Adaptec ATA II 1420SA, ATA II 1220SA, ATA II 1430SA manual About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller

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About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller

The Adaptec 1430SA is a low-profile 4-port PCIe SATA II HostRAID controller with these features:

J1 Connector (I2C)					Power LED
J1 Connector (I2C)					Power LED
	Aggregate LED						Aggregate LED
							Aggregate LED
							Port Activity LED
			Activity LED				Port Activity LED

3 (top port)

2 (bottom port)

SATA ports

1 (top port)

0 (bottom port)

Activity LED

PCIe connector

Mounting bracket

Form factor	Low-profile
PCI compatibility	PCIe x4
Ports	4 stacked
Connectors	4 internal
RAID levels	0, 1, 10
Simple volume	Yes
Disk drives	SATA I (1.5Gbps), SATA II (3.0Gbps)
Maximum number of disk drives	4
Hot spares	Yes
Enclosure support	Yes, SATA II Enclosure Management
	using I2C connection
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)	Yes
Automatic failover	Yes
Audible alarm	No

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Contents Serial ATA II 1430SA, 1420SA, 1220SA HostRAID Controllers Copyright Adaptec Customer Support Limited 3-Year Hardware Warranty Regulatory Compliance Statements Contents Installing the HostRAID Controller Disk Drives Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Safety Information About This Guide Terminology Used in this Guide How to Find More InformationWhat You Need to Know Before You Begin About Your HostRAID Controller Upgrading the HostRAID Controller Firmware HostRAID Controller FeaturesArray Level Features About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller Kit Contents System Requirements Kit Contents System RequirementsGetting Started Selecting Cables Choosing a RAID LevelSelecting Disk Drives Disk Drives for Your ControllerInstalling with an Operating System Installation OptionsBasic Installation Steps Installing on an Existing Operating SystemInstalling the HostRAID Controller Disk Drives Installing the HostRAID Controller Before You BeginChecking Your Controller and Devices Connecting Disk Drives to Sata HostRAID ControllersDetermining the Boot Controller Next StepsCreating a Bootable Array Creating an Array with the ACU Setting the Boot ControllerCreating an Array Select Express configuration..., then click Next Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage ManagerMaking Your Array Bootable Installing the Driver An Operating System Installing with Windows Creating a Driver DiskInstalling with Red Hat Linux Installing with Suse LinuxInstalling with NetWare Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Installing on Windows Installing on Red Hat or Suse Linux Installing on NetWareManaging Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Adaptec Storage ManagerAbout the Hrconf Command Line Utility Which Utility Should I Use? About the ARC UtilityAbout the AFU Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Features OverviewLogical Devices View Changing How Drives are DisplayedPhysical Devices View Collapsed and Expanded Views Component Views Solving Problems Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare Troubleshooting ChecklistRecovering from a Disk Drive Failure Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot SpareFailure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously Multiple Failures in the Same ArrayUnderstanding RAID Understanding Drive Segments Selecting a RAID Level and Tuning PerformanceRAID Technology Overview Stripe-unit SizeRAID 0 Non-RAID Arrays RAIDRAID 1 Arrays RAID 10 ArraysUsing the ARC Utility Creating and Managing Arrays Introduction to the ARC UtilityRunning the ARC Utility Creating a New ArrayRAID Managing Arrays Rebuilding ArraysForce from Offline Adding/Deleting Hotspares Managing Bootable Arrays and DevicesConfiguring Disk Drives Using SATASelect Atapi SupportSATASelect Options SmartFormatting and Verifying Disk Drives Using the AFU for DOS Compatibility IntroductionSystem Requirements Running the AFU from the Command Line Running the AFU from the GUISave Update AFU Command Line Step-by-Step Command SwitchesAfu update /C controllernumber Safety Information Electrostatic Discharge ESDTechnical Specifications Current Requirements Environmental SpecificationsDC Power Requirements Glossary See channel Initialize See configure Mirrored array/mirroring See RAID 1, RAID Area on each disk reserved for use by the RAID controller See simple volume, spanned volume Index Scsi Adaptec, Inc