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User Guide - Page 8
... 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 Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 71 Monitoring Disk Drives Status 71 Silencing the Alarm 71 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 72 Failed Disk Drive...
User Guide - Page 15
...(not bootable), including user guides for additional motherboard compatibility information. ● One of these features:
● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges
Refer to the Readme file on the RAID Controller Installation CD for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line utility
● Cables (Not...
User Guide - Page 32
... for CN1
I2C connector for CN1
PCIe x4 connector Mounting bracket
Drive Activity LEDs CN1 CN0
Diagnostic LEDs
Back side of Controller
Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, internal Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module
Low-profile MD2 PCIe x4 2.5 Gb...
User Guide - Page 42
... 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 data storage (see page 67). Follow the steps for the installation option you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead).
2 Install the controller driver (see...
User Guide - Page 56
... You Begin ...57 Creating a Driver Disk ...57 Installing with Windows ...58 Installing with Red Hat Linux 59 Installing with SUSE Linux...59 Installing with OpenServer ...59 Installing with UnixWare ...60 Installing with Solaris...60 Installing with VMware ...61 Installing with FreeBSD ...61
This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto...
User Guide - Page 58
... with Managing Your Storage Space on page 67. Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows
documentation to configure partitions manually. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista
To install the Adaptec RAID...
User Guide - Page 63
... 43). Note: For up-to download the latest drivers. Creating a Driver Disk
Note: You will need a floppy disk to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 66. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions,
refer to your computer documentation...
User Guide - Page 66
... the driver disk. If an
updated driver is not supported on FreeBSD: 1 Start your computer. 2 Insert and mount the driver disk:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
3 Copy the driver package to the VMware machine from a remote GUI or use the following procedure. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the
ARCCONF utility. Installing on FreeBSD
To install the driver on...
User Guide - Page 68
...and manage all the controllers and disk drives in your storage space includes systems that helps you can use to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide, also included on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. It sends notices when tasks are included on the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
Adaptec Storage Manager is a full-featured software...
User Guide - Page 71
... an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs.
When you encounter difficulties installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your Adaptec RAID controller is installed in a different compatible expansion slot. (See page 44 for instructions.)
● Did the driver install correctly?
● If you have external disk drives (or other devices), are they powered on?
●...
User Guide - Page 79
... to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on the backplane. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 79
How are Disk Drives Identified in order to identify disk drive conditions. In the BIOS and in the management utilities (see Identifying Disk Drives on page 17 for more information)
● ExpX:PhyX = Expander X is limited to the number of phys supported by the SAS...
User Guide - Page 114
...-Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of extended memory. 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 run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under HIMEM.SYS
(for more information. Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ●...
User Guide - Page 154
... 99 Phy Rate setting 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 support 3
D
direct...
User Guide - Page 155
... 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 disk drive, hard drive. See disk drive hot spares 18 HotspareDrives keyword
array definition block 108
I
I2C connector specifications...
User Guide - Page 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
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