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the MaxIQ cache.

4.27 Some SSDs Appear as SATA Drives

Some solid state drives (such as the MemoRight MR25.2-S032G)

identify themselves as ROTATING media. As a result, these SSDs:

o Appear as SATA drives in the ASM Physical Devices View

o Cannot be used as Adaptec MaxIQ cache devices

o Cannot be used within a hybrid RAID array (comprised of

SSDs and hard disks)

4.28 Mismatch in RAID x0 creation in BIOS and ASM

The BIOS utility creates RAID x0 arrays with an odd number of

drives by default. Adaptec Storage Manager creates RAID x0

arrays with an even number of drives by default.

4.29 WDC WD3200BJKT-00F4T SATA Drives with Promise J630 Enclosures

A compatibility issue between Western Digital WD3200BJKT-00F4T

SATA drives and Promise J630 enclosures can result in a firmware

crash during a RAID array build or bus rescan.

4.30 SATA 6G Drives Not Detected on Promise and Intel Backplanes

o With Promise J830s enclosures, SATA 6G drives are reported as

3G in ASM and the BIOS utility, due to a speed negotiation

issue between the drive and the expander.

o With Intel AXX6DRV3G and AXX6DRV3GEXP backplanes, SATA 6G drives

are not detected in the BIOS. With Intel AXX6DRV3G backplanes,

the BIOS hangs; with Intel AXX6DRV3GEXP backplanes, no drives

are detected in the BIOS utility.

4.31 Samsung Spinpoint SATA Drives Timeout on I/O Load

With Samsung Spinpoint SATA drives, models HD103UJ/HD103UI/HE103UJ,

the controller can reset due to a timeout when the drive is under

heavy I/O load.

4.32 RAID Array Creation Issue With STEC MACH 8 SSDs

With STEC MACH 8 SSDs with firmware version 1766, RAID array

creation fails when using the Adaptec Storage Manager wizard.

WORKAROUND: Upgrade to the latest STEC firmware version to

resolve the problem.

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