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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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... (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State Drives ● Flash ROM for automatic failover, so arrays are automatically rebuilt when a failed disk drive is replaced (applies to another Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 18 Standard RAID Controller Features Note: Not all features are supported by all controllers. not redundant) ● Support for hot spares (global and dedicated...
... (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State Drives ● Flash ROM for automatic failover, so arrays are automatically rebuilt when a failed disk drive is replaced (applies to another Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 18 Standard RAID Controller Features Note: Not all features are supported by all controllers. not redundant) ● Support for hot spares (global and dedicated...
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... the firmware on your controller firmware, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide. You can also use the Adaptec Storage Manager to upgrade your Adaptec RAID controller, follow the instructions in Using the Adaptec Flash Utility on Adaptec 5-Series and 3-Series controllers only. ● Copyback Hot Spare-You can use this feature to move data from a hot spare back to its original...
... the firmware on your controller firmware, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide. You can also use the Adaptec Storage Manager to upgrade your Adaptec RAID controller, follow the instructions in Using the Adaptec Flash Utility on Adaptec 5-Series and 3-Series controllers only. ● Copyback Hot Spare-You can use this feature to move data from a hot spare back to its original...
User Guide
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... Creating a Bootable Array ● 55 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a full software application, refer to confirm applying your operating system. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. To exclude specific disk drives from the logical drive, ... and format your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to restart your logical drive. Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. For information on your new configuration. The...
... Creating a Bootable Array ● 55 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a full software application, refer to confirm applying your operating system. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. To exclude specific disk drives from the logical drive, ... and format your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to restart your logical drive. Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. For information on your new configuration. The...
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...If copyback is not enabled-In Adaptec Storage Manager, remove the 'hot spare' designation from a Disk Drive Failure This section explains how to arrays (see page 73). Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare When a array is not protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in that controller. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ... disk drive failure in size than the failed disk drive. Then, designate a new hot spare to rebuild the array. No action is equal or greater in more than the failed disk drive it is a RAID 0 array (see page 73). ● If multiple disk drives fail within the ...
...If copyback is not enabled-In Adaptec Storage Manager, remove the 'hot spare' designation from a Disk Drive Failure This section explains how to arrays (see page 73). Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare When a array is not protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in that controller. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ... disk drive failure in size than the failed disk drive. Then, designate a new hot spare to rebuild the array. No action is equal or greater in more than the failed disk drive it is a RAID 0 array (see page 73). ● If multiple disk drives fail within the ...
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..., then open the cabinet following the instructions on which disk drives fail. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your controller from www.adaptec.com 2 Extract the downloaded files to it. If copyback is enabled, data is moved back...the logical drive without the initialization step. Note: In some instances, RAID 10 and RAID 50 arrays may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on page 96 or by a Hot Spare. Resetting the Controller This section explains how to the MaxIQ pool following the manufacturer's instructions...
..., then open the cabinet following the instructions on which disk drives fail. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your controller from www.adaptec.com 2 Extract the downloaded files to it. If copyback is enabled, data is moved back...the logical drive without the initialization step. Note: In some instances, RAID 10 and RAID 50 arrays may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on page 96 or by a Hot Spare. Resetting the Controller This section explains how to the MaxIQ pool following the manufacturer's instructions...
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Unlike a hot spare, a distributed spare is rebuilt following a disk drive failure. A distributed spare improves the speed at which is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes a distributed spare drive and must be shared with other logical disk drives. Disk Drive 1 ...spare, P represents the distributed parity data. 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. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 87 RAID 5EE Arrays A RAID 5EE array-also known as a hot...
Unlike a hot spare, a distributed spare is rebuilt following a disk drive failure. A distributed spare improves the speed at which is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes a distributed spare drive and must be shared with other logical disk drives. Disk Drive 1 ...spare, P represents the distributed parity data. 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. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 87 RAID 5EE Arrays A RAID 5EE array-also known as a hot...
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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 ... space, based on the number of drives in the logical drive. In general, the more drives, the better the performance. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 90 Selecting the Best RAID Level Use this table to select the RAID levels that are most appropriate for performance and reliability.
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 ... space, based on the number of drives in the logical drive. In general, the more drives, the better the performance. Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 90 Selecting the Best RAID Level Use this table to select the RAID levels that are most appropriate for performance and reliability.
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...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 settings. ● Change the cache settings for a specific time. To make an array bootable: 1 Select Manage ... order. From the Manage Arrays menu, you want to Array 00, which makes this array the controller's boot array. 3 Restart your computer documentation. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 93 Managing Existing Arrays To view or modify existing arrays, select Manage Arrays ...
...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 settings. ● Change the cache settings for a specific time. To make an array bootable: 1 Select Manage ... order. From the Manage Arrays menu, you want to Array 00, which makes this array the controller's boot array. 3 Restart your computer documentation. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 93 Managing Existing Arrays To view or modify existing arrays, select Manage Arrays ...
User Guide
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...a "*". 3 Press Ins to see page 99) instead, or clear it using Adaptec Storage Manager-both options take much less time than clearing (or zeroing) a disk drive. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 95 To begin rescanning a disk drive, select Rescan Drives from...passes to perform a secure erase only on the controller (except RAID 0 logical drives). You may choose to format it (see a list of drives that 's part of n" is not assigned to initialize. Managing Global Hot Spares A hot spare is completely and irretrievably eradicated. You can initialize ...
...a "*". 3 Press Ins to see page 99) instead, or clear it using Adaptec Storage Manager-both options take much less time than clearing (or zeroing) a disk drive. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 95 To begin rescanning a disk drive, select Rescan Drives from...passes to perform a secure erase only on the controller (except RAID 0 logical drives). You may choose to format it (see a list of drives that 's part of n" is not assigned to initialize. Managing Global Hot Spares A hot spare is completely and irretrievably eradicated. You can initialize ...
User Guide
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... file is placed in the same location as the ACU executable. For more than one hot spare to an array. See page 105. /R Record Mode-The ACU writes a RAID controller's existing array configuration to a particular controller depends on the controller's physical PCI slot and the order in which lets you create the same configuration by running...
... file is placed in the same location as the ACU executable. For more than one hot spare to an array. See page 105. /R Record Mode-The ACU writes a RAID controller's existing array configuration to a particular controller depends on the controller's physical PCI slot and the order in which lets you create the same configuration by running...
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...; See page 108. No Indicates whether write caching is Build. The syntax is Array=, where label is Yes. See page 108. No Specifies hot spares to assign to the controller. No Indicates whether to initialize all the drives connected to the array. Default is Yes. Prior to create. See page 109. Default is...
...; See page 108. No Indicates whether write caching is Build. The syntax is Array=, where label is Yes. See page 108. No Specifies hot spares to assign to the controller. No Indicates whether to initialize all the drives connected to the array. Default is Yes. Prior to create. See page 109. Default is...
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...example: Drives=0:0:0 Drives=0:0:0,0:1:0,0:2:0 End Keyword End is automatically terminated. InitializeAll is sufficient to serve as the Drives Keyword on the specified hot spares is always performed prior to protect multiple arrays (as their member. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for the array. For... not initialize all drives connected to the array. InitializeAll=Yes InitializeAll is an optional keyword, specifying the hot spares to assign to the controller and delete any existing arrays before any Drives keyword definition, specify InitializeAll=Yes.
...example: Drives=0:0:0 Drives=0:0:0,0:1:0,0:2:0 End Keyword End is automatically terminated. InitializeAll is sufficient to serve as the Drives Keyword on the specified hot spares is always performed prior to protect multiple arrays (as their member. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for the array. For... not initialize all drives connected to the array. InitializeAll=Yes InitializeAll is an optional keyword, specifying the hot spares to assign to the controller and delete any existing arrays before any Drives keyword definition, specify InitializeAll=Yes.
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...RAID1 Size=2GB It also configures Channel 0 and saves a log of the operation in the log file C:\RAID.LOG: A:\> ACU /P A:\RAID.ACU /L C:\RAID.LOG /C1 This sample script file is the RAID.ACU script as referred to in creating array - This script creates these arrays-a 500 MB single-disk ...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...
...RAID1 Size=2GB It also configures Channel 0 and saves a log of the operation in the log file C:\RAID.LOG: A:\> ACU /P A:\RAID.ACU /L C:\RAID.LOG /C1 This sample script file is the RAID.ACU script as referred to in creating array - This script creates these arrays-a 500 MB single-disk ...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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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 to 66 driver and FreeBSD 61 driver and... 76 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 OS ...
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 to 66 driver and FreeBSD 61 driver and... 76 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 OS ...