Adaptec SATA AND SCSI RAID CONTROLLERS manual

INSTALLATION AND USER’S GUIDE

ADAPTEC SATA AND SCSI

RAID CONTROLLERS

Contents

Main INSTALLATION AND USERS GUIDE Page Page iii Adaptec Customer Support iv v Limited 3-Year Hardware Warranty vi Regulatory Compliance Statements Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statem ent European Union Compliance Statement Australian/New Zealand Compliance Statement vii Contents 1 Introduction 2 Installing the Controller and Drives 3 Installing the Driver 4 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager 5 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager A Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) B ACU for DOS C Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) D Command Line Interface E About RAID Page Introduction Kit Contents Overview of the Installation Process System Requirements and Compatibility Drive Requirements System Requirements Operating System Compatibility Motherboard Compatibility Controller Features Features Overview SATA RAID Controller Features Summary 1-7 Introduction SCSI RAID Controller Features Summary Advanced RAID Features Page Page About the Documentation Using the Adaptec Installation CD Booting from the CD with No Operating System Using the CD Autorun in Windows Browsing the CD Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader Software Tools Overview Safety Information Electrostatic Discharge Page SATA Drives and Cables SCSI Drives and Cables Installing the Controller and Drives Determining the Boot Controller Creating a Bootable RAID 5 Array Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) Utility Page Using the Adaptec Installation CD Page Installing the Driver Overview of the Driver Installation Process Creating the Driver Disk Installing the Windows Driver Installing the Driver When You Install Windows Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System Installing the Linux Module Installing the Module When You Install Red Hat Installing the Module in an Existing Linux System Installing the Unix Driver OpenServer Page UnixWare and OpenUNIX Page Installing the NetWare Driver Installing the Driver When You Install NetWare Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare System Loading NetWare Drivers During Server Restart Page Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Windows Installing Storage Manager on Linux Installing Storage Manager on OpenServer Installing Storage Manager on UnixWare & OpenUNIX Installing Storage Manager on NetWare Starting Storage Manager Logging into Remote Systems Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Overview Physical Devices View Logical Devices View Changing How Drives are Displayed Collapsed and Expanded Views Component Views A Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) Overview Using the ACU Creating Arrays Page Managing Arrays Page Page Initializing Drives Rescanning Drives Using SATASelect and SCSISelect A-10 Controller Configuration Options The Controller Configuration options are described in the table below. Models A-11 Models A-12 SATA Configuration Options The SATA Configuration options are described in the table below. Models A-13 SCSI Configuration Options Option Default Description Page Using the Disk Utilities Viewing the Event Log B ACU for DOS Creating the ACU Utility Disk Running the ACU Interactively B-3 Running the ACU Using Scripts ACU /R /P /R Playback Mode Record Mode Creating the Script File Manually B-6 Array Definition Block Keywords ? Required Keyword Array Page Page Page Page Page Channel Definition Block Keywords SCSI only ACU Error Codes Example Running the ACU with a Script B-15 The following sample script file creates a maximum-size three- drive RAID5. C Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) System Requirements Compatibility Firmware and UFI File Locations Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks Running the AFU from the GUI Running the AFU from the Command Line Command Summary Page Page Page AFU Command Line Step-by-Step Page D Command Line Interface Term inol ogy Page Accessing the CLI Accessing the CLI in MS-DOS Accessing the CLI in Windows Accessing the CLI in Unix Using the CLI Opening and Closing a Controller Page Page Managing Failover Options and Hotspares Displaying Controller Information Page Displaying Disk Information Displaying Array Information Page Page CLI Command Dictionary General Control Commands Container (Array) Commands Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Controller Commands Page Page Disk Commands Page Page Page Logfile Commands Task Commands Page Enclosure Commands Page Page Page Using Automated Command Scripts E About RAID Simple Volume Spanned Volume RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 E-4 About RAID Second-Level Arrays Drive RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 1 Top-Level Arrays RAID 10 Drive Drive Drive RAID 50 Note: Adaptec 2410SA does not support RAID 50. Top-Level Arrays RAID 50 Page SCSI Device Support Setting SCSI IDs Changing SCSI Termination on the Controller Enabling CD Drive Support Mixing SE Devices with LVD Devices Page Page Page Page Page H Specifications Glossary A B C D E F H I L M O P Q R S T V