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Adaptec SAS/SATA/SCSI RAID Controllers User Manual (112 pages)

Brand: Adaptec | Category: Peripheral controllers | Size: 1.87 MB |

English

Table of contents

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

System Requirements

14

About Your RAID Controller

15

Array-level Features

16

Adding Enhanced Features

17

About the Adaptec 4000

18

About the Adaptec 4800SAS

19

256 MB also available

19

About the Adaptec 4805SAS

20

About the Adaptec 2420SA

21

About the Adaptec 2820SA

22

About the Adaptec 2130SLP

23

About the Adaptec 2230SLP

24

Getting Started

25

Choosing a RAID Level

26

Selecting Disk Drives

27

Selecting Cables

28

SATA Cables

29

SCSI Cables

29

Installation Options

30

Basic Installation Steps

30

In this chapter

31

Before You Begin

32

Installing the Controller

32

Connecting External Devices

35

Next Steps

36

Creating a Bootable Array

37

Setting the Boot Controller

38

Creating an Array

38

Making Your Array Bootable

41

Installing the Driver and an

42

Operating System

42

Creating a Driver Disk

43

Installing with Windows

44

Installing with Red Hat Linux

44

Installing with SUSE Linux

45

Installing with NetWare

45

Installing with OpenServer

46

Installing with Solaris

46

Installing with UnixWare

47

Installing with VMWare

47

Installing with FreeBSD

47

Installing on Windows

51

Installing on NetWare

51

Installing on OpenServer

52

Installing on Solaris

52

Installing on UnixWare

53

Installing on VMWare

53

Installing on FreeBSD

53

Managing Your Storage Space

55

About Adaptec Storage Manager

56

Which Utility Should I Use?

57

Solving Problems

58

Troubleshooting Checklist

59

Silencing the Alarm

59

Resetting the Controller

61

In this appendix

62

) Web site at www.scsita.org

62

What is SAS?

63

What’s a Phy?

64

What’s a SAS Port?

65

What’s a SAS Address?

65

What’s a SAS Connector?

65

What do SAS Cables Look Like?

65

Direct-attach Connections

66

Backplane Connections

66

SAS Expander Connections

67

Understanding RAID

69

Understanding Drive Segments

70

Nonredundant Arrays (RAID 0)

70

RAID 1 Arrays

71

RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays

71

RAID 10 Arrays

72

RAID 5 Arrays

73

RAID 5EE Arrays

74

RAID 50 Arrays

75

RAID 6 Arrays

76

RAID 60 Arrays

76

Selecting the Best RAID Level

77

Using the Adaptec RAID

78

Configuration Utility

78

Running the ARC Utility

79

Managing Existing Arrays

80

Initializing Disk Drives

80

Rescanning Disk Drives

80

Secure Erasing Disk Drives

81

Opening a -Select Utility

81

Applying Changes and Exiting

81

General Controller Settings

82

Option Description

83

Viewing the Event Log

85

Running the ACU Using Scripts

88

About Record Mode

89

Required

90

? Description

90

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

91

Type=Volume

91

Type=RAID1

91

ACU exits with an error

92

Keyword Description

93

ACU Error Codes

94

Sample Scripts

95

Running the Menu-based AFU

99

Running the

100

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

104

Environmental Specifications

106

DC Power Requirements

106

Current Requirements

106

Index ● 108

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Index ● 111

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Adaptec, Inc

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691 South Milpitas Boulevard

112

Milpitas, CA 95035 USA

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