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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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... system. Connects to create a bootable array and then install your Adaptec controller, you can choose to a backplane or enclosure. Cable connectors are keyed so that array. For more information or to a backplane or enclosure. Connects to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. External mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to...
... system. Connects to create a bootable array and then install your Adaptec controller, you can choose to a backplane or enclosure. Cable connectors are keyed so that array. For more information or to a backplane or enclosure. Connects to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. External mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to...
User Guide
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... cable. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 37 6 Optional-Connect your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 42. If you are not installing internal disk drives, close your RAID controller's I2C connector (not available on all models) to an Adaptec RAID controller with Zero Maintenance Cache...
... cable. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 37 6 Optional-Connect your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 42. If you are not installing internal disk drives, close your RAID controller's I2C connector (not available on all models) to an Adaptec RAID controller with Zero Maintenance Cache...
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...Note: Although you can connect SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drives to your RAID controller's I2C connector to Your Controllers on page 38. If you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive...9679; 38 7 Thread the tie-backs through your system. 8 Connect your controller, see page 40. See page 31 for a list of direct-attached disk drives is held in About Your RAID Controller on an internal backplane or enclosure, using internal disk drives, ensure you install at right. You have...
...Note: Although you can connect SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drives to your RAID controller's I2C connector to Your Controllers on page 38. If you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive...9679; 38 7 Thread the tie-backs through your system. 8 Connect your controller, see page 40. See page 31 for a list of direct-attached disk drives is held in About Your RAID Controller on an internal backplane or enclosure, using internal disk drives, ensure you install at right. You have...
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... expander connections, see page 71.) 1 Connect one or more information.) 2 Use an internal SAS cable to connect the controller to and communicate with each other through a system backplane. internal x4 mini-SAS connectors SAS/SATA disk drives or SATA SSDs mini-SAS to SATA fan-out cable Single-port connector Note: SAS...
... expander connections, see page 71.) 1 Connect one or more information.) 2 Use an internal SAS cable to connect the controller to and communicate with each other through a system backplane. internal x4 mini-SAS connectors SAS/SATA disk drives or SATA SSDs mini-SAS to SATA fan-out cable Single-port connector Note: SAS...
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See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for a list of MaxIQ-compatible Solid State Drives. If your server does not have been installed and connected, close your controller, use a directattached connection or a backplane connection. For RAID arrays, you can use any Solid State Drive on the ...compatibility list. Connecting MaxIQ Solid State Drives and other SSDs To connect an Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drive or other...
See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for a list of MaxIQ-compatible Solid State Drives. If your server does not have been installed and connected, close your controller, use a directattached connection or a backplane connection. For RAID arrays, you can use any Solid State Drive on the ...compatibility list. Connecting MaxIQ Solid State Drives and other SSDs To connect an Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drive or other...
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... 2.5-inch drive tray, install the SSD directly into the tray. In a backplane connection, use the appropriate cable for more about backplane connections). Note: The following steps use a bracket or adapter which enables it to a controller. Typical MaxIQ SSD installation. For RAID arrays, Adaptec RAID controllers support a maximum of eight MaxIQ-compatible SSDs to fit properly. Use a 2.5" to...
... 2.5-inch drive tray, install the SSD directly into the tray. In a backplane connection, use the appropriate cable for more about backplane connections). Note: The following steps use a bracket or adapter which enables it to a controller. Typical MaxIQ SSD installation. For RAID arrays, Adaptec RAID controllers support a maximum of eight MaxIQ-compatible SSDs to fit properly. Use a 2.5" to...
User Guide
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... the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Backplane Connections on page 71. Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it in a compatible PCIe expansion slot. Silencing the...
... the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Backplane Connections on page 71. Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it in a compatible PCIe expansion slot. Silencing the...
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... unit number (LUN). When you can connect end devices to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on the RAID Controller Installation DVD. .The number of slots available on page 39 shows an example of backplane connections, passive and active. One disk drive is the count number....disk drive conditions. For example, the Adaptec S50 enclosure, which contains an expander, is limited to the number of direct-attached disk drives is a backplane connection that there may be multiple phys within a single connector. See About Your RAID Controller on page 92), disk drives are identified...
... unit number (LUN). When you can connect end devices to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on the RAID Controller Installation DVD. .The number of slots available on page 39 shows an example of backplane connections, passive and active. One disk drive is the count number....disk drive conditions. For example, the Adaptec S50 enclosure, which contains an expander, is limited to the number of direct-attached disk drives is a backplane connection that there may be multiple phys within a single connector. See About Your RAID Controller on page 92), disk drives are identified...
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...SAS card in any single SAS domain (a topology of end devices that you can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to 16,384 SAS addresses including the fanout expander). You can connect together. With expander devices, you can build large and...SAS expander device literally expands the number of SAS-and possibly SATA-end devices and expander devices). Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 72 Some backplanes support daisy-chain expansion to a fanout expander. The next figure illustrates (in a large data storage topology. SAS Domain Disk Drives SAS SAS ...
...SAS card in any single SAS domain (a topology of end devices that you can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to 16,384 SAS addresses including the fanout expander). You can connect together. With expander devices, you can build large and...SAS expander device literally expands the number of SAS-and possibly SATA-end devices and expander devices). Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 72 Some backplanes support daisy-chain expansion to a fanout expander. The next figure illustrates (in a large data storage topology. SAS Domain Disk Drives SAS SAS ...
User Guide
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...When set to 00:00. The valid range for transaction-oriented applications, such as logical drive creation) to Auto, controller automatically detects backplane signal type: I2C or SGPIO. LED Indication Mode When set to 00:00. The time zone of the place in...during system Power During POST On Self Test (POST). Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 90 Option Description Physical Drives Display When enabled, connected disk drives are implemented based on controller usage, RAID level, and disk drive type. When set time zone. DVD/CD-ROM Boot...
...When set to 00:00. The valid range for transaction-oriented applications, such as logical drive creation) to Auto, controller automatically detects backplane signal type: I2C or SGPIO. LED Indication Mode When set to 00:00. The time zone of the place in...during system Power During POST On Self Test (POST). Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 90 Option Description Physical Drives Display When enabled, connected disk drives are implemented based on controller usage, RAID level, and disk drive type. When set time zone. DVD/CD-ROM Boot...
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...slot 0 in order after your system. Note: Devices other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are shown. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 92 4 Select the disk drive you want , then press Enter. 3 Select Disk Utilities. Only physical drives that display... identify a disk drive: 1 Start the ARC utility (see Backplane Connections on your system disk drives. Exp0 (expander 0) is connected to stop the blinking. For more information, see page 84). 2 Select the controller you with the following information: Location CN1=DEV1 Box0=Slot0 Exp0...
...slot 0 in order after your system. Note: Devices other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are shown. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 92 4 Select the disk drive you want , then press Enter. 3 Select Disk Utilities. Only physical drives that display... identify a disk drive: 1 Start the ARC utility (see Backplane Connections on your system disk drives. Exp0 (expander 0) is connected to stop the blinking. For more information, see page 84). 2 Select the controller you with the following information: Location CN1=DEV1 Box0=Slot0 Exp0...
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... (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 Storage Manager 60 creating arrays 46 installing 60 adapters. See AFU Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 61, 83 to 93 Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration utility.
... (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 Storage Manager 60 creating arrays 46 installing 60 adapters. See AFU Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 61, 83 to 93 Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration utility.
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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 ... 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 ... 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...