Owner's Manual

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Technology Attachment (ATA) mode. This is due to the current
limitation of CERC SATA 1.5/2S; it has the same PCI device
ID for both ATA and RAID mode.
* Use of localized special characters might cause the Systems Build
and Update Utility GUI to freeze intermittently.
* If there are multiple SCSI or RAID controllers on the system,
Systems Build and Update Utility will always use the controller
listed first in the BIOS boot order list. If you want to use a
particular controller for the operating system, you must go to
the BIOS setup (F2 on boot) and set the given controller as the
first boot device.
* Systems Build and Update Utility does not support the configuration
of partitions or the installation of operating systems on systems
with PERC 2/SC, PERC 2/DC, or PERC 2/QC controllers or any
type of Fibre Channel storage adapter.
* It is not recommended that you start the system setup
program if any virtual disks are in a failed or degraded state.
Use the RAID controller's firmware utility ("<Ctrl><a>," "<Ctrl><m>,"
or "<Ctrl><c>" during boot) to reset the RAID controller's state.
If an array disk is removed, the firmware utility may indicate
the configuration has changed. Accepting these changes on the
command line may not suffice; enter the firmware utility
and reset the controller.
* On CERC ATA or CERC SATA RAID controller cards, disks that appear
in "Legacy" mode will not be available for RAID configuration in
Systems Build And Updates Utility. If you wish to use any disk that
is in "Legacy" mode as part of a RAID container, you need to use
the RAID controller firmware utility to initialize these disks.
Likewise, if all disks are in "Legacy" mode, then Systems Build
And Updates Utility may fail to configure RAID on the controller.
* The "Server Setup" program might fail if it runs when scrubbing is
active on a RAID virtual disk.
* Systems Build and Update Utility does not identify the boot device
When PERC (4DC/3DC) is in cluster mode and the adapter's BIOS is
disabled. This will put Systems Build and Update Utility in an
infinite "Write Disk signature" and reboot loop. Use Systems
Build and Update Utility to install the operating system
on PERC in a non-cluster mode.
* Systems Build and Update Utility cannot detect the correct
slot number of PCI slots containing Adaptec RAID controllers.
The message "Unknown Slot Number" is displayed.
* On systems with low memory (less than 256 MB) and more than one
RAID controller, Systems Build and Update Utility may fail during
RAID configuration. Install the additional adapters after the
operating system has been installed on the first adapter.