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Adaptec Firmware/BIOS/Drivers/Utilities Version 1.1

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Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc.
Document No.: CDP-00277-02-A Rev. A, Issue:

Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide

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Page 1: ...Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User s Guide CDP 00277 02 A Rev A Issue December 4 2012...

Page 2: ...ssly disclaims all representations and warranties of any kind regarding the contents or use of the information including but not limited to express and implied warranties of accuracy completeness merc...

Page 3: ...Date Issue Adaptec Firmware BIOS Drivers Utilities Version 1 1 December 4 2012 1 1 3 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00277 02 A Rev A Issue Serial Attached SCSI RAID Co...

Page 4: ...the Adaptec RAID 71605E 28 About the Adaptec RAID 71685 29 About the Adaptec RAID 72405 30 4 Getting Started 31 Choosing a RAID Level 31 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 31 Disk Drives 31 Cables 31 Re...

Page 5: ...g on Windows 59 Installing on Red Hat Cent OS SuSE or Fedora Linux 60 Installing on Debian Linux 60 Installing on Ubuntu Linux 60 Installing on Solaris 61 Installing on FreeBSD 61 Installing on VMware...

Page 6: ...rrays 83 Modifying Power Management Settings 84 Modifying Cache Settings 84 Initializing Disk Drives 85 Rescanning Disk Drives 85 Secure Erasing Disk Drives 85 Stopping a Secure Erase 85 Uninitializin...

Page 7: ...nector Specification 98 Adaptec RAID 6805E 6805E R5 LED Connector Specification 99 Adaptec RAID 6405T LED Connector Specification 100 Adaptec RAID 6805T 6805TQ LED Connector Specification 101 Adaptec...

Page 8: ...site at www adaptec com Search the Adaptec Support Knowledgebase ASK at ask adaptec com for articles troubleshooting tips and frequently asked questions for your product For support via e mail submit...

Page 9: ...r dans le base de connaissances Adaptec ASK ask fr adaptec com pour des articles conseils de d pannage et les questions fr quemment pos es pour votre produit 9 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sier...

Page 10: ...OW OR HEREAFTER MIGHT OTHERWISE ARISE RESPECT TO THIS PRODUCT IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT SHALL A HAVE NO GREATER DURATI...

Page 11: ...e receiving antenna Increase the separation between equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or...

Page 12: ...New Zealand standard AS NZS 3548 set out by the Spectrum Management Agency Canadian Compliance Statement This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equi...

Page 13: ...ic wave suitability equipment and to be used mainly at home and it can be used in all areas 13 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00277 02 A Rev A Issue Serial Attached SCS...

Page 14: ...Manager called simply maxView Storage Manager in the remainder of this guide or the other utilities described in this guide Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this guide are known to compu...

Page 15: ...how to use the included Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration ARCCONF command line utility see About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility on page 64 to perform basic array and configurat...

Page 16: ...ersion support check the readme on the Adaptec Installation DVD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www adaptec com To download Linux driver sources visit the Support area of the Adaptec Web site at www...

Page 17: ...AID 10 arrays comprised of hard drives and Solid State Drives SSDs Adaptec Series 6 Controllers Only Support for JBOD disks appear as a physical disk drives to the operating system not redundant Suppo...

Page 18: ...e AFM 700 with Supercapacitor Card optional Adaptec RAID 7805 Adaptec RAID 71605 Adaptec RAID 71685 Adaptec RAID 72405 Adaptec Flash Backup Module AFM 700 with Supercapacitor Card pre installed Adapte...

Page 19: ...ini SAS x4 SFF 8087 Connectors internal 4 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders Maximum number of disk drives I2C and SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output Enclosure Support Yes Onboard spea...

Page 20: ...7 internal Connectors 1 mini SAS x4 SFF 8088 external 8 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders Maximum number of disk drives SES I2C and SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output Enclosure Suppor...

Page 21: ...anders Maximum number of disk drives 6805Q Up to 8 solid state drives 2TB capacity max See the maxCache compatibility list at www adaptec com compatibility maxCache SSD support I2C and SGPIO Serial Ge...

Page 22: ...te 4 Phys Unified Serial Ports 128 MB DDR2 Standard cache 1 mini SAS x4 SFF 8087 Connectors internal 4 direct attached Maximum number of disk drives SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output Enclosure...

Page 23: ...ansfer rate 8 Phys Unified Serial Ports 128 MB DDR2 Standard cache 2 mini SAS x4 SFF 8087 Connectors internal 8 direct attached Maximum number of disk drives SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output...

Page 24: ...e 1 mini SAS x4 SFF 8087 Connectors internal 4 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders Maximum number of disk drives SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output Enclosure Support Yes Onboard speaker...

Page 25: ...rts 512 MB DDR2 Standard cache 2 mini SAS x4 SFF 8087 Connectors internal 8 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders Maximum number of disk drives 6805TQ Up to 8 solid state drives 2TB capacity max...

Page 26: ...FF 8643 Connectors internal 8 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders Maximum number of disk drives 7805Q Up to 8 solid state drives 2TB capacity max See the maxCache compatibility list at www ada...

Page 27: ...D x4 SFF 8643 Connectors internal 16 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders Maximum number of disk drives 71605Q Up to 16 solid state drives 2TB capacity max See the maxCache compatibility list a...

Page 28: ...b s per port Data transfer rate 16 Phys Unified Serial Ports 256 MB DDR3 Standard cache 4 mini SAS HD x4 SFF 8643 Connectors internal 16 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders Maximum number of d...

Page 29: ...te 24 Phys Unified Serial Ports 1024 MB DDR3 Standard cache 4 mini SAS HD x4 SFF 8643 Connectors internal 2 mini SAS HD x4 SFF 8644 Connectors external 24 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders M...

Page 30: ...r port Data transfer rate 24 Phys Unified Serial Ports 1024 MB DDR3 Standard cache 6 mini SAS HD x4 SFF 8643 Connectors internal 24 direct attached or up to 256 with expanders Maximum number of disk d...

Page 31: ...pes and mirrors data across multiple disk drives Redundancy and improved performance see RAID 10 Arrays on page 76 RAID 50 Array Built from multiple disk drives configured as two or more RAID 5 arrays...

Page 32: ...cts to a backplane or enclosure Adaptec SAS Adapter 6xx5 Cables External mini SAS SFF 8088 to SFF 8470 Connects to an external SAS enclosure Internal mini SAS with power SFF 8087 to SFF 8482 Connects...

Page 33: ...t is mounted on the back of the controller as shown in the figure below Front of board Full height bracket Back of board Low profle bracket To replace the full height bracket with the low profile brac...

Page 34: ...he PCB Figure 3 Raised side of bracket Front of board Flat side of bracket Back of board Caution The torque on the mounting screws should be a maximum of 3 0 4 0 lbf in to avoid deformation Be sure th...

Page 35: ...e Manager and begin to manage your data storage see Managing Your Storage Space on page 64 Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives see...

Page 36: ...maintenance cache protection with batteryless backup ZMCP ZMCP uses flash memory and a supercapacitor module to protect the cache without a battery Follow one of these sets of instructions To install...

Page 37: ...ntroller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection Adaptec RAID controllers with zero maintenance cache protection include a flash module daughterboard and a supercapacitor module On Adaptec Series Q con...

Page 38: ...late aside continue with the steps below 2 Turn off your computer and disconnect the power cord Open the cabinet following the manufacturer s instructions 3 Select an available PCIe expansion slot tha...

Page 39: ...cket in the expansion slot using the retention device for instance a screw or lever supplied with your computer 6 Attach the supercapacitor module to the RAID controller by inserting the connector int...

Page 40: ...Optionally connect your RAID controller s I2C connector not available on all models to an I2C connector on an internal backplane or enclosure using an I2C cable For more connection details see About Y...

Page 41: ...ed to and communicate with each other through a system backplane The number of disk drives is limited to the number of slots available on the backplane Some backplanes have embedded SAS expanders and...

Page 42: ...he controller as shown in the example below To other SSDs SSD connected to controller with internal mini SAS HD to SATA Fanout cable Single port connector Internal x4 mini SAS HD connector 3 When all...

Page 43: ...If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 44 If you are completing a standard installation onto an exist...

Page 44: ...ollowing section maxView Storage Manager Graphical software application running from a bootable installation DVD that you can navigate with your mouse see About maxView Storage Manager on page 64 ARCC...

Page 45: ...ress Y to confirm Write Caching Press Enter to use the default Build Verify Create RAID via Press Enter to use the default Enable MaxCache Read Press Enter to use the default Disable MaxCache Write Pr...

Page 46: ...Express Configuration is selected then click Next 7 Review the logical drive configuration summary maxView Storage Manager uses the term logical drive when referring to an array see Terminology Used...

Page 47: ...he Adaptec Installation DVD For information on installing and using maxView Storage Manager as a full software application refer to the maxView Storage Manager User s Guide 12 Continue with the follow...

Page 48: ...4 1 you must create the driver disk manually on a USB flash drive USB stick or writable CD See the instructions for your operating system below For Red Hat 6 and Cent OS 6 DKMS driver installation see...

Page 49: ...ve 6 Continue with Installing with Debian Linux on page 52 or Installing with Ubuntu Linux on page 53 Creating a Driver Disk for VMware ESX 4 1 Note You will need the Adaptec Installation DVD and a wr...

Page 50: ...tion screen appears insert the USB driver disk 4 Type this command at the Boot prompt and press Enter linux dd 5 Select Yes to indicate that you have a driver disk then select the driver image from th...

Page 51: ...allation CD 2 Restart your computer 3 When the Welcome screen appears press Enter at the boot prompt type CTRL ALT F2 to switch to the shell then continue the installation by selecting your language a...

Page 52: ...installation screen and complete the installation as usual 8 Complete the installation following the on screen instructions 9 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 64 Installing with Debia...

Page 53: ...root target sbin depmod a 2 6 32 5 486 update initramfs u v exit Debian 64 bit cp f AACRAID aacraid ko target lib modules 2 6 32 5 amd64 kernel drivers scsi aacraid aacraid ko chroot target sbin depmo...

Page 54: ...plete the driver installation Ubuntu 32 bit cp f AACRAID aacraid ko POST_MOD target lib modules 2 6 32 28 generic pae kernel drivers scsi aacraid aacraid ko chroot target sbin depmod a 2 6 32 28 gener...

Page 55: ...sure the system is configured to boot from the controller s bootable array not the USB drive 10 To ensure that the driver is loaded automatically as a module at boot time repeat Steps 4 7 then comple...

Page 56: ...LI or create the custom boot image To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing VMware ESXi 5 x 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft NET 2 0 if not installed on your machine...

Page 57: ...CRAID driver binary as a software depot where xxxxx is the build number VMware ESXi 5 0 Add EsxSoftwareDepot C ESXi5 0 PMC CustomISO aacraid esxi5 0 1 2 1 xxxxx zip VMware ESXi 5 1 Add EsxSoftwareDepo...

Page 58: ...Profile ImageProfile ESXi 5 0 Adaptec Series 7 FilePath C ESXi5 0 PMC CustomISO ESXi5 0 PMC Sierra Series 7 iso NoSignatureCheck ExportToISO VMware ESXi 5 1 Export EsxImageProfile ImageProfile ESXi 5...

Page 59: ...system see Installing on FreeBSD on page 61 and Installing on VMware on page 62 For all other OSs create the driver disk using the Create Diskette menu on the Adaptec Installation DVD To create a dri...

Page 60: ...the Debian Installation DVD mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom 2 Load the Debian unpacking tools apt get install build essential 3 Install the DEB driver package where xxxxx is the build number dpkg i aacraid...

Page 61: ...er Instead follow the steps in this section to install a new driver before rebooting your computer 3 Insert and mount the driver disk volcheck 4 Change to the driver installer directory Solaris 10 cd...

Page 62: ...n the ESX server This example uses Linux scp to copy the driver to tmp aacraid where xxxxx is the build number VMware ESX 4 1 scp mnt cdrom linux driver vmware esx drivers scsi aacraid 400 4 2 1 xxxxx...

Page 63: ...ware esxi drivers scsi aacraid 510 5 2 1 xxxxx 1 1 5 799733 x86_64 vib 4 Reboot your computer 63 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00277 02 A Rev A Issue Serial Attached S...

Page 64: ...stems instead of the full application For more information refer to the maxView Storage Manager User s Guide on the Adaptec Installation DVD Installing maxView Storage Manager maxView Storage Manager...

Page 65: ...ger User s Guide for more information Which Utility Should I Use To create a bootable array we recommend that you use the BIOS based ARC utility See Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility on pag...

Page 66: ...m Monitoring Disk Drives Status You can use the blink feature in maxView Storage Manager to monitor the status of your SAS and SATA disk drives When you blink a specific disk drive or set of disk driv...

Page 67: ...Manager User s Guide or online Help Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously If there s a disk drive failure in more than one array at the same time one failure per array and the arrays have hot spar...

Page 68: ...Ds on page 41 The controller detects the new SSD and begins rebuilding the maxCache Container Resetting the Controller You may need to reset or flash your Adaptec RAID controller if it becomes inopera...

Page 69: ...or even more with the use of SAS expanders See SAS Expander Connections on page 72 Note Although you can use both SAS and SATA disk drives in the same SAS domain see SAS Expander Connections on page 7...

Page 70: ...s more of a virtual concept different from what is normally considered a port on other types of RAID controllers and storage devices A port is one or more phys A narrow port contains one phy A wide po...

Page 71: ...i SAS cables see Cables on page 31 How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS In the BIOS and in the management utilities see Identifying Disk Drives on page 90 disk drives are identified in the following...

Page 72: ...to a single SAS card in a host system SAS Expander Connections A SAS expander device literally expands the number of end devices that you can connect together Expander devices typically embedded into...

Page 73: ...sec per phy when in half duplex mode Maximum speed 320 MB sec shared by all devices on the bus Supports SATA and SAS disk drives simultaneously Supports SCSI devices only More than 100 disk drives pe...

Page 74: ...ID 0 includes two or more disk drives and provides data striping where data is distributed evenly across the disk drives in equal sized sections However RAID 0 arrays do not maintain redundant data so...

Page 75: ...sk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 1 Logical Drive 250 GB 1 250 1 250 Unused Space 150 GB 250 GB RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays A RAID 1 Enhanced RAID 1E array also known as a striped mirror is similar to a RAID...

Page 76: ...an create two mirrored drive segments of 250 GB for a total of 500 GB for the array as shown in this figure Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 Disk Drive 4 250 GB 250 GB 400 GB...

Page 77: ...ze of the smallest disk drive in the array For instance an array with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can contain 750 GB of stored data and 250 GB of parity data as shown in this fig...

Page 78: ...te speeds However capacity is reduced by two disk drives worth of space which is for parity data and spare data In this figure S represents the distributed spare P represents the distributed parity da...

Page 79: ...400 GB disk drives comprise two equal sized RAID 5 arrays with 500 GB of stored data and 250 GB of parity data The RAID 50 array can therefore contain 1000 GB 2 x 500 GB of stored data and 500 GB of...

Page 80: ...sk Drive 3 Disk Drive 4 250 GB 250 GB 400 GB 400 GB Drive Segment Size Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 Disk Drive 4 Disk Drive 1 Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive Based on...

Page 81: ...dancy RAID Level 2 No 100 No RAID 0 2 No 50 Yes RAID 1 3 No 50 Yes RAID 1E 4 No 50 Yes RAID 10 3 No 67 94 Yes RAID 5 4 Yes 50 88 Yes RAID 5EE 6 No 67 94 Yes RAID 50 4 No 50 88 Yes RAID 6 8 No 50 88 Ye...

Page 82: ...ate to the PMC maxView Storage Manager option typically on the BIOS Advanced menu then scan for and select a controller From that point on the HII menus and the Ctrl A menus for configuring your RAID...

Page 83: ...r more information about RAID levels and using disk drives to create arrays see Choosing a RAID Level on page 31 For more information about maxCache see Modifying Cache Settings on page 84 Managing Ex...

Page 84: ...fying Cache Settings You can modify the read and write cache settings for an array You can also modify the maxCache settings Adaptec maxCache uses the compatible Solid State Drives SSDs in your system...

Page 85: ...Logical Device Configuration menu then select Y yes To return to the main Logical Device Configuration menu once the secure erase has begun press Esc Note For newer SATA drives you can choose to perfo...

Page 86: ...n convert any JBOD into a simple volume 1 Select Manage JBODs from the main Logical Device Configuration menu 2 Select the JBOD that you want to morph into a simple volume and press Ctrl V Managing th...

Page 87: ...vanced Configuration Some options may not be available for your controller General Controller Settings Note Default settings are shown in bold type Description Option When set to Enable All write cach...

Page 88: ...When set to Default controller automatically sets the backplane mode to IBPI To set the backplane mode explicitly select IBPI SGPIO or Disabled Default is IBPI Note With the default IBPI setting the f...

Page 89: ...be spun up at any given moment By default it is set to 0 In the default setting all the external drives will spin up Spin Up Limit External Checking Backup Unit Status To check the status of the cont...

Page 90: ...nections on page 71 Storage Enclosure Processor SEP managed devices The connection is determined by an active backplane Box0 enclosure 0 is connected to slot0 disk drive slot 0 in the enclosure For mo...

Page 91: ...are disk see Creating the Firmware Update Disk on page 91 There are two ways to run the AFU 1 Using the AFU menus see Running the Menu based AFU on page 92 2 From the command line see Running the AFU...

Page 92: ...nts of the specified UFI file Display flash information Displays version information about a RAID controller s flash components 7 Complete the flash operation and restart your computer before trying t...

Page 93: ...ng multiple RAID controllers you must specify the controller you want by using the C switch otherwise the AFU displays an error message and exits D UFI File Path Specifies the path where the UFI files...

Page 94: ...5 All Rights Reserved Reading flash image file Build 5748 Controller 0 Adaptec RAID 51645 ROM Checksum 797B VALID Build 5748 File Checksum 797B VALID Build 5748 Image Compares Correctly Version Displa...

Page 95: ...s you want 6 Update the flash using the instructions suitable for your requirements To update a single RAID controller AFU UPDATE C cont_number Where cont_number is the number of the RAID controller w...

Page 96: ...3 3V 5 5 LED Cathode ACTIVITY CN0 LANE 2 6 8 LED Anode 3 3V 7 7 LED Cathode ACTIVITY CN0 LANE 3 8 Adaptec RAID 6405 6445 Aggregate Activity LED Board Connector Molex 22 28 4023 or equivalent Aggregate...

Page 97: ...3 3V 5 5 LED Cathode ACTIVITY CN0 LANE 2 6 8 LED Anode 3 3V 7 7 LED Cathode ACTIVITY CN0 LANE 3 8 10 LED Anode 3 3V 9 9 LED Cathode ACTIVITY CN1 LANE 0 10 12 LED Anode 3 3V 11 11 LED Cathode ACTIVITY...

Page 98: ...equivalent J5 Signal J4 Pin Number I2C Clock CN1 3 Ground 2 I2C Data CN1 1 Adaptec RAID 6405E LED Connector Specification ASR 6405E Kit 2271700 R ASR 6405E SGL 2270800 R Adaptec RAID 6405E Activity LE...

Page 99: ...2275600 R Adaptec RAID 6805E 6805E R5 Activity LED Header Connector Molex 22 43 6030 or equivalent Activity LED Header Mating Cable Connector Molex 22 55 2161 or equivalent J2 22 55 2161Pin Number Des...

Page 100: ...05T LED Connector Specification ASR 6405T SGL 2272700 R Adaptec RAID 6405T Activity LED Header Connector Molex 22 43 6030 or equivalent Activity LED Header Mating Cable Connector Molex 22 55 2161 or e...

Page 101: ...LED Header Mating Cable Connector Molex 22 55 2161 or equivalent J2 22 55 2161Pin Number Description Signal J2 Pin Number 2 LED Anode 3 3V 1 1 LED Cathode ACTIVITY CN0 LANE 0 2 4 LED Anode 3 3V 3 3 L...

Page 102: ...ASR 71605 SGL 2274400 R ASR 71605E SGL 2274500 R ASR 71605Q SGL 2274600 R Adaptec RAID 7805 7805Q 71605 71605Q 71605E External Alarm Connector Molex 22 28 4023 or equivalent Alarm Mating Cable Connec...

Page 103: ...Description Signal J6 Pin Number 3 3V 1 103 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00277 02 A Rev A Issue Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User s Guide...

Page 104: ...unpainted metal surface on the chassis Avoid touching the controller against your clothing The wrist strap protects components from ESD on the body only Handle the controller by its bracket or edges...

Page 105: ...Requirements Typical Current Adaptec Model 0 17A 3 3 VDC 1 25A 12 0 VDC Adaptec RAID 6405 0 17A 3 3 VDC 1 25A 12 0 VDC Adaptec RAID 6445 0 17A 3 3 VDC 1 25A 12 0 VDC Adaptec RAID 6805 6805Q 0 11A 3 3...

Page 106: ...onnections 41 71 72 90 batteryless backup 36 37 Big Block Bypass mode 88 boards See controllers boot controller 35 44 bootable arrays 17 43 44 45 47 48 83 84 creating 17 43 44 47 48 83 84 C cards See...

Page 107: ...drivers Debian 49 installing with Linux 48 49 50 52 drivers Ubuntu 49 installing with Linux 48 49 50 52 Dynamic Kernel Module Support 48 50 E electrostatic discharge 104 end devices 69 event log 90 e...

Page 108: ...AID levels 31 41 83 recovering from disk drive failure 66 Red Hat 48 50 OS installation 48 50 Redundant Array of Independent Disks See RAID Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88 replacing fa...

Page 109: ...65 ARCCONF 64 maxView Storage Manager 64 topic 14 17 35 50 51 52 53 54 59 60 61 64 66 69 91 troubleshooting tips 66 U uEFI 44 82 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface uEFI 44 82 uninitializing disk dr...

Page 110: ...Inc 1380 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA Copyright PMC Sierra Inc 2012 All rights reserved Adaptec and the Adaptec by PMC logo are trademarks of PMC Sierra Inc Part Number CDP 00277 02 A Rev A...

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