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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 ICP RAID controller kit and the system requirements

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

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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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