User ManualTable of ContentsContents6About This Guide11What You Need to Know Before You Begin12Terminology Used in this Guide12Conventions Used in This Guide12How to Find More Information12About Your HostRAID Controller14HostRAID Controller Features15Array Level Features15About the Adaptec 58300 Controller17About the Adaptec 48300 Controller18About the Adaptec 44300 Controller19About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller20About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller21About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller22About the Adaptec 1225SA Controller23Kit Contents and System Requirements24Kit Contents25System Requirements25Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives26Before You Begin27Installing the HostRAID Controller27Selecting Disk Drives28Selecting SAS Cables28Selecting SATA Cables30Connecting Disk Drives to SAS HostRAID Controllers30Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller31Connecting to a Backplane31Installing the SAS HostRAID Controller to a SAS Expander32Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers32Checking Your Controller and Devices32Setting the Boot Controller33Next Steps34Getting Started35Choosing a RAID Level36Choosing Installation Options36Basic Installation Steps36Installing with an Operating System36Installing with an Operating System On a Bootable Disk Drive/Array36Installing on an Existing Operating System37Creating a Bootable Array38Creating an Array39Creating an Array with the ACU39Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager39Making Your Array Bootable40Installing the Driver and an Operating System41Before You Begin42Creating a Driver Disk42Installing with Windows42Installing with Red Hat Linux43Installing with SUSE Linux43Installing with NetWare44Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System45Before You Begin46Creating a Driver Disk or an Array46Installing on Windows XP or Windows 200346Installing on Windows Vista47Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux47Installing on NetWare47Managing Your Storage Space49About Adaptec Storage Manager50Installing Adaptec Storage Manager50About the HRCONF Command Line Utility50About the ARC Utility51About the Adaptec Flash Utility51Which Utility Should I Use?51Solving Problems52Troubleshooting Checklist53Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure53Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare53Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare53Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously54Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array54Multiple Failures in the Same Array54Resetting the Controller54Understanding RAID56RAID Technology Overview57Understanding Drive Segments57Stripe-Unit Size57RAID 0 (Non-RAID Arrays)57RAID 1 Arrays58RAID 10 Arrays58Selecting the Best RAID Level59Introduction to SAS60Terminology Used in This Appendix61What is SAS?61How Do SAS Devices Communicate?62What’s a Phy?62What’s a SAS Port?62What’s a SAS Address?63What’s a SAS Connector?63What do SAS Cables Look Like?63How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS?63What are the SAS Connection Options?64Direct-Attach Connections64Backplane Connections64SAS Expander Connections64How is SAS Different from Parallel SCSI?65Using the ARC Utility67Introduction to the ARC Utility68Running the ARC Utility68Creating and Managing Arrays68Creating a New Array68Managing Arrays70Adding/Deleting Hot Spares71Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices72Configuring Disk Drives72ATAPI Support72Using SerialSelect72SerialSelect Options73Using SATASelect74SATASelect Options75Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives75Locating Disk Drives76Identifying Disk Drives76Viewing the Event Log77Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS78Introduction79System Requirements79Compatibility Information79Before You Begin79Obtaining the Firmware79Creating the Firmware Kit On Floppy Disks80Running the AFU80Running the Menu-Based AFU80Running the AFU from the Command Line81AFU Commands81HELP81LIST82SAVE82UPDATE83VERIFY83VERSION84Updating Flash Using AFU Command Line84HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference86Adaptec 58300 Activity LED Connector Specification87Adaptec 48300 Activity LED Connector Specification87Adaptec 44300 Activity LED Connector Specification88Adaptec 1430SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification88Adaptec 1420SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification89Adaptec 1220SA Activity LED Connector Specification90Adaptec 1225SA Activity LED Specification90Safety Information91Electrostatic Discharge(ESD)91Technical Specifications92Environmental Specifications93DC Power Requirements93Current Requirements93Glossary94Index100Size: 1.56 MBPages: 103Language: EnglishOpen manual