Adaptec 51645 - RAID Controller driver and firmware
Drivers and firmware downloads for this Adaptec item
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... Drives and other SSDs 40 Connecting External Devices 42 Next Steps ...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 and an Operating System Before You Begin 49 Creating a Driver Disk 49 Installing with Windows...
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...Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 60
About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 60 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 61 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 61 Which Utility Should I Use 61
Solving Problems
Troubleshooting Checklist 63 Monitoring Disk Drives Status 63 Silencing the Alarm 63 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 64
Failed Disk...
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..., Adaptec Storage Manager displays both arrays and logical drives. For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide 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...
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... bracket ● Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide
System Requirements
● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with these features:
● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges
Refer to the Readme file on the RAID installation CD for...
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... drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State Drives
● 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...
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... Module 800T
To purchase 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 103. You can also use the Adaptec Storage Manager to upgrade your controller firmware, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide.
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...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 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...
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... You Begin ...49 Creating a Driver Disk ...49 Installing with Windows ...49 Installing with Red Hat Linux 51 Installing with SUSE Linux...51 Installing with OpenServer ...51 Installing with UnixWare ...52 Installing with Solaris...52 Installing with VMware ...53 Installing with FreeBSD ...53
This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto...
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... Windows Server 2008.
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 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...
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... Managing Your Storage Space on page 59.
Installing with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows installation. 3 When prompted to specify a location for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation CD...
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... 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 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...
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... 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 59.
Installing with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
1 Start or restart Windows. The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver.
2 Insert the driver disk, then select Locate and Install Driver Software.... and Don...
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...the driver disk. 7 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 59.
Installing on Solaris
To install the driver on Solaris: 1 Start your computer. 2 Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in a terminal
window. If there is no pre-existing Adaptec driver on your computer, continue with Step 3. If an Adaptec driver is already installed on your computer, perform...
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... on page 83.
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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... page 106)
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
firmware/BIOS and AFU. See www.adaptec.com for more information.
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... the flash using the instructions suitable for your requirements: ● To update a single RAID controller:
AFU UPDATE /C
Where is the number of the RAID controller whose firmware you are updating. For example, to upgrade Controller 0, type AFU UPDATE /C 0 ● To update multiple RAID controllers:
AFU UPDATE /C ,
Where and are the numbers of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you...
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... 91 Phy Rate setting 91 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 90 RAID levels 31 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 90 resetting 65 Runtime BIOS setting 89 SAS Address setting 91 SAS cables 32 setting boot controller 44 specifications 128 standard features troubleshooting 63 updating firmware 104 upgrading firmware 17 copyback 16
CRC Checking setting 91 customer support 3
D
direct...
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... 68 external devices 42
F
failed disk drives 64 multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 without hot spare 64
firmware 104 creating floppy disks 105
firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 65 floppy disks for firmware update 105 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD
driver installation 58 OS installation 53
H
hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See disk drive hot spares 16...
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U
UnixWare driver installation 57 OS installation 52
updating firmware 104 upgrading firmware 17 utilities
Adaptec RAID Controller utility 61 AFU 61 ARCCONF 60
V
verifying disk drives 91 VMWare
driver installation 58 OS installation 53
W
Windows driver installation 56 OS installation 49
Z
zero maintenance cache protection 16, 36, 37 zero maintenance module (ZMM) 37
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