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  • Page 1 ’ UIDE ATA RAID DAPTEC MBEDDED ERIAL...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2004 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. Trademarks Adaptec, the Adaptec logo, Adaptec Storage Manager, and HostRAID are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in some jurisdictions.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Overview 1-1 What is HostRAID? 1-1 Operating System Compatibility 1-2 Storage Requirements 1-2 Features 1-2 Storage Management Software Overview 1-3 Installing the Driver Installing the Driver in a New Windows System 2-2 Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System 2-3 Installing Red Hat or SuSE Linux 2-3 Installing the Red Hat Driver in a New Linux System 2-3 Installing the SuSE Driver in a New Linux System 2-4...
  • Page 4 Contents Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Introduction 4-1 Features 4-1 Overview 4-2 Physical Devices View 4-3 Logical Devices View 4-3 Changing How Drives are Displayed 4-4 Collapsed and Expanded Views 4-4 Component Views 4-5 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Using the Array Configuration Utility 5-2 Managing Arrays 5-2 Creating Arrays 5-3 Add/Delete Hotspares 5-6...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction In this Chapter... Overview Operating System Compatibility Storage Requirements Features Storage Management Software Overview Overview ® Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID with HostRAID adds RAID functionality to the Serial ATA I/O controller by supporting RAID levels 0, 1, and 10. What is HostRAID? HostRAID adds entry level RAID support to the Serial ATA I/O controller.

  • Page 6: Operating System Compatibility

    Introduction Operating System Compatibility Note: The HostRAID embedded software product supports the following operating systems. However, depending on the vendor and specific configuration of your system, it is possible that only some of these operating systems are supported. Consult your hardware vendor to clarify operating system support.

  • Page 7: Storage Management Software Overview

    Introduction Hot swap rebuild of fault tolerant arrays through the operating system. Event logging and broadcasting, including messaging for alphanumeric pagers. Storage Management Software Overview Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID 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 8: Installing The Driver

    Installing the Driver In this Chapter... Installing the Driver in a New Windows System Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System Installing Red Hat or SuSE Linux Installing the Netware Driver in a New NetWare System Installing or updating device drivers after installing NetWare This chapter describes installing the driver and setting up the new array for the drives attached to your controller.

  • Page 9: Installing The Driver In A New Windows System

    Installing the Driver Installing the Driver in a New Windows System In this scenario, you are installing the driver in a new system that has no operating system. To install the driver: 1 Create a driver disk by following the instructions from the Web site or the product CD.

  • Page 10: Installing The Driver In An Existing Windows System

    Installing the Driver Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System In this scenario, you are installing a driver in a system that already has a Windows operating system. To install the driver: 1 Create a driver disk by following the instructions from the Web site or the product CD.

  • Page 11: Installing The Suse Driver In A New Linux System

    Installing the Driver 5 When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type expert or linux dd at the boot prompt. 6 When prompted, insert the driver disk (see Step 1) then select 7 Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment. 8 If you intend to install other third-party devices, proceed with the installation of those devices.

  • Page 12: Installing Or Updating The Driver In An Existing Red Hat Or Suse Linux System

    Installing the Driver 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: If Driver Files Are On A Web Site 1 Create an rpm diskette for your Linux distribution and version. 2 Insert the rpm diskette into the floppy diskette drive then open up a command shell.

  • Page 13: Installing The Netware Driver In A New Netware System

    Installing the Driver Installing the Netware Driver in a New NetWare System Note: For information about installing drivers if you use the NetWare CD to install your operating system, see your Novell documentation. Use these steps to install the driver in a new Novell NetWare 6.5 system.

  • Page 14: Installing Or Updating Device Drivers After Installing Netware

    Installing the Driver Installing or updating device drivers after installing NetWare To update the driver in an existing NetWare 6.5 system see Updating the Device Drivers. To install the driver in an existing NetWare system, see Installing the Device Drivers. Updating the Device Drivers 1 From the system console, type the following and press Enter then:...
  • Page 15 Installing the Driver 8 When the next window opens, press F3 to specify a different path. 9 In the Specify a directory path field, type a:\ where a is the diskette drive letter) then press Enter. 10 After the installation program copies all the files, press Esc to exit the hdetect utility.

  • Page 16: Installing And Starting Adaptec Storage Manager

    Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager In this Chapter... Installing Storage Manager on Windows Installing Storage Manager on Linux 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...
  • Page 17 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Windows This section provides instructions for installing Storage Manager. Note: On Windows, Storage Manager supports up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers. To install Storage Manager: 1 Insert the product installation CD and wait for the Autorun executable to start the installation.

  • Page 18: Installing Storage Manager On Linux

    Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager 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 19: Installing Storage Manager On Netware

    Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on NetWare Notes: With NetWare, Storage Manager supports up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers. You need the latest Support Pack for your operating system so you can run the supported Java Virtual Machine (JVM). You need JVM version 1.3 or later.

  • Page 20: Starting Storage Manager

    Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Starting Storage Manager Note: You need root privileges to run Storage Manager. To start Storage Manager, use the procedure outlined in the table below for your operating system. If your operating system is... Start Storage Manager as follows... Windows To run Storage Manager as a standalone application, click Start >...
  • Page 21 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager 2 Type the IP address. The default , 34571, is supplied for System startup port number you. 3 For , type Username admin 4 For , type Password adaptec Note: The username and password are case sensitive. Once you are logged in for the first time, you can add new accounts and change account passwords.

  • Page 22: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager

    Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager In this Chapter... Introduction Overview Changing How Drives are Displayed Collapsed and Expanded Views Component Views Introduction This chapter provides an overview of Adaptec Storage Manager, the user-friendly GUI that you use to easily create and manage arrays.

  • Page 23: Overview

    Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager View the RAID configuration View information about managed systems and subsystems such as arrays, logical drives, hot-spare drives, physical drives Notify systems of all events occurring on the local system Increase logical device size Manage scheduled tasks such as Verify or Migrate Add or remove a remote system Configure, administer, and monitor controllers that are installed locally or remotely in your servers or external storage...

  • Page 24: Physical Devices View

    Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Using the buttons in the Physical devices and Logical devices views, you can: Change how drives are displayed. Collapse and expand a view. Identify components of a logical device. Create and delete hotspares. Physical Devices View This view displays information about the drives, enclosures, and other physical devices attached to the controller.

  • Page 25: Changing How Drives Are Displayed

    Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Changing How Drives are Displayed You can choose how information is displayed in the Physical devices view by clicking one of the following buttons in the Logical devices view. Displays physical device information in text format. This is the default view.

  • Page 26: Component Views

    Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Component Views When you click a physical or logical device in the device views, the related components are highlighted in the other view. When you click a logical device in the Logical devices view, the physical drives that make up the logical device are highlighted in the Physical devices view, and vice-versa.

  • Page 27: Adaptec Raid Configuration Utility

    Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility In this Chapter... Using the Array Configuration Utility 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. Disk Utilities—Used to format or verify disks. To run ARC, press Ctrl+A when prompted by the following message during the system startup: Press <Ctrl><A>...

  • Page 28: Using The Array Configuration Utility

    Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Using the Array Configuration Utility The Array Configuration Utility (ACU) enables you to create, manage, and delete arrays from the controller’s BIOS, add and delete spare drives, and initialize drives. Managing Arrays Select the Manage Arrays option to view array properties and members, and delete arrays.

  • Page 29: Creating Arrays

    Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 4 Select the array you wish to delete then press Delete. 5 In the Array Properties dialog box, select Delete then press Enter. The following prompt is displayed: Warning!! Deleting the array will render array unusable. Do you want to delete the array?(Yes/No): 6 If you press Yes, select the member when the following prompt is displayed:...
  • Page 30 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility To assign properties to the new array: 1 In the Array Properties menu, select an array type then press Enter. Note that only the available array types, RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 are displayed. RAID 0 and RAID 1 requires two drives.
  • Page 31 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Notes: Before adding a new drive to an array, back up any data contained on the new drive. Otherwise, all data will be lost. If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 or RAID 10 from ACU, you can restart it by pressing Ctrl+R.

  • Page 32: Add/Delete Hotspares

    Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Add/Delete Hotspares Select the Add/Delete Hotspares option to add, delete, or view hot spares. 1 Turn on your computer and press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. 2 From the ARC menu, select Array Configuration Utility (ACU).

  • Page 33: Rebuilding Arrays

    Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 7 Read the warning message and ensure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize. Type Y to continue. Rebuilding Arrays Note: Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant arrays (RAID 1 and RAID 10) only. By replacing a failed disk of a RAID 1 or RAID 10 array with a new disk, you can Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status and assume fault tolerance.

  • Page 34: Verifying Drives

    Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Verifying Drives If you are notified of a mismatch of data during a build of RAID 1 or RAID 10, you have an option of verifying your drives. To Verify the drives: Note: You will only have the Verify option available if the array is Optimal.

  • Page 35: 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 36 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 37 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 38 Glossary drive LED Disk indicator LED that illuminates during read or write operations. event Notification or alert from the system, indicating that a change has occurred. event log File used to maintain information about prior controller activities or errors. event notification Process for transmitting events.
  • Page 39 Glossary hard disk drive Basic unit of nonvolatile, nonremovable, magnetic storage media. See also disk. hot swap To remove a component from a system, and install a new component while the power is on and the system is running. hotspare A spare hard disk that automatically replaces a failed hard disk on any array associated with any HBA.
  • Page 40 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 41 Glossary quick init An array initialized 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 initialized is protected. RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks (alternative definition Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks).
  • Page 42 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 43 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 44: Index

    Index device drivers overview installing using to manage arrays NetWare updating Adaptec RAID Configuration NetWare utility Disk Size Advisory overview Disks Adaptec Storage componet views initializing size advisory Adaptec Storage Manager driver installation features installing in existing Linux logical devices view system overview 1-3, installing in existing NetWare...
  • Page 45 Index Linux driver installation Read caching in existing system Rebuilding arrays in new system SCSI Disk Utilities Manage Arrays option storage management software overview storage requirements stripe size NetWare device drivers NetWare driver installation Verify disk media verifying drives operating system compatibility Windows driver installation...
  • Page 46 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2004 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Part Number: 513944-06, Ver. AA JG 07/04...

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