Adaptec SAS RAID Controllers Guida di Installazione

Sun StorageTekSAS RAID HBAInstallation Guide For The Eight-Port, Internal HBAModel SG-XPCIESAS-R-INT-ZPart No. 820-1847-20March 2010, Revision A

x Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010H. Declaration of Conformity, Safety, and Regulatory Statements 113Declaration of Conform

86 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Best Practices For Deleting LogicalVolumes Without Deleting PartitionsWhen attempting to

Appendix E Best Practices 87Typing this command causes the failed drive to return to a ready state in the GUI.Best Practices For Rescanning orDiscover

88 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20102. Verify whether the logical drive of the RAID card is the first drive in the list.3. I

Appendix E Best Practices 89Replacing an HBA On a SPARC SystemUpon replacing an existing HBA card with a new card on a SPARC system, the newcard autom

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91APPENDIXFSelecting the Best RAID LevelWhen you create arrays (or logical drives) for the Sun StorageTek SAS RAID InternalHBA, you can assign a RAID

92 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Understanding Drive SegmentsA drive segment is a disk drive or portion of a disk drive t

Appendix F Selecting the Best RAID Level 93FIGURE F-1 Nonredundant Arrays (RAID 0)RAID 1 ArraysA RAID 1 array is built from two disk drives, where one

94 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010FIGURE F-2 RAID 1 ArraysRAID 1 Enhanced ArraysA RAID 1 Enhanced (RAID 1E) array—also ref

Appendix F Selecting the Best RAID Level 95FIGURE F-3 RAID 1 Enhanced ArraysRAID 10 ArraysA RAID 10 array is built from two or more equal-sized RAID 1

xiPrefaceThis installation guide explains how to install Oracle’s eight-port, internal SunStorageTek SAS RAID HBA (referred to as Sun StorageTek SAS R

96 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010FIGURE F-4 RAID 10 ArraysRAID 5 ArraysA RAID 5 array is built from a minimum of three di

Appendix F Selecting the Best RAID Level 97FIGURE F-5 RAID 5 ArraysRAID 5EE ArraysA RAID 5EE array—also referred to as a hot-spare—is similar to a RAI

98 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010In this example, S represents the distributed spare, P represents the distributed parity

Appendix F Selecting the Best RAID Level 99Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the array. Forexample, three 250 GB

100 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010RAID 6 ArraysA RAID 6 array—also referred to as dual drive failure protection—is simila

Appendix F Selecting the Best RAID Level 101RAID 60 ArraysSimilar to a RAID 50 array (see “RAID 50 Arrays” on page 98), a RAID 60array—also referred t

102 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Migrating RAID LevelsAs your storage space changes, you can migrate existing RAID level

103APPENDIXGIntroduction to Serial Attached SCSIThis section provides a basic overview of the main features of Serial Attached SCSI(SAS), introduces s

104 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Terminology Used in This AppendixFor convenience, SAS HBAs and SAS RAID HBAs are referr

Appendix G Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI 105About SAS Device CommunicationSAS devices communicate with each other through links. A link is a ph

xii Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Related DocumentationThe following table lists the documentation for this product. The

106 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010When a connection is formed between two end devices, a link is established from aphy in

Appendix G Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI 107About SAS ConnectorsA SAS or mini-SAS connector is the physical plug or receptacle that you see on

108 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010 ExpX:PhyX = Expander X is attached to Phy X (see “SAS Expander Connections”on page 10

Appendix G Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI 109When connecting to a backplane, the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager GUI enablesyou to manage your syste

110 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010FIGURE G-2 SAS Expander ConnectionsDifferences Between SAS and ParallelSCSIIn summary,

Appendix G Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI 111This table describes many of the main differences between the two interfaces.TABLE G-1 Differences

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113APPENDIXHDeclaration of Conformity, Safety,and Regulatory StatementsThis appendix provides Declaration of Conformity, safety, and regulatory statem

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115Declaration of ConformityTo receive a copy of the latest Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for the product, either contact yourlocal Sun sales repres

Preface xiiiDocumentation, Drivers, Support, andTrainingDocumentation CommentsWe are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your commen

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117Safety Agency ComplianceStatementsRead this section before beginning any procedure. Thefollowing text provides safety precautions to follow whenins

118 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Caution – Not all power cords have the samecurrent ratings. Do not use the power cordpr

Safety Agency Compliance Statements 119System Unit CoverYou must remove the cover of your Sun computer systemunit to add cards, memory, or internal st

120 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010 Ce produit est destiné à être utilisé dans des zones àaccès limité, dans lesquelles l

Safety Agency Compliance Statements 121système. Assurez-vous de le brancher dansune prise d'alimentation mise à la terre prèsdu système et facile

122 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Attention – L'utilisation de contrôles et deréglages ou l'application de proc

Safety Agency Compliance Statements 123Anschluss des NetzkabelsAchtung – Sun-Geräte sind fürStromversorgungssysteme mit einemgeerdeten neutralen Leite

124 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010 Reduzierter Luftstrom - Die Installation des Geräts ineinem Rack sollte so erfolgen,

Safety Agency Compliance Statements 125Encendido – Suministra alimentación de CAal sistema.Apagado – Corta la alimentación de CA delsistema.Espera – E

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126 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010descritas en el manual de servicio delproducto. No desmonte las baterías ni intentereca

Safety Agency Compliance Statements 127DanmarkAdvarsel! – Litiumbatteri — Eksplosionsfareved fejlagtig håndtering. Udskiftning må kunske med batteri a

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129Regulatory Compliance StatementsYour Sun product is marked to indicate its compliance class:• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — USA• Indust

130 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010GOST-R Certification Mark

131IndexAACUcreating arrays, 70creating bootable arrays, 71initializing disk drives, 72managing arrays, 71rescanning disk drives, 72secure erasing dis

132 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010connections, 77failure recoverymultiple arrays, 81multiple disk drives, 82RAID 0 arrays

Index 133mirroring, 93Nnon-redundant logical drives, 92Oonline expansion, 2operating system installation, 39, 45Pparity, 96Phy Rate setting, 75phys, 1

134 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Serial ATA. See SATAserial attached SCSI. See SAS, xiSerialSelect,73Solarisdriver insta

1CHAPTER1HBA OverviewThis chapter provides a basic overview of Oracle’s eight-port, internal SunStorageTek SAS RAID HBA (referred to as Sun StorageTek

2 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010HBA FeaturesThe Sun StorageTek SAS RAID Internal HBA (SG-XPCIESAS-R-INT-Z) has thefollowi

Chapter 1 HBA Overview 3 Support for array migration from one RAID level to anotherAdvanced Data Protection Suite Copyback Hot-Spare—You can use thi

4 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010FIGURE 1-1 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID Internal HBA Component LayoutThe following table lists

Chapter 1 HBA Overview 5Operating System and TechnologyRequirementsThis HBA supports the following operating system and technology versions.Disk drive

PleaseRecycleCopyright © 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.This software and related documentation are provided under a license a

6 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Note – For up-to-date operating system version support, visithttp://support.intel.com/sup

Chapter 1 HBA Overview 7Server SupportTABLE 1-3 lists the servers that the HBA supports.Software SupportTABLE 1-4 lists the software applications that

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9CHAPTER2Hardware Installation and RemovalThis chapter explains how to install and remove the HBA, and how to install andconnect internal disk drives.

10 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010 Always use a properly fitted and grounded wrist strap or other suitable ESDprotection

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal 11Note – If you are installing the HBA in a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120, T5220,T5140, or T5240 server, see

12 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010FIGURE 2-3 Internal Mini-SAS, Which Connects to SAS or SATA Disk Drives on aBackplane5.

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal 133. Create a bootable array.See “Creating a Bootable Array on an x64 System” on page 27 or “Creating aBoo

14 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To Install on an Existing Operating System1. Install the battery backup module (BBU).S

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal 15▼ To Install the Battery Backup Module1. Attach an ESD wrist strap.See “Observing ESD and Handling Preca

iiiContentsPreface xi1. HBA Overview 1Kit Contents 1HBA Features 2Array-Level Features 2Advanced Data Protection Suite 3Component Layout 3Operating Sy

16 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20105. Place a spacer over each screw.The BBU connector on the HBA is just below the screw c

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal 17▼ To Verify the Current Devices1. Enter the Open Boot Prompt (OBP) and use the show-disks command to lis

18 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010FIGURE 2-5 Removing the Safety Clips From the SAS Connectors2. Turn off the computer and

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal 19Connecting Disk DrivesYou can connect SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, or a combination of both to the

20 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20103. Close the computer cabinet, and reattach the power cord.▼ To Connect to a System Back

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal 21c. Power-on the disk drive enclosure, and verify that all available HDD statusindicators are normal for

22 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20104. To display the firmware version on the HBA, use the show-version command.5. To displa

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal 23Note – At this point, there are no volumes created and the output from a probe-scsi-all command will not

24 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010c. When the utility starts, review the list of HBAs installed on the computer.d. If more

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal 25e. Highlight Test and press Enter. Verify a 3-second audible alarm.9. Verify that all target devices are

iv Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To Install on an Existing Operating System 14Installing the Battery Backup Module 14▼

26 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To Prepare the HBA for Removal1. If the computer is running the OS, halt all I/O activ

27CHAPTER3Creating a Bootable Array on an x64SystemAs an installation option, you can choose to create a bootable array and then installan operating s

28 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Creating an ArrayA RAID 5 array is created in the examples shown in this section because

Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Array on an x64 System 29▼ To Create a RAID 5 Array With the ACUNote – Hot-plugging of enclosures is not supported in th

30 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 201010. When the Array Properties screen is displayed, follow the instructions in thefollowi

Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Array on an x64 System 31Making the Array BootableNote – You may need to change the system BIOS to modify the boot order

32 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20101. Enter the system setup.2. Navigate to the drive boot sequence.3. Move the boot HBA to

33CHAPTER4Creating a Bootable Array on aSPARC SystemAs an installation option, you can choose to create a bootable array (bootable logicaldrive) and t

34 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010The chapter contains the following sections: “Preparing to Create a Bootable Logical Dr

Chapter 4 Creating a Bootable Array on a SPARC System 35▼ To Create a Logical Drive1. Prepare to create the logical drive, as described in “To Prepare

Contents v▼ To Prepare to Create a Bootable Logical Drive on a SPARC System 34Building a Logical Drive On Which to Install the Solaris OS 34▼ To Creat

36 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20104. Do one of the following: To create a logical drive on the RAID card 2, using RAID le

Chapter 4 Creating a Bootable Array on a SPARC System 37▼ To Delete a Logical Drive on RAID Card 1You might need to free up some space in order to cre

38 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20104. When the format process displays the Disk not labeled. Label it now?prompt, type y an

39CHAPTER5Installing an OS Onto a BootableArray on an x64 SystemIf you chose to create a bootable array on an x64 system as part of your installation(

40 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Preparing to Install an OS▼ To Prepare to Install an OS1. Install and connect the HBA an

Chapter 5 Installing an OS Onto a Bootable Array on an x64 System 41▼ To Install the Driver With the Windows OSNote – You will need the Windows Instal

42 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20107. Complete the Linux installation, following the instructions included with theoperatin

Chapter 5 Installing an OS Onto a Bootable Array on an x64 System 43▼ To Install the Driver With VMware TechnologyNote – You will need the VMware Inst

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45CHAPTER6Installing the Solaris OS on a SPARCSystemIf you chose to create a bootable array on a SPARC system as part of yourinstallation (see “Creati

vi Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To Install the Driver on the Solaris OS on an x64 System 51▼ To Install the Driver on

46 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Preparing to Install the Solaris OSBefore you begin, prepare to install the Solaris 10/0

Chapter 6 Installing the Solaris OS on a SPARC System 47Next StepsYou can optionally install and use the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager GUI to createarra

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49CHAPTER7Installing the Driver on an ExistingOperating SystemAs an installation option, you can choose to perform a standard installation byinstallin

50 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Installing the Driver on an Existing OSThe driver can be installed on various operating

Chapter 7 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System 512. Mount the CD.For example:Red Hat:mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdromSUSE:mount /dev/cdrom

52 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To Install the Driver On the VMware TechnologyNote – The embedded driver provided by V

53CHAPTER8Known IssuesThis chapter contains the latest supplementary information for the precedingchapters in this guide.Specific Change Request (CR)

54 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010BIOS Utility IssuesThis section contains the known issues related to the BIOS RAID Confi

Chapter 8 Known Issues 55The System Freezes When a Sun Storage 32GBSLC SATA Solid State Drive (SSD) is ConfiguredIn the HBACR 6806467Issue: This occur

Contents viiC. Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility 65Introduction to the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility 66Understanding Hot-Plug Limitations an

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57APPENDIXAConfiguration RulesThis appendix lists the configuration rules for the Sun StorageTek SAS RAID InternalHBA.Note – Use only Sun-approved dev

58 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Note – Mixing SATA and SAS HDDs in the same logical RAID array is notsupported. Although

59APPENDIXBHBA SpecificationsThis appendix provides information about the HBA specifications. The appendixcontains the following sections: “Physical

60 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Environmental SpecificationsNote – With a Battery Backup Unit (BBU), the ambient tempera

Appendix B HBA Specifications 61 Physical layer: Consists of two sets of differential lines, one receive set and onetransmit set [4-wire total]. This

62 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010SATA Pin-OutThe Serial ATA [SATA] bus is defined over two separate connectors, one conne

Appendix B HBA Specifications 63TABLE B-4 SATA Power Pin-OutPin# Signal Name Signal Description1 V33 3.3v Power2 V33 3.3v Power3 V33 3.3v Power, Pre-c

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65APPENDIXCUsingthe BIOS RAID ConfigurationUtilityThe BIOS RAID Configuration utility is a BIOS-based utility that you can use tocreate and manage con

viii Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To View the Event Log 78D. Troubleshooting 79Troubleshooting Checklist 79Silencing t

66 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Introduction to the BIOS RAIDConfiguration UtilityThe BIOS RAID Configuration utility co

Appendix C Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility 67 The hard disk drive to be removed must not be a part of a logical device (its statusmust be ‘

68 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Running the BIOS RAID ConfigurationUtilityThis section describes how to start and naviga

Appendix C Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility 69▼ To Navigate the BIOS RAID ConfigurationUtility● Use the arrows, Enter, Esc, and other keys on

70 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To Start the ACU1.Start the BIOS RAID Configuration utility.See “To Start the BIOS RAI

Appendix C Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility 71▼ To Manage Existing Arrays With the ACU1. Select Manage Arrays from the main ACU menu.2. From

72 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To Initialize Disk Drives With the ACUIf a disk drive is displayed grayed-out (unavail

Appendix C Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility 732. Select the disk drive being secure erased, then press Ctrl+Q.The secure erase stops and the

74 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010▼ To Modify General HBA Settings With a -SelectUtilityNote – Default HBA settings are su

Appendix C Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility 75▼ To Modify SAS-Specific HBA Settings With a -Select UtilityIn addition to the general settings

Contents ixF. Selecting the Best RAID Level 91Understanding Drive Segments 92Nonredundant Arrays (RAID 0) 92RAID 1 Arrays 93RAID 1 Enhanced Arrays 94R

76 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Using the Disk Utilities to Manage DiskDrivesYou can use the disk utilities, another too

Appendix C Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility 771. Start the BIOS RAID Configuration utility.See “To Start the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility”

78 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010 Expanders—The connections is determined by an expander. Exp0 (expander 0)is connected

79APPENDIXDTroubleshootingThis appendix provides basic troubleshooting information and solutions for solvingHBA problems. The appendix contains the fo

80 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Silencing the AlarmAn alarm will sound when an error occurs. To silence the alarm, use B

Appendix D Troubleshooting 81 If copyback is enabled—Data is automatically moved back to its original locationonce the HBA detects that the failed dr

82 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 2010Multiple Failures in the Same ArrayExcept in RAID 6 and RAID 60 arrays (see “Selecting t

83APPENDIXEBest PracticesThis appendix provides information about how to best use the Sun StorageTek SASRAID HBA to improve your overall user experien

84 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide • March 20101. Run the arcconf getversion command at a terminal window.Assuming the newly installed

Appendix E Best Practices 85Pulling a Cable and Reconnecting It To the SamePortWait at least two minutes between pulling a cable and reconnecting it t