time of the act

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187Now, the new hard disk is added as a mirror to the selected Logical Drive. The updated listof available Logical Drives shows the change. The Logica

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188The entry "invalid" for the second drive means that the data have not yet been (completely)copied from the first drive. After the complet

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189*+RW3OXJ$GG3RRO+RW)L['ULYHA Pool Hot Fix Drive is a spare drive within the so-called Hot Fix Pool. A drive in a Hot FixPool is

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190After the completion of this function, the Pool of Hot Fix drives contains a new drive (in ourexample here, it is the only drive.To allow a RAID 1

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191*3RRO+RW)L[$FFHVVThis function enables or disables the access of a certain RAID 1 or RAID 10 Array Drive tothe Hot Fix Pool.If the acces

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192(error, idle, build, ready, fail, expand, rebuild) and the net capacity are displayed. Press<F2> to obtain further information on a selected

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193*3DULW\5HFDOFXODWHIf the parity verify option reports a parity problem, it is advisable to recalculate the parity ofthe selected Array Dri

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194*([SDQG$UUD\'ULYHThere are two fundamental functions which are available within this option: Migrate the RAID level of the selecte

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195After confirming this request, the I/O channels are scanned for free positions and alreadyexisting available (i.e., not yet assigned to a Logical D

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196For this demo, we select the hard disk on channel A and ID 0.

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197The new drive is built into the Array Drive. According to the Expansion Progress Informa-tion this takes approximately 18 minutes. During the expan

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198*3RRO+RW)L[$FFHVVThis function enables or disables the access of a certain RAID 4 or RAID 5 Array Drive to theHot Fix Pool.If the access

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199*+RW3OXJ5HSODFH'ULYHIn a similar way as was described a few pages before with the RAID 1 Array Drives, this func-tion is designed

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200A list of the Array Drive's components is displayed. For our example we choose No.1 for theHot Plug.GDTMON scans the ICP Controller's I/O

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201The list of Disk Drive Positions shows us the following:No.0 This is the position of the drive which should be replaced. Since it is stillthere, th

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202For our example we now take the new hard disk (which must have a capacity equal or largerthan 200MB) set it to SCSI ID 3 and observe the SCSI termi

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204GDTMON shows the failed drive (No.1),After pressing the <ENTER>-key, GDTMON scans the ICP Controller for free plugging posi-tions:

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205The list of Disk Drive Positions shows us the following:No.0 This is the position of the drive which should be replaced. Since it is still there,bu

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208The Array Drive changes its state to rebuild. This means that the ICP Controller rebuilds theoriginal data on the new drive.

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51Step 7If required, you can connect the HDD-front-LEDs of the PCI computer system to the LEDconnectors of the ICP Controller.Step 8Before the PCI com

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53The GDT boot message appears. In the following example, a GDT6518RD Controller hasbeen detected in PCI slot 3, and it has 16MB of RAM ("16 MB R

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56Loading GDTSETUP under MS-DOS becomes necessary, when you want to use GDTSETUP'sintegrated partitioning functions, or when you have totally dis

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57Press the <F2>-key for the Advanced Setup.Select Configure Controller and press <ENTER>.

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58The fields can be selected by moving the cursor keys Ç and È . The values can be changedby pressing <ENTER> and selecting a new setting. Leave

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76Press <Y> and we are back on the main screen of level 1 and see that the initialization-status of the SCSI device has changed.6WHS&RQI

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77The main screen of level 2 appears. Move the selection bar to Create new Logical Drive andpress <ENTER> .Note: The already existing Logical Dr

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79The dialog box is closed and we are back in the main menu of level 2.As you can see, we have already created a new Logical Drive of the type Disk. T

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80Since we have only a single disk assigned to a Logical Drive, there is nothing to do in theConfigure Array Drives menu, thus we go directly to the C

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82As we are done with the installation and therefore definitely want to leave GDTSETUP, wepress any key.IMPORTANT: Always end GDTSETUP by leaving the

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85For security reasons, you will be asked again if you want to use the selected disk to create aLogical Drive.As we are sure of our choice, we confirm

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86As you can see, we have created another Logical Drive of the type Disk. The name of theLogical Drive is assigned automatically and contains the chan

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87Since we want to create a new Array Drive press <ENTER>.Note: The first entry in this list has no relevance for our example.Move the selection

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90disks, which are connected with different SCSI channels of the ICP Controller, both write-accesses are performed simultaneously (this method is ofte

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91GDT-Channel A  DR1  DR2GDT-Channel B  DR3GDT-Channel C  DR4  DR5We make sure that all three channels have a proper SCSI bus termination. T

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92You may ask now, what are the differences between the two GDTSETUP variants ?They are small. The GDTSETUP variant loadable from disk under MS-DOS al

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93The screen shows you: the channel to which a SCSI device is connected which SCSI-ID the drive has (the entry SCSI I/O Processor stands for the c

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96Initialize the remaining four SEAGATE drives as described above, that is: Select the device with the cursor keys n and p and press the <ENTER&g

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98Select the initialized hard disk with the <SPACE>-bar (it becomes marked with an "*") andpress <ENTER>.For security reasons, y

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99least this capacity. The 68 MB in our example would be lost. For this example we use thefull capacity and press <ENTER> .The dialog box is clo

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