Adaptec 31605 - RAID Controller driver and firmware
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User Guide - Page 7
...SATA RAID Controllers 41 Connecting Disk Drives to SCSI RAID Controllers 41 Connecting External Devices 42 Next Steps...42 Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec Storage Manager 42
Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 44 Creating an Array 44 Creating an Array with the ACU 44 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 46 Making Your Array Bootable 47
Installing the Driver...
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... in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 66 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 66 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 67 Resetting the Controller 67
Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI Terminology Used in This Chapter 69 What is SAS?...69 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 70 What's a Phy? ...70 What's a SAS Port 71 What's a SAS Address 71 What's a SAS Connector 71...
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... displays both arrays and logical drives. For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD.
How to Find More Information
You can find more information about your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and utilities included with it by referring to these documents:
● Readme.txt-Includes updated...
User Guide - Page 14
... Adaptec SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide
System Requirements
● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with these features:
● Compliant with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2 or later ● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges...
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... Your RAID Controller ● 16
Standard RAID Controller Features
● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility
● Disk drive hot-swapping
● Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages
● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS...
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... a battery backup module, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.
Upgrading the Controller Firmware
To upgrade the firmware on your Adaptec RAID controller, follow the instructions in Using the Adaptec Flash Utility on page 104. You can also use the Adaptec Storage Manager to upgrade your controller firmware, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage.
User Guide - Page 47
... partition and format these logical drives before you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to restart your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage or online Help. 12 Continue...
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...49 Creating a Driver Disk ...49 Installing with Windows ...50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 50 Installing with SUSE Linux...51 Installing with NetWare ...51 Installing with OpenServer ...52 Installing with Solaris...52 Installing with UnixWare ...53 Installing with VMware ...53 Installing with FreeBSD ...54
This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating...
User Guide - Page 49
... that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions,
refer to your computer documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the RAID Installation CD included in your RAID
controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your operating
system. ● Windows ● Linux...
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... that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions,
refer to your computer documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the RAID Installation CD included in your RAID
controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your operating
system. ● Windows ● Linux...
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... Windows
To install the driver on Windows: 1 Start or restart Windows.
The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver. 2 Insert the driver disk, select Floppy drive, then click Next. 3 Click Next, then click Next again. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation. 5 Remove the driver disk and restart your computer. 6 Continue with Managing Your Storage...
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... the driver disk. 7 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 61.
Installing on VMware
Note: The embedded driver provided by VMware should be suitable for most applications. If an
updated driver is needed, use the following procedure.
To install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec...
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Installing on FreeBSD
To install the driver on FreeBSD: 1 Start your computer. 2 Insert and mount the driver disk:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
3 Copy the driver package to the /tmp directory:
cp /mnt/aac-02.00.00-x.tgz /tmp
4 Install the driver package:
pkg_add /tmp/aac-02.00.00-x.tgz
5 Reboot your computer, then remove the driver disk. Note: Currently, Adaptec Storage Manager is not supported...
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... on page 84.
Note: The ARC utility is primarily intended for preoperating system installation configuration.
About the Adaptec Flash Utility
The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you can use to update, save, or verify your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM).
! Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you from...
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... want to do this if the controller becomes inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is unsuccessful.
To reset your Adaptec RAID controller:
1 Download the firmware version currently installed on your controller from www.adaptec.com
2 Extract the downloaded files to a folder on your local hard drive (for example, C:\Download\Drivers).
3 Create a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk and copy the AFU.exe file to...
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... line (see page 107)
Obtaining the Firmware
To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● The RAID Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash
image. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of
AFU. See www.adaptec.com for more information.
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... Adaptec Flash Utility ● 110
Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line
1 Create the firmware floppy disks (see page 106). 2 Power off your computer, insert the first AFU floppy disk, then power on your computer.
If your computer isn't set up to boot from the bootable floppy disk, enter the system setup utility to change the setting. 3 At the DOS command, if you have multiple controllers...
User Guide - Page 133
...options 35 installing 38 keyed features 17 modifying general settings 88 modifying settings with -Select utilities 87 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 88 RAID levels 31 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88 resetting 67 Runtime BIOS setting 88 setting boot controller 44 specifications 130 standard features troubleshooting 65 updating firmware 105 upgrading firmware 17 copyback...
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... external devices 42
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failed disk drives 65 multiple arrays 66 multiple disk drives 67 RAID 0 arrays 66 without hot spare 66
feature keys 17 firmware 105
creating floppy disks 106 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 67 floppy disks for firmware update 106 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD
driver installation 60 OS installation 54
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hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See disk drive hot...
User Guide - Page 136
... 87 modifying controller settings 88 opening 87 Serial ATA. See SATA Serial Attached SCSI. See SAS SerialSelect 87 Small Computer System Interface. See SCSI snapshot 17 software 62 Solaris driver installation 58 specifications 130 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 63 Adaptec Storage Manager 62 AFU 63 ARCCONF 62 storage space 12 support, customer 3 SUSE driver installation 57...