User Guide
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...these terms: ● Controller (also known as adapter, board, or card) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Array (also known as a container or logical drive) Note: The Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide refers to computer users by your..., data storage, RAID technology, and the input/output (I/O) technology-Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), SAS, or Serial ATA (SATA)-used to refer to controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage ManagerTM or the other utilities described in this Guide are known to arrays as logical...
...these terms: ● Controller (also known as adapter, board, or card) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Array (also known as a container or logical drive) Note: The Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide refers to computer users by your..., data storage, RAID technology, and the input/output (I/O) technology-Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), SAS, or Serial ATA (SATA)-used to refer to controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage ManagerTM or the other utilities described in this Guide are known to arrays as logical...
User Guide
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There are shown in your SAS controller, Adaptec recommends that you want. If you plan to build a bootable array using internal disk drives, ensure you install at ... then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 35. See page 60 for more information. If you are connected directly to a SAS card with fan-out cable 3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and attached to four per internal SAS connector. (For more ... controller: ● For SAS RAID controllers, see page 33. ● For SATA RAID controllers, see page 34. ● For SCSI RAID controllers, see page 35.
There are shown in your SAS controller, Adaptec recommends that you want. If you plan to build a bootable array using internal disk drives, ensure you install at ... then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 35. See page 60 for more information. If you are connected directly to a SAS card with fan-out cable 3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and attached to four per internal SAS connector. (For more ... controller: ● For SAS RAID controllers, see page 33. ● For SATA RAID controllers, see page 34. ● For SCSI RAID controllers, see page 35.
User Guide
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... both SAS and SATA devices. (You can move in both SAS and SATA disk drives in the same SAS domain (see page 64), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as computers and disk drives communicate with eight links has a maximum bandwidth of this chapter as SAS devices. To... compare SAS to parallel SCSI, see page 61). on page 65. A SAS card with each other. Chapter A: Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ● 60 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers...
... both SAS and SATA devices. (You can move in both SAS and SATA disk drives in the same SAS domain (see page 64), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as computers and disk drives communicate with eight links has a maximum bandwidth of this chapter as SAS devices. To... compare SAS to parallel SCSI, see page 61). on page 65. A SAS card with each other. Chapter A: Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ● 60 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers...
User Guide
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... have one SAS address, which is what you see page 63), and all phys on a SAS device. Each port has its width. Unlike SCSI devices and SCSI IDs, SAS devices self-configure their SAS addresses. What's a SAS Connector? Note: Because the physical link between more of a virtual concept, ... SAS address. It supports the power and signal line cable. Narrow connectors support a single link; A narrow port contains one or more connectors. SAS card port options vary. A port is more than port to as shown in a port share that 's being plugged in the port. The number of...
... have one SAS address, which is what you see page 63), and all phys on a SAS device. Each port has its width. Unlike SCSI devices and SCSI IDs, SAS devices self-configure their SAS addresses. What's a SAS Connector? Note: Because the physical link between more of a virtual concept, ... SAS address. It supports the power and signal line cable. Narrow connectors support a single link; A narrow port contains one or more connectors. SAS card port options vary. A port is more than port to as shown in a port share that 's being plugged in the port. The number of...
User Guide
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..., and ZZ is limited to -SAS fan-out cables are also available) External SAS cable An example of phys supported by the SAS card. (Note that there may be multiple phys within the enclosure). See page 63.) When you attach four disk drives to a single 4-wide...-attached disk drives is the slot number (within a single connector. What are narrower than internal parallel SCSI cables. The number of links they support, from single link connectors to a SAS card with SAS cables. Chapter A: Introduction to each other through direct cable connections and through backplane connections....
..., and ZZ is limited to -SAS fan-out cables are also available) External SAS cable An example of phys supported by the SAS card. (Note that there may be multiple phys within the enclosure). See page 63.) When you attach four disk drives to a single 4-wide...-attached disk drives is the slot number (within a single connector. What are narrower than internal parallel SCSI cables. The number of links they support, from single link connectors to a SAS card with SAS cables. Chapter A: Introduction to each other through direct cable connections and through backplane connections....
User Guide
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... can daisy-chain (connect one fanout expander in a host system. With expander devices, you can connect up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a single SAS card in any single SAS domain (a topology of SAS-and possibly SATA-end devices and expander devices). For example, the... You can connect together. Each performs a different role in a large data storage topology. Chapter A: Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ● 64 Backplane Connections In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are two types of SAS expanders: fanout expanders and edge expanders.
... can daisy-chain (connect one fanout expander in a host system. With expander devices, you can connect up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a single SAS card in any single SAS domain (a topology of SAS-and possibly SATA-end devices and expander devices). For example, the... You can connect together. Each performs a different role in a large data storage topology. Chapter A: Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ● 64 Backplane Connections In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are two types of SAS expanders: fanout expanders and edge expanders.
User Guide
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... SAS disk drives simultaneously More than parallel SCSI, and provides more devices. In summary, although SAS and parallel SCSI both use the SCSI command set SCSI IDs Requires bus termination Standard SCSI connectors Serial Attached SCSI Serial interface Maximum speed 600 MB/sec per SAS card, using an expander (see page 63)... To support point-to-point serial data transport, SAS introduces new types of the main differences between devices SAS addresses self-configured by all devices on the bus Supports SCSI devices only Up to 16...
... SAS disk drives simultaneously More than parallel SCSI, and provides more devices. In summary, although SAS and parallel SCSI both use the SCSI command set SCSI IDs Requires bus termination Standard SCSI connectors Serial Attached SCSI Serial interface Maximum speed 600 MB/sec per SAS card, using an expander (see page 63)... To support point-to-point serial data transport, SAS introduces new types of the main differences between devices SAS addresses self-configured by all devices on the bus Supports SCSI devices only Up to 16...
User Guide
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... line interface (flash utility) 97 command line utility 53 contents of controller kit 14 Controller SCSI Channel ID setting 81 Controller SCSI Channel Termination setting 81 controllers Alarm Control setting 79 Array Background Consistency Check setting 79 Array-...connections 33, 63 disk drives 28 cables 29 connecting to SAS controllers 33 connecting to SATA controllers 34 connecting to SCSI controllers 35 external 35 failure recovery multiple arrays 57 multiple disk drives 58 RAID 0 arrays 57 with hot spare ... property 88 Index ● 105 bootable arrays 40 creating 36, 77 C cables 29 cards.
... line interface (flash utility) 97 command line utility 53 contents of controller kit 14 Controller SCSI Channel ID setting 81 Controller SCSI Channel Termination setting 81 controllers Alarm Control setting 79 Array Background Consistency Check setting 79 Array-...connections 33, 63 disk drives 28 cables 29 connecting to SAS controllers 33 connecting to SATA controllers 34 connecting to SCSI controllers 35 external 35 failure recovery multiple arrays 57 multiple disk drives 58 RAID 0 arrays 57 with hot spare ... property 88 Index ● 105 bootable arrays 40 creating 36, 77 C cables 29 cards.
User Guide
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... controllers 58 Runtime BIOS setting 79 S safety information 101 SAS 4-wide ports 62 backplane connections 34, 64 cables 29, 63 comparison to parallel SCSI 65 connectors 62 description 60 direct-attach connections 33, 63 disk drive identifiers 63 disk drives 28 edge expanders 64 end devices 60 expander connections...expanders 64 link speed 60 links 61 SAS, continued narrow connectors 62 narrow ports 62 phys 61 ports 61, 62 SAS address 62 SAS cards 60 SAS devices 60 SAS domain 64 terminology 60 transceivers 61 wide connectors 62 wide ports 62 SAS Address setting 80 SAS controllers cables ...
... controllers 58 Runtime BIOS setting 79 S safety information 101 SAS 4-wide ports 62 backplane connections 34, 64 cables 29, 63 comparison to parallel SCSI 65 connectors 62 description 60 direct-attach connections 33, 63 disk drive identifiers 63 disk drives 28 edge expanders 64 end devices 60 expander connections...expanders 64 link speed 60 links 61 SAS, continued narrow connectors 62 narrow ports 62 phys 61 ports 61, 62 SAS address 62 SAS cards 60 SAS devices 60 SAS domain 64 terminology 60 transceivers 61 wide connectors 62 wide ports 62 SAS Address setting 80 SAS controllers cables ...