Adaptec 51245 - RAID Controller driver and firmware
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... or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.
Trademarks Adaptec, Adaptec Storage Manager, MaxIQ, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the...
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Adaptec Customer Support
If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec product, check this document first-you will find answers to most of your questions. If you need further assistance, use the support options listed below. To expedite your service, have your computer in front of you. Technical Support Identification (TSID) Number ● Before contacting Technical Support, you...
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... be used on the home, laptop or other secondary computer of the principal user of the Software, and an additional copy of the Software may be made to support such use. As used in this license, the Software is "in use" when it is either loaded into RAM or installed on a hard disk or other permanent memory device. The Software may be "in use...
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Contents
Getting Started with the Command Line Utility
Installing the Command Line Utility 8 Installing on Windows 8 Installing on Linux 8 Installing on OpenServer and UnixWare 8 Installing on Solaris 9 Installing on FreeBSD 9 Installing on VMWare 10
Starting the Command Line Utility 10
Using the Command Line Utility
ARCCONF Commands 12 arcconf atapassword 12 arcconf copyback 12 arcconf...
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...explains how your Adaptec RAID controllers support the use of the ARCCONF command line utility. This utility allows you to: ● Create and delete logical drives ● Display and modify configuration settings ● Copy configurations from one computer to another ● Recover from a failed physical device and rebuild an affected logical drive ● Flash new firmware and BIOS onto the...
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... on the Adaptec Storage Manager installation CD. The utility is automatically installed in the same directory as Adaptec Storage Manager and must remain there.
Installing on Windows
To install ARCCONF on Windows systems: 1 Start the computer. 2 After Windows starts, insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD. 3 When the installation program starts, follow the on-screen instructions.
Installing on Linux...
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... for detailed instructions.
Installing on FreeBSD
To install ARCCONF on FreeBSD systems: 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. 2 Mount the Adaptec Storage Manager installation CD:
mount /cdrom /mnt
Note: Your CD-ROM drive may have a different device name or path. 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager:
For FreeBSD for x86 (32-bit):
pkg_add //freebsd7/manager/StorMan-x86.pkg.tbz...
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....sh". VMWare does not support the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI. 5 Change to the /usr/StorMan directory, then enter this command:
chmod +x arcconf
6 Unmount the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Refer to your operating system documentation for detailed instructions.
Starting the Command Line Utility
To start ARCCONF, enter one of the following commands: ● Windows-\arcconf.exe ●...
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... in the appropriate shell. For example:
Environment Windows Linux/Unix
Batch File .bat .sh
Run Script CMD....if your command fails, you immediately see an error message of Command failed. Other script messages that...because parameters failed validation
0x03: INVALID_ARGUMENTS - The arguments are incorrect. (Displays COMMAND help)
Available commands are described on the following pages, in alphabetical...
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... off. Example
ARCCONF FAILOVER 1 ON
arcconf getconfig
Lists information about the controllers, logical drives, and physical devices. This information can include (but is not limited to) the following items: ● Controller type ● BIOS, boot block, device driver, and firmware versions ● Logical drive status, RAID level and size, ● MaxIQ cache status (enabled/disabled), cache...
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... devices.
3 GETSTATUS only reports active operations. It does not display information if the operation is completed.
Syntax
ARCCONF GETSTATUS
Parameters Controller# is the controller number Example
ARCCONF GETSTATUS 1
arcconf getversion
Lists version information for all controllers or a specific controller's software components, including information about the BIOS, driver, firmware currently...
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... imageupdate
Allows new firmware to be flashed to the hard drive. Syntax
ARCCONF IMAGEUPDATE DEVICE [Mode#] [noprompt]
Parameters Controller# is the controller number Channel# is the channel number of the device to be updated ID# is the device number of the device to be updated ChunkSize# is the chunk size, in bytes, to be used to update the firmware Note: For SATA drives, the chunk...
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arcconf key
Loads a feature key onto an Adaptec controller. Syntax
ARCCONF KEY SET
Parameters Controller# is the controller number Key# is the key number provided by Adaptec Example
ARCCONF KEY 1 SET ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP QRST UVWX
arcconf modify
Morphs a logical device from one raid level to another (RAID Level Migration). Expands a logical device from original to one with...
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Parameters Controller# is the controller number. Example
ARCCONF RESETSTATISTICSCOUNTERS 1
arcconf romupdate
Allows new firmware and BIOS to be flashed to the controller. A reboot is required for the new firmware to take effect.
Note:
1 This function is only supported in Windows and Linux. 2 Be sure to copy the *.UFI update files from the CD and not from the BIOS/Firmware
update diskettes...
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... you are copying
UFI files from floppy images, be sure to check all images.
Example
ARCCONF ROMUPDATE 1 AC2200 ARCCONF ROMUPDATE 1 AC220001.UFI
arcconf savesupportarchive
Saves configuration and status information to help Adaptec Customer Support diagnose a problem with your system. Saved information includes (but is not limited to) device logs, drive logs, event logs, error logs, controller logs...