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... Controllers 29 Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller 30 Connecting to a Backplane 30 Installing the SAS HostRAID Controller to a SAS Expander 31 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers 32 Checking Your Controller and Devices 32 Setting the Boot Controller 32 Next Steps ...33 5 Getting Started Choosing a RAID... System 36 6 Creating a Bootable Array Creating an Array 38 Creating an Array with the ACU 38 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 38 Making Your Array Bootable 40 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 42 Creating a ...
... Controllers 29 Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller 30 Connecting to a Backplane 30 Installing the SAS HostRAID Controller to a SAS Expander 31 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers 32 Checking Your Controller and Devices 32 Setting the Boot Controller 32 Next Steps ...33 5 Getting Started Choosing a RAID... System 36 6 Creating a Bootable Array Creating an Array 38 Creating an Array with the ACU 38 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 38 Making Your Array Bootable 40 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 42 Creating a ...
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... Manager 50 About the HRCONF Command Line Utility 50 About the ARC Utility 51 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 51 Which Utility Should I Use 51 10 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 53 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 53 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a ... Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare 53 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 54 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 54 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 54 Resetting the Controller 54 A Introduction to SAS Terminology Used in This Appendix 57 What is SAS?...57 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 58...
... Manager 50 About the HRCONF Command Line Utility 50 About the ARC Utility 51 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 51 Which Utility Should I Use 51 10 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 53 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 53 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a ... Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare 53 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 54 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 54 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 54 Resetting the Controller 54 A Introduction to SAS Terminology Used in This Appendix 57 What is SAS?...57 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 58...
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... Used in This Guide In this guide covers multiple Adaptec HostRAID controllers, some of the features and functions described may not be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology, and the characteristics of configurations from DAS...about updated product information and known issues; Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your operating system and Adaptec Storage Manager recognizes as logical drive) Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide refers to controllers and disk drives being managed with it in...
... Used in This Guide In this guide covers multiple Adaptec HostRAID controllers, some of the features and functions described may not be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology, and the characteristics of configurations from DAS...about updated product information and known issues; Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your operating system and Adaptec Storage Manager recognizes as logical drive) Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide refers to controllers and disk drives being managed with it in...
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... arrays that the drive has enough available capacity to protect. ● Support for migration: ● Simple Volume to RAID 0 ● Simple Volume to Adaptec RAID controllers. ● Multiple options for max. Array Level Features ● Support for RAID 0, 1, 10, and simple volumes with two drives always The maximum number of simple volumes and arrays to...
... arrays that the drive has enough available capacity to protect. ● Support for migration: ● Simple Volume to RAID 0 ● Simple Volume to Adaptec RAID controllers. ● Multiple options for max. Array Level Features ● Support for RAID 0, 1, 10, and simple volumes with two drives always The maximum number of simple volumes and arrays to...
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... About the Adaptec 58300 Controller The Adaptec 58300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 8-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Drive LEDs External miniSAS Connectors 3.3V PCI-X Connector Mounting bracket J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) Formx factor Bus compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal Connectors, external RAID levels Simple... II 3.0Gb/s) 8 direct-attached drives or up to 128 using expander technology Yes Yes No Yes No Note: There is NO I2C function on this controller, as all ports are external.
... About the Adaptec 58300 Controller The Adaptec 58300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 8-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Drive LEDs External miniSAS Connectors 3.3V PCI-X Connector Mounting bracket J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) Formx factor Bus compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal Connectors, external RAID levels Simple... II 3.0Gb/s) 8 direct-attached drives or up to 128 using expander technology Yes Yes No Yes No Note: There is NO I2C function on this controller, as all ports are external.
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...Controller l 17 About the Adaptec 48300 Controller The Adaptec 48300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 8-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: External SAS Connector Internal SAS Connector J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) Mounting bracket 3.3V PCI-X Connector Form factor Bus compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal Connectors, external RAID...-attached drives or up to 128 using expander technology Yes Yes No Yes No Note: There is no separate I2C connector. See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference on page 86 for details.
...Controller l 17 About the Adaptec 48300 Controller The Adaptec 48300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 8-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: External SAS Connector Internal SAS Connector J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) Mounting bracket 3.3V PCI-X Connector Form factor Bus compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal Connectors, external RAID...-attached drives or up to 128 using expander technology Yes Yes No Yes No Note: There is no separate I2C connector. See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference on page 86 for details.
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... About Your HostRAID Controller l 18 About the Adaptec 44300 Controller The Adaptec 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 4-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Internal SAS Connector Mounting bracket J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) 3.3V PCI-X Connector Form factor Bus compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume ...-attached drives or up to 128 using expanded technology Yes Yes No Yes No Note: There is no separate I2C connector. See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference on page 86 for details.
... About Your HostRAID Controller l 18 About the Adaptec 44300 Controller The Adaptec 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 4-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Internal SAS Connector Mounting bracket J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) 3.3V PCI-X Connector Form factor Bus compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume ...-attached drives or up to 128 using expanded technology Yes Yes No Yes No Note: There is no separate I2C connector. See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference on page 86 for details.
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Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller l 19 About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller The Adaptec 1430SA is a low-profile 4-port PCIe SATA II HostRAID controller with these features: J2 Connector (I2C) J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) J1 LED Connector Power LED ...Aggregate LED Port Activity LED 3 (top port) 2 (bottom port) SATA Ports 1 (top port) 0 (bottom port) Mounting bracket J4 Activity LED PCIe X4 connector Form factor Bus compatibility Ports Connectors, internal RAID...
Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller l 19 About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller The Adaptec 1430SA is a low-profile 4-port PCIe SATA II HostRAID controller with these features: J2 Connector (I2C) J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) J1 LED Connector Power LED ...Aggregate LED Port Activity LED 3 (top port) 2 (bottom port) SATA Ports 1 (top port) 0 (bottom port) Mounting bracket J4 Activity LED PCIe X4 connector Form factor Bus compatibility Ports Connectors, internal RAID...
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... Your HostRAID Controller l 20 About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller The Adaptec 1420SA is a low-profile PCI-X to 4 port SATA II HostRAID controller with these features: J1 connector (I2C) J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) J2 LED connector Activity LED 3 SATA Ports 2 1 0 Mounting bracket 3.3V/5V PCI-X connector Form factor Bus compatibility Ports Connector, internal RAID levels Simple...
... Your HostRAID Controller l 20 About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller The Adaptec 1420SA is a low-profile PCI-X to 4 port SATA II HostRAID controller with these features: J1 connector (I2C) J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) J2 LED connector Activity LED 3 SATA Ports 2 1 0 Mounting bracket 3.3V/5V PCI-X connector Form factor Bus compatibility Ports Connector, internal RAID levels Simple...
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... to use the AFU carefully and correctly to prevent you use the AFU. To create a bootable array, Adaptec recommends that you from accidentally damaging your RAID controller inoperable.Adaptec recommends that you can use to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. Which Utility Should I Use? The ARC utility is primarily...
... to use the AFU carefully and correctly to prevent you use the AFU. To create a bootable array, Adaptec recommends that you from accidentally damaging your RAID controller inoperable.Adaptec recommends that you can use to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. Which Utility Should I Use? The ARC utility is primarily...
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.... A narrow port contains one transceiver). SAS devices communicate with each phy contains one transmitter and one receiver (one phy. A link is one or more of RAID controllers and storage devices. SAS Device SAS Device link Narrow Port Phy Receiver Transmitter Transmitter Receiver Phy Narrow Port SAS Device Wide Port Phy Receiver Transmitter...
.... A narrow port contains one transceiver). SAS devices communicate with each phy contains one transmitter and one receiver (one phy. A link is one or more of RAID controllers and storage devices. SAS Device SAS Device link Narrow Port Phy Receiver Transmitter Transmitter Receiver Phy Narrow Port SAS Device Wide Port Phy Receiver Transmitter...
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...30 shows an example of SAS expanders: fanout expanders and edge expanders. See About Your HostRAID Controller on page 14 for your RAID controller Activity LED connections and locations. For example, the Adaptec S50 enclosure, which contains an expander, is a backplane connection that you can connect together...., SAS or SATA disk drives are two types of SAS end devices, including SAS controllers and SAS and SATA disk drives. See page 59. When connecting to a backplane, the Adaptec Storage Manager enables you can connect end devices to one SAS connector with one SAS ...
...30 shows an example of SAS expanders: fanout expanders and edge expanders. See About Your HostRAID Controller on page 14 for your RAID controller Activity LED connections and locations. For example, the Adaptec S50 enclosure, which contains an expander, is a backplane connection that you can connect together...., SAS or SATA disk drives are two types of SAS end devices, including SAS controllers and SAS and SATA disk drives. See page 59. When connecting to a backplane, the Adaptec Storage Manager enables you can connect end devices to one SAS connector with one SAS ...
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...only 50 percent of the smallest disk drive in Logical Drive Disk Drive 2 1 - 250 Not Used Unused Space: 150 GB RAID 1 Logical Drive = 250 GB RAID 10 Arrays A RAID 10 array is stored on each disk drive). Compared to the size of independent disk drives. Disk Drive 1 250 GB Drive .... For instance, an array with twice the read rate and an equal write rate of the smaller disk drive, as shown in the following figure. Adaptec RAID controllers support a maximum number of 1000 GB for the volume, as shown in the following figure. Disk Drive 3 3 999 7 ... However, capacity is the...
...only 50 percent of the smallest disk drive in Logical Drive Disk Drive 2 1 - 250 Not Used Unused Space: 150 GB RAID 1 Logical Drive = 250 GB RAID 10 Arrays A RAID 10 array is stored on each disk drive). Compared to the size of independent disk drives. Disk Drive 1 250 GB Drive .... For instance, an array with twice the read rate and an equal write rate of the smaller disk drive, as shown in the following figure. Adaptec RAID controllers support a maximum number of 1000 GB for the volume, as shown in the following figure. Disk Drive 3 3 999 7 ... However, capacity is the...
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... to save the changes before you exit). 7 At the prompt, select Yes to exit, then press any settings, you are installed, select the HostRAID controller you made in a Host RAID controller. In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 74 SerialSelect Options SAS Address Available Settings...
... to save the changes before you exit). 7 At the prompt, select Yes to exit, then press any settings, you are installed, select the HostRAID controller you made in a Host RAID controller. In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 74 SerialSelect Options SAS Address Available Settings...
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...separate floppy disk. (Some RAID controllers have one UFI file; When selecting a single controller, the system automatically selects it : ● AFU.exe ● Axxxx01.ufi where xxx is displayed. 3 Select Select Controllers, then select the Adaptec HostRAID controllers to the HostRAID controller you can use the ...press Enter. You can use its own floppy disk. Before you are updating. Note: Most controller model numbers have two. Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for your controller. some have a suffix. To access the AFU: 1 Shut down your operating system and...
...separate floppy disk. (Some RAID controllers have one UFI file; When selecting a single controller, the system automatically selects it : ● AFU.exe ● Axxxx01.ufi where xxx is displayed. 3 Select Select Controllers, then select the Adaptec HostRAID controllers to the HostRAID controller you can use the ...press Enter. You can use its own floppy disk. Before you are updating. Note: Most controller model numbers have two. Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for your controller. some have a suffix. To access the AFU: 1 Shut down your operating system and...
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... insert the second firmware disk into your floppy disk drive. 8 Repeat Step 7 until the flash update is the number of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS ● 85 5 Update the flash using the instructions suitable for your requirements: ● To update a single HostRAID...
... insert the second firmware disk into your floppy disk drive. 8 Repeat Step 7 until the flash update is the number of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS ● 85 5 Update the flash using the instructions suitable for your requirements: ● To update a single HostRAID...
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...physical or logical drives in sequential order. C cache Fast-access memory on the disk. When a disk is configured, the controller records the RAID signature on the controller that serves as intermediate storage for data that enables you to a secondary drive. D dead partition See failed. disk Physical...Background initialization of a fault-tolerant array. channel Any path, or bus, used for the transfer of data and the control of preparing a disk for example, a RAID 1) array in megabytes or gigabytes. A clear operation zeros all the blocks of the array. The array is not ...
...physical or logical drives in sequential order. C cache Fast-access memory on the disk. When a disk is configured, the controller records the RAID signature on the controller that serves as intermediate storage for data that enables you to a secondary drive. D dead partition See failed. disk Physical...Background initialization of a fault-tolerant array. channel Any path, or bus, used for the transfer of data and the control of preparing a disk for example, a RAID 1) array in megabytes or gigabytes. A clear operation zeros all the blocks of the array. The array is not ...
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... while the power is protected. event log File used to the array is on another Adaptec RAID controller. event notification Process for some reason the initial build operation did not complete. The RAID signature on the disk allows the RAID controller to an array that illuminates during read or write operations. See disk. Glossary ● 97...
... while the power is protected. event log File used to the array is on another Adaptec RAID controller. event notification Process for some reason the initial build operation did not complete. The RAID signature on the disk allows the RAID controller to an array that illuminates during read or write operations. See disk. Glossary ● 97...
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...instead of two equal segments residing on two different drives. See volume, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10. RAID 0 distributes data evenly across its respective drives in equal-sized sections called stripes. RAID 0 arrays are not redundant. Mirroring provides data protection, and striping improves... distributes data evenly across all members in equal-sized sections called stripes. RAID signature The area on two drives. RAID 1 is redundant. Provides redundancy by the RAID controller. snapshot Instantaneous read-only copy of data distributed across all the disks in...
...instead of two equal segments residing on two different drives. See volume, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10. RAID 0 distributes data evenly across its respective drives in equal-sized sections called stripes. RAID 0 arrays are not redundant. Mirroring provides data protection, and striping improves... distributes data evenly across all members in equal-sized sections called stripes. RAID signature The area on two drives. RAID 1 is redundant. Provides redundancy by the RAID controller. snapshot Instantaneous read-only copy of data distributed across all the disks in...
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...-level check that contents of a striped array. V verify Low-level check that the whole drive can take an extended period of time, particularly if the RAID controller is also performing intensive data I/O while the task is correct. T task An operation that the master drive is running. Glossary ● 100 stripe size The... amount of data in each section of both members' segments are consistent and, optionally, corrects errors while assuming that occurs only on the RAID controller, asynchronous to all other operations;
...-level check that contents of a striped array. V verify Low-level check that the whole drive can take an extended period of time, particularly if the RAID controller is also performing intensive data I/O while the task is correct. T task An operation that the master drive is running. Glossary ● 100 stripe size The... amount of data in each section of both members' segments are consistent and, optionally, corrects errors while assuming that occurs only on the RAID controller, asynchronous to all other operations;