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... SATA Cables 29 Connecting Disk Drives to SAS HostRAID Controllers 29
Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller 30 Connecting to a Backplane 30 Installing the SAS HostRAID Controller to a SAS Expander 31 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers 32 Checking Your Controller and Devices 32 Setting the Boot Controller 32 Next Steps ...33
5 Getting Started Choosing a RAID...
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... SATASelect 74 SATASelect Options 75 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives 75 Locating Disk Drives 76 Identifying Disk Drives 76 Viewing the Event Log 77
D Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS Introduction ...79 System Requirements 79 Compatibility Information 79 Before You Begin 79 Obtaining the Firmware 79 Creating the Firmware Kit On Floppy Disks 80 Running the AFU 80 Running the...
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...bus adapter, board)
● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive)
● Array (also known as logical drive)
Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide refers to arrays as logical
drives. Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your operating system and Adaptec Storage Manager recognizes as logical drives. In NAS environments, Adaptec Storage...
User Guide - Page 15
...● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware. ● Event logging and broadcasting, including messaging for alphanumeric pagers. ● Support for Adaptec Metadata Format (AMF) allowing the migration of simple volumes
and arrays to Adaptec RAID controllers. ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays-A full software application
(Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based...
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...; SAS and SATA HostRAID Controllers Quickstart Guide
System Requirements
● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent processor ● A motherboard with these features:
● Complies with the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2 and higher ● Supports multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges
Note...
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Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l 33
Next Steps
If you are installing the driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 37. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 45.
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... operating system and the driver (see page 41). 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 49).
Installing with an Operating System On a Bootable Disk Drive or Array
When you install your HostRAID controller, you can create a bootable disk drive or an array and then install both operating system and controller driver on that disk drive or array. Alternatively...
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... a physical disk drive on your operating system. You must 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 HostRAID 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 provided...
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... this chapter...
Before You Begin ...42 Creating a Driver Disk ...42 Installing with Windows ...42 Installing with Red Hat Linux 43 Installing with SUSE Linux...43 Installing with NetWare ...44
This chapter explains how to install your HostRAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 37).
Note: To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 45.
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...-to-date operating system version support, visit www.adaptec.com.
Creating a Driver Disk
Before you install your driver, you must create a driver disk. You need a floppy disk to complete this task. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions,
refer to your computer's documentation). 2 Boot your computer from the bootable HostRAID...
User Guide - Page 44
... be able to load additional drivers later, select Manual install mode during the first part of the installation. 2 Click Continue to load additional drivers: a Select Modify when the storage adapters are displayed. b Select Storage Adapters, then press the Insert key twice to add an unlisted driver from
the floppy disk. 3 When the Device Types screen displays, check the Storage adapters list, then...
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... chapter...
Before You Begin ...46 Creating a Driver Disk or an Array 46 Installing on Windows XP or Windows 2003 46 Installing on Windows Vista 47 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 47 Installing on NetWare ...47
This chapter explains how to install your HostRAID controller driver on an existing operating system.
Note: To install the driver and an operating system on the bootable...
User Guide - Page 46
... the controller driver. Note: For up-to-date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at
www.adaptec.com.
Creating a Driver Disk or an Array
Before you install your driver, you will need to create a driver disk. You will need a floppy disk to complete this task. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. (For instructions...
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... the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation. 5 Remove the driver disk and restart your computer. 6 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 49.
Installing on Windows Vista
1 Insert the Windows setup CD. 2 When prompted to install a third-party driver, click Load Driver. 3 Select the driver and click Next. 4 The disk array is displayed. 5 Click Drive Options to modify...
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... disk drives. The ARC utility is included in your controller's BIOS. For more information, see Using the ARC Utility on page 67.
The ARC utility is primarily intended for pre-operating 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 HostRAID controller's firmware BIOS...
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... to do this if the controller becomes inoperable, or if a firmware upgrade is unsuccessful.
To reset your Adaptec HostRAID 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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...; Creating the Firmware Kit On Floppy Disks on page 80
Obtaining the Firmware
To obtain HostRAID controller firmware, go to: The HostRAID 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 (www.adaptec.com)-Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of AFU.
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... RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. For example, to upgrade controllers 0, 2, and 3, type AFU UPDATE /C 0, 2, 3. ● To update all HostRAID controllers simultaneously:
AFU UPDATE /C all
Note: The UFI file identifies the RAID controllers, so you don't have to worry about flashing
the wrong controller.
6 When prompted, insert the first firmware disk into your floppy disk drive...
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data striping 64 direct-attach connections 30, 60 disk drives
connecting to SAS controllers 29 connecting to SATA controllers 32 connections 76
failure recovery multiple arrays 54 multiple disk drives 54 with hot spare 53 without hot spare 53
recovering from failure 53 SAS identifiers 59 drivers installing on Linux 47 installing on NetWare 47 installing on Windows 46...
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utilities AFU 79 SATASelect 74
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Windows driver installation 46
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