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SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers
Installation and User’s Guide
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● 2 Copyright ©2006 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035. Trademarks Adaptec, Adaptec Storage Manager, SCSISelect, SATASelect, SerialSelect and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered i
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● 3 Adaptec Customer Support If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec 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. To expedite your service, have your computer in front of you. Technical Support Identification (TSID) Number ● Before contacting Technical Support, you need your unique 12-digit TSID number. The TSID number identifies your product and support status. ●
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● 4 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, Adaptec, at its option, will repair or replace the product, or refund the purchaser’s purchase price for the product, provided it is delivered at the purchaser’s expense to an authorized Adaptec servic
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● 5 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 been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferen
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Contents About This Guide What You Need to Know Before You Begin ................................................... 12 Terminology Used in this Guide...................................................................... 12 How to Find More Information....................................................................... 12 Kit Contents and System Requirements Kit Contents ...................................................................................................... 14 System Requiremen
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Contents ● 7 Disk Drives for SCSI Controllers ............................................................... 27 Selecting Cables................................................................................................. 28 SAS Cables................................................................................................... 28 SATA Cables................................................................................................ 29 SCSI Cables ..................................
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Contents ● 8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin............................................................................................... 50 Creating a Driver Disk ...................................................................................... 50 Installing on Windows...................................................................................... 51 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux ..........................................................
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Contents ● 9 Understanding RAID Understanding Drive Segments ....................................................................... 70 Nonredundant Arrays (RAID 0) ...................................................................... 70 RAID 1 Arrays ................................................................................................... 71 RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays.................................................................................. 71 RAID 10 Arrays .....................
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Contents ● 10 Using the Adaptec Flash Utility System Requirements........................................................................................ 98 Before You Begin............................................................................................... 98 Obtaining the Firmware ............................................................................. 98 Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks ......................................................... 99 Running the Menu-based AFU .
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About This Guide 1 In this chapter... What You Need to Know Before You Begin.......................................................................... 12 Terminology Used in this Guide............................................................................................ 12 How to Find More Information ............................................................................................ 12 ® This Installation and User’s Guide explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller. It
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Chapter 1: About This Guide ● 12 What You Need to Know Before You Begin You should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, RAID technology, and the input/output (I/O) technology—Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), SAS, or Serial ATA (SATA)—used by your controller. (For an introduction to SAS, see page 62.) You should also be familiar with Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) or Network-Attached Storage (NAS)—whichever is appropriate for your storage space—and Storage Area Network (SAN)
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Kit Contents and System Requirements 2 In this chapter... Kit Contents............................................................................................................................ 14 System Requirements .............................................................................................................14 This chapter lists the contents of your Adaptec RAID controller kit and the system requirements that must be met for you to successfully install and use your controller
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Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line utility ● Cables (type and quantity vary—for cable information about your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adapte
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About Your RAID Controller 3 In this chapter... About the Adaptec 4800SAS .................................................................................................. 19 About the Adaptec 4805SAS .................................................................................................. 20 About the Adaptec 2420SA .................................................................................................... 21 About the Adaptec 2820SA ..........................................
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 16 Standard RAID Controller Features ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive hot-swapping ● Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages ● Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays—A full software application (Adaptec Storage Manager), a BIOS-based utility, a command line utility, and a DOS utility. See Managing Your Storage Space on page 55 for more i
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 17 1 ● Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 60 )—A RAID 60 array is similar to a RAID 50 array except that it includes four independent sets of parity data instead of two. Adding Enhanced Features As your storage needs change, you can enhance data protection and improve performance by upgrading your Adaptec controller with extra features. Currently, Adaptec offers the snapshot function as an upgrade feature which can be activated with a feature key (sol
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 18 About the Adaptec 4000 The Adaptec 4000 is a low-profile SAS Zero Channel RAID controller with these features: LED connector Mode 0 Flash connector I2C connector PCI-X connector Mounting bracket Bus compatibility PCI-X, 3.3V Maximum bus width 64-bit Maximum bus speed 133 MHz Standard cache 128 MB Maximum number of disk drives 8 Audible alarm No
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 19 About the Adaptec 4800SAS The Adaptec 4800SAS is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Charge LED (for battery backup module) Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash connector Two 4-wide internal SAS connectors Mounting Activity LED connector bracket (top 2 left/right pins) 1 external Battery connector SAS connector PCI-X connector Diag LED Activity LED Power LED Back side of Controller Bus compatibility PCI-X, 3.3V Maximum bus width 64-bit Maximum bus spe
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Chapter 3: About Your RAID Controller ● 20 About the Adaptec 4805SAS The Adaptec 4805SAS is a SAS RAID controller with these features: Charge LED (for battery backup module) Alarm connector Mode 0 Flash connector Two 4-wide internal SAS connectors Mounting Activity LED connector bracket (top 2 left/right pins) 1 external Battery connector SAS connector PCIe connector Diag LED Activity LED Activity LED Phy Power LED 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Back side of Controller Bus compatibility PCIe x8 I/O process
