Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AAR-2020SA Adaptec
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-------------------------------------------------------------------- README.TXT Adaptec RAID Controllers: ASR-2020ZCR/2025ZCR/2120S/2130S/ 2200S/2230S AAR-2020SA/2025SA/2410SA/2810SA/21610SA as of Apr.
9.8 SOYO KT333 Dragon Ultra 9.9 SuperMicro P3T-DDE 9.10 SuperMicro P40C6+/P4DCE 9.11 Tyan Trinity 400 9.12 Tyan S2460 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Software and Documentation 1.1. Controller & Utility Software Note: The latest versions of firmware and driver software can be downloaded from www.
- The Adaptec SATA and SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide contains complete installation information for the controllers and drivers, as well as complete instructions for all utilities and Adaptec Storage Manager software. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Array Level-Specific Notes 4.1 RAID 10 Notes - If a RAID-10 is degraded, the BIOS reports a degraded RAID-0 and a degraded RAID-1 instead of degraded RAID-10. - You cannot change the priority of a RAID-10 verify.
attempt any other operations while performing a Clear operation on a SATA array. - SATA events are displayed with SCSI nomenclature. - Adaptec 2810SA/21610SA only -- ACU is not supported on these controllers when installed in the following motherboards: o SuperMicro P40C6+/P4DCE Server Board, 512 MB DDR RAM o Intel Xeon x 2 System BIOS rev: 1.
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formatted, you will receive an error message telling you that the disk cannot be opened. 7.3 CLI (Command Line Interface) - DO NOT run concurrently with Adaptec Storage Manager. Doing so may cause unpredictable results. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.
- Hot target discovery is not supported for smaller arrays. Arrays created may not be available to the Linux OS until an OS reboot. - Adaptec 2020ZCR/2025ZCR/2020SA/2025SA only -- With the SLES 9.0 64-Bit operating system, you cannot format a spanned volume of a large size without the operating system locking up.
9.6 Intel Xeon (x 2 System BIOS rev: 1.26) - Adaptec 2810SA/21610SA only -- ACU is not supported on this motherboard. WORKAROUND: Use Adaptec Storage Manager on the bootable CD to create arrays. 9.7 Microstar MS-6321 - The Adaptec RAID controllers are not supported in Slot 5.
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