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... to generate a list of supported operating systems. ● 128 MB (or more) of RAM ● Available compatible PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot (depending on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer...
... to generate a list of supported operating systems. ● 128 MB (or more) of RAM ● Available compatible PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot (depending on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer...
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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 connector CN1 CN0 2 external SAS connectors Mounting bracket PCIe x8 connector ... speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe x8 2.5 Gb/s 8 256 MB DDR2 Two SAS x4 (SFF-8088) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 8 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose ...
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 connector CN1 CN0 2 external SAS connectors Mounting bracket PCIe x8 connector ... speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe x8 2.5 Gb/s 8 256 MB DDR2 Two SAS x4 (SFF-8088) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 8 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose ...
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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 connector CN0 I2C connector for CN0 Alarm connector PCIe x4 connector ...Module Back side of Controller Low-profile MD2 PCIe x4 2.5 Gb/s 4 128 MB DDR2 One SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 4 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO Yes Yes Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold...
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 connector CN0 I2C connector for CN0 Alarm connector PCIe x4 connector ...Module Back side of Controller Low-profile MD2 PCIe x4 2.5 Gb/s 4 128 MB DDR2 One SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 4 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO Yes Yes Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold...
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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 Board power supply 2 internal SAS connectors CN0 I2C connector for CN0 Alarm ... Module Back side of Controller Low-profile MD2 PCIe x4 2.5 Gb/s 8 128 MB DDR2 Two SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 8 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO Yes No Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold...
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 Board power supply 2 internal SAS connectors CN0 I2C connector for CN0 Alarm ... Module Back side of Controller Low-profile MD2 PCIe x4 2.5 Gb/s 8 128 MB DDR2 Two SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 8 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO Yes No Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold...
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... 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 I2C connector for CN0 CN0 Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash connector Battery connector CN1 3 internal SAS connectors ... Half-size PCIe x8 2.5 Gb/s 12 256 MB DDR2 Three SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 12 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO Yes Yes Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold separately-see page 17)
... 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 I2C connector for CN0 CN0 Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash connector Battery connector CN1 3 internal SAS connectors ... Half-size PCIe x8 2.5 Gb/s 12 256 MB DDR2 Three SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 12 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO Yes Yes Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold separately-see page 17)
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...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 I2C connector for CN1 I2C connector for CN0 CN0 Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash connector Battery connector CN1 4 internal SAS...Half-size PCIe x8 2.5 Gb/s 16 256 MB DDR2 Four SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 16 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO Yes Yes Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold separately-see page 17)
...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 I2C connector for CN1 I2C connector for CN0 CN0 Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash connector Battery connector CN1 4 internal SAS...Half-size PCIe x8 2.5 Gb/s 16 256 MB DDR2 Four SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS 16 (or up to 100 with expanders) Yes I2C and SGPIO Yes Yes Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800 (sold separately-see page 17)
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... 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 Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module PCI-X connector Low-profile MD2 PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz 128 MB DDR2 N/A 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS...
... 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 Hot spares Enclosure Support Automatic Failover Onboard speaker Audible alarm Battery Backup Module PCI-X connector Low-profile MD2 PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz 128 MB DDR2 N/A 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD Yes SATA, SATA II, SAS...
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... Module 600 (sold separately-see page 17) 1 256 MB also available 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 connector PCI-X connector Diagnostic LED Activity LED Power LED...
... Module 600 (sold separately-see page 17) 1 256 MB also available 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 connector PCI-X connector Diagnostic LED Activity LED Power LED...
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... 600 (sold separately-see page 17) 1 256 MB also available The internal speaker is not required, as the onboard speaker volume is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Two 4-wide internal SAS connectors Mounting bracket Charge LED (for most environments. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 25 About the Adaptec 4805SAS The Adaptec 4805SAS is appropriate for battery backup module) Alarm...
... 600 (sold separately-see page 17) 1 256 MB also available The internal speaker is not required, as the onboard speaker volume is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Two 4-wide internal SAS connectors Mounting bracket Charge LED (for most environments. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 25 About the Adaptec 4805SAS The Adaptec 4805SAS is appropriate for battery backup module) Alarm...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 26 About the Adaptec 2420SA The Adaptec 2420SA is a SATA II RAID controller with these features: SATA ports 01 23 LED connector Mode 0 Flash connector Activity LED connector Battery connector I2C connector PCI-X jumper PCI-X ... IRQ LED Charge LED (for battery backup module) Diag LEDs Back side of Controller Form Factor Half-size Bus compatibility PCI-X, 3.3 V PCI-X bus width 64-bit PCI-X bus speed 133 MHz Standard cache 256 MB Connectors 4x SATA connector RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10 Simple volume Yes Disk drives Up to...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 26 About the Adaptec 2420SA The Adaptec 2420SA is a SATA II RAID controller with these features: SATA ports 01 23 LED connector Mode 0 Flash connector Activity LED connector Battery connector I2C connector PCI-X jumper PCI-X ... IRQ LED Charge LED (for battery backup module) Diag LEDs Back side of Controller Form Factor Half-size Bus compatibility PCI-X, 3.3 V PCI-X bus width 64-bit PCI-X bus speed 133 MHz Standard cache 256 MB Connectors 4x SATA connector RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10 Simple volume Yes Disk drives Up to...
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However, this controller. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 27 About the Adaptec 2820SA The Adaptec 2820SA is a SATA II RAID controller with these features: 01 SATA ports 234 5 6 7 Activity LED connector Mode 0 Flash connector LED connectors port 0-3 LED connectors port 0-3 I2C ... 10 Charge LED (for battery backup module) Diag LEDs Back side of Controller Form Factor Half-size Bus compatibility PCI-X, 3.3 V PCI-X bus width 64-bit PCI-X bus speed 133 MHz Standard cache 256 MB Connectors 8x SATA connector RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 Simple ...
However, this controller. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 27 About the Adaptec 2820SA The Adaptec 2820SA is a SATA II RAID controller with these features: 01 SATA ports 234 5 6 7 Activity LED connector Mode 0 Flash connector LED connectors port 0-3 LED connectors port 0-3 I2C ... 10 Charge LED (for battery backup module) Diag LEDs Back side of Controller Form Factor Half-size Bus compatibility PCI-X, 3.3 V PCI-X bus width 64-bit PCI-X bus speed 133 MHz Standard cache 256 MB Connectors 8x SATA connector RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 Simple ...
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Legacy parallel SCSI is 300 MB/sec in the same SAS domain (see page 73), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as SAS devices. SAS cards can typically support up to 128 end devices and can communicate with both SAS and SATA devices. (You can add 128 end devices...the array. Although they share the SCSI command set, SAS is SAS? Appendix A: Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI ● 69 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers are referred to as expander devices. HBAs, RAID controllers, disk drives, and external disk drive enclosures are ...
Legacy parallel SCSI is 300 MB/sec in the same SAS domain (see page 73), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as SAS devices. SAS cards can typically support up to 128 end devices and can communicate with both SAS and SATA devices. (You can add 128 end devices...the array. Although they share the SCSI command set, SAS is SAS? Appendix A: Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI ● 69 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers are referred to as expander devices. HBAs, RAID controllers, disk drives, and external disk drive enclosures are ...
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..., using an expander (see page 33) SAS lets you mix SAS and SATA disk drives together, and lets you connect many, many of connectors, cables, connection options, and terminology. Parallel SCSI Parallel interface Maximum speed 320 MB/sec shared by all devices on the bus Supports SCSI devices... only Up to 16 devices per SCSI channel Supports single-port devices only Uses SCSI IDs to differentiate between devices SAS addresses self-configured by SAS devices Requires no bus termination SAS connectors (see page...
..., using an expander (see page 33) SAS lets you mix SAS and SATA disk drives together, and lets you connect many, many of connectors, cables, connection options, and terminology. Parallel SCSI Parallel interface Maximum speed 320 MB/sec shared by all devices on the bus Supports SCSI devices... only Up to 16 devices per SCSI channel Supports single-port devices only Uses SCSI IDs to differentiate between devices SAS addresses self-configured by SAS devices Requires no bus termination SAS connectors (see page...
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...whether the array uses read caching. 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). For example: StripeSize=256 Takes longer than a Build/Verify process,... Size=Maximum StripeSize Keyword The StripeSize keyword specifies the stripe size (in KB) written to use when creating a redundant (RAID 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50, 6 and 60) array. Otherwise, specify the size as data is written ... a numeric size value. Default is achieved by the unit keyword MB (megabytes), GB (gigabytes), or TB (terabytes).
...whether the array uses read caching. 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). For example: StripeSize=256 Takes longer than a Build/Verify process,... Size=Maximum StripeSize Keyword The StripeSize keyword specifies the stripe size (in KB) written to use when creating a redundant (RAID 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50, 6 and 60) array. Otherwise, specify the size as data is written ... a numeric size value. Default is achieved by the unit keyword MB (megabytes), GB (gigabytes), or TB (terabytes).
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...command above. This script creates these arrays-a 500 MB single-disk volume, and a 2-GB two-disk drive RAID 1 with no errors (success) and you must restart the computer. Sample Scripts This command invokes the ACU and creates arrays on controller 1 based on the array keywords defined in getting... page 103. It also configures Channel 0 and saves a log of the operation in the log file C:\RAID.LOG: A:\> ACU /P A:\RAID.ACU /L C:\RAID.LOG /C1 Sample Scripts for SCSI and SAS Controllers Note: For a sample script for DOS ● 102 Code Description 19 Unable to read SCSI channel parameters. 20 ...
...command above. This script creates these arrays-a 500 MB single-disk volume, and a 2-GB two-disk drive RAID 1 with no errors (success) and you must restart the computer. Sample Scripts This command invokes the ACU and creates arrays on controller 1 based on the array keywords defined in getting... page 103. It also configures Channel 0 and saves a log of the operation in the log file C:\RAID.LOG: A:\> ACU /P A:\RAID.ACU /L C:\RAID.LOG /C1 Sample Scripts for SCSI and SAS Controllers Note: For a sample script for DOS ● 102 Code Description 19 Unable to read SCSI channel parameters. 20 ...
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... 107) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● The RAID Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. There are two ways to get the most recent version of extended memory. See www.adaptec.com for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and ... the command line (see page 106). compatible with other DOS drivers running under any version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of AFU. Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 105 System Requirements ● MS-DOS version 5.0 or later. Compatibility Notes ● Supports HIMEM.SYS;
... 107) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● The RAID Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. There are two ways to get the most recent version of extended memory. See www.adaptec.com for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and ... the command line (see page 106). compatible with other DOS drivers running under any version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of AFU. Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 105 System Requirements ● MS-DOS version 5.0 or later. Compatibility Notes ● Supports HIMEM.SYS;