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Installation and User’ s Guide Ser ial A ttached SCSI 58300, 48300, 44300 H ostRAID Contr ollers.
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Contents About This Guide What You Need to Know Before You Begin ................................................... 11 Terminology Used in this Guide ...................................................................... 11 How to Find More Information .
Contents ● 7 Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin ............................................................................................... 24 Installing the HostRAID Controller ..................................
Contents ● 8 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Features .............................................................................................................. 45 Overview ..................................................................
Contents ● 9 Using the ARC Utility Introduction to the ARC Utility ....................................................................... 63 Running the ARC Utility .................................................................................. 63 Creating and Managing Arrays .
1 About This Guide In this chapter ... W hat Y ou N eed to Kno w Before Y ou Begin .......................................................................... 11 T erminolog y U sed in this Guide ........................................................
Chapter 1: About This Guide ● 11 What Y ou Need to Kno w Before Y ou Begin Y ou should be familiar w ith compu ter hardwar e, data storage, Redundant A r ray of Independent Disks (RAID) technology , and th e input/output (I/O) technology—SAS—used by y our HostRAID contr oller .
2 About Y our HostRAID Controller In this chapter ... HostRAID C ontroller Featur es ................................ .............................................................. 13 U pg rading the HostRAID Contr oller Firmwar e ....................
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRAID Controller ● 13 HostRAID Controller F eatures ● Flash R OM for updates to contr ol ler firm ware Adapt ec Flash U tilit y (AFU), BIOS, and the Array Configuration U tility (ACU). ● E vent logging and broadcasting, including messaging for alphanumeric pagers.
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRAID Controller ● 14 About the Adaptec SAS 58300 Contr oller The Ad aptec SAS 58300 is a low-profile PCI-X t o 8-Phy SAS 1.
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRAID Controller ● 15 About the Adaptec SAS 48300 Contr oller The Ad aptec SAS 48300 is a low-profile PCI-X t o 8-Phy SAS 1.
Chapter 2: About Y our HostRAID Controller ● 16 About the Adaptec SAS 44300 Contr oller The Ad aptec SAS 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X t o 4-Phy SAS 1.
3 Kit Contents and System Requirements In this chapter ... Kit C ontents ................................................................................................................... ... ...... 18 Syst em Requir ements ..........................
Chapter 3: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 18 Kit Cont ents ● Ad aptec SAS HostRAID contr ol ler ● HostRAID I nstallation CD (bo otable), in clud ing controller driv ers, and this Gui de .
4 Getting Star ted In this chapter ... Choosing a RAID Level .......................................................................................................... 20 Selecting Disk Drives ................................................ .........
Chapter 4: Getting Star ted ● 20 Choosing a RAID Lev el This section pro vides a br ief ov erv iew of the RAID levels supported by your H ostRAID contr oller , including the minimum and maximum n umber of disk drives requir ed by each. RAID 0 (N on-redundant Array) —Str ipes data across multiple disk driv es.
Chapter 4: Getting Star ted ● 21 Depending on your r equirements, you can use any of these cables: Ad aptec recommends using only A daptec SAS cabl es.
Chapter 4: Getting Star ted ● 22 Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and co nnect your contr oller and internal disk drives (see page 23 ). If y our controller has an e xternal connector , you can connect e xternal disk drives as well (or instead).
5 Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives In this chapter ... Before Y o u Begin ............................................................................................................... ..... 24 Installing the H ostRAID Controller ..
Chapter 5: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives ● 24 Before Y ou Begin ● Read the Safe ty Infor mation on page 77 . ● Fa m i l i ar i ze yo u r s e lf w i t h y o ur H os t R A ID c o nt r o l le r ’s p hy s ic a l f e at u re s a n d t he R A I D l e v e l s that it suppor ts (see page 12 ).
Chapter 5: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives ● 25 Connecting Disk Drives t o HostRAID Controllers Y ou can connect SAS disk driv es, SA T A disk drives, or a combination of both t o your Ho stRAID controller . There are no jumpers or switches to set befor e installation.
Chapter 5: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives ● 26 Connecting t o a System Backplane In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS car ds are attached to and c ommunicate wi th each other thr ough a system backplane. The number of disk driv es is limited to the number of slots a vailable on the backplane.
Chapter 5: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives ● 27 Installing the Controller t o a SAS Expander Y ou can use a SAS edge expander t o connect multiple disk drives to your Ho stRAID controller o r m u l t i pl e co n t ro l l e r s.
6 Creating a Bootable Ar ra y In this chapter ... Setting the Boot Controller ........................................................................... ......................... 29 Creating an A r ray ................................................
Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 29 Setting the Boot Controller Note: If your system won't contain more than one bootable controllers, skip this section.
Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 30 Creating an Arra y with Adaptec S torage Manager This section describes how to use the A daptec Storage Ma nager configuration wizard to build a RAID 0, 1, or 10 array . Note: Y ou will need the HostRAID Installation CD to complete this task.
Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 31 7 Review the information that is displayed. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term lo gical drives when refer ring to arrays (see page 11 ). In the follo w ing figure, A daptec Storage M anager has used two equal-sized disk driv es to automaticall y create one logical drive with RAID 1.
7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System In this chapter ... Before Y o u Begin ............................................................................................................... ..... 33 Creating a Driv er Disk ...................
Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 33 Before Y ou Begin ● Install and c onnect your Ho stRAID controller and in ternal disk drives (see page 23 ). ● Cr eate a bootable array (see page 28 ). ● Creat e a driver disk (see next section).
Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 34 4 Insert the drive r disk, then wait until you ar e prompted t o install a driver . 5 Pr ess S to specify that the dr iv er is on a floppy disk, then press Enter . The comput er reads the disk.
Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 35 Installing with NetW are Y ou w ill need y our NetW are Installation CD to co mple te this task. T o install the dr iv er wh en installing NetW are: 1 Re star t yo ur computer , then install N etW are.
Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 36 Installing with SCO OpenSer ver Y ou w ill need the SCO OpenServer CD to c omplete this task. T o install the driv er when installi ng OpenSer ver: 1 Insert the Op enSer ver Installation CD .
8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System In this chapter ... Before Y o u Begin ............................................................................................................... ..... 38 Creating a Driv er Disk ...........
Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 38 Before Y ou Begin Before y ou begin, install and connect your H ostRAID contro l ler and int ernal disk dr iv es (see page 23 ). Y ou must also create a driv er disk (see next sect ion) befor e you begin installing the controller driver .
Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 39 4 Follo w the on-screen instructions t o complete the driv er installation. 5 Re move the driver disk and restart your computer . 6 Contin ue w ith M anaging Y our Stor age Space on page 41 .
Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 40 Installing with SCO OpenSer ver T o install the dr iv er on OpenSer ver: 1 Start your co mputer , then insert the driver disk. 2 Begin the dr iv er package installer: # pkgadd -d d iskette1 OR # pkgadd -d d iskette1 adp94xx 3 At th e in s ta l le r pro m pt , t y p e go .
9 Managing Y our Storage Space In this chapter ... About A daptec Storage M anager ............................................... ............................................ 42 Installing A daptec Storage Manager ....................................
Chapter 9: Managing Y our Storage Space ● 42 About Adapte c Storage Manager Ad aptec Storage Manager is a full-featur ed softwa re application that helps you build a storage space for y our online data, using HostRAID contro llers and disk dr iv es.
Chapter 9: Managing Y our Storage Space ● 43 About the ARC Utility The Ad aptec RAID Configuration (ARC ) utilit y is a BIOS-based utility that you can use t o create and manage controllers, disk driv es and other devices, and arrays.
10 Under standing Adaptec Storage Manager In this chapter ... Featur es ....................................................................................................................... ...... ...... 45 Overview .................................
Chapter 10: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager ● 45 Fe a t u r e s Y ou can use Adapt ec Storage Manager to: ● Creat e, verify , modify , and delete arrays ● A dd and remov e hot spares ● V.
Chapter 10: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager ● 46 Physical De vices View This view displays info r mation about the driv es, enclosures, and othe r physical devices attached to the c ontroller .
Chapter 10: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager ● 47 Collapsed and Expanded Views Y ou can display a c ollapsed or expanded v iew of the syste m configuration. Initially , Storage Manager d isplays a collapsed t extual view of the configuration inf or mation in bo th the Logical dev ices and Ph ysical dev ices views.
Chapter 10: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager ● 48 Component Views W hen you click a ph ysical or logical de vice in the dev ice views, the related c omponents are hi ghli ght ed in t he oth er view .
11 Solving Problems In this chapter ... T roubleshooting Chec klist ..................................................................................................... 5 0 Rec overing fr om a Disk Dr iv e Failur e ...................................
Chapter 11: Solving Problems ● 50 T roubleshooting Checklist If y ou encounter difficulties installing or using y our HostRAID c ontroller , check these items first: ● W ith your comput er powered off, c heck the connections to each disk driv e, the power supply , the LED connect or , and so on.
Chapter 11: Solving Problems ● 51 F ailed Disk Drive Not Prot ected b y a Hot Spare W hen an array is not protect ed by a hot spare, if a disk driv e in that ar ray fails, r emove and replace the failed disk driv e. The controller detects the new disk driv e and begins to rebuild the arra y .
A Introduction to SAS In this chapter ... T erminolog y U sed in This Chapter .............................................................. ......................... 53 W hat is SAS? ...................................................................
Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 53 T erminology Used in This Chapter For c onv enience, SAS H ostRAID contr ollers are referred t o generically in this chapter as SAS cards . HB As, HostR AID controllers, di sk dr iv es, and external disk dr iv e enclosures ar e referred to as end de v ices and expa nders are referr ed to as expander de vices .
Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 54 As sho w n in the following figure, SAS devices contain ports which contain ph ys (see next section), and each phy c ontains one transmitter and one recei ver—one tr ans ceiv er . A phy can belong to one port only .
Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 55 What’s a SAS Address? Each SAS por t is ident ified w ith a unique SAS add ress, whi ch is share d by all phys on th at por t. For example, a SAS disk driv e mig ht hav e two narro w por ts. Each port has one unique SAS address.
Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 56 Direct-attach Connections In a direct-attach c onnec tion, SAS or SA T A disk driv es are connected directly t o a SAS card with SAS cables. One disk dr iv e is attached to one SAS connect or w ith one SAS cable (or multiple disk drives ar e attached to one SAS connector with one fan-out cable).
Appendix A: Introduction to SAS ● 57 The following figure illustrates (in v er y basic terms) a SAS domain and sho ws how SAS cards, SAS and SA T A disk dr iv es, and expander devices can fit together in a large data st orage topol og y .
B Under standing RAID In this chapter ... RAID T echnolog y Ove r v iew .................................................................................................. 59 RAID 0 (N on-RAID Arr a ys) .................................................
Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 59 RAID T echnology Over view RA I D i s th e te ch no l og y o f g r ou pi n g se ve ra l physica l d r iv es i n a co m pu te r i n to an array that y ou can define as one or more logical drives. Each logical drive appears to the operating system as a single drive.
Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 60 W hen selec ting a RAID level for y our system, consider the following factors. Ph ysical dr iv e utilization, read performance, and wr ite performance depend on the number of drives in the array . Generally , the more drives in the array , the better the performance.
Appendix B: Understanding RAID ● 61 RAID 1 Arra ys A RAID 1 array is built fr om two disk driv es, where one disk driv e is a mir ror of the other (the same data is stored on each disk driv e). Comp ared to independent disk drives, R AID 1 ar rays pro v ide impr oved performance, with twice the read rate and an equal write rate of sing le disks.
C Using the ARC Utility In this chapter ... Introduction t o the ARC U tilit y ...................................................................................... ...... 63 R unning the ARC U tilit y.................................................
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 63 Introduction t o the ARC Utility The AR C utilit y comprises these tools: ● The Array Configuration U tility (ACU ) —Used t o create, configur e, and manage arr ay s, and initialize and r escan disk drives.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 64 T o assign properties to the new array: 1 In the Array P roperties menu, select an array ty pe, then press Ent er . Only the available ar ray types, RAID 0, 1, and 10 are display ed. RAID 0 and 1 requir es two to four drives.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 65 ● W he n migr ating from singl e volume to RAID 0, mig rat ing from a larger dr ive to a smaller drive is allo wed.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 66 Deleting Arra ys Cautio n: Back up the data on an array b efore you delete it. Otherwise, all data on the array is lost. Deleted arrays cannot be restored. T o delete an existing ar ray: 1 From th e ACU m en u, s el ec t Manag e Arr ays .
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 67 Managing Bootab le Arrays an d Devices Select the Man age r B oo t Unit option t o add or remo ve a bootable array or single drive.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 68 7 At th e pro m pt , se l ec t Ye s to exit, then pr ess any k ey to restart the comput er . Any change s you ma de i n S er i al Select tak e effect after the c omputer restarts.
Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 69 F ormatting and V erifying Disk Driv es Y ou can use the disk utilities to low-level format or ve r ify your disk drives. (N ew disk drives are lo w-level formatted at the factor y and do not need to be lo w-le vel formatted again.
D Using the AFU for DOS In this chapter ... Introduction .... ............................................................................................................... ........ 71 R unning the AFU from the GUI....................................
Appendix D: Using the AFU for DOS ● 71 Introduction The AFU is a DOS utility used to update, sa ve, or v erify the HostRAID contr oller’ s firm ware BIOS. The AFU is easy to use and c ontains safeguards to pr e vent y ou from accidentally damag ing the Ho stRAID controlle r’ s flash conte nts.
Appendix D: Using the AFU for DOS ● 72 T o access the AFU: 1 Shut do w n your o perating system and reboot t o DO S fro m a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk or fr om a D OS partition on a bootable driv e. ( Y ou can use the drive c onnected to the HostRAID c ontroller y ou are updating .
Appendix D: Using the AFU for DOS ● 73 SA VE The SAVE command saves the contents of a H ostRAID controller’ s flash in a UFI file. The name of the UFI file is based on the HostRAID contr oller t yp e and cannot be changed.
Appendix D: Using the AFU for DOS ● 74 UPD A TE The UPDATE comm and up date s a Ho stRA ID cont roll er’ s fl ash comp one nts from t he fla sh image data in a UFI file. Y ou can use the UPDATE command t o update a single HostRAID controller’ s flash components or to update mu ltiple HostRAID contr ol lers on your c omputer .
Appendix D: Using the AFU for DOS ● 75 Example The following example shows a ty pical system response aft er a VERIFY comman d has been performed: A:> AFU VERIFY /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V1.0-0 B140 6 (c)Adaptec In c. 1999–2005. All Ri ghts Reserved.
Appendix D: Using the AFU for DOS ● 76 5 If y ou hav e multiple HostRAID c ontrollers only—A t the DOS prompt, type afu list, then press Enter . This command displa ys the Adaptec SAS H ostRAID controllers in y our system.
E Safety Infor mation T o ensure your personal safety and the safet y of your equipment: ● K eep yo ur wo rk area and the comput er clean and clear of debris.
F T echnical Specifications In this chapter ... Envir onmental Spe cifications ................................................................................................ 79 DC P ower R equirements ................................................
Appendix F: T echnical Specifications ● 79 Environmental Specif ications Note: Forced airflow is reco mmended, but not required. DC Po wer Requirements Current Requirements Relative humidity 10% to 90%, noncon densing Altitude up to 3,000 meters Ripple and noise 50 mV peak-to-peak (max) DC V oltage 3.
Glossary A activity See task . ACU Arr a y Config uration Utility . An applicat ion used to create, co nfigure, and manage ar rays fr om the controller’ s BIOS or MS-D OS. array A logical d isk creat ed from available space and made up of one or more segments on one or more ph ysic al disks.
Glossar y ● 89 build Background initiali zation of a redundant array . The arr a y is accessible thr oughout. RAID 1 copies th e cont ents of the pr imary dr iv e to a secondary drive.
Glossar y ● 90 disk ID U nique disk identifie r that consists of the cha nnel number , SA T A ID . For example, (c hannel:ID:L UN) 1:04:0. See channel . drive LED Disk indicat or LED that illuminates during read or write operations. E event N otification or alert from the syst em, indicating that a change has occurr ed.
Glossar y ● 91 L legacy disk Disk that contained a valid partition table when conne cted t o the controller . The controller manages the disk as a legacy disk arr a y where there is a one-t o-one logical-to-physical mapping of arra y to disk.
Glossar y ● 92 R RAID R edundant Ar ray of I ndependent Disks (alternative definition R edundant Array of Inexpensiv e Disks). RAID 0 A single-level arr a y consisting of two or more equal- siz ed se gments residing on different disks. RAID 0 distributes data evenly across its respectiv e drives in equal-sized sections called stripes.
Glossar y ● 93 stripe size The amount of data in eac h section of a strip ed array . striped array See RAID 0 , RAID 10 . T task An operation that occurs only on the RAID c ontroller , asynchronous t o all other operations; for example, initializing a disk or v erify ing an array .
Index A ACU creating arrays 63 Adaptec Flash Utility. See AFU Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. See HRCONF Adaptec Storage Manager installing 42 AFU 43 Array Configuration Utility.
Index ● 95 P performance tuning selecting a RAID level 60 stripe-unit size 59 phys 54 R RAID definition 59 performance tuning 60 RAID 0 60 RAID 1 61 RAID 10 61 recovering from disk drive failure Red Hat driver installation 39 Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
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