User`s guide

4.11 Intel SE7525RP2 and SE7320EP2 Motherboards
The Intel SE7525RP2 and SE7320EP2 motherboards do not support
Mode 0 flash. These motherboards use 64-bit PCI addressing.
The AFU currently supports 32-bit PCI addresses only.
4.12 Boot Drive Failure after OCE/RLM
The system may fail to boot after a boot drive OCE/RLM (online
capacity expansion/RAID level migration). To correct the problem,
verify that the boot drive is still listed as the first logical
device in Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM). If not, use the
Control-A BIOS utility to reselect the proper boot device.
4.13 OCE/RLM Limits and Restrictions
This release supports a maximum of 8 concurrent OCE tasks in
the RAID array migration wizard. The following RAID-Level
migrations (RLM) and Online Capacity Expansions (OCE) are NOT
supported:
o RAID 50 to RAID 5 RLM
o RAID 60 to RAID 6 RLM
o RAID 50 to RAID 60 OCE
4.14 Power Management under FreeBSD
The FreeBSD driver does not support power management in
this release.
4.15 Failed Arrays under FreeBSD 8
If an array fails under FreeBSD 8 (including pulling a drive
from the array), the firmware may crash causing the system
to hang or reboot automatically.
4.16 Power Management with Seagate SAS Drive ST31000640SS
Power Management is not supported by the Seagate ST31000640SS
SAS drive. (The drive powers down but will not power up without
rebooting.)
4.17 Linux Cache Synchronization
With Linux driver 1.1-5-2459 (or higher), you may see an improvement
in performance if you suppress cache synchronization. For a
controller with battery back-up, add 'options aacraid cache=6' to
the /etc/modprobe.conf.local file. To completely suppress cache
synchronization, add 'options aacraid cache=2'. Then, reboot.
Note that the smaller value provides no protection in case of a
power outage.
4.18 Listing Devices in VMware ESX 4.x Console
After deleting an array with ARCCONF, the VMware ESX Console
will hang if you list devices with the 'fdisk -l' command.
As a work-around, rescan first, then try 'fdisk -l'.
4.19 BIOS Hangs When Booting RAID Controller with Batteryless Backup (ZMCP)
Possible Causes: After a system shutdown, the ZMM-100DB daughterboard
remains active for several minutes. The Super Cap connector may have
been improperly removed and/or re-inserted with a charge still present.
Solution: Plug the Super Cap connector in when the system is off
and, if the yellow activity LED is illuminated on the ZMM-100DB
daughterboard attached to RAID Controller, wait for the LED
activity indicator to go out. This may take several minutes.
The system should then boot normally.
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