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...referred to in this guide are known to computer users by referring to these terms: ● Controller (also known as adapter, board, or card) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Solid State Drive (also known as...see About Your RAID Controller on the Adaptec Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help-Describes how to use your Adaptec RAID controller to manage your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with computer hardware, data storage, RAID technology, and SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) technology....
...referred to in this guide are known to computer users by referring to these terms: ● Controller (also known as adapter, board, or card) ● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive) ● Solid State Drive (also known as...see About Your RAID Controller on the Adaptec Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help-Describes how to use your Adaptec RAID controller to manage your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with computer hardware, data storage, RAID technology, and SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) technology....
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...with expanders) I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800/800T (sold separately-see page 19) Alarm External miniSAS connector CN1 Diagnostic LEDs (back of card) Internal mini-SAS connector CN0 Battery connector Mounting bracket Aggregate Activity Audible Alarm I2C connector for...Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe 1.1 x8 3 Gb/s per port 8 512 MB DDR2 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) internal 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) external 8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: Drive Activity CN1/CN0 Status CN1/CN0 ...
...with expanders) I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800/800T (sold separately-see page 19) Alarm External miniSAS connector CN1 Diagnostic LEDs (back of card) Internal mini-SAS connector CN0 Battery connector Mounting bracket Aggregate Activity Audible Alarm I2C connector for...Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe 1.1 x8 3 Gb/s per port 8 512 MB DDR2 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) internal 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) external 8 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: Drive Activity CN1/CN0 Status CN1/CN0 ...
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sold separately) Alarm connector Aggregate Activity HDA mode connector Diagnostic LEDs Activity LEDs (back of card) Daughterboard connector Internal mini-SAS PCIe x8 connector connector CN0 Mounting bracket Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified ...4 512 MB DDR2 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 4 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: Drive Activity LED connector for CN0 I2C connector for CN0 Ext. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 33 About the Adaptec RAID 6405 The Adaptec RAID 6405 is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) I2C...
sold separately) Alarm connector Aggregate Activity HDA mode connector Diagnostic LEDs Activity LEDs (back of card) Daughterboard connector Internal mini-SAS PCIe x8 connector connector CN0 Mounting bracket Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified ...4 512 MB DDR2 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 4 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: Drive Activity LED connector for CN0 I2C connector for CN0 Ext. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 33 About the Adaptec RAID 6405 The Adaptec RAID 6405 is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) I2C...
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Alarm connector Aggregate Activity HDA mode connector Diagnostic LEDs Drive Activity LEDs (back of card) CN1 1 external mini-SAS connector Daughterboard connector Internal mini-SAS PCIe x8 connector connector CN0 Mounting bracket Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial ... Drive Activity LED connector for CN0 I2C connector for CN0 Ext. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 34 About the Adaptec RAID 6445 The Adaptec RAID 6445 is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) SES, I2C, and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) Yes...
Alarm connector Aggregate Activity HDA mode connector Diagnostic LEDs Drive Activity LEDs (back of card) CN1 1 external mini-SAS connector Daughterboard connector Internal mini-SAS PCIe x8 connector connector CN0 Mounting bracket Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial ... Drive Activity LED connector for CN0 I2C connector for CN0 Ext. Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 34 About the Adaptec RAID 6445 The Adaptec RAID 6445 is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) SES, I2C, and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) Yes...
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..., sold separately; 6805Q: standard, pre-installed) Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 35 About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q The Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) 6805Q: Up to eight solid state drives, 1TB capacity, max. Alarm connector Drive ...Activity LEDs Aggregate Activity (back of card) HDA mode connector Diagnostic LEDs CN1 CN0 Daughterboard connector PCIe x8 connector 2 internal mini-SAS...
..., sold separately; 6805Q: standard, pre-installed) Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 35 About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q The Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) 6805Q: Up to eight solid state drives, 1TB capacity, max. Alarm connector Drive ...Activity LEDs Aggregate Activity (back of card) HDA mode connector Diagnostic LEDs CN1 CN0 Daughterboard connector PCIe x8 connector 2 internal mini-SAS...
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... to the Controller In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives are connected directly to a SAS card with direct-attached disk drives. Note: Although you can connect SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs) to your Adaptec RAID controller. (See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for more information. The number...
... to the Controller In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives are connected directly to a SAS card with direct-attached disk drives. Note: Although you can connect SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs) to your Adaptec RAID controller. (See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for more information. The number...
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...controller to the number of slots available on page 51. Connecting Drives to a System Backplane In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are attached to the controller, close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 53. ...Disk drives on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to SFF-8087) Disk drives on backplane External SAS cable connecting to a drive bay Controller connected to backplane with multi-lane cable (SFF-8484) ...
...controller to the number of slots available on page 51. Connecting Drives to a System Backplane In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are attached to the controller, close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 53. ...Disk drives on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to SFF-8087) Disk drives on backplane External SAS cable connecting to a drive bay Controller connected to backplane with multi-lane cable (SFF-8484) ...
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... in parallel (at a time. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 89 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers are referred to as expander devices. For convenience, this chapter as SAS cards. Parallel SCSI moves multiple bits of the array. Data ... end devices and expander devices collectively as SAS devices. See page 93.) Note: Although you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive. Therefore, a SAS card with the use both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link-see How is...
... in parallel (at a time. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 89 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers are referred to as expander devices. For convenience, this chapter as SAS cards. Parallel SCSI moves multiple bits of the array. Data ... end devices and expander devices collectively as SAS devices. See page 93.) Note: Although you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive. Therefore, a SAS card with the use both directions simultaneously across a SAS connection (called a link-see How is...
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...or receptacle that comprise two phys, or with four narrow ports each port uses its port's SAS address. A narrow port contains one unique SAS address. A SAS card with four phys could be configured with one phy. (A wide port with two wide ports that...wide connectors supports more connectors. A single SAS device may help form links between phys. The mini-SAS connectors are narrower than the standard SAS internal and external connectors. SAS card port options vary. Mini-SAS connectors support both internal and external SAS connections. Appendix A: Introduction to a single...
...or receptacle that comprise two phys, or with four narrow ports each port uses its port's SAS address. A narrow port contains one unique SAS address. A SAS card with four phys could be configured with one phy. (A wide port with two wide ports that...wide connectors supports more connectors. A single SAS device may help form links between phys. The mini-SAS connectors are narrower than the standard SAS internal and external connectors. SAS card port options vary. Mini-SAS connectors support both internal and external SAS connections. Appendix A: Introduction to a single...
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When you use Adaptec Storage Manager to the number of slots available on the backplane. Once you can connect end devices to the number of phys supported by the SAS card. (Note that supports up to 12 SAS or SATA disk drives. The number of end devices is attached... connection that there may be multiple phys within a single connector. See page 93.) Backplane Connections In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are attached to identify disk drive conditions. What are two types of direct-attach connections. In the BIOS and in the management utilities (see...
When you use Adaptec Storage Manager to the number of slots available on the backplane. Once you can connect end devices to the number of phys supported by the SAS card. (Note that supports up to 12 SAS or SATA disk drives. The number of end devices is attached... connection that there may be multiple phys within a single connector. See page 93.) Backplane Connections In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are attached to identify disk drive conditions. What are two types of direct-attach connections. In the BIOS and in the management utilities (see...
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... can connect up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to other backplanes. A single SAS domain can connect together. SAS Domain Disk Drives SAS SAS SATA Disk Drives SATA Disk Drives SATA SAS Edge Expander SATA Disk Drives SATA Edge Expander Edge Expander SAS Card SAS SATA Disk Drives Edge Expander Fanout Expander SAS Card SAS SATA Disk Drives Edge Expander SAS Card SATA Disk Drives...
... can connect up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to other backplanes. A single SAS domain can connect together. SAS Domain Disk Drives SAS SAS SATA Disk Drives SATA Disk Drives SATA SAS Edge Expander SATA Disk Drives SATA Edge Expander Edge Expander SAS Card SAS SATA Disk Drives Edge Expander Fanout Expander SAS Card SAS SATA Disk Drives Edge Expander SAS Card SATA Disk Drives...
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... for building your storage space. In summary, although SAS and parallel SCSI both use the SCSI command set SCSI IDs Requires bus termination Standard SCSI connectors Serial Attached SCSI Serial interface Maximum speed 300 MB/sec per SAS card, using an expander (see page 42) and dual...-port devices Uses unique SAS addresses to differentiate between devices SAS addresses self-configured by all devices on the bus Supports SCSI devices only Up...
... for building your storage space. In summary, although SAS and parallel SCSI both use the SCSI command set SCSI IDs Requires bus termination Standard SCSI connectors Serial Attached SCSI Serial interface Maximum speed 300 MB/sec per SAS card, using an expander (see page 42) and dual...-port devices Uses unique SAS addresses to differentiate between devices SAS addresses self-configured by all devices on the bus Supports SCSI devices only Up...
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... RAID controllers (5085, 5405), you have an activity LED. Set to No (disabled) only if the controller is Auto, which allows the SAS card to stop the blinking. Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives You can use the Identify Drive feature to 1.5Gb/second or 3.0Gb/second (the maximum...transfer on a disk drive. You can set the PHY rate to physically locate a disk drive by blinking the LED. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 113 PHY Settings Option Description PHY Rate The data transfer rate between the controller and devices. The default setting is...
... RAID controllers (5085, 5405), you have an activity LED. Set to No (disabled) only if the controller is Auto, which allows the SAS card to stop the blinking. Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives You can use the Identify Drive feature to 1.5Gb/second or 3.0Gb/second (the maximum...transfer on a disk drive. You can set the PHY rate to physically locate a disk drive by blinking the LED. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 113 PHY Settings Option Description PHY Rate The data transfer rate between the controller and devices. The default setting is...
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...63 system requirements 15 T technical specifications 148 technical support 3 Technical Support Identification (TSID) number 3 terminology 13 SAS 89 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage Manager 80 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 troubleshooting tips 83 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U updating firmware...91 narrow ports 91 phys 90 ports 90, 91 SAS address 91 SAS cards 89 SAS devices 89 SAS domain 93 terminology 89 transceivers 90 wide connectors 91 wide ports 91 SAS Address setting 113 SAS devices 89 SAS disk drive identifiers 92 secure erasing disk drives 108 ...
...63 system requirements 15 T technical specifications 148 technical support 3 Technical Support Identification (TSID) number 3 terminology 13 SAS 89 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage Manager 80 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 troubleshooting tips 83 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U updating firmware...91 narrow ports 91 phys 90 ports 90, 91 SAS address 91 SAS cards 89 SAS devices 89 SAS domain 93 terminology 89 transceivers 90 wide connectors 91 wide ports 91 SAS Address setting 113 SAS devices 89 SAS disk drive identifiers 92 secure erasing disk drives 108 ...