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... options, call +1 408-934-7274. ● For support via e-mail, submit your question at ask.adaptec.com. ● You can order Adaptec cables online at www.adaptec.com/buy -cables. The TSID number identifies your product and support status. ● The TSID number is included on a white, bar-coded ...visit the Support section of you need your question at www.adaptec.co.jp. ● Call +0066-3313-2601. Japan ● Visit our Web site at ask.adaptec.com. ● You can order cables online at www.adaptec.com/buy -cables. For support via e-mail, submit your product unique TSID...
... options, call +1 408-934-7274. ● For support via e-mail, submit your question at ask.adaptec.com. ● You can order Adaptec cables online at www.adaptec.com/buy -cables. The TSID number identifies your product and support status. ● The TSID number is included on a white, bar-coded ...visit the Support section of you need your question at www.adaptec.co.jp. ● Call +0066-3313-2601. Japan ● Visit our Web site at ask.adaptec.com. ● You can order cables online at www.adaptec.com/buy -cables. For support via e-mail, submit your product unique TSID...
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...Adaptec RAID 5085/Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID 5445/ Adaptec RAID 5805/ Adaptec RAID 5405Z/Adaptec RAID 5805Z/Adaptec RAID 5445Z/ Adaptec RAID 5805Q/Adaptec RAID 5805ZQ/ Adaptec RAID 51245/Adaptec RAID 51645/Adaptec RAID 52445/ ASR-3405/ASR-3805/ASR-3085/ASR-31205/ASR-31605/ Adaptec RAID 2045/Adaptec RAID 2405/Adaptec RAID 2405Q/ Adaptec...immunity: 3 V - EN61000-4-4 (1995) Electrical fast transients/burst: ±1 kV AC, ±0.5 kV I /O cable and power cable to ensure compliance of the FCC rules. This equipment is replaced by the Spectrum Management Agency. Caution: Risk of the ...
...Adaptec RAID 5085/Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID 5445/ Adaptec RAID 5805/ Adaptec RAID 5405Z/Adaptec RAID 5805Z/Adaptec RAID 5445Z/ Adaptec RAID 5805Q/Adaptec RAID 5805ZQ/ Adaptec RAID 51245/Adaptec RAID 51645/Adaptec RAID 52445/ ASR-3405/ASR-3805/ASR-3085/ASR-31205/ASR-31605/ Adaptec RAID 2045/Adaptec RAID 2405/Adaptec RAID 2405Q/ Adaptec...immunity: 3 V - EN61000-4-4 (1995) Electrical fast transients/burst: ±1 kV AC, ±0.5 kV I /O cable and power cable to ensure compliance of the FCC rules. This equipment is replaced by the Spectrum Management Agency. Caution: Risk of the ...
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Contents ● 7 About the Adaptec RAID 2045 35 About the Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q 36 About the Adaptec RAID 2805 37 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 39 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 40 Disk Drives 40 Cables ...40 Installation Options 41 Basic Installation Steps 42 Installing with an Operating System ... a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 52 Creating an Array 52 Creating an Array with the ACU 52 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 54 Making Your Array Bootable 55 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 57 Creating a Driver Disk ...
Contents ● 7 About the Adaptec RAID 2045 35 About the Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q 36 About the Adaptec RAID 2805 37 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 39 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 40 Disk Drives 40 Cables ...40 Installation Options 41 Basic Installation Steps 42 Installing with an Operating System ... a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 52 Creating an Array 52 Creating an Array with the ACU 52 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 54 Making Your Array Bootable 55 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 57 Creating a Driver Disk ...
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... 65 Installing on VMware 66 Installing on FreeBSD 66 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 71 Monitoring...?...76 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 77 What's a Phy? ...77 What's a SAS Port 78 What's a SAS Address 78 What's a SAS Connector 78 What do SAS Cables Look Like 78
... 65 Installing on VMware 66 Installing on FreeBSD 66 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 71 Monitoring...?...76 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 77 What's a Phy? ...77 What's a SAS Port 78 What's a SAS Address 78 What's a SAS Connector 78 What do SAS Cables Look Like 78
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... Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with a boot DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for cable information about your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems. ● Microsoft® Windows®...
... Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with a boot DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for cable information about your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems. ● Microsoft® Windows®...
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Choosing a RAID Level...39 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 40 Installation Options ...41 Basic Installation Steps...42 This chapter provides the basic information you want them. Getting Started 4 In this chapter... It also describes the options you have for installing your disk drives and arrays the way you need to set up your Adaptec controller and disk drives, and creating arrays for data storage.
Choosing a RAID Level...39 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 40 Installation Options ...41 Basic Installation Steps...42 This chapter provides the basic information you want them. Getting Started 4 In this chapter... It also describes the options you have for installing your disk drives and arrays the way you need to set up your Adaptec controller and disk drives, and creating arrays for data storage.
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... or online Help. For more information about arrays, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. Internal mini-SAS with power (SFF-8087 to SFF-8482)-Connects to the capacity of these cables: External mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to SFF-8470)-Connects to an external... SAS enclosure. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 40 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables Disk Drives Your SAS controller supports SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drives. When selecting disk drives for your requirements, you can use ...
... or online Help. For more information about arrays, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. Internal mini-SAS with power (SFF-8087 to SFF-8482)-Connects to the capacity of these cables: External mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to SFF-8470)-Connects to an external... SAS enclosure. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 40 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables Disk Drives Your SAS controller supports SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drives. When selecting disk drives for your requirements, you can use ...
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...mini-SAS to SATA fan-out (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA)-Connects to a backplane or enclosure. Installation Options When you install your Adaptec controller, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the controller driver on an existing operating ...is installed on that you can 't insert them incorrectly. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec SAS cables. Cable connectors are keyed so that array. External mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 ...
...mini-SAS to SATA fan-out (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA)-Connects to a backplane or enclosure. Installation Options When you install your Adaptec controller, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the controller driver on an existing operating ...is installed on that you can 't insert them incorrectly. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec SAS cables. Cable connectors are keyed so that array. External mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 ...
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...9679; Read Safety Information on page 150. ● Familiarize yourself with your Adaptec RAID controller's physical features and the RAID levels that it clicks into place. Follow one of these sets of the LED cable (usually a red wire or a wire marked with zero maintenance cache protection,... see page 45. Ensure that the positive lead of instructions: ● To install a standard series Adaptec RAID controller (without zero maintenance cache protection), see page...
...9679; Read Safety Information on page 150. ● Familiarize yourself with your Adaptec RAID controller's physical features and the RAID levels that it clicks into place. Follow one of these sets of the LED cable (usually a red wire or a wire marked with zero maintenance cache protection,... see page 45. Ensure that the positive lead of instructions: ● To install a standard series Adaptec RAID controller (without zero maintenance cache protection), see page...
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...see About Your RAID Controller on page 17. 7 Prepare and install your RAID controller's I2C connector (not available on all models) to an Adaptec RAID controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection. The battery module can overheat and may even explode! 1 Turn off your computer cabinet, reattach the... appear level with the expansion slot. 4 Secure the bracket in the expansion slot, using the included tie-backs such that (i) the cable (18.5") reaches the mating location on the RAID controller when the controller is installed in Connecting Disk Drives to the RAID controller by inserting...
...see About Your RAID Controller on page 17. 7 Prepare and install your RAID controller's I2C connector (not available on all models) to an Adaptec RAID controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection. The battery module can overheat and may even explode! 1 Turn off your computer cabinet, reattach the... appear level with the expansion slot. 4 Secure the bracket in the expansion slot, using the included tie-backs such that (i) the cable (18.5") reaches the mating location on the RAID controller when the controller is installed in Connecting Disk Drives to the RAID controller by inserting...
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... connect SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drives to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with SAS cables. Connecting Directly to the Controller In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives... section. ● To connect to build a bootable array using an I2C cable. The number of compatible disk drives.) There are not installing internal disk drives, close your SAS RAID controller. (See www.adaptec.com/ compatibility for more information. Note: Although you install at right. Be...
... connect SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drives to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with SAS cables. Connecting Directly to the Controller In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives... section. ● To connect to build a bootable array using an I2C cable. The number of compatible disk drives.) There are not installing internal disk drives, close your SAS RAID controller. (See www.adaptec.com/ compatibility for more information. Note: Although you install at right. Be...
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...communicate with Connecting External Devices on the backplane. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 47 2 Use internal SAS or mini-SAS cables to attach the disk drives to the controller, as shown in the following example. The number of slots available on page 50. Some backplanes ...have been installed and attached to the number of disk drives is not used with an additional sideband (SFF-8448) cable that caries SGPIO signals for more internal SAS or SATA disk drives to the backplane. (Refer to the backplane, as shown in the ...
...communicate with Connecting External Devices on the backplane. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 47 2 Use internal SAS or mini-SAS cables to attach the disk drives to the controller, as shown in the following example. The number of slots available on page 50. Some backplanes ...have been installed and attached to the number of disk drives is not used with an additional sideband (SFF-8448) cable that caries SGPIO signals for more internal SAS or SATA disk drives to the backplane. (Refer to the backplane, as shown in the ...
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... your server does not have a standard 2.5inch drive tray, you can use a bracket/SLED which enables the SSD to backplane with multi-lane cable (SFF-8484) 3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your controller, use a directattached connection or a backplane connection....See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for a list of MaxIQ-compatible SSDs. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 48 Disk drives or SSDs on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to SFF-8087) External SAS cable connecting to ...
... your server does not have a standard 2.5inch drive tray, you can use a bracket/SLED which enables the SSD to backplane with multi-lane cable (SFF-8484) 3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your controller, use a directattached connection or a backplane connection....See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for a list of MaxIQ-compatible SSDs. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 48 Disk drives or SSDs on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to SFF-8087) External SAS cable connecting to ...
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... SSDs directly to the controller with a standard 2.5-inch drive tray, install the SSD directly into the tray. In a backplane connection, use an Adaptec MaxIQ SSD as an example but the procedure is suitable for your server does not have 2.5" tray. Use a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter to install...inch drive tray, use a bracket or adapter which enables it to SATA). For servers with SAS cables (mini-SAS to fit properly. Note: The following steps use the appropriate cable for any compatible SSD. 1 Install your Adaptec MaxIQ SSDs in your server. If your backplane type (see page 17).
... SSDs directly to the controller with a standard 2.5-inch drive tray, install the SSD directly into the tray. In a backplane connection, use an Adaptec MaxIQ SSD as an example but the procedure is suitable for your server does not have 2.5" tray. Use a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter to install...inch drive tray, use a bracket or adapter which enables it to SATA). For servers with SAS cables (mini-SAS to fit properly. Note: The following steps use the appropriate cable for any compatible SSD. 1 Install your Adaptec MaxIQ SSDs in your server. If your backplane type (see page 17).
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... Controller and Disk Drives ● 50 2 Use an internal mini-SAS to SATA cable to attach the SSD(s) to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. For more information or to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures.... Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to 4x-SATA) 3 When all SSDs...
... Controller and Disk Drives ● 50 2 Use an internal mini-SAS to SATA cable to attach the SSD(s) to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. For more information or to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures.... Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to 4x-SATA) 3 When all SSDs...
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...automatically incorporated into the array). 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 Failure This section explains how to recover when a disk drive fails: ●...the disk drive that array fails, remove and replace the failed disk drive. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives or logical devices when referring to protect the arrays on that the cables, disk drives, and controllers are replaced with these limitations: ● A hot ...
...automatically incorporated into the array). 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 Failure This section explains how to recover when a disk drive fails: ●...the disk drive that array fails, remove and replace the failed disk drive. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives or logical devices when referring to protect the arrays on that the cables, disk drives, and controllers are replaced with these limitations: ● A hot ...
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The controller should boot correctly. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 74 6 Disconnect all cables 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 About Your RAID Controller on page 17.) 7 Reconnect the power cord, power...
The controller should boot correctly. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 74 6 Disconnect all cables 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 About Your RAID Controller on page 17.) 7 Reconnect the power cord, power...
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...? ...76 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 77 What's a Phy? ...77 What's a SAS Port?...78 What's a SAS Address?...78 What's a SAS Connector? ...78 What do SAS Cables Look Like 78 How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS 79 What are the SAS Connection Options 79 How is SAS Different from Parallel SCSI...
...? ...76 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 77 What's a Phy? ...77 What's a SAS Port?...78 What's a SAS Address?...78 What's a SAS Connector? ...78 What do SAS Cables Look Like 78 How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS 79 What are the SAS Connection Options 79 How is SAS Different from Parallel SCSI...
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...attach connections, or through expander devices. Legacy parallel SCSI is SAS Different from parallel SCSI physically, and has its own types of connectors, cables, connection options, and terminology, as described in the rest of this chapter. The difference in performance between the two types of disk ... SAS and SATA disk drives in half-duplex mode. Link speed is 300 MB/sec in the same SAS domain (see page 80), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as computers and disk drives communicate with both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link-see How ...
...attach connections, or through expander devices. Legacy parallel SCSI is SAS Different from parallel SCSI physically, and has its own types of connectors, cables, connection options, and terminology, as described in the rest of this chapter. The difference in performance between the two types of disk ... SAS and SATA disk drives in half-duplex mode. Link speed is 300 MB/sec in the same SAS domain (see page 80), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as computers and disk drives communicate with both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link-see How ...
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... and one receiver-one or more phys on another SAS device. Each phy contains a transceiver that sends data back and forth between two phys. SAS cables physically connect one or more phys on one SAS device to SAS ● 77 How Do SAS Devices Communicate? A link is established from a phy in...
... and one receiver-one or more phys on another SAS device. Each phy contains a transceiver that sends data back and forth between two phys. SAS cables physically connect one or more phys on one SAS device to SAS ● 77 How Do SAS Devices Communicate? A link is established from a phy in...