Adaptec RAID 1210SA manual

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v Regulatory C ompliance State ments Federal C ommunic ations Co mmiss ion Radio Frequ ency Interfer ence S tatement W ARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible fo r compliance could void the user ’ s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the[...]

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vii Contents 1 Intro duc tion Read this First 1-1 System Requirements 1-2 Operating System Compatibilit y 1-2 Storage Requirements 1-2 Motherboard Compa tib ility 1-2 Device Compatibility 1-2 Kit C ontents 1-3 Adaptec 12 10SA Co ntroller 1-3 About the Do cumen tation 1-4 Installin g the Adobe Acrobat R eader 1-4 Controller Features 1-5 Overview of [...]

viii Content s Installin g or Updating the Driver in an Existin g Linux System 3- 11 4 Installing Ad aptec Storage Manager – Browser Editio n Overview 4-1 Supported Browsers 4-2 Custom and Compact Installations 4-2 Installin g Adaptec Storage Man ag er on Windows 4-3 Configuring Internet Browsers on Win d ows 4-4 Installin g Adaptec Storage Manag[...]

ix Content s Enclos ure P roperti es 5-22 Logical Device Properti es 5-23 Viewing and Creating Tasks 5-24 Task Viewer 5-24 New Tasks 5-25 A BIOS Utilities What is ARC? A-1 Using the ACU A -2 Managing Arrays A-2 Creating Arrays A-4 Initializing Disk Drives A -6 Using SATASelect A- 7 Starting and E x iti ng SATASelect A-7 Using the SATASelect M enus [...]

1-1 1 Intr oduction In this Chapter ... Read th is Fi r st Read this cha p ter befo re you begin ins talling you r new Adapt ec Serial A T A RAID 1210S A controller . Thi s is a guide to the rest of the document, providing a sum mary of the insta llation process. Read this Fir st 1-1 System Requ ir em ents 1-2 Kit Conten ts 1-3 About the Docume nta[...]

1-2 Introd ucti on System Req uirements The following system r equirements a re pr esented: ■ Operating system co mpatibility ■ Storage r equirements f or drivers and software ■ Motherboard compat ibility . ■ Device compatibility ( for Serial A T A) Operating Sys tem Compatibility ■ Micr osoft W ind ows ® 2000 and W ind ows X P ® ■ Li[...]

1-3 Introd ucti on Kit Conten t s Y our Adapte c controller kit includes: ■ Adaptec 12 10SA co ntr oller (see bel ow) ■ Adaptec Serial A T A RAID 1210SA Quick Installation Guide ■ Installation CD ■ Low-profile bracket ■ T wo Serial A T A interface cables ■ W arranty card ■ T echnical Support ID (TSID) label (see page iii for deta ils)[...]

1-4 Introd ucti on About t he Doc umentation The documentati on set for this kit in clud es: ■ Adaptec Serial A T A R AID 1210SA Quick Installation Guide — This printed guid e con tains th e es sent ial inform ation for ins talling the controller in most si tuations. ■ Adaptec Serial A T A RAID 1210SA U ser’ s Guide (this gu ide ) ■ Relea[...]

1-5 Introd ucti on Contr oller Features The Adapte c 1210SA supports t he fol lowing featur es: ■ RAID levels 0, 1 and sim ple volume using Adaptec ’ s HostR AID  tec hnolo gy . ■ PCI Local Bus Specifica tio n, Revision 2.2 wi th PCI clock sp eeds up to 6 6 MHz. ■ Operating sys tem in dependent co nf iguration and RAID creation using Ada[...]

1-6 Introd ucti on 4 Insta ll Adapt ec Storag e Mana ger – Br ows er Edition as described in Cha pter 4, In st alling Adaptec Storage Manager – Browse r Edition . 5 Register your con troller at register .adaptec. com . Stora ge Management Softwar e Overview The Adaptec 1210SA includes the following software tools to manage your sto rage subsy s[...]

1-7 Introd ucti on Safety I nformation T o ensur e you perso nal saf ety , as well as the sa fe ty o f you e quipme nt: ■ Keep your work ar ea and the com puter clean and clear of d ebris. ■ Befor e opening the system cabinet, unplug the power cord. Notes and Cautions This U ser ’ s Guide use s note s an d caut ion s that emp hasi ze imp ort [...]

1-8 Introd ucti on ■ A voi d touch ing the controller agains t you r clothing . The wrist strap pr otects components fro m ESD voltages present on the body only . ESD volta ges o n clothing can sti ll cause damage. ■ Handle your con troller by its bracket o r edges only . A void touching th e printed circuit board or the connectors. ■ When yo[...]

2-1 2 Installing the Contr oller In this Chapter ... Overview T o inst al l the controller and drives, al l yo u need is one or two of each the following: ■ Serial A T A hard disk drives ■ Serial A T A cables (supplied in this k it) Configuratio n of Serial A T A devices is simpl e for the following rea s o n s: ■ There ar e no j umpers or sw[...]

2-2 Installing the Controller Instal li ng the Contr oller T o install the controller in the system cabinet: 1 Shut down your computer and disconnect the power cor d. 2 Open the computer cabinet and identify an unused PCI slot. 3 If your computer accepts lo w- profile brackets only , install th e low-profile bracket supplied with y our kit. 4 Ident[...]

2-3 Installing the Controller Chec king Y our Contr oll er and De vices Now that yo u ha ve installed you r Adaptec 121 0SA controller and connected your Serial A T A hard drives, you ar e r eady to use the Adaptec RAID Conf igura tion (ARC) util ity to check your contr oller and devices, a s described bel ow: 1 T urn on your computer . 2 When prom[...]

3-1 3 Installing the Driver This chapter describes in stalling the driv er and setting up the new array for the drives attached to your controller . Befor e you get started, you need to select f rom the follow in g scenarios for installin g th e controller driver on W indo ws or Linux sy stem s: ■ Installing th e Driver in a Ne w Windows Syst e m[...]

3-2 Installing t he Driver Installi ng the Driver in a Ne w Windows Syst em In this scenario, you are inst alling the controller in a n ew system that has no o p eratin g system. T o install the driver: 1 Install and configure the controller and har d disk drives according to the instruction s in Chapter 2, Installing th e Controller . 2 Create a d[...]

3-3 Installing t he Driver 8 Select the drives fo r the new array and pr ess Ins ert . Note: If yo ur d riv es are sho wn i n g ray an d ca nn ot b e u se d, they probably need to be initialized. See Initializing D isk Drives on page A- 6 fo r details. 9 Press Enter when both drives fo r the new array are selected. The Arra y Pro per ti es menu is [...]

3-4 Installing t he Driver 15 Press F6 when prompted to install a th ird-party driver . Note: When F6 is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen . Press F6 immediately — you onl y hav e 5 seconds . If you miss your cha nce, r estart this Wi ndows installatio n to compl ete it corr ectly . Otherw ise, W i ndows will not recognize your[...]

3-5 Installing t he Driver 3 Start W in dows. W ind ow s launches the F ound New Hardware W izard, which sear ches for the contro ller driver . 4 Insert the driver disk you cr eated. Select the floppy disk drive as the source, th en click Next . 5 If necessary , select the appropriate driver for your operating system. 6 Click Next as needed to comp[...]

3-6 Installing t he Driver 16 Optional — T y pe in a labe l for the arr ay an d pr ess Ente r . 17 RAID 0 o n ly — Select the desir ed stripe size. A vailable stripe sizes ar e 16, 32, and 64 KB (d efault). Note: Adaptec recommends that you do no t change the default. 18 Select between the different cr eation methods f or RA ID 0 or RAID 1. (Fo[...]

3-7 Installing t he Driver c From the Main Menu, select Create Driver Disk( s) d Click on the appropriate driver disk optio n a nd then click OK. e When prompted, insert a floppy disk and click OK . f The system formats the disk and writes the appr opriate informatio n to it. g When prompted, r em ove and label the driver disk. Then, click OK . 3 R[...]

3-8 Installing t he Driver 10 In the Arra y P roperti e s menu, s elect an array type and pr ess Enter . The available selections ar e RAID 0 and RAID 1. Each of these array types r equires tw o drives. (For a description of these ar ray ty pes, see Appen dix B .) Note: Once the array is cr eated and its pr o perties ar e assigned, you cannot chang[...]

3-9 Installing t he Driver Installi ng or Updating the Driv er in an E xisting Lin ux System T o update the driver in an existi ng Lin ux system, type the followi ng: rpm -Uvh aar1210-*.*.*-*.i386.rpm where * is the name of the driver file. Instal ling SuS E Lin ux 8 .0 or 8.1 Installi ng the Drive r in a Ne w Linu x System In this scenari o, you a[...]

3-10 Installing t he Driver 5 Press Ctrl-A when pr ompted to enter the Adaptec RAID Configuratio n (A RC) utility . Y ou will use ARC to create the array and logica l d r ive tha t you will use to inst all Linux. (For more details about the ARC ut ility , see Appendix A .) 6 From the ARC menu, select Arra y Config ura tio n Utili ty (ACU). 7 From t[...]

3-11 Installing t he Driver 13 Select between the different cr eation methods f or RA ID 0 or RAID 1. (For more details about the creation method s, see Appendix A .) RAID 0 — Sel ect No Init ( defa ult ), or Migra te RAID 1 — Sel ect Build ( default ), Clear , or Quick Init 14 When the array is finished building, or if you ar e continuing fr o[...]

4-1 4 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager – Br owser Edition In this Chapter ... Overview This chapter di scus ses the insta ll ation procedure for installing Adaptec Sto rage Ma nager – Br owser Edition to enable r emote and local manag e men t of arrays. For ins tructions on usin g thi s application , see Chapter 5 . Ov erview 4-1 Suppo r ted [...]

4-2 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition Supported Br owsers T o r un Ad aptec S torag e Ma nager – Browser Edition, you r computer mu st have a W eb browser supporting JavaScript a nd cookies only . The follo wing versions are supported: ■ On W in dows ■ Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 or later ■ Netscape 7 or later ■ On Li[...]

4-3 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition Installing Adaptec S torage Manager on Windo ws Note: When installin g on a F A T 32 file syst em, the folder being installed is a utomatica lly hidden. T o insta ll Adapt ec Storag e Mana ger – Br owser Edition: 1 V erify that a supported browser is installed. See Supported Browsers on [...]

4-4 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Brow ser Edition 11 When prompted to r estart your computer , accept the default (Y es) and click Finish . 12 The system restarts to comple te the in stallation. 13 Remove the Ada ptec Installatio n CD before the system restarts; otherwise, the installation will start again. Configuring Internet Browser s[...]

4-5 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Brow ser Edition Configur ing Internet Exp lorer f or Loc al Management When using the High security s etting, you must en able the followi ng s etting s ma nual ly: ■ JavaScript ■ Cookies (n ot stored) Yo u do not need to enable the following custom level security settings for the local Intranet in I[...]

4-6 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Brow ser Edition Configur ing Internet Exp lorer f or Re mote Mana gement If you know the IP addr ess of the system you want to manage rem o t e ly : 1 Choose T ools > Internet Op tions > Connectio ns > LAN Settings . 2 Select Use a prox y se rver fo r your LAN > Ad vanc ed . 3 In the Exceptio[...]

4-7 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Brow ser Edition Inst a l l i n g Adap te c Stor ag e M a nag e r on Linux Note: When performing this ins tallation , keep in m ind that Lin ux is ca se sen sit iv e . T o insta ll Adapte c Storag e Manager on a Linux com pute r and configure the desired Internet br o ws er: 1 Insert the Adaptec insta lla[...]

4-8 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Brow ser Edition 9 Click OK . The Shell window you used to launch the installation indicates that some d a emons are being sta r ted. The installatio n creates a shortcut to Adaptec Storage Manage r in the System tab. This shortcut launches Adaptec Storage Manage r us in g Mozilla . Unless the controller [...]

5-1 5 Usi ng Ada ptec Stor age Manage r – Br owser Edition In this Chapter ... Ov erview 5-2 Archit ecture Over view 5-3 Logging In 5-4 Installi ng a Sec urit y Cer tif icate 5-6 Register ing Y our Software 5-6 The Basi cs 5-7 Creating an A rra y 5-11 Deleting Ar ra y s 5-15 Modifying A rra ys 5-15 User Interface Optio ns 5-16 Viewing Events 5-17[...]

5-2 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Overview This chapter describes ho w to use Adaptec Storage Manager – Browser Edition to manage arrays . Once you are logged in, you will find co nvenient on line help to gu ide you through t he details of creating, configuring, an d managing arra ys. Note: Y our controller may not supp ort [...]

5-3 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Architectu re O ver view Adaptec Sto rage Ma nager – Br owser Editi on con sist s of th e th ree major c ompon e nts: ■ A supported W eb browser , wh ich should already be installed on the system. ■ The Adaptec W eb service which supplies content d ispl ayed on the W eb browser . ■ An [...]

5-4 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Log gi ng In To l o g i n : 1 Start Adaptec S torage Manager – Browser Edition. ■ In W indows , click Start > Programs > Adapt ec St ora ge Manager > Ad aptec Sto rage Mana ger – Bro wser Editio n . ■ In Linux, click Start > Syste m > Adapt ec Storag e Manager . The Logi[...]

5-5 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition T o log i n from any syste m with a W eb browser: 1 Start the W eb browser application and type the IP address for the system you want to access in the addr ess bar and pr ess Enter . For example, https://10.6.3.14:3513/adaptec . When connection to the remote system is esta blished, the System[...]

5-6 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Instal li ng a Securi ty Certific at e If you chose not to ins tall a secu rity certificate when yo u installed Adaptec Sto rage Ma nager – Br owser Edition, you mu st in stall the certificate when you run the application for the first time. T o create the certificate: 1 When the Security Al[...]

5-7 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition The Basics An example of a typical Ada ptec Storage Manager – Br owser Edition screen is sh ow n below . Note: De pend in g on your op erati ng system, browser , and color scheme you may notice some differences between this illustratio n a nd yo ur screen. At the top of the screen is the hea[...]

5-8 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Benea th th e control ler i nformat ion are Physical Devices and Logical Devices views that show connected devices and exis ting arrays on this co ntroller . Controller informatio n a nd device views are r epeated for each additional Adaptec RAID contr oller in the system. Select the controlle[...]

5-9 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Changing How Drives ar e Display ed By default, the P hysical Devices displays a condensed view of the controller configuration th at hides de tai led information about the drives. Mor e information is available by either positioning the mouse pointer over the device or clicki ng on the arrowh[...]

5-10 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Any part of a drive us ed in an array is s ho wn as a gray segment within the ba r . Selectin g any gray seg ment will highlig ht it in ambe r and , in th e Logical Devices view , highligh t the array of which this s egment is a memb er . In either the Full S ize Capacity V iew or the Relativ[...]

5-11 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition The main area of the Logical Devices view is used t o display the arrays on this controlle r . It defaults to a condensed view of top- level arrays. Note: The Opt ions bu tton allows yo u to display second-level arrays if your controller supports th em. In this condensed view , the RAID level[...]

5-12 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Using the default settings will create an array of the lar gest possible capacity on the selected drives, use the def ault cache setting and, if appr opriate, the default stripe s ize. T o create an arra y using default settings: 1 Open the Create Array wizard by clicking Create fo r the cont[...]

5-13 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition ■ Enable or D isable W rite Caching — When write caching is enabled, the contr oller stor es the data in cache memory on the controller and will accept a no ther w rite to this array a s soon as the data fr om the previous write is safely stor ed in the controller ’ s memor y . Since wr[...]

5-14 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition ■ Stripe Size — For a RAID 0, wher e data is s triped acr oss multiple drives, st ripe size determines how much data is written on each drive for a given stripe. Note: Adaptec recommends that you do no t change the stripe size. For RAID 1 arrays, wh ich need to be initializ ed, advan ced [...]

5-15 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Deleti ng Arr a ys Note: Deletin g an array destroys all the da ta on the array . Be sure to back up any data before yo u proceed. T o delete an array: 1 Click the Delete button on the Logical Devi ces view . 2 In the Logical Device s view sel ect the a rray(s) y ou wish to delete. 3 Click Fi[...]

5-16 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition T o mo di fy a n a rra y: 1 Click Modif y . 2 Sele ct th e a rray tha t yo u wi sh to modi fy . 3 Select the RAID level th at you want to migra te the array to, or if you want to expand the capacity of the existing array , select the current RAID level. 4 If necessary , select the additional [...]

5-17 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Viewing Events The Events button allows yo u to view events and configu re event notificatio n for all supported cont rollers in the system. Event Vie wer The following information is a vai lable for each event: ■ Date and time of the event ■ Severity of the event ■ Brief descri ption T[...]

5-18 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Enabling an d Configurin g the Notifier Service Before you begin to configure e-mail no tification yo u need to h ave the follow ing informa tion avail able: ■ The SMTP mail server host name or IP add ress. ■ 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[...]

5-19 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Applyin g Changes The Event Noti fication tab allows you to ma ke ch anges. If you have selected a modifiable field, select Appl y or Cancel to sav e your changes. Getting Hel p Click Help to open a scr een with the following tabs: Thi s Applicatio n , T echnical Support , and Sa les . Click [...]

5-20 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Contro ller Info Lis ts t he f ol low ing info rma tio n ab out t he sele cte d c ont ro lle r: ■ Model — Adaptec mode l n umber . This is also displa yed on the main screen for each contr oller . ■ Serial nu mber — A number that uniquely identifies your controller . ■ Host bus — [...]

5-21 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Ph ysical De vice P rope rties If you select a device on a channel (other than an enclosur e) and then select Proper ties , a wi n do w wi t h Dri v e Info , Capacity , LED, and S.M .A. R.T . tabs appear . Drive Info ■ Status — This fiel d appears o nly for disk dri ves and it indicates t[...]

5-22 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition T ype indicate s how th e segmen t is used. The fi rst and la st segm ents may be res erved. The controller may store the R AID signature at either the beginning or end of the drive. The end of the drive is where th e capacity may be r ounded down to the near est 2 MB. If this segment is a co[...]

5-23 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition General The Genera l tab includes th e followin g inf o rmation: ■ V endor — The manufacturer of the en closure. ■ Product — The name given to this enclosure by its vendor . ■ Revision — The version number information stored on the enclosure. ■ Status Summary — This pr ovides [...]

5-24 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Logical Drive The Logical Driv e tab in clud es the fo llo win g in fo rma tio n: ■ Status — Possible values ar e quick init , impacted , degraded , failed , and offline . ■ Array na me — This is a modifiable field th at d is plays the name assigned to this array at cr eation. Y ou ca[...]

5-25 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition New T asks Allows you to create new tasks for an array or a dr ive. New T asks can either be run immediately , or scheduled to run at a later time. A vaila ble tasks are V eri fy , V e rify with Fix , and Clear . Eac h ta sk is described below . ■ Drive ■ Ve r i f y — Performs a test of[...]

A-1 A BIOS Utilities In this Chapter ... What is ARC? The Adaptec RA ID Co nfigurati on (ARC ) uti lity is an embedded BIOS utility th at includes : ■ Array Configur ation Util ity (ACU ) — Enables the creation, configur ation, an d mana gement of arrays . ■ SA T A Select Utili ty — Enables chan ging Serial A T A (SA T A ) device and contro[...]

A-2 BIOS Utilities T o run ARC, press Ctrl+ A whe n prompted by the following message during the system startup: Press <Ctrl><A> for Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility If your computer contains two or mor e Adaptec 121 0SA controllers, a list of controllers is displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the controller you want to configure[...]

A-3 BIOS Utilities Deleting Arrays Caution: Ba ck up the data on an array befo re you delete it. Otherwise, all da ta on the array is lost. Deleted array s cannot be res tor ed. T o delete an exis ting array: 1 T urn on your computer and pr ess Ctrl+A when pro mpted to access the ARC utilit y . 2 From the AR C menu, select Array Conf ig urat ion Ut[...]

A-4 BIOS Utilities Creating Arrays Befor e creating a rrays, make sur e the disks for the array a re connected and installed in your system. Note that disks with no usable space, or disks that a re uninitialized ar e shown in gray and cannot be used. See Initializing Disk Drives on p age A -6 . T o create an array: 1 T urn on your computer and pr e[...]

A-5 BIOS Utilities 4 Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creation m ethods for RAID 0 a nd RAID 1. The fo llowing table gives examples of when each is appr opriate. Notes: ■ Befor e adding a n ew drive to an array , back up any data contained on the new drive. Otherwise, a ll data will be lost. ■ If you stop t he Build or[...]

A-6 BIOS Utilities Initializi ng Disk Drives If an installe d dis k d oes n ot a ppear in the disk selection li st for creating a new array or if it appea rs gray ed out, you may have to initialize i t before you ca n use i t as part o f an array . Drives attached to the controller must be initial iz ed before they can be used in an array . Caution[...]

A-7 BIOS Utilities Using SA T ASelec t The SA T A Select utili ty enables you to chan ge device and controller settings with out opening the syst em chassis or han dling the card. Starting and Exiting SA T ASelect To s t a r t S A T A Select : 1 T urn on your computer and pr ess Ctrl+A when pro mpted to access the ARC utilit y . 2 If multiple contr[...]

A-8 BIOS Utilities Using the CCU T o access the Controller Configura tio n Utility (CCU): 1 T urn on your computer and pr ess Ctrl+A when pro mpted to access the ARC utilit y . 2 If multiple controllers are installed, select the controller you want to configure and press Enter . 3 From the ARC menu, select SA T ASelect . The Controller Configuratio[...]

A-9 BIOS Utilities Using the SA T A Config ura tion Util ity The SA T A Configuratio n ut ility enables yo u to m odify the SA T A Channel I nterface o ptions an d SA T A Device Con figurati on op tions. T o access the SA T A Configura tion utility: 1 T urn on your computer and pr ess Ctrl+A when pro mpted to access the ARC utilit y . 2 If multiple[...]

A-10 BIOS Utilities Using the Disk Utilitie s The Disk Utilities en able you to low -l e vel forma t or verify the media o f your S erial A T A ha rd disks. T o access the d isk utilit ies: 1 T urn on your computer and pr ess Ctrl+A when pro mpted to access the ARC utilit y . 2 If multiple controllers are installed, select the controller you want t[...]

B-1 B Supported RAID T ypes RAID i s an ac r ony m for Redund ant A rray o f Ind ependen t D isks. The goal of RA ID is to provide better performance and reliab ility from combinatio ns of dis k drives tha n possible with the s ame total stor ag e sp ace wi thout RAI D . When creating R AIDs, select drives of equal capacity and performance. Otherwi[...]

B-2 Supp ort ed RAID T yp es RAID 0 A RAID 0 is cr eated by striping data ac ro ss two or more disk drives. This striping scheme cr eates no r edundancy to pr otect the data. However , beca use the d rives shar e load equally , RAID 0 prov ides the best read and write performance of any RAID type. RAID 1 A RA ID 1 array is cr eated by copyin g, or [...]

C-1 C Specifications DC P ower Requirements Current Requirem ents En vironmental Specifications Note: F o rce d a i rf l o w is re c o m m e nd e d , bu t no t re q u i re d . Vo l t a g e 5 V ± 10% Ripple and noise 50 mV peak- to- peak max imum Adapte c 1210SA 1 A maximum Ambient tempera ture 0 ° C to 50 ° C Rela tive hum idit y 10% t o 9 0% , [...]

Glossary-1 Glossary A activity See task . AC U Array Configuration U tility . An application used to cr eate, configure, and manag e arrays fr om the co ntr ol ler ’ s BIOS or MS-DOS. array A logical di sk cr eated fro m available s pace and made up of one or more segments on one or more physical disks. Arrays are typically used to pro vide data [...]

Glossary-2 Glossary B bad segment Segment that is in an unknown state. back gro und consistency c hec k Option that forces the controller to const antly check all portio ns of disks used by all arrays to see if the dis ks can r eturn data fr om the blocks. See also consistency check command . bootable a rray Array configu red as the boot device. bu[...]

Glossary-3 Glossary clear Foreground initializa tion of a fau lt-tole rant array . A clear operatio n zeros all blocks of the array . The array is not accessible until the clear task is complete. concate nation Joining of physical or logica l drives in sequ ential order . consiste ncy check command Command that r eads all the blocks o f a RAID 1 to[...]

Glossary-4 Glossary disk ID Unique disk identifier that consists of the channel number , SA T A ID. For example, (channel:ID: LUN) 1:04:0. Se e also channel . drive LED Disk indicat or LED that illum inates during read or write operat ions. E event No tifi ca tio n o r a ler t f ro m the s y stem , i ndi ca tin g th at a c hang e h as occurred. eve[...]

Glossary-5 Glossary for e i g n di s k Disk that has previously been initializ ed on another Adaptec RAID controller . The RAID signa ture on the dis k al lows the RA ID controller to identify w hether or no t the disk wa s initia lized on the controller it is currently connected to. H hard disk drive Basic unit of nonvolatile, nonr emovable, magne[...]

Glossary-6 Glossary logical device V olume comprised of space from one or more ph ysical drives and presented to the operating s ystem as if it w ere a single storage unit. low-level f ormat Process performed by the drive firmware that completely clean s any data of f the hard di sk. M migration See r econfiguration . mirrored array/mirroring See R[...]

Glossary-7 Glossary Q quic k init An array initiali zed using the Quick Init option is available immediately , wit h no on-going ba ckground con troller activity . A ll data written to an array that has been quick in itia lized is protected. R RAID Redundant Arr ay of Indepen dent Disks (al ternative de finition Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks[...]

Glossary-8 Glossary redundant The ability of an array to mainta in operabilit y when one or mo re har dware failur es occur . RAID 1 is redundant. In the even t of a drive failur e, redundant arrays can be resto red to normal operation by replacing the failed drive an d rebuilding th e arra y . rescan Process of updating the curr ent scr een to sho[...]

Glossary-9 Glossary stripe Cont iguou s set of d ata di stri bute d acr oss all th e dis ks in an a rray . A striped array distributes data evenly across all members in equal- sized sections ca lled stripe s . stripe siz e The am ount of data i n each sect ion of a stri ped arr ay . striped arr ay See RAID 0 . T task An operation that o ccurs only [...]

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