TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: Compaq IDA Controller support UnixWare 1.1 DOCUMENT ID: TID300086 DOCUMENT REVISION: B DATE: 25JAN95 ALERT STATUS: Yellow INFORMATION TYPE: Symptom Solution README FOR: IDA PRODUCT and VERSION: UnixWare 1.1 ABSTRACT: The ida.tar.Z file contains ida - Compaq IDA Controller support for UnixWare 1.1. The Compaq IDA is drive array technology used to distribute data across a series of hard disks. It unites these hard disks into a single higher-performance logical drive. The drive array is managed by the Compaq IDA Controller. All four Compaq IDA controllers -- IDA, IDA-2, IDAE, and SMART -- are supported by the Compaq IDA HBA Driver. SYMPTOM Need driver for Compaq IDA Controller support for UnixWare 1.1 SOLUTION Apply the ida file. Installation Instructions: DATATYPE: compressedtar 1. Download the ida.tar.Z and the ida.txt file to the /tmp directory on your machine. 2. Read the release notes contained in this file. 3. Now become root, and add the package to your system using the following commands: (This assumes that ida.tar.Z is in the /tmp directory, and that /tmp is the working directory.) $su (become the super user) #mkdir ihv (make a directory to hold the files) #cp ida.tar.Z ihv (copy file into ihv directory) #cd ihv (make ihv the working directory) #uncompress ida.tar.Z (uncompress the file) #tar xvf ida.tar (un tar the file) #rm ida.tar (remove the tar file) #/usr/sbin/format /dev/rfd0 (format diskette1)* #mkfs -F s5 /dev/dsk/f0t 2844:711 2 36 (make file system on diskette1)* #mount -F s5 /dev/dsk/f03ht /mnt (mount diskette)* #find . -print | /bin/cpio -pmud /mnt (copy files to diskette) Solution Specifics Release Notes for Compaq Intelligent Drive Array (IDA) ------------------------------------------------------ The Compaq IDA is drive array technology used to distribute data across a series of hard disks. It unites these hard disks into a single higher-performance logical drive. The drive array is managed by the Compaq IDA Controller. All four Compaq IDA controllers -- IDA, IDA-2, IDAE, and SMART -- are supported by the Compaq IDA HBA Driver. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTALLATION NOTES BEFORE CONTINUING: Installation Notes ------------------ If you are installing with a SMART controller: Insert the Compaq HBA Drivers Diskette when prompted at installation time. The install will take place using the IDA HBA Driver. If you are installing with IDA, IDA-2, or IDAE controllers: After installation is complete and you have rebooted the system, insert the Compaq HBA Drivers Diskette and type pkgadd -d diskette1 ida This will install the IDA HBA Driver and schedule an idbuild for the next time you reboot. After the next reboot, the IDE emulation will be disabled and you will be running with the IDA HBA Driver. System Configuration: --------------------- Configure logical drives using the Compaq EISA Configuration Utilities disk. The HBA Driver expects the first controller to be installed at interrupt 10. When configuring multiple IDA controllers, if the boards are not in ascending slot order, the iobase address in the System file must include the correct slot number (i.e. the iobase address for a board in slot 2 would be 2c80 through 2c9f). If the boards are inserted in slot order, the driver will find the controllers and automatically detect the boot device. If there are multiple controllers installed at the same interrupt, it will be necessary to edit the System file, /etc/conf/sdevice.d/ida. The driver is installed to detect level-sensitive interrupts, type 4. Below is a sample System file with two ida controllers configured. $version 1 ida Y 0 5 4 10 1c80 1c9f 0 0 -1 ida Y -1 5 4 10 2c80 2c9f 0 0 -1 The unit number field of the System file should be -1 for all controllers except the boot controller, which should be unit number 0. Tested Configurations: ---------------------- SMART controller as bootable controller with 1 and 2 logical drives. SMART controller as bootable controller with 1 logical drive and IDAE controller with one drive. IDA-2 controller as bootable controller with 1 and 2 logical drives. IDA-2 controller as bootable controller with 1 logical drive and IDA controller with one drive. IDA controller as bootable controller with 1 logical drive.