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Adaptec SCSI 58300 User Manual (157 pages)
Adaptec RAID 2130SLP RAID Controllers: User Guide
Brand:
Adaptec
| Category:
Software
| Size: 2.63 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
6
Protecting Your Data
9
About this Guide
12
How this Guide Is Organized
12
What You Need to Know before You Begin
12
Terminology Used in this Guide
13
Part I: Getting Started
14
Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager
14
Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager
15
Getting Started Checklist
16
About Adaptec Storage Manager
16
About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent
16
Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager
17
A Simple Storage Space
17
An Advanced Storage Space
17
Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space
18
Adding Enhanced Features
19
Unlocking the Enhanced Features
19
System Requirements
20
Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager
21
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
22
Installing on Windows
22
Completing a Silent Windows Installation (Advanced)
23
Installing on Linux
24
Installing on Netware
25
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager
26
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows
26
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux
27
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Netware
27
Starting the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent Only
27
Starting the Agent on Windows
27
Starting the Agent on Linux
28
Starting the Agent on Netware
28
Understanding Permission Levels
28
Administrator Level
28
User Level
29
Guest Level
29
Configuring Netware User Authentication
29
Logging out of Adaptec Storage Manager
30
Logging Back in
30
Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD
31
When to Choose Bootable-CD Mode
31
Getting Started in Bootable-CD Mode
31
Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD
32
Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager
33
Navigating the Main Window
34
Using Enterprise View
34
Using Physical Devices View
35
Using Logical Devices View
35
Revealing more Disk Drive Information
36
Checking System Status
37
Working in Adaptec Storage Manager
38
About the Actions Menu
38
Getting Help
38
Building Your Storage Space
39
Selecting a Configuration Method
40
Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way
40
Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives
42
Next Steps
42
Custom Configuration (Advanced)
42
Including more Systems in Your Storage Space
46
Building a RAID Volume
46
RAID Controller Support
48
Managing Your Storage Space
49
Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager
50
Logging in to Remote Systems
51
Removing a Remote System
52
Creating Display Groups
53
Setting Preferences and Changing Views
54
Sorting Systems in the Enterprise View
54
Setting the Standard Unit of Measure
55
Changing the Main Window Appearance
55
Customizing the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent
56
Broadcasting Event Alerts from a System
56
Changing a System's Event Log Setting
56
Changing a System's Audible Alarm Settings
57
Changing a System's Agent Base Port Number
58
Part II: Using Adaptec Storage Manager
59
Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
59
Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
60
Understanding Logical Drives
61
Creating Logical Drives
62
Setting the Size of a Logical Drive
62
Including Different-Sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive
63
Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Space
64
Fine-Tuning Logical Drives
65
Changing the Stripe Size
65
Changing the Write Cache Setting
66
Changing the Read Cache Setting
66
Changing the Initialize Priority
66
Changing the Initialize Method
67
Verifying Logical Drives
67
Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive
68
Verifying a Logical Drive (Without Fix)
69
Enabling/Disabling Background Consistency Check
69
Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive
70
Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive
71
Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive
72
Deleting a Logical Drive
73
Working with Hot Spares
74
Hot Spare Limitations
74
Dedicated Spare or Global Spare
74
Designating a Global Hot Spare
74
Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare
75
What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean
76
Removing a Hot Spare
76
Protecting Your Data
77
Creating a Snapshot
78
Snapshot Limitations
78
Creating a Snapshot with Backup
78
Creating a Snapshot Without Backup
78
Deleting a Snapshot
79
Enabling Copyback
79
Monitoring Your Storage Space
80
Monitoring Options
81
Checking Activity in Your Storage Space
81
Viewing the Full List of Events
82
Clearing the Event Log
82
What Do the Status Icons Mean
82
Using Event Notifications to Monitor Status
83
Setting up Event Notifications
83
Managing the Event Notification List
86
Monitoring and Managing the Notification Log
87
Disabling Event Notifications
88
Setting up Email Notifications
89
Managing the Email List
92
Monitoring and Managing the Email Log
93
Changing the Email Notification Manager Settings
94
Disabling Email Notifications
95
Broadcasting Event Alerts to Users
95
Silencing and Testing the Audible Alarm
96
Testing the Alarm
96
Silencing the Alarm
97
Disabling a Controller's Alarm
97
Viewing Component Properties
97
Managing Tasks
98
Scheduling a Task
99
Opening the Task Manager
100
Monitoring Tasks
101
Monitoring Upcoming Tasks in the Task List
101
Checking Past Tasks and Events in the Event Log
101
Modifying a Task
102
What if a Task Misses Its Start Time
102
Deleting a Task
103
Disabling the Task Manager
103
Re-Enabling the Task Manager
104
Working with Display Groups
105
Adding a System to a Display Group
106
Viewing Display Group Status
106
Removing a System from a Display Group
107
Moving a System from One Display Group to Another
107
Renaming a Display Group
107
Deleting a Display Group
108
Managing Controllers and Disk Drives
109
Rescanning a Controller
110
Registering New Controllers
110
Viewing Controller Properties
111
Saving Your Controller Configuration
111
Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware
112
Before You Begin
112
Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware
112
Setting a Disk Drive to 'Failed
113
Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive
114
Solving Problems
115
Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager
116
Identifying a Failed or Failing Component
116
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure
116
Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare
117
Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare
117
Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously
118
Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Logical Drive
118
Multiple Failures in the same Logical Drive
118
Removing a Failed Disk Drive's Icon
118
Rebuilding Logical Drives
119
Solving Notification Problems
119
Creating an Archive File
119
Understanding Error and Warning Messages
120
Warning Messages
120
Error Messages
120
Configuring SNMP Support
126
Configuring SNMP Support on Windows
127
Configuring SNMP Support on Linux
128
Configuring SNMP Support on Netware
128
Part III: Quick Reference
129
Quick Answers to Common Questions
129
Quick Answers to Common Questions
130
How Do I
131
Set up My Storage Space
131
Open the Configuration Wizard
131
Turn off the Alarm
131
Add a New User to Adaptec Storage Manager
131
Add a Remote System
131
Prevent a User from Changing My Storage Space
131
Check Disk Drive or Logical Drive Status
131
Access a Feature with a Padlock Icon Beside It
131
Log out of Adaptec Storage Manager
131
Find the Task Manager
132
Find the Notification Manager
132
Find the Email Notification Manager
132
What's the Difference between
132
Adaptec Storage Manager and the Agent
132
Event Notifications, Email Notifications, and Event Alerts
132
Buttons and Icons At-A-Glance
133
Icons in the Physical Devices View
134
Icons in the Logical Devices View
134
Buttons in the Physical/Logical Devices Views
135
Buttons on the Main Window Tool Bar
135
Selecting the Best RAID Level
136
Comparing RAID Levels
137
Understanding Drive Segments
137
RAID 0 (Non-RAID Logical Drives)
138
RAID 1 Logical Drives
139
RAID 1 Enhanced Logical Drives
139
RAID 10 Logical Drives
140
RAID 5 Logical Drives
141
RAID 5EE Logical Drives
142
RAID 50 Logical Drives
143
RAID 6 Logical Drives
144
RAID 60 Logical Drives
144
Glossary
145
Index
150
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Adaptec SCSI 58300 Installation And User Manual (104 pages)
SAS and SATA HostRAID Controller
Brand:
Adaptec
| Category:
Computer Hardware
| Size: 1.67 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
6
1 About this Guide
12
What You Need to Know before You Begin
12
Terminology Used in this Guide
12
Conventions Used in this Guide
12
How to Find more Information
12
2 About Your Hostraid Controller
15
Hostraid Controller Features
15
Array Level Features
15
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
3 Kit Contents and System Requirements
24
Kit Contents
24
System Requirements
24
4 Installing the Hostraid Controller and Disk Drives
26
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 Directly to the Hostraid Controller
30
Connecting to a Backplane
30
Installing the SAS Hostraid Controller to a SAS Expander
31
Connecting Disk Drives to SATA Hostraid Controllers
32
Checking Your Controller and Devices
32
Setting the Boot Controller
32
Next Steps
33
5 Getting Started
34
Choosing a RAID Level
35
Choosing Installation Options
35
Basic Installation Steps
35
Installing with an Operating System
35
Installing with an Operating System on a Bootable Disk Drive or Array
35
Installing on an Existing Operating System
36
6 Creating a Bootable Array
38
Creating an Array
38
Creating an Array with the ACU
38
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager
38
Making Your Array Bootable
40
7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System
42
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
8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
46
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
47
9 Managing Your Storage Space
50
About Adaptec Storage Manager
50
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
52
Troubleshooting Checklist
53
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure
53
Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare
53
Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare
53
Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously
54
Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array
54
Multiple Failures in the same Array
54
Resetting the Controller
54
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
59
What Do SAS Cables Look Like
59
How Are Disk Drives Identified in SAS
59
What Are the SAS Connection Options
60
Direct-Attach Connections
60
Backplane Connections
60
SAS Expander Connections
60
How Is SAS Different from Parallel SCSI
61
RAID Technology Overview
64
Understanding Drive Segments
64
Stripe-Unit Size
64
RAID 0 (Non-RAID Arrays)
64
RAID 1 Arrays
65
RAID 10 Arrays
65
Selecting the Best RAID Level
66
100 C Using the ARC Utility
68
Introduction to the ARC Utility
68
Running the ARC Utility
68
Creating and Managing Arrays
68
Creating a New Array
68
Managing Arrays
70
Adding/Deleting Hot Spares
71
Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices
72
Configuring Disk Drives
72
ATAPI Support
72
Using Serialselect
72
Serialselect Options
73
Using Sataselect
74
Sataselect Options
75
Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives
75
Locating Disk Drives
76
Identifying Disk Drives
76
Viewing the Event Log
77
500 D Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS
79
Introduction
79
System Requirements
79
Compatibility Information
79
Before You Begin
79
Obtaining the Firmware
79
Creating the Firmware Kit on Floppy Disks
80
Running the AFU
80
Running the Menu-Based AFU
80
Running the AFU from the Command Line
81
AFU Commands
81
Help
81
List
82
Save
82
Update
83
Verify
83
Version
84
Updating Flash Using AFU Command Line
84
Hostraid Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference
86
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
90
Safety Information
92
Electrostatic Discharge(ESD)
92
Technical Specifications
93
Environmental Specifications
94
DC Power Requirements
94
Current Requirements
94
Glossary
95
Index
101
Adaptec SCSI 58300 User Manual (134 pages)
Storage Management Software
Brand:
Adaptec
| Category:
Software
| Size: 2.8 MB
Table of Contents
Storage Management Software
1
Table of Contents
6
1 Storage Management Software Overview
9
2 Storage Manager on ROM
11
Overview
12
Keyboard Reference
13
Menu Control
13
Left Pane - Tree View Control
14
Right Pane - Information View Control
14
Menu Reference
14
File
14
Raid
15
Action
15
Help
15
Icon Reference
16
Screen Layout
16
The Menu Bar
17
The Left Pane - Tree View
17
The Right Pane - Information View
18
Running SMOR
19
Information and Configuration Views
20
Controller BIOS Settings
20
Information Tab
23
Configuration Tab
25
Bus Configuration Tab
27
Device Information Tab
30
Array and Array Group Information
33
Setting the Configuration
35
Array Operations
36
Creating an Array
36
Creating a Multilevel RAID
38
Deleting an Array
39
Hot Spares
40
Rebuilding a Failed Array
41
Formatting a Drive - SCSI Only
41
Upgrading Firmware - Flash HBA Option
42
Creating a SMOR Boot Disk
44
3 Storage Manager
45
Introduction
46
System Requirements
47
Installing Storage Manager
48
Running Storage Manager
49
Using Storage Manager Locally
49
Using Storage Manager Remotely
49
Views
50
Physical Configuration View
50
Logical Configuration View
52
Logical Device Addresses
54
Array Groups
56
Status Reporting
67
Information Windows
68
Host Bus Adapter Information Window
68
Information Windows 3-24
68
Battery Backup Configuration Window - Adaptec 3200S/ 3210S/3400S/3410S Only
70
Configure Host Bus Adapter Window
71
Flash Configuration Window
73
Device Information Window
75
Device Configuration Window
77
Saving the Subsystem Configuration
78
Events
79
Event Log
79
Event Broadcaster
81
Event Messaging by Pager - Windows 2000 and Windows NT Only
87
Formatting Drives - SCSI Only
88
Drive Failures
89
Audible Alarm (SCSI Only)
89
Rebuilding a Degraded Array
90
Assigning Hot Spares
91
Running a Verify Process
92
Background Task Priority
92
Controller I/O Statistics
93
Cache Statistics
95
Command Statistics
95
Device I/O Statistics
95
Remote Communication
98
Connecting Across a Network
99
Installation and Configuration
99
4 RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility
108
Introduction
108
Exit Status
109
Device Address Syntax
109
Command Line Switches
110
Miscellaneous
111
Logical Drive Creation and Deletion
111
Array Modification
113
RAID Operation
114
Controller-Specific
115
Hot Spare Control
116
General Information and Feedback
117
Snmp
120
Introduction
120
Management Information Base
121
Management Console
121
Adaptec MIB Information
122
Snmp
124
What's Included
124
System Requirements
125
Management Consoles
125
Installing Adaptec SNMP Support
125
Installing SNMP for Windows NT and Windows 2000
126
Installing SNMP for Windows 95
126
Installing SNMP for Windows 98/Me
126
Installing the MIB
127
SNMP Architecture
127
Adaptec SNMP Subagent
128
Adaptec SNMP Trap Broadcaster Module
128
DMI
129
Introduction
129
System Requirements
130
Adaptec CI
131
Installing DMI Support
132
Adaptec DMI Modules
132
DMI-Specific Files
132
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Adaptec SCSI 58300 User Manual (10 pages)
Adaptec RAID 1220SA RAID Controllers: User Guide
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Storage
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