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... Features 17 Adding a Battery Backup Module 17 Upgrading the Controller Firmware 17 About the Adaptec 4000 18 About the Adaptec 4800SAS 19 About the Adaptec 4805SAS 20 About the Adaptec 2420SA 21 About the Adaptec 2820SA 22 About the Adaptec 2130SLP 23 About the Adaptec 2230SLP 24 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 26 Selecting Disk Drives 27 Disk Drives for SAS...
... Features 17 Adding a Battery Backup Module 17 Upgrading the Controller Firmware 17 About the Adaptec 4000 18 About the Adaptec 4800SAS 19 About the Adaptec 4805SAS 20 About the Adaptec 2420SA 21 About the Adaptec 2820SA 22 About the Adaptec 2130SLP 23 About the Adaptec 2230SLP 24 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 26 Selecting Disk Drives 27 Disk Drives for SAS...
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Contents ● 10 Using the Adaptec Flash Utility System Requirements 98 Before You Begin 98 Obtaining the Firmware 98 Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks 99 Running the Menu-based AFU 99 Running the AFU from the Command Line 100 AFU Commands 100 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line 103 Safety Information Electrostatic Discharge (ESD 104 Technical Specifications Environmental Specifications 106 DC Power Requirements 106 Current Requirements 106 Index
Contents ● 10 Using the Adaptec Flash Utility System Requirements 98 Before You Begin 98 Obtaining the Firmware 98 Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks 99 Running the Menu-based AFU 99 Running the AFU from the Command Line 100 AFU Commands 100 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line 103 Safety Information Electrostatic Discharge (ESD 104 Technical Specifications Environmental Specifications 106 DC Power Requirements 106 Current Requirements 106 Index
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... ● Support for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping... to redundant arrays in size ● Online capacity expansion, so you can increase the capacity of one. 1 The Adaptec 2420SA RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, simple, and spanned volumes.
... ● Support for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping... to redundant arrays in size ● Online capacity expansion, so you can increase the capacity of one. 1 The Adaptec 2420SA RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, simple, and spanned volumes.
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... protection and improve performance by -step instructions, follow the instructions in the online Help or the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage on page 97. RAID Controller Adaptec 4800SAS / Adaptec 4805SAS Adaptec 2420SA / / Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2130SLP / Adaptec 2230SLP Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 600 Adaptec Battery Module 500 Adaptec Battery Module 400 To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the...
... protection and improve performance by -step instructions, follow the instructions in the online Help or the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage on page 97. RAID Controller Adaptec 4800SAS / Adaptec 4805SAS Adaptec 2420SA / / Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2130SLP / Adaptec 2230SLP Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 600 Adaptec Battery Module 500 Adaptec Battery Module 400 To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the...
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... DOS utility that you install and use to update, save, or verify your RAID controller's flash contents, it is still important to avoid rendering your RAID controller inoperable. For all subsequent storage management tasks, Adaptec recommends that you from accidentally damaging your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM). ! Caution: Although the AFU contains...
... DOS utility that you install and use to update, save, or verify your RAID controller's flash contents, it is still important to avoid rendering your RAID controller inoperable. For all subsequent storage management tasks, Adaptec recommends that you from accidentally damaging your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM). ! Caution: Although the AFU contains...
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... how to reset (or flash) your data (if available). To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your controller from the controller, then attach a shorting jumper to the Mode 0 flash connector. (To locate the Mode 0 flash connector on your Adaptec RAID controller, see the figures in the same array, the data can't be recovered...
... how to reset (or flash) your data (if available). To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your controller from the controller, then attach a shorting jumper to the Mode 0 flash connector. (To locate the Mode 0 flash connector on your Adaptec RAID controller, see the figures in the same array, the data can't be recovered...
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... events overwrite old events. Formatting destroys all data. The current event log opens. Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation, and boot activity. To format or verify a disk drive: 1 Start the ARC utility (see... page 79). 2 Select the controller you restart your disk drives. (New disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to low-level format or verify your computer; Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 85 Formatting and Verifying Disk...
... events overwrite old events. Formatting destroys all data. The current event log opens. Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation, and boot activity. To format or verify a disk drive: 1 Start the ARC utility (see... page 79). 2 Select the controller you restart your disk drives. (New disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to low-level format or verify your computer; Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 85 Formatting and Verifying Disk...
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... -screen. For more information about completing tasks, see Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays on your Adaptec RAID controller kit. Menus can create using the RAID Installation CD that came in the ACU using menus: 1 Insert the ACU floppy disk (see Getting Started above...), then start or restart your computer. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 87 Getting Started Note: You need a bootable floppy disk to complete this file: packages/firmware...
... -screen. For more information about completing tasks, see Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays on your Adaptec RAID controller kit. Menus can create using the RAID Installation CD that came in the ACU using menus: 1 Insert the ACU floppy disk (see Getting Started above...), then start or restart your computer. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 87 Getting Started Note: You need a bootable floppy disk to complete this file: packages/firmware...
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... is a sample ACU file that will initialize all disk drives connected to the SATA controller and create a RAID 5 array with the disk drives on ports 0, 1, and 2. Controller= 0,5:7:0 Controller Name=Adaptec Adaptec 2820SA Subsystem ID=0x2A1 Firmware Version=V5.1-0[6792] Total Ports=8 Port 0 = 0:0:0 Maxtor 279.479GB 279.395GB Port 1 = 0:1:0 Maxtor 279.479GB 279.395GB Port 2 = 0:2:0 Maxtor 279.479GB...
... is a sample ACU file that will initialize all disk drives connected to the SATA controller and create a RAID 5 array with the disk drives on ports 0, 1, and 2. Controller= 0,5:7:0 Controller Name=Adaptec Adaptec 2820SA Subsystem ID=0x2A1 Firmware Version=V5.1-0[6792] Total Ports=8 Port 0 = 0:0:0 Maxtor 279.479GB 279.395GB Port 1 = 0:1:0 Maxtor 279.479GB 279.395GB Port 2 = 0:2:0 Maxtor 279.479GB...
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... Running the Menu-based AFU 99 Running the AFU from accidentally damaging your RAID controller's flash contents, it is still important to use the AFU. Using the Adaptec Flash Utility E In this appendix... Adaptec recommends that you from the Command Line 100 Updating the Flash Using the AFU... Command Line 103 This chapter describes how to use the Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU), a text-based DOS utility that only advanced users familiar with working in DOS use the AFU carefully and correctly to update, save, or verify the RAID controller's firmware BIOS and NVRAM. !
... Running the Menu-based AFU 99 Running the AFU from accidentally damaging your RAID controller's flash contents, it is still important to use the AFU. Using the Adaptec Flash Utility E In this appendix... Adaptec recommends that you from the Command Line 100 Updating the Flash Using the AFU... Command Line 103 This chapter describes how to use the Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU), a text-based DOS utility that only advanced users familiar with working in DOS use the AFU carefully and correctly to update, save, or verify the RAID controller's firmware BIOS and NVRAM. !
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...Compatibility Notes ● Supports HIMEM.SYS; The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of extended memory. Note: You can't run the AFU: 1 Using the AFU ...You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware (see the following section). 2 Create a firmware kit on floppy disks (see page 100) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under HIMEM.SYS (for more information. See www.adaptec.com for example, SMARTDRV....
...Compatibility Notes ● Supports HIMEM.SYS; The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of extended memory. Note: You can't run the AFU: 1 Using the AFU ...You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware (see the following section). 2 Create a firmware kit on floppy disks (see page 100) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under HIMEM.SYS (for more information. See www.adaptec.com for example, SMARTDRV....
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....ufi file to a separate floppy disk. (Some RAID controllers have four. Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 99 Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks Note: You will need at least two bootable MS-DOS floppy disks to the controller you can 't create a bootable floppy disk using ... the command line, see the following section. To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the boot controller's flash first, restart the computer, then update the flash for example Adaptec 4800SAS). To create the firmware floppy disks: 1 Create a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk and...
....ufi file to a separate floppy disk. (Some RAID controllers have four. Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 99 Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks Note: You will need at least two bootable MS-DOS floppy disks to the controller you can 't create a bootable floppy disk using ... the command line, see the following section. To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the boot controller's flash first, restart the computer, then update the flash for example Adaptec 4800SAS). To create the firmware floppy disks: 1 Create a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk and...
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... default drive and directory: A:\> AFU SAVE /C 0 In this example, the AFU saves flash contents from RAID controller 0 to a UFI file in the default location. In this example, the AFU saves flash contents from Controller 1 to update firmware on controllers Adaptec Adaptec 2230SLP ***PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE*** This might take effect. UFI filenames...
... default drive and directory: A:\> AFU SAVE /C 0 In this example, the AFU saves flash contents from RAID controller 0 to a UFI file in the default location. In this example, the AFU saves flash contents from Controller 1 to update firmware on controllers Adaptec Adaptec 2230SLP ***PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE*** This might take effect. UFI filenames...
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... numbers of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. If your floppy disk drive. For example, to upgrade controllers 0, 2, and 3, type AFU UPDATE /C 0, 2, 3 ● To update all RAID controllers simultaneously: AFU UPDATE /C all Note: The UFI file identifies the RAID controllers, so you don't have multiple controllers and you don't know the number of the RAID controller whose firmware you are...
... numbers of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. If your floppy disk drive. For example, to upgrade controllers 0, 2, and 3, type AFU UPDATE /C 0, 2, 3 ● To update all RAID controllers simultaneously: AFU UPDATE /C all Note: The UFI file identifies the RAID controllers, so you don't have multiple controllers and you don't know the number of the RAID controller whose firmware you are...
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...81 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 82 RAID levels 26 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 82 resetting 61 Runtime BIOS setting 82 setting boot controller 38 specifications 105 standard features troubleshooting 59 updating firmware 98 upgrading firmware 17 copyback 16 CRC Checking setting 83 customer ...and operating system installation 30, 42, 48 driver disk 43 driver installation 49 to SCSI controllers 35 external 35 failure recovery multiple arrays 60 multiple disk drives 61 RAID 0 arrays 60 with Windows 44 E electrostatic discharge 104 Enable Disconnection setting 84 end ...
...81 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 82 RAID levels 26 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 82 resetting 61 Runtime BIOS setting 82 setting boot controller 38 specifications 105 standard features troubleshooting 59 updating firmware 98 upgrading firmware 17 copyback 16 CRC Checking setting 83 customer ...and operating system installation 30, 42, 48 driver disk 43 driver installation 49 to SCSI controllers 35 external 35 failure recovery multiple arrays 60 multiple disk drives 61 RAID 0 arrays 60 with Windows 44 E electrostatic discharge 104 Enable Disconnection setting 84 end ...
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..., ?? See disk drive hot spares 16 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 91 I initializing disk drives 80 Initiate Wide Negotiation setting 84 installation controllers 32 creating a driver disk 43 disk drives (SAS) 33 disk drives (SATA) 35 disk drives (SCSI) 35 driver 49 to SATA... F failed disk drives 59 multiple arrays 60 multiple disk drives 61 RAID 0 arrays 60 without hot spare 60 feature keys 17 firmware 98 creating floppy disks 99 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 61 floppy disks for firmware update 99 formatting disk drives 85 FreeBSD driver installation 53 OS installation ...
..., ?? See disk drive hot spares 16 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 91 I initializing disk drives 80 Initiate Wide Negotiation setting 84 installation controllers 32 creating a driver disk 43 disk drives (SAS) 33 disk drives (SATA) 35 disk drives (SCSI) 35 driver 49 to SATA... F failed disk drives 59 multiple arrays 60 multiple disk drives 61 RAID 0 arrays 60 without hot spare 60 feature keys 17 firmware 98 creating floppy disks 99 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 61 floppy disks for firmware update 99 formatting disk drives 85 FreeBSD driver installation 53 OS installation ...
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...81 applying changes 81 exiting 81 modifying controller settings 82 opening 81 Serial ATA. See SATA Serial Attached SCSI. See SCSI snapshot 17 software 56 Solaris driver installation 52 specifications 105 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 57 Adaptec Storage Manager 56 AFU 57 ARCCONF ... 58 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U UnixWare driver installation 53 OS installation 47 updating firmware 98 upgrading firmware 17 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 57 AFU 57 ARCCONF 56 V verifying disk drives 85 VMWare driver installation 53 OS installation...
...81 applying changes 81 exiting 81 modifying controller settings 82 opening 81 Serial ATA. See SATA Serial Attached SCSI. See SCSI snapshot 17 software 56 Solaris driver installation 52 specifications 105 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 57 Adaptec Storage Manager 56 AFU 57 ARCCONF ... 58 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U UnixWare driver installation 53 OS installation 47 updating firmware 98 upgrading firmware 17 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 57 AFU 57 ARCCONF 56 V verifying disk drives 85 VMWare driver installation 53 OS installation...