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1. The managed systems contain RAID controllers and arrays and at least the Managed System Components Managed Systems Remote System Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Minimum Requirements Web Browser Internet Explorer or Netscape Adaptec Web Server Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Minimum Requirements Managed System Components Compact 4 3 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows A Note When installing on a FAT 32 file system the folder being installed is automatically hidden To install Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition 1 Verify that a supported browser is installed See Supported Browsers on page 4 2 for details Insert the Adaptec installation CD and wait for the Autorun executable to start the installation If this does not occur browse the CD and click Autorun Click Install Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Click Next in the Install Shield window Read the license agreement If you agree to its terms click Yes If not click No and terminate the installation The Select a Setup Type window appears It provides three types of installations Typical Compact and Custom See Typical Custom and Compact Installations on page 4 2 for details Select a setup type and then click Next When you see the Destination Folder click Next When you see the Setup Information click Next
2. task suspend all boolean integer Suspends one or all tasks running on the controller Parameters integer Task ID for the task to suspend Switches all Specifies whether to suspend all running tasks Command Line Interface CLI Enclosure Commands The enclosure commands operate on enclosure management devices that support Version 1 0 of the SAF TE specification If you are not using an enclosure the following commands will not be available enclosure activate slot enclosure slot Activates a device in a slot in the SAF TE enclosure Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device on which to activate a device slot Unit number associated with the slot enclosure identify slot stop boolean enclosure slot Identifies a device in the enclosure Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device on which to identify a slot slot Unit number associated with the slot Switches stop Specifies whether to stop identifying the slot enclosure list all boolean full boolean enclosure Lists components for one or all enclosure devices Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device whose associated components to display Switches all Lists all enclosures on the system ul1 Displays detailed component information C 34 Command Line Interface CLI enclosure prepare slot
3. Build 5478 Build 5478 Build 5478 Build 5478 Build 5478 d 5478 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 AACO is the name of the controller installed on the computer The example also indicates the controller s path CLI gt controller list Executing controller list Adapter Name Adapter Type Adaptec xxxxx Availability read write C 10 Command Line Interface CLI Displaying Disk Information The CLI enables you to monitor or manage disk attributes prepare a disk for use by a controller and detect defects using the following CLI commands m disk list Disk Attribute Indicates device ID An ID number assigned to each device attached to a channel device type Whether the device is a disk printer scanner and so removable media vendor ID product ID revision number number of blocks bytes per block disk usage shared channel on Whether the media is removable floppy disk or CD ROM for example Name of a device vendor Device model number Device revision number Total number of disk block available on a device Number of bytes for each block Either MS DOS Initialized Not Initialized Offline or Unknown N A Example of disk list AACO gt disk list Executing disk list C ID L Device Type Blocks
4. Sets the ID of the device slot Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device slot Unit number associated with the device slot to assign a channel number device_ID ID of the device enclosure set temperature enclosure degree Sets the temperature threshold Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device on which to set a temperature threshold degree Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit from 0 to 255 enclosure show fan enclosure fan Displays the status of a specific fan Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device for which to display fan status fan Unit number associated with the fan C 36 Command Line Interface CLI enclosure show power enclosure powersupply Displays the status of one or more power supplies Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device for which to display power supply status powersupply Unit number associated with the power supply enclosure show slot enclosure slot Displays the status of a specific device slot on a specific enclosure Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device for which to display device slot status slot Unit number associated with the device slot whose status to display enclosure show status enclosure Displays general status of a speci
5. Using the Array Configuration Utility The Array Configuration Utility ACU enables you to manage create and delete arrays from the controller s BIOS You can also initialize and rescan drives You can use the ACU to create a bootable array for the system We recommend that you configure the system to boot from an array instead of a single disk to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of arrays For details see Making an Array Bootable on page A 3 Managing Arrays Use the Manage Arrays option to view array properties and members make an array the boot array manage failover assignments and delete arrays The following sections describe these operations in greater detail Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 2 3 5 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view information on and then press Enter Single Level Arrays Only For RAID levels 0 1 and 5 the Array Properties dialog box shows detailed information on the array physical disks Dual Level Arrays For RAID 10s to view detailed information on the array physical disks highlight the displayed member and then press Enter to display the second level Press Enter again to display the physical disks associated with t
6. Yes enable or No disable Drives Disk drives to use in creating the array Drives are identified by their channel number ID number and LUN HotspareDrives Disk drives to assign as spare drives for this array Drives are identified by their channel number ID number and LUN B 20 DOS Utilities In addition there are other array properties that enable you to control the various array settings during creation See Array Definition Block Properties on page B 25 for the complete list of array properties Note You can configure each individual channel on the controller using this property which specifies the device ID number of the controller on the channel Initializing Drives By default when you use playback mode to create arrays the ACU initializes only those drives specified by the Drives property keyword in the script file It performs this initialization step before creating any new arrays For example consider a script file that defines the following new arrays m RAID 1 with drives 0 0 0 0 1 0 m RAID 5 with drives 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 As a result of executing this script file the ACU initializes all drives comprising the two arrays before creating any arrays Any other drives connected to the controller are not affected Initializing a drive automatically deletes any existing arrays with that drive as their member For example if you specify drive 0 0 0 in an array s Drives property and that drive
7. foreign disk Disk that has previously been initialized on another Adaptec RAID controller The RAID signature on the disk allows the RAID controller to identify whether or not the disk was initialized on the controller it is currently connected to Glossary 4 Glossary free space segment See available space segment H hard disk hard drive Basic unit of nonvolatile nonremovable magnetic storage media See also disk drive hot spare A hard drive an array member that is not used in day to day data storage but instead is reserved for use as a replacement for one of the other drives in the array in the event of a failure hot swap To remove a component from a system and install a new component while the power is on and the system is running impacted An impacted array is one which has been created but for some reason the initial build operation did not complete All member drives are present and operational and all data written to the array is protected To optimize the array run a Verify with Fix Task initialize Process of preparing a disk for use by the controller When a disk is initialized the controller records the RAID signature on the disk initialized array An array that is ready for data reads and writes Arrays can be initialized by build or clear Glossary 5 Glossary L legacy disk Disk that contained a valid partition table when connected to the controller The controller manages
8. Browser Edition Configuring Internet Explorer for Local Management When using the High security setting you must enable the following settings manually m JavaScript m Cookies not stored You do not need to enable the following custom level security settings for the local intranet in Internet Explorer 5 and 5 5 Select Tools gt Internet Options to access these settings m Active Scripting m Allow per session cookies not stored AK Note In Internet Explorer 6 0 there is no security setting for cookies Cookie configuration was removed from the Privacy tab There is no setting for blocking Intranet cookies If you are using a proxy server to access the Internet you must bypass the proxy server to access the Adaptec Storage Manager Web server To verify whether you are using a proxy server 1 From Internet Option window click the Connections tab 2 Click LAN Settings m Ifthe Use a proxy server box isn t checked exit by clicking OK You aren t using a proxy server so ignore this setting m Ifthe Use a proxy server box is checked make sure the Bypass proxy server for local addresses box is also checked Then click the Advanced button In the Exceptions window enter localhost as an entry You are now ready to proceed to Chapter 5 Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Configuring Internet Explorer for Remote Management If you know
9. Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement WARNING Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation However if this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures m Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna m Increase the separation between equipment and receiver E Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected m Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help m Use a shielded and properly grounded I O cable and power cable to ensure compliance of this unit to the specified limits of th
10. enclosure slot Prepares a device in a slot for insertion removal Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device on which to prepare a slot slot Unit number associated with the slot enclosure set alarm on boolean enclosure Turns the audible alarm on or off Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device whose audible alarm to set Switches on Specifies whether to turn the audible alarm on or off enclosure set fan off boolean enclosure fan speed Sets the speed of a specific fan Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device on which to set the speed of a fan fan Unit number associated with the fan speed Speed at which to set the fan Switches o Specifies whether to turn off the fan enclosure set interval second Sets the monitor reporting interval in seconds Parameters second Number of seconds for the monitor reporting interval C 35 Command Line Interface CLI enclosure set power off boolean enclosure powersupply Turns on or off a specific power supply Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device powersupply Unit number associated with the power supply Switches off Specifies whether to turn on or off the power supply associated with the unit number enclosure set scsiid enclosure slot device_ID
11. write cache is enabled providing maximum performance Caution When Enabled there is a potential for data loss or corruption during a power failure Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility a DMA Default Enabled When Enabled Direct Memory Access DMA mode is used for the drive providing maximum performance m SMART Default Disabled Controls the predictive failure feature of the disk drive When Enabled and the drive supports Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART configuration the SMART status of the drive Healthy or Failed is displayed along with the physical drive display during POST Messages are logged to the Storage Manager log file when they occur When Event Broadcasting is enabled for your operating system SMART events are also sent to destinations according to your system s particular configuration for example system log file Event Viewer pop ups email etc When Disabled or when the drive does not support SMART the SMART status is not displayed m Allow Read Ahead Default Enabled When Enabled the drive s read ahead cache algorithm is use providing maximum performance under most circumstances Controller Configuration Options m Drives Write Cache Default Drive s Default When Enabled write cache is enabled providing maximum drive performance When Disabled no write cache is used on the drive By default the drive s setting is used Caution When
12. Automatically select the certificate store and click Next 5 On the root Certificate Store window click Yes Another small Certificate Import wizard appears 6 Click OK The Certificate window mentioned in Step 2 reappears 7 Click OK You are returned to the Security Alert window from Step 1 8 Click Yes to finish the creation and storage of the certificate Registering Your Software After installing and creating a security certificate you are asked to register the product To use Register Now your computer must have an Internet connection If you need to delay registration click Register Later If you choose Register Later you will be prompted to register the application the next time you run it Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition The Basics An example of a typical Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition screen is shown below 1 localhost events options Help Gladaptec c rear a oo s AAR 2410 Adaptec Physical Devices Logical Devices View EI I G Create I Delete fatal Ports 0 1 1 50 Gb s 2 devices found Top level logical devices 0 v CP 36 7 GB FUJITSU MAN3367MC MP Port 00 No logical devices configured lt A 36 7 GB FUJITSU MAN3367MC MP Port 01 Note Depending on your operating system browser and color scheme you may notice some differences between this illustration and your screen The header frame at the top of the screen contains the nam
13. However in RAID 5 parity is stored separately from data and occupies the equivalent of one drive The controller generates parity every time data is written to the array and it is distributed in stripes across all the drives In the event of a drive failure the contents of the failed drive can be rebuilt from the data and parity on the remaining drives Using parity minimizes the storage cost of redundancy Because only one drive is used to store parity a three drive array which is the worst case uses only one third of the total capacity for redundancy In larger arrays the storage cost of redundancy decreases proportionately RAID 5 write performance is limited by the need to generate parity data for every write Read performance is good because the load is spread equally across all the drives D 3 Supported RAID Types RAID 10 This dual level RAID type is created by using two or more equal sized RAID 1 arrays to create a RAID 0 Both read and write performance are improved due to array striping However the performance improvement costs additional storage space due to the mirroring of the arrays RAID 10 Top Level Arrays Simple Volume A simple volume consists of a single disk drive Spanned Volume A spanned volume is created by joining or concatenating two or more disk drives The drives do not have to be of equal capacity and are connected end to end A spanned volume offers no redundancy and n
14. In the event of a drive failure redundant arrays can be restored to normal operation by replacing the failed drive and rebuilding the array rescan Process of updating the current screen to show all currently available resources S segment Contiguous area of a physical drive that makes up some or all of an array When the software creates an array it automatically converts space into segments Glossary 8 Glossary Serial ATA SATA A successor to ATA that uses a serial instead of parallel interface simple volume A volume made up of disk space from a single disk It can consist of a single region on a disk or concatenated multiple regions of the same disk single level array Array created from one or more segments See also volume spanned volume RAID 0 RAID 1 spanned volume A simple volume that spans two or more drives spare See hot spare stripe Contiguous set of data distributed across all the disks in an array A striped array distributes data evenly across all members in equal sized sections called stripes stripe size The amount of data in each section of a striped array striped array See RAID 0 and RAID 5 T task An operation that occurs only on the RAID controller asynchronous to all other operations for example initializing a disk or verifying an array Some tasks can take an extended period of time particularly if the RAID controller is also performing intensive data I O whi
15. Safety Information Read this First 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 17 1 8 1 9 Read this chapter before you begin installing your new Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA controller This is a guide to the rest of the document providing a summary of the installation process Introduction System Requirements The following system requirements are presented m Operating system compatibility m Storage requirements for drivers and software m Motherboard compatibility m Device compatibility for Serial ATA Operating System Compatibility Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows xP Windows Server 2003 m Linux m Red Hat 7 3 and 8 0 m SuSE 8 0 and 8 1 m UnixWare 7 1 1 and OpenUNIX 8 A Note For the latest Linux compatibility information visit www adaptec com Storage Requirements Device drivers and storage management software require approximately 20 MB of disk space Motherboard Compatibility The controller can be installed in a universal PCI slot and requires a motherboard and BIOS that m Complies with the PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2 2 m Provides large memory mapped address ranges Device Compatibility The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports up to four hard drives Serial ATA only using four Serial ATA cables supplied in this kit 1 2 Introduction Kit Contents Your Adaptec controller kit includes m Adaptec 2410SA controller shown below m Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Quick Installation Gu
16. array B 12 DOS Utilities Selecting Segments for New Arrays To select one or more segments to assign as members of the new array 1 2 3 Use the arrow keys to select a channel Use the arrow keys to select the drives to assign to the new array and press Insert The ACU displays the largest usable space available for each drive You can use some or all of the available space from multiple drives to create the new array To deselect a drive highlight the drive and press Delete Note Drives containing MS DOS partitions drives with no available space or uninitialized drives appear dimmed and cannot be selected when creating a new array Press Enter when you have selected all segments for the new array The ACU displays the Array Properties menu Assigning Array Properties To assign properties to the new array 1 From the Array Properties menu select an array type and press Enter The display shows only the array types available for the number of drives selected The controller supports four drives The maximum number of drives allowed and minimum number of drives required depends on the RAID level as described in the table below Number of Drives Array Type Maximum Supported Minimum Required Simple Volume JBOD 4 1 RAID 0 4 2 RAID 1 2 2 RAID 5 4 3 RAID 10 4 4 B 13 DOS Utilities Type in an optional label for the array and press Enter Enter the desired array size The maximu
17. based event log stores all firmware events configuration changes array creation boot activity and so on The event log has a fixed size Once full old events are flushed as new events are stored Also the log is volatile therefore it is cleared after each system restart To access the event log 1 When you turn on or restart your system press Ctrl A to access the ARC when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 If multiple controllers are installed select the controller you want to configure and then press Enter 3 From the ARC menu press Ctrl P The Controller Service Menu appears 4 Select Controller Log Information and then press Enter The current log is displayed DOS Utilities In this Appendix Using the Adaptec Flash Utility AFU B 1 Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU B 11 Using the Adaptec Flash Utility AFU The Adaptec Flash Utility AFU is a DOS application used to update the flash EEPROM components on one or more Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers The utility can also be used to verify a controller s current flash contents against the flash images in a specified file or to save a controller s current flash contents to a file Your Adaptec RAID controller uses nonvolatile flash to store on board software such as BIOS microprocessor kernel and monitor Whenever it becomes necessary to update any of those components you c
18. blue surrounded by a dotted line 5 displays a full length bar for each drive regardless of capacity displays a bar for each drive with the largest capacity drive full length and the other drives proportional to the drive capacity relative to the largest drive 5 9 Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Any part of a drive used in an array is shown as a gray segment within the bar Selecting any gray segment will highlight it in amber and in the Logical Devices view highlight the array of which this segment is a member In either the Full Size Capacity View or the Relative Size Capacity View a small portion at each end of the drive may be shown in dark gray The segment at the end of the drive may vary in size from drive to drive because in addition to the RAID signature the controller may also limit the usable capacity of each drive This is done because hard disk drives of apparently the same capacity from different manufacturers or even different models from the same manufacturer actually vary slightly in the true capacity available Although in normal operation this is not an issue it can be when assigning hot spares or replacing a failed drive If the controller used the maximum capacity of each drive and a hot spare or replacement drive was just a few megabytes smaller it would not be able to replace the failed drive By rounding drive capacities downward this possibility is effectively
19. degraded A redundant for example a RAID 1 array in which one or more members have failed The data is intact but redundancy has been compromised Any further failure would cause the array to fail and result in data loss dirty data Data that has been written to a cache but which has not been flushed out to its final destination disk drive Device for storing non removable rewritable media See also hard disk hard drive disk ID Unique disk identifier that consists of the channel number ID and LUN channel ID LUN for example 1 04 0 See also channel Glossary 3 Glossary drive LED Disk indicator LED that illuminates during read or write operations event Notification or alert from the system indicating that a change has occurred event log File used to maintain information about prior controller activities or errors event notification Process for transmitting events F failed State of a nonredundant array that has suffered a single drive failure or a redundant array that has suffered multiple drive failures A failed array is inaccessible and data is lost failed segment A segment that is no longer usable by an array because it is either logically bad and therefore no longer needed or physically damaged failover drive See hot spare fault tolerant array Refers to an array that can continue to function after a disk drive failure without loss of data See also redundant
20. drives list Press Enter to save the hot spare drive assignment the following message is displayed Have you finished managing Hotspare drives Press Y for yes to return to the Main menu To remove an assigned hot spare drive from an array 1 2 Select Manage Arrays from the Main menu From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array from which you want to remove the assigned hot spare drive and press Ctrl S The Hotspare Management for Array dialog box is displayed which shows a list of drives that can be assigned as hot spare drives and a list of drives that are assigned as hot spare drives From the Assigned Hotspares drives list select the drive to be removed and then press Delete The specified drive is displayed in the Select Hotspares drives list Press Enter to save the removed hot spare drive assignment the following message is displayed Have you finished managing Hotspare drives Press Y for yes to return to the Main menu Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Creating Arrays Before creating arrays make sure the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system or enclosure Note that any disks with MS DOS partitions disks with no usable space or disks that are uninitialized appear dimmed and cannot be used for creating a new array For information on how to initialize a disk drive see page A 8 To create an array Shut down and restart the system At the BIOS prompt press Ct
21. for all disks clear Clears the SMART error counts for the disk enable_exceptions Specifies whether to enable SMART exception reporting logerr If FALSE the default logging of SMART exception reports is dissabled If TRUE logging of SMART exception reports is enabled perf If FALSE the default reporting of exceptions according to the MRIE mode is dissabled If TRUE reporting of exceptions according to the MRIE mode is enabled report_count Number of times an exception can be reported A value of zero indicates no limit disk show default Displays the current default for the device ID disk show defects full boolean device_ID Shows the number of defects and the defect list for a specific disk drive Parameters device_ID ID of the device Switches ul1 Specifies whether to display the defect count and the list of defects Command Line Interface CLI disk show partition Displays a list of partitions on the disks attached to the currently opened controller disk show smart all boolean full boolean view_changeable boolean device_ID Displays drive Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART configuration information for one or all disks Parameters device_ID ID of the device for which to display SMART information Switches all Specifies whether to display SMART configurations for all disks f ull Specifies whether to display detailed SMAR
22. happens to be part of a RAID 0 stripe array the ACU deletes the stripe array when it initializes the drive Note that existing arrays with drive members that are not specified in any Drives property within the script are not affected In some cases you might want the ACU to initialize all drives connected to the controller even those that are not specified in a script s Drives property This ensures that all drives are initialized and any existing arrays are deleted before any new arrays are created You can specify InitializeAl1l Yes within any array definition to instruct the ACU to perform this task Unlike most array properties the InitializeAll Yes property is a global ACU setting and does not apply only to the array whose definition it appears in Thus you need only specify InitializeAll Yes once within any array definition to produce the desired action B 21 DOS Utilities Because the ACU reads the entire script file before creating any arrays the position of the InitializeAll Yes property within the script is not significant Continuing the previous example if InitializeAll Yes is specified in the second RAID 5 s definition the ACU initializes all drives before creating the first RAID 0 VX Note If a build verify is in progress when an array is deleted it is automatically terminated See InitializeAll Keyword on page B 28 for details on the syntax of the InitializeAl1 property Record Mode Record mode wr
23. of the array whose assigned failover disk is to be removed device_ID ID for the device to remove as a failover disks C 22 Command Line Interface CLI container remove global_failover device_ID device_ID Removes a global failover assignment Parameters device_ID ID for the device to remove as a failover disk container restore RAID5 container Tries to restore a RAID 5 that has a number of dead segments as members Parameters container ID of the RAID 5 to restore container scrub io_delay integer no_repair boolean wait boolean container Checks and repairs the consistency of a redundant array Parameters container ID of the redundant array to build Switches i0_delay Number of milliseconds the controller waits between IOs when building the array no_repair Specifies whether the build operation be performed without repairing the error wait If FALSE the default the operation is performed in the background and the command prompt is returned immediately If TRUE the operation is performed immediately and the command prompt is returned only when done container set cache read_cache_enable boolean unprotected boolean write_cache_enable boolean container Sets cache parameters for a specific array Useful only if a native operating system s file system resides on the array Parameters container Specifies the ID of the array on which
24. prompt is returned immediately If TRUE the operation is performed immediately and the command prompt is returned only when done container create mstripe stripe_size integer label string container container Creates a multilevel RAID 0 stripe Parameters container ID of the array from which to create the multilevel RAID 0 Switches stripe_size Stripe size for the RAID 0 label Label for the RAID 0 container create mvolume container container Creates a multilevel volume Parameters container ID of the array from which to create the multilevel volume container create new_mirror cache boolean clear boolean label string lt quick_init boolean gt scrub boolean wait boolean free_space device_ID Creates a RAID 1 mirror from two available spaces A Note For details see container create raid5 below C 18 Command Line Interface CLI container create raid5 cache boolean stripe_size integer clear boolean label string lt quick_init boolean gt scrub boolean wait boolean free_space device_ID Creates a RAID 5 Parameters free_space Device and its associated available space used to create the array device_ID One or more devices whose available space to use to create the array Switches cache Specifies whether to enable the array s cache stripe_size Stripe size f
25. some additional functionality not offered by Adaptec Storage Manager C 1 Command Line Interface CLI CLI commands enable you to automate testing or array creation in a production environment using Windows command scripts and Linux and UNIX shell 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 Reference Guide Terminology Your Serial ATA adapter has the following restrictions with regard to CLI terminology and nomenclature m Channel LUN Channel always equals 0 LUN always equals 0 a ID ID always means port In other words in the device ID format C PT L where C represents Channel PT represents Port and L represents LUN only the value for Port is used The following terms are used in discussing the CLI m Array container A logical disk created from available space and made up of one or more segments on one or more physical disks m Stripe chunk Contiguous set of data distributed across all the disks in an array A striped array distributes data evenly across all members in equal sized sections called stripes m Free or available space Space on an initialized disk that is not in use m Segment partition Contiguous area of a physical drive that makes up some or all of an array m Hot spare failover disk A hard drive an array member that is not used in day to day data storag
26. the bootable disk that contains the AFU utility Turn on the computer Enter the system setup utility and verify that your computer is set up to boot from the bootable disk DOS Utilities 5 Atthe DOS prompt type afu list and press Enter This command displays a list of the controllers in your system Take note of the controllers you would like to update and its number or numbers if there are more than one Verify that the controller you wish to update is identified 6 Youcan perform this step using any of the following alternatives a Flashing the Firmware on a Single Controller To flash the firmware on a single controller type afu update C lt controller_number gt Where lt controller_number gt is the number of the controller whose firmware you are updating For example to upgrade Controller 0 you would type afu update C 0 b Flashing the Firmware on Multiple Controllers To flash the firmware on multiple controllers type afu update C lt controller_number_a gt lt controller_number_b gt Where lt controller_number_a gt and lt controller_number_b gt is the number of one of the controllers whose firmware you are updating To upgrade controllers 0 2 and 3 for example you would type afu update C 0 2 3 c Flashing the Firmware on All Controllers To flash the firmware on all controllers type afu update C all 7 The firmware image may be contained on multiple disks The AFU prompts you
27. the disk as a legacy disk array where there is a one to one logical to physical mapping of array to disk logical device Volume comprised of space from one or more physical drives and presented to the operating system as if it were a single storage unit low level format Process performed by the drive firmware that completely removes the file system from the disk M migration See reconfiguration mirrored array mirroring See RAID 1 monitoring Process of receiving displaying and logging system events multipartition array Array with multiple operating systems or MS DOS partitions 0 offline array Array that can no longer be accessed optimal The state of an array when it is fully operational For redundant arrays the entire array is protected Glossary 6 Glossary P partition See segment phantom object Object that represents a component that cannot be configured by the controller management software for example a missing drive quick init An array initialized using the Quick Init option is available immediately with no on going background controller activity All data written to an array that has been quick initialized is protected R RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks alternative definition Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RAID 0 A single level array consisting of two or more equal sized segments residing on different disks RAID 0 distributes data evenly across it
28. the label to assign container show cache container Displays caching parameters for an array Parameters container ID of the array whose associated cache parameters to display container show failover container Displays an array s assigned failover disks Parameters container ID of the array whose assigned failover disks to display container unmirror container Changes the RAID 1 mirror to a volume and frees the redundant space Parameters container ID of the RAID 1 to unmirror Controller Commands The following commands are used to display the status of a variety of controller attributes and to perform such tasks as pausing or resuming I O and enabling or disabling automatic failover controller details Shows details about the open controller and software C 25 Command Line Interface CLI controller firmware compare C controller controller D UFI_file_path Compares the contents of each of the flash components on a controller to the corresponding image in User Flash Image UFI files and indicates whether they match Switches C controller ID representing the set of controllers on which to perform the firmware comparison D UFI_file_path Location of the UFI files controller firmware save C controller controller D UFI_file_path Saves the contents of a controller s flash in User Flash Image UFI files Switches C controller ID repr
29. to put in the first firmware disk When it detects that the disk is in the drive the AFU reads the part of the firmware image contained on the first disk 8 The AFU then tells you to remove the first firmware disk and insert the second firmware disk DOS Utilities 9 If there are additional UFI files this process is repeated until the complete image has been read the controller flash is updated with the new image AFU Commands The following pages describe each of the AFU commands in detail For ease of use the commands are presented in alphabetical order HELP The HELP command displays a summary of AFU functions and command switches To display the help text for the AFU you can also type AFU Options None Default Switch Values None Examples A gt AFU HELP A gt AFU LIST The LIST command displays the AFU supported controllers installed on your system Use this command to see which controllers are installed on this system or to identify the ID numbers assigned to each physical controller You do not have to restart the computer upon completion of this command Options None Default Switch Values None Example A gt AFU LIST Adaptec Flash Utility V4 0 0 B5749 c Adaptec Inc 1999 2002 All Rights Reserved Controllers Detected and Recognized Controller 0 03 05 00 Adaptec 2410 DOS Utilities SAVE The SAVE command saves the contents of a controller s flash in a UFI file The na
30. to set cache parameters C 23 Command Line Interface CLI Switches read_cache_enable Specifies whether to enable the read ahead cache unprotected Specifies whether to set the container s NVRAM write back cache to disable enable when protected or enable always Use this switch in conjunction with the write_cache_enable switch write_cache_enable Specifies whether to set the container s NVRAM write back cache to disable enable when protected or enable always Use this switch in conjunction with the unprotected switch container set failover container device_ID device_ID Assigns an automatic failover disk for a single array Parameters container ID of the array on which to assign an automatic failover disks device_ID ID for the device to assign as a failover disk container set global_failover device_ID device_ID Assigns an automatic failover disk for all arrays Parameters device_ID ID for the device to assign as a failover disk container set io_delay container integer Sets the I O delay in milliseconds Parameters container ID of the array on which to set the I O delay integer Number of milliseconds the controller waits between I O operations C 24 Command Line Interface CLI container set label container string Assigns a new label to the array Parameters container ID of the array to which to assign a label string Specifies
31. 17783240 512 17783240 512 0 01 0 Disk 0 02 0 Disk Bytes Block Usage Shared Initialized NO Initialized NO disk show defects Disk Attribute Indicates disk defects m Total number and location of primary defects defects that originate during manufacturing m Total number and location of grown defects defects that originate after manufacturing C 11 Command Line Interface CLI Example of disk show defects AACO gt disk show defects full true 0 1 0 Executing disk show defects full TRUE CHANNEL 0 ID 1 LUN 0 Number of PRIMARY defects on drive 5 Defect 1 at cylinder 229 head 7 sector 203 Defect 2 at cylinder 575 head 0 sector 219 Defect 3 at cylinder 576 head 0 sector 55 Defect 4 at cylinder 578 head 0 sector 238 Defect 5 at cylinder 579 head 0 sector 74 Number of GROWN defects on drive 0 m disk verify Disk Attribute Indicates disk defects m Total number and location of primary defects defects that originate during manufacturing m Total number and location of grown defects defects that originate after manufacturing Example of disk verify AACO gt disk verify Displaying Array Information The CLI enables you to display and manage array attributes using the following commands m container list Array Attribute Indicates drive letter Letter associated with an array Not automatically assigned when you create an array root special file UN
32. 3 5 UnixWare and OpenUNIX 3 7 This chapter presents several scenarios for installing the controller driver The scenarios depend on the following terminology New system The computer has no operating system and the driver installation is a part of the operating system installation Existing system The computer has an operating system and the Adaptec 2410SA is being installed as a secondary controller Adaptec recommends the following driver installation workflow 1 Create a driver disk See Creating the Driver Disk on page 3 2 for details Identify the appropriate operating system and installation scenario for your computer Familiarize yourself with the supported RAID types You will need to select a RAID type during your driver installation See Appendix D for details Read and understand the entire installation procedure Proceed with the installation 3 1 Installing the Driver Creating the Driver Disk Installing a driver is easier if you create a driver disk To create the driver disk 1 7 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the CD ROM drive Insert the Adaptec installation CD and turn on the computer Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec Start Menu Click Create Driver Disk Then select the appropriate Operating system Select the appropriate floppy drive letter Then choose the appropriate format You need a full format only if th
33. 5 10 and simple volume JBOD Operating system independent configuration and RAID creation using the Adaptec RAID Configuration ARC utility Flash ROM for easy upgrades of controller BIOS and ARC Event logging and broadcasting including messaging for alphanumeric pagers Browser Based Management Software Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition provides centralized management across all Adaptec host based RAID products This application allows system administrators to remotely manage monitor and configure RAID subsystems through password protected Web access Adaptec s Advanced RAID Technology Features With Advanced features you can Optimized Disk Utilization Enables you to use the full capacity of all your drives even if drive sizes vary Online Capacity Expansion Allows you to expand the capacity of your RAID during system operation Online RAID Level Migration Lets you change RAID levels without rebuilding your array from scratch 1 5 Introduction m Multiple Arrays Create multiple arrays from a single set of drives m SATA Disk Hot Plug yYou can add and remove disks without shutting down your system Array Migration The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports modifying existing arrays by expansion migration from one array type to another and changing the stripe size as described by the table below Current Array Type New Array Type RAID 0 RAID 5 or 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 or 5 or 10 R
34. 9 00 A M to 12 00 P M and 1 00 P M to 6 00 P M iv Limited 3 Year Hardware Warranty 1 Adaptec Inc Adaptec warrants to the purchaser of this product that it will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of three 3 years from the date of purchase If the product should become defective within the warranty period Adaptec at its option will repair or replace the product or refund the purchaser s purchase price for the product provided it is delivered at the purchaser s expense to an authorized Adaptec service facility or to Adaptec Repair or replacement parts or products will be furnished on an exchange basis and will either be new or reconditioned All replaced parts or products shall become the property of Adaptec This warranty shall not apply if the product has been damaged by accident misuse abuse or as a result of unauthorized service or parts Warranty service is available to the purchaser by delivering the product during the warranty period to an authorized Adaptec service facility or to Adaptec and providing proof of purchase price and date The purchaser shall bear all shipping packing and insurance costs and all other costs excluding labor and parts necessary to effectuate repair replacement or refund under this warranty For more information on how to obtain warranty service write or telephone Adaptec at 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas CA 95035 800 959 7274 THIS LIMITE
35. AID 5 RAID 0 or 10 RAID 10 RAID 0 or 5 To modify an array refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition online Help Windows supports Online Capacity Expansion OCE That is on completion of an array expansion the additional capacity can be used without restarting the system Refer to your operating system documentation for instructions on using the additional capacity Drive Enclosures The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports drive enclosures that include either SES or SAF TE enclosure management hardware per the Serial ATA II Phase 1 specification Hot Spares A hot spare is a drive that is reserved to replace a failing drive in a redundant array In the event of drive failure the hot spare replaces the failed drive and the array is rebuilt 1 6 Introduction The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports two types of hot spares Global Protects every array that the drive has enough available capacity to protect Dedicated Protects only the array that it has been assigned to protect Automatic Failover This feature allows the controller to automatically rebuild an array when a failed drive is replaced with a new drive This feature applies only to redundant arrays in SES or SAF TE enabled drive enclosures See page A 10 for details Overview of the Installation Process The following steps provide an overview of the process of installing setting up and configuring the controller 1 2 Read and under
36. B5749 c Adaptec Inc 1999 2002 All Rights Reserved Updating Controller 0 Adaptec 2410 Reading flash image file Build 5749 AFU is about to update firmware on controllers Adaptec 2410 PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE This might take a few minutes Writing Adaptec 2410 4MB Flash Image to controller 0 0OK Verifying OK Please restart the computer to allow firmware changes to take effect VERIFY The VERIFY command compares the contents of each of the flash components on a controller to the corresponding image in a UFI file and indicates whether they match Use this command to determine whether a controller s flash components are up to date when compared to a specific UFI file After using the VERIFY command you must restart the computer upon completion of this command Default Switch Values If you do not include the C switch the AFU returns a fatal error message If you do not include the D switch the AFU verifies against UFI files in the current default drive and directory Example A gt AFU VERIFY C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V4 0 0 B5749 c Adaptec Inc 1999 2002 All Rights Reserved Reading flash image file Build 5748 Controller 0 Adaptec 2410 ROM Checksum 797B VALID Build 5748 File Checksum 797B VALID Build 5748 Image Compares Correctly VERSION The VERSION command displays version information about the flash components on a controller Use the C switch to
37. CH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES ij Adaptec Customer Support If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec product check this document first you will find answers to most of your questions here If you need further assistance use the support options listed below Technical Support Identification TSID Number m Before contacting Technical Support you need your unique 12 digit TSID number The TSID number identifies your product and support status m The TSID number is included on two white bar coded labels like the example below IMPORTANT INFORMATION MPR oo TAY A 1000000 FFIX SERIAL NUMBER STICKER ON TNE RETAN rina PORTION OF THE ERNU ET TT THIS T310 NUMBER WILL ip PRODUCT PIN 1000000 contact vecwmer MNNOO AN 0 SUPPORT 8 PRODUCT S N _BB00000000000 ADANA ANA UO OU OOAD OO m Ifyou register by mail affix one copy of the TSID label to the registration card which may be contained on the CD Also affix a copy of the TSID label to the CD jacket so that you don t lose it Support Options m Search the Adaptec Support Knowledgebase ASK at ask adaptec com for articles troubleshooting tips and frequently asked questions for your product m For support via Email submit your question to Adaptec s Technical Support Specialists at ask adaptec com North America m Visit our Web site at www adaptec com m For information about Adaptec s support options call 1 408 957 2550 24
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39. E Saves the contents of a controller s flash to the specified UFI file m UPDATE Updates a controller s flash from the data in the specified UFI file m VERIFY Compare the controller s current flash to the specified UFI file m VERSION Displays the controller s current flash version information DOS Utilities The AFU switches are as follows m C lt Controller ID gt is one or more controller IDs representing the set of controllers on which to perform the specified command You can specify a single controller ID for example C 0 multiple IDs separated by commas for example ic 0 2 or ALL to indicate all controllers This switch is required If no C switch is specified the system returns a fatal error message See each individual command for the default switch values D lt UFI File Path gt specifies the path drive and directory where the UFI files are located If you do not specify the D switch the AFU looks for or creates its UFI files in the default location Note You cannot specify the name of a UFI file only its path UFI filenames are predefined based on the controller type Flashing the Firmware Using AFU The simplest way to flash the controller is to use the AFU GUI Follow the instructions in Accessing the AFU from the GUI on page B 4 to start AFU with the GUI To flash the firmware using the AFU utility from the command line 1 2 3 Shut down your computer Insert
40. Enabled there is a slight possibility less than with controller cache of data loss or corruption during a power failure m Runtime BIOS Default Enabled When Enabled the Adaptec 2410SA controller BIOS allows the controller to act as a bootable device Disabling the BIOS allows another suitable controller to act as the boot device m Automatic Failover Default Enabled When Enabled the controller automatically rebuilds an array when the failed drive is replaced When disabled the array must be rebuilt manually Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility m Array Background Consistency Check Default Disabled When Enabled the controller continuously performs a verification on a redundant array to data integrity In the case of RAID 1 or 10 consistency checks assure that the data between like blocks match In the case of a RAID 5 consistency checks assure that data in the stripe and the calculated parity for the stripe match Consistency checking processes reduce performance For a RAID 5 the performance reduction is significant BBS Support Default Enabled When Enabled in systems that support BBS controller is presented as a bootable device in the host system s BIOS for boot device selection Array based BBS Support Default Disabled When Enabled in systems that support BBS the controller presents attached bootable devices up to the host system s BIOS for boot device selection This is relevant for logical arr
41. F ERRORLEVEL n The batch file can use this command to test the ACU success or failure status The batch file can test for a specific error using a series of If ERRORLEVEL n commands The table below lists the possible error codes returned by the ACU Code Description 0 ACU ran without changes The ACU exited with no errors success and no report is required 1 No controller found The ACU did not detect any controllers in the system 2 Syntax or logical error in the script file The ACU encountered an invalid command or keyword in the specified script file 3 Unable to open file The ACU was unable to open the specified script or log file 4 Error in the command line parameters You passed an invalid command line switch to the ACU See Using the Scripting Features on page B 18 for the list of valid command switches 5 Unable to read system configuration The ACU was unable to get the configuration information from the specified controller 6 No drives detected The ACU did not detect any devices attached to the selected controller 7 Specified drive not found in system The device you specified does not exist on the selected controller 8 Specified array size too small You specified an array size that is smaller than the minimum size allowed for this array B 32 DOS Utilities Code Description 9 Specified array size too big You specified an array size that is
42. Gladaptec INSTALLATION AND USER S GUIDE ADAPTEC SERIAL ATA RAID 2410SA Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Installation and User s Guide Gladaptec Copyright 2003 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of Adaptec Inc 691 South Milpitas Blvd Milpitas CA 95035 Trademarks Adaptec the Adaptec logo and Adaptec Storage Manager are trademarks of Adaptec Inc which may be registered in some jurisdictions Windows 2000 and Windows XP are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and other countries used under license All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy Adaptec Inc assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the information contained herein Adaptec reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users Disclaimer IF THIS PRODUCT DIRECTS YOU TO COPY MATERIALS YOU MUST HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHI
43. IX Linux only troot special file associated with the array and created by the operating system after array creation Appears in the Num Label column array number ID of an array 0 to 63 array label Name assigned to an array Not automatically assigned Appears in the Num Label column array type Whether an array is a volume RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 or a reconfigured array creation date Month day and year the array was created creation time Hour minute and second the array was created total size Number of bytes in an array The size of an array is the size of the available space when the array was created reconfigured or extended C 12 Command Line Interface CLI Array Attribute Indicates stripe size read only read write lock resident file system multi partition container UNIX opened unknown file system unmapped containers phantom container valid container mirror set create mirror set normal reconfiguration copy container reconfiguration destination container reconfiguration RAID 5 set reconfiguration source container reconfiguration temporary container RAID 5 set unprotected Number of bytes in a stripe amount of data written to a segment before the I O data stream switches to the next segment array Whether an array is read only accessible An array can be set to read only if not in use by an application Whether an array is read write acces
44. Notes m Ifyou do not find your kernel version listed above either of the following conditions may apply m Your kernel contains embedded drivers m Drivers are not available and you need to create a custom driver SuSE Linux only The controller is not supported as a bootable controller In other words you can only add the driver to an existing system For the most up to date information on Adaptec s support of Linux visit www adaptec com Installing the Driver in a New Red Hat System In this scenario you are installing the controller in a new Red Hat 7 3 or 8 0 Linux system To install the driver 1 Install and configure the controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2 2 Turn on the computer During startup press Ctrl A to start the ARC utility Use the ARC utility to create the array For details see Checking Your Controller and Devices on page 2 3 3 Insert the Red Hat CD Disk 1 in the CD drive 4 Restart the computer 5 When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears type expert at the boot prompt Installing the 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 install other third party devices proceed with the installation of those devices Otherwise select Done 9 Proceed with the Linux installation according to the Red Hat instructions Adding the Driver to an Existing System These dr
45. Properties and Tasks buttons in the header frame Selecting any of these three buttons displays a new window with additional information and options specific to that array 5 11 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility In this Appendix Using the Array Configuration Utility A 2 Using SATASelect A 9 Using the Disk Utilities A 11 Viewing the Event Log A 12 The Adaptec RAID Configuration ARC utility is an embedded BIOS utility that includes m Array Configuration Utility ACU Used to create configure and manage arrays Also used to initialize and rescan drives Also available as a stand alone DOS utility as described in Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU on page B 11 m SATASelect Used to change device and controller settings m Disk Utilities Used to format or verify media To run the ARC utility press Ctrl A when prompted by the following message during system startup Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Controller menu appears presenting the following options m Array Configuration Utility m SATASelect Utility m Disk Utilities To select an option from this menu or from any of the menus within ARC browse with the arrow keys and then press Enter In some cases selecting an option displays another menu To return to the previous menu at any time press Esc The following sections discuss each of these menu options
46. T configuration information for one or all disks view_changeable Specifies whether to display the configuration information that can be set on a SMART disk disk show space all boolean device_ID Displays space usage information Parameters device_ID ID of the device for which to display space usage information Switches all Specifies whether to display all space usage disk verify repair boolean wait boolean device_ID Verifies all blocks on a device and optionally repairs any bad blocks Parameters device_ID Specifies the ID of the device to verify Command Line Interface CLI Switches repair lIf FALSE the default the command only reports failures If TRUE bad blocks are automatically repaired if possible wait If FALSE the default the operation is performed in the background and the command prompt is returned immediately If TRUE the operation is performed immediately and the command prompt is returned only when done disk zero repair boolean wait boolean device_ID Clears an entire disk by writing zeros All data is erased and cannot be recovered Parameters device_ID ID of the device to clear Switches repair lIf FALSE the default the command only reports failures If TRUE bad blocks are automatically repaired if possible wait If FALSE the default the operation is performed in the background and the command prompt is retur
47. The Setup Status window shows progress using a scroll bar Before the scroll bar shows the installation is completed another window pops up indicating that a security certificate has been generated Click OK The Root Certificate Store window appears Click Yes The security certificate generated during installation is added to the Certificate Store If you click No now you will need to install the certificate the first time you run Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition 11 When prompted to restart your computer accept the default Yes and click Finish 12 The system restarts to complete the installation 13 Remove the Adaptec installation CD before the system restarts Configuring Internet Browsers on Windows If you are managing a local storage array and your computer uses a proxy server you need to configure your browser to enable Adaptec Storage Manager to bypass the proxy server Also if you are managing remote systems you need to configure Adaptec Storage Manager to bypass the proxy server when communicating with these systems The following procedures are described in this section m Configuring Internet Explorer for Local Management on page 4 6 m Configuring Internet Explorer for Remote Management on page 4 7 m Configuring Netscape Navigator for Local Management on page 4 7 m Configuring Netscape Navigator for Remote Management on page 4 7 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
48. The Total Size column indicates that the array is 100 MB AACO gt container list Executing container list Num Total Oth Stripe Scsi Partition DrLabel Type Size Ctr Size Usage C ID L Offset Size 0 Volume 100MB None 0 01 0 64 0KB 100MB Venus Creating a Volume Set To create a volume set use the container create volume command In the following example Volume 0 is created on device 0 01 0 from 100 MB megabytes of available space The array s cache is enabled and the label is Venus AACO gt container create volume cache TRUE label Venus 0 01 0 100M Executing container create volume cache TRUE label Venus CHANNEL 0 ID 1 LUN 0 104 857 600 container 0 created C 5 Command Line Interface CLI Creating a RAID 0 When creating a RAID 0 you need to determine the stripe size that is most suitable for your environment 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 in the array The stripe size can be 16 32 or 64 KB The default stripe size is 64 KB Note that you can use the container reconfigure command at a later time to change the stripe size To create a RAID 0 use the container create stripe command In the following example the Array 0 is created on device 0 01 0 from 100 MB of available space The array s cache is enabled and the label Mars AACO gt container create stripe c
49. access container readwrite container Sets the protection on an array to read write access Parameters container ID of the array to set to read write access C 21 Command Line Interface CLI container reconfigure stripe_size integer mirror boolean partition_move boolean partition_size integer raid5 boolean raid10 boolean restart boolean stripe boolean volume boolean wait boolean container device_ID Changes the configuration of an array Parameters container ID number of the array to reconfigure device_ID One or more devices Switches stripe_size Stripe size of the array mirror Reconfigure the array as a RAID 1 partition_move Specifies that the array will move partitions instead of add extra space partition_size Size of a partition raid5 Reconfigure the array as a RAID 5 raid10 Reconfigure the array as a RAID 10 stripe of mirrors restart Restart reconfiguring the array stripe Reconfigure the array as a RAID 1 volume Reconfigure the array as a volume wait If FALSE the default the operation is performed in the background and the command prompt is returned immediately If TRUE the operation is performed immediately and the command prompt is returned only when done container remove failover container device_ID device_ID Removes one or more failover disks Parameters container ID
50. ache TRUE label Mars 0 01 0 100M Executing container create stripe cache TRUE label Mars CHANNEL 0 ID 1 LUN 0 104 857 600 container 0 created Creating a RAID 1 To create a RAID 1 use the container create new_mirror command In the following example a RAID 1 is created on devices 0 02 0 and 0 03 0 using 100 MB of available space from each device AACO gt container create new_mirror 0 2 0 100M 0 3 0 Executing container create new_mirror CHANNEL 0 ID 2 LUN 0 104 857 600 CHANNEL 0 ID 3 LUN 0 Creating a RAID 5 When you create a RAID 5 you use a form of redundancy called parity When you set up parity the parity stripes are initialized by default using a scrub switch scrub TRUE Parity is set up in the background and the disks are available immediately A amp K Linux UNIX only The scrub switch is not available in Linux For Linux the RAID 5 is always created by building C 6 Command Line Interface CLI The stripe size can be 16 32 or 64 KB The default stripe size is 64 KB Note that you can use the container reconfigure command at a later time to change the stripe size To create a RAID 5 use the container create raid5 command In the following example a RAID 5 is created on devices 0 01 0 0 02 0 and 0 03 0 using 100 MB of available space from each device The stripe_size switch specifies that each stripe contains 64 KB which is the default if you specify do not spe
51. an update your controller s flash components using the AFU AFU updates the controller s flash by reading flash image data from a supplied User Flash Image UFI file and writing it to the controller s flash components A UFI file contains all of a controller s flash images as well as information about each image It also includes general controller information such as controller type to ensure that AFU uses the correct UFI file when updating the controller s flash B 1 DOS Utilities The process of updating a controller s flash must be done carefully to avoid rendering the controller inoperable AFU is designed to be easy to use with all the necessary safeguards to prevent a user from accidentally damaging the controller s flash contents Overview of the AFU The AFU performs the following primary functions Update Updates all the flash components on a controller with the flash image data from a UFI file Save Reads the contents of a controller s flash components and saves the data to a UFI file This enables you to later restore a controller s flash to its previous contents should the need arise Verify Reads the contents of a controller s flash components and compares it to the contents of the specified flash image file Version Displays version information about a controller s flash components List Lists all the supported controllers detected in your system See Running the AFU on page B 4 f
52. and the controller to open Switches readonly If TRUE the controller is opened for read only access The default is FALSE If you open a controller with read only access you can use only the commands that do not change the controller configuration domain Windows only Domain local or a trusted domain in which the computer that contains the controller resides If not specified the CLI assumes the local domain reset_window Linux UNIX only Resets the window Container Array Commands Before working with arrays you must have previously opened the controller In addition you must have initialized your disks to prepare for array operations The following commands are used to display create and manage arrays container add_level container Creates a multilevel volume array which contains the array as its only element Parameters container ID of the array to convert to a multilevel volume container clear always boolean wait boolean container Clears the array Parameters container ID of the array to clear C 16 Command Line Interface CLI Switches always Specifies whether to clear the array even if it has data on it The default is FALSE meaning that the command clears the array only if it has no data on it All user files must be closed the always switch cannot override this restriction wait If FALSE the default the operation is performed in the backgroun
53. andled and can result in total or intermittent failures Always follow ESD prevention procedures when removing and replacing components To prevent ESD damage m Use an ESD wrist or ankle strap and ensure that it makes skin contact Connect the equipment end of the strap to an unpainted metal surface on the chassis If a wrist strap is not available ground yourself by touching the metal chassis before handling the controller or any other part of the computer 1 9 Introduction Avoid touching the controller against your clothing The wrist strap protects components from ESD voltages present on the body only ESD voltages on clothing can still cause damage Handle your controller by its bracket or edges only Avoid touching the printed circuit board or the connectors When you need to put your controller down use an antistatic surface such as the bag supplied in your kit If you plan to return the controller to Adaptec put it back in its antistatic bag immediately Installing the Controller In this Chapter Overview 2 1 Installing the Controller 2 2 Checking Your Controller and Devices 2 3 Determining the Boot Controller 2 3 Overview To install the controller and drives all you need is up to four of each of the following m Serial ATA hard disk drives m Serial ATA cables supplied in this kit Configuration of Serial ATA devices is simple for the following reasons m There are no jumpers or switches to set on
54. array To delete an existing array 1 Select Manage Arrays from the Main menu 2 Select the array you want to delete and press Delete 3 From the Array Properties dialog box press Delete again and then press Enter The following message is displayed Warning Deleting will erase all data from the array Do you still want to continue Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array or No to return to the previous menu In the Array Properties dialog box press Delete again and press Enter 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Using the Scripting Features To use the ACU scripting features issue the command ACU with one of the following required switches m P Playback mode This mode configures arrays and channel settings from a specified script file m R Record mode This mode saves a controller s array and channel configuration in a specified script file for later playback On the ACU command line you can also specify the name of a log file to record the status of the playback or record operation The ACU records in the log any errors or warnings encountered When running in playback or record mode ACU stores the status of the playback or record operation in the MS DOS variable ERRORLEVEL on exit allowing it to be used within an MS DOS batch file See Error Handling on page B 32 for more information on error handling B 18 DOS Utilities The table below lists the required and optional ACU command lin
55. ays Physical Drives Display during POST Default Disabled When Enabled attached physical devices are displayed during system POST Displaying the devices adds a few seconds to the overall POST time 4 To exit SATASelect press Esc until a message prompts you to exit If you changed any host adapter settings you are prompted to save the changes before you exit Select Yes to exit and restart the system Any changes you made take effect after the system boots Using the Disk Utilities The disk utilities enable you to low level format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your computer and then press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ARC utility If multiple controllers are installed select the controller you want to configure and then press Enter From the ARC menu select Disk Utilities Select the desired disk and then press Enter You are offered the following options Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility m Format Disk Simulates a format of the hard drive by removing the file system and writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are formatted at the factory and do not need to be formatted again Caution Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation m Verify Disk Media Scans the media of a disk drive for defects Any errors found are corrected Viewing the Event Log The BIOS
56. cify stripe_size at all AACO gt container create raid5 stripe_size 64K 0 1 0 100M 0 2 0 0 3 0 Executing container create raid5 stripe_size 65 536 CHANNEL 0 ID 1 LUN 0 104 857 600 CHANNEL 0 ID 2 LUN 0 CHANNEL 0 ID 3 LUN 0 Deleting an Array To delete an array use the container delete command In the following example Array 0 is deleted AACO gt container delete 0 Executing container delete 0 After running the container delete command use the container list command to verify that the array was deleted In the following example no arrays are found on the controller AACO gt container list Executing container list No containers found Managing Failover Options and Hot Spares To assign one or more hot spares to a single array use the container set failover command To assign one or more spare disks for all arrays use the container set global_failover command These commands enable you to add hot spares to an array prior to a drive failure so that the array contains the resources it needs to survive a failure Command Line Interface CLI Alternatively you can use the automatic failover commands that enable you to remove a failed drive and add a hot spare in its place The controller automatically assigns the new hot spare to replace the failed drive without your having to first assign it using the container set failover or container set global_failover commands WK Note Automatic fail
57. cording a RAID 10 the ACU cannot map spare drives assigned to the individual mirror sets to the HotspareDrives list in the resultant script file The script file syntax allows only a single list of spare drives to be assigned to any given array In this case the ACU creates the HotspareDrives list using all the drives assigned to the lower level mirror set arrays within the RAID 10 When playing back this script the ACU assigns all the drives in the HotspareDrives list to all the mirror set arrays making up the RAID 10 However this might not exactly match the original spare drive assignments to the mirror set arrays When recording an array the ACU creates a separate channel definition block for each channel on the controller Each block includes all the property keywords and values reflecting the channel s current settings Edit the script file as necessary to change any of the channel s settings or delete keywords to ensure the controller s corresponding channel setting is not changed Invoking the ACU and Using a Script The following MS DOS command invokes the ACU and creates arrays on controller 1 based on the array properties defined in the script file A RAID ACU It also configures the properties of Channel 0 and saves a log of the operation in the log file C RAID LOG A gt ACU P A RAID ACU L C RAID LOG C1 B 34 DOS Utilities The following sample script file is a sample RAID ACU script as referred to in t
58. d Drive on page B 16 for more details Note that it is not necessary to specify InitializeAll Yes in more than one array definition block If both InitializeAll Yes and InitializeA11 No are specified within a script file regardless of their position within the file InitializeAll Yes is the overriding value B 28 DOS Utilities Examples InitializeAll Yes InitializeAl1l No Method Keyword Method is an optional keyword indicating which method to use when creating a RAID 5 array Possible values are m Build the default Build verify the array m Clear Clear the array m Quick Init Make the array available immediately Overall the Build method takes longer than Clear but it enables you to begin using the array immediately Although faster Clear must complete before you can begin using the array Quick Init makes the array available immediately but for RAID 5 write performance is impacted until a Verify with Fix is run on the array Note The Method property applies only to redundant arrays RAID 1 5 and 10 Examples Method Build WaitForClear No ReadCache Keyword The ReadCache keyword indicates whether the array uses read caching Possible values are m Yes the default Enable read caching m No Disable read caching The default is Yes Example ReadCache Yes B 29 DOS Utilities Size Keyword The Size keyword specifies the size of the array Specify the size as an intege
59. d and the command prompt is returned immediately If TRUE the operation is performed immediately and the command prompt is returned only when done container create mirror wait boolean io_delay integer container device_ID Creates a RAID 1 from a single entry volume Parameters container ID of the array on which to create a RAID 1 mirror device_ID ID for the device whose available space to use for mirroring the volume specified in the container parameter Switches wait If FALSE the default the operation is performed in the background and the command prompt is returned immediately If TRUE the operation is performed immediately and the command prompt is returned only when done io_delay Number of milliseconds between each I O used for the RAID 1 creation container create mmirror io_delay integer wait boolean container device_ID device_ID Creates a multilevel array of RAID 1 arrays from a multilevel array of single entry volumes Parameters container ID of the array whose underlying volumes the command converts to RAID 1 arrays device_ID ID for the device whose available space to use to create the multilevel array of RAID 1 arrays C 17 Command Line Interface CLI Switches io_delay Number of milliseconds between each I O used for the RAID 1 create wait If FALSE the default the operation is performed in the background and the command
60. d determine when it is complete B 22 DOS Utilities The ACU provides a way to do this When you use record mode to record a controller s configuration and you specify a log file L switch the ACU writes build verify and clear status information about each array in the configuration to the log file An application or batch file can then parse the resulting log file to determine whether an array s build verify or clear is complete in progress a percentage of the task completed or failed The following example shows a log file of a recorded configuration consisting of three arrays Reading array information Passed Scanning for Drives Passed Reading cache values Passed Array 0 Status OK Array 1 Status BUILD VERIFY 30 Array 2 Status BUILD VERIFY CLEAR FAILED Each status line consists of the prefix Array lt n gt Status where lt n gt is the array ID followed by the status The possible status values are as follows mw OK Indicates a nonredundant array no build required or a redundant array whose build task completed successfully E BUILD VERIFY lt n gt CLEAR lt n gt Indicates a build verify or clear is currently in progress where lt n gt is the percentage of the operation that is complete The percentage is an integer between 0 and 99 inclusive E BUILD VERIFY CLEAR FAILED Indicates a build verify or clear that did not complete due to a data error or oth
61. d hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2 2 Turn on the computer Then insert the driver disk 3 To run the pkgadd utility type pkgadd d diskettel and then press Enter UNIX reads the disk and package information Press Enter Restart the system The system rebuilds the kernel automatically Add devices to the controller Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition In this Chapter Overview 4 1 Supported Browsers 4 2 Typical Custom and Compact Installations 4 2 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows 4 4 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux 4 8 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on UNIX 4 9 Overview This chapter discusses the installation procedure for installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition to enable remote and local management of arrays For instructions on using this application see Chapter 5 4 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Supported Browsers To run Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition your computer must have a Web browser supporting JavaScript and cookies only The following versions are supported m On Windows m Internet Explorer IE 5 0 or later m Netscape 7 or later m On Linux m Adaptec supplied and installed version of Mozilla m Netscape 7 or later When using Adaptec Storage Manager you need to log on to your system with administrator privileges Typical Custom and Compact Installations You can sel
62. e switches Switch Description P lt file gt R lt file gt L lt file gt C lt number gt Playback Mode Switch In this mode the ACU reads the contents of the specified script file and creates arrays and configures channel settings based on the properties defined in the script The lt file gt is the name of the script file It can include a drive directory and filename and extension but only the filename is required If no drive or directory is specified defaults are used The file extension is optional Note The ACU exits with an error if you do not include either the P or the R switch but not both Record Mode Switch In this mode the ACU scans the controller s current array and channel configuration and creates the specified script file based on the configuration The lt file gt is the name of the script file It can include a drive directory and filename and extension but only the filename and extension MLC are required If no drive or directory is specified defaults are used Note The ACU exits with an error if you do not include either the P or the R switch but not both Optional Log Filename Switch If you include this switch the ACU records its activity and any errors it encounters in the log file If you do not include this switch the ACU displays any status and errors on the screen The lt file gt is a standard MS DOS file which can include a drive directo
63. e but is instead reserved for use as a replacement for one of the other drives in the array in the event of a failure Additional RAID terms are defined in the Glossary Accessing the CLI The method you use to access the CLI depends on the operating system as described below Command Line Interface CLI Accessing the CLI in MS DOS To access the CLI from the MS DOS prompt move to the directory containing the afacli executable and then type afacli Accessing the CLI in Windows To access the CLI Note The following procedure assumes that you accepted the default location for the software during installation 1 Click the Start button 2 Click Programs 3 Browse to SMBE The Adaptec program group displays 4 Click CLI A Note In Windows when the CLI executes an background command it displays status information in the title bar of a DOS command prompt window The status information includes a percentage indicating a level of completion Accessing the CLI in UNIX To access the CLI display a window and type aaccli in any directory When the system displays the CLI gt prompt you can use CLI commands The status information appears at the bottom of the CLI window For the commands to work in any directory the path in the startup file login or cshrc must include the directory where the software is installed Refer to your operating system documentation for information on setting up directory paths in t
64. e cache Number of blocks dedicated to the write cache size read cache setting Whether the read cache is enabled Example of container show cache AACO gt container show cache 0 Executing container show cache 0 Global container Read Cache Size 5345280 Global container Write Cache Size 63332352 Read Cache Setting ENABLE Write Cache Setting ENABLE Write Cache Status Active cache enabled C 14 Command Line Interface CLI CLI Command Dictionary This section contains a command reference General Control Commands close Closes the currently opened controller exit Closes the opened controller and exits the CLI help full command Invokes general or topical help Parameters command If a command has more subcommands help lists the subcommands and their functions If a complete command is used such as container list the help displays all possible switches Switches ul1 Displays all relevant commands along with the command format and all command switches history_size buffer_size Linux UNIX only Sets the size of the history buffer Parameters buf fer_size Size of the command history buffer The default is 200 C 15 Command Line Interface CLI open readonly boolean domain string string Opens a controller for access by the CLI The controller must be open before any command can be targeted at that controller Parameters string Computer name
65. e disk has never been formatted or may have bad sectors Insert a floppy disk and then click OK The system creates the driver disk Remove and label the driver disk Now that you have created your driver disk identify the appropriate driver installation scenario and proceed with the installation Creating the Linux Driver Disk When creating a driver disk for Linux use i386 For Intel 386 or 486 computers i586 For Pentium I or IT computers i686 For Pentium III IV or AMD K 6 computers Athlon AMD Athlon computers Installing the Driver Windows The following sections describe procedures for installing the controller with Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 The following installation scenarios are described m Installing the Driver in a New System on page 3 3 m Adding the Driver to an Existing System on page 3 4 Installing the Driver ina New System In this scenario you are installing the controller ina new Windows system To install the driver 1 Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2 2 Start the system and then press Ctrl A to enter the BIOS based configuration utility Use the configuration utility to create the array and logical drive to which you will install Windows For details see Checking Your Controller and Devices on page 2 3 3 After the array is built insert the Windows setup CD and restart the system to begin the Wi
66. e of the system that you are currently connected to and a number of buttons that perform various actions or open additional windows The action buttons are m Logout Selecting Logout ends your session and returns you to the Login screen m Rescan Used to rescan the configuration of the system Typically when a rescan is required it occurs automatically for example after an array is created However the system configuration can change without Adaptec Storage Manager being notified For example drives that are inserted or removed from a nonintelligent enclosure or an enclosure powered on after you logged into Adaptec Storage Manager would not be displayed unless you manually rescan The remaining buttons open additional windows that provide more detailed information and allow you to perform actions or change settings on a specific aspect of your storage subsystem These are m Events Options Help Properties Tasks Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Immediately following the header frame is a controller information line including the model number of the first Adaptec RAID controller found in the system and the amount of cache memory if any installed on that controller Beneath the controller information are Physical Devices and Logical Devices views that show connected devices and existing arrays on this controller Controller information and device views are repeated for each additional Adaptec RAID contr
67. e rules This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Adaptec Inc AAR 2410SA Tested to Compl C ply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE European Union Compliance Statement This Information Technology Equipment has been tested and found to comply with EMC Directive 89 336 EEC as amended by 92 31 EEC and 93 68 EEC in accordance with n EN55022 1998 Emissions n EN55024 1998 Immunity EN61000 4 2 1998 Electrostatic discharge 4 kV contact 8 kV air EN61000 4 3 1998 Radiated immunity EN61000 4 4 1995 Electrical fast transients burst 1 kV AC 0 5 kV I O EN61000 4 5 1995 Surges 1 kV differential mode 2 kV common mode EN61000 4 6 1996 Conducted immunity 3 V EN61000 4 11 1994 Supply dips and variation 30 and 100 In addition all equipment requiring ULL listing has been found to comply with EMC Directive 73 23 EEC as amended by 93 68 EEC in accordance with EN60950 with amendments A1 A2 A3 A4 A11 Australian New Zealand Compliance Statement This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to the Australian New Zealand standard AS NZS 3548 set out by the Spectrum Management Agency v
68. eate a controller firmware kit on floppy disks 1 Locate the necessary files on the Adaptec installation CD at packages firmware adpxxx where xxx is the model number of your controller Create a bootable MS DOS floppy disk and copy the following files to this disk m AFU exe m AAxxx01 ufi where xxx is the model number of your controller 3 Copy the remaining UFI files to additional disks DOS Utilities Running the AFU You can run the AFU from its graphical user interface GUI or from the command line Accessing the AFU from the GUI To access the AFU 1 At the DOS command prompt typically A gt type AFU with no arguments The main menu to the AFU is displayed 2 Select Select Controllers and select the controllers to be flashed 3 Select Select an Operation 4 Select any available AFU function and follow the on screen instructions Accessing the AFU from the Command Line At the DOS command prompt typically A gt type AFU followed by acommand and any optional switches The AFU processes the command prompts you to insert additional floppy disks as needed exits and reports success or an error message code The syntax of the AFU command line is as follows AFU lt Command gt C lt Controller ID gt D lt UFI File Path gt where lt Command gt is one of the following AFU commands m HELP Displays AFU help text m LIST Lists the AFU supported controllers installed on this system m SAV
69. ec Storage Manager on a Linux computer and configure the desired Internet browser 1 Insert the Adaptec installation CD 2 Install the software by typing sh lt mount point gt install sh The lt mount point gt differs among computers but mnt cdrom media cdrom or cdrom usually works A Welcome window appears 3 Click Next The License Agreement window appears 4 Read the license agreement If you agree to its terms click Accept If not click Cancel and terminate the installation The Select a Setup Type window appears It provides three types of installations Typical Compact and Custom See Typical Custom and Compact Installations on page 4 2 for details 5 Select a setup type and click Next The Start Copying window appears 6 Click Next The Running Non Interactive Setup window displays the files being loaded onto the system 7 Click Next when prompted A Setup Complete window appears 8 Click Complete A message window appears reminding you that any proxy servers must be bypassed for the RAID management application to work Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition 9 Click OK The Shell window you used to launch the installation indicates that some daemons are being started The installation creates a shortcut to Adaptec Storage Manager in the System tab This shortcut launches Adaptec Storage Manager using Netscape Unless the controller driver was installed as part of this installatio
70. eck the revision letter on the back cover of the guide Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader The Adaptec installation CD contains Windows and Linux versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader You can also download the Reader free at www adobe com You need the Reader to view Portable Document Format PDF documents such as the Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Installation and User s Guide which is included in the Adaptec installation CD To install the Reader on m Windows Insert the Adaptec installation CD and wait for the Autorun If the CD does not start automatically browse to the root of the CD and click Autorun Then select the appropriate option m Linux Browse to lt CD mount point gt packages Acrobat_Reader Linux To view this location you need to use the full path If the path gets truncated you may not see the correct location 1 4 Introduction Controller Features The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports four Serial ATA drives The controller offers the features and performance ideal for high end workstations and entry level servers Conforms with PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2 2 64 bit 66 MHz PCI interface compatible with 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots 64 MB of on board RAM Low profile MD2 form factor ideal for 1U 2U servers Supports the Serial ATA Specification version 1 0 with additional Serial ATA II support for enclosure management and enhanced I O drivers for backplane support RAID levels 0 1
71. ect from the following setup options m Typical default Supports local and remote management however Adaptec SNMP is not included m Custom For expert users Primarily used to Web Server or when you want to make sure SNMP and Notifier are available for a managed system You can select from the following components m Managed System Components If you select this option only the installation is the same as a Compact installation m Adaptec Web Server Installs components allowing managed systems to communicate with Web browsers m Adaptec Storage Manager Notifier Installs messaging including email and broadcaster capabilities m Adaptec SNMP Installs components used by SNMP based applications Requires Microsoft SNMP agents to be installed to function Not included in a Typical installation m Compact Installs only the components required on a managed system See Managed System Components above A Note When you perform a Typical or Compact installation components needed for communication and remote management are installed automatically Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Remote and Managed Systems The illustration below shows a typical configuration of a single remote system connected to several managed systems The remote system does not necessarily contain a RAID controller however it must contain at minimum the Adaptec Web Server and a browser either Internet Explorer or Netscape
72. ed for low level formatting or verifying disk media and for performing other functions m Array Configuration Utility ACU Used for creating configuring and managing arrays When you turn on or restart your system press Ctrl A to access the ARC when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl A for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility This chapter describes the functionality of ACU for MS DOS only For information about running the ACU for MS DOS see Running the ACU on page B 12 Interactive Versus Script Mode When used in MS DOS mode also known as interactive mode the ACU offers the same interface and features as the BIOS based version array creation display and deletion as well as device initialization See Using Interactive Mode on page B 12 for details In addition the ACU for MS DOS offers a special command line interface that enables you to create arrays based on parameters specified in a plain text script file It also enables you to configure certain controller channel properties You can record a controller s current array and channel configuration in a plain text script file allowing you to easily restore your configuration or create a configuration based on a script template See Using the Scripting Features on page B 18 for details B 11 DOS Utilities Running the ACU To run the ACU for MS DOS 1 Browse to Dos Apps Acu on the Adaptec installation CD 2 Copy acu exe onto a bootable MS DOS floppy d
73. eliminated 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 Create Modify and Delete Each button opens a wizard for the corresponding function Modify allows you to m Change an array from one RAID level to another m Expand an array m Change the stripe size fora RAID 0 For detailed instructions on these buttons refer to the online Help 5 10 Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition The main area of the Logical Devices view is used to display the arrays on this controller It defaults to a condensed view of top level arrays lt Note The Options button allows you to display second level arrays if your controller supports them In this condensed view the RAID level of each device as well as whether it is protected by a hot spare is visible If a global hot spare exists all arrays that the hot spare is large enough to protect will show as protected In the expanded view the icons for the arrays are arranged vertically and alongside them are the capacity name and type of array Selecting an array by clicking on it will highlight the following in amber m All the drives or segments that form the array in the Physical Devices view m Any second level arrays that form a top level array in the Logical Devices view m The Events
74. er to enable caching on the array labe1l Label to assign to the new volume container delete always boolean unconditional boolean container Deletes the array Parameters container ID of the array to delete Switches always Specifies to delete the array even if it has data lt a file system gt Cannot override open files unconditional Specifies that the array be deleted even if it has a file system Overrides open files container list all boolean full boolean container Lists information about the arrays on the controller C 20 Command Line Interface CLI Parameters container ID of the array containing information to display Switches all Specifies whether to list all containers on the system ul1 Specifies whether to display detailed information container move containerl container2 Moves the first array number specified to the second array number specified in effect to renumber an array Parameters containerl ID of the array to renumber container2 ID number to assign to the array specified in containerl container promote container Creates a multilevel volume from a RAID 0 or a single entry volume Parameters container ID of the array to promote to a multilevel array container readonly container Sets the protection on the array to read only access Parameters container ID of the array to set to read only
75. er unexpected problem When a build verify task runs on a multilevel array the build verify occurs on the child arrays and not on the parent array Consequently the parent task always indicates 0 percent and the child task indicates 0 percent to 100 percent When a clear task runs on a multilevel array the clearing occurs on the parent array and not on the child arrays Consequently the parent task indicates 0 percent to 100 percent and the child tasks always indicates 0 percent B 23 DOS Utilities Build Verify Operations on RAID 10 Arrays For a RAID 10 array the status message indicates the percent of the build verify completed for the parent and child tasks The status updates to OK when the tasks are complete A sample RAID 10 build status is as follows Array 1 Status BUILD VERIFY 30 Script File Syntax An ACU script file consists of one of the following m Array definition block Specifies the properties of an array such as type size and cache settings The block begins with the keyword Array and ends with the keyword End m Channel definition block Specifies the properties of a controller channel such as ControllerID The block begins with the keyword Channel and ends with the keyword End Each array or channel property consists of a property keyword and assigned value separated by an equal sign Each property must be on its own line in the script The order of properties within a block other than t
76. escribed in greater detail in the sections that follow Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 Select Manage Arrays from the Main menu 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to view information on and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box is displayed View the information as follows m RAIDO 1 5 The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here except in the case of a RAID 10 array m RAID 10 Only Highlight the displayed member and press Enter to display the second level Press Enter again to display the physical disks associated with the array YX Note The label of a failed drive is displayed in a different color 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Assigning Hot Spares To assign a hot spare to an array 1 Select Manage Arrays from the Main menu 2 On the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to assign a spare drive to and press Ctrl s The Hotspare Management for Array dialog box is displayed it shows which drives that can be assigned as spare drives B 15 DOS Utilities 3 Select a drive and press the Insert key to assign the drive as a spare The specified drive is displayed in the Assigned Hotspares Drives list 4 Press Enter to save the spare drive assignment The following prompt is displayed Have you finished managing Hotspare drives 5 Press Y for yes to return to the Main menu Rem
77. esenting the set of controllers on which to perform the firmware comparison D UFI_file_path Location of the UFI files controller firmware update C controller controller D UFI_file_path Updates a controller s flash components from the flash image data in a pair of User Flash Image UFI files Switches C controller ID representing the set of controllers on which to perform the firmware comparison D UFI_file_path Path where the pair of UFI files are located controller list domain string string Lists all controllers or displays information about the currently opened controller Parameters string Computer name from which to display a list of controllers or specific information about the open controller C 26 Command Line Interface CLI Switches domain Windows only Specifies the domain in which the host to be searched resides controller pause_io integer Windows only Pauses all I O activity on the open controller to allow online manipulation of hardware Parameters integer Time in seconds to cause the controller to wait before resuming I O controller rescan Rescans the channels and updates all underlying structures controller reset_channel integer Resets a specific channel on the open controller Parameters integer Channel on which to reset this channel controller resume_io Performs rescan operation and then resumes I O after pause_
78. evice_ID Initializes a disk on the currently opened controller Parameters device_ID ID of the device to initialize Switches always Specifies whether to initialize the disk even if the disk has existing data Cannot override open files Default is FALSE unconditional Specifies whether to initialize the disk even if arrays on the disk have open files The default is FALSE disk list all boolean full boolean device_ID Lists the disks available on the controller Parameters device_ID Specifies the ID of the device to display information Switches al1 List of all devices on the controller u11 Detailed information for devices The default is FALSE disk remove dead_partitions device_ID Removes all failed segments from a disk Parameters device_ID ID of the device from which to remove failed segments disk set default device_ID Sets the default ID for use in CLI commands Parameters device_ID ID of the device C 29 Command Line Interface CLI disk set smart all boolean clear boolean enable_exceptions boolean logerr boolean perf boolean report_count boolean device_ID Changes a disk s Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART configuration configuration Parameters device_ID ID of the device on which to change SMART configurations Switches all Specifies whether to enable SMART configurations
79. fic enclosure Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device for which to display status enclosure show temperature enclosure sensor Displays temperature status of a specific enclosure Parameters enclosure ID associated with the enclosure management device for which to temperature status sensor Unit number associated with the temperature sensor whose status to display C 37 Command Line Interface CLI Using Automated Command Scripts To execute a CLI command script type the at sign followed by the file name that contains the CLI commands for example AACO gt commandscript txt In its simplest form a CLI command script is a text file that contains valid CLI commands Each line ends with a line feed inserted by pressing Enter The following CLI command script 1 2 3 Opens controller AACO by invoking the CLI command open Invokes controller details Closes controller AACO by invoking the CLI command close Exits the example CLI command script open AACO controller details close AACO exit Supported RAID Types RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks The goal of RAID is to provide better performance and reliability from combinations of disk drives than possible with the same total storage space without RAID When creating RAIDs select drives of equal capacity and performance Otherwise the RAID tends to be limited in capacity a
80. for information on determining which disks are associated with a particular array B 16 DOS Utilities To initialize a drive 1 2 3 4 5 Select Initialize Drives from the Main menu Use the arrow keys to select a channel Select the disks you want to initialize and press Insert Press Enter Read the warning message and ensure that you have selected the correct devices to initialize Press Y to continue Making an Array Bootable You can make an array bootable so the system boots from the array instead of from a stand alone single device To make an array bootable 1 Select Manage Arrays from the Main menu 2 Select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl B This changes the selected array s number to 00 making it the controller s boot array 3 Restart the system Notes m You cannot make a non 00 array bootable if the array is ina build verify or reconfiguration process The controller always uses the lowest numbered array as its bootable array If you delete Array 00 for any reason the next higher numbered array becomes the boot array Mark the correct array as the bootable array by making it Array 00 If the controller is not a boot device you can disable its runtime BIOS to conserve ROM B 17 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 array and you cannot restore a deleted
81. g message ensure that you have selected the correct disk drives to initialize and then press Y to continue Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Rescanning Disk Drives To rescan the drives connected to the controller 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility 3 Select Rescan Drives Using SATASelect SATASelect enables you to change device and controller settings without opening the computer cabinet or handling the card With this utility you can modify the Channel Interface Definitions and Device Configuration Options To access the SATA Select 1 When you turn on or restart your system press Ctrl A to access the ARC utility when you see the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 2 If multiple controllers are installed select the controller you want to configure and then press Enter 3 From the ARC menu select SATA Select Utility The SATA Configuration and Controller Configuration menu options are displayed To select a SATASelect menu option browse with the arrow keys to the option and then press Enter In some cases selecting an option displays another menu You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc To restore the original SATASelect default values press F6 from the Configure View Host Adapter Settings screen m SATA Configuration Options m Write Cache Default Enabled When Enabled
82. get version information about a specific controller or multiple controllers After using the VI DOS Utilities ERSION command you must restart the computer upon completion of this command Default Switch Values If you do not include the C switch the AFU returns a fatal error message Examples The following example displays version information about all supported controllers A gt AFU VERSION C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V4 0 0 B5749 c Adaptec Inc 1999 2002 All Rights Reserved Version Information for Controller 0 Adaptec 2410 ROM Build 5748 VALID Fri Sep 27 13 28 40 EDT 2002 A gt AFU VERSION C ALL AFU Error Handling Because the AFU can run without user interaction it exits immediately whenever an error is detected For example if the AFU is unable to locate UFI files it displays an error message and exits On exit the AFU returns its exit status zero for success or a non zero code for an error in the DOS environment variable ERRORLEVEL If you run the AFU from within a DOS batch file the batch file can examine the AFU s exit status using the DOS command IF an error ERRORL EVEL 1 to take action if the AFU exited with B 10 DOS Utilities Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU Adaptec RAID Configuration ARC is a embedded BIOS utility that includes m SATASelect Used for changing device and controller settings m Disk Utilities Us
83. he login and cshrc files Using the CLI This section contains some examples of using CLI commands to perform common tasks Command Line Interface CLI Opening and Closing a Controller To prepare a controller to receive a CLI command you first need to open the controller You may open only one controller at any time To open controller AACO and prepare it to receive more CLI commands type CLI gt open AACO The prompt changes to reflect the open controller as shown in the next example When you have finished with the controller close it by typing AACO gt close Command Line Interface CLI Displaying Information about Your Disks Before creating any array use the disk show space command to display information about your disks lt x Note Before you can create arrays you need to initialize the member drives In the following example the Usage column indicates Free for each disk which means that the space on each disk consists of available space AACO gt disk show space Executing disk show space Scsi C ID L Usage Size 0 01 0 Free 64 0KB 8 47GB 0 02 0 Free 64 0KB 8 47GB 0 03 0 Free 64 0KB 8 47GB 0 04 0 Free 64 0KB 8 47GB Displaying Information about Your Array After creating an array use the container list command to display information about the array In the following example the Num Label column indicates the array ID 0 and the array label Venus The Type column indicates a volume set
84. he array AA Note A failed drive is displayed in a different text color Press Esc to return to the previous menu Making an Array Bootable You can make an array bootable so that the system boots from the array instead of from a stand alone single disk To make an array bootable 1 2 3 4 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays Select the array you want to make bootable and then press Ctrl B This changes the selected array s number to 00 making it the controller s boot array Restart the system Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Notes If the controller is not a boot device you can disable its runtime BIOS see page A 10 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 BIOS may be helpful You cannot make a non 00 array bootable while the array is in a build verify or reconfiguration process The controller always uses the lowest numbered array as its bootable array If you delete Array 00 for any reason the next lowest numbered array becomes the bootable array Use the Ctrl B option to mark the correct array as the bootable array by making it Array 00 If you want to boot from a stand alone single disk drive first create a volume on that disk The system BIOS provides additional tools to
85. he previous ACU command This script creates the following arrays a 500 MB single disk volume and a 2 GB two drive RAID 1 with a hotspare Script to create volume mirror and RAID 5 arrays Create a 500MB volume labeled MySystem Array MySystem Type Volume Size 500MB Drives 0 0 0 End Create a 2GB mirror labeled MyMirror Array MyMirror Type RAID1 Size 2GB Use drives 1 and 2 Drives 0 1 0 0 2 0 Disable write cache WriteCache No Assign 1 spare drive HotspareDrives 0 3 0 End The following sample script file creates a maximum size three drive RAID 5 Create a maximum size RAID 5 labeled MyData Array MyData Type RAID5 Size Maximum Use the maximum stripe size StripeSize 64 Clear the array don t build verify it Method Clear Don t wait for clear to complete Wait No Use drives 0 1 2 Drives 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 End B 35 Command Line Interface CLI In this Appendix Introduction C 1 Accessing the CLI C 2 Terminology C 2 Using the CLI C 3 General Control Commands C 15 Container Array Commands C 16 Controller Commands C 25 Disk Commands C 28 Logfile Commands C 32 Task Commands C 33 Enclosure Commands C 34 Using Automated Command Scripts C 38 Introduction This Command Line Interface CLI enables you to configure and manage controller components The CLI contains most of the functionality offered by Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition and
86. he starting Array or Channel keyword and the ending End keyword is not significant Some array properties such as Type are required others are optional The table below lists and describes array definition block properties indicates which properties are optional and provides the default value used when that property is not specified All keywords can be written in any combination of upper or lowercase characters Script lines can include any number of spaces and tabs both within keywords or when separating keywords and their values Blank lines are ignored The pound character indicates the start of a comment The ACU ignores all characters on a line that begins with a pound sign You can use comments following array property assignments or on their own lines See Invoking the ACU and Using a Script on page B 34 for a sample script that includes comments B 24 Array Definition Block Properties The table below lists the properties that can be specified within an array definition block The table lists each property s keyword whether it is required and its default value if any Note that the keywords are arranged so the required keywords are listed first DOS Utilities Keyword Required Default Value Description Array Drives Type End HotspareDrives InitializeAll Method ReadCache Size StripeSize Yes Yes Yes Yes None None None None None N
87. hours per day 7 days per week To speak with a Technical Support Specialist m For Hardware products call 1 408 934 7274 Monday to Friday 3 00 A M to 5 00 P M Pacific Time m For RAID and Fibre Channel products call 1 321 207 2000 Monday to Friday 3 00 A M to 5 00 P M Pacific Time To expedite your service have your computer in front of you m To order Adaptec products including accessories and cables call 1 408 957 7274 Or you can order cables online at www adaptec com buy cables iii Europe Visit our Web site at www adaptec europe com German To speak with a Technical Support Specialist call 49 89 43 66 55 22 Monday to Friday 9 00 to 17 00 CET For support via e mail submit your question to Adaptec s Technical Support Specialists at ask de adaptec com French To speak with a Technical Support Specialist call 49 89 43 66 55 33 Monday to Friday 9 00 to 17 00 CET For support via e mail submit your question to Adaptec s Technical Support Specialists at ask fr adaptec com English To speak with a Technical Support Specialist call 49 89 43 66 55 44 Monday to Friday 9 00 to 17 00 GMT For support via e mail submit your question to Adaptec s Technical Support Specialists at ask adaptec com You can order Adaptec cables online at www adaptec com buy cables Japan Visit our Web site at www adaptec co jp To speak with a Technical Support Specialist call 81 3 5308 6120 Monday Friday
88. i amp Canadian Compliance Statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada Japanese Compliance Voluntary Control Council Initiative This equipment complies to class B Information Technology equipment based on VCCI Voluntary Control Council for Interface This equipment is designed for home use but it may causes radio frequency interference problem if used too near to a television or radio Please handle it correctly per this documentation vii Contents Introduction Read this First 1 1 System Requirements 1 2 Operating System Compatibility 1 2 Storage Requirements 1 2 Motherboard Compatibility 1 2 Device Compatibility 1 2 Kit Contents 1 3 Adaptec 2410SA Controller 1 3 About the Documentation 1 4 Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader 1 4 Controller Features 1 5 Adaptec s Advanced RAID Technology Features 1 5 Array Migration 1 6 Drive Enclosures 1 6 Hot Spares 1 6 Automatic Failover 1 7 Overview of the Installation Process 1 7 Storage Management Software Overview 1 8 Safety Information 1 9 Notes and Cautions 1 9 Electrostatic Discharge 1 9 Installing the Controller Overview 2 1 Installing the Controller 2 2 Checking Your Controller and Devices 2 3 Determining the Boot Controller 2 3 Installing the Driver C
89. ide m Installation CD m Low profile bracket in addition to the standard full height bracket attached to the controller m Four Serial ATA interface cables m Technical Support ID TSID label See page iii for details Adaptec 2410SA Controller The Adaptec 2410SA controller is shown below Note the position of the Serial ATA interface connectors necessary for attaching the Serial ATA hard drives Serial ATA Connectors 1 3 Introduction About the Documentation The documentation set for this kit includes m Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Quick Installation Guide This printed guide contains the essential information for installing the controller in most situations m Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Installation and User s Guide this guide m Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Command Line Interface Software Reference Guide Provides detailed descriptions of the command line driven RAID management utility m Release Notes Before beginning your installation review the release notes associated with the Adaptec 2410SA controller software and documentation To read this information select Release Notes from the View Documentation list or open the Readme file in the root directory of the CD using a text editor For the latest updates visit www adaptec com These documents are also available at www adaptec com The documents available from the Web site may be more recent versions than those on the CD Ch
90. io controller set automatic_failover failover_enabled boolean Turns on or off automatic failover for the controller Switches failover_enabled Specifies whether to turn on or off automatic failover on the controller Specify 1 to enable 0 to disable The default is 0 C 27 Command Line Interface CLI controller set container_verify verify_enabled boolean Turns the container verify task on or off Switches verify_enabled Specifies whether to turn on or off the container verify feature The command defaults to TRUE which means the command turns on the container verify feature controller show automatic_failover Displays the automatic failover status enabled or disabled for the controller controller show channels Displays all of the channels on the controller with the characteristics of each channel controller show container_verify Displays the status of the container verify status Disk Commands Use the disk commands to manage disks connected to a RAID controller The CLI enables you to monitor disk characteristics and parameters prepare a disk for use and detect defects disk blink device_ID integer Causes the disk access light to blink Parameters device_ID ID of the device to blink integer Number of seconds for the disk to blink A value of zero stops the blinking C 28 Command Line Interface CLI disk initialize always boolean unconditional boolean d
91. isk and insert this disk into your drive 3 Restart your system If you issue the command ACU without any command line switches the ACU displays its main window and waits for your menu selection interactive mode If you include any command line switches with the ACU command ACU processes your command with no further interaction command line or script mode The remainder of this chapter explains in detail how to use the ACU in both interactive and script modes Using Interactive Mode When you issue the ACU command at the MS DOS prompt without any command line switches the ACU displays its main window and waits for your menu selection To select an ACU menu option use the T and J keys and press Enter In some cases selecting an option displays another menu Press Tab to navigate between the fields within a dialog box You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc Creating an Array with ACU Before creating arrays make sure the disks to be used as members of the array are connected and installed Notes m Disks with MS DOS partitions disks with no usable space or disks that are uninitialized appear dimmed and cannot be used for creating a new array m If necessary restart your system to ensure that it detects all connected drives m Ifyou need to initialize a device see page B 16 To create an array select the drive or drives to be used in the array and then assign the desired properties to the
92. ites an existing controller s array configuration to a specified script file enabling you to create the same configuration by running the ACU in playback mode with the resulting script In addition record mode lists certain controller properties that can be set in playback mode Because the ACU supports only a subset of array types available through the CLI and the GUI it cannot record all the possible array configurations If the ACU encounters an array that it cannot create it displays a warning and records the warning in its log file if that switch is used and does not record any properties for that array in its script file The script file is limited to one controller and its associated array configuration files Although you can have multiple controllers on a single system you cannot record all of the controllers and their associated array configurations in one file To record multiple controllers use the ACU record mode once for each individual controller Your result will be multiple files on the same disk with one file corresponding to each controller Determining Build Verify Clear Status When using playback mode to create an array you can specify whether to wait for an array s initial build verify or clear to complete or to continue while the build verify or clear proceeds in the background If you instruct the ACU to continue Wait No you need to be able to check the status of a background build verify or clear task an
93. ithout any user intervention Example Wait Yes Wait No WaitForBuild Keyword The WaitForBuild keyword is provided for backward compatibility only Use the Wait keyword instead The WaitForBuild keyword is still recognized and can be used interchangeably with the Wait keyword WriteCache Keyword The WriteCache keyword indicates whether write caching is used for this array if write caching is supported for the system Possible values are as follows m Yes the default Enable the write cache m No Disable the write cache AK Note Setting an array s WriteCache property to Yes might result in data loss or corruption during a power failure The default is Yes Examples WriteCache Yes WriteCache Always B 31 DOS Utilities Error Handling Because the ACU scripting feature is designed to run without user interaction the ACU handles errors during record and playback by simply exiting immediately whenever an error is detected Whenever the ACU encounters an error during record or playback for example an unrecognized keyword in a script file it reports the error and exits If a log file is opened the ACU writes the error message to the log file Otherwise it displays the message on the screen Upon exit the ACU returns its exit status in the DOS environment variable ERRORLEVEL When the ACU is run within a DOS batch file that batch file can examine the ACU s exit status using the DOS command I
94. iver installation instructions apply to both Red Hat and SuSE Linux systems To install the driver 1 Ensure that the CD drive is mounted and then install the driver RPM This can be done by typing rpm Uvh lt mount point gt packages Linux driver_package aacraid i386 rpm 2 Run fdisk mkfs and create mount points for any new drives Installing the Driver UnixWare and OpenUNIX Although the driver disk you create for UnixWare 7 1 1 and OpenUNIX 8 differ the installation procedures for these operating systems are the same Installing the Driver on a New System In this scenario you are installing the controller in a new UnixWare 7 1 1 or OpenUNIX 8 system To install the driver 1 Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2 Early in the operating system installation you are shown a window labeled Choose One 2 Insert the driver disk select Install HBA diskette and then press F10 The driver loads from the driver disk Then the HBA screen is displayed Select Proceed with Installation and then press F10 Complete the installation as appropriate When the installation is finished remove the driver disk and restart the system Adding the Driver to an Existing System In this scenario you are adding the driver to an existing UnixWare 7 1 1 or OpenUNIX 8 system To install the driver 1 Shut down the computer Install and configure the controller an
95. larger than the maximum size allowed for this array 10 Number of drives do not match the array type The number of drives you selected is invalid for the type of array specified 11 Unable to initialize drive The ACU was unable to initialize one or more devices 12 Error occurred while creating array The ACU encountered an error creating an array 13 Too many spare drives assigned You attempted to assign more than the maximum number of spare drives allowed for the specified array 14 Insufficient memory to run the application There is not enough memory to run the ACU 15 Incorrect controller number The controller number you specified is invalid or out of range 16 Controller not responding The controller has stopped responding to the ACU 17 Build Verify Clear failed The build verify or clear running on one or more arrays has failed 100 You ran ACU and made changes The ACU exited with no errors success and you must restart the computer B 33 DOS Utilities Playback and Record Notes When using ACU in playback or record mode note the following When recording an array the ACU does not create a Wait keyword within an array s definition block in a script file When playing back any script file generated from the ACU record option the ACU uses the default setting Wait Yes when creating an array unless you first edit the script file and include a Wait No line in the array s definition block When re
96. le the task is running Glossary 9 V verify See consistency check command volume See simple volume spanned volume Glossary Glossary 10 Gladaptec Adaptec Inc 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas CA 95035 USA 2003 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec Inc which may be registered in some jurisdictions Part Number 513602 06 Ver AA MKL 05 03
97. lt the Physical Devices displays a condensed view of the controller configuration that hides detailed information about the drives More information is available by either positioning the mouse pointer over the device or clicking on the arrowhead to the left of a row of devices The selected display mode button will appear in a lighter shade of blue than the other two buttons The default display is the Text Description View but in the condensed view used when Adaptec Storage Manager is loaded the display is the same in all three modes If you change the display mode by selecting one of the other view buttons a yellow arrow flashes to the left of any devices where the condensed display omits information Physical Devices View T 2 Ports 0 1 1 50 Gb s 2 devices found Ge An icon is always the first entry on each device line The lt icon is used to represent a hard disk drive If a symbol appears with the hard disk drive icon amp the drive is a hot spare Different icons are used to represent other devices View T is the default display mode and when expanded will show the following information about each device m Capacity of the drive m Drive manufacturer and model number m Drive ID or Serial ATA port number When expanded the Full Size Capacity View button and the Relative Size Capacity View button represent each drive as a bar A drive that is not used as part of any array is shaded
98. m array size available based on the segments you selected is displayed automatically If you want to designate a different array size type the desired array size and select MB megabytes GB gigabytes or TB terabytes from the drop down list If the available space from the selected segments is greater than the size specified the remaining space is available for use in other arrays Select the desired stripe size The allowable stripe sizes are m For RAID 0 1 and 5 only 16 32 and 64 MB the default m For RAID 10 only 32 and 64 MB the default The default stripe size gives the best overall performance in most network environments Specify whether you want to enable read and write caching for the array When Enabled the default caching is enabled providing maximum performance When Disabled caching is disabled Caution When caching is Enabled there is a potential for data loss or corruption during a power failure Caching should usually be enabled to optimize performance unless your data is highly sensitive or unless your application performs completely random reads which is unlikely When you are finished press Done B 14 DOS Utilities Managing Arrays The Manage Arrays option enables you to perform the following functions Viewing Array Properties Assigning Hot Spares Removing Hot Spare Drives Initializing a Hard Drive Making an Array Bootablee Deleting Arrays These operations are d
99. me of the UFI file is based on the controller type and cannot be changed Use the D switch to specify the drive and directory where you want AFU to create the UFI file AA Note You can specify only one controller ID If you include the C switch and specify more than one controller the AFU displays an error message and exits You must restart the computer following a SAVE command Default Switch Values If you do not include the C switch the AFU returns a fatal error message If you do not include the D switch the AFU creates the UFI file in the current default drive and directory Examples A gt AFU SAVE C 0 The AFU saves flash contents from controller 0 to a UFI file in the current default drive and directory A gt AFU SAVE C 1 D C UFI_FILES The AFU saves flash contents from Controller 1 to a UFI file in C UFI_FILES UPDATE The UPDATE command updates a controller s flash components from the flash image data in a UFI file You can use the UPDATE command to update a single controller s flash components or to update multiple controllers on your system You must restart the computer following an UPDATE command Default Switch Values If you do not include the C switch the AFU returns a fatal error message If you do not include the D switch the AFU looks for its UFI files in the current default drive and directory DOS Utilities Example A gt AFU UPDATE C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V4 0 0
100. modify the boot order For more information refer to your system documentation Deleting Arrays Caution Back up the data on an array before you delete it When you delete the array you loose all your data on the array You cannot restore deleted arrays To delete an existing array 1 2 3 4 5 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility From the ACU menu select Manage Arrays Select the array you wish to delete and then press Delete In the Array Properties dialog box press Delete again and then press Enter the following message is displayed Warning Deleting will erase all data from the array Do you still want to continue Yes No 7 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Select Yes to delete the array or No to return to the previous menu At the Array Properties dialog box select Delete again and then press Enter Press Esc to return to the previous menu Managing Failover Drive Assignments To assign a hot spare drive to an array 1 2 5 Select Manage Arrays from the Main menu From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array to which you want to assign a hot spare and then press Ctrl S The Hotspare Management for Array dialog box is displayed which shows the drives that can be assigned as hot spare drives Select a drive and then press Insert to assign the drive as a hot spare The specified drive is displayed in the Assigned Hotspares
101. n you do not need to restart your computer 10 Remove the Adaptec installation CD Your computer must have a Web browser supporting JavaScript and cookies To use Adaptec Storage Manager you need to log on to your computer with root privileges Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on UNIX Your UNIX system may only be used as a managed system Therefore you can use only the following installation options Compact Installs the managed system components m Advanced You select the managed system components If using third party applications requiring remote communications you can add the SNMP agent To install Adaptec Storage Manager type sh lt mount point gt install sh where lt mount point gt is usually mnt cdrom or cdrom Remember that Unix is case sensitive The install script automatically determines the components needed for your computer and performs the installation Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition In this Chapter Overview 5 2 Architecture Overview 5 3 Logging In 5 4 Installing a Security Certificate 5 6 Registering Your Software 5 6 The Basics 5 7 5 1 Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Overview This chapter describes how to use Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition to manage arrays Once you are logged in you will find convenient online help to guide you through the details of creating configuring and managing arrays Note Your controller may no
102. nd performance to that of the smallest and slowest drive The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports up to four drives and supports RAID levels 0 1 5 10 spanned volume and simple volume These array types are described below In addition to RAID capability the Adaptec 2410S5A controller supports a simple volume configuration which consists of a single drive that is not part of an array Such a drive is automatically configured as a simple volume The controller supports up to four simple volumes D 1 Supported RAID Types RAID 0 A RAID 0 is created by striping data across two or more disk drives This striping scheme creates no redundancy to protect the data However because the drives share load equally RAID 0 provides the best read and write performance of any RAID type An example of a RAID 0 array is shown below RAID 1 A RAID 1 array is created by copying or mirroring all data from one drive onto a second drive This mirroring provides redundancy ensuring that if one drive fails no data is lost Redundancy also means that only half of the total capacity is available RAID 1 offers no write performance advantage over a simple volume configuration However because the drives share read load equally RAID 1 provides improved read performance An example of a RAID 1 array is shown above Supported RAID Types RAID 5 This RAID type requires at least three drives Like RAID 0 data is striped across the drives
103. ndicating the start of an array definition block It accepts an optional array label value Examples Array Array MyData Drives Keyword Drives is a required keyword specifying the devices to use in creating the array There is no default value A drive is identified by its channel number ID target and LUN separated by colons For example 0 0 0 or 0 1 0 Separate multiple drive identifiers with commas Caution Any drive specified within the script file is initialized which destroys any data on that drive If a drive is specified in more than one array definition block in a script it is initialized only once Examples Drives 0 0 0 Drives 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 B 26 DOS Utilities Type Keyword Type is a required keyword indicating the array type There is no default value AK Note For information about the maximum number of drives supported and minimum number of drives required see page B 14 The Type keyword values are Volume RAIDO RAID1 RAID5 RAID10 Examples Type Volume Type RAID1 End Keyword End is a required keyword indicating the end of an array definition block Example End HotspareDrives Keyword HotspareDrives is an optional keyword specifying the spare drives to assign to the array Spare drives are specified in the same way as the Drives property If HotspareDrives is not specified no spare drives are assigned to the array B 27 DOS Utilities No
104. ndows installation 4 When prompted to install a third party driver press F6 YX Note When F6 is active a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for only 5 seconds If you miss your chance to press F6 restart the computer 5 Insert the driver disk and wait until prompted to install a driver Press S to specify that the driver is on the floppy disk and then press Enter The computer reads the disk 6 When the Adaptec driver is found press Enter Follow the on screen instructions responding as needed to complete the installation Installing the Driver Adding the Driver to an Existing System In this scenario you are adding the driver to an existing Windows system To install the driver 1 Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2 2 Start Windows Windows launches the Found New Hardware Wizard which searches for the controller driver 3 Insert the driver disk select the floppy drive as the source and then click Next 4 Click Next in the succeeding two windows that appear and follow the on screen instructions to complete the controller installation 5 Remove the driver disk and restart the system Linux Installing the Driver The controller supports Red Hat and SuSE Linux versions as described in the table below Red Hat SuSE Version Kernel Version Version Kernel Version 7 3 2 4 18 3 8 0 2 4 18 8 0 2 4 18 14 8 1 2 4 19
105. ned immediately If TRUE the operation is performed immediately and the command prompt is returned only when done Logfile Commands logfile end Ends logging of all output and closes the log file logfile start append boolean file Begins logging of all CLI command line activity to a file Parameters string Name of log file Switches append Specifies whether to append all CLI command line activity to an existing output file if one exists Command Line Interface CLI Task 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 clearing a disk and creating a RAID 1 Once a task is running on the controller the CLI enables you to display stop suspend and resume the task task list all boolean integer Lists the tasks running on the controller Parameters integer Task ID Switches all Specifies whether to list all currently running tasks task resume all boolean integer Resumes a task that was suspended or all of the tasks that were suspended Parameters integer Task ID for the task to resume Switches all Specifies whether to resume all suspended tasks task stop all boolean integer Stops one or all tasks on the controller Parameters integer Task ID for the task to stop Switches all Specifies whether to stop all suspended tasks
106. o Build Verify Yes Maximum 32 Indicates the start of an array definition block See page B 26 for details Specifies the devices used in creating the array See page B 26 for details Indicates the type of array to create See page B 27 for details Indicates the end of an array definition block See page B 27 for details Specifies the hot spare drives to assign to the array See page B 27 for details Indicates whether to initialize all the drives connected to the controller See page B 28 for details Indicates which method build verify clear or quick init to use when creating a RAID 1 5 or 10 array See page B 29 for details Indicates whether read caching is enabled for this array See page B 29 for details Specifies the size of the array See page B 30 for details Specifies the size of contiguous I O in bytes See page B 30 for details B 25 DOS Utilities Required Default Keyword Value Description Wait No Yes Indicates whether the ACU should wait for the new array s build verify or clear to complete before continuing See page B 31 for details WaitForBuild No Yes Provided for backward compatibility only See page B 31 for details WriteCache No Yes Indicates whether write caching is enabled for this array See page B 31 for details The following sections describe each of these keywords in detail Array Keyword Array is a required keyword i
107. o performance advantage over a single drive Specifications DC Power Requirements Voltage 5V 10 Ripple and noise 50 mV peak to peak maximum Current Requirements Adaptec 2410SA 1 A maximum Environmental Specifications Ambient temperature 0 C to 50 C Relative humidity 10 to 90 noncondensing Altitude up to 3 000 meters A Note Forced airflow is recommended but not required Glossary A activity See task ACU Array Configuration Utility An application used to create configure and manage arrays from the controller s BIOS or MS DOS array A logical disk created from available space and made up of one or more segments on one or more physical disks Arrays are typically used to provide data redundancy or enhanced I O performance See also container segment volume spanned volume RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 and RAID 10 Also known as a container array initialization See initialize ATA AT Bus Attachment Standard parallel interface to IDE hard disks typically used in desktop computers and some entry level servers Serial ATA SATA is a successor to parallel ATA which is sometimes referred to as PATA available space segment Unused space on an initialized disk from which logical devices arrays are created When an array is deleted the space that it used is returned to the available space pool Glossary 1 Glossary B bad segment Segment that is in an unknown state background con
108. oller in the system Select the controller by clicking anywhere on the controller information When the controller is selected the Events Properties and Tasks buttons change from blue to amber Clicking any of them displays an additional window with information and options specific to this controller Pop Up Tool Tips If you position the cursor over a device or button a pop up tool tip appears For buttons the tips contain helpful information about the function of the button while for devices they display additional information Physical Devices The Physical Devices view displays information about the drives and enclosures attached to the Adaptec RAID controller The devices are shown organized by the channel or port that they are connected to and shown in numerical order The display for each channel includes information on maximum speed capability the number of the channel on the controller and the number of devices found excluding the controller Selecting a channel or device turns the Events Properties and Tasks buttons amber Clicking any of these buttons displays an additional window with information and options specific to that device or channel At the top of the Physical Devices view grouped to the right of View are three view selection buttons These buttons select the physical devices connected to this controller Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Changing How Drives are Displayed By defau
109. om the Command Line B 4 g the Firmware Using AFU B 5 AFU Commands B 7 AFU Error Handling B 10 Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU B 11 active Script Mode B 11 ning the ACU B 12 Using Interactive Mode B 12 Creating an Array with ACU B 12 Managing Arrays B 15 Using the Scripting Features B 18 Script File Syntax B 24 Array Definition Block Properties B 25 Error Handling B 32 Playback and Record Notes B 34 Invoking the ACU and Using a Script B 34 Command Line Interface CLI Introduction C 1 Terminology C 2 Accessing the CLI C 2 Accessing the CLI in MS DOS C 3 Accessing the CLI in Windows C 3 Accessing the CLI in UNIX C 3 Contents Using the CLI C 3 Opening and Closing a Controller C 4 Managing Failover Options and Hot Spares C 7 Displaying Controller Information C 9 Displaying Disk Information C 11 Displaying Array Information C 12 CLI Command Dictionary C 15 General Control Commands C 15 Container Array Commands C 16 Controller Commands C 25 Disk Commands C 28 Logfile Commands C 32 Task Commands C 33 Enclosure Commands C 34 Using Automated Command Scripts C 38 RAIDO D 2 RAID1 D 2 RAIDS D 3 RAID 10 D 4 Simple Volume D 4 Spanned Volume D 4 Specifications Glossary xi Introduction In this Chapter Read this First System Requirements Kit Contents About the Documentation Controller Features Overview of the Installation Process Storage Management Software Overview
110. or command details System Requirements The requirements for AFU are as follows m AFU runs under MS DOS version 5 0 or later It cannot run from a DOS command prompt window under any version of Windows You must shut down your operating system and reboot to DOS to use the AFU To start MS DOS boot from a bootable MS DOS floppy disk or from a DOS partition on a bootable drive AFU requires at least 8 MB of extended memory AFU does not run with any DOS extenders installed in memory such as EMM3 86 SYS and DOS4Gw AFU does support HIMEM SYS and is compatible with other DOS drivers running under HIMEM SYS for example SMARTDRV SYS and SETVER SYS DOS Utilities m The AFU can run from a partition on a drive or array attached to the controller you are updating Once the flash update begins no I O is possible to any array attached to that controller until the flash operation is completed and the system is restarted If you want to update multiple controllers in the same system you should first update the boot controller s flash restart the system and then update the flash for any remaining controllers Firmware Floppy Disk Kit Controller firmware is available on Adaptec installation CD or from www adaptec com The CD includes the AFU executable AFU exe the corresponding documentation and a separate flash image The flash image may be comprised of multiple UFI files To cr
111. or the array only applies to RAID 5 clear Specifies whether to clear the entire array during initialization label Label to assign to the newly created array quick_init Specifies to use the Quick Init process making the array available immediately scrub Specifies whether to set up the parity by building wait If FALSE the default the operation is performed in the background and the command prompt is returned immediately If TRUE the operation is performed immediately and the command prompt is returned only when done container create stripe cache boolean stripe_size integer label string free_space device_ID Creates a RAID 0 Parameters free_space Device and its associated available space to use to create the RAID 0 device_ID One or more devices C 19 Command Line Interface CLI Switches cache Specifies whether to enable caching on the array stripe_size Stripe size for the RAID 0 The default is 64 KB label Label to assign to the new RAID 0 container create volume cache boolean label string device_ID free_space device_ID free_space Creates a volume Parameters device_ID Device and its associated available space to use to create the volume free_space Available space to use to create the volume device_ID free_space Additional devices and associated available spaces Switches cache Specifies wheth
112. otely managed system requires all of the following components m The remote system must contain a browser m The managed system must contain an Adaptec storage agent m Remote and managed systems must have a TCP IP connection The Web service can be installed on the same remote system as the browser the system with the RAID controller installed or a third system Communication security is ensured because Secure HTTP S HTTP or SSL protocols are used to encrypt all transmitted data Connection over an Ethernet network a corporate WAN or VPN are supported Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Logging In To login 1 Start Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition a In Windows click Start gt Programs gt Adaptec Storage Manager gt Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition m In Linux click Start gt System gt Adaptec Storage Manager The Login screen shown below is presented ADAPTEC STORAGE MANAGER Browser eoirion Gladaptec System Login Hostname ocathost Usermame Seas Password aaa Losin 2 Enter the host name or IP address of the system you want to manage and the username and password you would use to log into that system 3 Click Login Notes When running Adaptec Storage Manager for the first time m You need to install a security certificate if you chose not to during the installation process For instructions see Installing a Security Certificate on page 5 6 m Yo
113. over works only with disks that reside in an SAF TE or SES enabled enclosure Caution During hot spare assignment all data is deleted from the hot spare Through the CLI you can m Display a controller s automatic failover status m Enable automatic failover Displaying the Controller s Automatic Failover Status To display a controller s automatic failover status use the controller show automatic_failover command In the following example automatic failover is DISABLED AACO gt controller show automatic_failover Executing controller show automatic_failover Automatic failover DISABLED Enabling Automatic Failover To enable automatic failover use the controller set automatic_failover command with the failover switch as in the following example AACO gt controller set automatic_failover failover_enabled TRUE Executing controller set automatic_failover failover_enabled TRUE After running the controller set automatic_failover command use the controller show automatic_failover command to verify that automatic failover has been enabled If necessary you can now replace a failed disk with a replacement disk C 8 Command Line Interface CLI Displaying Controller Information Controllers exhibit a number of attributes that you can display or manage using the following CLI commands m controller list Controller Attribute Indicates controller adapter name controller adapter t
114. oving Hot Spare Drives To remove an assigned spare drive from an array 1 Select Manage Arrays from the Main menu 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box select the array you want to remove the assigned spare drive from and type Ctrl S The Hotspare Management for Array dialog box is displayed it shows which drives can be assigned as spare drives and a list of drives that are already assigned as spare drives 3 From the Assigned Hotspares drives list select the drive to be removed and then press Delete to remove the drive as a spare The specified drive is displayed in the Select Hotspares Drives list 4 Press Enter to save the removed spare drive assignment The following prompt is displayed Have you finished managing Hotspare drives 5 Press Y for yes to return to the Main menu Initializing a Hard Drive You must initialize a drive before you can use it as part of an array You can tell a drive is not available and must be initialized if it is not listed in the disk selection list or if it is listed but grayed out Caution Initializing a disk deletes all data on the disk Actually it overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes all the previous data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is a member of an existing array you might not be able to use that array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array numbered 00 in the List of Arrays dialog box See Viewing Array Properties on page B 15
115. r or a decimal number followed by the unit keyword MB megabytes GB gigabytes or TB terabytes A unit keyword is required with a numeric size value If no unit keyword is specified the ACU exits with an error Specify Maximum the default to create an array using the maximum available space based on the array type and drives selected Examples Size 2 5GB Size 300MB Size Maximum StripeSize Keyword K Note This keyword supports only RAID 0 RAID 5 and RAID 10 arrays The StripeSize keyword specifies the size of contiguous I O in MB written to each member of a striped array before switching to the next member The possible values for StripeSize are 16 32 and 64 kilobytes The default is 64 Example StripeSize 64 B 30 DOS Utilities Wait Keyword The Wait keyword indicates whether the ACU should wait for the new array s build verify or clear to complete before continuing The Wait property is optional if not specified the ACU waits for the array s build verify or clear to complete before continuing Specify Wait No to allow the ACU to continue while the build verify or clear completes in the background Array build verifies and clears any tasks executed entirely on the controller and do not depend on the ACU or any other host application to complete If the controller is powered off before the build verify or clear completes and is then restarted the build verify or clear task resumes w
116. reating the Driver Disk 3 2 Creating the Linux Driver Disk 3 2 viji Contents Windows 3 3 Installing the Driver in a New System 3 3 Adding the Driver to an Existing System 3 4 Linux 3 5 Installing the Driver in a New Red Hat System 3 5 APA the Driver to an Existing System 3 6 Installing the Driver on a New System 3 7 Adding the Driver to an Existing System 3 7 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Overview 4 1 Supported Browsers 4 2 Typical Custom and Compact Installations 4 2 Remote and Managed Systems 4 3 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows 4 4 Configuring Internet Browsers on Windows 4 5 Insta ng Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux 4 8 stalling Adaptec Storage Manager on UNIX 4 9 Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Overview 5 2 Architecture Overview 5 3 Logging In 5 4 Installing a Security Certificate 5 6 Registering Your Software 5 6 The Basics 5 7 Pop Up Tool Tips 5 8 Physical Devices 5 8 Logical Devices 5 10 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Using the Array Configuration Utility A 2 Managing Arrays As Creating Arrays A 6 Initializing Disk Drives A 8 Rescanning Disk Drives A 9 ix Contents Using SATASelect A 9 Using the Disk Utilities A 11 Viewing the Event Log A 12 DOS Utilities Using the Adaptec Flash Utility AFU B 1 aai of the AFU B 2 Sy Requirements B 2 Tenai Floppy Disk Kit B 3 Running the AFU B 4 g the AFU from the GUI B 4 ing the AFU fr
117. rl A From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility 1 2 3 4 From the ACU menu select Create Array 5 Browse with the arrow keys to select a channel 6 Select the disks for the new array and then press Insert ACU displays the largest usable space available for each disk You can use available space from multiple disks for the new array To deselect any disk highlight the disk and then press Delete YX Note The ACU cannot reliably find disks or enclosures that were powered up after system power up Therefore power up enclosures prior to powering up the host 7 Press Enter when all disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu is displayed After you install a controller in a system and start it for the first time the BIOS announces the configuration it has detected This configuration may not match your system s configuration Caution If you do not take any action within 30 seconds the system automatically accepts the configuration If the configuration does not match your system reject it or enter the ARC utility Otherwise the array configuration may be erased If necessary enter the ARC utility Upon entering ARC accept the configuration that ARC reports and then modify the configuration to suit your needs Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Assigning Array Properties The ACU can be used to assign array properties only prior to array creation After the array is crea
118. ry filename and extension Only the filename and extension LOG are required If no drive or directory is specified defaults are used Optional Controller Number Switch In systems with more than one controller this switch specifies which controller to change The lt number gt is a controller number Controller numbers start with zero The default is Controller 0 Note The number assigned to a particular controller is dependent on the controller s physical PCI slot and the order in which your system scans its PCI slots B 19 DOS Utilities Playback Mode Playback mode enables you to create one or more arrays 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 array properties listed in the table below Property Description Type Supported array types are m Volume m RAIDO m RAID1 m RAID5 m RAID 10 Size Size of the array to be created Size can be specified in megabyte MB gigabyte GB or terabyte TB units or Maximum to specify the maximum size based on the given type and disks Label Alphanumeric string uniquely identifying the array StripeSize Size in MB of contiguous data distributed across a striped array RAID 0 RAID 5 or RAID 10 Cache settings You can specify the following cache values m ReadCache Yes enable or No disable m WriteCache
119. s Now that you have installed your Adaptec 2410SA controller and connected your Serial ATA hard drives you are ready to use the ARC utility to check your controller and devices as described below 1 Turn on your computer 2 When prompted enter the ARC utility by pressing Ctrl A 3 If your drives have already been used in another system even if not part of an array select Array Configuration Utility and initialize the drives Otherwise skip to the Step 4 AK Note If a drive appears to be missing power down the computer and check the connections 4 Select SATASelect to verify the hardware configuration of the controller and the drives Verify that all drives and controllers are shown If anything appears to be missing power down the computer and check the connections Determining the Boot Controller Your Adaptec 2410SA is a bootable controller If your computer already contains a bootable hard drive with an installed operating system you can set up your computer to boot a second operating system from the new controller To add a second bootable controller you may need to enter Setup and change the hard disk boot sequence so that the Adaptec 2410SA controller heads the list If Setup does not allow this change your system BIOS may not be configurable to allow the Adaptec 2410SA controller to act as a second boot device Installing the Driver In this Chapter Creating the Driver Disk 3 2 Windows 3 3 Linux
120. s or corruption during a power failure Caching should usually be enabled to optimize performance unless your data is highly sensitive or unless your application performs completely random reads which is unlikely 6 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Specify whether you want to enable write caching for the array When you are finished select Done Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you need to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array The boot array is the lowest numbered array normally 00 in the List of Arrays dialog box See Viewing Array Properties on page A 3 for information on determining which disks are associated with a particular array To initialize drives 1 2 3 4 5 for At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A From the ARC menu select Array Configuration Utility Select Initialize Drives Browse with the arrow keys to select a channel Browse with the arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to initialize and then press Insert Repeat step 5 until all the drives to be initialized are selected Press Enter Read the warnin
121. s respective drives in equal sized sections called stripes RAID 0 arrays are not redundant RAID 1 Single level array consisting of two equal segments residing on two different drives Provides redundancy by storing identical copies on two drives See also mirrored array mirroring RAID 5 Single level array consisting of at least three drives Like RAID 0 data is striped across the drives However in RAID 5 parity is stored separately from data and occupies the equivalent of one Glossary 7 Glossary drive The controller generates parity every time data is written to the array and it is distributed in stripes across all the drives RAID 10 Dual level RAID type created by using two or more equal sized RAID 1 arrays to create a RAID 0 Both read and write performance are improved due to array striping However the performance improvement costs additional storage space due to the mirroring of the arrays RAID signature The area on each disk reserved for use by the RAID controller RAID volume Concatenates two or more arrays of the same type rebuild Background regeneration of redundant data on a RAID 1 reconfiguration Process of expanding an array or migrating an array from one RAID type to another changing the stripe size of a RAID 0 or moving a logical device s segments to other disks redundant The ability of an array to maintain operability when one or more hardware failures occur RAID 1 is redundant
122. sible Whether an array is locked into volatile memory space on the currently open controller Type of file system if any that resides on an array Appears in the Usage column That a file system resides on a multipartition array Appears in the Usage column There is a mounted file system on the array There is an unknown file system on the array The array is unusable and cannot be mounted The RAID controller software cannot configure the array or the array is offline The Linux operating system recognized the array and there has been a query such as mount fdisk read or write on the array Creation of a RAID 1 mirror The RAID 1 is in the normal state An array is being used as a copy hidden array Copy An array is being used as a destination hidden array Dest An array is being used as a RAID 5 hidden array RAID 5 An array is being used as a source hidden array Source An array is being used as a temporary or hidden array Temp Creation of a RAID 5 Unprot C 13 Command Line Interface CLI Example of container list AACO gt 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 0 01 0 64KB 15MB Venus 02 64KB 15MB container show cache Cache Attribute Indicates global container read cache Number of blocks dedicated to the read cache size global container writ
123. sistency check Consistency check performed as a background process See also consistency check command bootable array Array configured as the boot device build Background initialization of a redundant array The array is accessible throughout RAID 1 copies the contents of the primary drive to a secondary drive See also clear bus See channel C cache Fast access memory on the controller that serves as intermediate storage for data that is read from or written to drives capacity Total usable space available in megabytes or gigabytes channel Any path or bus used for the transfer of data and the control of information between storage devices and a RAID controller For Serial ATA channels each channel has a single drive capacity chunk See stripe Glossary 2 Glossary clear Foreground initialization of a fault tolerant array A clear operation zeros all blocks of the array The array is not accessible until the clear task is complete concatenation Joining of physical or logical drives in sequential order consistency check command The controller continuously performs a verification on a redundant array to data integrity In the case of RAID 1 or 10 consistency checks assure that the data between like blocks match In the case of a RAID 5 consistency checks assure that data in the stripe and the calculated parity for the stripe match container See array D dead partition See failed
124. stand this entire chapter Install and configure the controller and hard drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2 Installing the Controller In Chapter 3 Installing the Driver the procedure depends on your system In a new system a Build the array b Install the controller driver at the beginning of the operating system installation In an existing system a Install the controller driver b Build the array Install Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition as described in Chapter 4 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Register online to receive important information about your controller at register adaptec com Introduction Storage Management Software Overview The Adaptec 2410SA controller includes the following software tools to manage your storage subsystem m Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Browser based storage management software that provides all of the creation management and data logging needed to manage arrays Arrays may be set up and managed on systems using the following operating systems m Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 m Red Hat Linux 7 3 and 8 0 m SuSE Linux 8 0 and 8 1 For details see Chapters 4 and 5 m Adaptec RAID Configuration ARC Utility Part of the controller s built in BIOS code You start the ARC utility by pressing Ctrl A during BIOS startup For details see Appendix A Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility The ARC
125. t support all of the features described In most cases if a feature is not supported by your controller the feature does not appear in the interface With Adaptec Storage Manager you can m Locally manage a system containing a supported Adaptec RAID controller that has Windows or Linux and a supported browser m Remotely manage any system containing a supported Adaptec RAID controller that has Managed System Components See Typical Custom and Compact Installations on page 4 2 You can manage a system remotely from a system that does not contain a RAID controller 4X UNIX Systems Only The remote system the system doing the managing must have the ARCPD agent installed These same Windows and Linux systems can also be managed remotely by either of the following methods m Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on the remote system m Directing the browser on the remote system to the system you want to manage Note To manage an array remotely from a Linux system install Adaptec Storage Manager on the system and use the Adaptec supplied version of Mozilla as the browser Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Architecture Overview A locally managed system requires all of the following components m A supported Web browser which should already be installed on the system m The Adaptec Web service which supplies content displayed on the Web browser m An Adaptec supplied storage agent A rem
126. ted you need to use Adaptec Storage Manager To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu select an array type and then press Enter The display shows only the array types available for the number of drives selected The maximum number of drives allowed and minimum number of drives required depends on the RAID level as described in the table below RAID Level Maximum Drives Allowed Minimum Drives Required Simple volume 4 1 RAID 0 4 2 RAID 1 2 2 RAID5 4 3 RAID 10 4 4 Type in an optional label for the array and then press Enter Enter the desired array size The maximum array size available based on the segments you selected is displayed automatically If you want to designate a different array size type the desired array size and select MB megabytes GB gigabytes or TB terabytes from the drop down list If the available space from the selected segments is greater than the size you specify the remaining space is available for use in other arrays Select the desired stripe size The allowable stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB the default The default stripe size provides the best overall performance in most network environments Specify whether you want to enable read and write caching for the array When Enabled the default caching is enabled providing maximum performance When Disabled caching is disabled Caution When caching is Enabled there is a potential for data los
127. tes m When assigning spare drives to a RAID 10 array the ACU assigns all the drives in the list to all the arrays within the multilevel array m ACU only creates dedicated hot spares If the same drive is assigned to protect multiple arrays only the last array that drive is assigned to is protected m The ACU makes no checks to ensure that the amount of available space on the specified spare drives is sufficient to serve as failover for the given array Example HotspareDrives 0 0 0 0 1 0 InitializeAll Keyword InitializeAl11 is an optional keyword indicating that all the drives connected to the controller should be initialized and any existing arrays deleted before creating a new array This property applies to all drives on all channels of the controller The default is InitializeAl1 No Possible values are as follows m Yes lInitialize all drives No Do not initialize all drives only those drives specified with the Drives property keyword are initialized The InitializeAll keyword is both global and position independent within a script file If InitializeAll Yes appears in any array definition block within the file all drives connected to the controller are initialized and any existing arrays are deleted before any new arrays are created If there is no InitializeAll Yes property specified anywhere in the script the ACU initializes only those drives specified with the Drives property keyword See Initializing a Har
128. the IP address of the managed system you want to manage remotely 1 2 3 Select Tools gt Internet Options gt Connections gt LAN Settings Select Use a proxy server for your LAN gt Advanced In the Exceptions section type the managed system s IP address Configuring Netscape Navigator for Local Management Note These instructions apply specifically to Version 7 and may differ in later versions To configure Netscape Navigator 1 2 3 Log into your computer with administrator access Select Edit gt Preferences In the Preferences window click the right arrow on the Privacy and Security line Ensure that one of the Enable cookies selections is selected Select the Advanced line Ensure that Enable Javascript for Navigator is checked Exit Navigator then restart it This enables any settings you have modified You are now ready to proceed to Chapter 5 Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Configuring Netscape Navigator for Remote Management If you know the IP address of the managed system you want to manage remotely 1 2 Select Edit gt Preferences gt Advanced gt Proxies gt Manual proxy configuration gt No Proxy For Type the managed system s IP address Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux A Note When performing this installation keep in mind that Linux is case sensitive To install Adapt
129. the controller or hard drives m The interface cable ends are identical so you don t need to worry about which end to attach to the controller and which end to the drive m Allinterface connectors are keyed so that you can insert them in only one direction 2 1 Installing the Controller Installing the Controller To install the controller in the system cabinet 1 2 3 Shut down your computer and disconnect the power cord Open the computer cabinet and identify an unused PCI slot If your computer accepts low profile brackets only install the low profile bracket supplied with your kit in place of the standard full height bracket Identify an unused PCI slot and remove the slot cover as illustrated below Install the controller in the PCI slot and secure the controller bracket to the host system cabinet If you have not already installed your Serial ATA hard drives do so now Use the cables supplied with your kit to connect your controller to the Serial ATA hard drives The cable connectors are all identical so it does not matter which end you connect to your controller or hard drive Also the connectors are keyed to fit the connector in only one direction Do not try to force a cable connector onto the controller or a drive If the connector does not slide on easily try reversing it Close the computer cabinet and re attach the power cord Installing the Controller Checking Your Controller and Device
130. u are asked to register your software For instructions see Registering Your Software on page 5 6 Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition To log in from any system with a Web browser 1 Start the Web browser application and type the IP address for the system you want to access in the address bar and then press Enter For example https 10 6 3 14 3513 adaptec When connection to the remote system is established the System Login screen appears YX Note If you are using a proxy server to access the Internet you must bypass the proxy server to access the Adaptec Storage Manager Web server See Configuring Internet Browsers on Windows on page 4 5 for details Enter the host name or IP address of the system you want to manage and the administrative username and password that you would normally use to log into that system Click Login 5 5 Using Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition Installing a Security Certificate If you chose not to install a security certificate when you installed Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition you must install the certificate when you run the application for the first time To create the certificate 1 When the Security Alert window appears click View Certificate 2 When the Certificate window appears click Install Certificate 3 When the Certificate Import wizard appears click Next The Certificate Import wizard window s contents change 4 Accept the default
131. utility contains m Array Configuration Utility ACU Used to create configure and manage arrays Also available as a DOS based executable For details see Appendix A Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility m SATASelect Used to to verify the hardware configuration of the controller and the drives m Disk Utilities Used to format and verify drives m DOS Utilities Contained on the CD m Command Line Interface CLI Enables you to automate array creation or testing in a production environment using scripts 1 8 Introduction Safety Information To ensure you personal safety as well as the safety of you equipment m Keep your work area and the computer clean and clear of debris m Before opening the system cabinet unplug the power cord Notes and Cautions This Installation and User s Guide uses notes and cautions that emphasize important information as described below A Note Emphasizes important information that if ignored would not result in injury property damage or data loss Caution Emphasizes important information that if ignored could cause equipment failure or loss of data Electrostatic Discharge Electrostatic Discharge ESD is a natural by product of human activity ESD is produced by materials that accumulate and retain electrical charges which are transferred to people or other objects upon contact Caution ESD can damage electronic components when they are improperly h
132. ype controller availability Name Product name Access mode Example of controller list CLI gt controller list Executing controller list Adapter Name Adapter Type Availability AACO Adaptec xxxxx read write m controller details Controller Attribute Indicates controller adapter name Name controller adapter type controller availability controller remote computer controller serial number controller CPU type number of channels number of devices per channel controller CPU speed controller memory Product name Access mode Name of remote computer on which an open controller resides Last six hexadecimal characters of serial number CPU Number of channels Maximum number of devices not including host controller Clock speed in megahertz Total amount of memory that programs can use C 9 Command Line Interface CLI Example of controller details AACO gt controller details Executing controller details Controller Information Remote Computer Device Name Controller Type Access Mode Controller Serial Number Number of Buses Devices per Bus Controller CPU Controller CPU Speed Controller Memory Battery State Component Revisions CLI API Miniport Driver Controller Software Controller BIOS Controller Firmware Controller Hardware B AACO Adaptec XXXXXX READ WRITE Last Six Digits 2 15 i960 100 Mhz 64 Mbytes Not Present 8A277A

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