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Installation and User’ s Guide SAS and SA T A Ho s t R A I D C o n t r o l l e r.
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Contents 1 About This Guide What You Need to Know Before You Begin ................................................... 12 Terminology Used in this Guide ...................................................................... 12 Conventions Used in This Guid e .
Contents ● 7 Selecting SATA Cables ...................................................................................... 30 Connecting Disk Drives to SAS HostRAID Controllers ................................. 30 Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller .
Contents ● 8 9 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager ..................................................................... 51 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager........................................................ 51 About the HRCONF Command Line Utility .
Contents ● 9 RAID 10 Arrays ................................................................................................. 66 Selecting the Best RAID Level .......................................................................... 67 C Using the ARC Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility .
Contents ● 10 E HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference Adaptec 58300 Activity LED Connector Specification ................................... 88 Adaptec 48300 Activity LED Connector Specification ................................... 88 Adaptec 44300 Activity LED Connector Specification .
1 About This Guide In this chapter ... W hat Y ou Need to K now Before Y ou Begin .......................................................................... 12 T erminology Used in this G uide ..........................................................
Chapter 1: About This Guide l1 2 What Y ou Need to Kno w Before Y ou Begin Y ou should be familiar with computer hardwar e, data storage, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology , and th e characteristics of input/output (I/O) technology used by your HostRAID c ont r o ller .
Chapter 1: About This Guide l1 3 perform basic array and configuration manage me nt functions; lo cated on the A daptec Storage Manager Installation CD .
2 About Y our HostRAID Controller In this chapter ... HostRAID C ontroller Feature s .............................................................................................. 15 Abou t the Adapt e c 58300 Co ntroller .............................
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l1 5 HostRAID Controller F eatures ● P ort multiplier suppor t— Y ou can c onnect one SA T A dr iv e enclosure with a por t multiplier to 1225SA H ostRAID controller . Note: T o find out the version of the port multiplier , refer t o the drive enclosure doc umentation.
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l1 6 ● (SAS-only) Support for disk drive enc losures w ith SES2 enclos ure management har dware..
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l1 7 About the Adaptec 58300 Contr oller The A daptec 58300 is a lo w-profile PCI-X to 8-Ph y SAS 1.0 HostRAID co ntroller with these features : Note: There is NO I2C function on this co ntr oller , as all por ts are ext ernal.
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l1 8 About the Adaptec 48300 Contr oller The A daptec 48300 is a lo w-profile PCI-X to 8-Ph y SAS 1.0 HostRAID co ntroller with these features : Note: There is no separat e I2C connector . See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connect or Refe ren ce on page 87 f or details.
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l1 9 About the Adaptec 44300 Contr oller The A daptec 44300 is a lo w-profile PCI-X to 4-Ph y SAS 1.0 HostRAID co ntroller with these features : Note: There is no separat e I2C connector . See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connect or Refe ren ce on page 87 f or details.
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l2 0 About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller The Ad aptec 1430SA is a low-profile 4-port PCI e SA T A II H ostRAID controller with these features : Note: There is no separat e I2C connector . See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connect or Refe ren ce on page 87 for de ta il s .
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l2 1 About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller The Ad aptec 1420SA is a lo w-profile PCI-X to 4 port SA T A II HostRAID c ontroller with these features : Note: There is no separat e I2C connector . See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connect or Refe ren ce on page 87 for de ta il s .
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l2 2 About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller The Ad aptec 1220SA is a lo w-profile PCI e to 2 por t SA T A II H ostRAID controller with these features : Note: There is no separat e I2C connector . See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connect or Refe ren ce on page 87 for de ta il s .
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRA ID Controller l2 3 About the Adaptec 1225SA Controller The Adapt ec 1225SA is a lo w-profile PCIe to 2 ext ernal port SA T A II HostRAID contr oller with these featur es: Note: Ad aptec 1225SA contr oller does not suppor t boo table dev ices.
3 Kit Cont ents and System R equirements In this chapter ... Kit C ontents ........................................... ........................................................................ ... ...... 25 Syst em Require ments .......................
Chapter 3: Kit Contents and Syst em Requirements l2 5 Kit Cont ents ● Ad aptec SAS or SA T A HostRAID co ntrollers ● These utilities are embedded in the c ontroller’ s BIOS : ● Array Configura.
4 Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives In this chapter ... Before Y ou Begin ........................................................................................... .................... ..... 27 Installing the H ostRAID Controller ..
Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l2 7 Before Y ou Begin ● Read the Safe ty Infor mation on page 92 . ● Fa m i li a r i ze yo u r se l f w i t h y ou r Ho s tR A ID c on t ro l l er ’s p hy si c a l f e a tu re s a n d t h e RA I D l e v el s that it suppor ts (see page 14 ).
Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l2 8 6 Optional —Connect your H ostRAID controller’ s I2C c onnector (not available on all models) to an I2C c onnector on an inte rnal backplane or enclosur e, using an I2C cable.
Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l2 9 Ad aptec rec ommends using only A d aptec SAS cabl es. F or more information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec W eb site at ww w .
Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l3 0 Selecting SA T A Cables Y ou ne ed one straight connector t o st raight connector SA T A cable for each disk drive y ou are connecting to your SA T A HostRAID contr oller . SA T A cables are inc luded in the kit.
Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l3 1 Y ou have these c onnection options: ● Connecting Direct ly to the H ostRAID Controller (see below).
Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l3 2 3 W hen all internal disk dr iv es hav e be en installed and c onnected, close y our compu ter cabinet, rec onnect the pow er cor d.
Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l3 3 4 Select SA T A Se lect (on SA T A c ontroller) and Serial Select (on SAS controller) t o verify the hardwar e configuration of the controlle r and the drives. V erify that all dr iv es are shown.
Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives l3 4 Next St eps If y ou are installing the dr iv er and an operating system onto a bootable arra y , c ontinue with Cr eat ing a Bootable A r r ay on page 38 .
5 Getting Star t ed In this chapter ... Choosing a RAID Level .......................................................................................................... 36 Choosing Installation Options .................................................
Chapter 5: Getting Started l3 6 Choosing a RAID Lev el Y our HostRAID contr oller supports these RAID levels. RAID 0 (N on-redundant Arr ay) —Stripes data across multiple disk driv es.
Chapter 5: Getting Started l3 7 1 Install and co nnect your controlle r and internal disk drives ( see page 26 ). If y our controller has an e xternal co nnector , y ou can also connect external disk driv es, if requ ired . 2 Install t he controller dr iver (see page 47 ).
6 Creating a Bootable Arra y In this chapter ... Creating an A rray .......................................................................................... .................... ..... 39 Creating an A rray with the ACU ..............................
Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array l3 9 Creating an Arra y Y ou c an cr eate a RAID 0, 1, or 10 array using one of these tools: ● Array Configurat ion U t ility (A CU) —BIOS-based menus and keyboard na v igation (see App en dix C, Using the ARC U t ility ).
Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array l4 0 3 Review the license information, then pr ess Enter . The Main M enu opens. 4 Click Launch Configuration Utility . Ad aptec Storage Manage r opens. 5 Click Create . The Configuration wizard opens. 6 Select Express configuration.
7 Installing the Driver and an Operating Syst em In this chapter ... Before Y ou Beg in ............................................................................................................... ..... 43 Creating a Driv er Disk ..................
Chapter 7: Inst alling the Driv er and an Operating System l4 3 Before Y ou Begin ● Install and c onnect you r HostR AID contr oller and internal disk drives, (see page 26 ). ● Cr eate a bootab le ar ra y (see page 38 ). ● Crea ting a driver disk (next section).
Chapter 7: Inst alling the Driv er and an Operating System l4 4 4 Insert the drive r disk, then wait until y ou are prompt ed to install a driver . 5 Pr ess S t o specify that the driver is on a floppy disk, then pr ess Enter . The comput er reads the disk.
Chapter 7: Inst alling the Driv er and an Operating System l4 5 Installing with NetW are Note: NetW are does not support drive enclosures with port multipliers but suppor ts eSA T A drives. Y ou w ill need your N etW are I nstallation CD to complete this task.
8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating Syst em In this chapter ... Before Y ou Beg in ............................................................................................................... ..... 47 Creating a Driv er Disk or an Arr a y .
Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operat ing System l4 7 Before Y ou Begin Before y ou begin, install and connect your Ho stRAID controller and inte rnal disk drives (see page 26 ). Y ou must also create a driver disk (see next sect ion) before y ou begin installing the c ontrolle r driver .
Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operat ing System l4 8 3 Click Nex t , then click Ne xt again. 4 Follo w the on-screen instructions to c omplete the drive r installation. 5 Re mov e the driver disk and restart your computer . 6 Contin ue with M anag ing Y our Stor age Space on page 50 .
Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operat ing System l4 9 7 Fr om the Dr iv er Name me nu, press the Inser t ke y . 8 Insert the driver disk, press the Inser t key , then pr ess F3 . 9 From the A: prompt, press Ent er . The driver installs.
9 Managing Y our St orage Space In this chapter ... About A daptec Storage Manager ........................................................................................... 51 About the HR CONF Command Line U tility .................................
Chapter 9: Managing Y our Storage Space l5 1 About Adapte c St orage Manager Ad aptec Storage M anager is a full-featured softwa r e application that helps y ou build a storage space for y our data.
Chapter 9: Managing Y our Storage Space l5 2 About the ARC Utility The Ad aptec RAID Configuration (ARC) utility is a BIOS-based utility that you can use t o create and manage c ont r ollers, disk dr i ves and other devices, and arrays.
10 Solving Problems In this chapter ... T roubleshooting Checklist ............................................................................ ......................... 5 4 Rec overing from a Disk Driv e Failure ......................................
Chapter 1 0 : Solving Problems l5 4 T roubleshooting Checklist If y ou encounter difficulties installing or using y our Ho stRAID co ntroller , check these items first: ● W ith your comput er power ed off, check the connections to each disk driv e, the power supply , the LED connector , and so on.
Chapter 1 0 : Solving Problems l5 5 If the co ntroller fails t o r ebuild the array , chec k that the cables, disk driv es, and contr ollers are properly installed and c onnected. Then, if necessar y , use A daptec Storage Manager t o rebuild the array .
Chapter 1 0 : Solving Problems l5 6 5 P ower off y our compute r , disconnect the po wer cord, the n open the cabinet following the man ufactur er’ s instruct ion s. 6 Disconnect all cables fr om the contr oller , th en attach a shor ting jumper to the M ode 0 flash connect or .
B Under standing RAID In this chapter ... RAID T echnology Overv iew ......................................................................... ......................... 65 RAID 0 (N on-RAID Arrays) .....................................................
Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 65 RAID T echnology Overview RAID is the technology of g r ouping se v eral physical driv es into an ar r ay that you can define as one or more logical dr i ves. Each logical dr i ve appears to the operating system as a single drive.
Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 66 Drive segment size is limited t o the size of the smallest disk driv e in the ar ra y . For instance, an array with two 250 GB disk drives and tw o 400 GB disk drives can crea te a RAID 0 dr iv e segment of 250 GB, for a t otal of 1000 GB for the v olume, as shown in the following figure.
Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 67 Drive segment size is limited t o the size of the smallest disk driv e in the ar ra y . For instance, an array with two 250 GB disk drives and tw o 400 GB disk drives can cr eate tw o mir r ored driv e segments of 250 GB, for a t otal of 500 GB for the array , as shown in the following figure.
A Introduction t o SAS In this chapter ... T erminolog y U sed in This Appendix ... ................................................................................. 58 W hat is SAS? ....................................................................
Appendix A: Introduction t o SAS ● 58 T erminology Used in This Appendix For c onv enience, SAS HostRAID c ont r ollers are referred to generically in this appendix as SAS contr ollers, HBAs, disk drives, and e xternal disk driv e enc losures ar e referred to as end dev ices and expanders ar e referred to as expander dev ices .
Appendix A: Introduction t o SAS ● 59 How Do SAS De vices Communicate? SAS devices comm unicate with each other thr oug h links. A link is a ph ysical connection between tw o phys.
Appendix A: Introduction t o SAS ● 60 SAS controller port options var y . A SAS controller with four phys c ould be configur ed w ith one wide port , with two wide ports that comprise two ph ys, or with four narrow ports each containing one ph y . (A w ide port w ith four ph ys is refer r ed to as a 4-wide or 4x port.
Appendix A: Introduction t o SAS ● 61 In par allel SCSI, XX is the disk driv e’ s channel number , YY is the target number , and ZZ is the logical unit number (L UN). What are the SAS Connection Options? Y ou can connect end devices to each other thr ough direct cable connections and thr oug h backplane connections.
Appendix A: Introduction t o SAS ● 62 Y ou can connect up to 128 edge expanders t o a fanout expander . Y ou can use only one fanout expander in any single SAS domain (a to p ology of SAS—and possibly SA T A—end dev ices and expander devices).
Appendix A: Introduction t o SAS ● 63 User intervention required to set SCSI IDs SAS addresses self-c onfigured by SAS devices Req uires bus termination Requires no bus t e rmination Standard SCSI c.
C Using the ARC Utility In this chapter ... Introduction t o the ARC Utility ...................................................................................... ...... 69 R u nning the AR C Utility...................................................
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 69 Introduction t o the ARC Utility The AR C utilit y comprises these tools: ● The Array Configuration U t ility (A CU) —U sed to create, co nfigure, and manage arrays, and initialize and r escan disk dr iv es.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 70 Assigning Array Pr oper ties Once the array is cr eated and its pr operties are assigned, you cannot change the array properties using the A CU . Instead, use Adapt ec Storage Manager . See Ab o u t A d a p t e c St o r a g e Man ag e r on page 51 , for details.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 71 ● The A CU al lo ws you to use drives of different siz es in a RAID 1 or RAID 0. Ho wever , during a build operation, only the smaller dr i ve can be selected as the sour ce drive. ● W hen mig rating from sing le volume to RAID 0, migrat ing from a larger dr ive to a smaller drive is allo wed.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 72 Deleting Arrays Caution: Back up the data on an arra y before you dele t e it. Otherwise, all data on the array is lost. Deleted arra ys cannot be rest ored. T o delete an existing array : 1 From th e ACU m enu , se le ct Mana ge Ar rays .
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 73 Managing Bootab le Arra ys and Devices Select the Man age r Bo ot U n it option to add or remo ve a bootable array or single drive.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 74 T o access Serial Sel ect : 1 Re star t the co mputer , then press Ctrl+A when pr ompted to ac cess the ARC utility . 2 If multiple H ostRAID contro llers are installed, sele ct the H ostRAID controller y ou want to configur e, then press Enter .
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 75 Using SA T A Select The SA T A Select utilit y allows y ou to change the BIOS and SA T A HostRAID controller and device settings without opening the co mputer cabinet . T o acc ess SA T A Se lect : 1 Re star t the co mputer , then press Ctrl+A when pr ompted to ac cess the ARC utility .
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 76 SA T A Select Options The following table lists the available and default settings for eac h SA T A Select option and th e description of each option. The default settings are appropriate for most systems and appear in bold ty pe in the table.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 77 T o use the disk utilities: 1 T ur n on y our computer and pr ess Ctr l+A when pr ompted to acc ess the ARC utility . 2 Fr om the ARC utility menu, select Disk Utilities . 3 Select the desired disk, then press Ent er .
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utili ty ● 78 ● Direct attached driv es —The connection is deter mined b y the cable connected to a device, for example CN1 (connector 1) is connected to DEV1 (device 1). F or more information, see Direct-Attach Connections on page 61 .
D Using the Adapt ec Flash Utility for DOS In this Appendix... Introduction .... ........................................................................... .................................... ........ 80 Syst em Require ments .......................
Appendix D: Using the Adapt ec Flash Utility for DOS ● 80 Introduction Th e AFU is a text- base d D OS ut ili t y use d to u pda te, save, or ver if y your HostR AID cont roll er’ s firm ware BIOS and Non-V olatile Random Acc e ss M emor y (NVRAM).
Appendix D: Using the Adapt ec Flash Utility for DOS ● 81 Creating the Firmware Kit On Floppy Disks T o cr eate the firm ware floppy disks: 1 Cr eate a bootab le MS–DOS floppy disk and c opy these files to it: ● AFU .exe ● Ax xxx 01.ufi where xxx is the model number of y our controller .
Appendix D: Using the Adapt ec Flash Utility for DOS ● 82 4 Select Select a n Operati on and choose one of these options, then follo w the on-screen instructions. ● Up d at e —U pdates all the flash components on a H o stRAID c ontroller with the flash image data from a U ser Flash I mage (U FI) file.
Appendix D: Using the Adapt ec Flash Utility for DOS ● 83 LIST The LIST command displays the AFU-supported Ho stRAID controllers installed on y our comput er . U se this command to see which H ostRAID controllers ar e installe d, or to identify the ID numbers assigned to each ph ysical controller .
Appendix D: Using the Adapt ec Flash Utility for DOS ● 84 A:> AFU SAVE /C 0 In the fol lowing exampl e, the AFU saves flash contents from Controller 1 to a U FI file in C:UFI_FILES.
Appendix D: Using the Adapt ec Flash Utility for DOS ● 85 Example The following example shows a ty pical system r esponse after a VERIFY comman d has been performed: A:> AFU VERIFY /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V1.0-0 B140 6 (c)Adaptec In c. 1999–2005.
Appendix D: Using the Adapt ec Flash Utility for DOS ● 86 5 U pdate the flash using the instructions suitable for y our req uireme nts: ● T o update a single HostRAID c ontroller : AFU UPDATE /C < cont_nu mber > W here < cont_number > is the number of the RAID contr oller whose fir m ware you are updating.
E HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference In this appendix... Ad aptec 58300 Activity LED Connector Specification ......................................................... 88 Ad aptec 48300 Activity LED Connector Specification ............
Appendix E: HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference ● 88 Adapte c 58300 Activity LED Connect or Specification J3—Aggregate Activity LED Header Note: Aggregate LED signals only . There is no I2C function on this contr o ller as all ports are external.
Appendix E: HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference ● 89 Adapte c 44300 Activity LED Connect or Specification J3—Aggregate Activity LED Header Note: Aggregate LED signals only . There is no separate I2C co nnector . I2C signals are c ontaine d within the side band signals of the SFF-8484 connect or .
Appendix E: HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference ● 90 J2—I2C Connector J3—Aggregate LED Header J4—Activity LED Connector Adapte c 1420SA Ac tivity LED an d I2C Connect or Specification J2—LED Connector Note: Board circuitr y suppor ts common anode backplane implementations.
Appendix E: HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference ● 91 J7—Aggregate Activity LED Header J1—I2C Connector Adapt ec 1 220SA A ctivity LE D Connect or Specification J1—Activity LED Connector Note: Board circuitr y suppor ts common anode backplane implementations.
F Sa fety In for ma ti on T o ensur e your personal safety and the safet y of y our equipment: ● K eep your w ork area and the c omputer clean and clear of debris.
G T echnical Specifications In this chapter ... Envir onmental Specifications ................................................................................................ 94 DC P ower R e quir ements ...............................................
Appendix G: T echnica l Specifications ● 94 Environmental Specif ications Note: F orced air flow is reco mmended, but not req uired. DC Po wer Requirements Current Requirements Ambient te mperatur e.
Glossary A activity See task . ACU Arr a y Config uration Utility . An applic ation used to create, configur e, and manage ar rays fr om the controller’ s BIOS or MS-DOS. array A logical d isk cr eated from available space and made up of one or more segments on one or more physical disks.
Glossar y ● 96 build Background initiali zation of a r edundant array . The array is acc essible throughout. RAID 1 cop ies the cont ents of the primar y drive t o a secondar y driv e.
Glossar y ● 97 disk ID U nique disk identifier that c onsists of the cha nnel number , SA T A ID . For example, (channel:ID:L UN) 1:04:0. See channel . drive LED Disk indicat or LED that illuminates d ur ing read or wr it e operations. E even t N otification or alert from the system, indi cat ing t hat a change has occurr ed.
Glossar y ● 98 L legacy disk Disk that contained a valid partition table when conne cted t o the contro ller . The contr oller manages the disk as a legacy disk arr a y where there is a one-t o-one log ical-t o-ph ysical mapping of array to disk.
Glossar y ● 99 R RAID R e dundant Array of I ndependent Disks (alternativ e definition Redundant Array of Inexpensi ve Disks). RAID 0 A single-level arr a y consisting of two or more equal- sized segments residing on differe nt disks. RAID 0 distributes data evenly across its respectiv e dr iv es in equal-sized sections called st ripes.
Glossar y ● 100 stripe size The amount of data in eac h section of a striped arr a y . striped array See RAID 0 , RAID 10 . T task An operation that occurs only on the RAID c ont r ol ler , asynchr onous to all other operations; for example, initializing a disk or v erifying an array .
Index A ACU creating arrays 69 Adaptec customer support 3 Adaptec Flash Utility. See AFU Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. See HRCONF Adaptec Storage Manager installing 51 AFU 80 Array Configuration Utility.
Index ● 95 SAS direct-attach 31 L links (SAS) 59 Linux driver installation 48 N NetWar e driver installation 48 non-RAID arrays 65 P phys 59 R RAID definition 65 RAID 0 65 RAID 1 66 RAID 10 66 recovering from disk drive failure Red Hat driver installation 48 Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
Index ● 96 SATA Select 75 W Windo ws driver installation 47.
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