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...50 Connecting Drives to a System Backplane 51 Connecting Solid State Drives (SSDs 52 Connecting External Devices 53 Next Steps ...53 6 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 55 Creating an Array 55 Creating an Array with the ACU 55 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 57 Making Your Array Bootable 58 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 60 Creating a Driver Disk 60 Installing with Windows 61 Installing with Windows Server 2003 61 Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 61 Installing with Red Hat Linux...
...50 Connecting Drives to a System Backplane 51 Connecting Solid State Drives (SSDs 52 Connecting External Devices 53 Next Steps ...53 6 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 55 Creating an Array 55 Creating an Array with the ACU 55 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 57 Making Your Array Bootable 58 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 60 Creating a Driver Disk 60 Installing with Windows 61 Installing with Windows Server 2003 61 Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 61 Installing with Red Hat Linux...
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... the Best RAID Level 103 C Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility 105 Running the ARC Utility 105 Navigating the ARC Utility 105 Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays 105 Creating a New Array 105 Managing Existing Arrays 106 Initializing Disk Drives 108 Rescanning Disk Drives 108 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 108 Managing Global Hot Spares 108 Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs 109 Creating a New JBOD 109 Managing Existing JBODs 109 Using the ACU to Manage the maxCache Pool 109 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 110
... the Best RAID Level 103 C Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility 105 Running the ARC Utility 105 Navigating the ARC Utility 105 Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays 105 Creating a New Array 105 Managing Existing Arrays 106 Initializing Disk Drives 108 Rescanning Disk Drives 108 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 108 Managing Global Hot Spares 108 Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs 109 Creating a New JBOD 109 Managing Existing JBODs 109 Using the ACU to Manage the maxCache Pool 109 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 110
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... users by referring to these terms: ● Controller (also known as adapter, board, or card) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Solid State Drive (also known as SSD or non-rotating storage media) ● Enclosure (also known as a RAID enclosure, storage enclosure, or JBOD enclosure) ● Array (also known as a container, logical device, or logical drive) Note: Adaptec Storage Manager refers to controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage ManagerTM or the other utilities described in this guide covers multiple...
... users by referring to these terms: ● Controller (also known as adapter, board, or card) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Solid State Drive (also known as SSD or non-rotating storage media) ● Enclosure (also known as a RAID enclosure, storage enclosure, or JBOD enclosure) ● Array (also known as a container, logical device, or logical drive) Note: Adaptec Storage Manager refers to controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage ManagerTM or the other utilities described in this guide covers multiple...
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...; Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware storage management options vary, depending on the Adaptec Installation DVD for cable information about your controller model-see the descriptions starting on page 17) ● 20 MB of free disk drive space ● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with these features: ● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large...
...; Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware storage management options vary, depending on the Adaptec Installation DVD for cable information about your controller model-see the descriptions starting on page 17) ● 20 MB of free disk drive space ● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with these features: ● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large...
User Manual and Install Guide
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...; Support for SAS disk drives, SATA/SATA II disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs) ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping ● Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility (ACU), a command line utility (ARCCONF) (see Managing Your Storage Space on Adaptec Series Q controllers only. ● Power-management of hard drives...
...; Support for SAS disk drives, SATA/SATA II disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs) ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping ● Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility (ACU), a command line utility (ARCCONF) (see Managing Your Storage Space on Adaptec Series Q controllers only. ● Power-management of hard drives...
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... disk drives. ● Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 6)-A RAID 6 array is similar to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. You can also use this feature to move data from a hot spare back to its original location after a failed disk drive is replaced. ● Striped Mirror (RAID 1E)-A RAID 1 Enhanced array is similar to a RAID 1 array except that data is both mirrored and striped, and more disk drives can use Adaptec Storage Manager or the ARCCONF command-line utility to upgrade your Adaptec RAID controller.To purchase a battery backup module, refer to a RAID 50 array...
... disk drives. ● Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 6)-A RAID 6 array is similar to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. You can also use this feature to move data from a hot spare back to its original location after a failed disk drive is replaced. ● Striped Mirror (RAID 1E)-A RAID 1 Enhanced array is similar to a RAID 1 array except that data is both mirrored and striped, and more disk drives can use Adaptec Storage Manager or the ARCCONF command-line utility to upgrade your Adaptec RAID controller.To purchase a battery backup module, refer to a RAID 50 array...
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Alarm Aggregate Activity Activity CN4, CN5 Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, Internal Connectors, External Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Full Height, Half Length PCIe 1.1 x8 3 Gb/s per port 28 512 MB DDR2 6 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) 28 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: I2C, CN2 I2C...
Alarm Aggregate Activity Activity CN4, CN5 Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, Internal Connectors, External Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Full Height, Half Length PCIe 1.1 x8 3 Gb/s per port 28 512 MB DDR2 6 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) 28 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: I2C, CN2 I2C...
User Manual and Install Guide
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... can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Install the controller driver (see page 72). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 79). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). Follow the steps for the installation option you've chosen. If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Set the boot controller (see page 55). 3 Create a bootable array...
... can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Install the controller driver (see page 72). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 79). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). Follow the steps for the installation option you've chosen. If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Set the boot controller (see page 55). 3 Create a bootable array...
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... combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. Adaptec Storage Manager displays a warning if you can choose to create an array with a different RAID level; For more information, refer to your controller: 1 Enter the system setup. 2 Navigate to the drive boot sequence. 3 Move the boot controller to the top of these tools: ● Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-BIOS-based menus and keyboard navigation (see page 80). ● ARCCONF-Command line utility. A RAID 5 array is installed. You can create an array using...
... combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. Adaptec Storage Manager displays a warning if you can choose to create an array with a different RAID level; For more information, refer to your controller: 1 Enter the system setup. 2 Navigate to the drive boot sequence. 3 Move the boot controller to the top of these tools: ● Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-BIOS-based menus and keyboard navigation (see page 80). ● ARCCONF-Command line utility. A RAID 5 array is installed. You can create an array using...
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... Ubuntu Installation CD and a USB flash drive to complete this command: cp //* /mnt/aacraid-driver where tempdir is assigned to /dev/sda1. You must have root privileges to a temporary location. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Ubuntu Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to...
... Ubuntu Installation CD and a USB flash drive to complete this command: cp //* /mnt/aacraid-driver where tempdir is assigned to /dev/sda1. You must have root privileges to a temporary location. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Ubuntu Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to...
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...Note: Use the following procedure to create the driver disk and install the driver image. The VMware Image Builder is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). You can download PowerCLI from VMware based on -screen instructions. 9 Reboot your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you are installing the driver with VMware ESXi 5. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your Windows build...
...Note: Use the following procedure to create the driver disk and install the driver image. The VMware Image Builder is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). You can download PowerCLI from VMware based on -screen instructions. 9 Reboot your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you are installing the driver with VMware ESXi 5. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your Windows build...
User Manual and Install Guide
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... logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot your system ARCCONF is described in redundancy to protect your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. It's designed to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide, also included on those systems instead of the full application. It sends notices when tasks are completed successfully, and sounds an alarm when errors or failures occur on the Adaptec Installation DVD. For installation instructions, refer...
... logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot your system ARCCONF is described in redundancy to protect your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. It's designed to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide, also included on those systems instead of the full application. It sends notices when tasks are completed successfully, and sounds an alarm when errors or failures occur on the Adaptec Installation DVD. For installation instructions, refer...
User Manual and Install Guide
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...full-featured software application with working in your controller's BIOS. About the Adaptec Flash Utility The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you can use to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for preoperating system installation configuration. To create a bootable array, we recommend that you use the BIOS-based ACU (See Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility on most supported operating systems, we recommend that you install and use Adaptec Storage Manager (see page...
...full-featured software application with working in your controller's BIOS. About the Adaptec Flash Utility The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you can use to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for preoperating system installation configuration. To create a bootable array, we recommend that you use the BIOS-based ACU (See Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility on most supported operating systems, we recommend that you install and use Adaptec Storage Manager (see page...
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... blink a specific disk drive or set of disk drives, the LED(s) on page 92. Controller Device State Failed Rebuilding Blink Other Slot State Device is faulty Device 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 the selected disk drives flash. 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 SAS and SATA disk drives. Chapter...
... blink a specific disk drive or set of disk drives, the LED(s) on page 92. Controller Device State Failed Rebuilding Blink Other Slot State Device is faulty Device 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 the selected disk drives flash. 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 SAS and SATA disk drives. Chapter...
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... the controller fails to rebuild the array. For instructions, refer to protect the arrays on that controller. Then, designate a new hot spare to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. The controller detects the new disk drive and begins to arrays (see bullet above.) Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in that was not protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in which they failed. (The array that includes the disk drive that the new disk drive is available-see page 13). Make sure that failed first...
... the controller fails to rebuild the array. For instructions, refer to protect the arrays on that controller. Then, designate a new hot spare to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. The controller detects the new disk drive and begins to arrays (see bullet above.) Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in that was not protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in which they failed. (The array that includes the disk drive that the new disk drive is available-see page 13). Make sure that failed first...
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... just for caching, not permanent storage, no data recovery or rebuilding is supported on Series 6 controller boards, see page 81), the command-line utility, ARCCONF, or Adaptec Storage Manager. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on your local hard drive (for example, by using Adaptec Storage Manager. Failed Drive in maxCache Pool Because Solid State Drives (SSD) in Chapter 3. Then, restore your Adaptec RAID controller. Note: Mode 0 flash is necessary. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your...
... just for caching, not permanent storage, no data recovery or rebuilding is supported on Series 6 controller boards, see page 81), the command-line utility, ARCCONF, or Adaptec Storage Manager. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on your local hard drive (for example, by using Adaptec Storage Manager. Failed Drive in maxCache Pool Because Solid State Drives (SSD) in Chapter 3. Then, restore your Adaptec RAID controller. Note: Mode 0 flash is necessary. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your...
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... Check Array-based BBS Support SATA Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Physical Drives Display During POST DVD/CD-ROM Boot Support Removable Media Devices Boot Support Alarm Control Default Background Task Priority LED Indication Mode Description When set to High, Medium, or Low. Note-This setting applies to the overall POST time. When set to Activity and Fault, the drive activity LEDs blink to Enable All, write cache is enabled on all RAID controller models.) When enabled, the alarm sounds. Default is not used on the disk drives. For Series...
... Check Array-based BBS Support SATA Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Physical Drives Display During POST DVD/CD-ROM Boot Support Removable Media Devices Boot Support Alarm Control Default Background Task Priority LED Indication Mode Description When set to High, Medium, or Low. Note-This setting applies to the overall POST time. When set to Activity and Fault, the drive activity LEDs blink to Enable All, write cache is enabled on all RAID controller models.) When enabled, the alarm sounds. Default is not used on the disk drives. For Series...
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... driver disk 60 driver installation 72 to 78 drivers installing on FreeBSD 78 installing on Solaris 76 installing on Windows 74 installing with FreeBSD 71 installing with Linux 62, 63 installing with VMWare 67, 68 installing with Windows 61 E electrostatic discharge 147 end devices 89 event log 114 expander connections 93 expander devices 89 external devices 53 F failed disk drives 85 multiple arrays 85 multiple disk drives 86 RAID 0 arrays 86 without hot spare 85 firmware 116 creating floppy disks 117 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 86 floppy disks for firmware update 117 formatting...
... driver disk 60 driver installation 72 to 78 drivers installing on FreeBSD 78 installing on Solaris 76 installing on Windows 74 installing with FreeBSD 71 installing with Linux 62, 63 installing with VMWare 67, 68 installing with Windows 61 E electrostatic discharge 147 end devices 89 event log 114 expander connections 93 expander devices 89 external devices 53 F failed disk drives 85 multiple arrays 85 multiple disk drives 86 RAID 0 arrays 86 without hot spare 85 firmware 116 creating floppy disks 117 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 86 floppy disks for firmware update 117 formatting...
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... Array of Independent Disks. See RAID Remote ARCCONF 18, 80, 82 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 111 replacing failed disk drives 85 requirements 15 drive 42 rescanning disk drives 108 See disk drive HDA mode 86 HDA mode jumper 86 hot spares 18 hybrid RAID 18, 52 I I2C connector specifications 122 initializing disk drives 108 installation backplane 51 controllers 47 creating a driver disk 60 direct-attach 50 disk drives 50 driver 72 to 78 driver and FreeBSD 71 driver and Linux 62, 63 driver and operating system 59 driver and VMWare 67, 68 driver and Windows...
... Array of Independent Disks. See RAID Remote ARCCONF 18, 80, 82 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 111 replacing failed disk drives 85 requirements 15 drive 42 rescanning disk drives 108 See disk drive HDA mode 86 HDA mode jumper 86 hot spares 18 hybrid RAID 18, 52 I I2C connector specifications 122 initializing disk drives 108 installation backplane 51 controllers 47 creating a driver disk 60 direct-attach 50 disk drives 50 driver 72 to 78 driver and FreeBSD 71 driver and Linux 62, 63 driver and operating system 59 driver and VMWare 67, 68 driver and Windows...
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... Performance Mode 112 Serial Attached SCSI. resetting controllers 86 Runtime BIOS setting 111 S safety information 147 SAS 4-wide ports 91 backplane connections 92 cables 42 comparison to 53 specifications 148 Index ● 153 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage Manager 80 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 storage space 13 support, customer 3 SUSE installation 63 system requirements 15 T technical specifications 148 technical support 3 Technical Support Identification (TSID) number 3 terminology 13 SAS 89 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage...
... Performance Mode 112 Serial Attached SCSI. resetting controllers 86 Runtime BIOS setting 111 S safety information 147 SAS 4-wide ports 91 backplane connections 92 cables 42 comparison to 53 specifications 148 Index ● 153 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage Manager 80 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 storage space 13 support, customer 3 SUSE installation 63 system requirements 15 T technical specifications 148 technical support 3 Technical Support Identification (TSID) number 3 terminology 13 SAS 89 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage...