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... Backplane 39 Connecting External Devices 40 Next Steps ...40 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 42 Creating an Array 42 Creating an Array with the ACU 42 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 44 Making Your Array Bootable 45 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 47 Creating a Driver Disk 47 Installing with Windows 47 Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 48 Installing with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 48 Installing with Red Hat Linux 49 Installing with SUSE Linux 49 Installing with OpenServer 49 Installing...
... Backplane 39 Connecting External Devices 40 Next Steps ...40 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 42 Creating an Array 42 Creating an Array with the ACU 42 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 44 Making Your Array Bootable 45 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 47 Creating a Driver Disk 47 Installing with Windows 47 Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 48 Installing with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 48 Installing with Red Hat Linux 49 Installing with SUSE Linux 49 Installing with OpenServer 49 Installing...
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... 58 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 58 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 58 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 59 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 59 Which Utility Should I Use 59 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 61 Monitoring Disk Drives Status 61 Silencing the Alarm 61 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 62 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare 62 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare 62 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 62 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 63 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 63 Resetting...
... 58 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 58 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 58 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 59 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 59 Which Utility Should I Use 59 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 61 Monitoring Disk Drives Status 61 Silencing the Alarm 61 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 62 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare 62 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare 62 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 62 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 63 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 63 Resetting...
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...the ARC Utility 82 Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays 82 Creating a New Array 82 Managing Existing Arrays 83 Initializing Disk Drives 84 Rescanning Disk Drives 84 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 85 Managing Global Hot Spares 85 Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs 85 Creating a New JBOD 85 Managing Existing JBODs 86 Using the ACU to Manage the MaxIQ Pool 86 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 86 Opening SerialSelect 87 Applying Changes and Exiting 87 Modifying Your Controller's Configuration 87 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives 89 Locating Disk Drives 89...
...the ARC Utility 82 Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays 82 Creating a New Array 82 Managing Existing Arrays 83 Initializing Disk Drives 84 Rescanning Disk Drives 84 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 85 Managing Global Hot Spares 85 Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs 85 Creating a New JBOD 85 Managing Existing JBODs 86 Using the ACU to Manage the MaxIQ Pool 86 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 86 Opening SerialSelect 87 Applying Changes and Exiting 87 Modifying Your Controller's Configuration 87 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives 89 Locating Disk Drives 89...
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... disk drive space ● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (storage management must be done by command-line, BIOS utility, or remote GUI connection-see page 81) ● FreeBSD 6.4, 7.1 Note: For up-to-date operating system version support check the readme on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide...
... disk drive space ● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (storage management must be done by command-line, BIOS utility, or remote GUI connection-see page 81) ● FreeBSD 6.4, 7.1 Note: For up-to-date operating system version support check the readme on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide...
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..., and SATA Solid State Disk (SSD) drives ● 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), and a DOS utility (see Managing Your Storage Space on page 57) ● Native command queuing (NCQ), which ensures that the full capacity of all disk drives can be used...
..., and SATA Solid State Disk (SSD) drives ● 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), and a DOS utility (see Managing Your Storage Space on page 57) ● Native command queuing (NCQ), which ensures that the full capacity of all disk drives can be used...
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... instructions in Using the Adaptec Flash Utility on your Adaptec RAID controller. You can be included. ● Hot Space (RAID 5EE)-A RAID 5EE array is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes a distributed spare and must be built 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 also use the Adaptec Storage Manager to upgrade your controller firmware, refer...
... instructions in Using the Adaptec Flash Utility on your Adaptec RAID controller. You can be included. ● Hot Space (RAID 5EE)-A RAID 5EE array is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes a distributed spare and must be built 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 also use the Adaptec Storage Manager to upgrade your controller firmware, refer...
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... Activity Mode 0 Flash connector Activity LEDs Diagnostic LEDs Audible Alarm Drive Activity LED connectors for CN1/CN0 CN0 CN1 2 external SAS connectors Mounting bracket Battery connector PCIe x8 connector Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, external Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe x8 2.5 Gb/s 8 512 MB DDR2 2 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) 8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: Ext. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller...
... Activity Mode 0 Flash connector Activity LEDs Diagnostic LEDs Audible Alarm Drive Activity LED connectors for CN1/CN0 CN0 CN1 2 external SAS connectors Mounting bracket Battery connector PCIe x8 connector Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, external Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe x8 2.5 Gb/s 8 512 MB DDR2 2 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) 8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: Ext. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller...
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... one bootable controller, skip to boot from a bootable RAID installation CD) that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. Your Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable disk drives and bootable arrays. For instructions, refer to enter the ARC utility. Creating an Array with your mouse (see the following message will load after the operating system is installed. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. To enable your computer documentation. When prompted, press Ctrl+A to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide...
... one bootable controller, skip to boot from a bootable RAID installation CD) that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. Your Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable disk drives and bootable arrays. For instructions, refer to enter the ARC utility. Creating an Array with your mouse (see the following message will load after the operating system is installed. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. To enable your computer documentation. When prompted, press Ctrl+A to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide...
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... Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to restart your new configuration. The configuration is displayed. You must partition and format these logical drives before you created appears as an "array", see page 12) and on your logical drive. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 45 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a physical disk drive...
... Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to restart your new configuration. The configuration is displayed. You must partition and format these logical drives before you created appears as an "array", see page 12) and on your logical drive. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 45 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a physical disk drive...
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Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. To install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom. 3 Install the module RPM: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.i586.rpm Note: The rpm version string may differ for your VMware distribution. 4 Follow the on...
Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. To install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom. 3 Install the module RPM: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.i586.rpm Note: The rpm version string may differ for your VMware distribution. 4 Follow the on...
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...Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is included on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. For installation instructions, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on that system. About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) is like a service that you can use ARCCONF. With ARCCONF, you can : ● Create and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot ARCCONF and the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User...
...Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is included on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. For installation instructions, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on that system. About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) is like a service that you can use ARCCONF. With ARCCONF, you can : ● Create and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot ARCCONF and the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User...
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... installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online Help. 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 installed in a different compatible expansion slot. (See page 36 for instructions.) ● Did the driver install correctly? ● If you have external disk drives (or other devices), are they powered on? ● Check...
... installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online Help. 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 installed in a different compatible expansion slot. (See page 36 for instructions.) ● Did the driver install correctly? ● If you have external disk drives (or other devices), are they powered on? ● Check...
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... page 63). Make sure that array fails the hot spare is available-see page 12). Then, designate a new hot spare to rebuild the array. If the controller fails to rebuild the array, check that controller. Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare When an array is required. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to rebuild the array. No action is protected by a Hot Spare. Then, if necessary, use Adaptec Storage Manager to arrays (see bullet above.) If there are properly installed and connected.
... page 63). Make sure that array fails the hot spare is available-see page 12). Then, designate a new hot spare to rebuild the array. If the controller fails to rebuild the array, check that controller. Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare When an array is required. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to rebuild the array. No action is protected by a Hot Spare. Then, if necessary, use Adaptec Storage Manager to arrays (see bullet above.) If there are properly installed and connected.
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... floppy disk. 4 Create additional bootable MS-DOS floppy disks and copy each additional firmware image to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced. Correct the cause of the failure or replace the failed disk drives. Multiple Failures in the Same Array Except in a RAID 0 Array Because RAID 0 volumes do this if the controller becomes inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is the controller number. You can 't be able to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. Storage Manager User's Guide...
... floppy disk. 4 Create additional bootable MS-DOS floppy disks and copy each additional firmware image to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced. Correct the cause of the failure or replace the failed disk drives. Multiple Failures in the Same Array Except in a RAID 0 Array Because RAID 0 volumes do this if the controller becomes inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is the controller number. You can 't be able to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. Storage Manager User's Guide...
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... direct-attached disk drives is attached to Phy X (see page 70), you to manage your RAID controller Activity LED connections and locations. What are Disk Drives Identified in Slot X (see Backplane Connections below for more expander devices (see SAS Expander Connections below for more information) ● BoxX:SlotX = Enclosure X is attached to a disk drive in SAS? See About Your RAID Controller on page 90), disk drives are attached to one SAS/mini-SAS connector with SAS or mini-SAS cables. Once you have connected to a backplane, the Adaptec Storage Manager enables you...
... direct-attached disk drives is attached to Phy X (see page 70), you to manage your RAID controller Activity LED connections and locations. What are Disk Drives Identified in Slot X (see Backplane Connections below for more expander devices (see SAS Expander Connections below for more information) ● BoxX:SlotX = Enclosure X is attached to a disk drive in SAS? See About Your RAID Controller on page 90), disk drives are attached to one SAS/mini-SAS connector with SAS or mini-SAS cables. Once you have connected to a backplane, the Adaptec Storage Manager enables you...
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... SATA disk drives. You can daisy-chain (connect one fanout expander in a large data storage topology. For example, you can use only one to the next) up to 128 SAS addresses.) You can fit together in any single SAS domain (a topology of end devices that you can connect together. A single SAS domain can therefore comprise up to 16,384 SAS ports (and therefore up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures...
... SATA disk drives. You can daisy-chain (connect one fanout expander in a large data storage topology. For example, you can use only one to the next) up to 128 SAS addresses.) You can fit together in any single SAS domain (a topology of end devices that you can connect together. A single SAS domain can therefore comprise up to 16,384 SAS ports (and therefore up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures...
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Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 87 Opening SerialSelect To open SerialSelect, start the ARC utility (see page 82), select SerialSelect, then press Enter. General Controller Settings Note: Default settings are suitable for boot device selection. Default is not used on the controller. (Enabling the write cache overrides any individual drive settings in Adaptec Storage Manager. Some options may be a significant performance reduction. Disabling the BIOS allows another controller to act as a bootable device. Applying Changes and ...
Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 87 Opening SerialSelect To open SerialSelect, start the ARC utility (see page 82), select SerialSelect, then press Enter. General Controller Settings Note: Default settings are suitable for boot device selection. Default is not used on the controller. (Enabling the write cache overrides any individual drive settings in Adaptec Storage Manager. Some options may be a significant performance reduction. Disabling the BIOS allows another controller to act as a bootable device. Applying Changes and ...
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... upgrading firmware 17 copyback 16 CRC Checking setting 89 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 38, 69 disk drives 32, 69 connecting to controllers 38 connections 90 external 40 failure recovery multiple arrays 62 multiple disk drives 63 RAID 0 arrays 63 with hot spare 62 without hot spare 62 formatting 89 identifying 90 initializing 84 recovering from failure 62 rescanning 84 SAS identifiers 69 secure erasing 85 stopping a secure erase 85 types of connections 90 verifying 89 drive requirements 32 Drive's Write Cache setting 87 driver and operating system installation 46 driver disk...
... upgrading firmware 17 copyback 16 CRC Checking setting 89 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 38, 69 disk drives 32, 69 connecting to controllers 38 connections 90 external 40 failure recovery multiple arrays 62 multiple disk drives 63 RAID 0 arrays 63 with hot spare 62 without hot spare 62 formatting 89 identifying 90 initializing 84 recovering from failure 62 rescanning 84 SAS identifiers 69 secure erasing 85 stopping a secure erase 85 types of connections 90 verifying 89 drive requirements 32 Drive's Write Cache setting 87 driver and operating system installation 46 driver disk...
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... 31 Phy Rate setting 89 phys 67 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 88 playback mode 93 R RAID 17 non-redundant arrays 73 RAID 0 73 RAID 1 74 RAID 10 75 RAID 1E 17, 74 RAID 5 76 RAID 50 78 Index ● 130 expander devices 66 external devices 40 F failed disk drives 62 multiple arrays 62 multiple disk drives 63 RAID 0 arrays 63 without hot spare 62 firmware 102 creating floppy disks 103 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 63 floppy disks for firmware update 103 formatting disk drives 89 FreeBSD driver installation 56 OS installation 51 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive.
... 31 Phy Rate setting 89 phys 67 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 88 playback mode 93 R RAID 17 non-redundant arrays 73 RAID 0 73 RAID 1 74 RAID 10 75 RAID 1E 17, 74 RAID 5 76 RAID 50 78 Index ● 130 expander devices 66 external devices 40 F failed disk drives 62 multiple arrays 62 multiple disk drives 63 RAID 0 arrays 63 without hot spare 62 firmware 102 creating floppy disks 103 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 63 floppy disks for firmware update 103 formatting disk drives 89 FreeBSD driver installation 56 OS installation 51 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive.
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...12 SAS 66 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 59 Adaptec Storage Manager 58 AFU 59 ARCCONF 58 troubleshooting tips 60 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U UnixWare driver installation 55 OS installation 50 updating firmware 102 upgrading firmware 17 See controllers RAID levels 31 record mode 94 recovering from disk drive failure 62 Red Hat driver installation 54 OS installation 49 Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Index ● 131 RAID 5EE 17, 77 RAID 6 17, 79 RAID 60 17, 79 RAID controllers. See RAID Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88 replacing...
...12 SAS 66 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 59 Adaptec Storage Manager 58 AFU 59 ARCCONF 58 troubleshooting tips 60 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U UnixWare driver installation 55 OS installation 50 updating firmware 102 upgrading firmware 17 See controllers RAID levels 31 record mode 94 recovering from disk drive failure 62 Red Hat driver installation 54 OS installation 49 Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Index ● 131 RAID 5EE 17, 77 RAID 6 17, 79 RAID 60 17, 79 RAID controllers. See RAID Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88 replacing...