Adaptec SATA AND SCSI RAID CONTROLLERS - Manual

v 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, Adapte...

vi Regulatory Compliance Statements Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user ’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has bee...

viii Contents 1 Introduction Kit Contents 1-2Overview of the Installation Process 1-3System Requirements and Compatibility 1-3 Drive Requirements 1-4System Requirements 1-4Operating System Compatibility 1-4Motherboard Compatibility 1-5 Controller Features 1-5 Features Overview 1-5SATA RAID Controlle...

ix Contents 3 Installing the Driver Overview of the Driver Installation Process 3-2Creating the Driver Disk 3-2Installing the Windows Driver 3-3 Installing the Driver When You Install Windows 3-3Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System 3-4 Installing the Linux Module 3-5 Installing the Mo...

x Contents A Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) Overview A-1Using the ACU A-2 Creating Arrays A-2Managing Arrays A-4Initializing Drives A-7Rescanning Drives A-8 Using SATA Select and SCSI Select A-9 Controller Configuration Options A-10SATA Configuration Options A-12SCSI Configuration Options ...

xi Contents Running the AFU from the Command Line C-5 Command Summary C-5AFU Command Line – Step-by-Step C-9 D Command Line Interface Introduction D-2Terminology D-2Accessing the CLI D-4 Accessing the CLI in MS-DOS D-4Accessing the CLI in Windows D-4Accessing the CLI in Unix D-4 Using the CLI D-5 Op...

xii Contents F About SCSI SCSI Device Support F-2Setting SCSI IDs F-2Changing SCSI Termination on the Controller F-3Enabling CD Drive Support F-3Mixing SE Devices with LVD Devices F-3 G Controller Illustrations H Specifications Glossary

1-2 Introduction Kit Contents Your controller kit includes: ■ Adaptec RAID controller. For controller illustrations, see Appendix G . ■ Installation CD ■ The cables supplied depend on the controller model: ■ Low-profile bracket for low-profile controllers only. To determine the form factor of your c...

1-3 Introduction Overview of the Installation Process This section provides an overview of the process of installing, setting-up, and configuring the Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Install and configure the controller and hard drives, as described in Chapter 2, Installing the Controller and Drives . 2 Y...

1-4 Introduction Drive Requirements You need to have enough drives available for the RAID array level you want to build. For details, see Appendix E, About RAID . Note: Arrays work best when all array members (drives) are identical. System Requirements The following system features are required: ■ I...

1-5 Introduction Motherboard Compatibility The Adaptec RAID controller requires a motherboard that meets the following compatibility requirements: ■ Complies with the PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2 and higher. ■ Supports multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge. ■ Pr...

1-6 Introduction ■ Centralized management across all Adaptec host-based RAID products using Adaptec Storage Manager  . In addition to local console access, Adaptec Storage Manager provides remote configuration and management of RAID subsystems through password-protected Web access. SATA RAID Contro...

1-7 Introduction SCSI RAID Controller Features Summary The SCSI RAID controller features are described in the table below. Note: For more on SCSI, see Appendix F, About SCSI . Adaptec 2020ZCR Adaptec 2120S Adaptec 2200S Form factor Low-profile Low-profile Low-profile PCI compatibility PCI/PCI-X PCI ...

1-8 Introduction Advanced RAID Features Adaptec RAID controllers support the following advanced features: ■ Optimized Disk Utilization —Allows you to use the full capacity of all your drives, even if drive sizes vary. ■ SATA/SCSI Disk Hot Plug —Allows you to add and remove disks without shutting dow...

1-9 Introduction Drive Enclosures – SCSI only Adaptec SCSI controllers support drive enclosures that include SAF-TE enclosure management hardware per the SAF-TE specification. Hotspares Adaptec RAID controllers support hotspares, drives that are reserved to replace a failing drive in a redundant arr...

1-10 Introduction Silencing the Alarm The alarm continues to sound until one of the following actions is taken: ■ The array with the failed member is deleted. ■ If the array is redundant, a rebuild begins. ■ The alarm is silenced using SATA Select or SCSI Select . For details, see the Alarm Control ...

1-11 Introduction About the Documentation The documentation set for the Adaptec RAID controllers includes: ■ Quick Installation Guide —Printed guide that provides the very minimum installation instructions necessary to install and create a bootable array. ■ Readme text file —Contains additional tech...

1-12 Introduction Using the Adaptec Installation CD The Adaptec RAID Installation CD contains array management software, device drivers, and documentation for the Adaptec RAID controller.You can use the CD the following ways: ■ Booting from the CD with No Operating System ■ Using the CD Autorun in W...

1-13 Introduction ■ View Documentation —Provides quick access to the PDF files listed in the table on page 1-11 . ■ Create Driver Diskette —Allows you to create a driver disk for any supported operating system. Browsing the CD If your installation process requires you to directly access files on the...

1-14 Introduction ■ UNIX —Use Acrobat Viewer because Reader is not available for all operating systems. Your system must have Java Runtime Environment 1.1.7B from April 11, 2000 or later. The Viewer is located on the installation CD at mount-point /Acrobat_Reader . Note: To download Java Virtual Mac...

1-15 Introduction ■ Command Line Interface (CLI) —Allows you to automate array creation or testing in a production environment using scripts. For details, see Appendix D . Safety Information To ensure your personal safety, as well as the safety of you equipment: ■ Keep your work area and the compute...

2-2 Installing the Controller and Drives SATA Drives and Cables To install an Adaptec SATA RAID controller and drives, you need equal numbers of each of the following: ■ Serial ATA hard drives ■ Serial ATA cables (supplied in this kit) Configuration of Serial ATA drives is simple for the following r...

2-3 Installing the Controller and Drives Installing the Controller and Drives To install Adaptec RAID controller and drives: 1 If you have a low-profile controller and a low-profile computer cabinet, replace the original full-height bracket with the low-profile bracket supplied in Adaptec RAID contr...

2-4 Installing the Controller and Drives Determining the Boot Controller Note: If your system will contain two or more bootable controllers, read this section. Otherwise, skip this section. The Adaptec RAID controller supports bootable drives and arrays. The default setting of the controller and sys...

2-5 Installing the Controller and Drives Why build a RAID 5? This array level is supported by your controller. It provides a versatile combination of performance and redundancy on a minimum of three drives. Because RAID 5 uses parity, it is the safest, and most recoverable, of all RAID levels. What ...

2-8 Installing the Controller and Drives 10 Click Next . 11 Type the name you want to assign to the RAID 5 you are creating, then click Apply . The system creates the array. The display refreshes to show the just-created RAID 5 on the right side of the display. You may use the array immediately. How...

3-2 Installing the Driver Overview of the Driver Installation Process Adaptec recommends the following driver installation procedure: 1 Create a driver disk. See Creating the Driver Disk on page 3-2 for details. 2 Identify the appropriate installation procedure for your computer. You need to know th...

3-3 Installing the Driver 4 Click Create Driver Disk , then select the appropriate operating system. 5 If you selected Linux , you need to also select the architecture, one of the following:– i386 —For Intel 386 or 486 computers – i586 —For Pentium I or II computers – i686 —For Pentium III, IV, or A...

3-4 Installing the Driver 5 When prompted to install a third-party driver, press F6 . Note: When F6 is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for only 5 seconds. If you miss your chance to press F6, restart the computer. 6 Insert the driver floppy disk and wait until prompted to instal...

3-5 Installing the Driver Installing the Linux Module This section contains the following procedures: ■ Installing the Module When You Install Red Hat ■ Installing the Module in an Existing Linux System Notes: ■ SuSE Linux only —The controller is not supported as a bootable controller. In other word...

3-6 Installing the Driver Installing the Module in an Existing Linux System To install the module in an existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux system: 1 Insert and mount the Adaptec installation CD. 2 Install the module RPM by typing: rpm -Uvh mount-point /linux/arc/driver/aac1.1.4-2322.rpm 3 Run fdisk , mk...

3-7 Installing the Driver 9 To enable RAID management software and utilities, type the following commands: cd mount-point /openserv/arc/driver/aacraid/reloc/tmp/aacraid/scripts cp ./aacaifd /usr/sbin cp ./S98aacaifd /etc/rc2.d chmod 755 /usr/sbin/aacaifd /etc/rc.d/S98aacaifd Installing the Driver in...

3-8 Installing the Driver UnixWare and OpenUNIX This section contains the following procedures: ■ Installing the Driver When You Install UnixWare or OpenUNIX ■ Installing the Driver in an Existing UnixWare or OpenUNIX System Note: Although the driver disk you create for UnixWare and OpenUNIX differ,...

3-10 Installing the Driver Installing the NetWare Driver This section contains the following procedures: ■ Installing the Driver When You Install NetWare on page 3-10 ■ Installing the Driver in an Existing NetWare System on page 3-11 ■ Loading NetWare Drivers During Server Restart on page 3-12 Insta...

3-11 Installing the Driver 13 Press the Enter key to scan the floppy drive. Once the driver is selected, the parameter screen is displayed. 14 Verify the loaded drivers. From the lower window menu, select Continue , then press Enter . Note: If the driver installation process fails, the server consol...

3-12 Installing the Driver 13 Press Enter to scan for the drivers. 14 Select Adaptec AdvancedRAID Controller and press Enter . The aacraid parameters screen is displayed. 15 Select Select/Modify driver Parameters and press Enter . 16 Select Save parameters and load driver . 17 When prompted to selec...

3-13 Installing the Driver To modify the startup.ncf file: 1 At the server console prompt, type load nwconfig and press Enter . 2 Select the NCF File Options menu, then press Enter . 3 Select the Modify Startup.ncf option, then press Enter . 4 Make the necessary changes. When you are done, press Esc...

4-1 4 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager In this Chapter... After you have installed your Adaptec RAID controller and driver, you are ready to install and use Adaptec Storage Manager—a user-friendly graphical user interface that makes it easy for you to create and manage arrays without ...

4-2 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Windows This section provides instructions for installing Storage Manager. Note: On Windows, Storage Manager supports up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers. To install Storage Manager: 1 Insert the Adaptec installation CD ...

4-3 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Linux Notes: ■ With Linux, Storage Manager supports up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers. ■ Storage Manager includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). ■ If a previous version of Storage Manager is already installed and ...

4-4 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on OpenServer Notes: ■ With OpenServer, Storage Manager supports up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers. ■ You need either the Java Development Kit (JDK) for SCO or the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for SCO, version 1.3.1. To...

4-5 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager When successful, a copyright message is displayed in the terminal window. If you want RAID Agent to run at startup all the time, add the following line to the /etc/inittab and /etc/conf/init.d/kernel files: nfra:12346:once:sh /opt/RaidMan/RaidAgnt....

4-6 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager 6 UnixWare Only —To start RAID Agent, type the following case- sensitive command: sh /opt/RaidMan/RaidAgnt.sh When successful, a copyright message is displayed in the terminal window. If you want RAID Agent to run at startup all the time, add the f...

4-7 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Starting Storage Manager Note: You need root privileges to run Storage Manager. To start Storage Manager, use the procedure outlined in the table below for your operating system. If your operating system is... Start Storage Manager as follows... Wi...

4-8 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Logging into Remote Systems To log into a remote system: 1 Click Remote > Add Remote System . Storage Manager displays the login screen, as shown below. 2 Type the IP address. The default System startup port number , 34571, is supplied for you. ...

5-2 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Overview Adaptec Storage Manager provides an expandable tree view of the systems and controllers you are managing. You can perform most configuration and management tasks by selecting a controller from the tree and working with related objects. The figure be...

5-3 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager For example, the fan indicator changes to yellow when one fan fails; it changes to red when a second fan fails and cooling is no longer adequate. Logical Devices View This view displays information about the logical devices created using the physical devices...

5-4 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Collapsed and Expanded Views You can display a collapsed or expanded view of the system configuration. Initially, Storage Manager displays a collapsed textual view of the configuration information in both the Logical devices and Physical devices views. In th...

5-5 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Component Views When you click a physical or logical device in the device views, the related components are highlighted in the other view. ■ When you click a logical device in the Logical devices view, the physical drives that make up the logical device are ...

A-1 A Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) In this Appendix... Overview The Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) utility is part of the controller BIOS. The utility includes: ■ Array Configuration Utility (ACU) —Used to create, configure, and manage arrays, and make arrays bootable. Also used to ini...

A-2 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) The Adaptec RAID Controller menu presents the following options: ■ Array Configuration Utility ■ SATA Select and SCSI Select Utilities ■ Disk Utilities To select a menu option in ARC, browse with the arrow keys, then press Enter . Sometimes, selecting an ...

A-3 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) 4 From the ARC menu, select Array Configuration Utility . 5 From the ACU menu, select Create Array . 6 Browse with the arrow keys to select a channel. 7 Select the disks for the new array, then press Insert . To deselect a disk, highlight the disk, then p...

A-4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) 3 Enter the desired array size. The maximum array size available based on the partitions you selected is displayed automatically. If you want to designate a different array size, type the desired array size and select MB (megabytes), GB (gigabytes), or TB...

A-7 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) 3 Select a drive, then press Insert to assign the drive as a hotspare. The specified drive is displayed in the Assigned Hotspares drives list. 4 Press Enter to save the hotspare assignment. 5 If you are finished managing hotspares, press Y (for yes) when ...

A-8 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) To initialize drives: 1 Restart the computer, then press Ctrl+A when prompted to access the ARC utility. 2 From the ARC menu, select Array Configuration Utility . 3 Select Initialize Drives . 4 Browse with the arrow keys to select a channel. 5 Browse with...

A-10 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) Controller Configuration Options The Controller Configuration options are described in the table below. Option Default Models Affected Description Drives Write Cache Drive's Default All When Enabled , write cache is enabled, providing maximum drive perfo...

A-12 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) SATA Configuration Options The SATA Configuration options are described in the table below. Option Default Models Affected Description Write Cache Yes All SATA controllers When Enabled , write cache is enabled, providing maximum performance. Caution —Whe...

A-13 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) SCSI Configuration Options To access the SCSI Device Configuration options, select SCSI Configuration . SCSI Channel Interface Definitions The SCSI Channel Interface Definitions are described in the table below. Option Default Description Controller SCSI...

A-14 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) SCSI Device Configuration Options The SCSI device settings allow you to configure certain parameters for each device on the SCSI channel. To configure settings for a specific device, you must know the SCSI ID assigned to that device. If you are not sure ...

A-16 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log stores all firmware events (configuration changes, array creation, boot activity, and so on). The event log has a fixed size. Once full, old events are flushed as new events are stored. Also, the log is vola...

B-1 B ACU for DOS In this Appendix... Introduction The Array Configuration Utility (ACU) allows you to create, configure, and manage arrays. Creating the ACU Utility Disk The DOS version of this utility runs from a floppy disk that you need to create using the following procedure: 1 To find the ACU ...

B-2 ACU for DOS Running the ACU Interactively To run the ACU interactively: 1 Insert the ACU utility disk you created in Creating the ACU Utility Disk . 2 Start or restart your computer. The computer boots to the DOS command line. 3 Type ACU on the command line, then press Enter . Select ACU options...

B-3 ACU for DOS Running the ACU Using Scripts To use the ACU scripting features, use the ACU command, specify a script file (see Creating the Script File Manually on page B-5 ), and specify one (but not both) of the required switches listed in the table below. You may also add one or both of the opt...

B-5 ACU for DOS Notes: ■ Record Mode can be used to record only one controller at a time. Therefore, if you want to record multiple controllers, record them separately using separate script files. ■ Because the ACU supports only a subset of array types available, it cannot record all the possible ar...

B-6 ACU for DOS Array Definition Block Keywords The array definition block always begins with the keyword Array and ends with the keyword End . The other required array definition keywords are Drives and Type . The array definition keywords are listed in the table below alphabetically. Keyword Requi...

B-7 ACU for DOS The keywords are described in detail in the sections that follow. Array Keyword Array is a required keyword, indicating the start of an array definition block. The syntax is Array=< label > , where label is an optional alphanumeric string. Examples Array Array=MyData Drives Key...

B-8 ACU for DOS HotspareDrives Keyword HotspareDrives is an optional keyword, specifying the hotspares to assign to the array. The syntax for listing hotspares is the same as the Drives Keyword on page B-7 . If HotspareDrives is not specified, no hotspares are assigned to the array. Notes: ■ Hotspar...

B-9 ACU for DOS Notes: ■ InitializeAll is a global keyword that you need to specify only once. ■ InitializeAll is always performed prior to array creation regardless of its position in the script. ■ If both InitializeAll=Yes and InitializeAll=No are specified in the same script file, InitializeAll=Y...

B-10 ACU for DOS ReadCache Keyword ReadCache indicates whether the array uses read caching. Possible values are: ■ Yes (the default )—Enable read caching. ■ No —Disable read caching. Example ReadCache=Yes Size Keyword The Size keyword specifies the size of the array. Specify Maximum (the default) to...

B-11 ACU for DOS Type Keyword Type is a required keyword, indicating the array type. There is no default value. The Type keyword values are: Note: For information about which array types your controller supports, see Controller Features on page 1-5 . Wait Keyword Wait is an optional keyword that you...

B-12 ACU for DOS Channel Definition Block Keywords – SCSI only The channel definition block is optional. If used, it always begins with the keyword Channel and ends with the keyword End . The channel definition block keywords are listed in the table below. Channel Keyword Channel is an optional keyw...

B-13 ACU for DOS ACU Error Codes When the ACU detects an error, it reports the error and exits immediately. If a log file is specified, the ACU writes the error code to the log file. Otherwise, it displays the error code on the screen. The possible error messages returned by the ACU are listed in th...

B-14 ACU for DOS Example – Running the ACU with a Script The following MS-DOS command invokes the ACU and creates arrays on controller 1 based on the array keywords defined in the script file A:\RAID.ACU . It also configures Channel 0 and saves a log of the operation in the log file C:\RAID.LOG . A:...

C-1 C Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) In this Appendix... Introduction The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a DOS utility used to update, save, or verify RAID controller firmware BIOS, and NVRAM. Caution: The AFU is easy to use and contains safeguards to prevent you from accidentally damaging the controll...

C-2 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) The AFU is used to: ■ Update —Updates all the flash components on a controller with the flash image data from a User Flash Image (UFI) file. The AFU updates the controller ’s flash by reading UFI files and writing them to the controller ’s flash components. Note: The ...

C-3 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) Firmware and UFI File Locations The firmware and UFI file locations on the Adaptec Installation CD are as follows Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks Controller firmware is available two ways: ■ From the Adaptec installation CD —The CD includes the AFU executable, AFU....

C-4 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) 3 Start the AFU as described in Running the AFU from the GUI on page C-4 and follow the prompts. Running the AFU from the GUI The easy way to run the AFU is to use its Graphical User Interface (GUI). If you prefer to run the AFU from the command line, see page C-5 . T...

C-5 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) Running the AFU from the Command Line At the DOS command prompt (typically A:\> ), type AFU followed by a command and any switches. The AFU processes the command, prompts you to insert additional floppy disks as needed, exits, and reports success or an error messag...

C-6 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) SAVE The SAVE command saves the contents of a controller ’s flash in a UFI file. The name of the UFI file is based on the controller type and cannot be changed. You must restart the computer following a SAVE command. Command Syntax The command syntax for the SAVE comm...

C-7 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) Examples In the following example, the AFU saves flash contents from controller 0 to a UFI file in the current default drive and directory: A:\> AFU SAVE /C 0 In the following example, the AFU saves flash contents from Controller 1 to a UFI file in C:\UFI_FILES . A...

C-8 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) VERIFY The VERIFY command compares the contents of each of the flash components on a controller to the corresponding image in a UFI file and indicates whether they match. Use this command to determine whether a controller ’s flash components are up-to-date when compar...

D-2 Command Line Interface Introduction The Command Line Interface (CLI) allows you to configure and manage controller components. The CLI contains most of the functionality offered by Adaptec Storage Manager, plus some additional functionality not offered by Adaptec Storage Manager. CLI commands al...

D-3 Command Line Interface All Controllers The following terms are used in discussing the CLI: ■ Array, container —A logical disk created from available space and made up of one or more partitions on one or more physical disks. ■ Stripe, chunk —Contiguous set of data distributed across all the disks...

D-4 Command Line Interface Accessing the CLI The method you use to access the CLI depends on the operating system (OS), as described below. Accessing the CLI in MS-DOS To access the CLI from the MS-DOS prompt, move to the directory containing the afacli executable, then type afacli . Accessing the C...

D-5 Command Line Interface From the NetWare server console To access the CLI from the NetWare server console, type aaccli at the prompt. When the system displays the CLI> prompt, which indicates that you can now use CLI commands. Using the CLI This section contains some examples of using CLI comm...

D-6 Command Line Interface Displaying Information about Your Array After creating an array, use the container list command to display information about the array. In the following example, the Num Label column indicates the array ID 0 and the array label Venus . The Type column indicates a volume se...

D-7 Command Line Interface Creating a RAID 1 To create a RAID 1, use the container create new_mirror command. In the following example, a RAID 1 is created on devices 0:02:0 and 0:03:0 using 100 MB of available space from each device. AAC0> container create new_mirror ((0,2,0), 100M) (0,3,0)Execu...

D-8 Command Line Interface Managing Failover Options and Hotspares To assign one or more hotspares to a single array, use the container set failover command. To assign one or more spare disks for all arrays, use the container set global_failover command. These commands allow you to add hotspares to ...

D-9 Command Line Interface Enabling Automatic Failover To enable automatic failover, use the controller set automatic_failover command with the /failover switch, as in the following example: AAC0> controller set automatic_failover /failover_enabled=TRUE Executing: controller set automatic_failove...

D-10 Command Line Interface Controller Details The controller details attributes are defined as follows: ■ Controller Name —Name ■ Controller Type —Product name ■ Controller Availability —Access mode ■ Controller Remote Computer —Name of the remote computer on which an open controller resides ■ Cont...

D-11 Command Line Interface Displaying Disk Information The CLI allows you to monitor or manage disk attributes, prepare a disk for use by a controller, and detect defects using the following commands: ■ Disk List ■ Disk Show Defects ■ Disk Verify Disk List The disk list attributes are defined as fo...

D-12 Command Line Interface Disk Show Defects The disk show defects command shows the following types on information: ■ Total number and location of primary defects (defects that originate during manufacturing) ■ Total number and location of grown defects (defects that originate after manufacturing)...

D-14 Command Line Interface ■ Mirror Set Create —Creation of a RAID 1 (mirror). ■ Mirror Set Normal —The RAID 1 is in the normal state. ■ Reconfiguration Copy Container —An array is being used as a copy (hidden) array (Copy). ■ Reconfiguration Destination Container —An array is being used as a desti...

D-15 Command Line Interface CLI Command Dictionary This section contains a command reference for the following command groupings: ■ General Control Commands ■ Container (Array) Commands ■ Controller Commands ■ Disk Commands ■ Logfile Commands ■ Task Commands ■ Enclosure Commands General Control Comm...

D-17 Command Line Interface Switches /always —Specifies whether to clear the array even if it has data on it. The default is FALSE , meaning that the command clears the array only if it has no data on it. All user files must be closed; the /always switch cannot override this restriction. /wait — If ...

D-25 Command Line Interface Parameters {container} —ID number of the array on which to set the I/O delay. {integer} —Number of milliseconds the controller waits between I/O operations. container set label {container} {label} Assigns a new label to the array. Parameters {container} —ID number of the ...

D-26 Command Line Interface controller details Shows details about the open controller and software. controller firmware compare [/C{controller}] [{controller}...] [/D{UFI_file_path}] Compares the contents of each of the flash components on a controller to the corresponding image in User Flash Image...

D-27 Command Line Interface controller list [/domain={string}] [{string}] Lists all controllers or displays information about the currently opened controller. Parameters {name} —Computer name from which to display all controllers or specific information about the open controller. Switches /domain ( ...

D-28 Command Line Interface controller set container_verify [/verify_enabled={boolean}] Turns the container verify task on or off. Switches /verify_enabled —Specifies whether to turn on or off the container verify feature. The default is TRUE, which means the command turns on the container verify fe...

D-29 Command Line Interface Switches /always —Specifies whether to initialize the disk even if the disk has existing data. (Cannot override open files.) The default is FALSE . /unconditional —Specifies whether to initialize the disk even if arrays on the disk have open files. The default is FALSE . ...

D-32 Command Line Interface disk zero [/repair={boolean}] [/wait={boolean}] {device_ID} Clears an entire disk (by writing zeros). All data is erased and cannot be recovered. Parameters {device_ID} —ID number of the device to clear. Switches /repair —If FALSE (the default), the command only reports f...

D-34 Command Line Interface Enclosure Commands Note: You can use the enclosure commands only with enclosures that support Version 1.0 of the SAF-TE specification. enclosure activate slot {enclosure} {slot} Activates a device in a slot in the SAF-TE enclosure. Parameters {enclosure} —ID number of the...

D-38 Command Line Interface Using Automated Command Scripts To execute a CLI command script, type the at sign (@), followed by the filename that contains the CLI commands, for example: AAC0>@commandscript.txt In a CLI command script text file, each line ends with a line feed inserted by pressing ...

E-1 E About RAID A RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) provides better performance and reliability from combinations of drives than is possible with the same total storage space without RAID. This Appendix describes the various RAID levels supported by Adaptec RAID controllers. The table bel...

E-2 About RAID Spanned Volume A spanned volume is created by joining, or concatenating, two or more drives. The drives do not have to be of equal capacity and are connected end-to-end. A spanned volume offers no redundancy and no performance advantage over a single drive. RAID 0 A RAID 0 is created ...

F-1 F About SCSI In this Appendix... SCSI Device Support F-2 Setting SCSI IDs F-2 Changing SCSI Termination on the Controller F-3 Enabling CD Drive Support F-3 Mixing SE Devices with LVD Devices F-3

F-2 About SCSI SCSI Device Support The SCSI RAID controller is designed to work with Ultra320 SCSI hard drives. In addition, the controller operates at reduced performance with all Ultra2 or higher SCSI drives and peripherals, as described in the table below. Note: Adaptec does not recommend using S...

F-3 About SCSI Changing SCSI Termination on the Controller The default termination for the controller is Auto Mode and you will probably never need to change this setting. However, if you do need to change the termination, you can use the SCSI Select Controller SCSI Channel Termination option to cha...

G-1 G Controller Illustrations This Appendix shows the Adaptec RAID controllers. Adaptec 2020ZCR Component Layout Low-profile bracket PCI connector

H-1 H Specifications Environmental Specifications Note: Forced airflow is recommended, but not required. DC Power Requirements Current Requirements Ambient temperature without battery backup module 0 °C to 50 ° C Relative humidity 10% to 90% , noncondensing Altitude up to 3,000 meters Ripple and noi...

Glossary-1 Glossary A activity See task . ACU Array Configuration Utility. 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 partitions on one or more physical disks. Arrays are typically u...

Glossary-2 Glossary bootable array Array configured as the boot device. 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 also clear . bus See channel . C cache Fast-access memory on the...

Glossary-4 Glossary drive LED Indicator light that illuminates during read or write operations. E event Notification or alert from the system, indicating that a change has occurred. event log File used to maintain information about prior controller activities or errors. event notification Process fo...

Glossary-6 Glossary L 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 p...

Glossary-7 Glossary P partition Contiguous area of a physical drive that makes up some or all of an array. When an array is created, space is automatically converted into partitions. phantom object Object that represents a component that cannot be configured by the controller management software; fo...

Glossary-8 Glossary redundant The ability of an array to maintain operability when one or more hardware failures occur. RAID 1 is an example of a redundant array. In the event of a drive failure, redundant arrays can be restored to normal operation by replacing the failed drive and rebuilding the ar...

Glossary-9 Glossary stripe Contiguous set of data distributed across all the disks in an array. A striped array distributes data evenly across all members in equal-sized sections called stripes . stripe size The amount of data in each section of a striped array. striped array See RAID signature and ...