Adaptec RAID 21610SA manual

I NSTALLATION AN D U SER ’ S G UIDE A DAPTEC S ERIAL ATA RAID 2410SA[...]

R Adaptec Serial A T A RAID 2410SA Installation and User’ s Guide[...]

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viii Contents 1 Introduction Read this First 1-1 System Requirements 1-2 Operating System Compatibilit y 1-2 Storage Requirements 1-2 Motherboard Compa tibility 1-2 Device Compatibility 1-2 Kit C ontents 1-3 Adaptec 24 10SA Cont roller 1- 3 About the Do cumentation 1- 4 Installin g the Adobe Acrobat R eader 1-4 Controller Features 1- 5 Adaptec’s [...]

ix Content s Windows 3 -3 Installin g the Driver in a New S ystem 3-3 Adding the Driver to an Existing System 3- 4 Linux 3-5 Installin g the Driver in a New Red Hat System 3- 5 Adding the Driver to an Existing System 3- 6 UnixWare and OpenUNIX 3-7 Installin g the Driver on a New Syst em 3-7 Adding the Driver to an Existing System 3- 7 4 Instal ling[...]

x Content s Using SATA Se lect A-9 Using the Disk U tilities A-11 Viewing the Event Log A-12 B DOS Utilitie s Using the Ad aptec Flash U tility (AFU ) B-1 Overview of the AFU B-2 System Requirements B-2 Firmware Floppy Dis k Kit B-3 Runn ing t he A FU B-4 Accessi ng the AFU fro m the GUI B-4 Accessi ng the AFU fro m the Comm and Line B-4 Flashing t[...]

xi Content s Using the CLI C-3 Opening and Closing a Controller C-4 Mana ging Failo ver Opt ions and H ot Sp ares C- 7 Displayin g Controller Inf ormation C -9 Displayin g Disk Info rmation C-1 1 Displayin g Array Inf ormation C- 12 CLI Command Dictionary C-15 General Control Commands C-15 Container (Array) Co mmands C-16 Controller Commands C-25 D[...]

1-1 1 Intr oduction In this Chapter ... Read th is Firs t Read this cha pter before you begin instal ling your new A daptec Serial A T A RAID 2410SA controller . This is a guide to the rest of the document, providing a summary of the in stallation process. Read this Fir st 1-1 System Requ irements 1-2 Kit Conten ts 1-3 About the Docume ntation 1-4 [...]

1-2 Introd ucti on System Req uirements The following system r equirements ar e pres ented: ■ Operating system co mpatibility ■ Storage r equirements for driver s and software ■ Motherboard compat ibility . ■ Device compatibility ( for Serial A T A) Operating Sys tem Compatibility ■ Microsoft W i ndows ® 2000, W indows XP ® , W indows S[...]

1-3 Introd ucti on Kit Conten ts Y our Adaptec controller kit in cludes: ■ Adaptec 24 10SA cont roll er (shown bel ow) ■ Adaptec Serial A T A RAID 2410SA Quick Installation Guide ■ Installation CD ■ Low -pr ofile br acket (in a dditio n to the sta ndar d full-height bracket attac hed to the con troller) ■ Fou r Seri al A T A in te rfac e [...]

1-4 Introd ucti on About t he Document ation The documentati on set for this kit in cludes: ■ Adaptec Serial A T A RAID 2410SA Quick Installation Guide —This printed guid e contains th e essential information for instal ling the controller in most si tuations. ■ Adaptec Serial A T A RAID 2410SA Installation and User ’ s Guide (this guide) ?[...]

1-5 Introd ucti on Contr oller Features The Adaptec 241 0SA contro ller supports four Serial A T A drives. The contro ller offers the features an d performance ideal for hi gh- end workstations and entry-level servers. ■ Conforms with PCI Local Bus Specif ication, Revisio n 2.2 ■ 64-bit, 66-M Hz PCI interfa ce compatib le with 32-bit/ 33-MHz PC[...]

1-6 Introd ucti on ■ Multiple A rrays —Create multiple arra ys from a singl e set of drives. ■ SA T A Disk Hot Plug —Y ou can a dd and r emove disks without shutti ng down yo ur syst em. Array Migration The Adaptec 24 10SA controller supports modif ying existing array s by expansion, migration fr om one array type to another , and changing [...]

1-7 Introd ucti on The Adaptec 241 0SA controller supports two types of hot spar es: ■ Global— Pr otects every array that the drive has enough available capacity to protect. ■ Dedicated— Pr o tects only the array that it has been assigned to protect. A utoma tic F ailover This feature allows the controller to automa tically rebuild an array[...]

1-8 Introd ucti on Stora ge Management Software Overvie w The Adaptec 2410 SA controller includes the followi ng software tools to mana ge your storag e subsystem: ■ Adaptec Sto rage Manage r – Browse r Edition —Br o wser-based storage man agement softw are that provides all of the creation, management, a nd data loggi ng needed to mana ge ar[...]

1-9 Introd ucti on Safety I nformation T o ensu re y ou perso nal safety , as well as the safe ty of you e quipment: ■ Keep your work ar ea and the computer clean and clear of debris. ■ Befor e opening the system cabinet, unplug the power cord. Notes and Cautions This Installation and User ’ s Guide use s notes and cautio ns that emphasiz e i[...]

1-10 Introd ucti on ■ A void touching the controller against you r clothing. The wrist strap pr otects components from ESD voltages pr esent on the body only . ESD voltages on clo thing can still ca use damage. ■ Handle your con troller by its bracket or edges only . A void touching th e printed cir cuit board or the connectors. ■ When you ne[...]

2-1 2 Installing the Contr oller In this Chapter ... Overview T o install the con troller and drives, all you need is up to four of each of 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 are no jumpers or swit[...]

2-2 Installing the Controller Instal ling 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 the low-profile bracket supplied with y our kit in place of[...]

2-3 Installing the Controller Chec king Y our Contr oller and De vices Now that yo u have installed your Adaptec 24 10SA cont roller and connected your Serial A T A hard drives, you are r e ady to use the ARC utility to check your contro ller and devices, as described below: 1 T urn on your computer . 2 When prompted, enter the ARC utility by press[...]

3-1 3 Installing the Driver In this Chapter ... This chapter presents several scenarios f or installing the co ntroller driver . The scenarios depend on the following terminology: ■ New system —Th e computer has no operat ing system and the driver installation is a part of the operating system installation. ■ Existing syste m —The computer [...]

3-2 Installing t he Driver Creati ng the Driver Disk Installing a driver is easier if you cr eate a driver disk. T o cr eate the driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD-ROM drive. 2 Insert the Adaptec insta llation CD and turn on the computer . 3 Follow ins tructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to [...]

3-3 Installing t he Driver Windo ws The following sections describe procedures for installing the controller wi th W i ndows 20 00, W i ndow s XP , or W indows Server 2003. The followin g installation scen arios are described: ■ Installing th e Driver i n a New System on page 3 -3 ■ Adding th e Driver to an Existi ng System on pag e 3-4 Install[...]

3-4 Installing t he Driver Adding the Driver to an Existing System In this scenario, you are adding the driver to an existing W indows system. T o instal l the driver: 1 Install and configure the controller and har d disk drives according to the instruction s in Chapter 2 . 2 Start W in dows. W indow s launches the F ound New Hardware W izard, whic[...]

3-5 Installing t he Driver Linux The contr oller supp orts R ed Hat an d SuSE Li nux ve rsion s as des cribe d in the table be low . Notes ■ If you do not find you r kernel version list ed above, either of the following co ndition s may apply: ■ Y our kernel contains embedded drivers ■ Drivers ar e not available and you need to cr eate a cust[...]

3-6 Installing t he Driver 6 When prompted, insert the driver disk and then select OK . 7 Follow the prompts to set up your preferred environment. 8 If you intend to ins tall other third-party devices , proceed with the installatio n of those devices. Otherwise, select Do ne . 9 Proceed with the Linux installation according to the Red Hat instructi[...]

3-7 Installing t he Driver UnixW are and OpenUNIX Although the driver disk you cre ate for UnixW are 7 .1.1 and OpenUNIX 8 dif fer , the installation procedures for these operating systems ar e th e same. Instal ling the Driv er on a New Sy stem In this scenari o, you are installing the con troller in a new UnixW are 7.1. 1 or Op enUNI X 8 sy stem.[...]

4-1 4 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager – Br owser Edition In this Chapter ... Overview This chapter di scusses the i nstallation procedure for inst alling Adaptec Storage Manager – Browser Edition to enable r emote and local manag ement of arrays. Fo r instructions on using this application , see Chapter 5 . Ov er vie w 4- 1 Suppo r ted Brows[...]

4-2 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition Supported Br owser s T o run Adaptec Storage Manager – Browser Edition, your computer mu st have a W eb browser su pporting JavaScript a nd cookies only . The following versio ns are supported: ■ On W in dows ■ Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 or later ■ Netscape 7 or later ■ On Linux [...]

4-3 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition Remote and Manage d Systems The illustratio n below show s a typical configura tion of a sin gle remote system conn ected to severa l managed sys tems. The remote system does not necessarily contain a RAID co ntroller; however , it must co ntain, at m inimu m, the A daptec W eb S erver an [...]

4-4 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition Installing Adaptec S torage Manager on Windo ws Note: Whe n instal ling on a F A T 32 file sy stem, th e folder being insta lled is aut omati cally h idden. T o insta ll Adaptec Storage Ma nager – Br owser Edition: 1 V erify that a supported browser is installed. See Supported Browsers o[...]

4-5 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition 11 When prompted to r estart your comp uter , accept the default ( Ye s ) and click Finish . 12 The system restarts to comple te the installatio n. 13 Remove the Adaptec installation CD befo re the system r estarts. Configuring Internet Browser s on Windows If you are managing a local stor[...]

4-6 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition Configur ing Internet Exp lorer fo r Local Management When using the High security s etting, you must en able the followi ng setting s manual ly: ■ JavaScript ■ Cookies (n ot stored) Yo u do not need to enable the following custom level security settings for the local in tranet in Inte[...]

4-7 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition Configur ing Internet Exp lorer fo r Remote Mana gement If you know the IP addr ess of the managed system you want to manage remot ely: 1 Select T ools > Internet Options > Conne ctions > LAN Settings . 2 Select Use a prox y serv er fo r your LAN > A dvan ced . 3 In the Excepti[...]

4-8 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition Inst all ing Adapte c St orag e Ma nage r on Li nux Note: Whe n perfor ming t his ins tallat ion, ke ep in mind that Linux is case sensit ive. T o in stall Ad aptec Storag e Manager on a Lin ux compute r and configure the desired Internet br o wser: 1 Insert the Adaptec insta llation CD. 2[...]

4-9 Installing Adaptec Sto rage Manager – Browser Edition 9 Click OK . The Shell window you used to launch the installation indicates that some d aemons are being sta rted. The installatio n creates a shortcut to Adaptec Storage Manag er in the System tab. This shortcut launches Adaptec Storage Manager using Netsca pe. Unless the controller drive[...]

5-1 5 Using Adaptec S torage Manager – Br owser Edition In this Chapter ... Ov er vie w 5- 2 Archit ecture Over view 5-3 Logging In 5-4 Installi ng a Sec urit y Cer tificate 5-6 Register ing Y our Software 5-6 The Basi cs 5-7[...]

5-2 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Overview This chapter describes ho w to use Adaptec Storage Mana ger – 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 con troller may not support[...]

5-3 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Architectu re O ver view A locally ma naged system requires all of the f ollowing components: ■ A supported W eb browser , which shou ld already be installed on the system. ■ The Adaptec W eb service wh ich supplies content displ ayed on the W eb browser . ■ An Adapt ec-supplied stora ge[...]

5-4 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Log ging In To l o g i n : 1 Start A dap tec Sto rage Manager – Browse r Editi on. ■ In W indows , click Start > Programs > Adapt ec Storage Manager > Adaptec Sto rage Manage r – Browse r Edition . ■ In Linux, click Start > Syste m > Adapt ec Storage Man ager . The Login[...]

5-5 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition T o log in from an y system with a W eb browser: 1 Start the W eb browser application and type the IP address for the system yo u want to access in th e address bar and then press Enter . For example, https://10.6.3.14:3513/adapte c . When connection to the remote system is esta blished, the S[...]

5-6 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Instal ling a Securi ty Certificat e If you chose not to ins tall a secu rity certificate when yo u instal led Adaptec Storage Manager – Browser Edition, you mu st install th e certificate when you run the application for the first time. T o crea te the certificate: 1 When the Security Alert[...]

5-7 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition The Basics An example of a typical Adaptec Storage Manager – Br o wser Edition screen is sh own below . Note: De pending on you r operating system , browser , and color scheme you may notice some d iffer en ces between this illustratio n and your screen. The header frame, at the top of the s[...]

5-8 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Browser Edition Immedia tely following the header fram e is a controller informatio n line inc ludin g t he mode l number of th e firs t Ada pte c RAID contr oller found in the sys tem and the amount of cache memory (if any) ins talled on tha t controller . Beneath the controller information are Physical Devi[...]

5-9 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Br owser Edition Changing How Drives ar e Displayed By default, the Physica l Devices displays a cond ensed view of the controller configuration th at hides de tailed informa tion about th e drives. Mor e information is available by either positioning the mouse pointer over the device or clicki ng on the arro[...]

5-10 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Br owser Edition Any part of a drive us ed in an array is s hown as a gray segm ent within the ba r . Selectin g any gray seg ment will highlig ht it in amber and, in the Lo gical Devices view , highligh t the array of which this s egment is a memb er . In either the Full Size Capacity V i ew or the Relative[...]

5-11 Using Ada ptec Stor age Manager – Br owser Edition The main area of the Logical Devices view is used to display the arrays on this controlle r . It defaults to a condensed view of top- level arrays. Note: The Optio ns button allow s you to displa y second-level arrays if your controller supports th em. In this condensed view , the RAID level[...]

A-1 A Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility In this Appendix... The Adaptec RA ID Configu ration (ARC ) utility is an embed ded BIOS utility th at inclu des: ■ Array Configur ation Utility (ACU ) — Used to create, configure, and manage arrays. Also used to initi alize and rescan drives. (Also availa ble a s a s tand- alone DO S ut ilit y as d escr[...]

A-2 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility The Adaptec RAID Cont roller menu appea rs, presenting the foll owing op tions : ■ Array Configu ration Utility ■ SA T A Se lect Utility ■ Disk Utilities T o se lect an opt ion from th is me nu, or from any of t he me nus wi thin ARC, brow se wit h the arrow keys and then press Ent er . In some cases, s[...]

A-3 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility Viewing Arr ay Pr operties T o view the pr operties of an existing array: 1 At the BIOS pr ompt, press Ctrl+A . 2 From the ARC menu, select Arra y Configuration Utili ty . 3 From the ACU m enu, selec t Mana ge Ar rays . 4 From the List of Arrays dialog box, select the array you want to view information on and[...]

A-4 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility Notes ■ If the controller is not a boot device, you can disable its runtime BIOS, see page A-1 0 . When the BIOS is disabled, it does not occupy any of the expansion ROM region of the system ’ s memory map. In a system with several expansion ROMs, disabling the BIO S may be helpful. ■ Y ou cannot make a[...]

A-5 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility 6 Select Ye s to delete the array or No to return to the pr evious menu. At the Array Pro perties dialog box, select Delet e again and then press Enter . 7 Press Esc to r eturn to the previous menu. Managing F ailover Drive Assignments T o as sign a ho t spar e drive to an array: 1 Select Manage A rrays fr om[...]

A-6 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility Creating Arrays Befor e creating arrays, make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system (or enclosur e). Note that any disks wi th MS-DOS partitions, dis ks with no usa ble space, or disks that are uninitia lized appear dimmed a nd cannot be u sed for creating a new array . For i[...]

A-7 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility Assigning Arra y Properties The ACU can be u sed to assign array properties only prior to array creation. ( After the array is cr eated, you need to use Adaptec Storage Manager .) T o assign properties to the new array: 1 In the Array Pro perties menu, select an array type and then press Ente r . The display [...]

A-8 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility 6 Specify whether you want to enable write caching for the array . When you ar e finished, select Done . Initializi ng Disk Drives If an installe d disk does not appear in the dis k selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out, you need to initialize it bef or e you can use it as part o[...]

A-9 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility Rescanning Disk Drives T o res can the drives connected to the contr oller: 1 At the BIOS pr ompt, press Ctrl+A . 2 From the ARC menu, select Arra y Configuration Utili ty . 3 Select Rescan Drives . Using SA T A Selec t SA T A Select enables you to ch ange device and controller settings without opening the co[...]

A-10 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility ■ DMA (Default: Enabled ) — When Enabled , Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode is used for the drive, pr oviding maxi mum per forma nce. ■ SMAR T (Default: Disa bled ) — Controls the predictive failure fea ture of the disk drive. When Enabled and the drive supports Se lf-Monitoring , Anal ysis and Report[...]

A-11 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility ■ Array Ba ckground Consistency Check (Defau lt : Disable d) — When En able d , th e controller c ontinu ously performs a verification on a r edundant a rray to data integrity . In the case of RAID 1 or 1 0, consistency checks assure that the data between like blocks match. In the case of a RA ID 5, cons[...]

A-12 Adaptec RAID Configuration U tility ■ Format Disk — Simulates a f ormat of the har d drive by removing the file system and writing zeros to the entire disk. Serial A T A drives are formatted at the factory and do n ot need to be fo rmatted ag ain. Caution: Formatting destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data before perfo[...]

B-1 B DOS Utilities In this Appendix... Usin g th e Ad aptec Fl ash U tili ty (A FU) The Adaptec ® Flash Utili ty (AFU) is a DOS appli cation used to update the flash EEPROM co mponents on one or mor e Adaptec SCSI RAID contr ollers. The utili ty can also be used to verify a controller ’ s current flash contents aga inst the flash images in a sp[...]

B-2 DOS Utilities The process of updatin g a controller ’ s flas h must be done c arefully to avoid rendering the con troller inoperable. AFU is desig ned to be easy to use with all the necessary safeguar ds to prevent a user from accidentally d amaging th e controller ’ s flash cont ents. Overvie w of the A FU The AFU performs the follo wing p[...]

B-3 DOS Utilities ■ The AFU can run from a partitio n on a drive or array attached to the controller you are updating. Once the flash update begins, no I/O i s possible to any arra y attached to th at controller until t he flash op eration i s completed a nd the system is restarted. ■ If you want to update multiple controllers in the same syste[...]

B-4 DOS Utilities Running the AFU Y ou can run th e AFU from its graphical user interface ( GUI) or fro m the command line. Access ing the AFU from the GU I T o access the AFU: 1 At the DO S comma nd prompt (typ ically A:> ), t yp e AFU with no argument s. The main menu to th e AFU is displayed. 2 Select Sele ct Controller s and select the cont[...]

B-5 DOS Utilities The AFU swit ches ar e as follows ■ /C <Controller ID> is o ne o r m o re c on t ro l le r ID s re pr es e n t i ng the set of controllers on which to perform the specified command. Y ou can specify a sing le controller ID, for example: /C 0 multiple IDs sepa rated by commas , for example: /C 0,2 or ALL to indica te all co[...]

B-6 DOS Utilities 5 At the DOS prompt, type afu list and pre ss Enter . This command displays a list of the controllers in your system. T ake note of the controllers you woul d like to update and its number (or numbers if ther e ar e more than one) . V erify that the controller you wish to update is id entified. 6 Y ou can perform this step usin g [...]

B-7 DOS Utilities 9 If there are additional UFI files this process is repeated until the complete imag e has been read, the controller flash is updated with the n ew imag e. AFU Commands The followin g pages describe each of t he AFU comma nds in det ail. For ease of use, the commands are pr esented in alphabetical order . HELP The HELP command dis[...]

B-8 DOS Utilities SA VE The SAVE command saves the contents of a contr o ller ’ s flas h in a UFI file. The name of the UFI file is based on the contr oller type and cannot be chan ged. Use the /D switch to specify th e drive and dir ectory where you want AFU to create the UFI file. Note: Y ou can specify only o ne controller ID. If yo u include [...]

B-9 DOS Utilities Example A:> AFU UPDATE /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utilit y V4.0-0 B5749 (c)Adaptec Inc. 1999 –2002. All Rights Reserved. Updating Controller 0 (Adaptec 2410) Reading flash image file (Build 5749) AFU is about to upda te firmware on controllers Adaptec 2410 ***PLEASE DO NOT REB OOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE*** This might take a fe[...]

B-10 DOS Utilities After usin g the VERSION comman d, you must resta rt the computer upon completion of this command. Default Switch V alues If you do n ot include t he /C switch, the AFU returns a fatal erro r messag e. Examples The following example displa ys version info rmation abo ut all supported controllers. A:> AFU VERSION /C 0 Adaptec [...]

B-11 DOS Utilities Using the Arra y Configur ation U tility ( A CU) Adaptec RAID Conf iguration (ARC) is a embedded BIOS utili ty that includes: ■ SA T A Sele ct — Used for changin g device and contro ller settings, ■ Disk Utilit ies — Used for low-level formatting or verifying disk media, and for performing other functio ns. ■ Array Conf[...]

B-12 DOS Utilities Running the A CU T o run the A CU for MS-DOS: 1 Br owse to Dos AppsAcu on the Adapt ec installation CD. 2 Copy acu.e xe onto a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk an d insert this disk into your drive. 3 Restart y our system . If you is sue the comma nd ACU without any command -li ne swit ches , the AC U displays it s main w indow and [...]

B-13 DOS Utilities Selecting Segments f or New Arrays T o select one or mor e segments to assign as members of the new array: 1 Use the arr ow keys to select a channel. 2 Use the arr ow keys to select the drives to a ssign to the new array and pr ess Inse rt . The ACU displays the lar gest usable space available for each drive. Y ou can use some or[...]

B-14 DOS Utilities 2 T ype in an opti ona l lab el for the array and p r ess Ente r . 3 Enter the desired a rray size. The maximum array size available based on the segm ents you selected is displa yed automatica lly . If you want to designate a differ ent array size, type the de sired array size a nd select MB (m ega byt es ), GB (giga bytes), or [...]

B-15 DOS Utilities Managing Arrays The Manage Arrays opti on enabl es you to pe rform th e follo wing functions: ■ V iewi ng A rray Properties ■ Assign ing Hot S pares ■ Removing Hot Spar e Drives ■ Initializing a Hard Drive ■ Making an Array Bootable e ■ Deleti ng Arrays These operatio ns are described in greater detail i n the sectio [...]

B-16 DOS Utilities 3 Select a drive and pre ss the Insert key to assign the drive as a spare. The specified drive is displa yed in the Assign ed Hotspares Drives l ist. 4 Press Enter to save the spar e drive assignment. The following prompt is displayed: Ha ve you finished managin g Hotspare driv es? 5 Press Y (for yes) to return to the Main menu. [...]

B-17 DOS Utilities T o initializ e a drive: 1 Select Initial ize Driv es fro m the Ma in menu. 2 Use the arr ow keys to select a channel. 3 Select the disks yo u want to ini tialize and press Insert . 4 Press Enter . 5 Read the warning message and en sure that you have selected the correct devices to initialize. Press Y to conti nue. Making an Arra[...]

B-18 DOS Utilities Deleting Arrays Caution: Back up the data on an array before you delete it. All data on the array is lost when you delete the a rray , and you cannot r estor e a deleted arra y . T o delete an existing arra y: 1 Select Manage A rrays fr om the Main menu. 2 Select the array you wa nt to delete and press De lete . 3 From the Ar ray[...]

B-19 DOS Utilities The tab le below list s the required and optional ACU co mmand- line switches . Switch Description /P <file> Play back Mode Switch — In this mode , the ACU r eads the contents of the specified s cript file and cr eates arra ys and co nfigures channel set tings b ased on the pr operties defi ned i n th e scri pt . The <[...]

B-20 DOS Utilities Pla yback Mode Playback mode enables you to crea te one or more arra ys based on the properties defined in a script file. It also enables you to configure certain properties for each channel on the controller . When you create an array , you can specify any of the arra y properties listed in the table below . Proper ty Des cripti[...]

B-21 DOS Utilities In addition, there ar e other array properties that enable you to control the vario us array settings during creation. See Array Definition Block Properties on page B-25 for the complet e list of a rray properties. Note: Y ou can configure each individual channel on the controller using this property , wh ich specifies the device[...]

B-22 DOS Utilities Because the ACU r eads the entire script file befor e creating any arrays, the position of the InitializeAll=Yes property within the script is not sign ificant. Continuin g the previous example, if InitializeAll=Yes is specified in t he second RAID 5 ’ s defini tion, the ACU initializes all drives bef ore cr eating the first RA[...]

B-23 DOS Utilities The ACU provides a way to do this. When you use record mode to rec o rd a c o nt ro l l er ’ s con figuration a nd you specify a log fil e ( /L switch), the AC U writes build/v erify and clear status inform ation about each array in the configuration to th e log file. An applicatio n or batch file can then pars e the resulting [...]

B-24 DOS Utilities Build/V erify Operations on RAID 10 Arrays For a RAID 10 array , the status mess age indicates the percent of the build/verify completed for the parent and child tasks. The status updates to OK when the tasks ar e complete. A sample RAID 10 build stat us is as follow s: Array #1 Status : BU ILD/VERIFY = 30% Script File Syntax An [...]

B-25 DOS Utilities Array Definition Bloc k Properties The table below lists th e properties that can be specified within an array definition block. The table lists each property ’ s keyword, whether it is requir ed, and its default value (if any). Note that the keywords ar e arranged s o the requir ed keywords are listed first. Keyw ord Required [...]

B-26 DOS Utilities The following sections describe ea ch of these keywords in detail. Array K eyw ord Array is a required keyword, indicating the start of an array definiti on block. It accep ts an opt ional ar ray labe l value. Examples Array Array=MyData Drives Ke ywor d Drives is a requir ed keyword, specifying the devices to use in creating th [...]

B-27 DOS Utilities Ty p e K e y w o r d Type is a r equired keywor d, in dicating the array type. There is no default value. Note: For informa tion about the max imum numb er of drive s supported and minimum number o f drives requir ed, see page B-14 . The Type keyword values are: ■ Vo l u m e ■ RAID 0 ■ RAID 1 ■ RAID 5 ■ RAID 10 Examples[...]

B-28 DOS Utilities Notes ■ When assigning spar e drives to a RAID 10 arr ay , the ACU assigns a ll the drives in th e list to all the arrays within the multilevel array . ■ ACU only cr eates dedicated hot spar es. If the same drive is assigned to protect multip le arrays, only th e last array that drive is assigned to is pr o tected. ■ The AC[...]

B-29 DOS Utilities Examples InitializeAll=Yes InitializeAll=No Method K eyw ord Method is an optional keyword, indicating which method to use when cr eating a RAID 5 array . Possible values ar e: ■ Build (the default) — Build/verify the array . ■ Clear — Clear the array . ■ Quick Init - Make the array available immed iately Overall, the B[...]

B-30 DOS Utilities Size Keyw ord The Size keyword specifie s the size of the array . Specify the size as an intege r or a decimal numb er , follow ed by the unit keyword MB (megabytes), GB (gigabytes), or TB (t erabytes). A unit keyword is require d with a numeric s ize valu e. If no uni t keyword is specif ied, the ACU exits w ith an error . Spec [...]

B-31 DOS Utilities Wait Keyword The Wait keyword indicates whether th e ACU should wai t for the new array ’ s build/verify or clear to complete befor e continuing. The Wait prope rty is optional; if not specified, the ACU waits for the array ’ s build/verify or clear to complete befor e continuing. Spec ify Wait=No to allow the ACU to continue[...]

B-32 DOS Utilities Error Handling Because the ACU scripting feature is desi gned to run without user int era cti on , t he A CU han dl es e rror s d uri ng re cord and play bac k by simply exiting immediat ely whenever an error is detected. Whenever the ACU encounters an err or during recor d or playback — for example, an unrecognized keyw ord in[...]

B-33 DOS Utilities 9 Specified a rray size too big — Y o u spe cifie d an ar ray si ze that is larger than the max imum siz e allow ed for th is arr ay . 10 Number of drives do no t match the array type — The number of drives you selected is i nvalid for t he type of array specified. 11 Unable to initia lize drive — The AC U was unab le to in[...]

B-34 DOS Utilities Playbac k and Recor d Notes When usin g ACU in play back or rec ord mode, note the following: ■ When reco rding an array , the ACU does not cr eate a Wait keyword within an array ’ s de finition bloc k i n a s cript file. When playing ba ck any script file ge nerated from the ACU recor d option , the ACU uses th e default set[...]

B-35 DOS Utilities The following sample script fil e is a sample RAID.ACU script as referr ed to in the previous ACU command. This script cr eates the following a rrays — a 50 0 MB, single- disk volu me and a 2-GB , two- drive RAID 1 with a ho tspare . # Script to create v olume, mirror, and RAID 5 arrays # Create a 500MB vol ume labeled ‘MySys[...]

C-1 C Command Line Interface (CLI) In this Appendix... Intr oduction This Command Li ne Interface (CLI) enables you to confi gure a nd manage controller components. The CLI conta ins most of the functi onali ty offered by Adaptec Stora ge Man ager – Browser Edition and s ome additional function ality not of fered by Adaptec Stor age Ma nag er . I[...]

C-2 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) CLI commands enable you to automate tes ting or array creation in a production environme nt using W indows co mman d scripts and Linux and UNIX she ll scripts. This appendix describes briefly some of the commands available in the CLI. For a full description of all the CLI commands, refer to the CLI Software Refer [...]

C-3 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Access ing the CLI i n MS-DOS T o access the CLI f rom the MS-DOS pr ompt, move to the directory cont aining the af acl i executable and then type afac li . Access ing the CLI i n Windows T o access the CLI: Note: The follo wing procedure assumes that you accept ed the default location for the software during inst[...]

C-4 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Opening and Closing a Controller T o prepar e a contro ller to receive a CLI command, you first need to open the contro ller . Y ou may open only one controller at an y time. T o open controller AAC0 and pr epare it to re ceive more CLI commands, type: CLI> op en AAC0 The pr ompt changes to reflect the open con[...]

C-5 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Displaying Inf ormation about Y our Disks Befor e creating any array , use the disk show spac e command to dis play info rmatio n abou t you r dis ks. Note: Before you can create arrays, you need to ini tialize the membe r driv es. In the following example, the Usage column indicates Free for each disk , which mea[...]

C-6 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Creating a RAID 0 Wh e n c rea t i n g a R A I D 0 , y o u n ee d t o d et e r m in e t h e s t r i pe s i z e t h a t is most suitable for your environment. The strip e size attri bute indicates the number of bytes in a stripe, the amount of data written to a segment bef ore the I/O data stream switches to the ne[...]

C-7 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) The stripe size can be 16, 32, o r 64 KB. The default s tripe size is 64 KB. Note that you can use the conta iner recon figu re command at a later time to change the stripe s ize. T o crea te a RAID 5, use the cont ainer crea te raid 5 command. In the following example, a RAID 5 is created on devices 0:01:0, 0:02 [...]

C-8 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Alternatively , you can use the automatic failover commands that enable you to remove a failed drive and ad d a hot spare in its place. The controller automatica lly assigns the n ew hot spare to replace the failed drive without your having to first assign it using the conta iner set fa ilov er or cont ainer set g[...]

C-9 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Displaying Control ler Information Controllers exhibit a number of attributes th at you can display or manage us ing the followi ng CLI comman ds: ■ contr olle r lis t Example of cont rolle r list : CLI> contro ller list Exec uting: con trol ler lis t Adap ter Nam e Adapter Type Avail ability ---- ------- - -[...]

C-10 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Example of cont rolle r detai ls : AAC0 > contr oller deta ils Exec uting: con trol ler det ails Cont roller Inf orma tion ---- ------- ----- ----- - Remot e Compute r: . Devi ce Name : AAC 0 Contr oller T ype: Adap tec xxxxx x Acce ss Mode : REA D-WRIT E Cont roller Ser ial Num ber: L ast Six Di gits = 8A 277[...]

C-11 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Displaying Disk Inf ormation The CLI enables you to monitor or manage disk attributes, prepar e a disk for u se by a controller , and detect def ects using the f ollowin g CLI commands: ■ disk li st Example of disk list : AAC0 > disk list Exec uting: dis k list C:ID :L Device Ty pe Bloc ks Bytes/ Block Usag [...]

C-12 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Example of disk show defe cts : AAC0 > disk show defec ts / full= true (0 ,1,0 ) Exec uting: dis k show de fect s /full =TRUE (CHANNEL =0,ID =1,L UN=0) Numb er of P RIMAR Y def ects on d rive: 5 Defe ct 1 at cylind er 229, head 7, sec tor 203 Defe ct 2 at cylind er 575, head 0, sec tor 219 Defe ct 3 at cylind [...]

C-13 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) stripe size Number of bytes in a stripe (amo unt of data written to a segment before the I/O data stream switches to the next segment/array). read only Wh ether an array is read-only acc essible. An array can be set to read-only if not in use by an applicati on. read/write Whether an array is read-write accessibl[...]

C-14 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Example of cont ainer list : AAC0 > conta iner list Exec uting: con tain er list Total Oth S trip e Sc si Par tition Lab el Type Siz e Ctr Si ze Usag e C:ID:L O ffse t:Siz e ---- - ----- ---- - --- --- --- --- ---- -- --- ----- ----- -- 0 Vol ume 30M B Non e 0:01:0 64KB : 15M B Venu s 02 64 KB: 15M B ■ conta[...]

C-15 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) CLI Command Dict ionary This section contains a command refe rence. General Control Commands close Closes the currently opened contro ller . exit Closes the opened contr oller and exits the CLI. help [/ full] [{ comm and }] Invokes general or topical help. Par a m e te rs {comm and} — If a c ommand has m or e s[...]

C-16 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) open [/readonly={ boolean }] [/domain={ strin g }] { stri ng } Opens a contr oller for access by the CLI. The controller must be open befor e any command can be tar geted at that contro ller . Par a m e te rs {stri ng} — Computer name and the controlle r to open. Switches /read only — If TRUE, the contr o lle[...]

C-17 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Switches /alwa ys — Specifies whether to clear the array even if it h as data on it. The default is FA L S E , meaning that the command clears the array only if it has n o data on it. All user files must be closed; the /alwa ys switch cannot override this restriction. /wait — If FA L S E (the default), the op[...]

C-18 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Switches /io_d elay — Number of milliseconds between each I/O used for the RAID 1 cr eate. /wait — If FA L S E (the default), the operatio n is performed in the backgr ound and the co mmand pr ompt is r etu rned immediat ely . If TRUE , the operation is performed immediatel y and the command pro mpt is return[...]

C-19 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) conta iner crea te raid 5 [/c ache= { boolean }] [/str ipe_ size= {intege r}] [ /clea r={ boolean }] [/lab el={ strin g}] [</ quick _init ={ boolean }>] [/scr ub={ boolean }] [/w ait= { boolean }] {f ree_s pace } [{dev ice_ ID}.. .] Creates a RAID 5. Par a m e te rs {free _spa ce} — Device and its a ssoci[...]

C-20 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Switches /cach e — Specifies whether to enable ca ching on the array . /stri pe_s ize — Stripe size for the RAID 0. The default is 64 KB. /labe l — Label to assign to th e new RAID 0. conta iner crea te volu me [/ cache ={ boolean }] [/lab el={ strin g}] {de vice_ ID}, {fre e_spa ce}, {devi ce_I D}, [ {free[...]

C-21 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Par a m e te rs {cont aine r} — ID of the array contai ning info rmation to di splay . Switches /all — Specifi es whethe r to list all con tainers on th e system. /full — Specifies wheth er to display detailed information. conta iner move {conta iner1 } {co ntai ner2} Moves the first array number specified [...]

C-22 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) conta iner reco nfigure [/st ripe_ size ={int eger} ] [/mir ror= { boolean }] [/ part ition _move={ boolean }] [/par titi on_si ze={int eger} ] [/rai d5={ boolean }] [/rai d10= { boolean }] [/ rest art={ boolean }] [/str ipe= { boolean }] [/ volu me={ boolean }] [/wai t={ boolean }] { conta iner} [{devi ce_ID }..[...]

C-23 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) conta iner remo ve glob al_fa ilove r {d evice _ID} [{dev ice_ ID}.. .] Removes a globa l failover assig nment. Par a m e te rs {devi ce_I D} — ID for the device to r emove as a failov er disk. conta iner rest ore RAI D5 {c ontai ner} T ries to resto re a RAID 5 th at has a number of dead segments as membe rs. [...]

C-24 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Switches /read _cac he_en able — Specifies whether to enable the read- ahead cache. / unpr otec ted — Specifies whether to s et the container's NV RAM write-ba ck cache to dis able, enable whe n prote cted, or enab le always. Use this switch in conjunction with the /wri te_ca che_e nable switc h. /writ e[...]

C-25 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) conta iner set label { conta iner} {st ring} Assi gns a new la bel to the arra y . Par a m e te rs {cont aine r} — ID of the array to which to assign a lab el. {stri ng} — Specifies the la bel to assign. conta iner show cache {cont ainer } Displays caching parameters for an array . Par a m e te rs {cont aine [...]

C-26 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) contr olle r fir mware c ompar e [/C {con troll er}] [{con trol ler}. ..] [/D {UFI_ file_ path }] Compar es the contents of each of the flash components on a controller to the corr espondi ng image in User Flash Image (UFI) files and indicates whether they m atch. Switches /C{co ntro ller} — ID repr esenting th[...]

C-27 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Switches /doma in ( Wi ndows on ly ) — Specifies the domain in which the ho st to be searched resides. contr olle r pau se_io [ {inte ger}] Wi n d o w s o n l y — Pauses all I/O activity on the open controller to allow o nline mani pulation of hardwa re. Par a m e te rs {inte ger} — T ime in seconds to caus[...]

C-28 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) controller set container_verify [/verify_ enabled={boolean}] T urns the cont ainer verify task on o r off. Switches /veri fy_e nable d Specifies whether to turn on or of f th e container verify feature. The comm and defaults to TRUE , which means the command turns on the container verify featur e. contr olle r sh[...]

C-29 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) disk in itial ize [/a lways={ boolean }] [/unc ondi tiona l={ boolean }] {d evice _ID} Initializes a d isk on the currently opened controller . Par a m e te rs {devi ce_I D} — ID of the device to initialize, Switches /alwa ys — Specifies wheth er to initializ e the disk even if the disk has existin g data. (C[...]

C-30 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) disk se t smart [/all= { boolean }] [/ clea r={ boolean }] [/ena ble_ excep tions={ boolean }][ /loge rr={ boolean }] [/per f={ boolean }] [ /repo rt_co unt={ boolean }] [{dev ice_ ID}] Changes a disk ’ s Self-Moni toring, Analys is and Reporting T echnology (SM AR T) configuratio n configuratio n. Par a m e te[...]

C-31 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) disk sh ow part ition Displays a list of partition s on the disks a ttached to the currently opened contr oller . disk sh ow smar t [/all ={ boolean }] [/ full= { boolean }] [/vie w_ch angea ble={ boolean }] {devi ce_I D} Displays d rive Self-Mo nitoring, Anal ysis and Reporting T echnology (SMAR T) configuratio [...]

C-32 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Switches /repa ir — If F A LSE (the default), the command only r eports failures . If TRUE , bad blocks are automatically repaired, if possible. /wait — If FA L S E (the default), the operatio n is performed in the backgr ound and the co mmand pr ompt is r etu rned immediat ely . If TRUE , the operation is pe[...]

C-33 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) T ask Commands Use the CLI commands to display and manage tasks. A task is an operation that occurs only on the controller , asynchronous to all other operations. Examples of tasks are clea ring a disk and creating a RAID 1. Once a task is running on the controller , the CLI enables you to display , stop, suspend[...]

C-34 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Enclosure Commands The encl osure commands operat e on enclosure m anagement devices that support V ersion 1.0 of t he SAF-TE specifica tion. If you are no t using an enclosure, the following commands wi ll not be avai lab le. enclo sure activa te slot {enc losur e} {slo t} Activates a device in a slot in the SAF[...]

C-35 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) enclo sure prep are slo t {en closu re} {slot } Prepar es a device in a slot for insertion/removal. Par a m e te rs {encl osur e} — ID associated with the enclosur e management device on which to pr epare a slot. {slot } — Unit number associated with the slot. enclo sure set alarm [ /on={ boolean }] {e nclos [...]

C-36 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) enclo sure se t power [/of f{=b oolea n}] { enclo sure} {powe rsup ply} T urns on or off a specific power suppl y . Par a m e te rs {encl osur e} — ID associated with the enclosur e management device. {powe rsup ply} — Unit number associated with the power supply . Switches /off — Speci fies whet her to tu [...]

C-37 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) enclo sure show power [{enc losur e}] [{pow ersup ply}] Displays the status of one or mor e power supplies. Par a m e te rs {encl osur e} — ID associated with the enclosur e management device for which to display power supply status. {powe rsup ply} — Unit number associated with the power supply . enclo sure [...]

C-38 Comma nd Line I nterface (CLI) Using A utomated Comma nd Scripts T o execute a CLI command s cript, type the at sign (@) followed by the file name that contains the CLI commands, for example: AAC0> @com mands cript.t xt In its simplest f orm, a CLI command s cript is a text file that contains valid CLI commands. Each lin e ends with a line [...]

D-1 D Supported RAID T ypes RAID i s an acr onym for Redund ant Ar ray of I ndepende nt Dis ks. The goal of RA ID is to provide better performanc e and r eliab ility from combinatio ns of dis k drives tha n possibl e with the s ame total stor age s pace wi tho ut RAI D. When creating R AIDs, select drives of equal capacity and performance. Otherwis[...]

D-2 Supp ort ed RAID T yp es RAID 0 A RAID 0 is cr eated by striping da ta acr oss two or more disk dr ives. This striping scheme cr eates no redundancy to protect the da ta. However , because the d rives shar e load equally , RAID 0 prov ides the best read and write performance of any RAID type. An example of a RAID 0 array is shown below . RAID 1[...]

D-3 Supp ort ed RAID T yp es RAID 5 This RAID type r equires at least thr e e drives. Like RAID 0, data is striped acr oss the drives. However , in RAID 5, parity is stor ed separately fr om data, and occupies the equivalent of one drive. The controller generates parity every time data is written to the array , and it is dis tributed in stripes acr[...]

D-4 Supp ort ed RAID T yp es RAID 10 This dual-level RAID type is created by us ing two or more equal- sized RAID 1 a rrays to create a RAID 0. Both r ead and write performance ar e improved due to array s triping. However , the performance impr ovement costs additional storage space due to the mirroring of the arrays. Simple V olume A simple volu [...]

E-1 E Specifications DC P ower Requirements Current Requirem ents En vironmental Specifications Note: F o rc ed a i r f lo w i s re c o m m e nd e d , bu t no t re q u ire d . Vo l t a g e 5 V ± 10% Ripple and noise 50 mV peak- to- peak max imum Adapte c 2410SA 1 A maximum Ambient tempera ture 0 ° C to 50 ° C Rela tive hum idit y 10 % t o 90 % ,[...]

Glossary-1 Glossary A activity See task . AC U Array Configuration U tility . An application used to cr e ate, configure, and manag e arrays from the c ontr oller ’ s BIOS or MS-DOS. array A logical di sk created f rom avai lable space and made up of one or more segments on one or more physical disks. Arrays are typically used to pro vide data re[...]

Glossary-2 Glossary B bad segment Segment that is in an unknown state. back ground co nsistency chec k Consistency check perfo rmed as a background process. See also consistency check command . bootable a rray Array configu red as the boot device. build Background initializa tion of a redundant array . The array is accessible throughout. RAID 1 cop[...]

Glossary-3 Glossary clear Foreground initializa tion of a fau lt-tole rant array . A clear operation zeros all blocks of the array . The array is not access ible until the clear task is complete. concate nation Joining of physical or lo gical drives in sequ ential order . consiste ncy chec k command The controller continuously performs a verificati[...]

Glossary-4 Glossary drive LED Disk indicat or LED that illum inates during read or write operat ions. event No tifi cati on o r a lert fr om the s yste m, i ndi cati ng that a ch ang e has occurred. event log File used to main tain informa tion abou t prior controller activities or errors. event notificat ion Process for transmitting events. F fail[...]

Glossary-5 Glossary free space /segm ent See availabl e space/ segme nt . H hard disk, har d drive Basic unit of nonvolatile, nonr emovable, magnetic storage media. See also disk dr ive . hot spare A har d drive, an a rray member , that is not us ed in day-to-day data sto rag e bu t, i nst ead , is res erv ed for use a s a repla cem ent for one o f[...]

Glossary-6 Glossary L legacy disk Disk t hat cont ained a va lid parti tion table when connected to the controller . The con tr oller mana ges the disk as a legacy d isk array where there is a one-to-one logical- to-phys ical mapping of a rray to disk. logical device V olume comprised of space from one or more physical drives an d presented to the [...]

Glossary-7 Glossary P partit ion See segm ent . phantom o bject Object that r epresents a component that cannot be configured by the controlle r management software; for example, a missing drive. Q quic k init An array initiali zed using th e Quick Init optio n is available immediately , with no on -going background con troller activity . A ll data[...]

Glossary-8 Glossary drive. The controller generates parity every time data is written to the array , and it is distributed in stripes acr oss all th e drives. RAID 10 Dual-level RAID type crea ted by using two or more equal-sized RAID 1 ar rays t o create a RAI D 0. Bot h read an d wr ite pe rfo rmance are impr oved due to array striping. However ,[...]

Glossary-9 Glossary Serial A T A (SA T A ) A successor to A T A that uses a serial, instead of par allel, interface. simple vo lume A volume made up of disk space fr om a single disk. It can consist of a sin gle region on a disk or concat enate d, multip le regions o f the same disk . single-level a rray Array cre ated fro m one or more segments. S[...]

Glossary- 10 Glossary V verify See consistency check comman d . vol um e See simple volu me , spanne d volume .[...]

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