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Adaptec RAID 2130SLP manual

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  • Page 1

    -------------------------------------------------------------------- README.TXT Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM) as of June 7, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please review this file for important information about issues and erratas that were discovered after completion of the standard product documentation. [...]

  • Page 2

    -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Installation and Setup Notes - The Adaptec RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide contains complete installation information for direct attached RAID controllers and drivers. The Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide and SnapServer 700i Series User Guide contai[...]

  • Page 3

    o Novell Netware 6.5* UnixWare: o SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 OpenServer: o SCO OpenServer 6.0 Solaris: o Sun Solaris 10 Update 1 *Out-of-box and current quarterly update or service pack - Adaptec Storage Manager Management Service: o Microsoft Windows - All versions o Red Hat EL 4.0, 5.0 (32-Bit/64-Bit)* o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10 (32-Bit/64-Bit)[...]

  • Page 4

    4. Exit Adaptec Storage Manager. 5. Copy the following files onto a diskette from the directory where the Adaptec Storage Manager is installed: RaidMSys.ser --> to replicate the tree RaidNLst.ser --> to replicate the notification list RaidSMTP.ser --> to replicate the SMTP e-mail notification list RaidJob.ser --> to replicate the jobs i[...]

  • Page 5

    than above. Be sure to check the version string on the Novell Linux CD. - To run Adaptec Storage Manager under Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Quarterly Update 3 for AMD64, you must add the 'noexec32=off' argument to the boot kernel command line. Then, restart the system. 2.5 VMware Setup Notes - To install Adaptec Storage Manager on the VM[...]

  • Page 6

    a pool, do not remove and reinsert any drive from that pool. Doing so may cause unpredictable results. - Do not move drives containing a pool or volume from one controller to another while the power is on. Doing so could cause the loss of the pool configuration or data, or both. Instead, power off both affected controllers, move the drives, and the[...]

  • Page 7

    pool, information about the hot spare drive may not display as expected. Adaptec Storage Manager may continue to display it as a global hot spare. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Operating System-Specific Issues and Notes 4.1 All - Adaptec Storage Manager will not start on a system that uses only 16 colors. A[...]

  • Page 8

    - When you delete a pool, the operating system can no longer see the last pool. WORKAROUND: To allow Linux to see the last pool, restart your system. For iSCSI Storage (only), you can restart the iSCSI daemon or reload the iSCSI HBA driver. - The controller does not support attached CD drives during OS installation. - To remotely manage a Linux sys[...]

  • Page 9

    agent failed to start" displays when starting the server. The server is unable to load the Storage Manager agent. This is usually caused by loading Java before the Storage Manager agent. In the file Autoexec.ncf, move the line "LOAD RAIDAGNT -BOOT" so that it is before any lines that reference Java. - A NetWare system can run only on[...]

  • Page 10

    - With Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6, the ARCCONF DELETE <logical_drive> command may fail with a Kernel Oops error message. Even though the drives are removed from the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI, they may not really be deleted. Reboot the controller; then, issue the ARCCONF DELETE command again. 6.2 iSCSI Storage Notes - When no pool spa[...]

  • Page 11

    for enclosure management devices (JBODs) are blank (unpopulated). - On rare occasions, Adaptec Storage Manager may report that there is insufficient space to create a mirror plex. WORKAROUND: Press F5 to refresh; then, try again. - A recurring job that creates and mounts a snapshot on the same drive will fail on the second and all subsequent attemp[...]