Controller Card

Dear All,
We have the attached configuration in our cisco 7206 router to facilitate voice calls. VXC-2TE1+ port has been inserted in Slot 1.
Now from one port s1/0 the outgoing calls are not going out but incoming calls are coming through with out any issue. As per the telecom technicians advice we need to change the card in slot 1. we are already procured a temp card for testing.
Now can i just insert the same card just like that ? after insertion do i need to configure everything which was there with the old card or it will be taken from the old card?
Once the testing is over i need to revert back the old card.kindly guide me to test the new card and revert back the old card after testing .
What are the neccessary steps i should follow to carry out the task.
Any response will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
Shibu

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Problem with NEO2 and sata controller card

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and the controller card is a InnoVision DM-8301 and the hard drive is a Seagate ST3320620AS
2.BIOS version: The newest one, 1C0 or something.
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8.Problem Description:
Hello. I have a strange problem with my controllercard. I wrote this text to InnoVision suport and they send me files and bios updates for a whole week and it was still the same problem. And then i tried the card in an older computer and everything worked fine.
I wrote
"Hello. I got some problems with my new controller card. I can find my new harddrive ,that's conected to the controller card, when iam inside windows and it's seems to be no problem. I can look on every seting on it and everywhere i look i can read "No problem". I Also did some test with the seatools programe and everything was fine. But when i schould copy files to it the coumputer start lagging after a few seconds and i cant do anything. After a while i can move the mouse around but the it laggs again. My computer is overclocked at the time but i have tried to use the harddrive when it's not clocked also. Also when im goin in to teh controlpanel and starts the setings for Sillicon Images sata controll and have music on my computer, the music laggs for a very very short moment. Something must be wrong and i can not find it."
It's still the same problem in my computer. The older computer had a MSI moderboard with a VIA chip and i have a nForce 3. InnoVison said i should talk to you about this problem. I have 3 harddrives but i use this controllercard because i want to have my computer overclocked and then i can't use 2 of the sata ports as i think you know.
I would be very thankful if you could help me with this problem.
//Martin

I've used a noname SATA pci card (non raid) with SIL3112 on my neo2 without problems with 1C bios.
Think you may try with a disk lower than 48bitLBA need (137GB barrier), eg a 120GB disk
Quote:
have the InnoVision EIO DM-8301 and had alot of problems using it with WD 160MB SATA drive.
I am using Intel 865 based MB with 2 original SATA channels. The original SATA channels are bootable.
I could not used the EIO card with 160G HDD. The whole setup is working only after I connected oine of my 120G Segate SATA HDD to the EIO Sata card.
I think this card do not properly support HDD above 120G.
Please respond to: [email protected]
http://www.devhardware.com/forums/storage-devices-80/sata-as-boot-20080-2.html
Btw: you have xp sp2 ?
48bitLBA is not enabled in the first version.
http://www.48bitlba.com/winxp.htm
Edit:
Here's another with complete different setup and same problems
http://forum.tweakxp.com/forum/Topic212148-4-1.aspx
I doubt it has anything to do with your motherboard and/or bios.
Btw: I looked at innovision and their drivers in download area are very old.
Get the latest SIL3112 drivers for XP here:
http://www.siliconimage.com/support/supportsearchresults.aspx?pid=63&cid=3&ctid=2&osid=4&
And remember 3112 is sata150 only , so it's not sure it will work with your drive at all .
Anyway it should be set to fixed sata1.5G with jumper - not certain the controller can autonegotiate
without trouble. You cannot have command queing enabled either , disk support only NCQ and controller TCQ
so having command queing set ON will cause major conflicts in data transfers.

Mac Pro RAID and Boot Camp and eSATA controller Card

Hello all,
I have carefully read the topics concerning the Apple RAID card and its inability to run Boot Camp. Of course, I read this after placing my order. I have been mulling over my alternatives based on everyone's input. Here is what I want to do and how I think I can get there:
My system, when it finally arrives and is assembled will be:
Mac Pro 3.2GHz
12MG RAM
4 x 1TB hard drives
Apple RAID Card
ATI 2600
Except for the RAID card, the memory and drives are third party.
My plan was to create a RAID 5 with 3 of the internal drives, with the OS and apps on the non-RAIDed drive. I wanted to install Windows in a Boot Camp partition, but since learned this is not possible with the Apple card. I also planned on using the OWC Mercury Elite RAIDs I have (each enclosure house 2 x 500GB drives, and I have 4 enclosures for a possible max of 4TB of back up) to handle Time Machine (or other BU strategy) for the internals.
I have not received the Mac yet, so cannot look inside. From what I can gather, the Graphics card will occupy the Slot 1. The Raid Card will occupy Slot 4. This leaves me with only one 4x slot for a 4 port eSATA controller card (such as the RocketRAID 2314)
As I see it, I have a couple of obstacles to overcome, and I would appreciate advice/feedback on my possible solutions.
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Problem 2: Boot Camp. Can I purchase the Newer Technology extender cable to access the two eSATA ports on the Mac's motherboard to attach an external SATA drive for this purpose?
Questions:
1) I assume I can set up an external RAID (another RAID 5?) with my OWC drives and use Time Machine to back up to them?
2) From the illustration in the Mac Pro manual I downloaded, there appear to be only 4 PCIe slots, but 5 openings (one seems to be aligned with the back-up battery). I assume this is the double-wide space for the graphics card. Can I use the extra opening for the Newer Tech ports since there is no card taking up space?
3) Should I remove the Apple RAID card (resell on ebay) and buy the CalDigit RAID Card? It has the virture of allowing a Boot Camp install AND has ports that I can buy SAS to eSATA cables for, allowing me to use all of my OWC drives.
The CalDigit Card sounds good, but I would like to make the Apple card work if I can. Also, with the OPTIONAL battery back-up, the CalDigit card isn't that much less than the Apple card. Besides, I cannot find this card anywhere, everyone's at NAB, and it's Passover next week. AND I need to get this system up and running ASAP so I can begin making the money to pay for it.
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Gary

Problem 1: In order to use my existing OWC RAID enclosures, I need TWO controller cards, each with 4 eSATA connectors. Unless I scrap the 500GB drives for 1TB drives, I am stuck.
You could get new enclosures with SATA port multipliers for up to five drives per SATA port.
Am I correct in assuming I cannot use Slot 2 for another controller card? Is there any work around?
Apple says any PCI-e card should work in slot 2
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Conceptual/HWtechPCI/Articles/pciimplementation.html#>
"Mac Pro detects whether an inserted card is PCIe 2.0 (5.0 GHz) or PCIe (2.5 GHz) and selects the operation depending on the card's maximum capability."
but there have been reports of trouble (maybe caused by the recent firmware update). Check with the card maker to be sure.
Problem 2: Boot Camp. Can I purchase the Newer Technology extender cable to access the two eSATA ports on the Mac's motherboard to attach an external SATA drive for this purpose?
No. Those ports are only usable from OSX, but if you only have one optical drive, you can mount another drive in the lower optical drive bay with a Pro Caddy for use with Boot Camp.
<http://www.transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=2704&RequestTimeOut=500>
This simplest connection is to use the optical ATA cable (with a SATA to ATA adapter for a SATA drive).
If you want to use a SATA connection, use a iPass to SATA cable from the iPass port on the Mac Pro logic board, which is normally used for the four SATA drives when there is no RAID card.
<http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=7252016>
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1) I assume I can set up an external RAID (another RAID 5?) with my OWC drives and use Time Machine to back up to them?
Yes
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It looks like it should work if you route the cables just above the graphics card.
<http://www.newertech.com/Static/articles/images/macensteineSATA_5.jpg>

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Thanks Japamac, can I go through this deadhead style...
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set your Startup Disk Preferences, you are able to
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Does this mean I have to make a partion thing on the same disk for each (even the same) OS?
Do I use the original install disks to do this?
Another way to select startup disk/OS, is to boot
while holding the Option key. This will open the
Startup Manager, and allow you to select which and
where you want to boot from.
This is the screen I remember from my Apple Care Plan Help Desk days
It is a good idea to have a second (and third)
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That way, heaven
forbid, should one disk have trouble booting, you can
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there.
Do I use "disk utility" from another partition disk to do this?
This is, actually, a very important thing to
have in your system. by all means, install the OS on
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A partition on the 120gb, how big should the partition be?
Remember, to keep both disks backed up. So, don't
give up on your external drives all together. They
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This is where you are going to hate me... I dont have any externals or back ups.... this is why I am trying to work out what to do... I back up my photo's to DVD when I have enough, its not good practice because it can take a months worth before I have time to physically go through all the work to decide what I will archive to DVD, I would love for all of the work to automatically copy itself to a safe place.
While we are on the subject, a very good way to
backup, is to use Super Duper. This is a clone
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feature. Also, after that, you can use the Smart
Update feature, which updates any changes of a volume
to it's clone. This way, you always have an exact
copy of your system and data. Invaluable!
This is obviously what I need... I will download it and try to understand its functions
I like OWC, myself. Even with shipping and tariffs to
Japan, it is most often cheaper to do so. Also, the
company is very reputable, has great service (try
their live chat) and stands behind what they sell.
OWC also has lots of install tutorial video (and
PDF's) in their support section. Check it
out.
I have trusted OWC since you recommended them for my processor upgrade and have just ordered the SATA controller from them and am going to get a 500gb internal HD for now until I can learn to rationalise my disk space... at the moment my files are just copies of themselves on the same disk (120gb)
Hey Japamac... I have to say thank you to you sir, you have obviously put a lot of time and effort into your reply and I really do appreciate it...
As Arnie says.... "I will be back"
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I am upgrading a B&W G3 350 MHz Yosemite running Tiger for some friends. They use dial-up (pooh) and the B&W did not ship with an internal modem. I found an Apple OEM on welovemacs.com for $60 ($10 more than the Apple USB). I am not sure which route to go (internal or USB). I am in a timed situation, so I am also considering a PCI modem. Any suggestions on the PCI modem (brand and model)? I know Tiger will not support some PCI modems.
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Grant,
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"Why not broaden your options with an external modem?"
I may indeed decide to go with the Apple external USB, but was told by a Specialist at the Apple Store that the new Apple USB modem might not work with the G3. My friend, whose parents I am setting the G3 up for, owns a MacBook Pro, so he can use the Apple USB if it does not work with the G3 and when and if his parents get broadband.
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Thanks,
Thomas

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Message was edited by: Rick Hegyi

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Motion controller card need to program PWM or not?

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bkk,
here are the answers you are looking for
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Hi,
I have been trying to develop an application using Labview 8.5. I need to control a motorized linear stage which uses the Leetro MPC08 PCI motion controller card. The manufacturer gave me example VIs which I configure to call "c:\windows\system32\MPC08.dll". About four months ago, I remembered that i tested them and they seemed to work somehow (but I did not finish the full test since i was busy doing other things). Nevertheless, when I got back to continue my development a few days ago, i just could not get the same old VIs to work. I could only get one library function of the card to work which is the "auto_set" which returns "4" which is the number of axes that the card can control. The next function I need to call is "init_board" but this one keeps returning "-3". The manual indicates that any negative number returned means there has been something wrong. I would guess it is "PCI initialization fails" but honestly do not know for sure. Can anyone help? My computer is a PC running windows XP.
Thanks in advance for any kind help offered.

Hi,
Wrapped VISA call means that the SubVI contains a set of VISA calls.
If you are calling the VI's individually it is possible that the VI's need to pass a reference to each other, so they might not work if run individually. Hard to know without the DLL docs, so to speak. It could be possible that there is no need to pass references between subVI's.
Direct VISA calls are probably not necessary if the device runs with the vendors software. The main goal was to verify functionality with either VISA or vendor app.
Ok I was looking at the Leetro web site, you can forget the VISA stuff as it is a PCI card, duh... you said that at the begining. :-)
The manual says Win2000 or XP. is this being run on two different systems?
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I've been on OWC looking at the various hard drives and controller cards. My head is swimming. I have a G4 Sawtooth running on OS 9.2. I want to upgrade my hard drive but want to move up to Panther shortly thereafter. Some of the Hitachi products say you need OSX, that I'm afraid if I installed first, would significantly slow down my operating system. Also, I have some software that I would have to use OS 9, as they don't run on OSX, including Photoshop and my Agfa Scanner. Any suggestions on what I should look for?
By the way, their demo on installation is awesome!

Flyingcat, I was at this same point about a year ago, and like you I decided to invest in this G4 and maybe get another 2-3 years before making another decision on a new Mac. Here is what I did in the order I did it.
1. A newer faster HD (with available rebates this was by far the most economical).
2. A RAM increase to 1.5 GB, but keep in mind OS X will see a full 2 gigs.
3. An OS upgrade to Panther, but also keeping a bootable version of OS 9.
4. I upgraded the processor (Sonnet Encore/ST G4 1GHz).
5. A video card upgrade to Radeon 9000 (this was used and purchased from a close friend).
6. A SATA HD and controller card.
Joe
ps. Is the scanner SCSI and which Photoshop are you using.
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Multiple SATA Controller Cards

In addition to a couple of external firewire drives and an external dual SATA enclosure, I'm considering installing the Sonnet G5 Jive or similar multi-bay internal solution.
I don't see this as presenting much of a problem, but just curious if anyone else has had any issues installing two PCI-X SATA controller cards in their systems...
anyone tried this?

Thanks for the response DaddyPaycheck
That's interesting. I hadn't considered power supply issues; I just assumed that any manufacturer...particularly Sonnet...would have considered a potential problem such as this...(maybe that's a bit naive on my part).
At the same time, I hadn't really done much research on the Jive. I wanted to be certain that two SATA cards wouldn't pose a problem first...
Thanks again

Serial ATA Controller Card for bigger hard drives on 8600/300

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Can a Serial ATA Controller Card work on the PowerMac 8600/300 as well as on the G4 tower?
How can I tell if the PCI slots are the same?
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According to the specs listed for Sonnet's Tempo Serial ATA controller card, it's compatible with the early PCI Macs - like the 8600, as well as newer G3s, G4s, etc. The FirmTek SeriTek 1S2 SATA controller card has gotten favorable feedback in the Forums. The 8600's PCI slots are probably PCI 2.0-compliant, whereas the G4 AGPs probably have PCI 2.1-compliant slots. Even though the FirmTek card specifies PCI 2.2-compliant slots, it's undoubtedly backward-compatible. If you just want to use larger IDE/EIDE drives in your 8600, the (now-discontinued) Acard Ultra ATA-66 PCI controller card is an inexpensive solution at $25. Unlike the Acard Ultra ATA-133 controller card, it has the 128 GB limit, so a 120 GB drive is the optimal choice for it. Newegg has a Seagate 120 GB ATA-100 (8 MB Cache) hard drive for $55. I've got (3) 8600/300s and they were one of Apple's better-designed towers, especially with the large cooling fan in the side panel. I installed a G3/266 MHz processor in one, along with a pair of 4 GB hard drives, an ATI Rage 128 graphics card, and FireWire and USB PCI cards. It runs so well and quietly, that I'm reluctant to part with it - in spite of the fact that I rarely use it anymore. With the hard drive mounting plate on the bottom of the chassis floor, it can accommodate more hard drives than the shortened version of the same mini-tower case, used for the beige G3s.

Mega 865 with a ATA Controller card

I have a Mega 865 with a P4 3.0 GHz, 1GB RAM and a Seagate HD running on Windows XP sp2.
My server crashed so I put the Promise ULTRA 100 TX2 Controller card in the PCI slot after I removed the cover of the Mega. I have 3 disks that get the power from an external power supply connected to the Controller card. When I start the Mega 865 and open Windows Explorer, I only see Total Size 5 MB on each of the 4 partitions that are on the 2 harddisks connected to the IDE 2. When I check through the Control Panel, Computer Management, Disk Management I can see the entire disks. I can enter each folder on these disks, but the PROBLEM is that I can not put any more data there. I get the message "There is not enough free disk space".
Because this controller card works in other computers and so does the disks I think that there is a problem with the Mega 865's motherboard and/or it's BIOS.
Is there anyone who have seen or heard about something like this before ?
Or are intelligent enough to solve my problem.
I don't have the money at the moment to buy a new server
a picture: http://www.pbase.com/obibobi/image/35413700/original
Edited to be more clear: the 3 extra disks are connected to a EXTERNAL power supply.

I would say further obibobi's actions probably depend on whether the data on HDD-s needs to be preserved or not.
Since I have never heard of "write protect" function in RAID controllers, the described situation seems like a h/w problem to me. having said that, I must admit though that I have never dealt with Promise stuff so far, not to mention ATA RAID controllers.. :(
In case if existing data on disks may be lost, best way forward seems to flush the entire configuration of the Promise controller and to try to re-configure it. Along with that, it may be useful to reduce the existing power consumption of Mega PC as much as possible (e.g. removal of AGP card, clocking down the CPU).
It is not entirely impossible that PSU of Mega can't handle the Promise card...
If existing data on HDD-s must be preserved at all cost, I would try to find a better host system for this disk array...

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