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This equipment is designed for Interface). Please handle it may causes radio frequency interference problem if used too near to class B Information Technology equipment based on VCCI (Voluntary Control Council for home use but it correctly per this documentation. vii Canadian ...Compliance Statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian InterferenceCausing Equipment Regulations. Japanese Compliance (Voluntary Control Council Initiative) This equipment complies to a television or radio. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte ...
This equipment is designed for Interface). Please handle it may causes radio frequency interference problem if used too near to class B Information Technology equipment based on VCCI (Voluntary Control Council for home use but it correctly per this documentation. vii Canadian ...Compliance Statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian InterferenceCausing Equipment Regulations. Japanese Compliance (Voluntary Control Council Initiative) This equipment complies to a television or radio. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte ...
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Contents Using SATASelect A-9 Using the Disk Utilities A-11 Viewing the Event Log A-12 B DOS Utilities Using the Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) B-1 Overview of the AFU B-2 System Requirements B-2 Firmware Floppy Disk Kit B-3 Running the AFU B-4 Accessing the AFU from the GUI B-4 ...B-24 Array Definition Block Properties B-25 Error Handling B-32 Playback and Record Notes B-34 Invoking the ACU and Using a Script B-34 C Command Line Interface (CLI) Introduction C-1 Terminology C-2 Accessing the CLI C-2 Accessing the CLI in MS-DOS C-3 Accessing the CLI in Windows C-3 Accessing the CLI in UNIX C-3 x
Contents Using SATASelect A-9 Using the Disk Utilities A-11 Viewing the Event Log A-12 B DOS Utilities Using the Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) B-1 Overview of the AFU B-2 System Requirements B-2 Firmware Floppy Disk Kit B-3 Running the AFU B-4 Accessing the AFU from the GUI B-4 ...B-24 Array Definition Block Properties B-25 Error Handling B-32 Playback and Record Notes B-34 Invoking the ACU and Using a Script B-34 C Command Line Interface (CLI) Introduction C-1 Terminology C-2 Accessing the CLI C-2 Accessing the CLI in MS-DOS C-3 Accessing the CLI in Windows C-3 Accessing the CLI in UNIX C-3 x
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Serial ATA Connectors 1-3 Note the position of the Serial ATA interface connectors necessary for details.) Adaptec 2410SA Controller The Adaptec 2410SA controller is shown below ) I Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Quick Installation Guide I Installation CD I Low-profile bracket (in addition to the standard full-height bracket attached to the controller) I Four Serial ATA interface cables I Technical Support ID (TSID) label (See page iii for attaching the Serial ATA hard drives. Introduction Kit Contents Your Adaptec controller kit includes: I Adaptec 2410SA controller (shown below .
Serial ATA Connectors 1-3 Note the position of the Serial ATA interface connectors necessary for details.) Adaptec 2410SA Controller The Adaptec 2410SA controller is shown below ) I Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Quick Installation Guide I Installation CD I Low-profile bracket (in addition to the standard full-height bracket attached to the controller) I Four Serial ATA interface cables I Technical Support ID (TSID) label (See page iii for attaching the Serial ATA hard drives. Introduction Kit Contents Your Adaptec controller kit includes: I Adaptec 2410SA controller (shown below .
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... Autorun. Then, select the appropriate option. I Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Command Line Interface Software Reference Guide-Provides detailed descriptions of the command line driven RAID management utility. For the latest updates, visit www.adaptec.com. These documents are also available at www.adobe... than those on the CD. I Windows-Insert the Adaptec installation CD and wait for the Autorun. I Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Quick Installation Guide-This printed guide contains the essential information for installing the controller in the root directory of the guide. If the...
... Autorun. Then, select the appropriate option. I Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Command Line Interface Software Reference Guide-Provides detailed descriptions of the command line driven RAID management utility. For the latest updates, visit www.adaptec.com. These documents are also available at www.adobe... than those on the CD. I Windows-Insert the Adaptec installation CD and wait for the Autorun. I Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Quick Installation Guide-This printed guide contains the essential information for installing the controller in the root directory of the guide. If the...
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... can: I Online RAID Level Migration-Lets you to remotely manage, monitor, and configure RAID subsystems through password-protected Web access. This application allows system administrators to use the full capacity of all Adaptec host-based RAID products. Browser Edition provides centralized management across all your array from scratch. 1-5 Introduction Controller Features The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports four Serial ATA drives.
... can: I Online RAID Level Migration-Lets you to remotely manage, monitor, and configure RAID subsystems through password-protected Web access. This application allows system administrators to use the full capacity of all Adaptec host-based RAID products. Browser Edition provides centralized management across all your array from scratch. 1-5 Introduction Controller Features The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports four Serial ATA drives.
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...Adaptec Storage Manager - For details, see Appendix A, Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. Also available as a DOS-based executable. The ARC utility contains: I Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-Used to format and verify drives. I Disk Utilities-Used to create, configure, and manage arrays. I Command Line Interface... see Appendix A, Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. Browser Edition-Browser-based storage management software that provides all of the controller and the drives. Introduction Storage Management Software Overview The Adaptec 2410SA controller includes the following ...
...Adaptec Storage Manager - For details, see Appendix A, Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. Also available as a DOS-based executable. The ARC utility contains: I Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-Used to format and verify drives. I Disk Utilities-Used to create, configure, and manage arrays. I Command Line Interface... see Appendix A, Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. Browser Edition-Browser-based storage management software that provides all of the controller and the drives. Introduction Storage Management Software Overview The Adaptec 2410SA controller includes the following ...
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... are no jumpers or switches to the drive. 2 Installing the Controller In this kit) Configuration of Serial ATA devices is simple for the following reasons: I All interface connectors are keyed so that you don't need is up to four of each of the following: I Serial ATA hard disk drives I Serial ATA cables (supplied in only one direction. 2-1 I The...
... are no jumpers or switches to the drive. 2 Installing the Controller In this kit) Configuration of Serial ATA devices is simple for the following reasons: I All interface connectors are keyed so that you don't need is up to four of each of the following: I Serial ATA hard disk drives I Serial ATA cables (supplied in only one direction. 2-1 I The...
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... to the system you can: I Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on the system and use Adaptec Storage Manager - I Remotely manage any system containing a supported Adaptec RAID controller that has Managed System Components. (See Typical, Custom, and Compact Installations on the remote system to guide you are logged in the interface. Using Adaptec Storage Manager - Note: To manage an...
... to the system you can: I Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on the system and use Adaptec Storage Manager - I Remotely manage any system containing a supported Adaptec RAID controller that has Managed System Components. (See Typical, Custom, and Compact Installations on the remote system to guide you are logged in the interface. Using Adaptec Storage Manager - Note: To manage an...
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...access the ARC utility when you want to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc. You can modify the Channel Interface Definitions and Device Configuration Options. Caution: When Enabled, there is enabled, providing maximum performance. ! To select a SATASelect menu... Settings screen. I SATA Configuration Options: I Write Cache (Default: Enabled)-When Enabled, write cache is a potential for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 If multiple controllers are displayed. Using SATASelect SATASelect enables you can return to configure and then press Enter. 3 From the ARC menu, ...
...access the ARC utility when you want to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc. You can modify the Channel Interface Definitions and Device Configuration Options. Caution: When Enabled, there is enabled, providing maximum performance. ! To select a SATASelect menu... Settings screen. I SATA Configuration Options: I Write Cache (Default: Enabled)-When Enabled, write cache is a potential for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 If multiple controllers are displayed. Using SATASelect SATASelect enables you can return to configure and then press Enter. 3 From the ARC menu, ...
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... file. B-4 The AFU processes the command, prompts you to the specified UFI file. The syntax of the following AFU commands: I VERIFY-Compare the controller's current flash to the AFU is one of the AFU command line is as needed, exits, and reports success or an error message code. The...menu to the specified UFI file. I HELP-Displays AFU help text. DOS Utilities Running the AFU You can run the AFU from its graphical user interface (GUI) or from the Command Line At the DOS command prompt (typically A:\>), type AFU followed by a command and any available AFU function and ...
... file. B-4 The AFU processes the command, prompts you to the specified UFI file. The syntax of the following AFU commands: I VERIFY-Compare the controller's current flash to the AFU is one of the AFU command line is as needed, exits, and reports success or an error message code. The...menu to the specified UFI file. I HELP-Displays AFU help text. DOS Utilities Running the AFU You can run the AFU from its graphical user interface (GUI) or from the Command Line At the DOS command prompt (typically A:\>), type AFU followed by a command and any available AFU function and ...
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.... It also enables you turn on parameters specified in MS-DOS mode (also known as interactive mode), the ACU offers the same interface and features as the BIOS-based version (array creation, display, and deletion, as well as device initialization). Interactive Versus Script Mode ...ARC when prompted by the following message: Press Ctrl+A for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility This chapter describes the functionality of ACU for MS-DOS only. See Using the Scripting Features on a script template. You can record a controller's current array and channel configuration in a plain-text script file...
.... It also enables you turn on parameters specified in MS-DOS mode (also known as interactive mode), the ACU offers the same interface and features as the BIOS-based version (array creation, display, and deletion, as well as device initialization). Interactive Versus Script Mode ...ARC when prompted by the following message: Press Ctrl+A for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility This chapter describes the functionality of ACU for MS-DOS only. See Using the Scripting Features on a script template. You can record a controller's current array and channel configuration in a plain-text script file...
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Browser Edition and some additional functionality not offered by Adaptec Storage Manager - C-1 C Command Line Interface (CLI) In this Appendix... Introduction Accessing the CLI Terminology Using the CLI General Control Commands Container (Array) Commands Controller Commands Disk Commands Logfile Commands Task Commands Enclosure Commands Using Automated Command Scripts C-1 C-2 C-2 C-3 C-15 C-16 C-25 C-28 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-38...
Browser Edition and some additional functionality not offered by Adaptec Storage Manager - C-1 C Command Line Interface (CLI) In this Appendix... Introduction Accessing the CLI Terminology Using the CLI General Control Commands Container (Array) Commands Controller Commands Disk Commands Logfile Commands Task Commands Enclosure Commands Using Automated Command Scripts C-1 C-2 C-2 C-3 C-15 C-16 C-25 C-28 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-38...
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...production environment using Windows command scripts and Linux and UNIX shell scripts. I Stripe, chunk-Contiguous set of an array. C-2 Command Line Interface (CLI) CLI commands enable you use as described below. In other drives in the array in the CLI. The following restrictions with regard...CLI The method you to automate testing or array creation in equal-sized sections called stripes. Terminology Your Serial ATA adapter has the following terms are defined in an array. Additional RAID terms are used in discussing the CLI: I Hot spare, failover disk-A hard drive, an array ...
...production environment using Windows command scripts and Linux and UNIX shell scripts. I Stripe, chunk-Contiguous set of an array. C-2 Command Line Interface (CLI) CLI commands enable you use as described below. In other drives in the array in the CLI. The following restrictions with regard...CLI The method you to automate testing or array creation in equal-sized sections called stripes. Terminology Your Serial ATA adapter has the following terms are defined in an array. Additional RAID terms are used in discussing the CLI: I Hot spare, failover disk-A hard drive, an array ...
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The Adaptec program group displays. 4 Click CLI. Note: In Windows, when the CLI executes an background command, it displays status information in Windows To access the CLI: ... type aaccli in any directory, the path in the .login and .cshrc files. Using the CLI This section contains some examples of completion. Command Line Interface (CLI) Accessing the CLI in any directory. The status information includes a percentage indicating a level of using CLI commands to work in MS-DOS To access...
The Adaptec program group displays. 4 Click CLI. Note: In Windows, when the CLI executes an background command, it displays status information in Windows To access the CLI: ... type aaccli in any directory, the path in the .login and .cshrc files. Using the CLI This section contains some examples of completion. Command Line Interface (CLI) Accessing the CLI in any directory. The status information includes a percentage indicating a level of using CLI commands to work in MS-DOS To access...
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To open controller AAC0 and prepare it by typing: AAC0> close it to receive more CLI commands, type: CLI> open AAC0 The prompt changes to reflect the open only one controller at any time. When you first need to open the controller. You may open controller, as shown in the next example. Command Line Interface (CLI) Opening and Closing a Controller To prepare a controller to receive a CLI command, you have finished with the controller, close C-4
To open controller AAC0 and prepare it by typing: AAC0> close it to receive more CLI commands, type: CLI> open AAC0 The prompt changes to reflect the open only one controller at any time. When you first need to open the controller. You may open controller, as shown in the next example. Command Line Interface (CLI) Opening and Closing a Controller To prepare a controller to receive a CLI command, you have finished with the controller, close C-4
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... space on device 0:01:0 from 100 MB (megabytes) of available space. The Type column indicates a volume set , use the container create volume command. Command Line Interface (CLI) Displaying Information about Your Disks Before creating any array, use the container list command to display information about your disks. In the following example...
... space on device 0:01:0 from 100 MB (megabytes) of available space. The Type column indicates a volume set , use the container create volume command. Command Line Interface (CLI) Displaying Information about Your Disks Before creating any array, use the container list command to display information about your disks. In the following example...
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...switch (/scrub=TRUE). To create a RAID 0, use the container create new_mirror command. In the following example, a RAID 1 is enabled, and the label Mars. Parity is most suitable for your environment. Command Line Interface (CLI) Creating a RAID 0 When creating a RAID 0, you need to determine the ... ((0,2,0), 100M) (0,3,0) Executing: container create new_mirror ((CHANNEL=0,ID=2,LUN=0),104,857,600 ) (CHANNEL=0,ID=3,LUN=0) Creating a RAID 5 When you create a RAID 5, you set up parity, the parity stripes are available immediately. Note that is set up in the background, and ...
...switch (/scrub=TRUE). To create a RAID 0, use the container create new_mirror command. In the following example, a RAID 1 is enabled, and the label Mars. Parity is most suitable for your environment. Command Line Interface (CLI) Creating a RAID 0 When creating a RAID 0, you need to determine the ... ((0,2,0), 100M) (0,3,0) Executing: container create new_mirror ((CHANNEL=0,ID=2,LUN=0),104,857,600 ) (CHANNEL=0,ID=3,LUN=0) Creating a RAID 5 When you create a RAID 5, you set up parity, the parity stripes are available immediately. Note that is set up in the background, and ...
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...spares to an array prior to change the stripe size. In the following example, a RAID 5 is 64 KB. Managing Failover Options and Hot Spares To assign one or more ... survive a failure. To assign one or more spare disks for all . Command Line Interface (CLI) The stripe size can use the container reconfigure command at all arrays, use the... a single array, use the container set global_failover command. The default stripe size is created on the controller. Note that each device. AAC0> container create raid5 /stripe_size=64K ((0,1,0), 100M) (0,2,0) (0,3,0) Executing:...
...spares to an array prior to change the stripe size. In the following example, a RAID 5 is 64 KB. Managing Failover Options and Hot Spares To assign one or more ... survive a failure. To assign one or more spare disks for all . Command Line Interface (CLI) The stripe size can use the container reconfigure command at all arrays, use the... a single array, use the container set global_failover command. The default stripe size is created on the controller. Note that each device. AAC0> container create raid5 /stripe_size=64K ((0,1,0), 100M) (0,2,0) (0,3,0) Executing:...
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... is deleted from the hot spare. or SES-enabled enclosure. ! I Display a controller's automatic failover status. Displaying the Controller's Automatic Failover Status To display a controller's automatic failover status, use the controller show automatic_failover command. Through the CLI, you can: I Enable automatic failover. Command Line Interface (CLI) Alternatively, you can use the automatic failover commands that enable...
... is deleted from the hot spare. or SES-enabled enclosure. ! I Display a controller's automatic failover status. Displaying the Controller's Automatic Failover Status To display a controller's automatic failover status, use the controller show automatic_failover command. Through the CLI, you can: I Enable automatic failover. Command Line Interface (CLI) Alternatively, you can use the automatic failover commands that enable...
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Command Line Interface (CLI) Displaying Controller Information Controllers exhibit a number of attributes that programs can display or manage using the following CLI commands: I controller details Controller Attribute controller (adapter) name controller (adapter) type controller availability controller remote computer controller serial number controller CPU type number of channels number of devices per channel controller CPU speed controller memory Indicates... Name Product name Access mode Example of...
Command Line Interface (CLI) Displaying Controller Information Controllers exhibit a number of attributes that programs can display or manage using the following CLI commands: I controller details Controller Attribute controller (adapter) name controller (adapter) type controller availability controller remote computer controller serial number controller CPU type number of channels number of devices per channel controller CPU speed controller memory Indicates... Name Product name Access mode Example of...