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... the Controller Firmware 19 About the Adaptec RAID 5085 20 About the Adaptec RAID 5405 21 About the Adaptec RAID 5445 22 About the Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q 23 About the Adaptec RAID 51245 24 About the Adaptec RAID 51645 25 About the Adaptec RAID 52445 26 About the Adaptec RAID 5405Z 27 About the Adaptec RAID 5445Z 28 About the Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ 29 About the Adaptec RAID 3085 30 About the Adaptec RAID 3405...
... the Controller Firmware 19 About the Adaptec RAID 5085 20 About the Adaptec RAID 5405 21 About the Adaptec RAID 5445 22 About the Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q 23 About the Adaptec RAID 51245 24 About the Adaptec RAID 51645 25 About the Adaptec RAID 52445 26 About the Adaptec RAID 5405Z 27 About the Adaptec RAID 5445Z 28 About the Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ 29 About the Adaptec RAID 3085 30 About the Adaptec RAID 3405...
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... the Firmware Update Disks 115 Running the Menu-based AFU 115 Running the AFU from the Command Line 116 AFU Commands 116 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line 119 Controller LED and I2C Connector Quick Reference Adaptec RAID 5085 LED Connector Specification 121 Adaptec RAID 5405/5405Z LED and I2C Connector Specification 123 Adaptec RAID 5445...
... the Firmware Update Disks 115 Running the Menu-based AFU 115 Running the AFU from the Command Line 116 AFU Commands 116 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line 119 Controller LED and I2C Connector Quick Reference Adaptec RAID 5085 LED Connector Specification 121 Adaptec RAID 5405/5405Z LED and I2C Connector Specification 123 Adaptec RAID 5445...
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... the Controller Firmware 19 About the Adaptec RAID 5085 20 About the Adaptec RAID 5405 21 About the Adaptec RAID 5445 22 About the Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q 23 About the Adaptec RAID 51245 24 About the Adaptec RAID 51645 25 About the Adaptec RAID 52445 26 About the Adaptec RAID 5405Z 27 About the Adaptec RAID 5445Z 28 About the Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ 29 About the Adaptec RAID 3085 30 About the Adaptec RAID 3405...
... the Controller Firmware 19 About the Adaptec RAID 5085 20 About the Adaptec RAID 5405 21 About the Adaptec RAID 5445 22 About the Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q 23 About the Adaptec RAID 51245 24 About the Adaptec RAID 51645 25 About the Adaptec RAID 52445 26 About the Adaptec RAID 5405Z 27 About the Adaptec RAID 5445Z 28 About the Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ 29 About the Adaptec RAID 3085 30 About the Adaptec RAID 3405...
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..., check the readme on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. ● Support for SAS disk drives, 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...
..., check the readme on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. ● Support for SAS disk drives, 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...
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... table shows the battery model supported by your controller firmware, refer to a RAID 50 array except that it includes four 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...
... table shows the battery model supported by your controller firmware, refer to a RAID 50 array except that it includes four 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...
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... users familiar with a graphical user interface, it is still important to use the AFU carefully and correctly to avoid rendering your RAID controller inoperable.Adaptec recommends that you from accidentally damaging your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM). ! Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to use the BIOS-based ACU (See...
... users familiar with a graphical user interface, it is still important to use the AFU carefully and correctly to avoid rendering your RAID controller inoperable.Adaptec recommends that you from accidentally damaging your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM). ! Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to use the BIOS-based ACU (See...
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...AFU.exe file to its own floppy disk. 5 Power off your Adaptec RAID controller. You may be recovered. Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array Because RAID 0 volumes do this if the controller becomes inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is unsuccessful. Multiple Failures in the Same Array Except in ...the data normally can use the BIOS utility, ACU (see page 48), then add the SSD to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your data (if available).
...AFU.exe file to its own floppy disk. 5 Power off your Adaptec RAID controller. You may be recovered. Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array Because RAID 0 volumes do this if the controller becomes inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is unsuccessful. Multiple Failures in the Same Array Except in ...the data normally can use the BIOS utility, ACU (see page 48), then add the SSD to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your data (if available).
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...The current event log opens. To view the event log: 1 Start the ARC utility (see page 92). 2 Select the controller you restart your computer; Some events are not stored indefinitely-the event log is full, new events overwrite old events. additionally,... then press Enter. 3 When the ARC utility menu appears, then press Ctrl+P. 4 Select Controller Log Information, then press Enter. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 102 Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation, and boot activity.
...The current event log opens. To view the event log: 1 Start the ARC utility (see page 92). 2 Select the controller you restart your computer; Some events are not stored indefinitely-the event log is full, new events overwrite old events. additionally,... then press Enter. 3 When the ARC utility menu appears, then press Ctrl+P. 4 Select Controller Log Information, then press Enter. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 102 Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation, and boot activity.
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... this file: packages/firmware/controllermodel/acu.exe Where controllermodel is menu-based and instructions for DOS runs from a floppy disk which you can be navigated using the arrow, Enter, Esc, and other keys on page 92. To create the ACU floppy disk: 1 Insert your Adaptec RAID controller kit. Menus can ...create using the RAID Installation CD that came in the ACU using menus: 1 Insert the ACU floppy disk (see Using the ACU to Create and...
... this file: packages/firmware/controllermodel/acu.exe Where controllermodel is menu-based and instructions for DOS runs from a floppy disk which you can be navigated using the arrow, Enter, Esc, and other keys on page 92. To create the ACU floppy disk: 1 Insert your Adaptec RAID controller kit. Menus can ...create using the RAID Installation CD that came in the ACU using menus: 1 Insert the ACU floppy disk (see Using the ACU to Create and...
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... you can use the AFU carefully and correctly to update, save, or verify the RAID controller's firmware BIOS and NVRAM. ! For more information, see Managing Your Storage Space on page 67. Using the Adaptec Flash Utility E In this appendix... Adaptec recommends that you from the Command Line 116 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command...
... you can use the AFU carefully and correctly to update, save, or verify the RAID controller's firmware BIOS and NVRAM. ! For more information, see Managing Your Storage Space on page 67. Using the Adaptec Flash Utility E In this appendix... Adaptec recommends that you from the Command Line 116 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command...
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... 5.0 or later. Before You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware (see the following section). 2 Create firmware disks (see page 116) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to get the most recent version of extended memory. See www.adaptec.com for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and SETVER.SYS). ●...version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of firmware/BIOS and AFU. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to : ● The RAID Controller Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and ...
... 5.0 or later. Before You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware (see the following section). 2 Create firmware disks (see page 116) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to get the most recent version of extended memory. See www.adaptec.com for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and SETVER.SYS). ●...version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of firmware/BIOS and AFU. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to : ● The RAID Controller Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and ...
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...; Display flash information-Displays version information about a RAID controller's flash components. ● List flash image-Lists all the flash components on a RAID controller with no arguments. To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the boot controller's flash first, restart the computer, then update the flash for example Adaptec RAID 3405). To run the menu-based AFU: 1 Shut...
...; Display flash information-Displays version information about a RAID controller's flash components. ● List flash image-Lists all the flash components on a RAID controller with no arguments. To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the boot controller's flash first, restart the computer, then update the flash for example Adaptec RAID 3405). To run the menu-based AFU: 1 Shut...
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...can also run a menu-based AFU (see page 119. The AFU processes the command, prompts you to change the setting. 2 Insert the firmware update disk containing AFU.exe 3 At the DOS command, type AFU followed by a command (see page 116) and any switches you want....needed , exits, and reports either success or an error message code. List Displays the AFU-supported RAID controllers installed on a bootable drive. (You can 't be changed. 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...
...can also run a menu-based AFU (see page 119. The AFU processes the command, prompts you to change the setting. 2 Insert the firmware update disk containing AFU.exe 3 At the DOS command, type AFU followed by a command (see page 116) and any switches you want....needed , exits, and reports either success or an error message code. List Displays the AFU-supported RAID controllers installed on a bootable drive. (You can 't be changed. 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...
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... the computer to allow firmware changes to perform the specified command. otherwise, the AFU displays an error message and exits. ● /D -Specifies the path where the UFI files are available: ● /C -One or more RAID controllers on the RAID controller type. if the computer has multiple RAID controllers, the AFU defaults to controller 0...OK. Updating Controller 0 (Adaptec RAID 31205) Reading flash...
... the computer to allow firmware changes to perform the specified command. otherwise, the AFU displays an error message and exits. ● /D -Specifies the path where the UFI files are available: ● /C -One or more RAID controllers on the RAID controller type. if the computer has multiple RAID controllers, the AFU defaults to controller 0...OK. Updating Controller 0 (Adaptec RAID 31205) Reading flash...
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... drive. 9 Repeat Step 8 as required until the flash update is the number of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. For example, to upgrade controllers 0, 2, and 3, type AFU UPDATE /C 0, 2, 3 ● To update all RAID controllers simultaneously: AFU UPDATE /C all Note: The UFI file identifies the RAID controllers, so you don't have to worry about flashing the wrong...
... drive. 9 Repeat Step 8 as required until the flash update is the number of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. For example, to upgrade controllers 0, 2, and 3, type AFU UPDATE /C 0, 2, 3 ● To update all RAID controllers simultaneously: AFU UPDATE /C all Note: The UFI file identifies the RAID controllers, so you don't have to worry about flashing the wrong...
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... 99 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 98 RAID levels 39 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 98 resetting 73 Runtime BIOS setting 98 SAS Address setting 99 SAS cables 40 setting boot controller 52 specifications 151 standard features troubleshooting 71 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 copyback 19 CRC Checking setting 99 customer...
... 99 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 98 RAID levels 39 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 98 resetting 73 Runtime BIOS setting 98 SAS Address setting 99 SAS cables 40 setting boot controller 52 specifications 151 standard features troubleshooting 71 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 copyback 19 CRC Checking setting 99 customer...
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... devices 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 installation 61 H hard disk, hard...
... devices 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 installation 61 H hard disk, hard...
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U UnixWare driver installation 65 OS installation 60 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 69 AFU 69 ARCCONF 68 V verifying disk drives 99 VMWare driver installation 66 OS installation 61 W Windows driver installation 64 OS installation 58 Z zero maintenance cache protection 18, 44, 45 zero maintenance module (ZMM) 45 Index ● 157
U UnixWare driver installation 65 OS installation 60 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 69 AFU 69 ARCCONF 68 V verifying disk drives 99 VMWare driver installation 66 OS installation 61 W Windows driver installation 64 OS installation 58 Z zero maintenance cache protection 18, 44, 45 zero maintenance module (ZMM) 45 Index ● 157