Identifying Disk Drives; Viewing The Event Log - Adaptec 51645 Installation And User Manual

Identifying Disk Drives

You can identify disk drives by viewing the list of disk drives on your system. Only physical
drives that display during POST are shown.
To identify a disk drive:
Start the ARC utility (see
1
Select the controller you want, then press Enter.
2
Select Disk Utilities.
3
The Disk Utilities view will provide you with the following information:
Location
CN1=DEV1
Box0=Slot0
Exp0=phy0
The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of connections:
Direct attached drives
●
for example CN1 (connector 1) is connected to DEV1 (device 1). For more information, see
Direct-attach Connections
Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) managed devices
●
active backplane. Box0 (enclosure 0) is connected to slot0 (disk drive slot 0 in the
enclosure). For more information, see
Expanders
●
connected to phy0 (phy 0 within a connector). For more information, see
Connections
Note:
Devices other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are listed in order after your
system disk drives.

Viewing the Event Log

The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array
creation, and boot activity.
Some events are not stored indefinitely—the event log is cleared of any non-persistent events
each time you restart your computer; additionally, once the log is full, new events overwrite old
events.
To view the event log:
Start the ARC utility (see
1
Select the controller you want, then press Enter.
2
When the ARC utility menu appears, then press Ctrl+P.
3
Select Controller Log Information, then press Enter.
4
The current event log opens.
Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
page 84).
Model Rev#
The manufacturer The revision
information. number of the
disk drive.
—The connection is determined by the cable connected to a device,
on page 71
.
—The connections is determined by an expander. Exp0 (expander 0) is
on page 72
.
page 84).
Speed
The speed of the
disk drive.
—The connection is determined by an
on page 71
Backplane Connections
92
●
Size
The size of the
disk drive.
.
SAS Expander