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... Upgrading the Controller Firmware 19 About the Adaptec RAID 5085 20 About the Adaptec RAID 5405 21 About the Adaptec RAID 5445 22 About the Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q 23 About the Adaptec RAID 51245 24 About the Adaptec RAID 51645 25 About the Adaptec RAID 52445 26 About the Adaptec RAID 5405Z 27 About the Adaptec RAID 5445Z 28...
... Upgrading the Controller Firmware 19 About the Adaptec RAID 5085 20 About the Adaptec RAID 5405 21 About the Adaptec RAID 5445 22 About the Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q 23 About the Adaptec RAID 51245 24 About the Adaptec RAID 51645 25 About the Adaptec RAID 52445 26 About the Adaptec RAID 5405Z 27 About the Adaptec RAID 5445Z 28...
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...Disk Drives 113 Identifying Disk Drives 114 Viewing the Event Log 114 D Using the Adaptec Flash Utility System Requirements 116 Before You Begin 116 Obtaining the Firmware 116 Creating the Firmware Update Disks 117 Running the Menu-based AFU 117 Running the AFU from the ... I2C Connector Quick Reference Adaptec RAID 5085 LED Connector Specification 123 Adaptec RAID 5405/5405Z LED and I2C Connector Specification 125 Adaptec RAID 5445/5445Z LED and I2C Connector Specification 126 Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q/5805Z/5805ZQ LED and I2C Connector Specification ...128 Adaptec RAID 51245 LED and ...
...Disk Drives 113 Identifying Disk Drives 114 Viewing the Event Log 114 D Using the Adaptec Flash Utility System Requirements 116 Before You Begin 116 Obtaining the Firmware 116 Creating the Firmware Update Disks 117 Running the Menu-based AFU 117 Running the AFU from the ... I2C Connector Quick Reference Adaptec RAID 5085 LED Connector Specification 123 Adaptec RAID 5405/5405Z LED and I2C Connector Specification 125 Adaptec RAID 5445/5445Z LED and I2C Connector Specification 126 Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q/5805Z/5805ZQ LED and I2C Connector Specification ...128 Adaptec RAID 51245 LED and ...
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...drives, SATA/SATA II disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs) ● 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... of an array without recreating it ● Support for JBOD disks (appear as a physical disk drives to another For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. ● Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, simple volumes, and spanned...
...drives, SATA/SATA II disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs) ● 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... of an array without recreating it ● Support for JBOD disks (appear as a physical disk drives to another For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. ● Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, simple volumes, and spanned...
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... firmware. To purchase a flash backup module, refer to upgrade your Adaptec RAID controller.To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Striped Mirrors are supported on page 115. RAID Controller Adaptec RAID 5805Z/Adaptec RAID 5805ZQ/Adaptec RAID 5445Z/Adaptec RAID 5405Z Adaptec RAID 6805/Adaptec RAID 6445/Adaptec RAID 6405/Adaptec RAID 6805T/Adaptec RAID 6405T Adaptec...
... firmware. To purchase a flash backup module, refer to upgrade your Adaptec RAID controller.To purchase a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Striped Mirrors are supported on page 115. RAID Controller Adaptec RAID 5805Z/Adaptec RAID 5805ZQ/Adaptec RAID 5445Z/Adaptec RAID 5405Z Adaptec RAID 6805/Adaptec RAID 6445/Adaptec RAID 6405/Adaptec RAID 6805T/Adaptec RAID 6405T Adaptec...
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..., disk drives and other devices, and arrays. Note: If your Adaptec RAID controller is connected to a VMware system, your RAID controller's flash contents, it is the easiest to avoid rendering your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM). ! Which Utility... are running: ● On VMware ESX 4.1 and VMware ESX 4.0 systems: ● You can use to update the controller firmware/BIOS. For subsequent storage management tasks on most supported operating systems, we recommend that you from accidentally damaging your choice of management utilities...
..., disk drives and other devices, and arrays. Note: If your Adaptec RAID controller is connected to a VMware system, your RAID controller's flash contents, it is the easiest to avoid rendering your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM). ! Which Utility... are running: ● On VMware ESX 4.1 and VMware ESX 4.0 systems: ● You can use to update the controller firmware/BIOS. For subsequent storage management tasks on most supported operating systems, we recommend that you from accidentally damaging your choice of management utilities...
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... a disk drive fails in a RAID 0 Array Because RAID 0 volumes do this if the controller becomes inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is unsuccessful. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on the installation DVD or contact your data (if available). If...hard drive (for example, C:\Download\Drivers). To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your controller from www.adaptec.com. 2 Extract the down-loaded files to a folder on Adaptec Series 2 and Adaptec Series 5 controllers only. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ●...
... a disk drive fails in a RAID 0 Array Because RAID 0 volumes do this if the controller becomes inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is unsuccessful. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on the installation DVD or contact your data (if available). If...hard drive (for example, C:\Download\Drivers). To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your controller from www.adaptec.com. 2 Extract the down-loaded files to a folder on Adaptec Series 2 and Adaptec Series 5 controllers only. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ●...
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...power off your computer, disconnect the power cord, then open the cabinet following the manufacturer's instructions. 5 Disconnect all cables from the Adaptec Installation DVD) and the firmware image files (typically *.ufi) to the drive containing the AFU.exe file (see Step 3). 7 At the prompt, type :\afu...then attach a shorting jumper to create multiple floppy disks for instance) and x is the drive identifier (a for a floppy drive, for each firmware image. 4 Power off your computer, disconnect the power cord, then remove the jumper. 9 Close the computer cabinet, reconnect the power cord,...
...power off your computer, disconnect the power cord, then open the cabinet following the manufacturer's instructions. 5 Disconnect all cables from the Adaptec Installation DVD) and the firmware image files (typically *.ufi) to the drive containing the AFU.exe file (see Step 3). 7 At the prompt, type :\afu...then attach a shorting jumper to create multiple floppy disks for instance) and x is the drive identifier (a for a floppy drive, for each firmware image. 4 Power off your computer, disconnect the power cord, then remove the jumper. 9 Close the computer cabinet, reconnect the power cord,...
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...set to 0. Spin Up Limit (Internal) The number of other power management settings, daily. Note-With the default IBPI setting, the firmware sends a SGPIO "Backplane_TYPE" signal if it is connected. Time Zone The time zone of other power management settings, daily. The valid ... in bold type. Power Management Settings Note: When power management is disabled, no related options will spin up . Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 112 Option Description Backplane Mode ● Series 2, Series 5, Series 6 Controllers: When set to Dynamic, performance...
...set to 0. Spin Up Limit (Internal) The number of other power management settings, daily. Note-With the default IBPI setting, the firmware sends a SGPIO "Backplane_TYPE" signal if it is connected. Time Zone The time zone of other power management settings, daily. The valid ... in bold type. Power Management Settings Note: When power management is disabled, no related options will spin up . Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 112 Option Description Backplane Mode ● Series 2, Series 5, Series 6 Controllers: When set to Dynamic, performance...
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...cable connected to slot0 (disk drive slot 0 in order after your system. Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation, and boot activity. Exp0 (expander 0) is full, new events overwrite old events. Only physical... 1 Start the ARC utility (see SAS Expander Connections on your system disk drives. number of the disk drive. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 114 Identifying Disk Drives You can identify disk drives by an expander. Note: Devices other than disk drives (CDROM...
...cable connected to slot0 (disk drive slot 0 in order after your system. Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation, and boot activity. Exp0 (expander 0) is full, new events overwrite old events. Only physical... 1 Start the ARC utility (see SAS Expander Connections on your system disk drives. number of the disk drive. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 114 Identifying Disk Drives You can identify disk drives by an expander. Note: Devices other than disk drives (CDROM...
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... Space on page 79. Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you can use to update, save, or verify the RAID controller's firmware BIOS and NVRAM. ! We recommend that you from the Command Line 118 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line 121 This chapter describes ...how to use the Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU), a text-based DOS utility that only advanced users familiar with working in DOS use the AFU carefully and correctly to use...
... Space on page 79. Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you can use to update, save, or verify the RAID controller's firmware BIOS and NVRAM. ! We recommend that you from the Command Line 118 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line 121 This chapter describes ...how to use the Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU), a text-based DOS utility that only advanced users familiar with working in DOS use the AFU carefully and correctly to use...
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...of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of firmware/BIOS and AFU. Before You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware (see the following section). 2 Create firmware disks (see page 118) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● Adaptec Installation DVD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and...System Requirements ● DOS version 5.0 or later. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under HIMEM.SYS (for more information. Note: You can't run the...
...of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of firmware/BIOS and AFU. Before You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware (see the following section). 2 Create firmware disks (see page 118) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● Adaptec Installation DVD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and...System Requirements ● DOS version 5.0 or later. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under HIMEM.SYS (for more information. Note: You can't run the...
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Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 117 Creating the Firmware Update Disks To create the firmware update disks: 1 Copy these files to empty, formatted floppy disks,...controller's flash components. Note: Most controller model numbers have more. some have a suffix (for example Adaptec RAID 3405). Running the Menu-based AFU To run the AFU from the command line, see the ...from the bootable floppy disk, enter the system setup utility and change the setting. 2 Insert the firmware update disk (created using the steps above) containing AFU.exe 3 At the DOS command prompt, ...
Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 117 Creating the Firmware Update Disks To create the firmware update disks: 1 Copy these files to empty, formatted floppy disks,...controller's flash components. Note: Most controller model numbers have more. some have a suffix (for example Adaptec RAID 3405). Running the Menu-based AFU To run the AFU from the command line, see the ...from the bootable floppy disk, enter the system setup utility and change the setting. 2 Insert the firmware update disk (created using the steps above) containing AFU.exe 3 At the DOS command prompt, ...
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...find a controller number, type AFU LIST, then press Enter. You don't have to each controller. Controllers Detected and Recognized: Controller #0 (03:05:00) Adaptec RAID 51645 Save Saves the contents of the UFI file is AFU SAVE [/C] [/D ] The AFU processes the command, prompts you want. AFU Commands This ...to DOS from a bootable DOS floppy disk or from the bootable floppy disk, enter the system setup utility to change the setting. 2 Insert the firmware update disk containing AFU.exe 3 At the DOS command, type AFU followed by a command (see page 118) and any switches you to insert...
...find a controller number, type AFU LIST, then press Enter. You don't have to each controller. Controllers Detected and Recognized: Controller #0 (03:05:00) Adaptec RAID 51645 Save Saves the contents of the UFI file is AFU SAVE [/C] [/D ] The AFU processes the command, prompts you want. AFU Commands This ...to DOS from a bootable DOS floppy disk or from the bootable floppy disk, enter the system setup utility to change the setting. 2 Insert the firmware update disk containing AFU.exe 3 At the DOS command, type AFU followed by a command (see page 118) and any switches you to insert...
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...: A:\> AFU SAVE /C 0 In this example, the AFU saves flash contents from Controller 1 to controller 0 unless you want by using the /C switch; Writing Adaptec RAID 51645 (4MB) Flash Image to update firmware on the RAID controller type. For example: To specify a single RAID controller ID: /C 0 To specify multiple IDs separated by commas: /C 0,2 To...
...: A:\> AFU SAVE /C 0 In this example, the AFU saves flash contents from Controller 1 to controller 0 unless you want by using the /C switch; Writing Adaptec RAID 51645 (4MB) Flash Image to update firmware on the RAID controller type. For example: To specify a single RAID controller ID: /C 0 To specify multiple IDs separated by commas: /C 0,2 To...
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... disk containing AFU.exe 4 At the DOS command, if you have multiple controllers and you don't know the number of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you want . 6 Update the flash using the instructions suitable for your floppy disk drive. 9 Repeat Step 8 as required until the flash update is the number ...
... disk containing AFU.exe 4 At the DOS command, if you have multiple controllers and you don't know the number of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you want . 6 Update the flash using the instructions suitable for your floppy disk drive. 9 Repeat Step 8 as required until the flash update is the number ...
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...protection 19 descriptions 17 to 32 disk drives 42 Drive's Write Cache setting 111 event log 114 figures 17 to 32 firmware 116 flashing 86 I2C connector specifications 122 installation options 45 installing 47 modifying general settings 111 modifying settings with SerialSelect 110 ...Runtime BIOS setting 111 SAS Address setting 113 SAS cables 42 setting boot controller 55 specifications 148 standard features troubleshooting 84 updating firmware 116 upgrading firmware 19 copyback 19 CRC Checking setting 113 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 50, 92 disk drives 42, 92 connecting...
...protection 19 descriptions 17 to 32 disk drives 42 Drive's Write Cache setting 111 event log 114 figures 17 to 32 firmware 116 flashing 86 I2C connector specifications 122 installation options 45 installing 47 modifying general settings 111 modifying settings with SerialSelect 110 ...Runtime BIOS setting 111 SAS Address setting 113 SAS cables 42 setting boot controller 55 specifications 148 standard features troubleshooting 84 updating firmware 116 upgrading firmware 19 copyback 19 CRC Checking setting 113 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 50, 92 disk drives 42, 92 connecting...
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... 147 SAS 4-wide ports 91 backplane connections 92 cables 42 comparison to 53 specifications 148 Index ● 153 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage Manager 80 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 storage space 13 support, customer 3 SUSE installation 63 system requirements 15 T technical... Manager 80 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 troubleshooting tips 83 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U updating firmware 116 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 81 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 V verifying disk drives 113 VMWare OS installation 67, 68 W Windows ...
... 147 SAS 4-wide ports 91 backplane connections 92 cables 42 comparison to 53 specifications 148 Index ● 153 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage Manager 80 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 storage space 13 support, customer 3 SUSE installation 63 system requirements 15 T technical... Manager 80 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 troubleshooting tips 83 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U updating firmware 116 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 81 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 V verifying disk drives 113 VMWare OS installation 67, 68 W Windows ...