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...CA 95035. assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in the US and other countries, used under license. Trademarks Adaptec, Adaptec Storage Manager, MaxIQ, SerialSelect, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of their respective owners. in this document to assure its users. Changes The material in this publication... of this document is for information only and is a trademark of this document, or from the use of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without notice.
...CA 95035. assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in the US and other countries, used under license. Trademarks Adaptec, Adaptec Storage Manager, MaxIQ, SerialSelect, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of their respective owners. in this document to assure its users. Changes The material in this publication... of this document is for information only and is a trademark of this document, or from the use of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without notice.
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... Operating System 42 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 44 Installing the Controller 44 Installing a RAID Controller 44 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 45 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 46 Connecting Directly to the Controller 46 Connecting to a System ...Devices 50 Next Steps ...50 Creating 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 ...
... Operating System 42 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 44 Installing the Controller 44 Installing a RAID Controller 44 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 45 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 46 Connecting Directly to the Controller 46 Connecting to a System ...Devices 50 Next Steps ...50 Creating 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 ...
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... Solaris 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 ... Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 72 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 73 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 73 Failed Drive in MaxIQ Pool 73 Resetting the Controller 73 Introduction to SAS Terminology Used in This Chapter 76 What ...
... Solaris 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 ... Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 72 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 73 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 73 Failed Drive in MaxIQ Pool 73 Resetting the Controller 73 Introduction to SAS Terminology Used in This Chapter 76 What ...
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..., refer to perform basic array and configuration management functions; Many of Adaptec Storage Manager. ● Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide-Describes how to use the Adaptec Storage Manager software (see page 68) to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on the RAID Controller Installation CD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide-Describes how to install and use the included Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) command line utility (see...
..., refer to perform basic array and configuration management functions; Many of Adaptec Storage Manager. ● Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide-Describes how to use the Adaptec Storage Manager software (see page 68) to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on the RAID Controller Installation CD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide-Describes how to install and use the included Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) command line utility (see...
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...Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this guide Note: 3-series kits ship with a boot CD; 5-series and 2-series kits ship with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (5-series and 2- If your kit does, the type and quantity vary-for Adaptec Storage Manager... 10 x64 U4 ● VMware ESX Server 3.x with a boot DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for cable information about your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. and 2-series). series...
...Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this guide Note: 3-series kits ship with a boot CD; 5-series and 2-series kits ship with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (5-series and 2- If your kit does, the type and quantity vary-for Adaptec Storage Manager... 10 x64 U4 ● VMware ESX Server 3.x with a boot DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for cable information about your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. and 2-series). series...
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... the readme on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. ● Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, simple volumes, and spanned volumes ● Support for MaxIQ SSD cache performance kit (see Managing Your Storage Space on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. ● Support for...
... the readme on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. ● Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, simple volumes, and spanned volumes ● Support for MaxIQ SSD cache performance kit (see Managing Your Storage Space on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. ● Support for...
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... it includes two independent sets of parity data instead of two. RAID Controller Adaptec RAID 5085/Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID 5445/Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q/ Adaptec 51245/Adaptec 51645/Adaptec 52445 Adaptec RAID 3085/Adaptec RAID 3805/Adaptec RAID 3405 Adaptec RAID 31205/Adaptec RAID 31605 Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 800T To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide. Adding a Battery Backup Module This table shows the battery...
... it includes two independent sets of parity data instead of two. RAID Controller Adaptec RAID 5085/Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID 5445/Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q/ Adaptec 51245/Adaptec 51645/Adaptec 52445 Adaptec RAID 3085/Adaptec RAID 3805/Adaptec RAID 3405 Adaptec RAID 31205/Adaptec RAID 31605 Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 800T To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide. Adding a Battery Backup Module This table shows the battery...
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...on your RAID array, ensure that all the disk drives have the same performance level. When selecting disk drives for your requirements, you can use any of the smallest and slowest disk drive. For more information about compatible disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's ...Guide or online Help. 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 ...
...on your RAID array, ensure that all the disk drives have the same performance level. When selecting disk drives for your requirements, you can use any of the smallest and slowest disk drive. For more information about compatible disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's ...Guide or online Help. 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 ...
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..., you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Set the boot controller (see page 52). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 52). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 56.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 43). Installing on an Existing Operating System...
..., you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Set the boot controller (see page 52). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 52). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 56.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 43). Installing on an Existing Operating System...
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.... For more information. See page 76 for completing tasks appear on-screen. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. Creating an Array This section explains how to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you have more than one controller of the same model or family in this task. Creating an Array...
.... For more information. See page 76 for completing tasks appear on-screen. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. Creating an Array This section explains how to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you have more than one controller of the same model or family in this task. Creating an Array...
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... the license information, then press Enter. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 54 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager This section describes how to use the Adaptec Storage Manager configuration wizard to complete this task. Note: You will need the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD to build a RAID 5 array. Adaptec Storage Manager opens. 5 Click Create. The main menu opens. 4 Click Launch Configuration Utility.
... the license information, then press Enter. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 54 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager This section describes how to use the Adaptec Storage Manager configuration wizard to complete this task. Note: You will need the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD to build a RAID 5 array. Adaptec Storage Manager opens. 5 Click Create. The main menu opens. 4 Click Launch Configuration Utility.
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...devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to restart your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to arrays (see Creating Bootable Arrays on page 93). Then... logical drive, or to automatically create one logical drive with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. 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...
...devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to restart your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to arrays (see Creating Bootable Arrays on page 93). Then... logical drive, or to automatically create one logical drive with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. 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...
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... need your VMware Installation CD to complete this task. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is not supported on -screen instructions to loader prompt. 4 Type load kernel. 5 Insert the driver floppy disk. 6 Type load disk0:aacu.ko. To create and manage arrays, you boot the operating system to load the drivers again for...
... need your VMware Installation CD to complete this task. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is not supported on -screen instructions to loader prompt. 4 Type load kernel. 5 Insert the driver floppy disk. 6 Type load disk0:aacu.ko. To create and manage arrays, you boot the operating system to load the drivers again for...
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...the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 Install the module RPM: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.... driver provided by VMware should be suitable for more information. If an updated driver is not supported on page 67. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 66 5 Start the driver ...
...the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 Install the module RPM: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.... driver provided by VMware should be suitable for more information. If an updated driver is not supported on page 67. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 66 5 Start the driver ...
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This chapter introduces Adaptec Storage Manager, and describes the other devices), and device driver, you have installed your Adaptec RAID controller, disk drives (or other utilities included with your storage space. Managing Your Storage Space 9 In this chapter... About 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 Once you can begin to build and manage your Adaptec RAID controller.
This chapter introduces Adaptec Storage Manager, and describes the other devices), and device driver, you have installed your Adaptec RAID controller, disk drives (or other utilities included with your storage space. Managing Your Storage Space 9 In this chapter... About 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 Once you can begin to build and manage your Adaptec RAID controller.
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... agent uses less memory than the full application. Chapter 9: Managing Your Storage Space ● 68 About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a command line utility that you can use to perform some basic array and configuration management functions. When Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD. About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) is a full-featured software application that...
... agent uses less memory than the full application. Chapter 9: Managing Your Storage Space ● 68 About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a command line utility that you can use to perform some basic array and configuration management functions. When Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD. About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) is a full-featured software application that...
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... AFU contains safeguards to prevent you install and use to avoid rendering your RAID controller inoperable.Adaptec recommends that you from accidentally damaging your controller and disk drive settings. ● Disk Utilities-For formatting or verifying disk drives. For all subsequent storage management tasks, Adaptec recommends that only advanced users familiar with a graphical user interface, it is...
... AFU contains safeguards to prevent you install and use to avoid rendering your RAID controller inoperable.Adaptec recommends that you from accidentally damaging your controller and disk drive settings. ● Disk Utilities-For formatting or verifying disk drives. For all subsequent storage management tasks, Adaptec recommends that only advanced users familiar with a graphical user interface, it is...
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.... This table describes the LED flash states. For more information about using your Adaptec RAID controller, check these items first: ● With your disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online Help. When you can use Adaptec Storage Manager (see Managing Your Storage Space on page 67.) OR SerialSelect (see Backplane Connections on page 79. To...
.... This table describes the LED flash states. For more information about using your Adaptec RAID controller, check these items first: ● With your disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online Help. When you can use Adaptec Storage Manager (see Managing Your Storage Space on page 67.) OR SerialSelect (see Backplane Connections on page 79. To...
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... 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 its original location once the controller detects that failed first is rebuilt first, assuming an appropriate hot...RAID 0 array (see page 73). ● If multiple disk drives fail within the same array (see page 13). Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 72 Recovering from the original hot spare (the disk drive that the new disk drive is equal or greater in size than the failed disk drive. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager...
... 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 its original location once the controller detects that failed first is rebuilt first, assuming an appropriate hot...RAID 0 array (see page 73). ● If multiple disk drives fail within the same array (see page 13). Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 72 Recovering from the original hot spare (the disk drive that the new disk drive is equal or greater in size than the failed disk drive. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager...
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...multiple disk drive failures, depending on page 96 or by a Hot Spare. Then, restore your Adaptec RAID controller. You may want to reset (or Mode 0 flash) your data (if available). Storage Manager User's Guide. Once you identify the failed SSD, for example, C:\Download\Drivers). 3 Create a... in the MaxIQ pool are more disk drive failures than one (see Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by using Adaptec Storage Manager. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your computer, disconnect the power cord, then open the cabinet ...
...multiple disk drive failures, depending on page 96 or by a Hot Spare. Then, restore your Adaptec RAID controller. You may want to reset (or Mode 0 flash) your data (if available). Storage Manager User's Guide. Once you identify the failed SSD, for example, C:\Download\Drivers). 3 Create a... in the MaxIQ pool are more disk drive failures than one (see Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by using Adaptec Storage Manager. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your computer, disconnect the power cord, then open the cabinet ...