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... Cache Protection 37 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 38 Connecting Directly to the Controller 38 Connecting to a System Backplane 39 Connecting MaxIQ Solid State Drives and other SSDs 40 Connecting External Devices 42 Next Steps ...42 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 44 Creating an Array 44 Creating an Array with the ACU 44 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 46 Making Your Array Bootable 47 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 49 Creating a Driver Disk 49 Installing with Windows 49 Installing with Windows Server...
... Cache Protection 37 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 38 Connecting Directly to the Controller 38 Connecting to a System Backplane 39 Connecting MaxIQ Solid State Drives and other SSDs 40 Connecting External Devices 42 Next Steps ...42 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 44 Creating an Array 44 Creating an Array with the ACU 44 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 46 Making Your Array Bootable 47 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 49 Creating a Driver Disk 49 Installing with Windows 49 Installing with Windows Server...
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...with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 56 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 56 Installing on OpenServer 57 Installing on UnixWare 57 Installing on Solaris 57 Installing on VMware 58 Installing on FreeBSD 58 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 60 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 60 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 61 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 61 Which Utility Should I Use 61 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 63 Monitoring Disk Drives Status 63 Silencing the Alarm 63...
...with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 56 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 56 Installing on OpenServer 57 Installing on UnixWare 57 Installing on Solaris 57 Installing on VMware 58 Installing on FreeBSD 58 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 60 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 60 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 61 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 61 Which Utility Should I Use 61 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 63 Monitoring Disk Drives Status 63 Silencing the Alarm 63...
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... Existing Arrays 85 Initializing Disk Drives 86 Rescanning Disk Drives 86 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 87 Managing Global Hot Spares 87 Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs 87 Creating a New JBOD 87 Managing Existing JBODs 88 Using the ACU to Manage the MaxIQ Pool 88 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 88 Opening SerialSelect 89 Applying Changes and Exiting 89 Modifying Your Controller's Configuration 89 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives 91 Locating Disk Drives 91 Identifying Disk Drives 92 Viewing the Event Log 92 Using the Array Configuration Utility for...
... Existing Arrays 85 Initializing Disk Drives 86 Rescanning Disk Drives 86 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 87 Managing Global Hot Spares 87 Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs 87 Creating a New JBOD 87 Managing Existing JBODs 88 Using the ACU to Manage the MaxIQ Pool 88 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 88 Opening SerialSelect 89 Applying Changes and Exiting 89 Modifying Your Controller's Configuration 89 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives 91 Locating Disk Drives 91 Identifying Disk Drives 92 Viewing the Event Log 92 Using the Array Configuration Utility for...
User Guide
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... board, or card) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Enclosure (also known as a RAID enclosure, storage enclosure, or JBOD enclosure) ● Array (also known as a container or logical drive) Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager refers to manage your operating system (and Adaptec Storage Manager) recognizes as logical drives. located on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your direct attached storage; located on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. accessible...
... board, or card) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Enclosure (also known as a RAID enclosure, storage enclosure, or JBOD enclosure) ● Array (also known as a container or logical drive) Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager refers to manage your operating system (and Adaptec Storage Manager) recognizes as logical drives. located on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your direct attached storage; located on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. accessible...
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... Adaptec's support of Linux or to -date operating system version support check the readme on your controller model-see the descriptions starting on page 15) ● 20 MB of free disk drive space ● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (storage management must be done by command-line, BIOS utility, or remote GUI connection-see page 83) ● FreeBSD 6.4, 7.1 Note: For up-to download driver...
... Adaptec's support of Linux or to -date operating system version support check the readme on your controller model-see the descriptions starting on page 15) ● 20 MB of free disk drive space ● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (storage management must be done by command-line, BIOS utility, or remote GUI connection-see page 83) ● FreeBSD 6.4, 7.1 Note: For up-to download driver...
User Guide
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...9679; 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Support for SAS disk drives, SATA/SATA II disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State Drives ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping ● Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility (ACU), a command line utility (ARCCONF), and a DOS utility (see page 85...
...9679; 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Support for SAS disk drives, SATA/SATA II disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State Drives ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping ● Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility (ACU), a command line utility (ARCCONF), and a DOS utility (see page 85...
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...Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID 5445/Adaptec RAID 5805/ Adaptec 51245/Adaptec 51645/Adaptec 52445 Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 800T To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 17 ● Copyback Hot Spare-You can use the Adaptec Storage Manager to upgrade your controller firmware, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Adding a Battery Backup Module This table shows the battery model supported by your Adaptec RAID controller, follow the instructions...
...Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID 5445/Adaptec RAID 5805/ Adaptec 51245/Adaptec 51645/Adaptec 52445 Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 800T To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 17 ● Copyback Hot Spare-You can use the Adaptec Storage Manager to upgrade your controller firmware, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Adding a Battery Backup Module This table shows the battery model supported by your Adaptec RAID controller, follow the instructions...
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...the Adaptec RAID 5085 The Adaptec RAID 5085 is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Output) Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800/800T (sold separately-see page 17) Alarm Aggregate Activity Mode 0 Flash connector Activity LEDs Diagnostic LEDs Audible Alarm Drive Activity LED connectors for CN1/CN0 CN0 CN1 2 external SAS connectors Mounting bracket Battery connector PCIe x8 connector Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, external Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support...
...the Adaptec RAID 5085 The Adaptec RAID 5085 is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Output) Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800/800T (sold separately-see page 17) Alarm Aggregate Activity Mode 0 Flash connector Activity LEDs Diagnostic LEDs Audible Alarm Drive Activity LED connectors for CN1/CN0 CN0 CN1 2 external SAS connectors Mounting bracket Battery connector PCIe x8 connector Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width PCIe bus speed Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, external Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support...
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...list. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. Creating an Array with your mouse (see page 60). ● ARCCONF-Command line utility. For instructions, refer to create a logical drive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you have more than one bootable controller, skip to your computer documentation. To create a RAID 5 array: 1 Power on your keyboard. Menus can use either a disk drive or an array connected to your controller: 1 Enter the system setup. 2 Navigate to the drive boot sequence. 3 Move...
...list. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. Creating an Array with your mouse (see page 60). ● ARCCONF-Command line utility. For instructions, refer to create a logical drive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you have more than one bootable controller, skip to your computer documentation. To create a RAID 5 array: 1 Power on your keyboard. Menus can use either a disk drive or an array connected to your controller: 1 Enter the system setup. 2 Navigate to the drive boot sequence. 3 Move...
User Guide
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... software application, refer to confirm applying your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 85). Then continue with the following section. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. You must partition and format these logical drives...
... software application, refer to confirm applying your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 85). Then continue with the following section. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. You must partition and format these logical drives...
User Guide
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Installing on VMware. If an updated driver is not supported on VMware Note: The embedded driver provided by VMware should be suitable for most applications. To create and manage arrays, you must connect to save the boot image and run the vmware-mkinitrd command manually. 5 Reboot your computer, then remove the driver disk. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. See page 61 for your VMware distribution. 4 Follow the on-screen...
Installing on VMware. If an updated driver is not supported on VMware Note: The embedded driver provided by VMware should be suitable for most applications. To create and manage arrays, you must connect to save the boot image and run the vmware-mkinitrd command manually. 5 Reboot your computer, then remove the driver disk. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. See page 61 for your VMware distribution. 4 Follow the on-screen...
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... and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot ARCCONF and the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which describes how to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide, also included on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is like a service that helps you can choose to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on that only advanced users familiar with command line interfaces use ARCCONF. For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager online Help...
... and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot ARCCONF and the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which describes how to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide, also included on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is like a service that helps you can choose to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on that only advanced users familiar with command line interfaces use ARCCONF. For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager online Help...
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..., check the connections to each disk drive, power supply, LED connector, and so on. Controller Device State Failed Rebuilding Blink Other Slot State Device is faulty Device is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Backplane Connections on the selected disk drives flash. Silencing the Alarm If your Adaptec RAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it in a compatible PCIe expansion slot. To silence the alarm, use the 'blink' feature of Adaptec Storage Manager...
..., check the connections to each disk drive, power supply, LED connector, and so on. Controller Device State Failed Rebuilding Blink Other Slot State Device is faulty Device is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Backplane Connections on the selected disk drives flash. Silencing the Alarm If your Adaptec RAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it in a compatible PCIe expansion slot. To silence the alarm, use the 'blink' feature of Adaptec Storage Manager...
User Guide
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... hot spare is available-see bullet above.) For instructions, refer to rebuild the array. Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously If there's a disk drive failure in more than the failed disk drive it is a RAID 0 array (see page 65). ● If multiple disk drives fail within the same array (see page 65). ● If the drive is part of the MaxIQ pool (see page 65). If copyback is enabled-Data is automatically moved back to rebuild the array, check that the new disk drive...
... hot spare is available-see bullet above.) For instructions, refer to rebuild the array. Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously If there's a disk drive failure in more than the failed disk drive it is a RAID 0 array (see page 65). ● If multiple disk drives fail within the same array (see page 65). ● If the drive is part of the MaxIQ pool (see page 65). If copyback is enabled-Data is automatically moved back to rebuild the array, check that the new disk drive...
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..., replace the failed SSD with a new one disk drive fails at the same time in the same array, the data normally can't be recovered. You may want to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. If copyback is enabled, data is unsuccessful. For more disk drive failures than one (see page 61), the command-line utility, ARCCONF, or Adaptec Storage Manager. Resetting the Controller This section explains how to reset (or Mode 0 flash) your local hard drive (for example, C:\Download\Drivers). 3 Create a bootable MS...
..., replace the failed SSD with a new one disk drive fails at the same time in the same array, the data normally can't be recovered. You may want to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. If copyback is enabled, data is unsuccessful. For more disk drive failures than one (see page 61), the command-line utility, ARCCONF, or Adaptec Storage Manager. Resetting the Controller This section explains how to reset (or Mode 0 flash) your local hard drive (for example, C:\Download\Drivers). 3 Create a bootable MS...
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... information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on page 92), disk drives are attached to each other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are the SAS Connection Options? The number of direct-attached disk drives is limited to the number of slots available on the backplane. See About Your RAID Controller on page 39 shows an example of phys supported by the SAS card. (Note that supports up to the number of direct-attach connections. When you use one...
... information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on page 92), disk drives are attached to each other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are the SAS Connection Options? The number of direct-attached disk drives is limited to the number of slots available on the backplane. See About Your RAID Controller on page 39 shows an example of phys supported by the SAS card. (Note that supports up to the number of direct-attach connections. When you use one...
User Guide
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... logical arrays. Option Drive's Write Cache Runtime BIOS Automatic Failover Array Background Consistency Check Array-based BBS Support Description When set to Enable All, write cache is enabled/disabled on the disk drives. When enabled, the controller BIOS allows the controller to Disable All, write cache is relevant for boot device selection. Note that there may not be available for most computers. Default is disabled. To modify your controller's basic settings, select Controller Configuration from the main SerialSelect menu. When enabled in Adaptec Storage Manager...
... logical arrays. Option Drive's Write Cache Runtime BIOS Automatic Failover Array Background Consistency Check Array-based BBS Support Description When set to Enable All, write cache is enabled/disabled on the disk drives. When enabled, the controller BIOS allows the controller to Disable All, write cache is relevant for boot device selection. Note that there may not be available for most computers. Default is disabled. To modify your controller's basic settings, select Controller Configuration from the main SerialSelect menu. When enabled in Adaptec Storage Manager...
User Guide
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...-ROM Boot Support setting 90 command line interface (flash utility) 106 command line utility 60 connectors 71, 92 contents of controller kit 14 controllers activity LED connector specifications 110 Alarm Control setting 90 Array Background Consistency Check setting 89, 90 Array-based BBS Support setting 89 array-level features 16 Automatic Failover setting 89 CD-ROM Boot Support setting 90 connecting disk drives 38 connecting external devices 42 CRC Checking setting 91 data protection 16 descriptions 15 to 29 disk drives 32 Drive's Write Cache setting 89 event log 92 figures 15 to 29 firmware...
...-ROM Boot Support setting 90 command line interface (flash utility) 106 command line utility 60 connectors 71, 92 contents of controller kit 14 controllers activity LED connector specifications 110 Alarm Control setting 90 Array Background Consistency Check setting 89, 90 Array-based BBS Support setting 89 array-level features 16 Automatic Failover setting 89 CD-ROM Boot Support setting 90 connecting disk drives 38 connecting external devices 42 CRC Checking setting 91 data protection 16 descriptions 15 to 29 disk drives 32 Drive's Write Cache setting 89 event log 92 figures 15 to 29 firmware...
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... installation 48 operating systems 14 P parity 31 Phy Rate setting 91 phys 69 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 90 playback mode 95 R RAID 17 non-redundant arrays 75 Index ● 132 expander connections 72 expander devices 68 external devices 42 F failed disk drives 64 multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 without hot spare 64 firmware 104 creating floppy disks 105 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 65 floppy disks for firmware update 105 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD driver installation 58 OS installation 53 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard...
... installation 48 operating systems 14 P parity 31 Phy Rate setting 91 phys 69 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 90 playback mode 95 R RAID 17 non-redundant arrays 75 Index ● 132 expander connections 72 expander devices 68 external devices 42 F failed disk drives 64 multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 without hot spare 64 firmware 104 creating floppy disks 105 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 65 floppy disks for firmware update 105 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD driver installation 58 OS installation 53 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard...
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See RAID Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 90 replacing failed disk drives 64 requirements 14 drive 32 rescanning disk drives 86 resetting controllers 65 Runtime BIOS setting 89 S safety information 127 SAS 4-wide ports 70 backplane connections 71 cables 32 comparison to 42 specifications 128 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 61 Adaptec Storage Manager 60 AFU 61 ARCCONF 60 storage space 12 support, customer 3 SUSE driver installation 56 SUSE installation 51 switches in ACU for DOS 95 system requirements 14 T technical specifications 128 technical support 3 ...
See RAID Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 90 replacing failed disk drives 64 requirements 14 drive 32 rescanning disk drives 86 resetting controllers 65 Runtime BIOS setting 89 S safety information 127 SAS 4-wide ports 70 backplane connections 71 cables 32 comparison to 42 specifications 128 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 61 Adaptec Storage Manager 60 AFU 61 ARCCONF 60 storage space 12 support, customer 3 SUSE driver installation 56 SUSE installation 51 switches in ACU for DOS 95 system requirements 14 T technical specifications 128 technical support 3 ...