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... Installing on an Existing Operating System 34 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 36 Installing the Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 37 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 38 Connecting Directly to the Controller 38 Connecting to a System Backplane 39 Connecting MaxIQ Solid State Drives and other...
... Installing on an Existing Operating System 34 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 36 Installing the Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 37 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 38 Connecting Directly to the Controller 38 Connecting to a System Backplane 39 Connecting MaxIQ Solid State Drives and other...
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... SAS Different from Parallel SCSI 73 Understanding RAID Understanding Drive Segments 75 Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0 75 RAID 1 Arrays 76 RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays 76 RAID 10 Arrays 77 RAID 5 Arrays 78 RAID 5EE Arrays 79 RAID 50 Arrays 80 RAID 6 Arrays 81 RAID 60 Arrays 81 Selecting the Best RAID Level 82 Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility...
... SAS Different from Parallel SCSI 73 Understanding RAID Understanding Drive Segments 75 Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0 75 RAID 1 Arrays 76 RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays 76 RAID 10 Arrays 77 RAID 5 Arrays 78 RAID 5EE Arrays 79 RAID 50 Arrays 80 RAID 6 Arrays 81 RAID 60 Arrays 81 Selecting the Best RAID Level 82 Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility...
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...are keyed so that array. Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to a backplane or enclosure. For more information or to SFF-8088)- Installation Options When you install your Adaptec controller, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the... controller driver on that you can 't insert them incorrectly. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec SAS cables. External mini-SAS to mini-SAS (...
...are keyed so that array. Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to a backplane or enclosure. For more information or to SFF-8088)- Installation Options When you install your Adaptec controller, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the... controller driver on that you can 't insert them incorrectly. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec SAS cables. External mini-SAS to mini-SAS (...
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... the cap card is marked to the controller figures in Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers on an internal backplane or enclosure, using an I2C cable. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 37 6 Optional-Connect your RAID controller's I2C connector (not available on all ... included tie-backs such that (i) the cable (18.5") reaches the mating location on the RAID controller when the controller is installed in the system to an Adaptec RAID controller with your RAID controller and remove the slot cover, as shown at right. (PCIe bus compatibility is protected from...
... the cap card is marked to the controller figures in Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers on an internal backplane or enclosure, using an I2C cable. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 37 6 Optional-Connect your RAID controller's I2C connector (not available on all ... included tie-backs such that (i) the cable (18.5") reaches the mating location on the RAID controller when the controller is installed in the system to an Adaptec RAID controller with your RAID controller and remove the slot cover, as shown at right. (PCIe bus compatibility is protected from...
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...backplane or enclosure, using internal disk drives, ensure you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive. For more information. If you plan to build a bootable array using an I2C cable. To connect Adaptec MaxIQ SSDs or other SSDs to your SAS RAID controller. (See www.adaptec....com/ compatibility for a list of compatible disk drives.) There are no jumpers or switches to set before installation. Connecting Directly to the Controller In a direct-attach ...
...backplane or enclosure, using internal disk drives, ensure you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive. For more information. If you plan to build a bootable array using an I2C cable. To connect Adaptec MaxIQ SSDs or other SSDs to your SAS RAID controller. (See www.adaptec....com/ compatibility for a list of compatible disk drives.) There are no jumpers or switches to set before installation. Connecting Directly to the Controller In a direct-attach ...
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... cables to attach the disk drives to the controller, as shown in the following example. Connecting to a System Backplane In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are also available with each other through a system backplane. Some backplanes have embedded SAS expanders and can support up ...to 128 end devices. (For more information about backplane and expander connections, see page 71.) 1 Connect one or more information.) 2 Use an internal SAS cable to connect the controller to the controller, close your system's documentation for enclosure management. The number of...
... cables to attach the disk drives to the controller, as shown in the following example. Connecting to a System Backplane In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are also available with each other through a system backplane. Some backplanes have embedded SAS expanders and can support up ...to 128 end devices. (For more information about backplane and expander connections, see page 71.) 1 Connect one or more information.) 2 Use an internal SAS cable to connect the controller to the controller, close your system's documentation for enclosure management. The number of...
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... connection or a backplane connection. See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for a list of MaxIQ-compatible Solid State Drives. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 40 Disk drives or SSDs on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-...backplane with multi-lane cable (SFF-8484) 3 When all internal disk drives have a standard 2.5inch drive tray, you must use a bracket/SLED which enables the SSD to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Adaptec Q-series controllers, select SSDs from other manufacturers. For RAID...
... connection or a backplane connection. See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for a list of MaxIQ-compatible Solid State Drives. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 40 Disk drives or SSDs on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-...backplane with multi-lane cable (SFF-8484) 3 When all internal disk drives have a standard 2.5inch drive tray, you must use a bracket/SLED which enables the SSD to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Adaptec Q-series controllers, select SSDs from other manufacturers. For RAID...
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... SSD as an example but the procedure is suitable for details, see page 39 for more about backplane connections). For RAID arrays, Adaptec RAID controllers support a maximum of eight MaxIQ-compatible SSDs to install MaxIQ SSD if server does not have a standard ...2.5-inch drive tray, use the appropriate cable for your server does not have 2.5" tray. Use a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter to a controller. Typical MaxIQ SSD installation. You ...
... SSD as an example but the procedure is suitable for details, see page 39 for more about backplane connections). For RAID arrays, Adaptec RAID controllers support a maximum of eight MaxIQ-compatible SSDs to install MaxIQ SSD if server does not have a standard ...2.5-inch drive tray, use the appropriate cable for your server does not have 2.5" tray. Use a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter to a controller. Typical MaxIQ SSD installation. You ...
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...the LED(s) on . Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it in a ...OR SerialSelect (see About Your RAID Controller on page 15. ● Ensure that your Adaptec RAID controller is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Backplane Connections on page 89.) To ...
...the LED(s) on . Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it in a ...OR SerialSelect (see About Your RAID Controller on page 15. ● Ensure that your Adaptec RAID controller is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Backplane Connections on page 89.) To ...
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...the count number. See About Your RAID Controller on page 15 for more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on page 92), disk drives are two types of backplane connections, passive and active. For example, the Adaptec S50 enclosure, which contains an expander,... is limited to the number of direct-attach connections. What are Disk Drives Identified in order to manage your RAID controller Activity LED connections and ...
...the count number. See About Your RAID Controller on page 15 for more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on page 92), disk drives are two types of backplane connections, passive and active. For example, the Adaptec S50 enclosure, which contains an expander,... is limited to the number of direct-attach connections. What are Disk Drives Identified in order to manage your RAID controller Activity LED connections and ...
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...(A single edge expander can therefore support up to 128 SAS addresses.) You can connect together. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 72 Some backplanes support daisy-chain expansion to 16,384 SAS addresses including the fanout expander). There are two types of SAS end devices, including SAS cards and...SAS domain (a topology of end devices that you can connect up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a fanout expander. For example, you can therefore comprise up to 16,384 SAS ports (and therefore up to other backplanes. With expander devices, you can use only one to the next) up...
...(A single edge expander can therefore support up to 128 SAS addresses.) You can connect together. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 72 Some backplanes support daisy-chain expansion to 16,384 SAS addresses including the fanout expander). There are two types of SAS end devices, including SAS cards and...SAS domain (a topology of end devices that you can connect up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a fanout expander. For example, you can therefore comprise up to 16,384 SAS ports (and therefore up to other backplanes. With expander devices, you can use only one to the next) up...
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Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 90 Option Description Physical Drives...optimized for transaction-oriented applications, such as logical drive creation) to low power state, based on all RAID controller models.) Removable Media When enabled, removable media devices, such as CD drives, are implemented based on after... from a bootable CD. (This setting is not available on all RAID controller models.) Alarm Control When enabled, the alarm sounds. By default it is set the backplane mode explicitly select SGPIO, I2C, or Disabled. Default is Auto. ...
Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 90 Option Description Physical Drives...optimized for transaction-oriented applications, such as logical drive creation) to low power state, based on all RAID controller models.) Removable Media When enabled, removable media devices, such as CD drives, are implemented based on after... from a bootable CD. (This setting is not available on all RAID controller models.) Alarm Control When enabled, the alarm sounds. By default it is set the backplane mode explicitly select SGPIO, I2C, or Disabled. Default is Auto. ...
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...drive. The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of the disk drive. disk drive. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 92 4 Select the disk drive you want , then press Enter. 3 Select Disk Utilities. Speed Size The speed...page 71. ● Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) managed devices-The connection is determined by an active backplane. For more information, see page 84). 2 Select the controller you with the following information: Location CN1=DEV1 Box0=Slot0 Exp0=phy0 Model Rev# The manufacturer The revision...
...drive. The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of the disk drive. disk drive. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 92 4 Select the disk drive you want , then press Enter. 3 Select Disk Utilities. Speed Size The speed...page 71. ● Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) managed devices-The connection is determined by an active backplane. For more information, see page 84). 2 Select the controller you with the following information: Location CN1=DEV1 Box0=Slot0 Exp0=phy0 Model Rev# The manufacturer The revision...
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...RAID 1 76 RAID 10 77 RAID 1E 76 RAID 5 78 RAID 50 80 RAID 5EE 79 RAID 6 81 RAID 60 81 arrays (bootable) 43 audible alarm 63 automatic failover 16 Automatic Failover setting 89 B backplane connections 39, 71 battery backup module 17 batteryless backup 36, 37 BBU 17 boards. See controllers boot controller 44 See ARCCONF Adaptec...disk drives 87 stopping a secure erase 87 ACU for DOS 94 to 93 Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration utility. See controllers advanced data protection 17 AFU 61, 104 to 110 Alarm Control setting 90 ARCCONF 60 Index Array Background Consistency Check setting 89, 90 Array ...
...RAID 1 76 RAID 10 77 RAID 1E 76 RAID 5 78 RAID 50 80 RAID 5EE 79 RAID 6 81 RAID 60 81 arrays (bootable) 43 audible alarm 63 automatic failover 16 Automatic Failover setting 89 B backplane connections 39, 71 battery backup module 17 batteryless backup 36, 37 BBU 17 boards. See controllers boot controller 44 See ARCCONF Adaptec...disk drives 87 stopping a secure erase 87 ACU for DOS 94 to 93 Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration utility. See controllers advanced data protection 17 AFU 61, 104 to 110 Alarm Control setting 90 ARCCONF 60 Index Array Background Consistency Check setting 89, 90 Array ...
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See disk drive hot spares 16 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 99 I I2C connector specifications 111 initializing disk drives 86 installation backplane 39 controllers 36 creating a driver disk 49 direct-attach 38 disk drives 38 driver 54 to 58 driver and FreeBSD 53 driver and Linux ...system installation 48 operating systems 14 P parity 31 Phy Rate setting 91 phys 69 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 90 playback mode 96 R RAID 17 non-redundant arrays 75 Index ● 133 expander connections 72 expander devices 68 external devices 42 F failed disk drives 64 multiple arrays ...
See disk drive hot spares 16 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 99 I I2C connector specifications 111 initializing disk drives 86 installation backplane 39 controllers 36 creating a driver disk 49 direct-attach 38 disk drives 38 driver 54 to 58 driver and FreeBSD 53 driver and Linux ...system installation 48 operating systems 14 P parity 31 Phy Rate setting 91 phys 69 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 90 playback mode 96 R RAID 17 non-redundant arrays 75 Index ● 133 expander connections 72 expander devices 68 external devices 42 F failed disk drives 64 multiple arrays ...
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... disk drives 64 requirements 14 drive 32 rescanning disk drives 86 resetting controllers 65 Runtime BIOS setting 89 S safety information 128 SAS 4-wide ports 70 backplane connections 71 cables 32 comparison to 42 specifications 129 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 61 Adaptec Storage Manager 60 AFU 61 ARCCONF 60 storage space 12 support, customer...
... disk drives 64 requirements 14 drive 32 rescanning disk drives 86 resetting controllers 65 Runtime BIOS setting 89 S safety information 128 SAS 4-wide ports 70 backplane connections 71 cables 32 comparison to 42 specifications 129 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 61 Adaptec Storage Manager 60 AFU 61 ARCCONF 60 storage space 12 support, customer...