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  • Page 1 ’ NSTALLATION AND UIDE ATA II RAID 1420SA DAPTEC ERIAL...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2005 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.
  • Page 3 Adaptec Customer Support If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec product, check this — document first you will find answers to most of your questions here. If you need further assistance, use the support options listed below.
  • Page 4 German: To speak with a Technical Support Specialist, call +49 89 43 66 55 22, Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:00, CET. For support via e-mail, submit your question to Adaptec’s Technical Support Specialists at French: To speak with a Technical Support Specialist, call +49 89 43 66 55 33, Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:00, CET.
  • Page 5 Limited 3-Year Hardware Warranty 1. Adaptec, Inc. (“Adaptec”) warrants to the purchaser of this product that it will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of three (3) years from the date of purchase. If the product should become defective within the warranty period, Adaptec, at its option, will repair or replace the product, or refund the purchaser’s purchase price for the...
  • Page 6 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Adaptec, Inc. FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE European Union Compliance Statement...
  • Page 7 Canadian Compliance Statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference- Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. Japanese Compliance (Voluntary Control Council Initiative) This equipment complies to class B Information Technology equipment based on VCCI (Voluntary Control Council for Interface).

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Software Tools Overview 1-6 Safety Information 1-6 Electrostatic Discharge 1-7 Installing the Controller Overview 2-1 The Adaptec Controller 2-2 Installing the Controller 2-2 Checking Your Controller and Devices 2-4 Determining the Boot Controller 2-4 Installing the Driver Overview of the Driver Installation Process 3-2...
  • Page 9 Installing the NetWare Driver in a New NetWare System 3-8 Installing or Updating Device Drivers After Installing NetWare 3-9 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Windows 4-2 Installing Storage Manager on Linux 4-3 Installing Storage Manager on NetWare 4-4...
  • Page 10 Using SATASelect 6-9 Controller Configuration 6-10 SATA Configuration 6-10 Using the Disk Utilities 6-11 About RAID Simple Volume A-1 RAID 0 A-1 RAID 1 A-2 Specifications Glossary Index Contents...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    About the Documentation Using the Installation CD Software Tools Overview Safety Information Overview The Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA is a four-port controller that provides high-performance storage connectivity and data protection for your computer. This controller features Adaptec ® HostRAID , an integrated RAID technology that adds entry level RAID support.

  • Page 12: Kit Contents

    Installation CD Low-profile bracket and full-size bracket (attached to controller) Four Serial ATA interface cables Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA Quick Install Guide (printed) Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA Installation and User’s Guide (this guide) Operating System Compatibility The following operating systems are supported: ®...

  • Page 13: Hardware Requirements

    CD drive (that is not part of the RAID you are installing) Controller Features Features Overview The Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA controller supports: RAID levels 0, and 1 using Adaptec’s HostRAID technology. Supports PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2.

  • Page 14: Simple Volume

    Global hotspare protecting every array that the drive has enough available capacity to protect. Features Summary The following tables summarizes the features of the Adaptec Serial ATA II 1420SA controller. Form factor PCI compatibility PCI bus width (max)

  • Page 15: About The Documentation

    About the Documentation Documentation for your Adaptec RAID controller includes: Quick Installation Guide (printed) Readme file—Text file located in the root folder of the Installation CD. Contains technical information about device compatibility, operating system support, and drivers. Installation and User’s Guide—PDF file on the Installation CD.

  • Page 16: Using The Cd Autorun In Windows

    CD by clicking on from the root directory. Software Tools Overview The Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 1420SA controller includes the following software tools to manage your storage subsystem: Adaptec Storage Manager—A storage management application that provides you with an easy-to-use graphical interface to manage your storage subsystem.

  • Page 17: Electrostatic Discharge

    When you need to put your controller down, use an antistatic surface such as the bag supplied in your kit. If you plan to return the controller to Adaptec, put it back in its antistatic bag immediately. Introduction...

  • Page 18: Installing The Controller

    Installing the Controller In this Chapter... Overview The Adaptec Controller Installing the Controller Checking Your Controller and Devices Determining the Boot Controller Overview To install the controller and drives, all you need is one or two of the following: Serial ATA hard disk drives...

  • Page 19: The Adaptec Controller

    The Adaptec Controller The following is a illustration of the Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA controller. Note the position of the Serial ATA interface connectors necessary for attaching the Serial ATA disk drives. Mounting Bracket Installing the Controller To install the controller in the system cabinet:...
  • Page 20 Install the controller in the PCI or PCI-X slot and secure the controller bracket to the chassis. Install and connect any internal drives using the appropriate cable. 6 Close the computer cabinet and reattach the power cord. Installing the Controller 64-bit slot...

  • Page 21: Checking Your Controller And Devices

    To add a second bootable controller, you may need to enter Setup and change the hard disk boot sequence so that the Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA heads the list. If Setup does not allow this change, your system BIOS may not be configurable to allow the Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA controller to act as a second boot device.

  • Page 22: Installing The Driver

    Installing the Driver In this Chapter... Overview of the Driver Installation Process Creating a Driver Disk Installing the Windows Driver Installing the Red Hat or SuSE Linux Driver Installing the NetWare Driver...

  • Page 23: Overview Of The Driver Installation Process

    Adaptec Storage Manager online Help for details. 4 Read and understand the entire installation procedure. 5 Proceed with the installation. Note: You must have the most recent versions of Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARC utility installed to run the Adaptec RAID drivers.

  • Page 24: Creating A Driver Disk

    1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive. 2 Insert the installation CD and turn on the computer. 3 Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk, then select the appropriate operating system.

  • Page 25: Installing The Driver In An Existing Windows System

    7 Press S to specify that the driver is on the floppy disk, then press Enter. Windows searches the disk for a suitable driver. 8 When the Adaptec RAID driver is found, press Enter. Follow the remaining on-screen instructions to complete your installation.

  • Page 26: Installing The Red Hat Or Suse Linux Driver

    6 When prompted, insert the driver disk you created in then select OK. 7 Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment. Chapter 6, Adaptec RAID Configuration 2-2. Creating a Driver Disk on 6-3. If creating a simple...

  • Page 27: Installing The Suse Driver In A New Linux System

    8 If you intend to install other third-party devices, proceed with the installation of those devices. Otherwise, select Done. 9 Continue with the Linux installation according to the Red Hat documentation. Installing the SuSE Driver in a New Linux System To install the driver while also installing the SuSE operating system: 1 Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described...

  • Page 28: Installing Or Updating The Driver In An Existing Red Hat Or Suse Linux System

    Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux System To install the driver in an existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux system: 1 Insert the installation CD into the CD device and wait for the system to automount the cd, or manually mount it from a shell by typing: for Red Hat...

  • Page 29: Installing The Netware Driver In A New Netware System

    3 When the No storage device was detected in this system. Load the appropriate driver (HAM) 4 On the Device Type screen, select Storage adapters, then press Enter. 5 If the list contains the HostRAID SATA driver ( select the driver, then press the Delete key to delete it.

  • Page 30: Installing Or Updating Device Drivers After Installing Netware

    4 When the next window appears, select, then press Enter. 5 The device driver window opens, select Continue, then press Enter. 6 Highlight the driver under Storage adapters, then press Enter. 7 Select Modify, then press Enter. 8 If the driver AAR81XX Delete key to delete it.
  • Page 31 11 In the Specify a directory path field, type a:\ disk drive letter), then press Enter. 12 After the installation program copies all the files, select Return to driver summary, then press Enter. 13 When the next window opens, select Load to load the driver. 14 After the driver is loaded, press Alt+F10 to exit the Utility.

  • Page 32: Installing And Starting Adaptec Storage Manager

    Installing Storage Manager on NetWare Starting Storage Manager Logging into Remote Systems After you have installed your Adaptec RAID controller and driver, you are ready to install and use Adaptec Storage Manager—a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) that makes it easy for you to create and manage arrays without having to restart the computer and use the BIOS utility.
  • Page 33 Notes: With Windows, Adaptec Storage Manager supports up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers. If a previous version of Adaptec Storage Manager is installed, you must remove it before upgrading. To remove Adaptec Storage Manager, use the Add/Remove Programs option in your Windows Control Panel.

  • Page 34: Installing Storage Manager On Linux

    Installing Storage Manager on Linux Notes: With Linux, Storage Manager supports up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers. Storage Manager includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). If a previous version of Storage Manager is already installed and you are upgrading, you must first remove that version.

  • Page 35: Installing Storage Manager On Netware

    4 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Starting Storage Manager Note: You need root privileges to run Storage Manager. To start Adaptec Storage Manager, use the following procedures for your operating system. Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager JAVA -VERSION www.novell.com...

  • Page 36: Windows Operating Systems

    Windows Operating Systems 1 To run Adaptec Storage Manager as a standalone application, click Start > Programs > Adaptec Storage Manager. To run Adaptec Storage Manager in a browser, open the browser, then type in the IP address, colon (:), and 34572 as the port number.

  • Page 37: Linux Operating Systems

    Linux Operating Systems 1 Type the following command to change to the Adaptec Storage Manager installation directory: cd /usr/StorMan 2 Type the following command, then press Enter: ./StorMan.sh First the application flash screen will appear briefly, and then the Adaptec Storage Manager window will open with a log in dialog box superimposed.

  • Page 38: Logging Into Remote Systems

    Note: The user name and password are case sensitive. Once you are logged in for the first time, you can add new accounts and change account passwords. For details, refer to the online Help. Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager , 34571, is supplied for admin adaptec...

  • Page 39: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager

    This chapter provides an overview of Adaptec Storage Manager, the user-friendly GUI that you use to easily create and manage arrays. For more details on using Adaptec Storage Manager to set up and manage arrays, refer to the online Help.

  • Page 40: Overview

    Check with your vendor, product documentation, or online Help for supported features. Overview Adaptec Storage Manager provides an expandable tree view of the systems and controllers you are managing. You can perform most configuration and management tasks by selecting a controller from the tree and working with related objects.

  • Page 41: Physical Devices View

    RAID level of each device, and whether a logical device is protected by a hotspare. You can create and delete logical devices in the Logical devices view by selecting the Create option and using the Create wizard. Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager...

  • Page 42: Changing How Drives Are Displayed

    Logical device state Build progress In the Physical devices view... Click to expand and collapse information about physical drives. The expanded display shows the following information about each drive: Capacity of the drive Drive ID Drive state Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager...

  • Page 43: Component Views

    When you click a hotspare, the logical devices protected by that spare are highlighted. In the graphical views, if the logical device uses only part of the available storage, only those segments are highlighted (in dark blue). Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager...

  • Page 44: Adaptec Raid Configuration Utility

    In this Chapter... Using the ACU Using SATASelect Using the Disk Utilities The Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) utility is an embedded BIOS utility that includes: Array Configuration Utility (ACU)—Used to create, configure, and manage arrays. SATASelect Utility—Enables changing Serial ATA (SATA) device and controller settings.

  • Page 45: Using The Acu

    To run ARC, press Ctrl+A when prompted by the following message during the system startup: Press <Ctrl><A> for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility If your computer contains two or more controllers, a list of controllers is displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the controller you want to configure, then press Enter.

  • Page 46: Creating Arrays

    Assigning Array Properties Note: Once the array is created and its properties are assigned, you cannot change the array properties using the ACU. Instead, use Adaptec Storage Manager (See details.) To assign properties to the new array: 1 In the Array Properties menu, select an array type, then press Enter.
  • Page 47 3 For RAID 0, select the desired stripe size. Available stripe sizes are 16, 32, and 64 KB (default). Note: Adaptec recommends that you do not change the default. 4 The options under Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creation methods for RAID 0, and RAID 1.

  • Page 48: Managing Arrays

    However, the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive. Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks (volumes), as it will result in data loss.
  • Page 49 Otherwise, all data on the array is lost. Deleted arrays cannot be restored. To delete an existing array: 1 From the ACU Main menu, select Manage Arrays. 2 Select the array you wish to delete, then press Delete. Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility...

  • Page 50: Adding/Deleting Hotspares

    Viewing Array Properties on page You will not be able to configure drives already used in an array (even if it is a broken array with missing members). You must delete the array before you can configure the drives. Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 6-6.

  • Page 51: Rebuilding Arrays

    RAID 1 array is recreated. Manual Rebuild 1 From the ACU Main menu, select Manage Arrays. From the List of Arrays, select the array you want to Rebuild. 2 Press Ctrl+R to Rebuild. Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Adding/ before continuing your...

  • Page 52: Verifying Drives

    To exit SATASelect, press Esc until a message prompts you to exit. (If you changed any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit.) Choose Yes to exit and reboot the system. Any changes you made take effect after the system boots. Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility...

  • Page 53: Controller Configuration

    Physical Drives Display during POST— The default is Disabled. SATA Configuration To access SATA Configuration: From the SATASelect menu, select SATA Configuration. The SATA Device Configuration menu is displayed. Select the appropriate channel from this menu. Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 6-10...

  • Page 54: Using The Disk Utilities

    The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks. To use the disk utilities: 1 Turn on your computer, then press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. 2 From the ARC menu, select Disk Utilities. Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 6-11...
  • Page 55 Caution: Formatting destroys all data on the disk. Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation. – Verify Disk Media—Scans the media of a disk drive for defects. Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 6-12...

  • Page 56: About Raid

    RAID. This Appendix describes the various RAID levels supported by the Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 1420SA controller. Note: Select RAID drives of equal capacity and performance. Otherwise, the RAID tends to be limited in capacity and performance to that of the smallest and slowest drive.

  • Page 57: Raid 1

    Following is an example of a RAID 0 array. RAID 0 Drive Drive Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 RAID 1 A RAID 1 array is created by copying, or mirroring, all data from one drive onto a second drive.

  • Page 58: Specifications

    Note: Forced airflow is recommended, but not required. DC Power Requirements Ripple and noise DC Voltage Current Requirements Adaptec Model AAR 1420SA 0 °C to 50 ° C 10% to 90%, noncondensing up to 3,000 meters 50 mV peak-to-peak (max) 3.3 V ± 10% Maximum Current (A) 1.5 A...

  • Page 59: Glossary

    Glossary activity See task. Array Configuration Utility. An application used to create, configure, and manage arrays from the controller’s BIOS or MS-DOS. array A logical disk created from available space and made up of one or more segments on one or more physical disks. Arrays are typically used to provide data redundancy or enhanced I/O performance.
  • Page 60 Glossary background consistency check Option that forces the controller to constantly check all portions of disks used by all arrays to see if the disks can return data from the blocks. See also consistency check command. bad segment Segment that is in an unknown state. bootable array Array configured as the boot device.
  • Page 61 Glossary check point A feature that enables you to exit the ACU when an operation is in progress and be able to continue without interruption. The driver then resumes the operation from where the BIOS left off and the BIOS resumes the operation where the driver left off. chunk See stripe.
  • Page 62 Glossary disk Physical disk drive. Randomly accessible, rewritable data storage device. Also called hard disk. disk ID Unique disk identifier that consists of the channel number, SATA ID. For example, (channel:ID:LUN) 1:04:0. See also channel. drive LED Disk indicator LED that illuminates during read or write operations.
  • Page 63 Glossary foreign disk Disk that has previously been configured on another Adaptec RAID controller. The RAID signature on the disk allows the RAID controller to identify whether or not the disk was configured on the controller it is currently connected to.
  • Page 64 Glossary logical device Volume comprised of space from one or more physical drives and presented to the operating system as if it were a single storage unit. low-level format Process performed by the drive firmware that completely cleans any data off the hard disk. mirrored array/mirroring RAID monitoring...
  • Page 65 Glossary quick init An array configured using the Quick Init option is available immediately, with no on-going background controller activity. All data written to an array that has been quick configured is protected. RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks (alternative definition Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks).
  • Page 66 Glossary rescan Process of updating the current screen to show all currently available resources. Serial ATA (SATA) A successor to ATA that uses a serial, instead of parallel, interface. simple volume A volume made up of disk space from a single disk. It can consist of a single region on a disk, or concatenated multiple regions of the same disk.
  • Page 67 Glossary task An operation that occurs only on the RAID controller, asynchronous to all other operations; for example, initializing a disk or verifying an array. Some tasks can take an extended period of time, particularly if the RAID controller is also performing intensive data I/O while the task is running.

  • Page 68: Index

    Adaptec RAID Configuration utili- overview Adaptec Storage componet views Adaptec Storage Manager features logical devices view overview 1-6, physical devices view Adobe Acrobat Reader, installing Array Configuration Utility. See Array Properties dialog box deleting arrays Array-based BBS Support control-...
  • Page 69 installing Adobe Acrobat Reader installing NetWare driver Linux driver installation in existing system in new system Manage Arrays option NetWare device drivers NetWare driver installation operating system compatibility P6 pin assignments Physical Drives Display during POST controller setting Read caching Rebuilding arrays requirements hardware...
  • Page 70 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2005 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Part Number: CDP-00046-01-A, Rev. A JG 03/05...

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