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... Controller 25 Connecting Disk Drives to HostRAID Controllers 26 Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller 26 Connecting to a System Backplane 27 Installing the Controller to a SAS Expander 28 Next Steps ...28 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 30 Creating an Array 30 Creating an Array with the ACU 30 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 31 Making Your Array Bootable 32 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 34 Creating a Driver Disk 34 Installing with Windows 34 Installing with Red Hat Linux 35 Installing with SuSE Linux...
... Controller 25 Connecting Disk Drives to HostRAID Controllers 26 Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller 26 Connecting to a System Backplane 27 Installing the Controller to a SAS Expander 28 Next Steps ...28 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 30 Creating an Array 30 Creating an Array with the ACU 30 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 31 Making Your Array Bootable 32 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 34 Creating a Driver Disk 34 Installing with Windows 34 Installing with Red Hat Linux 35 Installing with SuSE Linux...
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... utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller ● 14 HostRAID Controller Features ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU), BIOS, and the Array Configuration Utility (ACU). ● Event logging and broadcasting, including messaging for alphanumeric pagers. ● Support for Adaptec Metadata Format (AMF) allowing the migration of fault tolerant arrays through the operating system. ● Support for automatic failover, so arrays are automatically rebuilt when a failed disk drive is replaced...
... utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller ● 14 HostRAID Controller Features ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU), BIOS, and the Array Configuration Utility (ACU). ● Event logging and broadcasting, including messaging for alphanumeric pagers. ● Support for Adaptec Metadata Format (AMF) allowing the migration of fault tolerant arrays through the operating system. ● Support for automatic failover, so arrays are automatically rebuilt when a failed disk drive is replaced...
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...44300 Controller The Adaptec SAS 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 4-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Internal SAS Connectors Mounting bracket J1 (LED Connector) 3.3V PCI-X Connector Form factor PCI compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure support Automatic failover Audible alarm Low-profile PCI-X 64-bit 133 MHz 4 1 x4 internal SFF-8484 SAS 1.1 connector 0, 1, 10 Yes SAS (3.0Gbps), SATA I (1.5Gbps), SATA II (3.0Gbps) 4 or up to 128 using expander...
...44300 Controller The Adaptec SAS 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 4-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Internal SAS Connectors Mounting bracket J1 (LED Connector) 3.3V PCI-X Connector Form factor PCI compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure support Automatic failover Audible alarm Low-profile PCI-X 64-bit 133 MHz 4 1 x4 internal SFF-8484 SAS 1.1 connector 0, 1, 10 Yes SAS (3.0Gbps), SATA I (1.5Gbps), SATA II (3.0Gbps) 4 or up to 128 using expander...
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...● Adaptec SAS HostRAID controller ● HostRAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec HRCONF (HostRAID Configuration) command line utility ● Readme Files ● Cables (type and quantity vary for cable information about your HostRAID controller, see About Your HostRAID Controller on page 13) ● Low-profile bracket (Selected models only) ● Serial Attached SCSI 58300, 48300, 44300 HostRAID Controllers Quick...
...● Adaptec SAS HostRAID controller ● HostRAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec HRCONF (HostRAID Configuration) command line utility ● Readme Files ● Cables (type and quantity vary for cable information about your HostRAID controller, see About Your HostRAID Controller on page 13) ● Low-profile bracket (Selected models only) ● Serial Attached SCSI 58300, 48300, 44300 HostRAID Controllers Quick...
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...; Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-BIOS-based menus and keyboard navigation (see page 41). Then press Insert. To enable the system to boot from either a disk drive connected to the motherboard, or from either a disk drive or an array connected to the HostRAID controller. Before creating arrays, make sure the disks for this section. To create an array: 1 Turn on page 62 6 When you are connected and installed in your computer and press Ctrl+A when prompted to access...
...; Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-BIOS-based menus and keyboard navigation (see page 41). Then press Insert. To enable the system to boot from either a disk drive connected to the motherboard, or from either a disk drive or an array connected to the HostRAID controller. Before creating arrays, make sure the disks for this section. To create an array: 1 Turn on page 62 6 When you are connected and installed in your computer and press Ctrl+A when prompted to access...
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... specify a size for the logical drives, or to make the array bootable (see Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices on page 66). For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to automatically create one logical drive with RAID 1. In the following figure, Adaptec Storage Manager has used two equal-sized disk drives to the online Help or the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide. 12 Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 33. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 32 7 Review the information...
... specify a size for the logical drives, or to make the array bootable (see Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices on page 66). For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to automatically create one logical drive with RAID 1. In the following figure, Adaptec Storage Manager has used two equal-sized disk drives to the online Help or the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide. 12 Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 33. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 32 7 Review the information...
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.... If you miss your chance to use. 5 Select the version of the operating system. 6 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. The system creates the driver disk. 7 Remove and label the driver disk. 8 Continue with Windows You will need your Windows Installation CD to complete this task. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions, refer to your computer's documentation.) 2 Click Create Driver Disk, from the...
.... If you miss your chance to use. 5 Select the version of the operating system. 6 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. The system creates the driver disk. 7 Remove and label the driver disk. 8 Continue with Windows You will need your Windows Installation CD to complete this task. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions, refer to your computer's documentation.) 2 Click Create Driver Disk, from the...
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... additional drivers later, select Manual install mode during the first part of the failure. Once the driver is selected, the Parameter screen is displayed so you can see the cause of the installation. 2 Click Continue to load additional drivers: a Select Modify when the storage adapters are displayed. 8 Insert the driver floppy disk. 9 Press the Insert key to add another driver. All recognized controllers are displayed. 5 If necessary, remove the default HostRAID SAS driver...
... additional drivers later, select Manual install mode during the first part of the failure. Once the driver is selected, the Parameter screen is displayed so you can see the cause of the installation. 2 Click Continue to load additional drivers: a Select Modify when the storage adapters are displayed. 8 Insert the driver floppy disk. 9 Press the Insert key to add another driver. All recognized controllers are displayed. 5 If necessary, remove the default HostRAID SAS driver...
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To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions, refer to your computer's documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the HostRAID Installation CD included in your HostRAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 24). Creating a Driver Disk Before you install your driver, you begin , install and connect your controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk, from the...
To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions, refer to your computer's documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the HostRAID Installation CD included in your HostRAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 24). Creating a Driver Disk Before you install your driver, you begin , install and connect your controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk, from the...
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... disk drives into logical drives and build in redundancy to protect your storage space from disk drive failures and troubleshoot Installing and Using the Command Line Utility on page 76, describes how to monitor and manage all the controllers and disk drives in your data and improve system performance. If your online data, using HostRAID controllers and disk drives. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a command line utility that you can choose to run in the background, without user intervention, and its job is a full-featured software...
... disk drives into logical drives and build in redundancy to protect your storage space from disk drive failures and troubleshoot Installing and Using the Command Line Utility on page 76, describes how to monitor and manage all the controllers and disk drives in your data and improve system performance. If your online data, using HostRAID controllers and disk drives. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a command line utility that you can choose to run in the background, without user intervention, and its job is a full-featured software...
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... these tools: ● Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-For creating and managing arrays, and initializing and rescanning disk drives. ● SerialSelect Utility-Used to change device and HostRAID controller settings. ● Disk Utilities-For formatting or verifying disk drives. Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you can use to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. About the AFU The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you from accidentally damaging your HostRAID controller's flash contents, it is...
... these tools: ● Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-For creating and managing arrays, and initializing and rescanning disk drives. ● SerialSelect Utility-Used to change device and HostRAID controller settings. ● Disk Utilities-For formatting or verifying disk drives. Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you can use to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. About the AFU The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you from accidentally damaging your HostRAID controller's flash contents, it is...
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... PCI-X expansion slot. ● If your HostRAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it is a disk drive failure in more than one array simultaneously (see page 12). Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to each disk drive, the power supply, the LED connector, and so on. ● Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the failure: ● Remove and replace the failed disk drive (following manufacturer's instructions). If you are still unable to resolve a problem...
... PCI-X expansion slot. ● If your HostRAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it is a disk drive failure in more than one array simultaneously (see page 12). Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to each disk drive, the power supply, the LED connector, and so on. ● Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the failure: ● Remove and replace the failed disk drive (following manufacturer's instructions). If you are still unable to resolve a problem...
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... your data (if available). Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array Because RAID 0 volumes do not include redundancy, if a disk drive fails in a RAID 0 array, the data can 't be recovered. For more information, refer to rebuild the array, check that the cables, disk drives, and controllers are properly installed and connected. If the controller fails to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. The controller detects the new disk drive and begins to rebuild the array. Chapter 11: Solving Problems ● 50 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare When an array is...
... your data (if available). Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array Because RAID 0 volumes do not include redundancy, if a disk drive fails in a RAID 0 array, the data can 't be recovered. For more information, refer to rebuild the array, check that the cables, disk drives, and controllers are properly installed and connected. If the controller fails to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. The controller detects the new disk drive and begins to rebuild the array. Chapter 11: Solving Problems ● 50 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare When an array is...
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... multiple phys within a single connector. The number of end devices is a backplane connection that you can connect up to 128 SAS addresses.) You can build large and complex storage topologies. For example, you can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a single SAS card in a host system. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 55 Direct-attach Connections In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives are connected directly to a SAS card with each other backplanes...
... multiple phys within a single connector. The number of end devices is a backplane connection that you can connect up to 128 SAS addresses.) You can build large and complex storage topologies. For example, you can use only one to the next) up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a single SAS card in a host system. Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 55 Direct-attach Connections In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives are connected directly to a SAS card with each other backplanes...
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...: Configuring disk drives makes a simple volume. To access SerialSelect: 1 Restart the computer, then press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. 2 If multiple HostRAID controllers are associated with the arrow keys to the option, then press Enter. Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 66 Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices Select the Manager Boot Unit option to add or remove a bootable array or single drive. 1 From the ACU menu, select Manage Boot Unit. 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the array or single drive you...
...: Configuring disk drives makes a simple volume. To access SerialSelect: 1 Restart the computer, then press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. 2 If multiple HostRAID controllers are associated with the arrow keys to the option, then press Enter. Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 66 Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices Select the Manager Boot Unit option to add or remove a bootable array or single drive. 1 From the ACU menu, select Manage Boot Unit. 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the array or single drive you...
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... entry. When Enabled, the HostRAID controller BIOS allows the controller to act as needed. When Enabled, attached physical devices are displayed during Post Disabled PHY Configuration PHY Rate Auto, 1.5, 3.0 SAS Address 0-F Controller Properties PCI Slot: Bus: Device:Function Interrupt (IRQ) Channel I /O port address Any changes you can still invoke the ARC utility by pressing Ctrl+A after the computer restarts. The default settings are active arrays in SerialSelect take effect after the SAS card BIOS banner appears...
... entry. When Enabled, the HostRAID controller BIOS allows the controller to act as needed. When Enabled, attached physical devices are displayed during Post Disabled PHY Configuration PHY Rate Auto, 1.5, 3.0 SAS Address 0-F Controller Properties PCI Slot: Bus: Device:Function Interrupt (IRQ) Channel I /O port address Any changes you can still invoke the ARC utility by pressing Ctrl+A after the computer restarts. The default settings are active arrays in SerialSelect take effect after the SAS card BIOS banner appears...
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... current configuration. Appendix E: Installing and Using the Command Line Utility ● 83 hrconf restore Restores the controller configuration by importing it's configuration settings from a controller of the same type, same number, and type of the file to read the configuration from noprompt: No prompt for confirmation. A reboot is the name of physical drives with same channels and device IDs. Logical drives are deleted, disk drives are reset to the ready state, and any controller settings are reset...
... current configuration. Appendix E: Installing and Using the Command Line Utility ● 83 hrconf restore Restores the controller configuration by importing it's configuration settings from a controller of the same type, same number, and type of the file to read the configuration from noprompt: No prompt for confirmation. A reboot is the name of physical drives with same channels and device IDs. Logical drives are deleted, disk drives are reset to the ready state, and any controller settings are reset...
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... multiple drive failures. For example, (channel:ID:LUN) 1:04:0. F failed State of nonvolatile, nonremovable, magnetic storage media. Fault tolerant, or redundant arrays, include RAID 1 arrays. hot spare A spare hard disk that automatically replaces a failed hard disk on another Adaptec RAID controller. foreign disk Disk that has previously been configured on any HBA. drive LED Disk indicator LED that illuminates during read or write operations. fault-tolerant array Refers to an array that can continue to maintain information about prior controller activities or errors...
... multiple drive failures. For example, (channel:ID:LUN) 1:04:0. F failed State of nonvolatile, nonremovable, magnetic storage media. Fault tolerant, or redundant arrays, include RAID 1 arrays. hot spare A spare hard disk that automatically replaces a failed hard disk on another Adaptec RAID controller. foreign disk Disk that has previously been configured on any HBA. drive LED Disk indicator LED that illuminates during read or write operations. fault-tolerant array Refers to an array that can continue to maintain information about prior controller activities or errors...
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... 42 Array Configuration Utility. See ACU arrays creating (ACU) 62 non-RAID 59 RAID 1 60 RAID 10 60 B backplane connections 27, 55 C command line utility 76 D data striping 58 direct-attach connections 26, 55 disk drives connecting to SAS controllers 26 failure recovery multiple arrays 50 multiple disk drives 50 with hot spare 49 without hot spare 50 formatting 68 recovering from failure 49 Index SAS identifiers 54 verifying 68 drivers installing on Linux 39 installing on NetWare 39 installing on Windows 38 E electrostatic discharge 85 end devices 52 expander connections 55 expander devices 52...
... 42 Array Configuration Utility. See ACU arrays creating (ACU) 62 non-RAID 59 RAID 1 60 RAID 10 60 B backplane connections 27, 55 C command line utility 76 D data striping 58 direct-attach connections 26, 55 disk drives connecting to SAS controllers 26 failure recovery multiple arrays 50 multiple disk drives 50 with hot spare 49 without hot spare 50 formatting 68 recovering from failure 49 Index SAS identifiers 54 verifying 68 drivers installing on Linux 39 installing on NetWare 39 installing on Windows 38 E electrostatic discharge 85 end devices 52 expander connections 55 expander devices 52...
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...NetWare driver installation 39 non-RAID arrays 59 P performance tuning selecting a RAID level 59 stripe-unit size 58 phys 53 R RAID definition 58 performance tuning 59 RAID 0 59 RAID 1 60 RAID 10 60 recovering from disk drive failure Red Hat driver installation 39 Redundant Array of Independent Disks. See RAID replacing failed disk drives S SAS 4-wide ports 53 backplane connections 27, 55 cables 54 comparison to parallel SCSI 56 connectors 54 description 52 direct-attach connections 26, 55 disk drive identifiers 54 edge expanders 55 end devices 52 expander connections 55 expander devices...
...NetWare driver installation 39 non-RAID arrays 59 P performance tuning selecting a RAID level 59 stripe-unit size 58 phys 53 R RAID definition 58 performance tuning 59 RAID 0 59 RAID 1 60 RAID 10 60 recovering from disk drive failure Red Hat driver installation 39 Redundant Array of Independent Disks. See RAID replacing failed disk drives S SAS 4-wide ports 53 backplane connections 27, 55 cables 54 comparison to parallel SCSI 56 connectors 54 description 52 direct-attach connections 26, 55 disk drive identifiers 54 edge expanders 55 end devices 52 expander connections 55 expander devices...