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Kit Contents and System

Requirements

In this chapter...

Kit Contents............................................................................................................................ 14

System Requirements .............................................................................................................14

This chapter lists the contents of your Adaptec RAID controller kit and the system

requirements that must be met for you to successfully install and use your controller.

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Installation and User’s Guide 1
Copyright 2
Trademarks 2
Disclaimer 2
Adaptec Customer Support 3
Canadian Compliance Statement 5
Contents 6
Safety Information 10
Technical Specifications 10
About This Guide 11
How to Find More Information 12
Kit Contents and System 13
Requirements 13
Kit Contents 14
About Your RAID Controller 15
Array-level Features 16
5445/Adaptec RAID 5805/5805Q/ 17
Adaptec Battery Module 800 17
Adaptec Battery Module 800T 17
About the Adaptec RAID 5085 18
About the Adaptec RAID 5405 19
About the Adaptec RAID 5445 20
About the Adaptec RAID 51245 22
About the Adaptec RAID 51645 23
About the Adaptec RAID 52445 24
About the Adaptec RAID 5405Z 25
About the Adaptec RAID 5445Z 26
About the Adaptec RAID 2045 28
Adaptec RAID 2405/2405Q 29
Getting Started 30
Choosing a RAID Level 31
Disk Drives 32
Installation Options 33
Basic Installation Steps 34
In this chapter 35
Installing the Controller 36
RAID controllers 41
Connecting External Devices 42
Next Steps 42
Creating a Bootable Array 43
Setting the Boot Controller 44
Creating an Array 44
Making Your Array Bootable 47
Installing the Driver and an 48
Operating System 48
Creating a Driver Disk 49
Installing with Windows 50
Installing with Red Hat Linux 51
Installing with SUSE Linux 51
Installing with OpenServer 51
Installing with UnixWare 52
Installing with Solaris 52
Installing with VMware 53
Installing with FreeBSD 53
Installing on Windows 56
Installing on OpenServer 57
Installing on UnixWare 57
Installing on Solaris 57
Installing on VMware 58
Installing on FreeBSD 58
Managing Your Storage Space 59
About Adaptec Storage Manager 60
Which Utility Should I Use? 61
Solving Problems 62
Failed Device is faulty On 63
Other No error Off 63
Resetting the Controller 65
Introduction to SAS 67
What is SAS? 68
What’s a Phy? 69
What’s a SAS Port? 70
What’s a SAS Address? 70
What’s a SAS Connector? 70
What do SAS Cables Look Like? 70
Direct-attach Connections 71
Backplane Connections 71
SAS Expander Connections 72
Understanding RAID 74
Understanding Drive Segments 75
Non-redundant Arrays (RAID 0) 75
RAID 1 Arrays 76
RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays 76
RAID 10 Arrays 77
RAID 5 Arrays 78
RAID 5EE Arrays 79
RAID 50 Arrays 80
RAID 6 Arrays 81
RAID 60 Arrays 81
Selecting the Best RAID Level 82
Using the Adaptec RAID 83
Configuration Utility 83
Running the ARC Utility 84
Managing Existing Arrays 85
Initializing Disk Drives 86
Rescanning Disk Drives 86
Secure Erasing Disk Drives 87
Managing Global Hot Spares 87
Creating a New JBOD 87
Managing Existing JBODs 88
Opening SerialSelect 89
Applying Changes and Exiting 89
Power Management Settings 90
Locating Disk Drives 91
Identifying Disk Drives 92
Viewing the Event Log 93
In this appendix 94
Running the ACU Using Scripts 96
ACU /R <file> 97
Required 98
? Description 98
Method=Build 100
ReadCache=Yes 100
Size=2.5GB 100
Size=300MB 100
Size=Maximum 100
ACU Error Codes 101
Sample Scripts 102
System Requirements 105
Before You Begin 105
Running the Menu-based AFU 106
Running the 107
Quick Reference 111
22-55-2161 112
Pin Number 112
Specification 114
Connector Specification 117
J5 Pin Number Signal 119
2258500-R ASR-51645 RoHS Kit 121
2 ACTIVITY LED Cathode 127
1 +3.3V LED Anode 127
3I2C Clock 127
1I2C Data 127
Environmental Specifications 130
DC Power Requirements 130
Current Requirements 130
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