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iii Contents 1 Introduction Document Overview 1-1 Organization 1-1 Additional Supplied Documenta tion 1-2 Supported RAID Types 1-2 RAID-0 1-3 RAID-1 1-3 RAID-5 1-4 RAID-10 1-5 RAID-50 1-6 Simple Volume 1-6 Spanned Volume 1-6 RAID Volume 1-7 Features 1-7 Optimized Disk Utiliz ation 1-7 Array Reconfiguration 1-7 Drive Enclosures 1-8 Hot Spares 1-8 Au[...]

iv Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide 2 Using Adaptec RAI D Configuration Using the Array Configu ra tion U til it y 2-2 Managing Arrays 2-2 Creating Arrays 2-6 Initializing Disk Drives 2-9 Rescanning Disk Drives 2-9 Using the SCSISele ct Utility 2-10 Starting and Exiting SCSI Select 2-10 Using the SC SI Select Menus 2- 1 0 Usin[...]

v Contents Physical Device Properties 3-23 Enclosure Properties 3-25 Logical Device Properties 3-2 6 Viewing and Cr ea ting Tasks 3 -2 7 Task Viewer Tab 3-27 New Tasks Tab 3-28 About Adaptec S torage Manager Notifier Service 3-2 9 Notifier Service Event Levels 3-29 Enabling and Configuring th e Not ifier Service 3-31 Controlling ARCPD for Windows 2[...]

vi Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide 4 Using the Command Line Interface Introducing the Command Line Interface 4-2 Accessing the Command Line Interface 4-2 Terminology 4-3 Using the CLI 4-4 Opening and Closing a Controller 4-4 Creating Single-Level Arrays 4-4 Deleting Arrays 4 -7 Enabling Spares 4-8 Displaying Controller Inform[...]

1-1 1 Intr oduction In this Chapter Document Overview This section r eviews the contents of the Adaptec SCSI RAID Softwar e User ’ s Guide and includes an introduction to the major features of your controller , as well as s ome of the terminol ogy us ed. Organization Chapter 1, Intr oduction , bri efly describes contents of the guide, the softwar[...]

1-2 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Chapter 3, Adaptec Storage Manager-Br owser Edition , provides an in- depth look at Adaptec Storage Ma nage r , an easy-to-use storage configuration application that supports both local and remote management. This chapter describes the user interface, and provides step-by-step ins tr uction[...]

1-3 Introduction Adaptec RAID controllers support the following types of array: RAID-0 A RAID-0 is cr eated by striping data ac ross two or more d isk drives. Simple striping li ke this creates no r edundancy to protect the data, but by sharing the load equally across multiple drives, it does provide the best r e ad and write performance of any RAI[...]

1-4 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide The cost of this redundancy is in efficient use of capacity , because all data is written to both drives, only half of the total capacity is available. RAID-1 offers no write performance advantage over a s ingle drive, but read performance benefits fr om being able to share the load between[...]

1-5 Introduction RAID-10 A RAID-10 is an example of a dual-level array and is created by using two or more equal-sized RAID-1s to cr eate a RAID-0. The top level RAID-0 shares the load among the second level RAID-1s, impr oving both r ead and write performance. Since second level arrays ar e RAID-1, only half the total capacity of the drives in the[...]

1-6 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide RAID-50 A RAID-50 is a dual-l evel array created by usin g two or more equal-sized RAID-5s to create a RAID-0. The top level RAID-0 shares the load among the second-level RAID-5s, impro ving both read and write perf ormance. The second level RAID-5s us e of parity pr ovides ef ficient r edu[...]

1-7 Introduction RAID V olu me A RAID volume is created by joining two or more single-level arrays of the same RAID type. Unli ke dual-level arrays, the arr ays in a RAID volume do not have to be of equal capacity . In direct contrast to dual-level arrays, the second-leve l arrays in a RAID volume are not striped together , instead they are connect[...]

1-8 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Ta b l e 1 - 1 list s the RAID type migr at ions supported by Adaptec Storage Manager . T able 1-1 Suppor te d Arra y Migrations See Chapter 3, Adaptec Storage Manager-Br owser Edition , for instructions on modifying arrays. Some operating systems, for example W indows XP , W indows 2000, W[...]

1-9 Introduction A utomatic Rebuild On Replacement Adaptec RAID controllers support a feature known as Automatic rebuild on replacement. This may be useful in the event of a drive failure if no hot spar e is available and the failing drive is in an SES or SAF-TE enabled drive enclo sur e. When this feature is enabled (default) a r ebuild of any r e[...]

1-10 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Adaptec RAID controllers su pported by Adaptec Storage Manager-Br owser Edition are listed in Ta b l e 1 - 2 . T a ble 1-2 Suppor ted Adaptec RAID Controll ers 1 In order for Ad aptec Storage Mana ger - Browser Edition to support an Adaptec SCSI RAID 5400S control ler , Adaptec St orage Ma[...]

2-1 2 Using Adaptec RAID Configuration In this Chapter The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (A RC) is an embedded BIOS utility that includes an Array Configuration Utility (A CU) that allows the creation, configur ation, and management of arrays. Also included are SCSI Select which supports changing SCSI device and contr oller settings, and Disk [...]

2-2 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide The Adaptec SCSI RAID Controlle r menu appears, pres enting the following options: ■ Array Configuration Util ity ■ SCSI Select Utility ■ Disk Utilities T o select an option from this menu or from any of the menus within ARC, move the cursor to the option with the Up/Down arrow keys a[...]

2-3 Using Adaptec RAID Configuration 2 From the ARC menu, select Array Configuratio n Utili ty . 3 From the ACU menu, select Manage A rrays . 4 From the List of Arrays di al o g b o x, se l ec t th e a r ra y y o u w a nt t o view information on and press Enter . The Array Properties dialog box appears, showing detailed information on the array . T[...]

2-4 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide ■ Y ou cannot make a non-00 array bootable if the array is in a build/verify or reconfiguration process. Caution: The controller always us es the lowest number ed array as its bootable array . If you delete array 00 for any reason, the n ext lowest number ed array will become the bootable[...]

2-5 Using Adaptec RAID Configuration Managing Failo ver Drive Assignments T o assign a hot spare drive to an array: 1 Select Manage Arrays fr om the Main menu. 2 On the List of Arrays dialog box, select the array you want to assign a hot spare drive to, and type Ctrl+S . The Hotspare Management for Array dialog box is displayed, which shows the dri[...]

2-6 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Creating Arrays Before cr eating arrays, make sure the disks for the array ar e connected and installed in your system (or enclosure). Note that any disks with MS-DOS partitions, disk s with no usable space, or disks that are uninitialized appear dimmed and cannot be used for creating a new[...]

2-7 Using Adaptec RAID Configuration Assigning Array Pr operties Note that you cannot change array properties fr om the ACU once the array is cr eated. T o change array pr operties once the array is created, use Adaptec Storage Manager . T o assign properties to the new array: 1 In the Array Propert ies menu, select an array type and pr ess Enter .[...]

2-8 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide 4 Select the desired stripe size. Th e allowable stripe sizes are 16, 32, and 64 KB (the default). For RAID 50 arrays, 64 KB is the o n l y s t r i p e s i z e su pp or te d b y A C U . T h e d e f a u l t s tr ip e si ze gi v e s the best overall performance in most network envir onments. [...]

2-9 Using Adaptec RAID Configuration Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list f or creating a ne w array or if it appears grayed out, you may have to initialize it befor e you can use it as part of an arr ay . Caution: Initializing a di sk overwrites the parti tion table on the disk and makes any data[...]

2-10 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Using the SCSI Select Utility The SCSI Select Utility enables you to change devi ce and controller settings without opening the sy stem chassis or handling the card. If you want to view or change the curr ent settings, see Starting and Exiting SCSI Select on page 2-10 . For detailed descri[...]

2-11 Using Adaptec RAID Configuration Using the Contro ller Configuration Utility T o access the Controller Confi guration Utility: 1 When you turn on or reboot your system, pr ess Ctrl+A to access ARC when prompted by the following message: Press <Ctrl><A> for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 If multiple contr ollers ar e installed[...]

2-12 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide If Runtime BIOS is enabled and the BBS Support and Array- based BBS Support options ar e disabled, the controller BIOS is enabled and will post the l owest number ed array (typically 00) on the first controller found as a legacy Int13h bootable hard disk drive. The default is Enabled . ■[...]

2-13 Using Adaptec RAID Configuration The Ctrl-B option in ACU moves any array to be array 00. Using this option r epeatedly allows any boot order to be chosen. The default is Disabled . ■ Physical Driv es Disp lay during POST — The default is Disabled . ■ CD-ROM Boot Support — The default is Enabled . ■ Removable Media Devices Support ?[...]

2-14 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide 5 The Select SCSI Ch an nel menu is displayed. Select the appropriate channel fr om this menu. Y ou can modify the following SCSI Channel Interface Definitions: ■ Controller SCSI Channel ID — Sets th e controller ’s SCSI ID. W e recommend that you leave the controller set to SCSI ID [...]

2-15 Using Adaptec RAID Configuration ■ Initiate W ide Negotiation — Determines whether the SCSI channel attempts 16-bit data transfer inst ead of 8-bit da ta transfer . The ef fective data transf er rate is doubled whe n 16-bit data transf er is used. T he defau lt is yes . ■ QAS — Determines whether QAS (Quick Arbitr ation and Selection) [...]

2-16 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide The controller should not be powered off or r ebooted during a disk format. Doing so may render the disk unusable until the format is manually restarted and completed. Caution: A low-level format destroys all data on the drive. Be sur e to back up your data befor e performing this operatio[...]

3-1 3 Adaptec Storage Manager - Br owser Edition In this Chapter About Adaptec St orage Manag er 3-2 Login to Adaptec Storage Manager 3-4 Installing a Security Cer tificate 3-6 Understanding Adap tec Stora ge Manager 3-7 Creating Arra ys 3-12 Creating and Delet ing Hot Spa re s 3-16 Deleting Arra ys 3-17 Modifying Arra ys 3-17 User Interf ace Optio[...]

3-2 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager - Br owser Edition is a web- based application that supports managing storage either locally (at the system in which the storage contr oller is installed), or r emotely (from another system). Any system containing an Adapte c storage con[...]

3-3 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition Adaptec Storage Manager - Br owser Edition consists of the three major components: ■ A supported web browse r , which shoul d alread y be installed on the system. ■ The Adaptec web service which supplie s content displayed on the web browser . ■ An Adaptec-su pplied storag e agent. For a locally m[...]

3-4 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Login to Adaptec Storage Mana ger T o login to a system with Adaptec S torage Manager installed: 1 Start Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition. In W indows, you will find the application by clicking Start > Programs > SMBE > Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition . In Linux,[...]

3-5 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition T o logi n from any system with a web browser: 1 Start the web browser application and type the IP addr ess for the system you want to access in the addr ess bar and press Enter . Example: https:// 10.6.3.14:3513/adaptec. When connection to the r emote system is established the Adaptec Storage Manager L[...]

3-6 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Installing a Securi ty Cer tificate When using Adaptec Storage Mana ger for the first time after installation, you need to c reate a security certificate . Follow the steps below to cr eate the certificate: 1 When the Security Alert window appears, click V iew Certificate. 2 On the Certific[...]

3-7 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition Understanding Adapte c Stora ge Manager Shown below is an example of a typical Adapt ec Sto rage Manager screen. . Note: Depending on your operating system, browser , and color scheme you may notice some differ ences between this illustration and you r screen. At the top of the Adaptec Storage Manager s[...]

3-8 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide For detailed instr uctions on using these buttons, see the sections V iewing Events on page 3-20 , User Interface Options on page 3-19 , Help on page 3-20 , D isplaying and Modify ing Properties on page 3-21 , and V iewing and Cr eating T asks on page 3-27 . Immediately following the header[...]

3-9 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition At the top of the Physical Devices view , grouped to the right of Vi e w , are thr ee view selection buttons . These buttons select how Adaptec Storag e Manager disp lays the physical devices connected to this controller . Hot Spares Click the Hot Spare button to configur e a dri ve or drives as hot spa[...]

3-10 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide View is the default display mode and when expanded, wi ll show the following information about each device: ■ Capacity of the drive ■ Drive manufacturer and mode l number ■ SCSI drive ID When expanded, the Full Size Capacity V iew button and the Relative Size Capacity V iew button re[...]

3-11 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition Logical Devices As described earlier , when Adaptec Storage Manager loads, the Logical Devices view is expanded and you can see the arrays present on the controller . At the top of this view are the following buttons: Creat e , Modify , and Dele te . Each button opens a wizar d that will take you thr o[...]

3-12 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide ■ Any second-level arrays that form a top-le vel array in the Logical Devices view . ■ The Events , Properties , and Ta s k s buttons in the header frame. This indicates that sele cting an y of these thr ee buttons will bring up an additional window with information and options specifi[...]

3-13 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition 4 Now you can accept the default name for the new array or enter one of your choice. The name you choose must be unique, and can be up to 15 standar d ASCII characters in length. 5 When you click Finish , the system will create the ne w array . Adv anced Options Creating an array by clicking Advance d [...]

3-14 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide ■ Enable Or Disable Read Caching— When enabled, the controller wil l monitor r ead accesses to this array to try to predict wher e future r eads may occur . If it detects a pattern, the data that seems most li kely to be r ead next will be prel oaded into the contr oller ’s cache mem[...]

3-15 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition For arrays which need to be initialized such as RAID-1 and RAID-5, advanced options allow you to select which method is used to initialize the array and set the priority of the initialization task. Step 3 in the Advanced area of the Cr eate Array wizard of fers the following initializati on options: ?[...]

3-16 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Creating and Deleting Hot Spares Creating Hot Spares T o create a hot spare: 1 Click on the button on the Physical Devices view . 2 In the Physical Devices view , select the drive(s) you want to make hot spares. Note: Y ou cannot select a drive that is already used in an array as a hot spa[...]

3-17 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition Deleting Arra ys T o delete an array: 1 Click the Delete button on the Logical Devices view . 2 In the Logical Devices view se lect the array(s) you wish to delete. 3 Click Finish . Deleting an array destroys all the data on the array . T o help prevent you from deleting the wrong ar ray , a dialog wil[...]

3-18 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide The following r ules apply to migration: 1 The capacity of the new array must ma tch or exceed the capacity of the current ar ray . 2 If the capacity and/or RAID ty pe of the new array re quir es greater total drive capacity than the curr ent array , the additional capacity must be on driv[...]

3-19 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition User Interface Options Click Options to modify the behavior of some aspects of the Adaptec Storage Manager user in terface. Changes take place immediately when yo u make a new selection in one of the dr op- down lists. Y ou can make changes in the follow ing areas: ■ Second-Level Arrays— The de fau[...]

3-20 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Viewing Events The Events button allows you to view events for all supported controllers in the system. The following information is available for ea ch event: ■ the date and time the event occurr ed ■ the severity of the event ■ a brief message describing the event. The default is A[...]

3-21 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition Displaying and Modifying Pr oper ties Click Properties to see additional deta ils about many of the components on the Adaptec Storage Manager scr een. T o see properties about a particular contro ller , channel, device , or array , select that item before clicking Properties . If Properties is amber , [...]

3-22 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Alarm T ab Appears for Adaptec RAID contr o llers equipped with an audible alarm. The following options are available: ■ Disable— Click this button if you want to disable the alarm, that is, if you do not want an aud ible warning of a problem with this controll er . Default i s enabled[...]

3-23 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition Details T ab This window lists details of some components for this contr oller: ■ Monitor , Kernel, BIOS versions— These are the version numbers of the differ ent software components loaded on the controller . For some controllers all three components may not be present. ■ Hardware version— The[...]

3-24 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide ■ Revision— The version number information stor ed on the device. ■ Data Rate— The data transfer spee d negotiated between the controll er and this devi ce. ■ SCSI ID, LUN— For devices on a SCSI channel the SCSI ID and LUN of the device are reported. These do not apply for A T [...]

3-25 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition SMART T ab For hard disk drives that support SMA R T predictive failure reporti ng, this additional tab will appear with the followi ng entries: ■ Enabled —indicates if SMAR T reporting is enabled on this device. ■ Predictive failure occurred —indicates if this de vice has reported a predictive[...]

3-26 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Fans and PSU T abs The Fans and PSU (Power Supply Units) tabs contain a table listing, by number , all the fans /PSUs in the enclosur e and their status. T emperature T ab The T emperature tab contains a table lis ting all of the temperatur e sensors in the enclosur e by number . For each [...]

3-27 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition ■ Capacity —The physical capacity of the s elected array in gigabytes with th e number of blocks in pare nthesis. ■ Stripe Size —Wher e applicable, the stripe size of the selected array . ■ Hot spare —Indicates, for r edundant arrays, if a hot spar e protects the selected array . ■ Logica[...]

3-28 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide It is only possible to create tasks for arrays or drives. If you select Ta s k s for a channel, controller , or th e system, all relevant tasks will be displayed. When Adaptec Storage Manager is instal led a scheduled task i s created to perform a weekly background consistency check of all[...]

3-29 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition T o create a task: 1 Select the array or drive you want the task to run on. 2 Click Ta s k s . 3 Select the New T asks tab. 4 Select the type of task from the dr op-down list. 5 Select the priority for the task. The default is High. 6 If you want the task to start immediately , click OK . Or , if you w[...]

3-30 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide The notifier utility is named slightly dif ferently depending on which operating system you ar e using. For all versions of Micr osoft W indows the utility is named notify .exe , w h il e for Nov el l NetW are it is named noti fy .nlm , and for all Linux and Unix variants it is named an ot[...]

3-31 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition Enabling and Configuri ng the Notifier Service Before you begin to configure e-mail notification you need to have the following information available: ■ The SMTP mail server host name or IP addres s. ■ T h e p o r t t h a t S M T P m a i l s e r v e r i s c o n f i g u re d t o u s e . T h e d e f [...]

3-32 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Controlling ARCPD fo r NetW are T o stop the ARCPD using NetW ar e, type unload arcpd.nlm then unload notify.nlm . T o restart the ARCPD, type load arcpd.nlm then load notify.nlm . Configuring the Notifier Service T o configure the notifier service: 1 Place your cursor at a command pr om p[...]

3-33 Adaptec Storage Manager-Bro wse r Edition 3 When you have completed all selections, press 4 to exit. Configuring E-mail Notification After you have selected the level of events, you will be as ked if you would like to config ure e- mail notification. Choosi ng N (no) exits the notifier configuration mode. T o configure e-mail notification: 1 S[...]

3-34 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Reconfiguring E-ma il Notification T o change the level of events e-mailed to a user , or to stop all messages fr om being sent to a user , re-run the notifie r in configuration mode. At the system event log pr ompt, press Y . The configured events you previously selected will be d isplaye[...]

4-1 4 Using the Command Line Interface In this Chapter Introducin g the Command Line Int erf ace 4-2 Accessing the Command Line Interf ace 4-2 Te r m i n o l o g y 4-3 Using the CLI 4-4 General Control Commands 4-16 Container ( Arra y) Commands 4-18 Controller Commands 4-29 Diagnostic Commands 4-32 Disk Commands 4-34 Logfile Commands 4-38 T ask Co [...]

4-2 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Introducing the Command Line Interf ace T o configure and manage components running on the controller , Adaptec pro vides an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) called Adaptec Storage Manager as well as a command line interface (CLI). The CLI provides an alternativ e to Adaptec Stora[...]

4-3 Using the Command Line Interface ■ From the UNIX/Linux prompt T o access the CLI from the UNIX/Linux prompt, display a window and type aaccli in any directory . When the system displays the CLI> prompt, you can use CLI commands. For the commands to work in any d ire ctory , the path in the startup file ( .login or .cshrc ) must include the[...]

4-4 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Using the CLI Brief descriptions of many of the CLI commands are provided later in this chapter . This section contains some exam ples of using CLI commands to perform common tasks. ■ Opening and Closing a Contr oller ■ Creating Single-Level Arrays ■ Deleting Arrays ■ Enabling Spare[...]

4-5 Using the Command Line Interface Before you can work with arrays, yo u must have pr eviously opened the controller . In ad d iti on, y ou mus t have initialized your disk(s) to pr epare for array operations. The minimum size of an array is 10 MB. Before creating any array , use the disk show space command to display information about your disks[...]

4-6 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Creating a RAID 0 When creating a RAID 0, you need to determine the stripe size that is most suitable for your envir onment. The stripe size attribute indicates the number of bytes in a stripe, the amount of data written to a segment before the I/O data stream switches to the next segment i[...]

4-7 Using the Command Line Interface Creating a RAID 5 When creating a RAID 5, you need to determine the st ripe size that is most suitable for your environment. Se e Creating a RAID 0 for more information about determining t he appropriate stripe size for your environment. T o recreate the data of a faile d di sk in a RAID 5, you use a form of red[...]

4-8 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Enabling Spares A spar e disk (also c alled a “hot spare” ) is a dis k t hat you config ur e to recover data fr om a failed se gment/disk in a r edundant array . T o assi gn one or m o re spare disks for a single array , use th e container set failover command. T o assign one or mor e s[...]

4-9 Using the Command Line Interface T o display a controller ’s automati c re b ui ld o n rep l ac e me nt s ta t us , use the controller show automatic_failover command. In the following example, r ebuild on replacement is indicated as DISABLED . AAC0> controller show automatic_ failover Executing: controller show automatic_ failover Automat[...]

4-10 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide ■ controller details Example of controller details : AAC0> controller details Executing: controller details Controller Information ---------------------- Remote Computer: . Device Name: AAC0 Controller Type: Adaptec xxxxx Access Mode: READ-WRITE Controller Serial Number: Last Six Digi[...]

4-11 Using the Command Line Interface Before opening a controller , you may want to use the controller list command to display a list of controllers. In the following example, the Adapter Name column indicates that AAC0 is the name of the contr oller installed on the computer . The example also indicates the controller ’s path, which is . CLI&[...]

4-12 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Example of disk list : AAC0> disk list Executing: disk list C:ID:L Device Type Blocks Bytes/Block Usage Shared ------ ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- ------ 2:01:0 Disk 17783240 512 Initialized NO 2:02:0 Disk 17783240 512 Initialized NO ■ disk show defects Example of disk[...]

4-13 Using the Command Line Interface Displaying Arra y Information The CLI enables you to display and manage the attributes (characteristics) of arrays using the followi ng commands: ■ container list Array Attribute: Indicates: drive letter Letter associated with an array . Not automatically assigned when you cr eate an array . root spe cia l fi[...]

4-14 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide resident file system T ype of file system, if any , that resides on an array . Usage column. multi-partition container That a file system resides on a multi- partition array (array that has mu ltiple operating systems or MS-DOS partitions). Usage column. netware environment The array r esi[...]

4-15 Using the Command Line Interface Example of container list : AAC0> container list Executing: container list Total Oth Stripe Scsi Partition Label Type Size Ctr Size Usage C:ID:L Offset:Size ----- ----- ----- --- ------ ------- ----- ----- ------- 0 Volume 30MB None 2:01:0 64KB: 15MB Venus 2:02:0 64KB: 15MB ■ container show cache Example o[...]

4-16 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide The CLI Commands For details on the CLI commands, refer to the Command Line Interface Refer enc e Guide available in PDF format on the distribution CD-ROM enclosed with your controller . General Control Commands Command Summary: close Closes the curr ently opened contr oller . exit Closes [...]

4-17 Using the Command Line Interface open [/readonly{=boolean}] [/domain{=string}] {string} Opens a controller for access by the CLI. The contr oller must be open before any command can be targeted at that controller . P arameters {string} —Computer name and the controller to open. Switches /readonly{=boolean} —Specifies whether to open the co[...]

4-18 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Container (Array) Commands Before work ing with arrays , you must have pr eviously opened the controller . In addition, you must have initiali zed your disk(s) to prepar e for array operations. The following commands are used to display , create, and manage arrays. Command Summary: contain[...]

4-19 Using the Command Line Interface container create mirror [wait{=boolean}] [/io_delay{=integer}] {container} {scsi_device} Creates a RAID 1 fr om a single entry volume. P arameters {container }—ID of the array on which to cr eate a RAID 1 (mirror). {scsi_devices} —ID for the SCSI device whose available space to use for mirr oring the volume[...]

4-20 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide container create mstripe [/stripe_size{=integer}] [/label{=string}] {container} [{container}...] Creates a multilevel RAID 0 (stripe). Par a m e t e rs {container} —ID of the array from which to cr ea te the multilevel RAID 0. {container}... —ID(s) of arra y(s) from whi ch to create th[...]

4-21 Using the Command Line Interface container create new_mirror [/cache{=boolean}] [/clear{=boolean}] [/label{=string}] [</quick_init{=boolean}>] [/scrub{=boolean}] [/wait{=boolean}] {free_space} [{scsi_device}...] Creates a RAID 1 (mirr or) from two available spaces. container create raid5 [/cache{=boolean}] [/stripe_size{=integer}] [/clea[...]

4-22 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide container create stripe [/cache{=boolean}] [/stripe_size{=integer}] [/label{=string}] {free_space} [{scsi_device}...] Creates a RAID 0 (stripe). Par a m e t e rs {free_space} —SCSI device and its associated available space to use to create the RAID 0. {scsi_devices}... —One or mor e SC[...]

4-23 Using the Command Line Interface container delete [/always{=boolean}] [/unconditional{=boolean}] {container} Deletes the array . P arameters {container} —ID of the array to delete. Switches /always —Specifies to delete the array even if it has data <a file system>. (Cannot override open file s.) /unconditional —Specifies that the a[...]

4-24 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide container promote {container} Creates a multilevel volume fr om a RAID 0 or a single entry volume. Par a m e t e rs {container} —ID of the array to promote into a multilevel array . container readonly {container} Sets the protection on th e array to r ead-only access. Par a m e t e rs {c[...]

4-25 Using the Command Line Interface /raid10 —Reconfigure th e array into a RAID 10 (stripe of mirrors). /restart —Restart reconfiguring the array . /stripe —Reconfigure the array into a RAID 1. /volume —Reconfigure the array into a volume. /wait —If specified, waits for reconf iguration to complete be fo re ret u rn i ng . container rel[...]

4-26 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide container restore RAID5 {container} T ries to restore a RAID 5 that has a number of dead segments as members. Par a m e t e rs {container} —ID of the RAID 5 to restor e. container scrub [/io_delay{=integer}] [/no_repair{=boolean}] [/wait{=boolean}] {container} Checks and r epairs the con[...]

4-27 Using the Command Line Interface /write_cache_enable —Specifies whether to set the container's NVRAM write-back cache to disable, enable when protected, or enable always. Use this s witch in conjunction with the /unprotected switch. container set failover {container} {scsi_device} [{scsi_device}...] Assigns an automatic failover disk fo[...]

4-28 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide container set label {container} {string} Assigns a new label to the array . Par a m e t e rs {container} —ID of the array to which to assign a label. {string} —Specifies the label to assign. container show cache {container} Displays caching parameters for an array . Par a m e t e rs {c[...]

4-29 Using the Command Line Interface Controller Commands The following commands ar e used to display the status of a var iety of controller attributes and to perform such tasks as pausing and resumi ng I/O and enabling or disabling automatic f ailover . Command Summary: controller details Shows details about the open controller and software. contr[...]

4-30 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide controller list [/domain{=string}] [{string}] Lists all contr oll ers or displays information about the currently opened controller . Par a m e t e rs {string} —Computer name from whic h to d isplay a list of controller or specif ic inf ormation about the open contr oll er . Switches /do[...]

4-31 Using the Command Line Interface controller set automatic_failover [/failover_enabled{=boolean}] T urns on or off automatic failover for the contr oller . Switches /failover_enabled — Specifies whether to turn on or of f automatic failover on the controller . Specify 1 to enable, 0 to disable. The default is 0. controller set container_verif[...]

4-32 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Diagnostic Commands Use the diagnostic commands to pr ovide technical support personnel with information needed to troubleshoot contr olle r problems. Use these commands only under the dir ection of technical support personnel. Command Summary: diagnostic clear boot_parameters Clears all b[...]

4-33 Using the Command Line Interface diagnostic set boot_parameter{string} {integer} Sets the boot-time parameter . P arameters {string} —Name of the boot-time parameter . {integer} —V alue for the boot-time parameter . diagnostic show boot_parameter {string} Displays the value of the boot-tim e parameter . P arameters {string} —Boot-time pa[...]

4-34 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Disk Commands Use the disk commands to manage disks conne cted to a RAID controller . The CLI enables you to monitor disk characteristi cs and paramete rs , prepare a disk fo r use, and detect defects. Command Summary: disk blink {scsi_device} {integer} Causes the disk access light to blin[...]

4-35 Using the Command Line Interface disk remove dead_partitions {scsi_device} Removes all failed segments from a disk. P arameters {scsi_device} —ID of the SCSI device fr om which to remove failed segments. disk set default {scsi_device} Sets the default SCSI ID for use in CLI commands. P arameters {scsi_device} —ID of the SCSI device. disk s[...]

4-36 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide disk show default Displays the curr ent default for the SCSI devi ce ID. disk show defects [/full{=boolean}] {scsi_device} Shows the number of defects and/or the defect list for a specific disk drive. Par a m e t e rs {scsi_device} —ID of the SCSI device. Switches /full —Specifies whet[...]

4-37 Using the Command Line Interface disk show space [/all{=boolean}] [{scsi_device}] Displays space u sage informa tion. P arameters {scsi_device} —ID of the SCSI device for which to display space usage informa tion. Switches /all —Specifies whether to display all space usage. disk verify [/repair{=boolean}] [/wait{=boolean}] {scsi_device} V [...]

4-38 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Logfile Commands Command Summary: logfile end Ends logging of all output and closes th e log file. logfile start [/append{=boolean}] {string} Begins logging of all CLI comma nd line activity to a file. Par a m e t e rs {string} —Name of the file to contain to contain CLI command line act[...]

4-39 Using the Command Line Interface T ask Commands Use the CLI commands to di splay and manage tasks. A task i s an operation that occurs only on th e controller , asynchro nous to all other operations. Examples of tasks are clearing a disk and creati ng a RAID 1. Once a task is r unning on the contr oller , the CLI enables you to di splay , stop[...]

4-40 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide Enclosure Commands The enclosure commands operate on enclosur e management devices that support V ersion 1.0 of the SCSI Accessed Fault-T olerant Enclosures (SAF-TE) specification. If you are not using an enclosur e, the following c ommands will not be avai lable. Command Summary: enclosur[...]

4-41 Using the Command Line Interface enclosure prepare slot {enclosure} {slot} Prepar es a device in a slot for insertion/removal. P arameters {enclosure} —ID associated with the enclosur e management device on which to pr epar e a slot. {slot} —Unit number associated with the slot. enclosure set alarm [/on{=boolean}] {enclosure} T urns the au[...]

4-42 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide enclosure set interval {second} Sets the monitor reporting interval (in seconds). Par a m e t e rs {second} —Number of seconds for the monitor re porting interval. enclosure set power {enclosure} {powersupply} T urns on or off a specific power supply . Par a m e t e rs {enclosure} —ID [...]

4-43 Using the Command Line Interface enclosure show fan [{enclosure}] [{fan}] Displays the status of a specific fan. P arameters {enclosure} —ID associated with the enclosur e management device for which to display fan status. {fan} —Unit number associated with the fan. enclosure show power [{enclosure}] [{powersupply}] Displays the status of [...]

4-44 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’ s Guide enclosure show temperature [{enclosure}] [{sensor}] Displays temperature status of a specific enclosur e. Par a m e t e rs {enclosure} —ID associated with the enclosure management device for which to temperature status. {slot} —Unit number associated with the t emperatur e sensor whose[...]

A-1 A Glossary A activity See task . AC U Array Configuration Utility . An application used to create, configure, and manage arra ys fr om the controller ’s BIOS or MS- DOS. array A logical disk cr eated from availa ble space and made up of one or more segments o n one or mo re physical disks . Arrays are typically used to provide data r e dundan[...]

A-2 Glossary automatic reb uild on replacement In the event of a drive failure in a SAF-TE or SES enclosure attached to a controller with no available hot spares, if r ebuild on replacement is enabled then when the failed drive is r eplaced with a new drive, a rebuild will start automatically . availab le space Unused space on an initialized disk f[...]

A-3 Glossary bui l d Background initialization of a redundant array . The arra y is accessible throughout. RAID 5 generates parity based on the current conte nts of the member segments while RAID 1 copies the contents of one (master) drive to a second (slave) drive. bus See channel . C cache Fast-access memory on the contr oller that serves as inte[...]

A-4 Glossary consistenc y chec k command Command that reads all the blocks of a RAID 1 or RAID 5 to determine if the blocks are consistent. If any inconsistent blocks are detected, they ar e fixed. contai ner See array . Container is another term for array used in the Adaptec SCSI RAID Software Reference Guide . D dead partition See failed . dedica[...]

A-5 Glossary drive LED Disk indicator LED that il luminates during Read or W rite operations. dual-le vel arra y Logical disk cr eated from two or mor e single-level arrays . See also RAID 10 , RAID 50 . E enc losure Physical housing for disks, which us ually contains on e or more power supplies, fans, and temperatur e sensors. Enclosur es are norm[...]

A-6 Glossary F failed State of a non-redundant array th at has suf fered a single drive failure, or a a redundant array that has suffer ed multiple drive failures will be failed and become inaccessible. This will result in data loss. failed se g men t A segment that is no longer usable by an array because it is either logically bad, and the refor e[...]

A-7 Glossary G global hot spare Disk that can replace a failed component in any array on the same controller , provided that the availa ble capacity is at least eq ual to that of the failed component. See also hot spare . H hard disk See disk . hot spare Disk configured to be available to automatically receive reconstructed data in the event of a d[...]

A-8 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 ther e is a one-to-one logical to physical mapping of array to disk. logical de vice Device (disk) comprised of spaces from one or more physical drives and presented to the operating [...]

A-9 Glossary monitoring Process of re ceiving, displaying, and logging system e vents. mu ltile vel arra y See dual-level array . O OCE Online Capacity Expansion. The incremental expansion of an array that requir es no downtime and re tains all the attributes of the original array . See also reconfiguration , RAID 0 , RAID 5 . offline array Array t[...]

A-10 Glossary Q quic k init An array initialized usin g the Qui ck Init option is available immediately , with no on-going ba ckground contr oller activity . All data written to an a rray that has been quick initiali zed is protected. An array created using this option wil l remain in a Quick Init state, and for RAID 5 and 50 write performance will[...]

A-11 Glossary RAID 10 Dual-level array created by us ing two or more equal-sized RAID 1s to create a RAID 0. See also stripe , stripe set . RAID 50 Dual-level array created by us ing two or more equal-sized RAID 5s. S ee also RAID 0 , stripe , stripe size . RAID signature The area on each disk reserved for u s e by the RAID controller . RAID v olum[...]

A-12 Glossary SCSI Small Computer System Interface. High-speed parallel communication scheme permitting da ta transfer rates of up to 320 MB/sec using the Ultra320 specification. The current specification supports up to 15 devices per channel. See also AT A . SCSI devi ce ID Or SCSI ID. Number assigned to e ach SCSI device attached to a SCSI channe[...]

A-13 Glossary snapsho t Instantaneous read-only copy of an array at a pre cise point in ti me. spanned volume Concatenation of segments on two or mor e drives. spare See hot spar e . stripe Contiguous set of data distributed acr oss all the disks in an array . A stripe set distributes, or stripes , data evenly acr oss its respective disks in equal [...]

A-14 Glossary top-le vel arra y Upper array in a dual-level array . For example, the RAID 0 in a RAID 10 is a top-level array . V verify Low-level check that a drive, log ical device, or hot spar e is good. In a RAID 5, verify is a low-level check that data and parity is consistent and logs err ors and, opti onally , corrects err ors in parity . In[...]

A-15 Glossary W warning threshold temperature User-specified tempe rature limi t above which Adaptec Storage Manager - Br owser Edition displays a warning in the E nclosure view windows, the Enclosur e Properties dialog box, and the Enclosure Fans, T emperature Sensors and Power Supplies dialog box. UG.book Page 15 Saturday , October 26, 2002 12:08[...]

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