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About the Adaptec 44300 Controller

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Chapter 2: About Your HostRAID Controller l 19 About the Adaptec 44300 Controller The Adaptec 44300 is a low-profile PCI-X to 4-Phy SAS 1.0 HostRAID controller with these features: Internal SAS Connector Mounting bracket J3 (Aggregate Activity LED Header) 3.3V PCI-X Connector Form factor Bus compatibility PCI bus width (max) PCI bus speed (max) PHYs Connectors, internal RAID levels Simple Volume Disk drives Maximum number of disk drives Hot spares Enclosure support Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Automatic failover Audible alarm Low-profile PCI-X 64-bit 133 MHz 4 1 x4 internal SFF-8484 SAS 1.1 connector 0, 1, 10 Yes SAS (3.0Gbps), SATA I (1.5Gbps), SATA II (3.0Gbps) 4 direct-attached drives or up to 128 using expanded technology Yes Yes No Yes No Note: There is no separate I2C connector. See the HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference on page 87 for details.

Section	Page
Contents	6
About This Guide	11
What You Need to Know Before You Begin	12
Terminology Used in this Guide	12
Conventions Used in This Guide	12
How to Find More Information	12
About Your HostRAID Controller	14
HostRAID Controller Features	15
Array Level Features	15
About the Adaptec 58300 Controller	17
About the Adaptec 48300 Controller	18
About the Adaptec 44300 Controller	19
About the Adaptec 1430SA Controller	20
About the Adaptec 1420SA Controller	21
About the Adaptec 1220SA Controller	22
About the Adaptec 1225SA Controller	23
Kit Contents and System Requirements	24
Kit Contents	25
System Requirements	25
Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives	26
Before You Begin	27
Installing the HostRAID Controller	27
Selecting Disk Drives	28
Selecting SAS Cables	28
Selecting SATA Cables	30
Connecting Disk Drives to SAS HostRAID Controllers	30
Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller	31
Connecting to a Backplane	31
Installing the SAS HostRAID Controller to a SAS Expander	32
Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers	32
Checking Your Controller and Devices	32
Setting the Boot Controller	33
Next Steps	34
Getting Started	35
Choosing a RAID Level	36
Choosing Installation Options	36
Basic Installation Steps	36
Installing with an Operating System	36
Installing with an Operating System On a Bootable Disk Drive/Array	36
Installing on an Existing Operating System	37
Creating a Bootable Array	38
Creating an Array	39
Creating an Array with the ACU	39
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager	39
Making Your Array Bootable	40
Installing the Driver and an Operating System	41
Before You Begin	42
Creating a Driver Disk	42
Installing with Windows	42
Installing with Red Hat Linux	43
Installing with SUSE Linux	43
Installing with NetWare	44
Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System	45
Before You Begin	46
Creating a Driver Disk or an Array	46
Installing on Windows XP or Windows 2003	46
Installing on Windows Vista	47
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux	47
Installing on NetWare	47
Managing Your Storage Space	49
About Adaptec Storage Manager	50
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager	50
About the HRCONF Command Line Utility	50
About the ARC Utility	51
About the Adaptec Flash Utility	51
Which Utility Should I Use?	51
Solving Problems	52
Troubleshooting Checklist	53
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure	53
Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare	53
Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare	53
Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously	54
Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array	54
Multiple Failures in the Same Array	54
Resetting the Controller	54
Understanding RAID	56
RAID Technology Overview	57
Understanding Drive Segments	57
Stripe-Unit Size	57
RAID 0 (Non-RAID Arrays)	57
RAID 1 Arrays	58
RAID 10 Arrays	58
Selecting the Best RAID Level	59
Introduction to SAS	60
Terminology Used in This Appendix	61
What is SAS?	61
How Do SAS Devices Communicate?	62
What’s a Phy?	62
What’s a SAS Port?	62
What’s a SAS Address?	63
What’s a SAS Connector?	63
What do SAS Cables Look Like?	63
How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS?	63
What are the SAS Connection Options?	64
Direct-Attach Connections	64
Backplane Connections	64
SAS Expander Connections	64
How is SAS Different from Parallel SCSI?	65
Using the ARC Utility	67
Introduction to the ARC Utility	68
Running the ARC Utility	68
Creating and Managing Arrays	68
Creating a New Array	68
Managing Arrays	70
Adding/Deleting Hot Spares	71
Managing Bootable Arrays and Devices	72
Configuring Disk Drives	72
ATAPI Support	72
Using SerialSelect	72
SerialSelect Options	73
Using SATASelect	74
SATASelect Options	75
Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives	75
Locating Disk Drives	76
Identifying Disk Drives	76
Viewing the Event Log	77
Using the Adaptec Flash Utility for DOS	78
Introduction	79
System Requirements	79
Compatibility Information	79
Before You Begin	79
Obtaining the Firmware	79
Creating the Firmware Kit On Floppy Disks	80
Running the AFU	80
Running the Menu-Based AFU	80
Running the AFU from the Command Line	81
AFU Commands	81
HELP	81
LIST	82
SAVE	82
UPDATE	83
VERIFY	83
VERSION	84
Updating Flash Using AFU Command Line	84
HostRAID Controller LED and I2C Connector Reference	86
Adaptec 58300 Activity LED Connector Specification	87
Adaptec 48300 Activity LED Connector Specification	87
Adaptec 44300 Activity LED Connector Specification	88
Adaptec 1430SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification	88
Adaptec 1420SA Activity LED and I2C Connector Specification	89
Adaptec 1220SA Activity LED Connector Specification	90
Adaptec 1225SA Activity LED Specification	90
Safety Information	91
Electrostatic Discharge(ESD)	91
Technical Specifications	92
Environmental Specifications	93
DC Power Requirements	93
Current Requirements	93
Glossary	94