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... enclosure) ● Array (also known as a container, logical device, or logical drive) Note: Adaptec Storage Manager refers to SAS, see About Your RAID Controller on the Adaptec Installation DVD. For more information, refer to computer users by referring to controller(s) and disk drives being... be available for your operating system (and Adaptec Storage Manager) recognizes as logical drives. For more information, see page 88.) You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, RAID technology, and SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) technology. (For an introduction to arrays as...
... enclosure) ● Array (also known as a container, logical device, or logical drive) Note: Adaptec Storage Manager refers to SAS, see About Your RAID Controller on the Adaptec Installation DVD. For more information, refer to computer users by referring to controller(s) and disk drives being... be available for your operating system (and Adaptec Storage Manager) recognizes as logical drives. For more information, see page 88.) You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, RAID technology, and SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) technology. (For an introduction to arrays as...
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...; Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 18 Standard RAID Controller Features ● 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...
...; Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 18 Standard RAID Controller Features ● 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...
User Manual and Install Guide
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...● 42 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). Internal mini-SAS to SATA fan-out (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA)-Connects to four SAS or SATA disk drives. Cables Depending on your RAID array, ensure that ... SATA disk drives. For more information about arrays, refer to an external SAS enclosure. You can use different-sized disk drives in the array, but the array will be limited to the capacity of these cables: External mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec....
...● 42 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). Internal mini-SAS to SATA fan-out (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA)-Connects to four SAS or SATA disk drives. Cables Depending on your RAID array, ensure that ... SATA disk drives. For more information about arrays, refer to an external SAS enclosure. You can use different-sized disk drives in the array, but the array will be limited to the capacity of these cables: External mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec....
User Manual and Install Guide
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..., we recommend that caries SGPIO signals for enclosure management. 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 a list of direct-attached disk drives is not used with direct-attached disk drives. See page 41...
..., we recommend that caries SGPIO signals for enclosure management. 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 a list of direct-attached disk drives is not used with direct-attached disk drives. See page 41...
User Manual and Install Guide
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..., close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 53. Some backplanes have embedded SAS expanders and can support up to 128 end devices. (For more information about backplane and expander connections, see page 92.) 1 ...Connect one or more internal SAS or SATA disk drives to the backplane. (Refer to your system's documentation for more information.) 2 Use an internal SAS cable to connect the controller to and communicate with each other through a system backplane....
..., close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 53. Some backplanes have embedded SAS expanders and can support up to 128 end devices. (For more information about backplane and expander connections, see page 92.) 1 ...Connect one or more internal SAS or SATA disk drives to the backplane. (Refer to your system's documentation for more information.) 2 Use an internal SAS cable to connect the controller to and communicate with each other through a system backplane....
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... Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 52 Connecting Solid State Drives (SSDs) To connect a Solid State Drive to SATA). For servers with SAS cables (mini-SAS to your controller, use the appropriate cable for your backplane type (see page 17). 1 Install your server does not have... if server does not have a standard 2.5-inch drive tray, use any Solid State Drive on Adaptec Series Q controllers only. Adaptec maxCache is supported on the compatibility list. For RAID arrays, Adaptec controllers support a maximum of 256 drives, including SSDs (for details, see page 51 for a...
... Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 52 Connecting Solid State Drives (SSDs) To connect a Solid State Drive to SATA). For servers with SAS cables (mini-SAS to your controller, use the appropriate cable for your backplane type (see page 17). 1 Install your server does not have... if server does not have a standard 2.5-inch drive tray, use any Solid State Drive on Adaptec Series Q controllers only. Adaptec maxCache is supported on the compatibility list. For RAID arrays, Adaptec controllers support a maximum of 256 drives, including SSDs (for details, see page 51 for a...
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... page 72. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 53 2 Use an internal mini-SAS to SATA cable to attach the SSD(s) to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Creating...
... page 72. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 53 2 Use an internal mini-SAS to SATA cable to attach the SSD(s) to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Creating...
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...Move the boot controller to boot from a bootable installation DVD) that you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. When prompted, press Ctrl+A to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide. Creating an Array with the ACU The ACU is... 1 Power on -screen. For more information, refer to create a logical drive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. A RAID 5 array is installed. you can choose to create an array. Adaptec Storage Manager displays a warning if you try to your computer documentation. Menus can create an array using...
...Move the boot controller to boot from a bootable installation DVD) that you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. When prompted, press Ctrl+A to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide. Creating an Array with the ACU The ACU is... 1 Power on -screen. For more information, refer to create a logical drive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. A RAID 5 array is installed. you can choose to create an array. Adaptec Storage Manager displays a warning if you try to your computer documentation. Menus can create an array using...
User Manual and Install Guide
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... Manager to monitor your disk drives, refer to monitor the status 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. Controller Device State Failed Rebuilding ...Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Modifying Your Controller's Configuration on page 110.) Silencing the Alarm If your Adaptec RAID controller is installed in a different compatible expansion slot. (See page 47 for instructions.) ● Did the driver install correctly? ...
... Manager to monitor your disk drives, refer to monitor the status 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. Controller Device State Failed Rebuilding ...Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Modifying Your Controller's Configuration on page 110.) Silencing the Alarm If your Adaptec RAID controller is installed in a different compatible expansion slot. (See page 47 for instructions.) ● Did the driver install correctly? ...
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.... (You can add 128 end devices-or even more-with the use both SAS and SATA disk drives in the same SAS domain (see page 90). Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 89 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers are referred to as described in the rest of this chapter...
.... (You can add 128 end devices-or even more-with the use both SAS and SATA disk drives in the same SAS domain (see page 90). Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 89 Terminology Used in This Chapter For convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID controllers are referred to as described in the rest of this chapter...
User Manual and Install Guide
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.... (Note that supports up to 12 SAS or SATA disk drives. When connecting to either backplane, it's important to properly connect your RAID controller Activity LED connections and locations. For example, the Adaptec S50 enclosure, which contains an expander, is limited to the number of direct-...disk drive is limited to the number of slots available on the Adaptec Installation DVD. .The number of direct-attach connections. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 92 How are connected directly to a SAS card with SAS or mini-SAS cables. In parallel SCSI, XX is the disk drive's channel...
.... (Note that supports up to 12 SAS or SATA disk drives. When connecting to either backplane, it's important to properly connect your RAID controller Activity LED connections and locations. For example, the Adaptec S50 enclosure, which contains an expander, is limited to the number of direct-...disk drive is limited to the number of slots available on the Adaptec Installation DVD. .The number of direct-attach connections. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 92 How are connected directly to a SAS card with SAS or mini-SAS cables. In parallel SCSI, XX is the disk drive's channel...
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...page 92), support large configurations of SAS expanders: fanout expanders and edge expanders. There are two types of SAS end devices, including SAS cards and SAS and SATA disk drives. You can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a single SAS card in a storage system. (...For more information about how SAS expanders work, refer to the STA...
...page 92), support large configurations of SAS expanders: fanout expanders and edge expanders. There are two types of SAS end devices, including SAS cards and SAS and SATA disk drives. You can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a single SAS card in a storage system. (...For more information about how SAS expanders work, refer to the STA...
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... SCSI IDs Requires bus termination Standard SCSI connectors Serial Attached SCSI Serial interface Maximum speed 300 MB/sec per phy when in halfduplex mode Supports SATA and SAS disk drives simultaneously More than parallel SCSI, and provides more flexible than 100 disk drives per SCSI channel Supports single-port devices only Uses...
... SCSI IDs Requires bus termination Standard SCSI connectors Serial Attached SCSI Serial interface Maximum speed 300 MB/sec per phy when in halfduplex mode Supports SATA and SAS disk drives simultaneously More than parallel SCSI, and provides more flexible than 100 disk drives per SCSI channel Supports single-port devices only Uses...
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..., 47 M maxCache cache settings 105 maxCache pool 109 maxCache Solid State Drive failed 86 installing 52 to 53 mini-SAS direct connection 50 enclosure cable 42 internal cable 42 overview 91 SAS to SATA cable 42, 43 mirroring 41 mode 0 flash 86 N NCQ 18 non-redundant arrays 96 O online expansion 18 operating system...
..., 47 M maxCache cache settings 105 maxCache pool 109 maxCache Solid State Drive failed 86 installing 52 to 53 mini-SAS direct connection 50 enclosure cable 42 internal cable 42 overview 91 SAS to SATA cable 42, 43 mirroring 41 mode 0 flash 86 N NCQ 18 non-redundant arrays 96 O online expansion 18 operating system...