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Adaptec ICP9085LI User's Guide (113 pages)

Brand: Adaptec | Category: Peripheral controllers | Size: 1.74 MB |

English

Table of contents

SAS, SATA, and SCSI

1

RAID Controllers

1

Copyright

2

Trademarks

2

Disclaimer

2

ICP vortex Customer Support

3

Canadian Compliance Statement

5

Contents

6

Using the ICP Flash Utility

10

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

System Requirements

14

CD drive

15

About Your RAID Controller

16

Array-level Features

17

RAID Controller Battery Model

18

About the ICP5445AU

19

About the ICP5085AU

20

About the ICP9085LI

21

About the ICP5085BR

22

About the ICP9047MA

23

About the ICP9087MA

24

About the ICP9014RO

25

About the ICP9024RO

26

Getting Started

27

Choosing a RAID Level

28

Selecting Disk Drives

29

Selecting Cables

30

SATA Cables

31

SCSI Cables

31

Installation Options

32

Basic Installation Steps

32

In this chapter

33

Before You Begin

34

Installing the Controller

34

Devices on page 38

36

Disk drives on

37

Controller connected to

37

Connecting External Devices

38

Failed Device is faulty On

39

Other No error Off

39

Creating a Bootable Array

40

Setting the Boot Controller

41

Creating an Array

41

Making Your Array Bootable

44

Installing the Driver and an

45

Operating System

45

Creating a Driver Disk

46

Installing with Windows

47

Installing with Red Hat Linux

47

Installing with SUSE Linux

48

Installing with NetWare

48

Installing with OpenServer

49

Installing with UnixWare

49

Installing with FreeBSD

50

Installing on Windows

53

Installing on NetWare

53

Installing on OpenServer

54

Installing on UnixWare

54

Installing on Solaris

55

Installing on FreeBSD

55

Managing Your Storage Space

56

About ICP Storage Manager

57

About the ICP Flash Utility

58

Which Utility Should I Use?

58

Solving Problems

59

Troubleshooting Checklist

60

Silencing the Alarm

60

Resetting the Controller

62

In this appendix

63

) Web site at www.scsita.org

63

What is SAS?

64

What’s a Phy?

65

What’s a SAS Port?

66

What’s a SAS Address?

66

What’s a SAS Connector?

66

What do SAS Cables Look Like?

66

Direct-attach Connections

67

Backplane Connections

67

SAS Expander Connections

68

Understanding RAID

70

Understanding Drive Segments

71

Nonredundant Arrays (RAID 0)

71

RAID 1 Arrays

72

RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays

72

RAID 10 Arrays

73

RAID 5 Arrays

74

RAID 5EE Arrays

75

RAID 50 Arrays

76

RAID 6 Arrays

77

RAID 60 Arrays

77

Selecting the Best RAID Level

78

Creating a New Array

80

Managing Existing Arrays

81

Initializing Disk Drives

81

Rescanning Disk Drives

81

Secure Erasing Disk Drives

82

Opening a -Select Utility

82

Applying Changes and Exiting

82

General Controller Settings

83

Option Description

84

Viewing the Event Log

86

Running the ACU Using Scripts

89

About Record Mode

90

Required

91

? Description

91

HotspareDrives=0:0:0,0:1:0

92

Type=Volume

92

Type=RAID1

92

ACU exits with an error

93

Keyword Description

94

ACU Error Codes

95

Sample Scripts

96

Running the Menu-based IFU

100

Running the

101

Current Requirements

107

Environmental Specifications

107

DC Power Requirements

107

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Konrad-Zuse-Str.9

113

74172 Neckarsulm

113

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