Adaptec ASR-6805Q User Manual

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Adaptec ASR-6805Q User Manual Manual pdf 5 page image

Setting the Boot Controller..........................................................................................................................44Creating an Array..........................................................................................................................................44Creating an Array with the ARC Utility.............................................................................................44Creating an Array with maxView Storage Manager.........................................................................45Making Your Array Bootable........................................................................................................................477 Installing the Driver and an Operating System .....................................................................................................48Before You Begin..........................................................................................................................................48Creating a Driver Disk...................................................................................................................................48Creating a Driver Disk for Debian Linux or Ubuntu Linux ...............................................................49Creating a Driver Disk for VMware ESX 4.1 .....................................................................................49Installing with Windows ..............................................................................................................................50Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 or Cent OS 5 ...............................................................................................50Installing with Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6, or Fedora Linux ........................................................................50Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6 with Dynamic Kernel Module Support ................................................50Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6, Fedora Linux without Dynamic Kernel Module Support ....................51Installing with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server ...............................................................................................52Installing with Debian Linux.........................................................................................................................52Installing with Ubuntu Linux........................................................................................................................53Installing with Solaris...................................................................................................................................54Installing with FreeBSD ................................................................................................................................55Installing with VMware ESX 4.1 ...................................................................................................................55Installing with VMware ESXi 5.x ..................................................................................................................568 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System .........................................................................................59Before You Begin..........................................................................................................................................59Creating a Driver Disk...................................................................................................................................59Installing on Windows .................................................................................................................................59Installing on Red Hat, Cent OS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux.................................................................................60Installing on Debian Linux............................................................................................................................60Installing on Ubuntu Linux...........................................................................................................................60Installing on Solaris .....................................................................................................................................61Installing on FreeBSD ...................................................................................................................................61Installing on VMware...................................................................................................................................629 Managing Your Storage Space..............................................................................................................................64About maxView Storage Manager...............................................................................................................64Installing maxView Storage Manager..............................................................................................64About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility............................................................................64About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility.............................................................................................64About the Adaptec Flash Utility...................................................................................................................65Which Utility Should I Use?..........................................................................................................................6510 Solving Problems ................................................................................................................................................66Troubleshooting Checklist............................................................................................................................66Monitoring Disk Drives Status......................................................................................................................66Silencing the Alarm .....................................................................................................................................66Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure ...........................................................................................................66Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare .....................................................................................67Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare ..............................................................................67Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously ......................................................................................67Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array ................................................................................................67Multiple Failures in the Same Array ................................................................................................67Failed SSD in maxCache Container..................................................................................................68Resetting the Controller ..............................................................................................................................68Appendix A Introduction to SAS...............................................................................................................................69Terminology Used in This Appendix ............................................................................................................69What is SAS?.................................................................................................................................................69How Do SAS Devices Communicate?...........................................................................................................69What’s a Phy?...............................................................................................................................................705Proprietary 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