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...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 Creating an Array with the ACU 55 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 57 Making Your Array Bootable 58 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 60 Creating a Driver Disk 60 Installing with Windows 61 Installing with Windows Server 2003 61 Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 61 Installing with Red Hat Linux...
...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 Creating an Array with the ACU 55 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 57 Making Your Array Bootable 58 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 60 Creating a Driver Disk 60 Installing with Windows 61 Installing with Windows Server 2003 61 Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 61 Installing with Red Hat Linux...
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... the Best RAID Level 103 C Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility 105 Running the ARC Utility 105 Navigating the ARC Utility 105 Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays 105 Creating a New Array 105 Managing Existing Arrays 106 Initializing Disk Drives 108 Rescanning Disk Drives 108 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 108 Managing Global Hot Spares 108 Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs 109 Creating a New JBOD 109 Managing Existing JBODs 109 Using the ACU to Manage the maxCache Pool 109 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 110
... the Best RAID Level 103 C Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility 105 Running the ARC Utility 105 Navigating the ARC Utility 105 Using the ACU to Create and Manage Arrays 105 Creating a New Array 105 Managing Existing Arrays 106 Initializing Disk Drives 108 Rescanning Disk Drives 108 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 108 Managing Global Hot Spares 108 Using the ACU to Create and Manage JBODs 109 Creating a New JBOD 109 Managing Existing JBODs 109 Using the ACU to Manage the maxCache Pool 109 Using SerialSelect to Modify Controller Settings 110
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... 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 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 the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on the Adaptec Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help-Describes how to use your Adaptec RAID controller to manage data storage in a variety...
... 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 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 the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide on the Adaptec Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help-Describes how to use your Adaptec RAID controller to manage data storage in a variety...
User Manual and Install Guide
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...; Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables. For more information, see the descriptions starting on page 17) ● 20 MB of free disk drive space ● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with these features: ● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer...
...; Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables. For more information, see the descriptions starting on page 17) ● 20 MB of free disk drive space ● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with these features: ● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer...
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...9679; 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 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) (see Managing Your Storage Space on Adaptec Series Q controllers only. ● Power-management of an array...
...9679; 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 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) (see Managing Your Storage Space on Adaptec Series Q controllers only. ● Power-management of an array...
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...; Copyback Hot Spare-You can use this feature to move data from a minimum of four disk drives. ● Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 6)-A RAID 6 array is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes two independent sets of parity data instead of one. ● Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 60)-A RAID 60 array is both mirrored and striped, and more disk drives can also use Adaptec Storage Manager or the ARCCONF command-line utility to upgrade your controller firmware. Adding a Battery Backup Module This table shows the battery model supported by your Adaptec RAID controller...
...; Copyback Hot Spare-You can use this feature to move data from a minimum of four disk drives. ● Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 6)-A RAID 6 array is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes two independent sets of parity data instead of one. ● Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 60)-A RAID 60 array is both mirrored and striped, and more disk drives can also use Adaptec Storage Manager or the ARCCONF command-line utility to upgrade your controller firmware. Adding a Battery Backup Module This table shows the battery model supported by your Adaptec RAID controller...
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Alarm Aggregate Activity Activity CN4, CN5 Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, Internal Connectors, External Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Full Height, Half Length PCIe 1.1 x8 3 Gb/s per port 28 512 MB DDR2 6 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) 28 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: I2C, CN2 I2C...
Alarm Aggregate Activity Activity CN4, CN5 Form Factor Bus compatibility PCIe bus width Data transfer rate Phys (Unified Serial Ports) Standard cache Connectors, Internal Connectors, External Maximum number of disk drives Enclosure Support Onboard speaker Battery Backup Module Full Height, Half Length PCIe 1.1 x8 3 Gb/s per port 28 512 MB DDR2 6 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8087) 1 mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088) 28 direct-attached (or up to 256 with these features: I2C, CN2 I2C...
User Manual and Install Guide
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If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Set the boot controller (see page 55). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 55). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 59.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 46). Alternatively, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the controller driver on that array. If your controller has an external connector, you...
If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Set the boot controller (see page 55). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 55). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 59.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 46). Alternatively, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the controller driver on that array. If your controller has an external connector, you...
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... can create an array using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. Adaptec Storage Manager displays a warning if you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. Menus can also change array level later, after , system initialization. Please wait... Creating an Array This section explains how to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide. For instructions, refer to create an array. Note: During boot up, if your computer. Or press Key to create an array with the ACU The ACU is created in...
... can create an array using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. Adaptec Storage Manager displays a warning if you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. Menus can also change array level later, after , system initialization. Please wait... Creating an Array This section explains how to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide. For instructions, refer to create an array. Note: During boot up, if your computer. Or press Key to create an array with the ACU The ACU is created in...
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To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Ubuntu Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on page 79. d Copy the contents of the archive to a temporary location. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then...
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Ubuntu Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on page 79. d Copy the contents of the archive to a temporary location. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then...
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... boot image. Instead, you must have administrator privileges to download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot from the VMware Download Center. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your machine already) and install on your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD. You can choose to install VMware ESXi 5 using the VMware Image Builder. Note: In the following instructions, perform Steps 1-7 on your Windows build...
... boot image. Instead, you must have administrator privileges to download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot from the VMware Download Center. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your machine already) and install on your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD. You can choose to install VMware ESXi 5 using the VMware Image Builder. Note: In the following instructions, perform Steps 1-7 on your Windows build...
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... : ● Create and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. It's designed to protect your storage space includes systems that system. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is included on the Adaptec Installation DVD. With ARCCONF, you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which is included on the Adaptec Installation DVD. Note...
... : ● Create and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. It's designed to protect your storage space includes systems that system. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is included on the Adaptec Installation DVD. With ARCCONF, you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide, which is included on the Adaptec Installation DVD. Note...
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...range of VMware you are running the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI, you use the BIOS-based ACU (See Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility on the VMware ESX system, then from a Windows or Linux machine running : ● On VMware ESX 4.1 and VMware ESX 4.0 systems: ● You can use Adaptec Storage Manager to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for preoperating system installation configuration. To create a bootable array, we recommend that you install and use Adaptec Storage Manager (see page...
...range of VMware you are running the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI, you use the BIOS-based ACU (See Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility on the VMware ESX system, then from a Windows or Linux machine running : ● On VMware ESX 4.1 and VMware ESX 4.0 systems: ● You can use Adaptec Storage Manager to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for preoperating system installation configuration. To create a bootable array, we recommend that you install and use Adaptec Storage Manager (see page...
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... blink a specific disk drive or set of Adaptec Storage Manager to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online Help. To double-check the bus compatibility of your SAS and SATA disk drives. This table describes the LED flash states. Controller Device State Failed Rebuilding Blink Other Slot State Device is faulty Device is firmly seated and secured in a compatible PCIe expansion slot. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 84 Troubleshooting Checklist If you encounter difficulties installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your disk drives, refer to monitor...
... blink a specific disk drive or set of Adaptec Storage Manager to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or the online Help. To double-check the bus compatibility of your SAS and SATA disk drives. This table describes the LED flash states. Controller Device State Failed Rebuilding Blink Other Slot State Device is faulty Device is firmly seated and secured in a compatible PCIe expansion slot. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 84 Troubleshooting Checklist If you encounter difficulties installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor your disk drives, refer to monitor...
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... array is protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in that array fails the hot spare is automatically incorporated into the array). The controller detects the new disk drive and begins to rebuild the array. For instructions, refer to rebuild the array, check that controller. To recover from the failure: 1 Remove and replace the failed disk drive. 2 If copyback is required. No action is not enabled-In Adaptec Storage Manager, remove the 'hot spare' designation from the original hot spare (the disk drive that the failed drive has been replaced. Make sure that the new disk drive...
... array is protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in that array fails the hot spare is automatically incorporated into the array). The controller detects the new disk drive and begins to rebuild the array. For instructions, refer to rebuild the array, check that controller. To recover from the failure: 1 Remove and replace the failed disk drive. 2 If copyback is required. No action is not enabled-In Adaptec Storage Manager, remove the 'hot spare' designation from the original hot spare (the disk drive that the failed drive has been replaced. Make sure that the new disk drive...
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... Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. To locate the HDA mode jumper on page 109 or 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 reset, or Mode 0 flash, your data (if available). Note: Mode 0 flash is moved back to a folder on Adaptec Series 2 and Adaptec Series 5 controllers only. Then, restore your Adaptec RAID controller. You can use the BIOS utility, ACU...
... Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the Adaptec. To locate the HDA mode jumper on page 109 or 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 reset, or Mode 0 flash, your data (if available). Note: Mode 0 flash is moved back to a folder on Adaptec Series 2 and Adaptec Series 5 controllers only. Then, restore your Adaptec RAID controller. You can use the BIOS utility, ACU...
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...Default is enabled. When set to new tasks. Option Drive's Write Cache Runtime BIOS Automatic Failover Array Background Consistency Check Array-based BBS Support SATA Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Physical Drives Display During POST DVD/CD-ROM Boot Support Removable Media Devices Boot Support Alarm Control Default Background Task Priority LED Indication Mode Description When set to Enable All, write cache is not available on the controller. (Enabling the write cache overrides any individual drive settings in Adaptec Storage Manager.) When set to Activity and Fault, the drive activity LEDs...
...Default is enabled. When set to new tasks. Option Drive's Write Cache Runtime BIOS Automatic Failover Array Background Consistency Check Array-based BBS Support SATA Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Physical Drives Display During POST DVD/CD-ROM Boot Support Removable Media Devices Boot Support Alarm Control Default Background Task Priority LED Indication Mode Description When set to Enable All, write cache is not available on the controller. (Enabling the write cache overrides any individual drive settings in Adaptec Storage Manager.) When set to Activity and Fault, the drive activity LEDs...
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... driver disk 60 driver installation 72 to 78 drivers installing on FreeBSD 78 installing on Solaris 76 installing on Windows 74 installing with FreeBSD 71 installing with Linux 62, 63 installing with VMWare 67, 68 installing with Windows 61 E electrostatic discharge 147 end devices 89 event log 114 expander connections 93 expander devices 89 external devices 53 F failed disk drives 85 multiple arrays 85 multiple disk drives 86 RAID 0 arrays 86 without hot spare 85 firmware 116 creating floppy disks 117 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 86 floppy disks for firmware update 117 formatting...
... driver disk 60 driver installation 72 to 78 drivers installing on FreeBSD 78 installing on Solaris 76 installing on Windows 74 installing with FreeBSD 71 installing with Linux 62, 63 installing with VMWare 67, 68 installing with Windows 61 E electrostatic discharge 147 end devices 89 event log 114 expander connections 93 expander devices 89 external devices 53 F failed disk drives 85 multiple arrays 85 multiple disk drives 86 RAID 0 arrays 86 without hot spare 85 firmware 116 creating floppy disks 117 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 86 floppy disks for firmware update 117 formatting...
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... connector specifications 122 initializing disk drives 108 installation backplane 51 controllers 47 creating a driver disk 60 direct-attach 50 disk drives 50 driver 72 to 78 driver and FreeBSD 71 driver and Linux 62, 63 driver and operating system 59 driver and VMWare 67, 68 driver and Windows 61 existing operating system 45 external devices 53 installation options 45 solid state drives 52 to 53 with operating system 45 K kit contents 15 L LED connector specifications 122 LED Indication Mode 111 Linux OS installation 63 Linux installation 62 low...
... connector specifications 122 initializing disk drives 108 installation backplane 51 controllers 47 creating a driver disk 60 direct-attach 50 disk drives 50 driver 72 to 78 driver and FreeBSD 71 driver and Linux 62, 63 driver and operating system 59 driver and VMWare 67, 68 driver and Windows 61 existing operating system 45 external devices 53 installation options 45 solid state drives 52 to 53 with operating system 45 K kit contents 15 L LED connector specifications 122 LED Indication Mode 111 Linux OS installation 63 Linux installation 62 low...
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... Performance Mode 112 Serial Attached SCSI. resetting controllers 86 Runtime BIOS setting 111 S safety information 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 specifications 148 technical support 3 Technical Support Identification (TSID) number 3 terminology 13 SAS 89 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage...
... Performance Mode 112 Serial Attached SCSI. resetting controllers 86 Runtime BIOS setting 111 S safety information 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 specifications 148 technical support 3 Technical Support Identification (TSID) number 3 terminology 13 SAS 89 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 81 Adaptec Storage...