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Compex SCSI TO S-ATA RAID User's Guide (109 pages)

Brand: Compex | Category: Peripheral controllers | Size: 1.83 MB |

English

Table of contents

Installation and User’s Guide

1

Copyright

2

Trademarks

2

Disclaimer

2

Adaptec Customer Support

3

Canadian Compliance Statement

5

Contents

6

Safety Information

10

Technical Specifications

10

About This Guide

11

How to Find More Information

12

Kit Contents and System

13

Requirements

13

Kit Contents

14

System Requirements

14

CD drive

15

About Your RAID Controller

16

Array-level Features

17

Adding Enhanced Features

18

About the Adaptec 4000SAS

19

About the Adaptec 4800SAS

20

About the Adaptec 4805SAS

21

About the Adaptec 2420SA

22

About the Adaptec 2820SA

23

About the Adaptec 2130SLP

24

About the Adaptec 2230SLP

25

Getting Started

26

Choosing a RAID Level

27

Selecting Disk Drives

28

Selecting Cables

29

Installation Options

30

Basic Installation Steps

30

In this chapter

31

Before You Begin

32

Installing the Controller

32

SATA disk drives attached to

33

Disk drives on

34

Controller connected to

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Connecting External Devices

35

Creating a Bootable Array

36

Setting the Boot Controller

37

Creating an Array

37

Making Your Array Bootable

40

Installing the Driver and an

41

Operating System

41

Creating a Driver Disk

42

Installing with Windows

43

Installing with Red Hat Linux

43

Installing with SuSE Linux

44

Installing with NetWare

44

Installing with OpenServer

45

Installing with UnixWare

45

Installing with FreeBSD

46

Installing on Windows

49

Installing on NetWare

49

Installing on OpenServer

50

Installing on UnixWare

50

Installing on Solaris

51

Installing on FreeBSD

51

Managing Your Storage Space

52

About Adaptec Storage Manager

53

Which Utility Should I Use?

54

Solving Problems

55

Troubleshooting Checklist

56

Silencing the Alarm

56

Resetting the Controller

58

SCSI (SAS)

59

What is SAS?

60

What’s a Phy?

61

What’s a SAS Port?

62

What’s a SAS Address?

62

What’s a SAS Connector?

62

What do SAS Cables Look Like?

63

Backplane Connections

64

SAS Expander Connections

64

Understanding RAID

66

Understanding Drive Segments

67

RAID 0 (Non-RAID Arrays)

67

RAID 1 Arrays

68

RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays

68

RAID 10 Arrays

69

RAID 5 Arrays

70

RAID 5EE Arrays

71

RAID 50 Arrays

72

RAID 6 Arrays

73

RAID 60 Arrays

73

Selecting the Best RAID Level

74

Creating a New Array

76

Initializing Disk Drives

77

Rescanning Disk Drives

77

Managing Existing Arrays

77

Secure Erasing Disk Drives

78

Opening a -Select Utility

78

Applying Changes and Exiting

78

General Controller Settings

79

Option Description

80

Viewing the Event Log

82

Using the ACU for DOS

83

Running the ACU Using Scripts

85

ACU /R <file>

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Required

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? Description

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HotspareDrives=0:0:0,0:1:0

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Type=Volume

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Type=RAID1

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ACU exits with an error

89

Keyword Description

90

ACU Error Codes

91

Sample Scripts

92

Running the Menu-based AFU

96

Running the

97

Environmental Specifications

103

DC Power Requirements

103

Current Requirements

103

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Adaptec, Inc

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691 South Milpitas Boulevard

109

Milpitas, CA 95035 USA

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