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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...Onboard 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...Onboard 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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... 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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... 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. Audible alarm Yes Battery backup module Adaptec Battery 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...
... 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. Audible alarm Yes Battery backup module Adaptec Battery 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...
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...RAID Controller ● 25 About the Adaptec 4805SAS The Adaptec 4805SAS 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 PCIe connector Diag LED Activity LED Power LED Activity LED Phy 7 6 5 4 32 10 Back side of Controller... 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 SAS RAID controller with these features: Two 4-wide internal SAS connectors...
...RAID Controller ● 25 About the Adaptec 4805SAS The Adaptec 4805SAS 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 PCIe connector Diag LED Activity LED Power LED Activity LED Phy 7 6 5 4 32 10 Back side of Controller... 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 SAS RAID controller with these features: Two 4-wide internal SAS connectors...
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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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... is complete. 12 Press Esc until the Exit utility window appears. 13 Select Yes, then press Enter. Press Enter to use the default (256 KB). Press Enter to use the default (Enable always). The selected disk drives are initialized, then the ACU screen appears. 7 Select Create... array can start using the array immediately. Property Line Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Read Caching Write Caching Create RAID via [Done] Entry or Selection Select RAID 5, then press Enter. You can now be used. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 45 4 Select Initialize Drives, ...
... is complete. 12 Press Esc until the Exit utility window appears. 13 Select Yes, then press Enter. Press Enter to use the default (256 KB). Press Enter to use the default (Enable always). The selected disk drives are initialized, then the ACU screen appears. 7 Select Create... array can start using the array immediately. Property Line Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Read Caching Write Caching Create RAID via [Done] Entry or Selection Select RAID 5, then press Enter. You can now be used. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 45 4 Select Initialize Drives, ...
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...start of array to create. See page 97. Yes Indicates the end of an array definition block. No Specifies hot spares to assign to the controller. See page 98. Yes Indicates the method (Build/Verify, Clear, or Quick Init) to use when creating a redundant array. Default is initialized ... table. Yes Specifies the disk drives used in this array. See page 98. See page 100. Default is No. A disk drive is 256. No Indicates whether read caching is Yes. Prior to complete before continuing. The other required array definition keywords are listed in creating the array....
...start of array to create. See page 97. Yes Indicates the end of an array definition block. No Specifies hot spares to assign to the controller. See page 98. Yes Indicates the method (Build/Verify, Clear, or Quick Init) to use when creating a redundant array. Default is initialized ... table. Yes Specifies the disk drives used in this array. See page 98. See page 100. Default is No. A disk drive is 256. No Indicates whether read caching is Yes. Prior to complete before continuing. The other required array definition keywords are listed in creating the array....
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... Clear, but does not accomplish a Build/ Verify. 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). Specify Maximum (the default) to be completed before you have to wait for the operation...optional keyword, indicating which reduces overall array performance. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 99 Method Keyword Method is 256. For example: Size=2.5GB Size=300MB Size=Maximum StripeSize Keyword The StripeSize keyword specifies the stripe size (in KB) written to use when...
... Clear, but does not accomplish a Build/ Verify. 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). Specify Maximum (the default) to be completed before you have to wait for the operation...optional keyword, indicating which reduces overall array performance. Appendix D: Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS ● 99 Method Keyword Method is 256. For example: Size=2.5GB Size=300MB Size=Maximum StripeSize Keyword The StripeSize keyword specifies the stripe size (in KB) written to use when...