User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Kit Contents and System Requirements
- About Your RAID Controller
- Standard RAID Controller Features
- Adding Enhanced Features
- Adding a Battery Backup Module
- Upgrading the Controller Firmware
- About the Adaptec 3085
- About the Adaptec 3405
- About the Adaptec 3805
- About the Adaptec 31205
- About the Adaptec 31605
- About the Adaptec 4000
- About the Adaptec 4800SAS
- About the Adaptec 4805SAS
- About the Adaptec 2420SA
- About the Adaptec 2820SA
- About the Adaptec 2130SLP
- About the Adaptec 2230SLP
- Getting Started
- Installing the Controller and Disk Drives
- Creating a Bootable Array
- Installing the Driver and an Operating System
- Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
- Managing Your Storage Space
- Solving Problems
- Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI
- Understanding RAID
- Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
- Using the Array Configuration Utility for DOS
- Using the Adaptec Flash Utility
- Adaptec Serial Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference
- Adaptec 2420SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 2820SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 3085 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 3405 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 3805 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 31205 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 31605 LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 4800SAS LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Adaptec 4805SAS LED and I2C Connector Specification
- Safety Information
- Technical Specifications
- Index

Index ● 133
creating
43, 86
C
cables
33
cards.
See
controllers
CD-ROM Boot Support setting
88
command line interface (flash utility)
107
command line utility
62
connectors
72, 91
contents of controller kit
14
Controller SCSI Channel ID setting
90
Controller SCSI Channel Termination setting
90
controllers
Alarm Control setting
88
Array Background Consistency Check setting
88
Array-based BBS Support setting
88
array-level features
16
Automatic Failover setting
88
BBS Support setting
88
cables
33
CD-ROM Boot Support setting
88
connecting external devices
42
data protection
16
descriptions
15 to 29
disk drives
32
Drive’s Write Cache setting
88
enhanced features
17
event log
92
figures
15 to 29
firmware
105
flashing
67
installation options
35
installing
38
keyed features
17
modifying general settings
88
modifying settings with
-Select
utilities
87
Physical Drives Display During POST setting
88
RAID levels
31
Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting
88
resetting
67
Runtime BIOS setting
88
setting boot controller
44
specifications
130
standard features
troubleshooting
65
updating firmware
105
upgrading firmware
17
copyback
16
CRC Checking setting
89
customer support
3
D
direct-attach connections
39, 72
disk drives
32
cables
33
connecting to SAS controllers
39
connecting to SATA controllers
41
connecting to SCSI controllers
41
connections
92
external
42
failure recovery
multiple arrays
66
multiple disk drives
67
RAID 0 arrays
66
with hot spare
66
without hot spare
66
formatting
91
HVD
32
identifying
91
initializing
86
LVD
32
recovering from failure
65
rescanning
86
SAS
72
SAS identifiers
72
SE
32
secure erasing
87
stopping a secure erase
87
types of connections
92
verifying
91
drive requirements
32
Drive’s Write Cache setting
88
driver and operating system installation
36, 48, 54
driver disk
49
driver installation
55 to 59, ?? to 60
drivers
installing on FreeBSD
60
installing on Linux
57
installing on NetWare
57
installing on OpenServer
58
installing on Solaris
58
installing on UnixWare
59
installing on VMWare
59
installing on Windows
57
installing with FreeBSD
54
installing with Linux
50, 51
installing with NetWare
51
installing with OpenServer
52
installing with UnixWare
53
installing with VMWare
53
installing with Windows
50