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- Page 1 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide CDP-00279-01-A Rev. A Issue: March 21, 2013...
- Page 2 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Copyright © PMC-Sierra, Inc. All rights reserved. The information in this document is proprietary and confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc. In any event, no part of this document may be reproduced or redistributed in any form without the express written consent of PMC-Sierra, Inc.
- Page 3 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Revision History Issue Issue Date Details of Change 1.00 March 21, 2013 Adaptec SAS Host Bus Adapter Series 7H/7He, Adaptec SAS Host Bus Adapter Series 6H Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc. Document No.: CDP-00279-01-A Rev. A, Issue:...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Contents Adaptec by PMC Product Support..........................6 Limited 3-Year Hardware Warranty..........................8 Regulatory Compliance Statements..........................9 1 About This Guide..............................12 What You Need to Know Before You Begin....................12 Terminology Used in this Guide........................12 How to Find More Information........................12... - Page 5 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Appendix B Adapter LED Connector Quick Reference.....................37 Adaptec SAS Adapter 70165H/70165He/71605H/71605He LED Connector Specification......37 Adaptec SAS Adapter 7085H/7805H LED Connector Specification..............38 Appendix C Safety Information..........................39 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)........................39 Appendix D Technical Specifications........................40 Environmental Specifications........................40...
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Page 6: Adaptec By Pmc Product Support
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Adaptec by PMC Product Support If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec by PMC 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. - Page 7 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Information Technique et d'assistance en Français • Visitez notre site Web à l'adresse www.adaptec.com/fr-fr. • Rechercher dans le base de connaissances Adaptec (ASK) ask-fr.adaptec.com pour des articles, conseils de dépannage et les questions fréquemment posées pour votre produit.
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Page 8: Limited 3-Year Hardware Warranty
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Limited 3-Year Hardware Warranty 1. PMC-Sierra, Inc. (“PMC-Sierra”) 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... -
Page 9: Regulatory Compliance Statements
UL Compliance Statement Adaptec by PMC products are tested and listed by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. to UL 60950 -1 Second Edition and IEC-60950-1 Second Edition standards, file numbers E175975. Adaptec by PMC products are for use only with UL listed ITE. - Page 10 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide European Union Compliance Statement This Information Technology Equipment has been tested and found to comply with EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, as amended by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, in accordance with: • EN55022 (1998+A1:2000+A2:2007) Emissions: ∘...
- Page 11 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide This equipment is home use (Class B) electromagnetic wave suitability equipment and to be used mainly at home and it can be used in all areas. Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc.
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Page 12: About This Guide
• ASA-6805H What You Need to Know Before You Begin You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) technology. You should also be familiar with direct-attached storage (DAS) concepts and technology. -
Page 13: Kit Contents And System Requirements
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Kit Contents and System Requirements This section lists the contents of your Adaptec Host Bus Adapter kit and the system requirements for successfully installing and using your HBA. Kit Contents •... -
Page 14: About Your Host Bus Adapter
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide About Your Host Bus Adapter This section provides an overview of the features of your Adaptec Host Bus Adapter. Standard Host Bus Adapter Features • Support for SAS and SATA HDDs, Solid State Drives (SSDs), removable media, and SAS tape drives •... -
Page 15: About The Adaptec Sas Adapter 70165H/70165He
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide About the Adaptec SAS Adapter 70165H/70165He The Adaptec SAS Adapter 70165H/70165He is a SAS Host Bus Adapter with these features: PCIe x8 connector Form Factor Low-profile MD2 SFF card size... -
Page 16: About The Adaptec Sas Adapter 71605H/71605He
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide About the Adaptec SAS Adapter 71605H/71605He The Adaptec SAS Adapter 71605H/71605He is a SAS Host Bus Adapter with these features: 4 internal mini-SAS HD HDA Mode (flash) connectors connector Drive Activity... -
Page 17: About The Adaptec Sas Adapter 7085H
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide About the Adaptec SAS Adapter 7085H The Adaptec SAS Adapter 7085H is a SAS Host Bus Adapter with these features: HDA Mode (flash) connector Drive Activity LED connector 2 external... -
Page 18: About The Adaptec Sas Adapter 7805H
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide About the Adaptec SAS Adapter 7805H The Adaptec SAS Adapter 7805H is a SAS Host Bus Adapter with these features: 2 internal HDA Mode (flash) mini-SAS HD connector connectors Drive Activity... -
Page 19: About The Adaptec Sas Adapter 6405H
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide About the Adaptec SAS Adapter 6405H The Adaptec SAS Adapter 6405H is a SAS Host Bus Adapter with these features: 1 internal mini-SAS connectors PCIe x4 connector Form Factor Low-profile MD2 SFF card size... -
Page 20: About The Adaptec Sas Adapter 6805H
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide About the Adaptec SAS Adapter 6805H The Adaptec SAS Adapter 6805H is a SAS Host Bus Adapter with these features: 2 internal mini-SAS connectors PCIe x4 connector Form Factor Low-profile MD2 SFF card size... -
Page 21: Installing The Adapter And Disk Drives
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Installing the Adapter and Disk Drives This section explains how to install your Adaptec Host Bus Adapter and connect it to internal and external disk drives. Before You Begin • Read Safety Information on page 39. - Page 22 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Remove mounting screws with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2. Attach the low-profile bracket to the adapter board. The low-profile bracket is installed on the back side of the adapter, with the mounting screws inserted from the front, as shown the Figure 3.
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Page 23: Checking The Encryption Key
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Checking the Encryption Key If your host bus adapter supports encryption (Adaptec Series 7He only), the encryption key is pre-installed on the adapter board. The location of the encryption key depends on the adapter model. Refer to the figures below for the location of the encryption key on your adapter board, then verify that the key is installed and seated securely. - Page 24 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Adaptec Series 6H Cables Internal mini-SAS with power (SFF-8087 to SFF- 8482)—Connects to four SAS or SATA disk drives. Internal mini-SAS to SATA fan-out (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA)—Connects to four SATA disk drives.
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Page 25: Installing The Host Bus Adapter
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Installing the Host Bus Adapter This section describes how to install the Adaptec Host Bus Adapter into your computer cabinet or server. Adaptec Host Bus Adapters come in two configurations: •... - Page 26 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide 5. (Optional) Connect your computer's disk activity LED cable to the LED connector on the HBA (marked on the figures in About Your Host Bus Adapter on page 14). Ensure that the positive lead of the LED cable (usually a red wire or a wire marked with a red stripe) is attached to pin 1.
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Page 27: Installing The Driver And An Operating System
This section describes how to create a driver disk for the supported operating systems. You will need a USB flash drive or writable CD to complete this task. • For Windows and Red Hat Linux, create the driver disk using the Create Diskette menu on the Adaptec Installation DVD. -
Page 28: Installing With Red Hat Linux
To install the Adaptec HBA driver with VMware ESXi 5.0, you must create a custom boot image using the VMware Image Builder tool. The VMware Image Builder is distributed as a snap-in component for vSphere PowerCLI, a command-line and scripting tool from VMware based on Microsoft PowerShell. - Page 29 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Options Description ESXi 5.0 adp80xx.zip After you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6. Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to create the custom boot image: a) At the PowerCLI prompt, add the VMware Image Builder snap-in by running the following cmdlet: # Add-PSSnapIn VMware.ImageBuilder...
- Page 30 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide # Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 7H" -FilePath C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\ESXi5.0-PMC-Sierra-Series-7H.iso -NoSignatureCheck -ExportToISO where -FilePath specifies the path to the custom iso image. 7. Burn the custom ISO image to a writable CD.
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Page 31: Installing The Driver On An Existing Operating System
• For Windows, the driver is loaded directly from the Adaptec Installation DVD. • For Red Hat Linux, copy the driver from the Adaptec Installation DVD to the local machine. • For VMware, copy the driver from the Adaptec Installation DVD to a local directory on the ESXi server. -
Page 32: Installing On Vmware
2. Using a remote copy utility, copy the driver VIB file from the esx5.0 folder on the Adaptec Installation DVD to a local directory on the ESXi server. This example uses Linux scp to copy the driver to /tmp: /mnt/cdrom/esx5.0/scsi-adp80xx-1.0.0.<drv-version>-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib... -
Page 33: Solving Problems
Resetting the Adapter You may need to reset, or flash, your Adaptec Host Bus Adapter if it becomes inoperable or if a firmware upgrade is unsuccessful. Adaptec HBAs support a reset protocol called HDA mode flash. To locate the... -
Page 34: Appendix A Using The Adaptec Hba Configuration Utility
. Once you enter setup, navigate to the "Advanced" menu, select your adapter from the list (Adaptec SAS 7805H in the example below), then select "Device List" to see a list of drives on the adapter. From that point on, the uEFI/HII menus and the Ctrl-A menus for configuring your HBA are similar. For example, the Disk Utilities menu contains the same three options for formatting, verifying, and identifying disk drives. -
Page 35: Viewing Hba Properties
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide • Refer to the on-screen instructions for keyboard navigation and selection options. • Refer to the option descriptions in this chapter for details about individual HBA configuration settings. Viewing HBA Properties Note: This option is available only in the Ctrl-A interface. - Page 36 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide 6. When you have finished checking the drive, press any key to stop blinking the LED. Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc. Document No.: CDP-00279-01-A Rev. A, Issue:...
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Page 37: Appendix B Adapter Led Connector Quick Reference
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Adapter LED Connector Quick Reference This section provides a quick reference for Adaptec HBA drive activity LED connectors. Adaptec SAS Adapter 70165H/70165He/71605H/71605He LED Connector Specification 2278500-R ASA-70165H SGL 2278200-R ASA-70165He SGL... -
Page 38: Adaptec Sas Adapter 7085H/7805H Led Connector Specification
Adaptec SAS Adapter 7085H/7805H LED Connector Specification 2278400-R ASA-7085H SGL 2280800-R ASA-7805H SGL • Adaptec SAS Adapter 7085/7805 Activity LED Header Connector: Molex 015-91-3040 or equivalent • Activity LED Header Mating Cable Connector: 6 pin 2.54mm pitch connector, Molex/Amp equivalent J4 Pin Number Signal Description... -
Page 39: Appendix C Safety Information
• Put the adapter down only on an anti-static surface such as the bag supplied in your kit. • If you are returning the adapter to Adaptec by PMC Product Support, put it back in its anti-static bag immediately. -
Page 40: Appendix D Technical Specifications
Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Technical Specifications Environmental Specifications Note: Your Adaptec Host Bus Adapter requires adequate airflow to operate reliably. The recommended airflow is 200 LFM (linear feet per minute), minimum. Forced airflow is required. - Page 41 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide Index HBA (continued) SAS cables 23 activity LED connector specifications 37 specifications 40 Adaptec HBA Configuration utility 34 standard features 14, 21 adapters 37 troubleshooting 33 activity LED connector specifications 37...
- Page 42 Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide technical specifications 40 verifying disk drives 35 terminology 12 viewing HBA properties 35 troubleshooting tips 33 VMware 27, 28 OS installation 27, 28 uEFI 14, 21, 34, 35 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (uEFI) 34, 35...
- Page 43 PMC-Sierra, Inc. 1380 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA © Copyright PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2013 All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec by PMC logo are trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. Part Number: CDP-00279-01-A Rev. A JPB 03/11...
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