Adaptec ICP5045BL manual

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    -------------------------------------------------------------------- README.TXT ICP ICP9085LI/ICP5085BR SAS RAID Controller ICP ICP9047MA/ICP9087MA SATA RAID Controller ICP ICP9014RO/ICP9024RO SCSI RAID Controller ICP ICP5805BL/ICP5045BL/ICP5085BL/ICP5125BR/ICP5165BR Unified Serial Controllers as of September 14, 2007 ------------------------------[...]

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    Note: The latest versions of BIOS and driver software can be downloaded from www.icp-vortex.com when they become available. - BIOS - ACU - Windows Drivers o Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Professional o Windows 2003 Server, Enterprise, Standard, and Web Edition o Windows XP Professional o Windows Vista - All versions - Linux Drivers o Red Ha[...]

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    contains complete installation information for the ICP Storage Manager software. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. General Cautions - While an array is being built or cleared, DO NOT remove and reinsert any drive from that array. Doing so may cause unpredictable results for any of the controller's arrays. [...]

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    When using the controller in a Dell Precision 530 with Diskercise and Diskstress, data corruption/miscompares may occur. 4.6 ACU utility On some Intel and IBM systems, when you try to run the ACU, this message appears: “Not enough free memory to load the utility! Press any key to attempt loading the utility forcibly OR Wait for the system initial[...]

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    Arrays may not be displayed correctly, even after you restart your computer. To resolve the problem: As root, run 'resmgr -r -m vtoc' until it fails. Then, as root, run '/etc/conf/bin/idconfupdate -f'. Then, reboot. 4.11 SAS and SATA controllers and Adaptec 335SAS enclosure When the Adaptec 335SAS enclosure is attached to an ICP[...]

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    A RAID 10, RAID 50, or RAID 60 array cannot have more than 32 legs when created using the Build method. Maximum disk drive count is only limited by RAID level. For instance, a RAID 10 array built with 32 RAID 1 legs (64 disk drives) is supported; a RAID 5 array built with 32 RAID 5 legs (96 disk drives) is also supported. Although you can create a [...]

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    4.24 DAT drive restoration fails when spanning tapes When restoring from two or more tapes with a Sony SDX-470, Sony SDX-570, or Quantum DLT V4 DAT drive, the operation aborts automatically when restoring the second tape but gives the (erroneous) message "Restore Operation has Completed". --------------------------------------------------[...]