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Identifying Disk Drives, Viewing the Event Log, Enter, Disk Utilities, Ctrl+P

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Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 114 Identifying Disk Drives You can identify disk drives by viewing the list of disk drives on your system. Only physical drives that display during POST are shown. To identify a disk drive: 1 Start the ARC utility (see page 105). 2 Select the controller you want, then press Enter. 3 Select Disk Utilities. The Disk Utilities view will provide you with the following information: Location CN1=DEV1 Box0=Slot0 Exp0=phy0 Model Rev# The manufacturer The revision information. number of the disk drive. Speed Size The speed of the The size of the disk drive. disk drive. The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of connections: ● Direct attached drives-The connection is determined by the cable connected to a device, for example CN1 (connector 1) is connected to DEV1 (device 1). For more information, see Direct-attach Connections on page 92. ● Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) managed devices-The connection is determined by an active backplane. Box0 (enclosure 0) is connected to slot0 (disk drive slot 0 in the enclosure). For more information, see Backplane Connections on page 92. ● Expanders-The connections is determined by an expander. Exp0 (expander 0) is connected to phy0 (phy 0 within a connector). For more information, see SAS Expander Connections on page 93. Note: Devices other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are listed in order after your system disk drives. Viewing the Event Log The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation, and boot activity. Some events are not stored indefinitely-the event log is cleared of any non-persistent events each time you restart your computer; additionally, once the log is full, new events overwrite old events. To view the event log: 1 Start the ARC utility (see page 105). 2 Select the controller you want, then press Enter. 3 When the ARC utility menu appears, then press Ctrl+P. 4 Select Controller Log Information, then press Enter. The current event log opens.

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Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
●
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Identifying Disk Drives
You can identify disk drives by viewing the list of disk drives on your system. Only physical
drives that display during POST are shown.
To identify a disk drive:
1
Start the ARC utility (see
page 105
).
2
Select the controller you want, then press
Enter
.
3
Select
Disk Utilities
.
The Disk Utilities view will provide you with the following information:
The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of connections:
●
Direct attached drives
—The connection is determined by the cable connected to a device,
for example CN1 (connector 1) is connected to DEV1 (device 1). For more information, see
Direct-attach Connections
on page 92
.
●
Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) managed devices
—The connection is determined by an
active backplane. Box0 (enclosure 0) is connected to slot0 (disk drive slot 0 in the
enclosure). For more information, see
Backplane Connections
on page 92
.
●
Expanders
—The connections is determined by an expander. Exp0 (expander 0) is
connected to phy0 (phy 0 within a connector). For more information, see
SAS Expander
Connections
on page 93
.
Note:
Devices other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are listed in order after your
system disk drives.
Viewing the Event Log
The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array
creation, and boot activity.
Some events are not stored indefinitely—the event log is cleared of any non-persistent events
each time you restart your computer; additionally, once the log is full, new events overwrite
old events.
To view the event log:
1
Start the ARC utility (see
page 105
).
2
Select the controller you want, then press
Enter
.
3
When the ARC utility menu appears, then press
Ctrl+P
.
4
Select
Controller Log Information
, then press
Enter
.
The current event log opens.
Location
Model
Rev#
Speed
Size
CN1=DEV1
Box0=Slot0
Exp0=phy0
The manufacturer
information.
The revision
number of the
disk drive.
The speed of the
disk drive.
The size of the
disk drive.