Installation and User’s Guide
SAS and SATA HostRAID Controller
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Copyright
Trademarks
Disclaimer
Adaptec Customer Support
Limited 3-Year Hardware Warranty
Regulatory Compliance Statements
2 About Your HostRAID Controller
3 Kit Contents and System Requirements
1 About This Guide
Contents
8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
6 Creating a Bootable Array
7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System
5 Getting Started
Introduction to SAS
Solving Problems
9 Managing Your Storage Space
Understanding RAID
Using the ARC Utility
Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS
Technical Specifications
HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference
Safety Information
Glossary Index
In this chapter
About This Guide
How to Find More Information
Terminology Used in this Guide
Terminology Used in this Guide
How to Find More Information
What You Need to Know Before You Begin
Conventions Used in This Guide
Chapter 1 About This Guide l
In this chapter
About Your HostRAID Controller
HostRAID Controller Features
About the Adaptec 58300 Controller
HostRAID Controller Features
Array Level Features
Chapter 2 About Your HostRAID Controller l
3.3V PCI-X Connector
About the Adaptec 58300 Controller
External miniSAS Connectors J3 Aggregate Activity LED Header
Chapter 2 About Your HostRAID Controller l
Internal SAS Connector 3.3V PCI-X Connector
About the Adaptec 48300 Controller
J3 Aggregate Activity LED Header External SAS Connector
Chapter 2 About Your HostRAID Controller l
3.3V PCI-X Connector
About the Adaptec 44300 Controller
Internal SAS Connector
Chapter 2 About Your HostRAID Controller l
PCIe X4 connector
About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller
J2 Connector I2C
Chapter 2 About Your HostRAID Controller l
3.3V/5V PCI-X connector
About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller
J1 connector I2C J7 Aggregate Activity LED Header J2 LED connector
Chapter 2 About Your HostRAID Controller l
Chapter 2 About Your HostRAID Controller l
About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller
SATA I 1.5Gbps, SATA II 3.0Gbps
PCIe X1 connector
About the Adaptec 1225SA Controller
External SATA connectors J1 LED Connector
Chapter 2 About Your HostRAID Controller l
Kit Contents
Kit Contents and System
Requirements
In this chapter
System Requirements
Kit Contents
SAS and SATA HostRAID Controllers Quickstart Guide
Installing the HostRAID Controller and
Disk Drives
Installing the HostRAID Controller
Before You Begin
Internal SAS SFF-8484 to SAS SFF- 8484 cable
Selecting Disk Drives
Selecting SAS Cables
External miniSAS SFF-8088 to SAS SFF-8470 cable
Internal SFF-8484 to 4x SFF-8482 fanout cable
Chapter 4 Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l
External SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cable
Internal SFF-8484 to 4x SATA fanout cable
External SATA eSATA cable Internal 4x SATA to SFF-8484 fanout cable
Connecting Disk Drives to SAS HostRAID Controllers
Selecting SATA Cables
Internal SATA to SATA cables
Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller see below
Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller
Connecting to a Backplane
Connecting to a Backplane on page
Installing the SAS HostRAID Controller to a SAS Expander
Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers
Checking Your Controller and Devices
Setting the Boot Controller
Next Steps
Basic Installation Steps
Getting Started
Choosing Installation Options
Choosing a RAID Level
Installing with an Operating System
Choosing Installation Options
Basic Installation Steps
Installing with an Operating System On a Bootable Disk Drive/Array
Installing on an Existing Operating System
In this chapter
Creating a Bootable Array
Making Your Array Bootable
Creating an Array
Creating an Array with the ACU
Creating an Array
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager
6 Select Express configuration..., then click Next
Making Your Array Bootable
Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page
Note To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page
Installing the Driver and an Operating
System
In this chapter
Installing with Windows on page Installing with Red Hat Linux on page
Installing with Windows
Creating a Driver Disk
Installing with SUSE Linux on page Installing with NetWare on page
8 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page
Installing with Red Hat Linux
Installing with SUSE Linux
8 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page
Installing with NetWare
11 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page
Installing on Windows XP or Windows
Installing the Driver on an Existing
Operating System
Installing on Windows Vista
Installing on Windows XP or Windows 2003 next section
Installing on Windows XP or Windows
Creating a Driver Disk or an Array
Installing on Windows Vista on page
Installing on NetWare
Installing on Windows Vista
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux
6 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page
7 From the Driver Name menu, press the Insert key
13 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page
About Adaptec Storage Manager
Managing Your Storage Space
About the HRCONF Command Line Utility
About the ARC Utility
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
About the HRCONF Command Line Utility
About Adaptec Storage Manager
About the Adaptec Flash Utility
About the ARC Utility
Which Utility Should I Use?
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure
Solving Problems
Troubleshooting Checklist
Resetting the Controller
Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare
Troubleshooting Checklist
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure
Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare
Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array
Resetting the Controller
Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously
Multiple Failures in the Same Array
9 Insert the other floppy disks when prompted
Understanding RAID
Understanding Drive Segments
RAID Technology Overview
RAID 0 Non-RAID Arrays
Stripe-Unit Size
Disk Drives in Logical Drive
RAID 1 Arrays
RAID 10 Arrays
RAID 1 Logical Drive = 250 GB
Disk Drives in Logical Drive
Selecting the Best RAID Level
RAID 10 Logical Drive = 500 GB
What’s a SAS Connector?
Introduction to SAS
What is SAS?
In this chapter
What is SAS?
Terminology Used in This Appendix
What’s a Phy?
How Do SAS Devices Communicate?
What’s a SAS Port?
What do SAS Cables Look Like?
What’s a SAS Connector?
What’s a SAS Address?
How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS?
Backplane Connections
What are the SAS Connection Options?
Direct-Attach Connections
SAS Expander Connections
How is SAS Different from Parallel SCSI?
SAS connectors see page
SAS addresses self-configured by SAS
Standard SCSI connectors
Appendix A Introduction to SAS
Using SATASelect
Using the ARC Utility
Using SerialSelect
In this chapter
Creating and Managing Arrays
Introduction to the ARC Utility
Running the ARC Utility
Creating a New Array
1 In the Array Properties menu, select an array type, then press Enter
Deleting Arrays on page Enabling/Disabling Write Cache on page
Managing Arrays
Rebuilding Arrays next section Viewing Array Properties on page
Rebuilding Arrays
Deleting Arrays
Adding/Deleting Hot Spares
Enabling/Disabling Write Cache
Configuring Disk Drives
Using SerialSelect
Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices
ATAPI Support
SerialSelect Options
Using SATASelect
Appendix C Using the ARC Utility
Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives
SATASelect Options
Enabled
3 Select Disk Utilities
Locating Disk Drives
Identifying Disk Drives
3 Select Disk Utilities
Viewing the Event Log
4 Select Controller Log Information, then press Enter
Updating Flash Using AFU Command Line
Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for
AFU Commands
In this Appendix
Obtaining the Firmware
Introduction
Compatibility Information
System Requirements
Running the Menu-Based AFU
Running the AFU
Creating the Firmware Kit On Floppy Disks
Running the AFU from the Command Line on page
Running the AFU from the Command Line
AFU Commands
HELP
LIST
SAVE
AFU UPDATE /CController ID /D UFI File Path
UPDATE
VERIFY
AFU VERIFY /CController ID /D UFI File Path
Updating Flash Using AFU Command Line
VERSION
AFU UPDATE /C contnumbera,contnumberb
To update a single HostRAID controller
To update multiple HostRAID controllers
To update all HostRAID controllers simultaneously
Adaptec 48300 Activity LED Connector Specification
Connector Reference
Adaptec 58300 Activity LED Connector Specification
Adaptec 44300 Activity LED Connector Specification
J4-SFF-8484 Connector
Adaptec 58300 Activity LED Connector Specification
Adaptec 48300 Activity LED Connector Specification
Appendix E HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference
J4-SFF-8484 Connector
Adaptec 44300 Activity LED Connector Specification
Adaptec 1430SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification
J1-LED Connector
J4-Activity LED Connector
Adaptec 1420SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification
J2-I2C Connector
J2-LED Connector
J1-I2C Connector
Adaptec 1220SA Activity LED Connector Specification
Adaptec 1225SA Activity LED Specification
J1-Activity LED Connector
Safety Information
Electrostatic DischargeESD
DC Power Requirements
Technical Specifications
Environmental Specifications
In this chapter
Current Requirements
Environmental Specifications
DC Power Requirements
Appendix G Technical Specifications
Glossary
See stripe
See channel
See failed
See configure
Page
Page
stripe size
volume
See simple volume
striped array
Index
SAS direct-attach
SATASelect SerialSelect utilities
SATASelect
Windows driver installation
Index
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