PCM-3900 USER MANUAL
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module Copyright notice This document is copyrighted, 2000, by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. The original manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the original manufacturer.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module Chapter 1 Introduction. PC/104 IDE RAID Module is an IDE to IDE Disk Array Controller. A “Real-Time-Backup” device designed for Enterprises, Schools, and Personal Using. It provides a solution for low cost, high performance and redundant Disk Array function. 1.1 Functions and Features ✦ Data Mirroring: RAID Level 1 data mirror function. Backup data from one hard disk drive to another automatically, ensure your OS and important data to be safe.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module 1.3 Specification Host Interface EIDE, IBM PC Compatible HDD Interface EIDE, Supports UDMA 33/66/100 HDD (Only UDMA33 for Maxtor HDD) Card Interface PC/104 Standard RAID ! RAID 1 (Mirror) Transfer Rate ! 16.67MB/S (PIO mode 4) and 33.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module Operating Temperature ! 0℃ ~ 70℃ Cable ! Host IDE × 1, Driver IDE × 2 Supports Operation Systems ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Reliability ! Windows NT Server and Workstation, DOS6.22, Windows 98/95/3.1x NetWare 3.12/4.11/5.0, SCO UNIX System V OS/2 Linux (RedHat, Slack Ware, Debian, SuSe, OpenLinux, Turbo Linux) Free BSD3.1 Solaris 2.x MTBF > 250,000 hours Chapter 2 How to Install PC/104 IDE RAID Module is very easy to install.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module 2.2 Device Description PC/104 IDE RAID Module Layout and Parts: Figure 2.1 PC/104 IDE RAID Module 1. Host IDE Use an IDE ribbon cable to connect host onboard IDE slot 2. HDD1 IDE Use one IDE ribbon cable to connect the hard disk drive HDD1 3. HDD2 IDE Use one IDE ribbon cable to connect the hard disk drive HDD2 4. 2.5’’ true HDD form factor 5. 2.5’’ true HDD form factor 6. 1st LED status indicator, shows HDD1’s status( Failed or Normal ) 7.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module 17. Power In Connect to power supply Item 1 2 3 Figure Description HDD1 IDE Switch ON = HDD1 Insert OFF =HDD1 Move HDD2 IDE Switch ON = HDD2 Insert OFF =HDD2 Move Buzzer Switch ON = Power On OFF =Power Off Table2.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module Chapter 3 How to Use After the installation of PC/104 IDE RAID Module is completed, users may select the function conveniently just by altering Jumper setting. 3.1 Jumper Setting Figure3.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module ✦ Jumper Setting Description: Item 1 2 3 Figure 8 7 6 5 4 8 7 6 5 4 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 Description Master / Slave ON = Master OFF =Slave Mirror / JBOD ON = JBOD OFF =Mirror Upgrade Firmware ON = Upgrade Mode OFF =Normal Mode Table3.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module Chapter 4 Auto-Rebuild You may install software into one hard disk drive first, and then use “Auto-Rebuild Function” described in this chapter, to copy the content of the first hard disk drive into another one. Reference Section 3.1 “Jumper Setting” to select “Mirror” mode. You may check system status by 1st and 2nd LED indicators and Buzzer (Please reference Figure2.1 to check 1st and 2nd LED indicators). The meaning of LED indicators and Buzzer are as follows. 4.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module Figure 5.1 Firmware Upgrade Jumper setting # Please upgrade your F/W as steps as following, Step 1. Insert your Firmware Upgrade Disk and boot your system from Floppy Drive. Step 2. Execute the DOS command as following, A:\> (1) (2) (3) (For example: FLASH103.EXE 0 FIRMWARE.BIN) (1) <= FLASH XXX.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module Chapter 6 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) PC/104 IDE RAID Module can be compatible with most of IBM PCs’ chipsets, and hard disk drives. All of the lists on below are part of our data which are just for reference only. For more updated information, please check out from our web site: http://www.Advantech.com.tw. 6.
PCM-3900 PC/104 IDE RAID Module (1) (2) Fujitsu Model MPG3307AT MPD3091AH Size (GB) 30.7 9.1 (3) (4) Model MPD3064AT MPD3043AT Size (GB) 6.4 4.3 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) IBM Model DTLA-307075 DTLA-307045 DPTA-353750 DTLA-307030 DJNA-372200 DTLA-307020 Size (GB) 76.8 46.0 37.5 30.0 22.0 20.0 (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) Model DJNA-371800 DJNA-371350 DJNA-371010 DJNA-351010 DJNA-370910 DJNA-350640 Size (GB) 18.0 13.5 10.1 10.1 9.1 6.
