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... in your Adaptec® RAID controller. About This Guide 1 In this Guide: ● Adaptec RAID 5085 ● Adaptec RAID 5405 ● Adaptec RAID 5445 ● Adaptec RAID 5805 ● Adaptec RAID 51245 ● Adaptec RAID 51645 ● Adaptec RAID 52445 ● Adaptec RAID 2045 ● Adaptec RAID 2405 What You Need to Know Before You Begin You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, RAID technology, and SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) technology. (For...
... in your Adaptec® RAID controller. About This Guide 1 In this Guide: ● Adaptec RAID 5085 ● Adaptec RAID 5405 ● Adaptec RAID 5445 ● Adaptec RAID 5805 ● Adaptec RAID 51245 ● Adaptec RAID 51645 ● Adaptec RAID 52445 ● Adaptec RAID 2045 ● Adaptec RAID 2405 What You Need to Know Before You Begin You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, RAID technology, and SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) technology. (For...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Support for SAS, SATA, and SATA II disk 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...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Support for SAS, SATA, and SATA II disk 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...
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... the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. For more information about arrays, refer to an external SAS enclosure. Cables Depending on your RAID array, ensure that all the disk drives have the same performance level. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 29 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables Disk Drives Your SAS controller supports both SAS and SATA disk...
... the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. For more information about arrays, refer to an external SAS enclosure. Cables Depending on your RAID array, ensure that all the disk drives have the same performance level. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 29 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables Disk Drives Your SAS controller supports both SAS and SATA disk...
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... mini-SAS to SATA fan-out cable Single-port connector Note: SAS fan-out cables are connected directly to a SAS card with direct-attached disk drives. See page 28 for more information. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 34 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers You can connect both to your SAS RAID controller. (See www.adaptec.com...
... mini-SAS to SATA fan-out cable Single-port connector Note: SAS fan-out cables are connected directly to a SAS card with direct-attached disk drives. See page 28 for more information. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 34 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers You can connect both to your SAS RAID controller. (See www.adaptec.com...
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... the next section, Creating an Array. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. For more than one controller of the list. A RAID 5 array is the quicker and easier tool for this section because RAID 5 provides the most security and best performance with a different RAID level; However, you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. You...
... the next section, Creating an Array. "Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility will display. For more than one controller of the list. A RAID 5 array is the quicker and easier tool for this section because RAID 5 provides the most security and best performance with a different RAID level; However, you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. You...
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... of your SAS and SATA disk drives. To silence the alarm, use the 'blink' feature of Adaptec Storage Manager to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online Help. Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated... ● If you have external disk drives (or other devices), are they powered on? ● Check the Readme on your Adaptec RAID controller includes an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 57 Troubleshooting Checklist If you...
... of your SAS and SATA disk drives. To silence the alarm, use the 'blink' feature of Adaptec Storage Manager to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online Help. Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated... ● If you have external disk drives (or other devices), are they powered on? ● Check the Readme on your Adaptec RAID controller includes an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 57 Troubleshooting Checklist If you...
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...SAS card with both SAS and SATA devices. (You can use of this chapter refers to parallel SCSI, see How is conceptually different from Parallel SCSI? Although they share the SCSI command set . on page 67. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 62 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers... the use both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link-see page 66), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as SAS devices. What is an interface that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical...
...SAS card with both SAS and SATA devices. (You can use of this chapter refers to parallel SCSI, see How is conceptually different from Parallel SCSI? Although they share the SCSI command set . on page 67. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 62 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers... the use both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link-see page 66), Adaptec recommends that lets devices such as SAS devices. What is an interface that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical...
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.... The number of direct-attached disk drives is limited to one SAS/mini-SAS connector with one or more information) where X is attached to the number of direct-attach connections. See About Your RAID Controller on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. .The number of end devices is limited... X (see Backplane Connections below for more expander devices (see page 66), you can connect end devices to SAS ● 65 How are attached to 12 SAS or SATA disk drives. Note: Devices other through backplane connections. You can create large configurations. See page 66.) Backplane ...
.... The number of direct-attached disk drives is limited to one SAS/mini-SAS connector with one or more information) where X is attached to the number of direct-attach connections. See About Your RAID Controller on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. .The number of end devices is limited... X (see Backplane Connections below for more expander devices (see page 66), you can connect end devices to SAS ● 65 How are attached to 12 SAS or SATA disk drives. Note: Devices other through backplane connections. You can create large configurations. See page 66.) Backplane ...
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...drive hot spares 16 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 92 I I2C connector specifications 104 initializing disk drives 80 installation backplane 35 controllers 33 creating a driver disk 43 direct-attach 34 disk drives 34 driver 48 to 52 driver and FreeBSD 47 driver ...SAS to SATA cable 30 mirroring 28 mode 0 flash 59 N NCQ 16 non-redundant arrays 69 O online expansion 16 OpenServer driver installation 51 OS installation 45 operating system installation 42 operating systems 14 P parity 28 Phy Rate setting 84 phys 63 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 83 playback mode 89 R RAID...
...drive hot spares 16 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 92 I I2C connector specifications 104 initializing disk drives 80 installation backplane 35 controllers 33 creating a driver disk 43 direct-attach 34 disk drives 34 driver 48 to 52 driver and FreeBSD 47 driver ...SAS to SATA cable 30 mirroring 28 mode 0 flash 59 N NCQ 16 non-redundant arrays 69 O online expansion 16 OpenServer driver installation 51 OS installation 45 operating system installation 42 operating systems 14 P parity 28 Phy Rate setting 84 phys 63 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 83 playback mode 89 R RAID...