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README.TXT

Adaptec ASR-8805/ASR-8885/ASR-8885Q/ASR-81605ZQ SAS/SATA RAID Controllers

Adaptec ASR-7805/ASR-7805Q/ASR-71605/ASR-71605Q/ASR-71605E/ASR-71685/ASR-72405/ASR-78165 SAS/SATA RAID

Controllers

Adaptec ASR-6405/ASR-6445/ASR-6805/ASR-6805Q/ASR-6405E/ASR-6805E/ASR-6805E R5 SAS/SATA RAID Controllers

Adaptec ASR-6405T/ASR-6805T/ASR-6805TQ SAS/SATA RAID Controllers

AFM-700 Flash Backup Unit

NOTE: All Adaptec by PMC products are UL listed and for use only with UL listed ITE.

as of February 12, 2014

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Please review this file for important information about issues

and errata that were discovered after completion of the standard

product documentation. In the case of conflict between various

parts of the documentation set, this file contains the most

current information.

The following information is available in this file:

1. New Features in this Release

2. Software and Documentation

2.1 Driver & Utility Software

2.2 Documentation

3. Installation and Setup

3.1 Installation Instructions

3.2 Partition Setup

3.3 DKMS Driver Setup for Red Hat 6/CentOS 6

3.4 AFM-700 Flash Backup Unit Setup

3.4.1 Supercapacitor Setup with Adaptec Series 6Q Controllers

3.4.2 Status LEDs

3.5 Windows SBS 2011 Setup

3.6 Solaris 11 Express Setup

3.7 SLES 11 Setup

3.7.1 SLES 11 SP3 Inbox Driver Issues

3.7.2 SLES 11 SP3 with 4KB/Sector Drives

3.8 Fedora Linux Setup

3.9 Debian Linux Setup

3.10 Ubuntu Linux Setup

3.11 Adaptec maxCache and maxCache Plus Setup

3.12 Dual Firmware Flash Image Support

3.13 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) Support

4. Known Limitations

4.1 Linux Boot Device

4.2 OS Installation with RAW Devices

4.3 Adaptec Series 6 Controller Issues

4.4 AFM-700 Flash Backup Unit

4.5 ATAPI Devices

4.6 Drive Compatibility Issues

4.7 System Compatibility Issues

4.8 RAID 50/RAID 60, Max Drives

4.9 Solaris 32-bit Array Size Limits

4.10 SLES 11 Boot Device Migration Issues

4.11 uEFI BIOS Issues

4.12 BIOS Feature Disparity: Selectable Performance Mode

4.13 hdparm Support

4.14 HDA Mode Reset

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1. New Features in this Release

o Adaptec Series 6, 6E, 6T, 6Q refresh, including updated drivers,

software tools, OS support, and system and drive qualifications

o Support for Adaptec maxCache Plus caching and tiering software

on Adaptec Series 8Q/8ZQ controllers. See Section 3.11 for more.

o Downloadable drivers for all supported operating systems, available

at start.adaptec.com (replaces physical media/DVD for creation of driver disks)

o Native support for 4K sector drives on Adaptec Series 7 and Adaptec Series 8 controllers

For hard disk drives working in 4K native mode, the disk media

exposes its 4KB physical sector size to the controller firmware

and operating system. Support for 4KB logical sectors within

operating systems varies by vendor and OS version (for more

information, see the Adaptec Knowledge Base at http://ask.adaptec.com).

NOTE: Only uEFI systems can boot from a 4K sector drive. 4KB

sector drives are not supported as a boot device with the Legacy

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Adaptec BIOS. o uEFI BIOS updates: flash controller firmware, create support archive o New controller modes on Adaptec Series 7 and Adaptec Series 8 controllers (ARCCONF/BIOS): RAID: Expose RAW mode (previously, RAID mode) RAID: Hide RAW mode o Bugfixes -------------------------------------------------------------------2. Software and Documentation 2.1 Driver & Utility Software NOTE: You can download the latest versions of firmware, BIOS, driver software and utilities from the Adaptec Web Site at start.
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o Adaptec SAS RAID Controllers README.TXT file o maxView Storage Manager README.TXT file -------------------------------------------------------------------3. Installation and Setup 3.1 Installation Instructions The Adaptec SAS RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide contains complete installation information for the controllers and drivers. The Adaptec RAID Controllers Command Line Utility User's Guide contains complete installation information for ARCCONF.
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3.5 Windows SBS 2011 Setup When installing the driver on Windows SBS 2011 Essential, the installer times out before listing all discovered drives. The number of listed drives varies, depending on the drive type (eg, SAS vs SATA). This is a limitation in the Windows SBS installer; the Adaptec device driver detects all attached drives. 3.6 Solaris 11 Express Setup Installing Solaris 11/11.1 on a bootable array is not supported in this release. 3.7 SLES 11 Setup 3.7.
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(for instance, /dev/sda1), with UUID=. 3.10 Ubuntu Linux Setup o Due to a partition editor issue with Ubuntu 12.04.2, the OS reports an inaccurate drive size when creating a 4K sector boot drive in UEFI mode. As a result, the installer hangs when creating the file system and the installation fails. WORKAROUND: Install Ubuntu 12.04.
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boot record is always written to Device 0. As a result, Linux will fail to boot if you delete or swap away Device 0. For example, if you create three arrays in the BIOS--VOL-0, VOL-1, and VOL-2--install the OS on VOL-1, then swap VOL-0 and VOL-2, Linux will fail to boot. Restore the original array sequence and Linux boots normally. Ideally, you should always install on Device 0. 4.
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o BIOS and ARCCONF: 128 drives max RAID 50 - From 2-16 legs with 3-32 drives/leg RAID 60 - From 2-16 legs with 4-16 drives/leg o maxView Storage Manager: Assumes 2 legs for RAID 50/RAID 60 (non-selectable) RAID 50 3-32 drives/leg (64 total) RAID 60 4-16 drives/leg (32 total) 4.9 Solaris 32-bit Array Size Limits Due to an OS limitation in Solaris 32-bit systems, the practical limit for array size on Solaris 32 is 1TB. NOTE: If you create a >1TB array, OS tools, such as format or fdisk, won't detect them. 4.
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WORKAROUND: Use the 'hdparm -I' command instead. 4.14 HDA Mode Reset Adaptec Series 7 and Adaptec Series 8 controllers are reset using the HDA mode jumper on the controller board. If a HDA reset is required, contact Adaptec Support for assistance. -------------------------------------------------------------------(c) 2014 PMC-Sierra, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This software is protected under international copyright laws and treaties.