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What You Need to Know Before You Begin.......................................................................... 12
Terminology Used in this Guide............................................................................................ 12
How to Find More Information ............................................................................................ 12
This Installation and User’s Guide explains how to install your Adaptec
®
RAID controller. It
also describes the utilities included in your controller kit, and provides a basic overview of
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) technology.
These RAID controller models are described in this Guide:
SAS Controllers SATA Controllers SCSI Controllers
Adaptec 4000 Adaptec 2420SA Adaptec 2130SLP
Adaptec 4800SAS Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2230SLP
Adaptec 4805SAS
- 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 ● 108 108
- Index ● 109 109
- Index ● 110 110
- Index ● 111 111
- Adaptec, Inc 112
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- Milpitas, CA 95035 USA 112
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