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Microsemi Adaptec ASR-8885Q Installation And User Manual (92 pages)

Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers

Brand: Microsemi | Category: Computer Hardware | Size: 3 MB

Table of Contents
7
1 About this Guide

11
2 Kit Contents and System Requirements

13
- Kit Contents
  13
- System Requirements
  13
3 About Your RAID Controller

14
4 Getting Started

22
5 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives

26
6 Creating a Bootable Array

34
7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System

38
8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System

43
- Before You Begin
  43
- Creating a Driver Disk
  43
- Installing on Windows
  43
- Installing on Red Hat, Centos, Suse, or Fedora Linux
  44
- Installing on Ubuntu Linux
  44
- Installing on Vmware
  45
- Installing on Citrix Xenserver
  45
9 Installing Dynamic Kernel Module Support

47
10 Managing Your Storage Space

49
11 Solving Problems

51
Appendix A Introduction to SAS

54
- Terminology Used in this Appendix
  54
- What Is SAS
  54
- How Do SAS Devices Communicate
  54
- What's a Phy
  55
- What's a SAS Port
  55
- What's a SAS Address
  55
- What's a SAS Connector
  56
- What Do SAS Cables Look Like
  56
- How Are Disk Drives Identified in SAS
  56
- What Are the SAS Connection Options
  56
  - Direct-Attach Connections
    57
  - Backplane Connections
    57
  - SAS Expander Connections
    57
- How Is SAS Different from Parallel SCSI
  58
Appendix B Understanding RAID

59
- Understanding Drive Segments
  59
- Non-Redundant Arrays (RAID 0)
  59
- RAID 1 Arrays
  60
- RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays
  60
- RAID 10 Arrays
  61
- RAID 5 Arrays
  62
- RAID 5EE Arrays
  63
- RAID 50 Arrays
  64
- RAID 6 Arrays
  65
- RAID 60 Arrays
  65
- Comparing RAID Levels
  66
Appendix C Using the Microsemi Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility

67
Appendix D Using the Adaptec Flash Utility

80
- System Requirements
  80
  - Compatibility Notes
    80
- Before You Begin
  80
  - Obtaining the Firmware
    80
  - Creating the Firmware Update Disk
    80
- Running the Menu-Based AFU
  81
- Running the AFU from the Command Line
  81
  - AFU Commands
    82
- Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line
  84
  - E.1 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
    85
  - F.1 Environmental Specifications
    86

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Microsemi Adaptec ASR-8885Q Installation And User Manual (92 pages)

Table of Contents

1 About this Guide

2 Kit Contents and System Requirements

3 About Your RAID Controller

4 Getting Started

5 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives

6 Creating a Bootable Array

7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System

8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System

9 Installing Dynamic Kernel Module Support

10 Managing Your Storage Space

11 Solving Problems

Appendix A Introduction to SAS

Appendix B Understanding RAID

Appendix C Using the Microsemi Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility

Appendix D Using the Adaptec Flash Utility

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