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... TO THE LICENSE TERMS REQUIRED BY THE LICENSOR OF THAT SOFTWARE, AS SET FORTH DURING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS. This Agreement grants you may not use the Adaptec software ("Software") and the related documentation, you must restrict such installation only to systems, workstations or servers using an Adaptec RAID controller. ● Make one copy of the Software to perform disc creation, and that you will be free from...
... TO THE LICENSE TERMS REQUIRED BY THE LICENSOR OF THAT SOFTWARE, AS SET FORTH DURING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS. This Agreement grants you may not use the Adaptec software ("Software") and the related documentation, you must restrict such installation only to systems, workstations or servers using an Adaptec RAID controller. ● Make one copy of the Software to perform disc creation, and that you will be free from...
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... Using Logical Devices View 35 Revealing More Disk Drive Information 36 Checking System Status 37 Working in Adaptec Storage Manager 38 About the Actions Menu 38 Getting Help ...38 Building Your Storage Space Selecting a Configuration Method 40 Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way 40 Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives 42 Next Steps...42 Custom Configuration (Advanced 42 Including More Systems in Your Storage Space 46 Building a RAID Volume 46 RAID Controller Support 48 Managing Your Storage Space 49 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Logging...
... Using Logical Devices View 35 Revealing More Disk Drive Information 36 Checking System Status 37 Working in Adaptec Storage Manager 38 About the Actions Menu 38 Getting Help ...38 Building Your Storage Space Selecting a Configuration Method 40 Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way 40 Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives 42 Next Steps...42 Custom Configuration (Advanced 42 Including More Systems in Your Storage Space 46 Building a RAID Volume 46 RAID Controller Support 48 Managing Your Storage Space 49 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Logging...
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... Controller 110 Registering New Controllers 110 Viewing Controller Properties 111 Saving Your Controller Configuration 111 Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Before You Begin 112 Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Setting a Disk Drive to 'Failed 113 Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive 114 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager 116 Identifying a Failed or Failing Component 116 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 116 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare 117 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare 117 Failure in Multiple Logical...
... Controller 110 Registering New Controllers 110 Viewing Controller Properties 111 Saving Your Controller Configuration 111 Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Before You Begin 112 Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Setting a Disk Drive to 'Failed 113 Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive 114 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager 116 Identifying a Failed or Failing Component 116 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 116 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare 117 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare 117 Failure in Multiple Logical...
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... written for their data. A comparison of Independent Disks (RAID) technology. If you are using Adaptec Storage Manager as part of a complex storage system, such as Fibre Channel (FC) or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)-that you have knowledge of the features and functions described may not be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and Redundant Array of RAID levels is also included. Note: Because this Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products, some of...
... written for their data. A comparison of Independent Disks (RAID) technology. If you are using Adaptec Storage Manager as part of a complex storage system, such as Fibre Channel (FC) or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)-that you have knowledge of the features and functions described may not be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and Redundant Array of RAID levels is also included. Note: Because this Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products, some of...
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... resources available for your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. With Adaptec Storage Manager, you can choose to run in the background, without user intervention, and its job is also installed automatically. About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is like a service that system. D Step 4: Build your storage space includes systems that system. The agent uses less memory than the full application. D Step 3: Explore the features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see...
... resources available for your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. With Adaptec Storage Manager, you can choose to run in the background, without user intervention, and its job is also installed automatically. About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is like a service that system. D Step 4: Build your storage space includes systems that system. The agent uses less memory than the full application. D Step 3: Explore the features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see...
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... expanding requirements of your business. For data protection, the disk drives have been used to build a RAID 1 logical drive. One logical drive stores all the customer information and the other logical drive stores the business's accounting, payroll, and personnel information. This storage space includes one RAID controller and two disk drives installed in a home office or for a small business. Workstation running Adaptec Storage Manager Server Drive Drive RAID 1 An Advanced Storage Space This example shows how you add more controllers...
... expanding requirements of your business. For data protection, the disk drives have been used to build a RAID 1 logical drive. One logical drive stores all the customer information and the other logical drive stores the business's accounting, payroll, and personnel information. This storage space includes one RAID controller and two disk drives installed in a home office or for a small business. Workstation running Adaptec Storage Manager Server Drive Drive RAID 1 An Advanced Storage Space This example shows how you add more controllers...
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.... Bootable-CD mode is not an alternative to running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD. D Continue to build, customize, and manage your operating system. Bootable-CD mode lets you configure the controller before you install your storage space as a software application (see page 32). D Install your Adaptec RAID controller. D Install Adaptec Storage Manager as described in this User's Guide are running it as an installed application. When you are not available when you run Adaptec Storage Manager as an installed software...
.... Bootable-CD mode is not an alternative to running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD. D Continue to build, customize, and manage your operating system. Bootable-CD mode lets you configure the controller before you install your storage space as a software application (see page 32). D Install your Adaptec RAID controller. D Install Adaptec Storage Manager as described in this User's Guide are running it as an installed application. When you are not available when you run Adaptec Storage Manager as an installed software...
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.... Note how many available disk drives are connected to store data. Getting Started Step 4: Building Your Storage Space ● 42 Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives The logical drives you create appear as physical disk drives on page 49. To build your storage space with custom configuration: 1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller you can use them to your storage space: ● From each computer, log in to Adaptec Storage Manager and repeat Steps...
.... Note how many available disk drives are connected to store data. Getting Started Step 4: Building Your Storage Space ● 42 Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives The logical drives you create appear as physical disk drives on page 49. To build your storage space with custom configuration: 1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller you can use them to your storage space: ● From each computer, log in to Adaptec Storage Manager and repeat Steps...
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... Storage Manager builds the RAID Volume. RAID Controller Support The maximum number of RAID controllers supported by Adaptec Storage Manager varies, depending on the physical drives. The Event Viewer shows that the logical drives have been deleted. 10 Partition and format your computer's operating system: ● Windows-up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers ● Linux-up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers ● NetWare-up to be created. See page 42 for more information. Adaptec Storage Manager replaces the individual logical drives with a single RAID Volume in the Logical Devices...
... Storage Manager builds the RAID Volume. RAID Controller Support The maximum number of RAID controllers supported by Adaptec Storage Manager varies, depending on the physical drives. The Event Viewer shows that the logical drives have been deleted. 10 Partition and format your computer's operating system: ● Windows-up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers ● Linux-up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers ● NetWare-up to be created. See page 42 for more information. Adaptec Storage Manager replaces the individual logical drives with a single RAID Volume in the Logical Devices...
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Part II: Using Adaptec Storage Manager Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares Protecting Your Data Monitoring Your Storage Space Managing Tasks Working with Display Groups Managing Controllers and Disk Drives Solving Problems Configuring SNMP Support
Part II: Using Adaptec Storage Manager Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares Protecting Your Data Monitoring Your Storage Space Managing Tasks Working with Display Groups Managing Controllers and Disk Drives Solving Problems Configuring SNMP Support
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Understanding Logical Drives 61 Creating Logical Drives...62 Fine-tuning Logical Drives ...65 Verifying Logical Drives ...67 Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive 70 Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive 72 Deleting a Logical Drive...73 Working with Hot Spares...74 This chapter explains how to manage logical drives and hot spares associated with Adaptec RAID controllers. Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares 6 In this chapter... To create a logical drive, see Building Your Storage Space on page 39.
Understanding Logical Drives 61 Creating Logical Drives...62 Fine-tuning Logical Drives ...65 Verifying Logical Drives ...67 Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive 70 Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive 72 Deleting a Logical Drive...73 Working with Hot Spares...74 This chapter explains how to manage logical drives and hot spares associated with Adaptec RAID controllers. Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares 6 In this chapter... To create a logical drive, see Building Your Storage Space on page 39.
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Rescanning a Controller...110 Registering New Controllers 110 Viewing Controller Properties 111 Saving Your Controller Configuration 111 Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Setting a Disk Drive to 'Failed 113 Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive 114 This chapter describes how to manage the RAID controllers in your storage space. Managing Controllers and Disk Drives 11 In this chapter...
Rescanning a Controller...110 Registering New Controllers 110 Viewing Controller Properties 111 Saving Your Controller Configuration 111 Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Setting a Disk Drive to 'Failed 113 Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive 114 This chapter describes how to manage the RAID controllers in your storage space. Managing Controllers and Disk Drives 11 In this chapter...
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... downloaded, then click Open. 5 In the wizard, click the image files you update the BIOS and firmware for the controllers in the next figure). 2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Update controller images. Image files typically come in sets of controller at www.adaptec.com. The ROM Update wizard updates the BIOS and firmware for advanced users only. Chapter 11: Managing Controllers and Disk Drives ● 112 Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware...
... downloaded, then click Open. 5 In the wizard, click the image files you update the BIOS and firmware for the controllers in the next figure). 2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Update controller images. Image files typically come in sets of controller at www.adaptec.com. The ROM Update wizard updates the BIOS and firmware for advanced users only. Chapter 11: Managing Controllers and Disk Drives ● 112 Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware...
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... the Adaptec Storage Manager agent to establish communication with the local system Could not rescan for the specified controller Could not restart the specified controller Could not shut down the specified controller Could not create the diskset There was an error creating specified logical drive Could not create a simple volume Could not change the background consistency check mode Failed drive-Controller internal failure Failed drive-Device not found Failed drive-Specified device will not come ready Failed drive-Specified disk drive added to server Failed drive-Specified disk drive...
... the Adaptec Storage Manager agent to establish communication with the local system Could not rescan for the specified controller Could not restart the specified controller Could not shut down the specified controller Could not create the diskset There was an error creating specified logical drive Could not create a simple volume Could not change the background consistency check mode Failed drive-Controller internal failure Failed drive-Device not found Failed drive-Specified device will not come ready Failed drive-Specified disk drive added to server Failed drive-Specified disk drive...
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By default, Windows 2000 and Windows XP do not install SNMP. Appendix A: Configuring SNMP Support ● 127 Configuring SNMP Support on Windows Note: Be sure your computer. 4 Open the Windows Computer Management tool, then select Services from the tree. 5 Double-click SNMP Service. To install and configure SNMP support: 1 Run the Adaptec Storage Manager installation program (see page 22). 2 When prompted, select Yes, install SNMP support. 3 Follow the on which you want to complete...
By default, Windows 2000 and Windows XP do not install SNMP. Appendix A: Configuring SNMP Support ● 127 Configuring SNMP Support on Windows Note: Be sure your computer. 4 Open the Windows Computer Management tool, then select Services from the tree. 5 Double-click SNMP Service. To install and configure SNMP support: 1 Run the Adaptec Storage Manager installation program (see page 22). 2 When prompted, select Yes, install SNMP support. 3 Follow the on which you want to complete...
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... Array of preventing data loss if a disk drive fails. For more information on RAID and all or just a portion of a logical drive at a specified date and time. rebuild Re-create a logical drive after a disk drive failure. A storage architecture that has been assigned to a logical drive. See also recurring task. SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. storage space The controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage Manager. stripe size Amount of yellow or red warning icons that updates the BIOS and firmware codes...
... Array of preventing data loss if a disk drive fails. For more information on RAID and all or just a portion of a logical drive at a specified date and time. rebuild Re-create a logical drive after a disk drive failure. A storage architecture that has been assigned to a logical drive. See also recurring task. SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. storage space The controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage Manager. stripe size Amount of yellow or red warning icons that updates the BIOS and firmware codes...
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... base port number 58 boards. See controllers CD mode. See bootable-CD mode Clear (initialize method) 67 components defined 13 viewing properties 97 Configuration event detail window 82 configuration. See building storage space Configure button 84 configuring (defined) 40 controller support 48 controllers disabling alarm 97 properties 111 registering 110 Index ● 151 controllers, continued rescanning 110 saving configurations 111 updating firmware 112 Copyback 79 custom configuration 42 customer support 3 D daemon 16 dedicated hot spares 74 creating 75 deleting logical drives 73 devices...
... base port number 58 boards. See controllers CD mode. See bootable-CD mode Clear (initialize method) 67 components defined 13 viewing properties 97 Configuration event detail window 82 configuration. See building storage space Configure button 84 configuring (defined) 40 controller support 48 controllers disabling alarm 97 properties 111 registering 110 Index ● 151 controllers, continued rescanning 110 saving configurations 111 updating firmware 112 Copyback 79 custom configuration 42 customer support 3 D daemon 16 dedicated hot spares 74 creating 75 deleting logical drives 73 devices...
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... 82 expanding logical drives 70 express configuration RAID levels 40 F failed disk drives multiple disk drives 118 multiple logical drives 118 RAID 0 logical drives 118 without hot spare 117 FAQs 130 feature keys 19 unlocking 19 firmware 112 formatting logical drives 42 Full Size Capacity View 37 G global hot spares 74 glossary 145 Guest permissions 29 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See controllers help 38 hot spares 35, 74 to 76 creating 44, 74 creating dedicated 75 dedicated 74 distributed spare drives 142 global 74 limitations 74 removing 76 I icons 134 initialize method...
... 82 expanding logical drives 70 express configuration RAID levels 40 F failed disk drives multiple disk drives 118 multiple logical drives 118 RAID 0 logical drives 118 without hot spare 117 FAQs 130 feature keys 19 unlocking 19 firmware 112 formatting logical drives 42 Full Size Capacity View 37 G global hot spares 74 glossary 145 Guest permissions 29 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See controllers help 38 hot spares 35, 74 to 76 creating 44, 74 creating dedicated 75 dedicated 74 distributed spare drives 142 global 74 limitations 74 removing 76 I icons 134 initialize method...
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... logical devices. See tasks L Linux controller support 48 installing Adaptec Storage Manager 24 SNMP support 128 starting Adaptec Storage Manager 27 starting agent 28 local systems 51 locked features 19 unlocking 19 log files clearing 88, 94 Email Notification Manager 93 Notification Manager 87 logged notifications. See logical drives logical drives 35, 60 to 73 advanced settings 44, 65 automatic verification 67 available space on disk drives 63 background consistency check 67 background verification 67 building (advanced) 42 building (basic) 40 changing RAID...
... logical devices. See tasks L Linux controller support 48 installing Adaptec Storage Manager 24 SNMP support 128 starting Adaptec Storage Manager 27 starting agent 28 local systems 51 locked features 19 unlocking 19 log files clearing 88, 94 Email Notification Manager 93 Notification Manager 87 logged notifications. See logical drives logical drives 35, 60 to 73 advanced settings 44, 65 automatic verification 67 available space on disk drives 63 background consistency check 67 background verification 67 building (advanced) 42 building (basic) 40 changing RAID...
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... logical drives 62 SMTP server settings 90 Snapshot creating with fix 68 scheduling tasks. See display groups system requirements 20 systems 51 local systems 51 remote systems 51 sorting in 51 removing 52 startup port number 52 rescanning controllers 110 ROM Update wizard 112 running Adaptec Storage Manager Linux 27 NetWare 27 Windows 26 S scheduling tasks rescheduling 102 supported tasks changing RAID level 73 expanding logical drives 71 modifying logical drives 65 verifying 69 verifying...
... logical drives 62 SMTP server settings 90 Snapshot creating with fix 68 scheduling tasks. See display groups system requirements 20 systems 51 local systems 51 remote systems 51 sorting in 51 removing 52 startup port number 52 rescanning controllers 110 ROM Update wizard 112 running Adaptec Storage Manager Linux 27 NetWare 27 Windows 26 S scheduling tasks rescheduling 102 supported tasks changing RAID level 73 expanding logical drives 71 modifying logical drives 65 verifying 69 verifying...