User Guide
Page 2
...of the information contained herein. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Changes The material in this document, or from errors or omissions in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without notice. Disclaimer IF THIS PRODUCT...OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. ●2 Copyright ©2010 Adaptec, Inc. Adaptec reserves the right to make changes in the US and other countries, used under license. assumes no liability resulting from the ...
...of the information contained herein. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Changes The material in this document, or from errors or omissions in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without notice. Disclaimer IF THIS PRODUCT...OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. ●2 Copyright ©2010 Adaptec, Inc. Adaptec reserves the right to make changes in the US and other countries, used under license. assumes no liability resulting from the ...
User Guide
Page 10
... Connector Specification 130 Adaptec RAID 52445 LED and I2C Connector Specification 132 Adaptec RAID 3085 LED Connector Specification 135 Adaptec RAID 3405 LED and I2C Connector Specification 135 Adaptec RAID 3805 LED and I2C Connector Specification 137 Adaptec RAID 31205 LED and I2C Connector Specification 139 Adaptec RAID 31605 LED and I2C Connector Specification 142 Adaptec RAID 2045 LED Connector Specification 147 Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q LED...
... Connector Specification 130 Adaptec RAID 52445 LED and I2C Connector Specification 132 Adaptec RAID 3085 LED Connector Specification 135 Adaptec RAID 3405 LED and I2C Connector Specification 135 Adaptec RAID 3805 LED and I2C Connector Specification 137 Adaptec RAID 31205 LED and I2C Connector Specification 139 Adaptec RAID 31605 LED and I2C Connector Specification 142 Adaptec RAID 2045 LED Connector Specification 147 Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q LED...
User Guide
Page 68
... systems instead of the full application. About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) is a command line utility that you can use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and manage all the controllers and disk drives in the background, without user ... Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot ARCCONF and the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which describes how to use ARCCONF, are completed successfully, and sounds an alarm when errors or failures occur on that system. It sends notices when...
... systems instead of the full application. About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) is a command line utility that you can use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and manage all the controllers and disk drives in the background, without user ... Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot ARCCONF and the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which describes how to use ARCCONF, are completed successfully, and sounds an alarm when errors or failures occur on that system. It sends notices when...
User Guide
Page 71
...so on page 79. For more information about using your Adaptec RAID controller, check these items first: ● With your Adaptec RAID controller is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For ...Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your Adaptec RAID controller includes an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs. Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller...
...so on page 79. For more information about using your Adaptec RAID controller, check these items first: ● With your Adaptec RAID controller is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For ...Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your Adaptec RAID controller includes an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs. Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller...
User Guide
Page 86
... figure. P Disk Drive 2 2 5 ... 748 Disk Drive 3 3 P ... 749 Unused Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P 6 ... 750 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 5 Logical Drive = 750 GB plus Parity Parity data is an error-correcting redundancy that's used to provide redundancy. Drive segment size is limited to the size of three disk drives, and... Disk Drive) Disk Drive 2 250 GB Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 4 400 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive Disk Drive 1 1 4 ... Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 86 RAID 5 Arrays A RAID 5 array is built from a minimum of the smallest disk drive in the array.
... figure. P Disk Drive 2 2 5 ... 748 Disk Drive 3 3 P ... 749 Unused Space = 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P 6 ... 750 Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 5 Logical Drive = 750 GB plus Parity Parity data is an error-correcting redundancy that's used to provide redundancy. Drive segment size is limited to the size of three disk drives, and... Disk Drive) Disk Drive 2 250 GB Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 4 400 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive Disk Drive 1 1 4 ... Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 86 RAID 5 Arrays A RAID 5 array is built from a minimum of the smallest disk drive in the array.
User Guide
Page 95
...disk drive, select Initialize Drives from the main ACU menu. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 95 To begin rescanning a disk drive, select Rescan Drives ...marked with non-classified information, you initialize it does not just write zeros. If an error occurs during initialization, the message "Initializing drives...FAILED x of drives that 's part ...zero) a disk drive with a "*". 3 Press Ins to perform a secure erase only on the controller (except RAID 0 logical drives). You may want to create a new global hot spare. Performing a secure erase ...
...disk drive, select Initialize Drives from the main ACU menu. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 95 To begin rescanning a disk drive, select Rescan Drives ...marked with non-classified information, you initialize it does not just write zeros. If an error occurs during initialization, the message "Initializing drives...FAILED x of drives that 's part ...zero) a disk drive with a "*". 3 Press Ins to perform a secure erase only on the controller (except RAID 0 logical drives). You may want to create a new global hot spare. Performing a secure erase ...
User Guide
Page 105
...ACU displays activity and errors on the command line, specify a script file, and specify either the /P or /R switches listed in the same location as the ACU executable. /C (Optional) Controller Number Switch-In systems with the resulting script. Therefore, when recording a RAID 10, the ACU...which can include a drive, directory, filename, and extension. For more than one controller, this switch, the ACU records its PCI slots. See page 105. /R Record Mode-The ACU writes a RAID controller's existing array configuration to be placed in the following table. (Don't specify both ...
...ACU displays activity and errors on the command line, specify a script file, and specify either the /P or /R switches listed in the same location as the ACU executable. /C (Optional) Controller Number Switch-In systems with the resulting script. Therefore, when recording a RAID 10, the ACU...which can include a drive, directory, filename, and extension. For more than one controller, this switch, the ACU records its PCI slots. See page 105. /R Record Mode-The ACU writes a RAID controller's existing array configuration to be placed in the following table. (Don't specify both ...
User Guide
Page 106
...blocks: ● Array definition block keywords (see page 107) ● Optional-ACU error codes (see the following section). You can start anywhere on page 110. In Record Mode, the ACU writes a RAID controller's existing array configuration to Wait=Yes) unless you create the same configuration by running ...array are recorded in the log file, if the /L switch is the name of available array types. The file parameter can only record one RAID controller at a time with the resulting script. You can include a drive, directory, filename, and extension, but only the filename and extension are ...
...blocks: ● Array definition block keywords (see page 107) ● Optional-ACU error codes (see the following section). You can start anywhere on page 110. In Record Mode, the ACU writes a RAID controller's existing array configuration to Wait=Yes) unless you create the same configuration by running ...array are recorded in the log file, if the /L switch is the name of available array types. The file parameter can only record one RAID controller at a time with the resulting script. You can include a drive, directory, filename, and extension, but only the filename and extension are ...
User Guide
Page 109
... Quick Init-Makes the array available immediately, but does not accomplish a Build/ Verify. Otherwise, specify the size as data is required with an error. Default is specified, the ACU exits with a numeric size value. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 109 Method Keyword...fail in KB) written to each member of the array. For example: ReadCache=Yes Size Keyword The Size keyword specifies the size of a striped array (RAID 0, 10, 5, 5, 5EE, 50, 6 or 60). Possible values: ● Build (the default)-Perform a Build/Verify process on the disks. For...
... Quick Init-Makes the array available immediately, but does not accomplish a Build/ Verify. Otherwise, specify the size as data is required with an error. Default is specified, the ACU exits with a numeric size value. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 109 Method Keyword...fail in KB) written to each member of the array. For example: ReadCache=Yes Size Keyword The Size keyword specifies the size of a striped array (RAID 0, 10, 5, 5, 5EE, 50, 6 or 60). Possible values: ● Build (the default)-Perform a Build/Verify process on the disks. For...
User Guide
Page 110
...file is then restarted, the process resumes without changes-ACU exited with no errors (success) and no report is no default value. There is required. 1 No controller found. 2 Syntax or logical error in the script file-The ACU encountered an invalid command or keyword in ...failure. Possible values are : RAID1E, RAID5EE, RAID6, RAID60. For example: WriteCache=Yes ACU Error Codes When the ACU detects an error, it displays the error code on the RAID levels supported by your RAID controller, additional possible values are as follows: ● Yes (default)-Enable the write cache. ●...
...file is then restarted, the process resumes without changes-ACU exited with no errors (success) and no report is no default value. There is required. 1 No controller found. 2 Syntax or logical error in the script file-The ACU encountered an invalid command or keyword in ...failure. Possible values are : RAID1E, RAID5EE, RAID6, RAID60. For example: WriteCache=Yes ACU Error Codes When the ACU detects an error, it displays the error code on the RAID levels supported by your RAID controller, additional possible values are as follows: ● Yes (default)-Enable the write cache. ●...
User Guide
Page 111
... these arrays-a 500 MB single-disk volume, and a 2-GB two-disk drive RAID 1 with no errors (success) and you selected is invalid for the type of array specified. 11 Unable to initialize drive. 12 Error occurred while creating array. 13 Too many spare drives assigned-You attempted to assign more...for the specified array. 14 Insufficient memory to run the application. 15 Incorrect controller number. 16 Controller not responding. 17 Build/Verify/Clear failed. 18 Cannot use drives on the array keywords defined in the script file A:\RAID.ACU. script mode. 100 You ran ACU and made changes-The ACU ...
... these arrays-a 500 MB single-disk volume, and a 2-GB two-disk drive RAID 1 with no errors (success) and you selected is invalid for the type of array specified. 11 Unable to initialize drive. 12 Error occurred while creating array. 13 Too many spare drives assigned-You attempted to assign more...for the specified array. 14 Insufficient memory to run the application. 15 Incorrect controller number. 16 Controller not responding. 17 Build/Verify/Clear failed. 18 Cannot use drives on the array keywords defined in the script file A:\RAID.ACU. script mode. 100 You ran ACU and made changes-The ACU ...
User Guide
Page 116
...either success or an error message code. To update a RAID controller's flash using the command line utility ARCCONF, see page 115). List Displays the AFU-supported RAID controllers installed on your computer. Controllers Detected and Recognized: Controller #0 (03:05:00) Adaptec RAID 31205 Save Saves the... contents of the UFI file is AFU SAVE [/C] [/D ] Note: To find a controller number, type AFU LIST, then press...
...either success or an error message code. To update a RAID controller's flash using the command line utility ARCCONF, see page 115). List Displays the AFU-supported RAID controllers installed on your computer. Controllers Detected and Recognized: Controller #0 (03:05:00) Adaptec RAID 31205 Save Saves the... contents of the UFI file is AFU SAVE [/C] [/D ] Note: To find a controller number, type AFU LIST, then press...
User Guide
Page 117
otherwise, the AFU displays an error message and exits. ● /D -Specifies the path where the UFI files are predefined, based on controllers Adaptec RAID 31205 ***PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE*** This might take effect. A:\> AFU UPDATE /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V4.0-0 B5749 (c)Adaptec Inc. 1999-2005. All Rights Reserved. Writing Adaptec RAID 31205 (4MB) Flash Image...
otherwise, the AFU displays an error message and exits. ● /D -Specifies the path where the UFI files are predefined, based on controllers Adaptec RAID 31205 ***PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE*** This might take effect. A:\> AFU UPDATE /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V4.0-0 B5749 (c)Adaptec Inc. 1999-2005. All Rights Reserved. Writing Adaptec RAID 31205 (4MB) Flash Image...