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Contents ● 8 About the Adaptec RAID 6445 34 About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q 35 About the Adaptec RAID 6405E 36 About the Adaptec RAID 6805E 37 About the Adaptec RAID 6405T 38 About the Adaptec RAID 6805T/6805TQ 39 4 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 41 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables...Drives to Your Controllers 50 Connecting Drives Directly to the Controller 50 Connecting Drives to a System Backplane 51 Connecting Solid State Drives (SSDs 52 Connecting External Devices 53 Next Steps ...53 6 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 55 Creating an Array 55 ...
Contents ● 8 About the Adaptec RAID 6445 34 About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q 35 About the Adaptec RAID 6405E 36 About the Adaptec RAID 6805E 37 About the Adaptec RAID 6405T 38 About the Adaptec RAID 6805T/6805TQ 39 4 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 41 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables...Drives to Your Controllers 50 Connecting Drives Directly to the Controller 50 Connecting Drives to a System Backplane 51 Connecting Solid State Drives (SSDs 52 Connecting External Devices 53 Next Steps ...53 6 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 55 Creating an Array 55 ...
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... hard disk drive) ● Solid State Drive (also known as SSD or non-rotating storage media) ● Enclosure (also known as a RAID enclosure, storage enclosure, or JBOD enclosure) ● Array (also known as a container, logical device, or logical drive) Note: Adaptec Storage Manager refers to arrays as logical drives. located on the...
... hard disk drive) ● Solid State Drive (also known as SSD or non-rotating storage media) ● Enclosure (also known as a RAID enclosure, storage enclosure, or JBOD enclosure) ● Array (also known as a container, logical device, or logical drive) Note: Adaptec Storage Manager refers to arrays as logical drives. located on the...
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...module (see page 19) ● Support for a zero maintenance cache protection module (see page 19) ● Support for Adaptec maxCacheTM SSD caching (see page 109) Note: Adaptec maxCache is replaced (applies to redundant arrays in size ● Online capacity expansion, so you can be used, even if the...Support for SAS disk 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 ...
...module (see page 19) ● Support for a zero maintenance cache protection module (see page 19) ● Support for Adaptec maxCacheTM SSD caching (see page 109) Note: Adaptec maxCache is replaced (applies to redundant arrays in size ● Online capacity expansion, so you can be used, even if the...Support for SAS disk 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 ...
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... Module 800/800T (sold separately-see page 19) Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 23 About the Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q The Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) 5805Q: 8 maxCache-compatible SSDs using any Solid State Drive on compatibility list (2TB max); Alarm connector Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe...
... Module 800/800T (sold separately-see page 19) Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 23 About the Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q The Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) 5805Q: 8 maxCache-compatible SSDs using any Solid State Drive on compatibility list (2TB max); Alarm connector Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 29 About the Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ The Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) maxCache SSD support 5805ZQ: 8 maxCache-compatible SSDs using any Solid State Drive on compatibility list (2TB max); Alarm connector Aggregate Activity Mode 0 Flash connector ... connectors for CN0/CN1 Drive Activity LEDs for CN0/CN1 I2C connectors for CN0/CN1 Ext. see www.adaptec.com/ compatibility Enclosure Support I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) Onboard speaker Yes Zero Maintenance Cache Protection Module...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 29 About the Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ The Adaptec RAID 5805Z/5805ZQ is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) maxCache SSD support 5805ZQ: 8 maxCache-compatible SSDs using any Solid State Drive on compatibility list (2TB max); Alarm connector Aggregate Activity Mode 0 Flash connector ... connectors for CN0/CN1 Drive Activity LEDs for CN0/CN1 I2C connectors for CN0/CN1 Ext. see www.adaptec.com/ compatibility Enclosure Support I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) Onboard speaker Yes Zero Maintenance Cache Protection Module...
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... I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) No No Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 31 About the Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q The Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Drive Activity LED connector for CN0 Aggregate Activity Mode 0 Flash... Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, internal Maximum number of disk drives maxCache SSD support Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe 1.1 x8 3 Gb/s per port 4 128 MB DDR2 1 mini-SAS ...
... I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) No No Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 31 About the Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q The Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Drive Activity LED connector for CN0 Aggregate Activity Mode 0 Flash... Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, internal Maximum number of disk drives maxCache SSD support Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe 1.1 x8 3 Gb/s per port 4 128 MB DDR2 1 mini-SAS ...
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...Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, internal Maximum number of disk drives maxCache SSD support Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Zero Maintenance Cache Protection Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe Gen2 x8 6 Gb/s per port 8 512 ...eight solid state drives, 1TB capacity, max. See the maxCache compatibility list at www.adaptec.com/ compatibility. 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 256 with these ...
...Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, internal Maximum number of disk drives maxCache SSD support Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Zero Maintenance Cache Protection Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe Gen2 x8 6 Gb/s per port 8 512 ...eight solid state drives, 1TB capacity, max. See the maxCache compatibility list at www.adaptec.com/ compatibility. 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 256 with these ...
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... Module AFM-600 (6805T: optional, sold separately; 6805TQ: standard, pre-installed) See the maxCache compatibility list at www.adaptec.com/ compatibility. Alarm connector HDA mode connector Aggregate Activity CN0 CN1 Drive Activity LED connector for CN0/CN1 Diagnostic/Activity LEDs... Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, internal Maximum number of disk drives maxCache SSD support Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Zero Maintenance Cache Protection Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe Gen2 x8 6 Gb/s per port 8 512 MB DDR2 ...
... Module AFM-600 (6805T: optional, sold separately; 6805TQ: standard, pre-installed) See the maxCache compatibility list at www.adaptec.com/ compatibility. Alarm connector HDA mode connector Aggregate Activity CN0 CN1 Drive Activity LED connector for CN0/CN1 Diagnostic/Activity LEDs... Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, internal Maximum number of disk drives maxCache SSD support Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Zero Maintenance Cache Protection Module Low-profile MD2 PCIe Gen2 x8 6 Gb/s per port 8 512 MB DDR2 ...
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...Selecting Disk Drives and Cables Disk Drives Your SAS controller supports SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs). When selecting disk drives for your requirements, you can use any of the smallest and slowest disk drive. You can use different-sized disk...limited to the capacity of these cables: External mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. Internal mini-SAS with power (SFF-8087 to SFF-8482)-Connects to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. Cables Depending on your RAID array, ensure...
...Selecting Disk Drives and Cables Disk Drives Your SAS controller supports SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs). When selecting disk drives for your requirements, you can use any of the smallest and slowest disk drive. You can use different-sized disk...limited to the capacity of these cables: External mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. Internal mini-SAS with power (SFF-8087 to SFF-8482)-Connects to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. Cables Depending on your RAID array, ensure...
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..., see the following example. 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. To connect Solid State Drives to your SAS controller, we recommend that caries SGPIO signals for more...
..., see the following example. 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. To connect Solid State Drives to your SAS controller, we recommend that caries SGPIO signals for more...
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... which enables it to fit properly. See www.adaptec.com/ compatibility for a list of eight maxCache-compatible SSDs to the controller with a standard 2.5-inch drive tray, install the SSD directly into the tray. Note: For Adaptec maxCache applications or hybrid RAID arrays (comprised of hard... drives and SSDs) you connect SSDs directly to a controller. For servers with...
... which enables it to fit properly. See www.adaptec.com/ compatibility for a list of eight maxCache-compatible SSDs to the controller with a standard 2.5-inch drive tray, install the SSD directly into the tray. Note: For Adaptec maxCache applications or hybrid RAID arrays (comprised of hard... drives and SSDs) you connect SSDs directly to a controller. For servers with...
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... onto an existing operating system, continue with Connecting External Devices on page 72. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to controller with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable (SFF-8087 to 4x-SATA) 3 ...such as shown in the following section, Next Steps. For more information or to your controller to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating...
... onto an existing operating system, continue with Connecting External Devices on page 72. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to controller with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable (SFF-8087 to 4x-SATA) 3 ...such as shown in the following section, Next Steps. For more information or to your controller to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating...
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... RAID 0 array, the data can use the BIOS utility, ACU (see Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by using Adaptec Storage Manager's rapid fault isolation feature, replace the failed SSD with a new one disk drive fails at the same time in the maxCache pool are more information, refer to the... Manager. For more disk drive failures than one (see the Readme on the installation DVD or contact your Adaptec RAID controller. Once you identify the failed SSD, for example, C:\Download\Drivers). Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 86 If there are used just for caching, not permanent storage, ...
... RAID 0 array, the data can use the BIOS utility, ACU (see Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by using Adaptec Storage Manager's rapid fault isolation feature, replace the failed SSD with a new one disk drive fails at the same time in the maxCache pool are more information, refer to the... Manager. For more disk drive failures than one (see the Readme on the installation DVD or contact your Adaptec RAID controller. Once you identify the failed SSD, for example, C:\Download\Drivers). Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 86 If there are used just for caching, not permanent storage, ...
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... "write-through" caching 6 Press Tab. 7 Select the maxCache Read Cache setting (Enable/Disable). 8 Press Tab. 9 Press Enter to accept the values. Adaptec maxCache uses the compatible Solid State Drives (SSDs) in read-intensive applications. To modify the cache settings for an array. Modifying Cache Settings You can also modify the maxCache settings...
... "write-through" caching 6 Press Tab. 7 Select the maxCache Read Cache setting (Enable/Disable). 8 Press Tab. 9 Press Enter to accept the values. Adaptec maxCache uses the compatible Solid State Drives (SSDs) in read-intensive applications. To modify the cache settings for an array. Modifying Cache Settings You can also modify the maxCache settings...
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...Volume You can enable maxCache read -intensive operations. Follow the on that you must assign at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. All the supported disk drives are highlighted. 3 Press Ins to remove a SSD from the pool: 1 Start the ARC utility (see page 105). Managing Existing JBODs To delete ...hot spare. 4 Press Enter to save your controller, then press Enter. Using the ACU to Manage the maxCache Pool Adaptec maxCache uses the compatible Solid State Drives (SSDs) in your controller, then press Enter. If you can convert any JBOD into a simple volume, select Manage JBODs from...
...Volume You can enable maxCache read -intensive operations. Follow the on that you must assign at www.adaptec.com/compatibility. All the supported disk drives are highlighted. 3 Press Ins to remove a SSD from the pool: 1 Start the ARC utility (see page 105). Managing Existing JBODs To delete ...hot spare. 4 Press Enter to save your controller, then press Enter. Using the ACU to Manage the maxCache Pool Adaptec maxCache uses the compatible Solid State Drives (SSDs) in your controller, then press Enter. If you can convert any JBOD into a simple volume, select Manage JBODs from...
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... for more information about initializing drives. 3 Using the arrow keys, select a SSD from the list. 4 Press Ins to add the SSD to the maxCache pool. 5 To remove a SSD from the ACU main menu. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 110 2 Select Manage MaxCache Pool from the pool,... press the right arrow to switch windows, use the arrow keys to select a SSD, then press Del. ...
... for more information about initializing drives. 3 Using the arrow keys, select a SSD from the list. 4 Press Ins to add the SSD to the maxCache pool. 5 To remove a SSD from the ACU main menu. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 110 2 Select Manage MaxCache Pool from the pool,... press the right arrow to switch windows, use the arrow keys to select a SSD, then press Del. ...
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... applying changes 110 exiting 110 modifying controller settings 110 opening 110 software 80 Solaris driver installation 76 Solid State Drive (SSD) 18, 42, 50 installing 52 to parallel SCSI 94 connectors 91 description 89 direct-attach connections 92 disk drives... 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 116 ...
... applying changes 110 exiting 110 modifying controller settings 110 opening 110 software 80 Solaris driver installation 76 Solid State Drive (SSD) 18, 42, 50 installing 52 to parallel SCSI 94 connectors 91 description 89 direct-attach connections 92 disk drives... 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 116 ...