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Хорошее руководство по эксплуатации

Законодательство обязывает продавца передать покупателю, вместе с товаром, руководство по эксплуатации Adaptec ATA II 1220SA. Отсутствие инструкции либо неправильная информация, переданная потребителю, составляют основание для рекламации в связи с несоответствием устройства с договором. В законодательстве допускается предоставлении руководства в другой, чем бумажная форме, что, в последнее время, часто используется, предоставляя графическую или электронную форму инструкции Adaptec ATA II 1220SA или обучающее видео для пользователей. Условием остается четкая и понятная форма.

Что такое руководство?

Слово происходит от латинского "instructio", тоесть привести в порядок. Следовательно в инструкции Adaptec ATA II 1220SA можно найти описание этапов поведения. Цель инструкции заключается в облегчении запуска, использования оборудования либо выполнения определенной деятельности. Инструкция является набором информации о предмете/услуге, подсказкой.

К сожалению немного пользователей находит время для чтения инструкций Adaptec ATA II 1220SA, и хорошая инструкция позволяет не только узнать ряд дополнительных функций приобретенного устройства, но и позволяет избежать возникновения большинства поломок.

Из чего должно состоять идеальное руководство по эксплуатации?

Прежде всего в инструкции Adaptec ATA II 1220SA должна находится:
- информация относительно технических данных устройства Adaptec ATA II 1220SA
- название производителя и год производства оборудования Adaptec ATA II 1220SA
- правила обслуживания, настройки и ухода за оборудованием Adaptec ATA II 1220SA
- знаки безопасности и сертификаты, подтверждающие соответствие стандартам

Почему мы не читаем инструкций?

Как правило из-за нехватки времени и уверенности в отдельных функциональностях приобретенных устройств. К сожалению само подсоединение и запуск Adaptec ATA II 1220SA это слишком мало. Инструкция заключает ряд отдельных указаний, касающихся функциональности, принципов безопасности, способов ухода (даже то, какие средства стоит использовать), возможных поломок Adaptec ATA II 1220SA и способов решения проблем, возникающих во время использования. И наконец то, в инструкции можно найти адресные данные сайта Adaptec, в случае отсутствия эффективности предлагаемых решений. Сейчас очень большой популярностью пользуются инструкции в форме интересных анимаций или видео материалов, которое лучше, чем брошюра воспринимаются пользователем. Такой вид инструкции позволяет пользователю просмотреть весь фильм, не пропуская спецификацию и сложные технические описания Adaptec ATA II 1220SA, как это часто бывает в случае бумажной версии.

Почему стоит читать инструкции?

Прежде всего здесь мы найдем ответы касательно конструкции, возможностей устройства Adaptec ATA II 1220SA, использования отдельных аксессуаров и ряд информации, позволяющей вполне использовать все функции и упрощения.

После удачной покупки оборудования/устройства стоит посвятить несколько минут для ознакомления с каждой частью инструкции Adaptec ATA II 1220SA. Сейчас их старательно готовят или переводят, чтобы они были не только понятными для пользователя, но и чтобы выполняли свою основную информационно-поддерживающую функцию.

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    Installation and User’ s Guide Serial A T A II 1430SA, 1420SA, 1220SA H ostRAID C ontr o llers[...]

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    ● 2 Copyright ©2006 Adapt ec, Inc. All rights reser ved. N o part of this publication may be reprod uced, stored in a r etrieval system, or transm itted in any form or by an y means, electronic, mechanical, phot ocopying, recor ding or otherwise, w ithout the prior w ritten consent of Adapt ec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blv d., Milpitas, CA 95035[...]

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    ● 3 Adaptec Customer Suppor t If yo u hav e questions about installing or using y our Adaptec pr od uct, che ck this document first— you will find answers to most o f your q uestions. If yo u need further assistance, use the support options listed belo w . T o expedite your se rv ice, hav e your compu ter in front of you. T echnical Suppor t Id[...]

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    ● 4 Limited 3-Y ear Hardw are W arranty 1. Adaptec, Inc. (“Adaptec”) warrants to the pur chaser of this product that it w ill be free fr om defects in material and workm an ship for a period of three (3) years from the date of purchase. If the pr oduct should beco me defective w ithin the warran ty period, Ada pt ec, at its option, will repai[...]

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    ● 5 Regulator y Compliance Statements Federal Communications Commis sion Radio F requency Interference Statement W ARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expr essly approved by the party r esponsib le for compliance could void the us er ’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the[...]

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    Contents About This Guide What You Need to Know Before You Begin ................................................... 11 Terminology Used in this Guide ...................................................................... 11 How to Find More Information ....................................................................... 11 About Your HostRAID C[...]

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    Contents ● 7 Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin ............................................................................................... 23 Installing the HostRAID Controller ................................................................. 23 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers ............[...]

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    Contents ● 8 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Features .............................................................................................................. 40 Overview ............................................................................................................ 40 Physical Devices View ...............................[...]

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    Contents ● 9 Using the AFU for DOS Introduction ...................................................................................................... 61 System Requirements ................................................................................. 61 Compatibility ...........................................................................[...]

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    1 About This Guide In this chapter ... W hat Y ou N eed to K now Befo re Y ou Begin ................................................. ......................... 11 T erminology Used in this G uide ...................................................................................... ...... 11 Ho w to Find Mor e Information ..........................[...]

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    Chapter 1: About This Guide ● 11 What Y ou Need t o Know Bef ore Y ou Begin Y ou should be familiar with compute r hardwar e, data storage, R edundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology , and th e input/output (I/O) tec hnolog y—SA T A—used by y our HostRAID c ont roller . Y ou should also be familiar with Direct Attac hed Storage ([...]

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    2 About Y our HostRAID Controller In this chapter ... HostRAID C o ntroller F eatures ................................ .............................................................. 13 U pgrading the HostRAID Controller Firm ware ................................................................... 13 Abou t the Adapt ec 1430SA Controller ...........[...]

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    Chapter 2: About Y our HostRAID Controller ● 13 HostRAID Controller F eatures ● Flash R OM for updates to c ontroller firmwar e Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU), BIOS, and the Array Configuration U tilit y (A CU). ● E vent logging and br oadcasting , including messaging for alphanumeric pagers. ● Support for Adaptec M etadata Format (AMF) allowi[...]

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    Chapter 2: About Y our HostRAID Controller ● 14 About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller The Ad aptec 1430SA is a lo w-profile 4-port PCIe SA T A II HostRAID c ont roller with these features : Form fact or Low-pr ofile PCI compatibility PCIe x4 Po r t s 4 s t a c k e d Conne cto rs 4 in tern al RAID levels 0, 1, 10 Simple v olume Y es Disk drives SA T[...]

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    Chapter 2: About Y our HostRAID Controller ● 15 About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller The Ad aptec 1420SA is a low-pr ofile PCI-X to 4 por t SA T A II HostRAID co ntroller with these features : Form fact or Low-pr ofile PCI compatibility PCI-X x1 Po r t s 4 Conne cto rs 4 in tern al RAID levels 0, 1, 10 Simple v olume Y es Disk drives SA T A I (1.5[...]

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    Chapter 2: About Y our HostRAID Controller ● 16 About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller The Ad aptec 1220SA is a low-pr ofile PCIe to 2 port SA T A II HostRAID contr o ller with these features : Form fact or Low-pr ofile PCI compatibility PCIe PCI bus wid th (max) 64-bit PCI bus speed (max) 133 MHz Po r t s 2 Conne cto rs 2 in tern al RAID levels 0, [...]

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    3 Kit Contents and System Requirements In this chapter ... Kit C ontents ................................................................................................... ................ ......... 18 Syst em R equirements ............................................................................................................ .1 8 This chapte[...]

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    Chapter 3: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 18 Kit Cont ents ● Ada p t e c SA T A Ho s t R A I D c o nt ro l l er ● HostRAID I nstallation CD (bootable), in cluding co ntroller driv ers, and this Guid e ● Ad aptec Storage Manage r Installation CD (n ot bootable), inc luding user guides for Ad aptec Storage Manage r and the A daptec HR[...]

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    4 Getting Star ted In this chapter ... Choosing a RAID Level ................................................................................. ......................... 20 Selecting Disk Drives ..................................................................................... ..................... .... 20 Selecting Cables .......................[...]

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    Chapter 4: Getting Star ted ● 20 Choosing a RAID Lev el This section pro v ides a brief overview of the RAID levels suppor ted by y our HostRAID contr oller , including the minimum and maximu m number of disk driv es required b y each. RAID 0 (N on-redundant Ar ray) —Stripes data across multiple disk drives. Impr ov ed performance but no redund[...]

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    Chapter 4: Getting Star ted ● 21 Installation Options W hen yo u install your H ostRAID controller , you can choose to cr eate a bootable arr ay and then install yo ur operating system and the co ntroller driv er on that array . Alternati vely , you can c omplete a standar d installation, where the c ontrolle r driver is insta lled on an exist in[...]

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    5 Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives In this chapter ... Before Y o u Beg in ........................................................................................... .................... ..... 23 Installing the H ostRAID Controller ........................ .............................................................. 23 Connecti[...]

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    Chapter 5: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives ● 23 Before Y ou Begin ● Read the Safe ty In format ion on page 67 . ● Fa m i l i a r i z e y o u r s e l f w i t h yo u r Ho s t R A I D co n t r o l l e r ’ s p hy s i c a l f e a t u r e s a n d t h e R A I D l e v e l s that it suppor ts (see page 12 ). ● Ensure that y ou h[...]

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    Chapter 5: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives ● 24 Connecting Disk Drives t o SA T A HostRAID Controllers Y ou can co nnect SA T A disk drives to y our HostRAID controller . There are no jumpers or switches to set befor e installation. The cable en ds are identical, so y ou don ’t need to w orr y about which end to attach t o th[...]

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    6 Creating a Bootable Ar ra y In this chapter ... Setting the Boot Controller .................................................................................................... 26 Creating an A rray ............................................................................................................. . ..... 26 Creating an A rray with the [...]

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    Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 26 Setting the Boot Controller Note: If your system won't contain more than one bootable controllers, skip this section. A daptec H ostRAID contr ol ler supports bootable disk driv es and arrays. The default setting of the HostRAID c ontroller and system Setup allows yo u to install and boot fr om eithe[...]

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    Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 27 Creating an Arra y with Adapt ec Storage Manager This section describes how to use the A daptec Storage Manager c onfiguration wizard to build a RAID 0, 1, or 10 array . Note: Y ou will need the HostRAID Installation CD to complete this task. T o creat e a RAID 0, 1, or 10 array: 1 Insert the HostRAID Ins[...]

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    Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 28 7 Review the information that is displayed. Note: Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term lo gical drives when refer ring to arrays (see page 11 ). In the follo wing figure, A daptec Storage M anager has used two equal-siz ed disk drives t o automaticall y creat e one logical drive with RAID 1. T o specify [...]

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    7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System In this chapter ... Before Y o u Beg in ........................................................................................... .................... ..... 30 Creating a Driv er Disk ..................................................................................................... .... .. 30 Ins[...]

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    Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 30 Before Y ou Begin ● Install and c onnect your H ostRAID controlle r and internal disk driv es (see page 22 ). ● Cr eate a bootab le array (see page 25 ). ● Creat e a driver disk (see next section). Creating a Driver Disk Befor e you insta ll y our drive r , you will need to creat[...]

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    Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 31 4 Insert the drive r disk, then wait until y ou are pr ompted to install a driv er . 5 Pr ess S to specify that the driver is on a floppy disk, then pr ess Enter . The comput er reads the disk. 6 W hen the A daptec SA T A driver is found, press En ter . 7 Foll ow the o n-scree n instru[...]

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    Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 32 Installing with NetW are Y ou will need your N etW are Installation CD t o complete this task. T o install the driver when installing NetW are: 1 Re start your com puter , then install NetW are. (F or instructions, refer t o your N etW are documentation.) T o be able to load additional[...]

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    8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System In this chapter ... Before Y o u Beg in ........................................................................................... .................... ..... 34 Creating a Driv er Disk ..................................................................................................... .... .[...]

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    Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 34 Before Y ou Begin Before y ou beg in, install and connect y our HostRA ID contro ller and internal disk drives (see page 22 ). Y ou must also creat e a driver disk (see next sect ion) before y ou beg in installing the contr oller driver . Creating a Driver Disk Befor e you inst[...]

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    Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 35 6 Contin ue with M anaging Y our St orage S pace on page 36 . Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux T o install the module on Red H at or SUSE Linux: 1 Inser t a nd mou nt th e RAID Instal lat ion C D: Red Ha t — mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom SUSE — mount /dev/cd rom /media/cdr[...]

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    9 Managing Y our Storage Space In this chapter ... About A daptec Storage Manager ........................................................................................... 37 Installing A daptec Storage M anager ................................................................................ ...... 37 About the HR CONF Command Line Utility.......[...]

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    Chapter 9: Managing Y our Storage Space ● 37 About Adapte c St orage Manager Ad aptec Storage Manage r is a full-featured softwa r e application that helps you build a st orage space for y our online data, using HostRAID c ontrollers and disk driv es. W ith Adaptec St orage Manage r , you ca n group disk driv es into logical driv es and build in [...]

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    Chapter 9: Managing Y our Storage Space ● 38 About the ARC Utility The Ad aptec RAID Configuration (AR C) utilit y is a BIOS-based utility that you can use t o create and manage contr ollers, disk drive s and other devices, and arrays. The AR C utility comprises these tools: ● Array Configurat ion Utility (A CU) —For creating and managing arr[...]

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    10 Under standing Adaptec Storage Manager In this chapter ... Featur es ..................................................................... .................................................. ............ 40 Overview ..................................................................................... .................................. .......... [...]

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    Chapter 10: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager ● 40 Fe a t u r e s Y ou can use A daptec Storage Manager t o: ● Creat e, verify , modify , and delete ar rays ● A dd and remo v e hot spares ● V iew the RAID c onfiguration ● V iew information about managed syste ms and subsystems s uch as arrays, logical drives, hot-spare driv es, physic[...]

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    Chapter 10: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager ● 41 Physical De vices View This view displays info rmation about the drives, enclo sures, and othe r ph ysical devices attached to the c ontroller . The de vices are organized num erically . The display fo r each channel or port includes information on maximum speed, the number of the channels on[...]

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    Chapter 10: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager ● 42 Collapsed and Expanded Views Y ou can displa y a collapsed or expanded view of the system c onfigur ation. Initially , Storage Manager d isplays a c ollapsed textual view of the configu ration information in both the Logical dev ices and Ph ysical devi ces views. In the Logical d evices vie w[...]

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    Chapter 10: Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager ● 43 Component Views W hen you clic k a ph ysical or logical de vice in the dev ice views, the related components ar e hi ghli ght ed i n th e o the r vie w . ● W hen yo u click a logical device in the Logical dev ices view , the phy sical drives that mak e up the logical de vice are highlighted[...]

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    11 Solving Problems In this chapter ... T roubleshooting Checklist ......................................................... ............................................ 4 5 Rec overing from a Disk Driv e Failure ............................................................................. ...... 45 This chapter provides b asic troubleshoot ing inf[...]

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    Chapter 11: Solving Problems ● 45 T roubleshooting Checklist If y ou encount er difficulties installing or using you r HostRAID c ont roller , check these items first: ● W ith your computer po wer ed off, check the connections t o each disk drive, the po wer supply , the LED connector , and so on. ● T r y disconnecting and reconnecting disk d[...]

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    Chapter 11: Solving Problems ● 46 F ailed Disk Drive Not Prot ected b y a Hot Spare W hen an array is not prot ected by a hot spare, if a disk driv e in that array fails, remo ve and replace the failed disk driv e. The controller detects the new disk driv e and begins to rebuild the arra y . If the co ntroller fails t o rebuild the array , check [...]

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    A Under standing RAID In this chapter ... RAID T echnology Overv iew .................................................................................................. 48 RAID 0 (N on-RAID Arrays) ............................................................................................ ...... 49 RAID 1 Arrays .................... ...............[...]

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    Appendix A: Understanding RAID ● 48 RAID T echnology Overview RA I D i s t h e te c h n o l o g y o f g ro u p i n g se ve r a l physical dr i ve s i n a co m p u t er i n t o a n array that y ou can define as one or more logical drives. Each logical drive appears to the operating system as a single drive. This grouping technique greatl y enhance[...]

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    Appendix A: Understanding RAID ● 49 W hen selecting a RAID le vel for y our system, co nsider the following factors. Ph ysical drive utilization, read performanc e, and wr ite performance depend on the number of drives in the array . Generally , the more drives in the array , the better the performance. RAID 0 (Non-RAID Arra ys) An array with RAI[...]

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    Appendix A: Understanding RAID ● 50 RAID 1 Arra ys A RAID 1 array is built fr om tw o disk drives, whe re one disk driv e is a mi rror of the other (the same data is stored on each disk driv e). Comp ar ed to independe nt disk drives, R AID 1 arrays pro vide improv ed performance, with twice the read rate and an equal wr ite rate of single disks.[...]

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    B Using the ARC Utility In this chapter ... Introduction t o the ARC U tilit y ............................................................................................ 52 R unning the ARC U tilit y........................................................................................................ 52 Creating and M anaging Arrays ...........[...]

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    Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 52 Introduction t o the ARC Utility The AR C utility comprises these tools: ● The Array Configuration U tility (A CU) —Used t o create, configure, and manage arrays, and initialize and r escan disk drives. ● SA T A Select Utility —Used t o change device and HostRAID contr oller settings. ● Disk Utilit[...]

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    Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 53 T o assign properties to the new array: 1 In the Array P roperties menu, select an ar ray ty pe, then press Ent er . Only the available array ty pes, RAID 0, 1, and 10 are displa yed. RAID 0 and 1 r equires two to four drives. RAID 10 r equires a minimum of four disk driv es. 2 Optional : T y pe a label of n[...]

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    Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 54 ● T o modify the W r ite Cache setting for an array , press Ctrl+W . ● The A C U allows y ou to use drives of different siz es in a RAID 1. Ho wever , during a build operation, only the smaller drive can be selected as the source driv e. ● W hen mig rat ing from sing le volume to RAID 0, mig rat ing fr[...]

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    Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 55 ● F orce fr om Offline The Ho t k e y C t r l + F under manage arr ays will mak e the failed array usable. Belo w is a list of states applied: ● Failed simple v olume w ill be marked as optimal stat e ● Failed R1 will be marked to degraded state ● Failed R10 will be marked to degraded state Viewing A[...]

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    Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 56 Enabling/Disabling Write Cache T o Enable/Disable W rite Cache for an ar ray: 1 From th e Mai n me nu , se l e ct Ma na ge A r r ay s . 2 Fr om the List of Arrays, select the array y ou want to modify the W r ite Cache setting for , then press Ctrl+W . A c onfirmation dialog appears to modify setting. P ress[...]

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    Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 57 4 Pr ess Ente r . 5 Re ad the warning message and ensure that you ha ve selected the c orrect disk drives to conf i gu re. T y p e Y to con ti nue . A T API Suppor t The following devices are supported: ● The 1220SA supports detection of SA T A A T API T APE Drive and CDR OM. ● The 1220SA supports bootin[...]

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    Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 58 SA T A Select Options The following table lists the available and default settings for eac h SA T Al Selec t option and the description of each option. The default settings are appropriate for most systems and appear in bold ty pe in the table. A daptec recom mends that y ou do not ch ange the settings. S AT[...]

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    Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ● 59 F ormatting and V erifying Disk Driv es Y ou can use the disk utilities to lo w-level format or v erify your disk drives. (New disk driv es are low-lev el formatted at the fact or y and do not need to be lo w-level formatted again.) Cautio n: Before you format a disk drive, back up all data. Formatting destr[...]

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    C Using the AFU for DOS In this chapter ... Introduction .... .............................................................................................. ................. ........ 61 R unning the AFU from the GUI................................................ ............................................ 62 R unning the AFU from the Command Lin[...]

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    Appendix C: Using the AFU for DOS ● 61 Introduction The AFU is a DOS utility used to update, sa ve , or verify the H ostRAID contr o ller’ s firm ware BIOS. The AFU is easy to use and c ontains safeguards to prevent y ou from accidentally damaging the Ho stRAID contr oller’ s flash contents. Still, y o u must be car eful to use the AFU c or r[...]

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    Appendix C: Using the AFU for DOS ● 62 Running the AFU from the GUI The easy wa y to run the AFU is to use its GUI. I f you pr efer to run the AFU from the comma nd line, see R u nning the AFU from the Command Line on page 62 . T o acc ess the AFU: 1 Shut do wn your operating syste m and reboot t o DOS from a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk or fr om [...]

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    Appendix C: Using the AFU for DOS ● 63 Example This example shows a typical system response to a LIST com ma nd : A:> AFU LIST Adaptec Flash Utility V1.0 -0 B1406 (c)Adaptec In c. 1999–2005. All Rights R eserved. Controllers D etected and R ecognized: Controller #0 (03:01:00) A daptec ASC-48 300 SA V E The SAVE command sav es the c ontents [...]

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    Appendix C: Using the AFU for DOS ● 64 UPD A TE The UPDATE comm an d u p date s a Hos tR AI D co nt rol l er’s fla sh com po ne nt s f rom t h e f la sh image data in a UFI file. Y ou can use the UPDATE command t o update a single H ostRAID controller’ s flash components or to update mu ltiple HostRAID c ontrollers on your c omputer . Y ou mu[...]

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    Appendix C: Using the AFU for DOS ● 65 Example The following example shows a ty pical system response after a VERIFY comman d has been performed: A:> AFU VERIFY /C 0 Adaptec Flash Utility V1.0 -0 B1406 (c)Adaptec In c. 1999–2005. All Rights R eserved. Reading flash image file ( Build 1406) Controller #0 : Adaptec AAR -1430 File: Checksum: 6[...]

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    Appendix C: Using the AFU for DOS ● 66 5 If y o u hav e multiple HostRAID c ont rollers onl y—A t the DOS prompt, type afu list, then press Enter . This command displays the Adaptec SA T A Host RAID c ont rollers in y our system. N ote the Ho stRAID c ontroller n umber for th e contr oller you want to updat e; you ma y need it in Step 6 to perf[...]

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    D Safety Infor mation T o ensure y o ur personal safety and the safet y of your equipment: ● K eep your wo rk area and the c omputer c lean and clear of debris. ● Before opening the syst em cabinet, unplug the pow er cor d. Electr ostatic Discharge (ESD) Cautio n: ESD can damage electronic components when they are improperly handled, and can re[...]

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    E T echnical Specifications In this chapter ... Envir onmental Specifications ................................................................................................ 69 DC P ower Requir ements ........................................................................................................ 69 C urrent Requir ements..................[...]

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    Appendix E: T echnical Specifications ● 69 Environmental Specif ications Note: Forced airflow is reco mmended, but not required. DC Po wer Requirements Current Requirements Ambient temperature without batter y backup module 0 °C to 50 ° C Relative humidity 10% to 90%, noncon densing Altitude up to 3,000 meters Ripple and noise 50 mV peak-to-pea[...]

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    Glossary A activity See task . ACU Arr ay Configuration Utility . An appl ication used to create, configur e, and manage arrays from the controller’ s BIOS or MS-DOS. array A logical d isk created fr om available space and made up of one or more segments on one or more ph ysical disks. Arr ays ar e ty picall y used to provide data redundancy or e[...]

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    Glossar y ● 89 build Background initiali zation of a re dundant array . The arr ay is ac cessible throughout. RAID 1 c opies the cont ents of the primar y dr iv e to a sec ondar y drive. See clear . bus See channel . C cache Fast-ac cess memory on the controller that serves as in termediate storage for data that is r ead from, or wr itten to , dr[...]

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    Glossar y ● 90 disk ID U nique disk identifier that c onsists of the cha nnel number , SA T A ID . For example, (c hannel:ID:L UN) 1:04:0. See channel . drive LED Disk indicat or LED that illuminates d uring read or write operations. E event N o tification or alert from the sy stem, indica ting that a change has occurr ed. event log File used to [...]

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    Glossar y ● 91 L legacy disk Disk that contained a valid partition table when conne cted t o the controller . The controller manages the disk as a legacy disk arr ay whe re ther e is a one-to-one logical-to-ph ysical mapping of arr ay to disk. logical device V olume comprised of space fr om one or more phy sical drives and pr esented to the opera[...]

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    Glossar y ● 92 R RAID R edundant Array of Independent Disks (alternati ve definition R edundant Ar ray of Inexpensi ve Disks). RAID 0 A single-level arr ay c onsisting of two or more equal- sized segments residing on different disks. RAID 0 distributes data evenly across its respectiv e dr ives in equal-siz ed sections called st ripes. RAID 0 arr[...]

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    Glossar y ● 93 stripe size The amount of data in eac h section of a striped arr ay . striped array See RAID 0 , RAID 10 . T task An operation that occurs only on the RAID c ontroller , asynchro nous to all other operations; for e xample, initializing a disk or v erifying an ar ray . Some tasks ca n take an exte nded period of time, par ticularly [...]

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    Index A ACU creating arrays 52 Adaptec customer support 3 Adaptec Flash Utility. See AFU Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. See HRCONF Adaptec Storage Manager installing 37 AFU 38 Array Configuration Utility. See ACU arrays creating (ACU) 52 non-RAID 49 RAID 1 50 RAID 10 50 C customer support 3 D data striping 48 disk drives connecting to SATA co [...]

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    Index ● 95 stripe-unit size 48 R RAID definition 48 performance tuning 49 RAID 0 49 RAID 1 50 RAID 10 50 recovering from disk drive failure Red Hat driver installation 35 Redundant Array of Independent Disks. See RAID replacing failed disk drives S SATA controllers connecting disk drives 24 SATA Select using settings 57 SCSI Serial ATA. See SATA [...]

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    A daptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2006 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Part Number: CDP-00181-02-A, Rev. A JB 09/06[...]