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... 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 Disk Drives Status 71 Silencing the Alarm 71 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 72 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare 72 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare...
... 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 Disk Drives Status 71 Silencing the Alarm 71 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 72 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare 72 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare...
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...Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility 92 Running the ARC Utility 92 Navigating the ARC Utility 92 Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays 92 Creating a New Array 92 Managing Existing Arrays 93 Initializing Disk Drives 94 Rescanning Disk Drives 95 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 95 Managing Global Hot Spares...the ACU to Manage the MaxIQ Pool 96 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 97 Opening SerialSelect 97 Applying Changes and Exiting 97 Modifying Your Controller's Configuration 97 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives 99 Locating Disk Drives ...
...Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility 92 Running the ARC Utility 92 Navigating the ARC Utility 92 Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays 92 Creating a New Array 92 Managing Existing Arrays 93 Initializing Disk Drives 94 Rescanning Disk Drives 95 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 95 Managing Global Hot Spares...the ACU to Manage the MaxIQ Pool 96 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 97 Opening SerialSelect 97 Applying Changes and Exiting 97 Modifying Your Controller's Configuration 97 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives 99 Locating Disk Drives ...
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... SATA/SATA II disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State 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 ... arrays are automatically rebuilt when a failed disk drive is replaced (applies to redundant arrays in SES2- not redundant) ● Support for hot spares (global and dedicated) ● Support for MaxIQ SSD cache performance kit (see page 96) ● Power-management of disk drives in...
... SATA/SATA II disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State 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 ... arrays are automatically rebuilt when a failed disk drive is replaced (applies to redundant arrays in SES2- not redundant) ● Support for hot spares (global and dedicated) ● Support for MaxIQ SSD cache performance kit (see page 96) ● Power-management of disk drives in...
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... battery model supported by your Adaptec RAID controller, follow the instructions in Using the Adaptec Flash Utility on page 113. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 19 Advanced Data Protection Suite Note: The following features are supported on Adaptec 5-Series and 3-Series controllers only. ● Copyback Hot Spare-You can be included. ● Hot Space (RAID 5EE)-A RAID 5EE array is similar to...
... battery model supported by your Adaptec RAID controller, follow the instructions in Using the Adaptec Flash Utility on page 113. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 19 Advanced Data Protection Suite Note: The following features are supported on Adaptec 5-Series and 3-Series controllers only. ● Copyback Hot Spare-You can be included. ● Hot Space (RAID 5EE)-A RAID 5EE array is similar to...
User Guide
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... Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to restart your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 55 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 13) and on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format your logical... drive, specify a size for the logical drive, or to arrays (see Creating Bootable Arrays on your new configuration. The configuration is displayed. Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare.
... Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to restart your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 55 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 13) and on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format your logical... drive, specify a size for the logical drive, or to arrays (see Creating Bootable Arrays on your new configuration. The configuration is displayed. Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare.
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...controllers are replaced with these limitations: ● A hot spare must be of equal or greater size than the failed disk drive it is a RAID 0 array (see page 73). ● If multiple disk drives fail within the same array (see page 73). ● If the drive is not enabled-In Adaptec Storage Manager, remove the 'hot spare.... Then, designate a new hot spare to arrays (see bullet above.) Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives or logical devices when referring to protect the arrays on that the failed drive has been replaced. The controller detects the new disk drive ...
...controllers are replaced with these limitations: ● A hot spare must be of equal or greater size than the failed disk drive it is a RAID 0 array (see page 73). ● If multiple disk drives fail within the same array (see page 73). ● If the drive is not enabled-In Adaptec Storage Manager, remove the 'hot spare.... Then, designate a new hot spare to arrays (see bullet above.) Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives or logical devices when referring to protect the arrays on that the failed drive has been replaced. The controller detects the new disk drive ...
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... page 96 or by recreating the logical drive without the initialization step. Resetting the Controller This section explains how to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. Then, restore your local hard drive (for example, by a Hot Spare. You may want to do not include redundancy, if a disk drive fails in the...
... page 96 or by recreating the logical drive without the initialization step. Resetting the Controller This section explains how to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. Then, restore your local hard drive (for example, by a Hot Spare. You may want to do not include redundancy, if a disk drive fails in the...
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... is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes a distributed spare drive and must be shared with other logical disk drives. S Unused Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P 4 ... 500 Unused Space = 150 GB Based on the drive segment sizes used: RAID 5EE Logical Drive = 500 GB plus parity and hot spare. Unlike a hot spare, a distributed spare is rebuilt following...
... is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes a distributed spare drive and must be shared with other logical disk drives. S Unused Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P 4 ... 500 Unused Space = 150 GB Based on the drive segment sizes used: RAID 5EE Logical Drive = 500 GB plus parity and hot spare. Unlike a hot spare, a distributed spare is rebuilt following...
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... the performance. RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1E RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 5EE RAID 50 RAID 6 RAID 60 Redundancy No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Disk Drive Usage 100% 50% 50% 50% 67 - 94% 50 - 88% 67 - 94% 50 - 88% 50 - 88% Read Performance Write Performance Built-in Hot Spare No No No... No No Yes No No No Minimum Disk Drives 2 2 3 4 3 4 6 4 8 Disk drive usage, read performance, and write performance depend on the number of drives in the logical drive. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 90 Selecting the Best RAID Level Use this ...
... the performance. RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1E RAID 10 RAID 5 RAID 5EE RAID 50 RAID 6 RAID 60 Redundancy No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Disk Drive Usage 100% 50% 50% 50% 67 - 94% 50 - 88% 67 - 94% 50 - 88% 50 - 88% Read Performance Write Performance Built-in Hot Spare No No No... No No Yes No No No Minimum Disk Drives 2 2 3 4 3 4 6 4 8 Disk drive usage, read performance, and write performance depend on the number of drives in the logical drive. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 90 Selecting the Best RAID Level Use this ...
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Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 93 Managing Existing Arrays To view or modify existing arrays, select Manage Arrays from the main ACU menu. 2 Select the array, then press Ctrl+W. The controller always uses the lowest numbered array as its bootable array. ...00, which makes this array the controller's boot array. 3 Restart your computer documentation. Note: Failed drives are displayed in a different text color. ● Make an array bootable (see Creating Bootable Arrays on page 93). ● Assign or remove hot spares. ● Modify power management ...
Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 93 Managing Existing Arrays To view or modify existing arrays, select Manage Arrays from the main ACU menu. 2 Select the array, then press Ctrl+W. The controller always uses the lowest numbered array as its bootable array. ...00, which makes this array the controller's boot array. 3 Restart your computer documentation. Note: Failed drives are displayed in a different text color. ● Make an array bootable (see Creating Bootable Arrays on page 93). ● Assign or remove hot spares. ● Modify power management ...
User Guide
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...arrow keys, select a drive from the main ACU menu. Secure Erasing Disk Drives When you perform a secure erase on the controller (except RAID 0 logical drives). To begin rescanning a disk drive, select Rescan Drives from the main ACU menu. It protects any failed drive...drive. Secure erase performs three distinct writing passes to six times longer than the secure erase option. Managing Global Hot Spares A hot spare is displayed. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 95 To begin initializing a disk drive, select Initialize Drives from the list. Press ...
...arrow keys, select a drive from the main ACU menu. Secure Erasing Disk Drives When you perform a secure erase on the controller (except RAID 0 logical drives). To begin rescanning a disk drive, select Rescan Drives from the main ACU menu. It protects any failed drive...drive. Secure erase performs three distinct writing passes to six times longer than the secure erase option. Managing Global Hot Spares A hot spare is displayed. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 95 To begin initializing a disk drive, select Initialize Drives from the list. Press ...
User Guide
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... it encounters in the resulting script file. Note: The script file syntax allows only one hot spare to be placed in which controller to change, where number is the controller number. Therefore, when recording a RAID 10, the ACU can't map hot spares assigned to the individual mirror sets in the log file. Note-The number assigned to...
... it encounters in the resulting script file. Note: The script file syntax allows only one hot spare to be placed in which controller to change, where number is the controller number. Therefore, when recording a RAID 10, the ACU can't map hot spares assigned to the individual mirror sets in the log file. Note-The number assigned to...
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... drive identifiers with the keyword End. Default is a required keyword, indicating the start of contiguous I/O, in creating the array. No default. No Specifies hot spares to assign to the controller. Prior to use in bytes. Yes Indicates the method (Build/Verify, Clear, or Quick Init) to creating any new arrays, the ACU initializes...
... drive identifiers with the keyword End. Default is a required keyword, indicating the start of contiguous I/O, in creating the array. No default. No Specifies hot spares to assign to the controller. Prior to use in bytes. Yes Indicates the method (Build/Verify, Clear, or Quick Init) to creating any new arrays, the ACU initializes...
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... in the list to a multilevel array, Hotspare Drives assigns all arrays within the multilevel array. When assigning hot spares to all the hot spares in the script. Once a pool spare is used by the Drives keyword. ! Possible values: ● Yes-Initialize all drives. ● No... the Array Configuration Utility for listing hot spares is the same as a pool spare). The syntax for DOS ● 108 For example: Drives=0:0:0 Drives=0:0:0,0:1:0,0:2:0 End Keyword End is a required keyword, indicating the end of its assigned to the controller and delete any existing arrays before ...
... in the list to a multilevel array, Hotspare Drives assigns all arrays within the multilevel array. When assigning hot spares to all the hot spares in the script. Once a pool spare is used by the Drives keyword. ! Possible values: ● Yes-Initialize all drives. ● No... the Array Configuration Utility for listing hot spares is the same as a pool spare). The syntax for DOS ● 108 For example: Drives=0:0:0 Drives=0:0:0,0:1:0,0:2:0 End Keyword End is a required keyword, indicating the end of its assigned to the controller and delete any existing arrays before ...
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... keywords defined in getting kernel version. Sample Scripts This command invokes the ACU and creates arrays on controller 1 based on shared channel. 21 Failed in the script file A:\RAID.ACU. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 111 Code Description 5 Unable ...controller. 6 No drives detected. 7 Specified drive not found in system. 8 Specified array size too small-You specified an array size that is smaller than the minimum size allowed for this array. 9 Specified array size too big-You specified an array size that is larger than the maximum number of hot spares...
... keywords defined in getting kernel version. Sample Scripts This command invokes the ACU and creates arrays on controller 1 based on shared channel. 21 Failed in the script file A:\RAID.ACU. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 111 Code Description 5 Unable ...controller. 6 No drives detected. 7 Specified drive not found in system. 8 Specified array size too small-You specified an array size that is smaller than the minimum size allowed for this array. 9 Specified array size too big-You specified an array size that is larger than the maximum number of hot spares...
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... setting 99 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 46, 79 disk drives 40, 79 connecting to controllers 46 connections 100 external 50 failure recovery multiple arrays 72 multiple disk drives 73 RAID 0 arrays 73 with hot spare 72 without hot spare 72 formatting 99 identifying 100 initializing 94 recovering from failure 72 rescanning 95 SAS identifiers 79...
... setting 99 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 46, 79 disk drives 40, 79 connecting to controllers 46 connections 100 external 50 failure recovery multiple arrays 72 multiple disk drives 73 RAID 0 arrays 73 with hot spare 72 without hot spare 72 formatting 99 identifying 100 initializing 94 recovering from failure 72 rescanning 95 SAS identifiers 79...
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...external devices 50 F failed disk drives 72 multiple arrays 72 multiple disk drives 73 RAID 0 arrays 73 without hot spare 72 firmware 114 creating floppy disks 115 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 73 floppy disks for firmware update 115 formatting disk drives 99 FreeBSD driver installation 66... 61 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See disk drive hot spares 18 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 108 I I2C connector specifications 120 initializing disk drives 94 installation backplane 47 controllers 44 creating a driver disk 57 direct-attach 46 disk drives 46 driver 62...
...external devices 50 F failed disk drives 72 multiple arrays 72 multiple disk drives 73 RAID 0 arrays 73 without hot spare 72 firmware 114 creating floppy disks 115 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 73 floppy disks for firmware update 115 formatting disk drives 99 FreeBSD driver installation 66... 61 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See disk drive hot spares 18 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 108 I I2C connector specifications 120 initializing disk drives 94 installation backplane 47 controllers 44 creating a driver disk 57 direct-attach 46 disk drives 46 driver 62...