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  • Page 1 SAS and SATA HostRAID Controller Installation and User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 Copyright ©2007 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. If you need further assistance, use the support options listed below. To expedite your service, have your computer in front of you.
  • Page 4 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 product, provided it is delivered at the...
  • Page 5 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. ASR-58300/ASR-48300/ASR-44300 Adaptec, Inc. AAR-1430SA/AAR-1420SA/ AAR-1220SA/AAR-1225SA Tested to Comply...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    About the Adaptec 58300 Controller............... 16 About the Adaptec 48300 Controller............... 17 About the Adaptec 44300 Controller............... 18 About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller ............19 About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller ............20 About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller ............21 About the Adaptec 1225SA Controller ............22 Kit Contents and System Requirements Kit Contents ......................
  • Page 7 Creating a Bootable Array Creating an Array....................38 Creating an Array with the ACU ............. 38 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager ......... 38 Making Your Array Bootable ................40 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin....................42 Creating a Driver Disk ..................
  • Page 8 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager............50 About the HRCONF Command Line Utility ..........50 About the ARC Utility ..................51 About the Adaptec Flash Utility ............... 51 Which Utility Should I Use? ................51 10 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist ................53 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure .............
  • Page 9 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives............. 75 Locating Disk Drives..................76 Identifying Disk Drives..................76 Viewing the Event Log ..................77 Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS Introduction ...................... 79 System Requirements..................79 Compatibility Information................79 Before You Begin....................79 Obtaining the Firmware................
  • Page 10 Contents ● HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference Adaptec 58300 Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification ..... 87 Adaptec 48300 Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification ..... 87 Adaptec 44300 Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification ..... 88 Adaptec 1430SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification ....89 Adaptec 1420SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification ....
  • Page 11 Conventions Used in This Guide................... 12 How to Find More Information .................... 12 ® This Installation and User’s Guide explains how to install your Adaptec HostRAID controller. It also describes the utilities included in your controller kit , and provides a basic overview of...

  • Page 12: About This Guide

    Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your operating system and Adaptec Storage Manager recognizes as logical drives. In NAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager displays both arrays and logical drives. For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Direct Attached Storage on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD.
  • Page 13 13 Chapter 1: About This Guide perform basic array and configuration management functions; located on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD.
  • Page 14 About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller.................. 20 About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller.................. 21 About the Adaptec 1225SA Controller.................. 22 This chapter provides an overview of standard HostRAID controller features, and describes the unique features of Adaptec SAS and SATA HostRAID controllers.

  • Page 15: About Your Hostraid Controller

    ● Event logging and broadcasting, including messaging for alphanumeric pagers. ● Support for Adaptec Metadata Format (AMF) allowing the migration of simple volumes ● and arrays to Adaptec RAID controllers. Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays—A full software application ●...

  • Page 16: About The Adaptec 58300 Controller

    16 Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller About the Adaptec 58300 Controller The Adaptec 58300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 8-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Drive LEDs External miniSAS Connectors J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) 3.3V PCI-X Connector...

  • Page 17: About The Adaptec 48300 Controller

    17 Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller About the Adaptec 48300 Controller The Adaptec 48300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 8-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) External SAS Connector Internal SAS Connector 3.3V PCI-X Connector...

  • Page 18: About The Adaptec 44300 Controller

    18 Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller About the Adaptec 44300 Controller The Adaptec 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 4-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Internal SAS Connector J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) 3.3V PCI-X Connector...

  • Page 19: About The Adaptec 1430Sa Controller

    19 Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller The Adaptec 1430SA is a low-profile 4-port PCIe SATA II HostRAID controller with these features: J2 Connector (I2C) Power LED Aggregate LED J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header)

  • Page 20: About The Adaptec 1420Sa Controller

    20 Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller The Adaptec 1420SA is a low-profile PCI-X to 4 port SATA II HostRAID controller with these features: J1 connector (I2C) J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) J2 LED connector...

  • Page 21: About The Adaptec 1220Sa Controller

    21 Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller The Adaptec 1220SA is a low-profile PCIe to 2 port SATA II HostRAID controller with these features: SATA ports Mounting bracket PCIe X1 connector Form factor Low-profile...

  • Page 22: About The Adaptec 1225Sa Controller

    22 Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller About the Adaptec 1225SA Controller The Adaptec 1225SA is a low-profile PCIe to 2 external port SATA II HostRAID controller with these features: External SATA connectors PCIe X1 connector Mounting bracket Form factor...
  • Page 23 Kit Contents and System Requirements In this chapter... Kit Contents..........................24 System Requirements ......................24 This chapter lists the contents of your HostRAID controller kit and the system requirements that must be met for you to successfully install and use your HostRAID controller.

  • Page 24: Kit Contents And System Requirements

    Disk Utilities—Used to format and verify disk drives ● HostRAID installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager installation CD (not bootable), including Adaptec Storage ● Manager and the Adaptec HRCONF (HostRAID Configuration) command line utility Readme files ●...
  • Page 25 Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives In this chapter... Before You Begin ........................26 Installing the HostRAID Controller ..................26 Selecting Disk Drives......................27 Selecting SAS Cables ......................27 Selecting SATA Cables ......................29 Connecting Disk Drives to SAS HostRAID Controllers ............29 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers ............

  • Page 26: Installing The Hostraid Controller And Disk Drives

    l 26 Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin Read the Safety Information on page ● Familiarize yourself with your HostRAID controller’s physical features and the RAID levels ● that it supports (see page 14). Ensure that you have the right number of disk drives to achieve the desired RAID level (see ●...

  • Page 27: Selecting Disk Drives

    For more information, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User’s Guide or Adaptec Storage Manager online Help. Adaptec SAS HostRAID controller supports both SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) I and II disk drives. For cable information, see next section.
  • Page 28 SAS or SATA disk drives Internal SFF-8484 to 4x SATA fanout cable Internal SFF-8484 to SFF-8484 cable Internal SFF-8087 to SFF-8484 cable Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec SAS cables. For more information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at w.adaptec.com.

  • Page 29: Selecting Sata Cables

    Note: Although you can connect both SAS and SATA disk drives to your SAS HostRAID controller, Adaptec recommends not to combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive. See page 58 for more information.

  • Page 30: Connecting Directly To The Hostraid Controller

    l 30 Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives You have these connection options: Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller (see below). ● Connecting to a Backplane on page ● Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives are connected directly to a SAS HostRAID controller with SAS cables.

  • Page 31: Installing The Sas Hostraid Controller To A Sas Expander

    l 31 Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives The number of disk drives is limited to the number of slots available on the backplane. Some backplanes have embedded SAS expanders and can support up to 128 end devices. For more information about expander connections, see page Connect one or more internal SAS or SATA disk drives to the backplane.

  • Page 32: Connecting Disk Drives To Sata Hostraid Controllers

    ARC utility to check your controller and devices, as described below: Turn on your computer. When the Adaptec banner appears, press Ctrl+A to enter the Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) utility. If your drives have already been used in another system (even if not part of an array), select Disk Utilities and format the drive.

  • Page 33: Next Steps

    l 33 Chapter 4: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives Next Steps If you are installing the driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page...

  • Page 34: Getting Started

    Getting Started In this chapter... Choosing a RAID Level......................35 Choosing Installation Options ....................35 Basic Installation Steps......................35 This chapter provides the basic information you need to set up your disk drives and arrays the way you want them. It also describes the options you have for installing your HostRAID controller and disk drives, and creating arrays for data storage.

  • Page 35: Choosing A Raid Level

    Note: Adaptec 1225SA controller does not support bootable devices, hence install this controller only on an existing operating system. Basic Installation Steps This section describes the installation process. Follow the steps for the installation option you’ve chosen.

  • Page 36: Installing On An Existing Operating System

    Chapter 5: Getting Started Install the controller driver (see page 46). Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 49). Installing on an Existing Operating System Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see page 25).
  • Page 37 Creating an Array ........................38 Creating an Array with the ACU ................... 38 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager ............... 38 Making Your Array Bootable ....................40 This chapter explains how to set your HostRAID controller to be the boot controller, and how to create a bootable array.

  • Page 38: Creating A Bootable Array

    Note: Adaptec recommends that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you try to create a logical drive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. Creating an Array with the ACU The ACU is menu-based and instructions for completing tasks display on-screen.
  • Page 39 Modify logical devices. Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to confirm applying your new configuration. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive(s). The configuration is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an “array” ) and on the physical disk drives.

  • Page 40: Making Your Array Bootable

    Close all windows, then click Reboot to restart your system. Remove the HostRAID Installation CD. For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User’s Guide provided on the Adaptec Storage Manager CD.
  • Page 41 Installing the Driver and an Operating System In this chapter... Before You Begin ........................42 Creating a Driver Disk ......................42 Installing with Windows ......................42 Installing with Red Hat Linux ....................43 Installing with SUSE Linux....................43 Installing with NetWare ......................44 This chapter explains how to install your HostRAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page...

  • Page 42: Installing The Driver And An Operating System

    Creating a driver disk (next section). ● Note: For up-to-date operating system version support, visit www.adaptec.com. Creating a Driver Disk Before you install your driver, you must create a driver disk. You need a floppy disk to complete this task. To create a driver disk: Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD drive.

  • Page 43: Installing With Red Hat Linux

    Press S to specify that the driver is on a floppy disk, then press Enter. The computer reads the disk. When the Adaptec SAS or SATA driver is found, press Enter. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Continue with...

  • Page 44: Installing With Netware

    l 44 Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System Installing with NetWare You will need your NetWare Installation CD to complete this task. To install the driver when installing NetWare: Restart your computer, then install NetWare. (For instructions, refer to your NetWare documentation.) To be able to load additional drivers later, select Manual install mode during the first part of the installation.
  • Page 45 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System In this chapter... Before You Begin ........................46 Creating a Driver Disk or an Array ..................46 Installing on Windows XP or Windows 2003 ............... 46 Installing on Windows Vista....................47 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux..................47 Installing on NetWare ......................

  • Page 46: Installing The Driver On An Existing Operating System

    You must also create a driver disk (see next section) before you begin installing the controller driver. Note: For up-to-date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Creating a Driver Disk or an Array Before you install your driver, you will need to create a driver disk. You will need a floppy disk to complete this task.

  • Page 47: Installing On Windows Vista

    l 47 Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Click Next, then click Next again. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation. Remove the driver disk and restart your computer. Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page Installing on Windows Vista Insert the Windows setup CD.
  • Page 48 l 48 Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Insert the driver disk, press the Insert key, then press F3. From the A:\ prompt, press Enter. The driver installs. From the Additional Driver Option menu, select Return to driver summary, then press Enter.
  • Page 49 About the HRCONF Command Line Utility................ 50 About the ARC Utility......................51 About the Adaptec Flash Utility .................... 51 Which Utility Should I Use? ....................51 Once you have installed your HostRAID controller, disk drives (or other devices), and device driver, you can begin to build and manage your storage space.

  • Page 50: Managing Your Storage Space

    Adaptec Storage Manager User’s Guide, also included on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. You can also use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and manage all the controllers and disk drives in your storage space from a single location.

  • Page 51: About The Arc Utility

    The ARC utility is primarily intended for pre-operating system installation configuration. About the Adaptec Flash Utility The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you can use to update, save, or verify your HostRAID controller’s firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM).

  • Page 52: Solving Problems

    Solving Problems In this chapter... Troubleshooting Checklist ..................... 53 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure ................... 53 Resetting the Controller......................54 This chapter provides basic troubleshooting information and solutions for solving your HostRAID controller problems.

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting Checklist

    Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to arrays. Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare When an array is protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in that array fails the hot spare is automatically incorporated into the array and takes over for the failed drive.

  • Page 54: Failure In Multiple Arrays Simultaneously

    If the controller fails to rebuild the array, check that the cables, disk drives, and controllers are properly installed and connected. Then, if necessary, use Adaptec Storage Manager to rebuild the array. For instructions, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User’s Guide or online Help. Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously...
  • Page 55 l 55 Chapter 10: Solving Problems Power off your computer, disconnect the power cord, then open the cabinet following the manufacturer’s instructions. Disconnect all cables from the controller, then attach a shorting jumper to the Mode 0 flash connector. Reconnect the power cord, power on your computer, then boot to the floppy disk containing the AFU.exe file (see Step At the prompt, type...
  • Page 56 Introduction to SAS In this chapter... Terminology Used in This Appendix ..................57 What is SAS? ........................... 57 How Do SAS Devices Communicate? ................... 58 What’s a Phy? .......................... 58 What’s a SAS Port?........................58 What’s a SAS Address?......................59 What’s a SAS Connector? .......................

  • Page 57: Terminology Used In This Appendix

    For more information, see SAS Expander Connections on page Although you can use both SAS and SATA disk drives in the same SAS domain, Adaptec recommends that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same array or logical drive.

  • Page 58: How Do Sas Devices Communicate

    Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● How Do SAS Devices Communicate? SAS devices communicate with each other through links. A link is a physical connection between two phys. As shown in the following figure, SAS devices contain ports which contain phys (see next section), and each phy contains one transmitter and one receiver (one transceiver).

  • Page 59: What's A Sas Address

    Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● SAS controller port options vary. A SAS controller with four phys could be configured with one wide port, with two wide ports that comprise two phys, or with four narrow ports each containing one phy. (A wide port with four phys is referred to as a 4-wide or 4x port.) What’s a SAS Address? Each SAS port is identified with a unique SAS address, which is shared by all phys on that port.

  • Page 60: What Are The Sas Connection Options

    12 SAS or SATA disk drives. Some backplanes support daisy-chain expansion to other backplanes. For example, you can daisy-chain up to nine Adaptec S50 enclosures to a single SAS controller in a host system. SAS Expander Connections A SAS expander device literally expands the number of end devices that you can connect together.

  • Page 61: How Is Sas Different From Parallel Scsi

    Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● You can connect up to 128 edge expanders to a fanout expander. You can use only one fanout expander in any single SAS domain (a topology of SAS—and possibly SATA—end devices and expander devices). A single SAS domain can therefore comprise up to 16,384 SAS ports (and therefore up to 16,384 SAS addresses).
  • Page 62 Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● Parallel SCSI Serial Attached SCSI User intervention required to set SAS addresses self-configured by SAS SCSI IDs devices Requires bus termination Requires no bus termination Standard SCSI connectors SAS connectors (see page...
  • Page 63 Understanding RAID In this chapter... RAID Technology Overview ....................64 RAID 0 (Non-RAID Arrays)....................64 RAID 1 Arrays ........................65 RAID 10 Arrays ........................65 When you create arrays (or logical drives), you can assign a RAID level to protect your data. Each RAID level offers a unique combination of performance and redundancy.

  • Page 64: Raid Technology Overview

    Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● RAID Technology Overview RAID is the technology of grouping several physical drives into an array that you can define as one or more logical drives. Each logical drive appears to the operating system as a single drive. This grouping technique greatly enhances logical-drive capacity and performance beyond the physical limitations of a single physical drive.

  • Page 65: Raid 1 Arrays

    RAID 1 Logical Drive = 250 GB RAID 10 Arrays A RAID 10 array is built from two or more equal-sized RAID 1 arrays. Adaptec RAID controllers support a maximum number of 48 disk drives in a RAID 10 array.

  • Page 66: Selecting The Best Raid Level

    Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the array. For instance, an array with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create two mirrored drive segments of 250 GB, for a total of 500 GB for the array, as shown in the following figure.
  • Page 67 Using SerialSelect ........................72 Using SATASelect........................74 Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives .................. 75 The Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) utility is an embedded BIOS-based utility that you can use to create, configure, and manage arrays, and format or verify disk drives. Note: Adaptec recommends that only advanced users familiar with working in a computer BIOS use the ARC utility tools.

  • Page 68: Introduction To The Arc Utility

    Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● Introduction to the ARC Utility The ARC utility comprises these tools: The Array Configuration Utility (ACU)—Used to create, configure, and manage arrays, ● and initialize and rescan disk drives. SerialSelect Utility (for SAS HostRAID controllers) or SATASelect Utility (for SATA ●...
  • Page 69 Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● Assigning Array Properties 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 About Adaptec Storage Manager on page 50, for details.

  • Page 70: Managing Arrays

    Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID 1 or RAID 0. However, ● during a build operation, only the smaller drive can be selected as the source drive. When migrating from single volume to RAID 0, migrating from a larger drive to a ●...

  • Page 71: Adding/Deleting Hot Spares

    Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● Deleting Arrays Caution: Back up the data on an array before you delete it. Otherwise, all data on the array is lost. Deleted arrays cannot be restored. To delete an existing array: From the ACU menu, select Manage Arrays. Select the array you wish to delete, then press Delete.

  • Page 72: Managing Bootable Arrays And Devices

    Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the array or single drive you want to designate as a bootable device, then select Insert>Enter. Note: Adaptec 1225SA controller does not support bootable devices. Configuring Disk Drives Caution: If the drive is used in an array, you may not be able to use the array again. Do not ●...

  • Page 73: Serialselect Options

    The following table lists the available and default settings for each SerialSelect option and the description of each option. The default settings are appropriate for most systems and appear in bold type in the table. Adaptec recommends that you do not change the settings. SerialSelect Options...

  • Page 74: Using Sataselect

    Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● SerialSelect Options Available Settings Description SAS Address Specifies the last digit of a 64-bit SAS address of HostRAID controller, device, and each port using a globally unique worldwide name (WWN) identifier. Controller Properties PCI Slot: Bus: None Displays the path of the storage devices in a Host...

  • Page 75: Sataselect Options

    The following table lists the available and default settings for each SATASelect option and the description of each option. The default settings are appropriate for most systems and appear in bold type in the table. Adaptec recommends that you do not change the settings. SATASelect Options...

  • Page 76: Locating Disk Drives

    Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● To use the disk utilities: Turn on your computer and press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. From the ARC utility menu, select Disk Utilities. Select the desired disk, then press Enter. Format Disk—Simulates a low-level format of the disk drive by writing zeros to the ●...

  • Page 77: Viewing The Event Log

    Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● Direct attached drives ● —The connection is determined by the cable connected to a device, for example CN1 (connector 1) is connected to DEV1 (device 1). For more information, see on page 60 Direct-Attach Connections Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) managed devices ●...
  • Page 78 AFU Commands........................81 Updating Flash Using AFU Command Line................. 84 This Appendix describes how to use the Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU), a text-based DOS utility that you can use to update, save, or verify the HostRAID controller’s firmware BIOS. Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you from accidentally damaging your HostRAID controller’s flash contents, it is still important to use the AFU carefully and...

  • Page 79: Introduction

    The HostRAID Installation CD—Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. The Adaptec Web site (www.adaptec.com)—Download a new firmware file to get the most recent version of AFU.

  • Page 80: Creating The Firmware Kit On Floppy Disks

    Enter. AFU, The AFU’s main menu is displayed. Select Select Controllers, then select the Adaptec HostRAID controllers to be flashed. When selecting a single controller, the system automatically selects it. When selecting multiple controllers, use the spacebar, then press Enter.

  • Page 81: Running The Afu From The Command Line

    Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS ● Select Select an Operation and choose one of these options, then follow the on-screen instructions. Update—Updates all the flash components on a HostRAID controller with the flash ● image data from a User Flash Image (UFI) file. The AFU updates the HostRAID controller’s flash by reading UFI files and writing them to the controller’s flash...

  • Page 82: List

    Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS ● LIST command displays the AFU-supported HostRAID controllers installed on your LIST computer. Use this command to see which HostRAID controllers are installed, or to identify the ID numbers assigned to each physical controller.

  • Page 83: Update

    (c)Adaptec Inc. 1999–2005. All Rights Reserved. Updating Controller 0 (Adaptec ASC-48300) Reading flash image file (Build 1406) AFU is about to update firmware on controller(s) Adaptec ASC-48300 ***PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE*** This might take a few minutes.

  • Page 84: Version

    Appendix D: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS ● Example The following example shows a typical system response after a command has been VERIFY performed: A:\> AFU VERIFY /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V1.0-0 B1406 (c)Adaptec Inc. 1999–2005. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 85 >,< > Where <controller_number_a> and <controller_number_b> are the numbers of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. For example, to upgrade controllers 0, 2, and 3, type AFU UPDATE /C 0, 2, 3. To update all HostRAID controllers simultaneously: ●...

  • Page 86: Hostraid Controller Led And I2C Connector Reference

    HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference In this appendix... Adaptec 58300 Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification .......... 87 Adaptec 48300 Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification .......... 87 Adaptec 44300 Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification .......... 88 Adaptec 1430SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification........

  • Page 87: Adaptec 58300 Activity Led And I2C Connector Specification

    Appendix E: HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference ● Adaptec 58300 Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification 2220600-R ASC-58300 RoHS Kit Adaptec 58300 Activity LED Board Connector: Molex 22-28-8022 2.54mm 1x2 RA ● Header or equivalent LED Mating Cable Connector: Molex 50-57-9002 or equivalent ●...

  • Page 88: Adaptec 44300 Activity Led And I2C Connector Specification

    Adaptec 44300 Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification 2220300-R ASC-44300 RoHS Kit 2253900-R ASC-44300 RoHS Single Adaptec 44300 Activity LED Board Connector: Molex 22-28-8022 2.54mm 1x2 RA ● Header or equivalent LED Mating Cable Connector: Molex 50-57-9002 or equivalent ●...

  • Page 89: Adaptec 1430Sa Activity Led And I2C Connector Specification

    Adaptec 1430SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification 2240900-R AAR-1430SA RoHS Kit 2240900JA-R AAR-1430SA RoHS Kit 2241000-R AAR-1430SA RoHS Single Adaptec 1430SA LED Board Connector #1: Molex 53398-0490 or equivalent ● LED Mating Cable Connector #1: Molex 51021-0400 or equivalent ● Pin Number Signal Description...

  • Page 90: Adaptec 1420Sa Activity Led And I2C Connector Specification

    PORT 1 Anode ACT_LED0- PORT 0 Cathode +3.3V PORT 0 Anode Adaptec 1430SA Activity LED Board Connector: Molex 22-28-8022 2.54mm 1x2 RA ● Header or equivalent LED Mating Cable Connector: Molex 50-57-9002 or equivalent ● Adaptec 1420SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification...
  • Page 91 Appendix E: HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference ● Pin Number Signal Description LED_SUM Aggregate Cathode +3.3V Aggregate Anode Adaptec 1420SA I2C Board Connector: Molex 22-43-6030 or equivalent ● I2C Mating Cable Connector: Molex 22-43-3030 or equivalent ● Pin Number Signal Description TWSISDA I2C Data...

  • Page 92: Safety Information

    Handle the controller by its bracket or edges only. Avoid touching the printed circuit board ● or the connectors. Put the controller down only on an antistatic surface such as the bag supplied in your kit. ● If you are returning the controller to Adaptec, put it back in its antistatic bag immediately. ●...

  • Page 93: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications In this chapter... Environmental Specifications....................94 DC Power Requirements......................94 Current Requirements......................94...

  • Page 94: Environmental Specifications

    PCI, PCI-X, PCIe Ripple and noise 50mV peak-to-peak (max) PCI, PCIX DC Voltage 5V ±5%, 3.3V ± 10% PCIe DC Voltage 3.3V ± 10% Current Requirements Adaptec Model Maximum Current (A) ASC-58300 0.56A ASC-48300 1.322A ASC-44300 .445A AAR-1430SA 1.5A AAR-1420SA 1.5A...

  • Page 95: 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.
  • Page 96 Glossary ● build Background initialization of a redundant array. The array is accessible throughout. RAID 1 copies the contents of the primary drive to a secondary drive. See clear. See channel. cache Fast-access memory on the controller that serves as intermediate storage for data that is read from, or written to, drives.
  • Page 97 RAID 1 arrays. See redundant. 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 98 Glossary ● legacy disk Disk that contained a valid partition table when connected to the controller. The controller manages the disk as a legacy disk array where there is a one-to-one logical-to-physical mapping of array to disk. 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.
  • Page 99 Glossary ● RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks (alternative definition Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks). RAID 0 A single-level array consisting of two or more equal-sized segments residing on different disks. RAID 0 distributes data evenly across its respective drives in equal-sized sections called stripes. RAID 0 arrays are not redundant.
  • Page 100 Glossary ● stripe size The amount of data in each section of a striped array. striped array RAID RAID 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 101: Index

    Adaptec customer support without hot spare Adaptec Flash Utility. See AFU recovering from failure Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. See HRCONF SAS identifiers Adaptec Storage Manager drivers installing installing on Linux installing on NetWare Array Configuration Utility.
  • Page 102 SuSE driver installation 4-wide ports backplane connections technical support cables Technical Support Identification (TSID) number comparison to parallel SCSI terminology connectors Adaptec Storage Manager controllers description throughput direct-attach connections tools disk drive identifiers end devices expander connections SATASelect expander devices...
  • Page 103 Index ● utilities SATASelect Windows driver installation...
  • Page 104 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2007 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-00222-01-A, Rev B GS 08/07...

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