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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...
User Manual and Install Guide
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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
User Manual and Install Guide
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... system (and Adaptec Storage Manager) recognizes as logical drives. Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) concepts and technology. accessible from the main window of configurations, the generic term "storage space" is used to refer to arrays as logical drives. This guide uses these documents: ● Readme.txt-Includes updated product information and known issues; located on the Adaptec Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide-Describes how to...
... system (and Adaptec Storage Manager) recognizes as logical drives. Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) concepts and technology. accessible from the main window of configurations, the generic term "storage space" is used to refer to arrays as logical drives. This guide uses these documents: ● Readme.txt-Includes updated product information and known issues; located on the Adaptec Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide-Describes how to...
User Manual and Install Guide
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...; Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables. For more information, 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 memory-mapped address ranges Refer...
...; Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables. For more information, 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 memory-mapped address ranges Refer...
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... 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 disk drives in size ● Online...
... 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 disk drives in size ● Online...
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...disk drives 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 it includes four independent sets of parity data instead of two. To purchase a flash backup module, refer to upgrade your Adaptec RAID controller.To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide and the Adaptec Command Line Interface User's Guide. RAID Controller Adaptec RAID 5085/Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID...
...disk drives 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 it includes four independent sets of parity data instead of two. To purchase a flash backup module, refer to upgrade your Adaptec RAID controller.To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide and the Adaptec Command Line Interface User's Guide. RAID Controller Adaptec RAID 5085/Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID...
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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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... array. 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 (see page 55). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 59.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). Installing with an Operating System 1 Install and connect your data storage (see page 46). Follow the steps for the installation option you can connect external disk drives...
... array. 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 (see page 55). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 59.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). Installing with an Operating System 1 Install and connect your data storage (see page 46). Follow the steps for the installation option you can connect external disk drives...
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...information, refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide. You can create an array using any of the list. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. Your Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable disk drives and bootable arrays. For instructions, refer to your keyboard. When prompted, press Ctrl+A to boot from a bootable installation DVD) that you try to the top of these tools: ● Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-BIOS-based menus and keyboard navigation (see page 80). ● ARCCONF-Command line utility. To enable your computer...
...information, refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide. You can create an array using any of the list. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. Your Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable disk drives and bootable arrays. For instructions, refer to your keyboard. When prompted, press Ctrl+A to boot from a bootable installation DVD) that you try to the top of these tools: ● Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-BIOS-based menus and keyboard navigation (see page 80). ● ARCCONF-Command line utility. To enable your computer...
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... need your Ubuntu operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the archive to install the driver image. 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 the USB drive by typing this task. d Copy...
... need your Ubuntu operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the archive to install the driver image. 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 the USB drive by typing this task. d Copy...
User Manual and Install Guide
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... from the Microsoft Download Center at www.vmware.com/ downloads (for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5, you will need to create the custom boot image. To perform the installation, you must have administrator privileges to create the driver disk and install the driver image. You must create a custom boot image using the in component for vSphere PowerCLI, a command-line and scripting tool from VMware based on -screen instructions. 9 Reboot your Windows build machine. You...
... from the Microsoft Download Center at www.vmware.com/ downloads (for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5, you will need to create the custom boot image. To perform the installation, you must have administrator privileges to create the driver disk and install the driver image. You must create a custom boot image using the in component for vSphere PowerCLI, a command-line and scripting tool from VMware based on -screen instructions. 9 Reboot your Windows build machine. You...
User Manual and Install Guide
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... Which Utility Should I Use on page 81. The agent is like a service that system. With ARCCONF, you build a storage space for VMware systems called Remote ARCCONF. Chapter 9: Managing Your Storage Space ● 80 About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a full-featured software application that helps you can: ● Create and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot your system ARCCONF is described in the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which...
... Which Utility Should I Use on page 81. The agent is like a service that system. With ARCCONF, you build a storage space for VMware systems called Remote ARCCONF. Chapter 9: Managing Your Storage Space ● 80 About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a full-featured software application that helps you can: ● Create and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot your system ARCCONF is described in the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which...
User Manual and Install Guide
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... utility that you can use to update, save, or verify your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM). ! The ARC utility comprises these tools: ● Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-For creating and managing arrays, and initializing and rescanning disk drives. ● SerialSelect-For modifying your controller's BIOS. About the Adaptec Flash Utility The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is included in DOS use Adaptec Storage Manager to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide...
... utility that you can use to update, save, or verify your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM). ! The ARC utility comprises these tools: ● Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-For creating and managing arrays, and initializing and rescanning disk drives. ● SerialSelect-For modifying your controller's BIOS. About the Adaptec Flash Utility The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is included in DOS use Adaptec Storage Manager to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide...
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... detected during system boot, try installing it in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller includes an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs. To silence the alarm, use the 'blink' feature of Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor the status of disk drives, the LED(s) on the selected disk drives flash. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 84 Troubleshooting Checklist If you encounter difficulties installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online...
... detected during system boot, try installing it in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller includes an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs. To silence the alarm, use the 'blink' feature of Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor the status of disk drives, the LED(s) on the selected disk drives flash. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 84 Troubleshooting Checklist If you encounter difficulties installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online...
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...: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives or logical devices when referring to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced. No action is automatically moved back to arrays (see page 86). Then, designate a new hot spare to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. For instructions, refer to protect the arrays on that controller. To recover from the failure: 1 Remove and replace the failed disk drive. 2 If copyback is not enabled-In Adaptec Storage Manager, remove the 'hot spare' designation from a Disk Drive...
...: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives or logical devices when referring to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced. No action is automatically moved back to arrays (see page 86). Then, designate a new hot spare to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. For instructions, refer to protect the arrays on that controller. To recover from the failure: 1 Remove and replace the failed disk drive. 2 If copyback is not enabled-In Adaptec Storage Manager, remove the 'hot spare' designation from a Disk Drive...
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... by a Hot Spare. Storage Manager User's Guide. Failed Drive in maxCache Pool Because Solid State Drives (SSD) in a RAID 0 array, the data can use the BIOS utility, ACU (see Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by recreating the logical drive without the initialization step. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on Adaptec Series 2 and Adaptec Series 5 controllers only. Correct the cause of the failure or replace the failed disk drives. Adaptec Series 6 controllers support HDA mode flash. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 86 If there are used just for caching, not...
... by a Hot Spare. Storage Manager User's Guide. Failed Drive in maxCache Pool Because Solid State Drives (SSD) in a RAID 0 array, the data can use the BIOS utility, ACU (see Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by recreating the logical drive without the initialization step. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on Adaptec Series 2 and Adaptec Series 5 controllers only. Correct the cause of the failure or replace the failed disk drives. Adaptec Series 6 controllers support HDA mode flash. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 86 If there are used just for caching, not...
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... with SATA II disk drives. Note-When the alarm is Fault Only. For Series 6/6E controllers, default is turned off (disabled), it will remain off after a reboot. When enabled, the controller automatically rebuilds an array when a failed disk drive is relevant for logical arrays. When disabled, the array must be booted from a bootable DVD/CD. (This setting is not available on all RAID controller models.) When enabled, removable media devices, such as a bootable device. When enabled in Adaptec Storage Manager. This is replaced. Default is enabled. Displaying the disk drives adds...
... with SATA II disk drives. Note-When the alarm is Fault Only. For Series 6/6E controllers, default is turned off (disabled), it will remain off after a reboot. When enabled, the controller automatically rebuilds an array when a failed disk drive is relevant for logical arrays. When disabled, the array must be booted from a bootable DVD/CD. (This setting is not available on all RAID controller models.) When enabled, removable media devices, such as a bootable device. When enabled in Adaptec Storage Manager. This is replaced. Default is enabled. Displaying the disk drives adds...
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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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... 71 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. 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 61...
... 71 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. 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 61...
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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...