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SAS/SATA Configuration Utility menu choices
The following choices are on the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility menu:
v Array Configuration Utility
v SerialSelect Utility
v Disk Utilities
Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs
Important: RAID options and HostRAID are not supported on the SCO 6.0 and
UnixWare 7.14 operating systems.
Use the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs and SAS/SATA Configuration
Utility (also referred to as IBM ServeRAID-7e) to add RAID level-0 and level-1
functionality to the integrated SATA controller (simple-swap SATA models) and the
SAS/SATA controller (hot-swap models). Be sure to use these programs as
described in this document. Use these programs to perform the following tasks:
v Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array
v View or change the RAID configuration and associated devices
When you are using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs and
SAS/SATA Configuration Utility program to configure and manage arrays, consider
the following information:
v The SAS/SATA controller with integrated RAID (hot-swap models) and the
v You cannot use the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD to configure the
v Hard disk drive capacities affect how you create arrays. Drives in an array can
v To help ensure signal quality, do not mix drives with different speeds and data
v To update the firmware and BIOS code for an optional ServeRAID controller, you
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Select this choice to create, manage, or delete arrays, add or delete a hot-spare
drive, or initialize drives.
Note: This choice appears on hot-swap SAS or SATA servers only. It does not
appear on a simple-swap SATA server.
Select this choice to configure the controller interface definitions or to configure
the physical transfer and SAS address of the selected drive.
Select this choice to format a disk or verify the disk media. For SAS disks, you
can also turn on the indicator LED on the disk, set the disk to be bootable,
change the write cache settings, or set the connection rate. Select a device from
the list and read the instructions on the screen carefully before making a
selection.
integrated SATA controller (simple-swap SATA models) with integrated SATA
RAID support RAID level-0 and level-1 with the option of having a hot-spare
drive. An optional ServeRAID controller provides additional RAID levels.
integrated SATA controller with integrated RAID and the SAS/SATA controller with
integrated RAID.
have different capacities, but the RAID controller treats them as if they all have
the capacity of the smallest hard disk drive.
rates.
must use the IBM ServeRAID Support CD that comes with the ServeRAID
option.
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