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Adaptec 58300 User Manual (88 pages)

Brand: Adaptec | Category: Hardware | Size: 1.11 MB |

English

Table of contents

Serial Attached SCSI

1

58300, 48300, 44300

1

HostRAID Controllers

1

Copyright

2

Trademarks

2

Disclaimer

2

Adaptec Customer Support

3

Canadian Compliance Statement

5

Contents

6

Contents ● 7

7

About This Guide

10

How to Find More Information

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In this chapter

12

HostRAID Controller Features

13

Mounting bracket

14

J1 (LED Connector)

14

External miniSAS Connectors

14

3.3V PCI-X Connector

14

External SAS Connector

15

Internal SAS Connector

15

3.3 V PCI-X Connector

15

Kit Contents and

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System Requirements

17

Kit Contents

18

Getting Started

19

Choosing a RAID Level

20

Selecting Disk Drives

20

Selecting Cables

20

Installation Options

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(or instead)

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Before You Begin

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SATA disk drives attached to

25

External

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SAS cable

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External SAS connector

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Disk drives on

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Controller connected

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Next Steps

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Creating a Bootable Array

28

Setting the Boot Controller

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Creating an Array

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Making Your Array Bootable

31

Installing the Driver and

32

Creating a Driver Disk

33

Installing with Windows

33

Installing with Red Hat Linux

34

Installing with SuSE Linux

34

Installing with NetWare

35

Installing the Driver on an

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Existing Operating System

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Installing on Windows

38

Installing on NetWare

39

# pkgadd -d diskette1

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# pkgadd -d diskette1 adp94xx

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Managing Your Storage Space

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About Adaptec Storage Manager

42

About the ARC Utility

43

About the AFU

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Which Utility Should I Use?

43

Features

45

Overview

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Physical Devices View

46

Logical Devices View

46

Collapsed and Expanded Views

47

Component Views

48

Solving Problems

49

Troubleshooting Checklist

50

Introduction to SAS

52

What is SAS?

53

What’s a Phy?

54

What’s a SAS Port?

54

What’s a SAS Address?

55

What’s a SAS Connector?

55

What do SAS Cables Look Like?

55

Direct-attach Connections

56

Backplane Connections

56

SAS Expander Connections

56

SAS DomainSAS Domain

57

Understanding RAID

58

RAID Technology Overview

59

RAID 0 (Non-RAID Arrays)

60

RAID 1 Arrays

61

RAID 10 Arrays

61

Using the ARC Utility

62

Running the ARC Utility

63

Creating and Managing Arrays

63

RAID Via

64

When Appropriate

64

Managing Arrays

65

Adding/Deleting Hotspares

66

Using SerialSelect

67

SerialSelect Options

68

Controller Serial

69

Using the AFU for DOS

70

Introduction

71

Running the AFU from the GUI

71

Command Switches

75

Safety Information

77

Technical Specifications

78

Environmental Specifications

79

DC Power Requirements

79

Current Requirements

79

Glossary

80

Glossary ● 89

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Glossary ● 90

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Glossary ● 91

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Glossary ● 92

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Glossary ● 93

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Index ● 95

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Adaptec, Inc

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691 South Milpitas Boulevard

88

Milpitas, CA 95035 USA

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