; ; Compaq SMART Array Array Controller ; BOARD ID="CPQ4020" NAME="Compaq SMART Array Controller" MFR="Compaq" CATEGORY="MSD" SLOT=EISA LENGTH=330 READID=YES AMPERAGE=2310 BUSMASTER=200 VERSION=1.21 REV=0 IOCHECK=INVALID DISABLE=UNSUPPORTED IOPORT(1)=0zCC0h INCLUDE="CPQ4020.OVL" BEGINOVL GROUP="Controller Characteristics" FUNCTION="Operating System" TYPE="MSD,DSKCTL" HELP="The operating system that you select determines how the Compaq SMART Array Controller distributes data across the physical disks of this logical drive. The optimum distribution scheme is selected to maximize performance for your operating system. By distributing data, the Compaq SMART Array Controller is able to service multiple requests for data at the same time." CHOICE="NetWare 3.11 or later" CHOICE="UNIX/XENIX" CHOICE="MS OS/2 as published by Compaq - any version" CHOICE="Other OS/2 - Version 1.2 or earlier" CHOICE="MS OS/2 - Version 1.3" CHOICE="Other OS/2 - Version 1.3x" CHOICE="Other OS/2 - Version 2.x or later" CHOICE="Banyan VINES" CHOICE="MS DOS 5.0 or later" CHOICE="MS Windows NT 3.1" CHOICE="MS Windows NT 3.5x" CHOICE="MS Windows NT 3.5x - Maximum Boot Size" FUNCTION="" TYPE="MSD,DSKCTL" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Bus Master Interface" TYPE="MSD,DSKCTL;BMIC" HELP="Bus Master interrupts are used by device drivers written specifically for the SMART Controller. Boards that use level-sensitive interrupts may share this interrupt for multiple devices." CHOICE="IRQ 15" LINK IRQ=15 SHARE="DARRAY" TRIGGER=LEVEL INIT=IOPORT(1)LOC(7-2)100000 CHOICE="IRQ 14" LINK IRQ=14 SHARE="DARRAY" TRIGGER=LEVEL INIT=IOPORT(1)LOC(7-2)010000 CHOICE="IRQ 11" LINK IRQ=11 SHARE="DARRAY" TRIGGER=LEVEL INIT=IOPORT(1)LOC(7-2)000100 CHOICE="IRQ 10" LINK IRQ=10 SHARE="DARRAY" TRIGGER=LEVEL INIT=IOPORT(1)LOC(7-2)001000 FUNCTION="Controller Order" TYPE="MSD,DSKCTL;CTLID" HELP="When adding a controller to a configured system, you can either place it at the end of the controller order or reorder the controllers. Reordering changes the current drive letter assignments for all drives on the system. To avoid changing the drive letter assignments when you add a controller to a configured system, place it at the end of the controller order and DO NOT CREATE A PRIMARY PARTITION on any of the added disks." RESOURCE="CNTRORD",UNIQUE CHOICE="First" LINK MEMBER="CNTRORD","1" SHARE=NO CHOICE="Second" LINK MEMBER="CNTRORD","2" SHARE=NO CHOICE="Third" LINK MEMBER="CNTRORD","3" SHARE=NO CHOICE="Fourth" LINK MEMBER="CNTRORD","4" SHARE=NO CHOICE="Fifth" LINK MEMBER="CNTRORD","5" SHARE=NO CHOICE="Sixth" LINK MEMBER="CNTRORD","6" SHARE=NO CHOICE="Seventh" LINK MEMBER="CNTRORD","7" SHARE=NO CHOICE="Eighth" LINK MEMBER="CNTRORD","8" SHARE=NO FUNCTION="Transfer Mode" TYPE="" HELP="This function tells the controller how to communicate with the drives. Synchronous has the highest performance and can be used with Compaq certified drives. Other drives may be more susceptible to noise which can lead to data loss. Asynchronous mode should be used with these drives. Automatic Detection allows the controller to select the best transfer method based on the drives connected. Firmware versions earlier than 1.86 use synchronous mode if all drives are Compaq certified, otherwise they use asynchronous mode. Firmware version 1.86 and later uses synchronous mode when Automatic Detection is selected." CHOICE="Automatic Detection" CHOICE="Synchronous" CHOICE="Asynchronous" FUNCTION="Online Recovery Server Status" SHOW=EXP HELP="This function indicates if this controller is able to partcipate in Online Recovery. A primary controller controls the local storage device, while a recovery controller is able to adopt a storage device from another system which has had a online recovery event occur." CHOICE="Disabled" CHOICE="Primary" CHOICE="Recovery" FUNCTION="Firmware Revision" TYPE="" HELP="This function indicates the revision of the controller firmware." CHOICE="" LINK INIT=IOPORT(1) LOC(0) 1 | 0 ENDGROUP GROUP="Drive Characteristics" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 1" TYPE="" HELP="Each Logical Drive on the SMART Controller appears as a physical drive to your operating system. To configure a logical drive, the number of physical drives and fault tolerance must be specified." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 2" TYPE="" HELP="Each Logical Drive on the SMART Controller appears as a physical drive to your operating system. To configure a logical drive, the number of physical drives and fault tolerance must be specified." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 3" TYPE="" HELP="Each Logical Drive on the SMART Controller appears as a physical drive to your operating system. To configure a logical drive, the number of physical drives and fault tolerance must be specified." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 4" TYPE="" HELP="Each Logical Drive on the SMART Controller appears as a physical drive to your operating system. To configure a logical drive, the number of physical drives and fault tolerance must be specified." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 5" TYPE="" HELP="Each Logical Drive on the SMART Controller appears as a physical drive to your operating system. To configure a logical drive, the number of physical drives and fault tolerance must be specified." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 6" TYPE="" HELP="Each Logical Drive on the SMART Controller appears as a physical drive to your operating system. To configure a logical drive, the number of physical drives and fault tolerance must be specified." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 7" TYPE="" HELP="Each Logical Drive on the SMART Controller appears as a physical drive to your operating system. To configure a logical drive, the number of physical drives and fault tolerance must be specified." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 8" TYPE="" HELP="Each Logical Drive on the SMART Controller appears as a physical drive to your operating system. To configure a logical drive, the number of physical drives and fault tolerance must be specified." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="On-line Spare Drive(s)" TYPE="" HELP="The Online Spare Drive is an extra disk that is used as a temporary replacement when one of the disks in a fault tolerant configuration fails. \n\nWhen a disk fails, data is automatically copied from the other drives in the logical drive to the On-line Spare Drive to restore fault tolerant operation. \n\nTo configure an On-line Spare Drive, you must select a method of fault tolerance for the logical drive and have at least one unused drive available. \n\nThe On-line Spare Drive may be used as an interim replacement drive for any logical drive." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="Unused Drives" TYPE="" HELP="Unused Drives shows any physical drives not assigned to a logical drive or to On-line Spare Drives. \n\nTo use these drives, increase the number of drives assigned to a logical drive or configure another logical drive. \n\nTo increase the number of unused drives, you must decrease the number of drives assigned to a logical drive or physically install more drives." CHOICE="" FUNCTION="" TYPE="" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" FUNCTION="" TYPE="" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" FUNCTION="" TYPE="" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" FUNCTION="" TYPE="" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" FUNCTION="" TYPE="" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" FUNCTION="" TYPE="" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" FUNCTION="" TYPE="" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" FUNCTION="" TYPE="" SHOW=NO CHOICE="" ENDGROUP GROUP="Array Accelerator Status" FUNCTION="Logical Drive 1" CHOICE="" HELP="The array accelerator is used to increase the performance of the controller. Logical drives using Distributed Data Guarding will see the largest performance gain although all methods of fault tolerance will benefit under many conditions. \n\nInstead of writing data directly to a disk, data is stored more quickly in RAM on the controller. This data is written to disk when the controller is not busy. This data can also be read much more quickly from RAM than from the disk. \n\nArray Accelerator memory is mirrored to increase reliability and is backed up by batteries which last from 4 to 8 days without primary system power." FUNCTION="Logical Drive 2" CHOICE="" HELP="The array accelerator is used to increase the performance of the controller. Logical drives using Distributed Data Guarding will see the largest performance gain although all methods of fault tolerance will benefit under many conditions. \n\nInstead of writing data directly to a disk, data is stored more quickly in RAM on the controller. This data is written to disk when the controller is not busy. This data can also be read much more quickly from RAM than from the disk. \n\nArray Accelerator memory is mirrored to increase reliability and is backed up by batteries which last from 4 to 8 days without primary system power." FUNCTION="Logical Drive 3" CHOICE="" HELP="The array accelerator is used to increase the performance of the controller. Logical drives using Distributed Data Guarding will see the largest performance gain although all methods of fault tolerance will benefit under many conditions. \n\nInstead of writing data directly to a disk, data is stored more quickly in RAM on the controller. This data is written to disk when the controller is not busy. This data can also be read much more quickly from RAM than from the disk. \n\nArray Accelerator memory is mirrored to increase reliability and is backed up by batteries which last from 4 to 8 days without primary system power." FUNCTION="Logical Drive 4" CHOICE="" HELP="The array accelerator is used to increase the performance of the controller. Logical drives using Distributed Data Guarding will see the largest performance gain although all methods of fault tolerance will benefit under many conditions. \n\nInstead of writing data directly to a disk, data is stored more quickly in RAM on the controller. This data is written to disk when the controller is not busy. This data can also be read much more quickly from RAM than from the disk. \n\nArray Accelerator memory is mirrored to increase reliability and is backed up by batteries which last from 4 to 8 days without primary system power." FUNCTION="Logical Drive 5" CHOICE="" HELP="The array accelerator is used to increase the performance of the controller. Logical drives using Distributed Data Guarding will see the largest performance gain although all methods of fault tolerance will benefit under many conditions. \n\nInstead of writing data directly to a disk, data is stored more quickly in RAM on the controller. This data is written to disk when the controller is not busy. This data can also be read much more quickly from RAM than from the disk. \n\nArray Accelerator memory is mirrored to increase reliability and is backed up by batteries which last from 4 to 8 days without primary system power." FUNCTION="Logical Drive 6" CHOICE="" HELP="The array accelerator is used to increase the performance of the controller. Logical drives using Distributed Data Guarding will see the largest performance gain although all methods of fault tolerance will benefit under many conditions. \n\nInstead of writing data directly to a disk, data is stored more quickly in RAM on the controller. This data is written to disk when the controller is not busy. This data can also be read much more quickly from RAM than from the disk. \n\nArray Accelerator memory is mirrored to increase reliability and is backed up by batteries which last from 4 to 8 days without primary system power." FUNCTION="Logical Drive 7" CHOICE="" HELP="The array accelerator is used to increase the performance of the controller. Logical drives using Distributed Data Guarding will see the largest performance gain although all methods of fault tolerance will benefit under many conditions. \n\nInstead of writing data directly to a disk, data is stored more quickly in RAM on the controller. This data is written to disk when the controller is not busy. This data can also be read much more quickly from RAM than from the disk. \n\nArray Accelerator memory is mirrored to increase reliability and is backed up by batteries which last from 4 to 8 days without primary system power." FUNCTION="Logical Drive 8" CHOICE="" HELP="The array accelerator is used to increase the performance of the controller. Logical drives using Distributed Data Guarding will see the largest performance gain although all methods of fault tolerance will benefit under many conditions. \n\nInstead of writing data directly to a disk, data is stored more quickly in RAM on the controller. This data is written to disk when the controller is not busy. This data can also be read much more quickly from RAM than from the disk. \n\nArray Accelerator memory is mirrored to increase reliability and is backed up by batteries which last from 4 to 8 days without primary system power." ENDGROUP GROUP="Advanced Feature" FUNCTION="Reset Configuration" TYPE="" SHOW=EXP CHOICE="Not Reset" CHOICE="Reset" HELP="This function is used to clear the controller's configuration and should only be used in exterme circumstances. ALL DATA WILL ON THE DRIVES ATTACHED TO THIS CONTROLLER WILL BE LOST! You must complete Step 5 to save and clear the configuration." ENDGROUP ENDOVL