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