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...adaptec.co.jp. ● Call +81-3-3831-5190. For support via e-mail, submit your question at ask.adaptec.com. ● You can order Adaptec... products, including accessories and cables, by calling +1 408-957-7274. Japan ● Visit our Web site at www.adaptec...adaptec.com for articles, troubleshooting tips, ...adaptec.com. ● You can order Adaptec cables online at ask-fr.adaptec...adaptec.com. ● French: Call +49... ●3 Adaptec Customer Support...www.adaptec.com. ● Search the Adaptec Support Knowledgebase (ASK) at www.adaptec-...
...adaptec.co.jp. ● Call +81-3-3831-5190. For support via e-mail, submit your question at ask.adaptec.com. ● You can order Adaptec... products, including accessories and cables, by calling +1 408-957-7274. Japan ● Visit our Web site at www.adaptec...adaptec.com for articles, troubleshooting tips, ...adaptec.com. ● You can order Adaptec cables online at ask-fr.adaptec...adaptec.com. ● French: Call +49... ●3 Adaptec Customer Support...www.adaptec.com. ● Search the Adaptec Support Knowledgebase (ASK) at www.adaptec-...
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...12 How to Find More Information 12 Kit Contents and System Requirements Kit Contents ...14 System Requirements 14 About Your RAID Controller Standard RAID Controller Features 16 Array-level Features 16 Advanced Data Protection Suite 16 Adding Enhanced Features 17 Using a Feature Key to... the Adaptec 3085 18 About the Adaptec 3405 19 About the Adaptec 3805 20 About the Adaptec 31205 21 About the Adaptec 31605 22 About the Adaptec 4000 23 About the Adaptec 4800SAS 24 About the Adaptec 4805SAS 25 About the Adaptec 2420SA 26 About the Adaptec 2820SA 27 About the Adaptec 2130SLP ...
...12 How to Find More Information 12 Kit Contents and System Requirements Kit Contents ...14 System Requirements 14 About Your RAID Controller Standard RAID Controller Features 16 Array-level Features 16 Advanced Data Protection Suite 16 Adding Enhanced Features 17 Using a Feature Key to... the Adaptec 3085 18 About the Adaptec 3405 19 About the Adaptec 3805 20 About the Adaptec 31205 21 About the Adaptec 31605 22 About the Adaptec 4000 23 About the Adaptec 4800SAS 24 About the Adaptec 4805SAS 25 About the Adaptec 2420SA 26 About the Adaptec 2820SA 27 About the Adaptec 2130SLP ...
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... Directly to the Controller 39 Connecting to a System Backplane 40 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA RAID Controllers 41 Connecting Disk Drives to SCSI RAID Controllers 41 Connecting External Devices 42 Next Steps...42 Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec Storage Manager 42 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 44 Creating an Array 44...
... Directly to the Controller 39 Connecting to a System Backplane 40 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA RAID Controllers 41 Connecting Disk Drives to SCSI RAID Controllers 41 Connecting External Devices 42 Next Steps...42 Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec Storage Manager 42 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 44 Creating an Array 44...
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... UnixWare 59 Installing on VMware 59 Installing on FreeBSD 60 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 62 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 62 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 62 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 63 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 63 Which Utility Should I Use 63 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 65 Silencing the...
... UnixWare 59 Installing on VMware 59 Installing on FreeBSD 60 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 62 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 62 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 62 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 63 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 63 Which Utility Should I Use 63 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 65 Silencing the...
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... SAS Different from Parallel SCSI 74 Understanding RAID Understanding Drive Segments 76 Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0 76 RAID 1 Arrays 77 RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays 77 RAID 10 Arrays 78 RAID 5 Arrays 79 RAID 5EE Arrays 80 RAID 50 Arrays 81 RAID 6 Arrays 82 RAID 60 Arrays 82 Selecting the Best RAID Level 83 Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility...
... SAS Different from Parallel SCSI 74 Understanding RAID Understanding Drive Segments 76 Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0 76 RAID 1 Arrays 77 RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays 77 RAID 10 Arrays 78 RAID 5 Arrays 79 RAID 5EE Arrays 80 RAID 50 Arrays 81 RAID 6 Arrays 82 RAID 60 Arrays 82 Selecting the Best RAID Level 83 Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility...
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... overview of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) technology. About This Guide 1 In this Guide: SAS Controllers Adaptec 3085 Adaptec 3405 Adaptec 3805 Adaptec 31205 Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 4000 Adaptec 4800SAS Adaptec 4805SAS SATA Controllers Adaptec 2420SA Adaptec 2820SA SCSI Controllers Adaptec 2130SLP Adaptec 2230SLP These RAID controller models are described in this chapter... What You Need to Know Before...
... overview of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) technology. About This Guide 1 In this Guide: SAS Controllers Adaptec 3085 Adaptec 3405 Adaptec 3805 Adaptec 31205 Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 4000 Adaptec 4800SAS Adaptec 4805SAS SATA Controllers Adaptec 2420SA Adaptec 2820SA SCSI Controllers Adaptec 2130SLP Adaptec 2230SLP These RAID controller models are described in this chapter... What You Need to Know Before...
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... be available for your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with Adaptec Storage ManagerTM or the other utilities described in this Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products, some of Adaptec Storage Manager. ● Command Line Utility for Internal RAID Storage User's Guide-Describes... (also known as a container or logical drive) Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager refers to arrays as logical drives. How to Find More Information You can use the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) command line utility (see page 62) to perform basic...
... be available for your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with Adaptec Storage ManagerTM or the other utilities described in this Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products, some of Adaptec Storage Manager. ● Command Line Utility for Internal RAID Storage User's Guide-Describes... (also known as a container or logical drive) Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager refers to arrays as logical drives. How to Find More Information You can use the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration (ARCCONF) command line utility (see page 62) to perform basic...
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Kit Contents...14 System Requirements ...14 This chapter lists the contents of your Adaptec RAID controller kit and the system requirements that must be met for you to successfully install and use your controller. Kit Contents and System Requirements 2 In this chapter...
Kit Contents...14 System Requirements ...14 This chapter lists the contents of your Adaptec RAID controller kit and the system requirements that must be met for you to successfully install and use your controller. Kit Contents and System Requirements 2 In this chapter...
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...the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer to the Readme file on the RAID installation CD for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line utility ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables. If your kit ...Find Answers. Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for additional motherboard compatibility information. ...
...the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer to the Readme file on the RAID installation CD for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line utility ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables. If your kit ...Find Answers. Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for additional motherboard compatibility information. ...
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... the Adaptec 3405...19 About the Adaptec 3805...20 About the Adaptec 31205...21 About the Adaptec 31605...22 About the Adaptec 4000...23 About the Adaptec 4800SAS 24 About the Adaptec 4805SAS 25 About the Adaptec 2420SA ...26 About the Adaptec 2820SA ...27 About the Adaptec 2130SLP 28 About the Adaptec 2230SLP 29 This chapter provides an overview of standard Adaptec RAID controller...
... the Adaptec 3405...19 About the Adaptec 3805...20 About the Adaptec 31205...21 About the Adaptec 31605...22 About the Adaptec 4000...23 About the Adaptec 4800SAS 24 About the Adaptec 4805SAS 25 About the Adaptec 2420SA ...26 About the Adaptec 2820SA ...27 About the Adaptec 2130SLP 28 About the Adaptec 2230SLP 29 This chapter provides an overview of standard Adaptec RAID controller...
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... allows disk drives to arrange commands into the most efficient order for optimum performance. ● (SAS RAID controllers only) Support for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. or SAF-..., even if the disk drives vary in SES2- Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping ● Event logging and ...
... allows disk drives to arrange commands into the most efficient order for optimum performance. ● (SAS RAID controllers only) Support for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. or SAF-..., even if the disk drives vary in SES2- Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping ● Event logging and ...
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... of a logical drive at a particular point in time. To unlock the enhanced features with extra features. RAID Controller Adaptec 3085/Adaptec 3405/ Adaptec 3805/Adaptec 31205/ Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 4800SAS / Adaptec 4805SAS Adaptec 2420SA / Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2130SLP / Adaptec 2230SLP Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 600 Adaptec Battery Module 500 Adaptec Battery Module 400 To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the...
... of a logical drive at a particular point in time. To unlock the enhanced features with extra features. RAID Controller Adaptec 3085/Adaptec 3405/ Adaptec 3805/Adaptec 31205/ Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 4800SAS / Adaptec 4805SAS Adaptec 2420SA / Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2130SLP / Adaptec 2230SLP Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 600 Adaptec Battery Module 500 Adaptec Battery Module 400 To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 18 About the Adaptec 3085 The Adaptec 3085 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Diagnostic Activity Board Power Supply LEDs LEDs Drive Activity LED connectors for CN1/CN0 Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash...connectors Mounting bracket PCIe x8 connector Battery connector Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, external RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module ...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 18 About the Adaptec 3085 The Adaptec 3085 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Diagnostic Activity Board Power Supply LEDs LEDs Drive Activity LED connectors for CN1/CN0 Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash...connectors Mounting bracket PCIe x8 connector Battery connector Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, external RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module ...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 19 About the Adaptec 3405 The Adaptec 3405 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Aggregate Activity LED header for CN0 Drive Activity LED connectors for CN0 Mode 0 Flash connector Battery connector 1 internal SAS... supply Drive Activity LEDs for CN0 Diagnostic LEDs Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Back...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 19 About the Adaptec 3405 The Adaptec 3405 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Aggregate Activity LED header for CN0 Drive Activity LED connectors for CN0 Mode 0 Flash connector Battery connector 1 internal SAS... supply Drive Activity LEDs for CN0 Diagnostic LEDs Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Back...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 20 About the Adaptec 3805 The Adaptec 3805 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Aggregate Activity LED header for CN0 Battery connector Drive Activity LED connectors for CN0/CN1 Mode 0 Flash connector CN1... bracket Drive Activity LEDs CN1 CN0 Diagnostic LEDs Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Back...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 20 About the Adaptec 3805 The Adaptec 3805 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Aggregate Activity LED header for CN0 Battery connector Drive Activity LED connectors for CN0/CN1 Mode 0 Flash connector CN1... bracket Drive Activity LEDs CN1 CN0 Diagnostic LEDs Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Back...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 21 About the Adaptec 31205 The Adaptec 31205 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: I2C connector for CN2 Activity LED Phys and connectors FE Aggregate LED connectors CB A I2C connector for CN1 ... CN2 E = CN1, CN0 Aggregate LED connectors C = CN2 B = CN1 A = CN0 Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Half-size...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 21 About the Adaptec 31205 The Adaptec 31205 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: I2C connector for CN2 Activity LED Phys and connectors FE Aggregate LED connectors CB A I2C connector for CN1 ... CN2 E = CN1, CN0 Aggregate LED connectors C = CN2 B = CN1 A = CN0 Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Half-size...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 22 About the Adaptec 31605 The Adaptec 31605 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Activity LED Phys and connectors FE Aggregate LED connectors D CBA I2C connector for CN3 I2C connector for CN2 ...= CN1, CN0 Aggregate LED connectors D = CN3 C = CN2 B = CN1 A = CN0 Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Half-size...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 22 About the Adaptec 31605 The Adaptec 31605 is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Activity LED Phys and connectors FE Aggregate LED connectors D CBA I2C connector for CN3 I2C connector for CN2 ...= CN1, CN0 Aggregate LED connectors D = CN3 C = CN2 B = CN1 A = CN0 Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed PHYs Standard cache Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Half-size...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 23 About the Adaptec 4000 The Adaptec 4000 is a low-profile SAS Zero Channel RAID controller with these features: Mode 0 Flash connector LED connector I2C connector Mounting bracket Form Factor Bus compatibility PCI-X bus width PCI-X bus speed Standard cache Connectors RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 23 About the Adaptec 4000 The Adaptec 4000 is a low-profile SAS Zero Channel RAID controller with these features: Mode 0 Flash connector LED connector I2C connector Mounting bracket Form Factor Bus compatibility PCI-X bus width PCI-X bus speed Standard cache Connectors RAID levels Simple Volume Disk Drives Maximum number of disk drives...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 24 About the Adaptec 4800SAS The Adaptec 4800SAS is appropriate for battery backup module) Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash connector Activity LED connector (top 2 left/right pins) 1 external SAS connector Battery ...) Hot spares Yes Enclosure support SES2 Automatic Failover Yes Onboard speaker Yes with these specifications: 3.0 V, 90.0 mA. Audible alarm Yes Battery backup module Adaptec Battery Module 600 (sold separately-see page 17) 1 256 MB also available The internal speaker is not required, as the onboard speaker volume is a...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 24 About the Adaptec 4800SAS The Adaptec 4800SAS is appropriate for battery backup module) Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash connector Activity LED connector (top 2 left/right pins) 1 external SAS connector Battery ...) Hot spares Yes Enclosure support SES2 Automatic Failover Yes Onboard speaker Yes with these specifications: 3.0 V, 90.0 mA. Audible alarm Yes Battery backup module Adaptec Battery Module 600 (sold separately-see page 17) 1 256 MB also available The internal speaker is not required, as the onboard speaker volume is a...