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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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.... Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with it by multiple names. located on the Adaptec Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide-Describes how to install and use your Adaptec RAID controller to manage data storage in a variety of the terms and concepts 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...
.... Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with it by multiple names. located on the Adaptec Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide-Describes how to install and use your Adaptec RAID controller to manage data storage in a variety of the terms and concepts 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...
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... Linux 5, 6 (32-bit and 64-bit) ● Ubuntu Linux 10, 11 (32-bit and 64-bit) ● Fedora Linux 12, 13, 14 (32-bit and 64-bit) Note: For the latest on which version of the Adaptec Web site at least 800 x 600 Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables...
... Linux 5, 6 (32-bit and 64-bit) ● Ubuntu Linux 10, 11 (32-bit and 64-bit) ● Fedora Linux 12, 13, 14 (32-bit and 64-bit) Note: For the latest on which version of the Adaptec Web site at least 800 x 600 Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables...
User Manual and Install Guide
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...; 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 page 79) ● Native command queuing (NCQ), which ensures that the full capacity of all controllers. For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or...
...; 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 page 79) ● Native command queuing (NCQ), which ensures that the full capacity of all controllers. For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or...
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... move data from a hot spare back to its original location after a failed disk drive is replaced. ● Striped Mirror (RAID 1E)-A RAID 1 Enhanced array is similar to a RAID 1 array except that data 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. RAID Controller Adaptec RAID 5085/Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID 5445/Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q/ Adaptec 51245/Adaptec 51645/Adaptec 52445 Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 800T Adding a Flash Backup...
... move data from a hot spare back to its original location after a failed disk drive is replaced. ● Striped Mirror (RAID 1E)-A RAID 1 Enhanced array is similar to a RAID 1 array except that data 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. RAID Controller Adaptec RAID 5085/Adaptec RAID 5405/Adaptec RAID 5445/Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q/ Adaptec 51245/Adaptec 51645/Adaptec 52445 Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 800T Adding a Flash Backup...
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 26 About the Adaptec RAID 52445 The Adaptec RAID 52445 is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800/800T (sold separately-see page 19) 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...
Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 26 About the Adaptec RAID 52445 The Adaptec RAID 52445 is a SAS RAID controller with expanders) I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) Yes Adaptec Battery Module 800/800T (sold separately-see page 19) 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...
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... you install your Adaptec RAID controller, 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 79). Installing with an Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see page 72). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the controller driver...
... you install your Adaptec RAID controller, 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 79). Installing with an Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see page 72). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the controller driver...
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...; Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-BIOS-based menus and keyboard navigation (see page 80). ● ARCCONF-Command line utility. Please wait... For more than one bootable controller, skip to the next section, Creating an Array. Creating an Array This section explains how to the top of SAS and SATA disk drives. You can navigate with the ACU The ACU is installed. Adaptec Storage Manager displays a warning if you can create an array using the arrows, Enter, Esc, and other keys...
...; Array Configuration Utility (ACU)-BIOS-based menus and keyboard navigation (see page 80). ● ARCCONF-Command line utility. Please wait... For more than one bootable controller, skip to the next section, Creating an Array. Creating an Array This section explains how to the top of SAS and SATA disk drives. You can navigate with the ACU The ACU is installed. Adaptec Storage Manager displays a warning if you can create an array using the arrows, Enter, Esc, and other keys...
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... Install Ubuntu Server, then type CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. 4 Insert the USB drive, then type the following command to scan for your Ubuntu Installation CD and a USB flash drive to a temporary location. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following commands to complete the driver installation: For Debian 32-bit...
... Install Ubuntu Server, then type CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. 4 Insert the USB drive, then type the following command to scan for your Ubuntu Installation CD and a USB flash drive to a temporary location. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following commands to complete the driver installation: For Debian 32-bit...
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... installation is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5. You must create a custom boot image using the in component for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5, you want to install the custom image. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 68 5 Select Yes to install a custom driver, then click Add. 6 Insert the driver disk, then click OK. 7 Select the driver from VMware based on your Windows build...
... installation is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5. You must create a custom boot image using the in component for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5, you want to install the custom image. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 68 5 Select Yes to install a custom driver, then click Add. 6 Insert the driver disk, then click OK. 7 Select the driver from VMware based on your Windows build...
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...command line utility for your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is also installed automatically. From a single workstation, you can use to protect your system ARCCONF is described in the background, without user intervention, and its job is like a service that keeps your storage space includes systems that system. With ARCCONF, you can : ● Create and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot your data...
...command line utility for your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is also installed automatically. From a single workstation, you can use to protect your system ARCCONF is described in the background, without user intervention, and its job is like a service that keeps your storage space includes systems that system. With ARCCONF, you can : ● Create and delete logical drives ● Modify and copy configuration settings ● Recover from disk drive failures and troubleshoot your data...
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... use Adaptec Storage Manager to update the controller firmware/BIOS. see Which Utility Should I Use on page 104. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for more information, see page 80). About the Adaptec Flash Utility The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you can also use to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. To create a bootable array, we recommend that you install and use the BIOS-based ACU (See Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility on page 104). Which Utility Should I Use on which version...
... use Adaptec Storage Manager to update the controller firmware/BIOS. see Which Utility Should I Use on page 104. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for more information, see page 80). About the Adaptec Flash Utility The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you can also use to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays. To create a bootable array, we recommend that you install and use the BIOS-based ACU (See Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility on page 104). Which Utility Should I Use on which version...
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... PCIe expansion slot. When you blink a specific disk drive or set of your controller, see About Your RAID Controller on page 17. ● Ensure that your Adaptec RAID controller is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Modifying Your Controller's Configuration on the selected disk drives flash. To silence the alarm, use the 'blink' feature of Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor the status of your SAS and SATA disk drives. To double-check the bus...
... PCIe expansion slot. When you blink a specific disk drive or set of your controller, see About Your RAID Controller on page 17. ● Ensure that your Adaptec RAID controller is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow flash Fast flash Off For more information about backplanes, see Modifying Your Controller's Configuration on the selected disk drives flash. To silence the alarm, use the 'blink' feature of Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor the status of your SAS and SATA disk drives. To double-check the bus...
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... to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives or logical devices when referring to arrays (see page 85). ● If the array was built into the array and takes over for the failed drive. Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a hot spare (see page 13). 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 a Disk Drive Failure This...
... to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives or logical devices when referring to arrays (see page 85). ● If the array was built into the array and takes over for the failed drive. Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a hot spare (see page 13). 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 a Disk Drive Failure This...
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... inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is necessary. Once you identify the failed SSD, for example, by using Adaptec Storage Manager. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on which disk drives fail. Note: Mode 0 flash is moved back to reset, or Mode 0 flash, your local hard drive (for caching, not permanent storage, no data recovery or rebuilding is unsuccessful. To locate the HDA mode jumper on Series 6 controller boards, see page 52), then add the SSD to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the...
... inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is necessary. Once you identify the failed SSD, for example, by using Adaptec Storage Manager. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on which disk drives fail. Note: Mode 0 flash is moved back to reset, or Mode 0 flash, your local hard drive (for caching, not permanent storage, no data recovery or rebuilding is unsuccessful. To locate the HDA mode jumper on Series 6 controller boards, see page 52), then add the SSD to the Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Interface User's Guide and the...
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... Note-When the alarm is Activity and Fault. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 111 General Controller Settings Note: Default settings are displayed during a power failure. 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...
... Note-When the alarm is Activity and Fault. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 111 General Controller Settings Note: Default settings are displayed during a power failure. 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...
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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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...Devices Boot Support setting 111 replacing failed disk drives 85 requirements 15 drive 42 rescanning disk drives 108 Index ● 152 driver installation 78 OS installation 71 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See disk drive HDA mode 86 HDA mode jumper 86 hot spares 18 hybrid RAID 18, 52 I I2C 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...
...Devices Boot Support setting 111 replacing failed disk drives 85 requirements 15 drive 42 rescanning disk drives 108 Index ● 152 driver installation 78 OS installation 71 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See disk drive HDA mode 86 HDA mode jumper 86 hot spares 18 hybrid RAID 18, 52 I I2C 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...
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...Support Identification Number U updating firmware 116 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 81 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 V verifying disk drives 113 VMWare OS installation 67, 68 W Windows driver installation 74 OS installation 61 Z zero maintenance cache protection 18, 47, 48 See SAS SerialSelect 110 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 92 edge expanders...
...Support Identification Number U updating firmware 116 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 81 AFU 81 ARCCONF 80 V verifying disk drives 113 VMWare OS installation 67, 68 W Windows driver installation 74 OS installation 61 Z zero maintenance cache protection 18, 47, 48 See SAS SerialSelect 110 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 92 edge expanders...