Expansion Unit with RAID Function QUICK START GUIDE
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1. Adaptec Storage Manager Configure the Adaptec 6805 controller File View Remote Actions Help Configuration summary Below is the configuration summary for the controller To accept and save this configuration click Apply To make changes click the Modify button Configuration summary Click Apply to save your configuration changes Logical device i Initialization Hot spare 415 RAIDS Ci After you apply this configuration the logical devices you created will display as physical drives under an operating system Before you can use these drives to store data you must partition and format them using the disk management tools provided with your operating system Do you want to apply the new configuration res mo 9 Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive s indicated by a magnifying glass moving across the new logical drive icon in the Logical Devices View Logical devices a r JQ Logical devices 1 gt The building process takes at least 4 hours The magnifying disappears once the logical drive has been created 10 The logical drives you create appear as physical disk drives on your operating system You must partition and format these logical drives before you can use them to store data Refer to your operating system documentation for information on partitioning and formatting NOTE e Adaptec Storage Manager on2. Rugged Mobile Computing Solutions OA 2 Software Installation o o ooooooooorororonccnononononecannanonos Installing the Controller Driver eoooooorrrrrroncnccccccnnnacano Installing Adaptec Storage Manager seese 3 Creating ArTays rrrrrrrrrerrrrcrnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnss Using Adaptec Storage Manager to Create Arrays Using the ARC Utility to Create Arrays veee Notes and Hinte mare a mets 7 Overview This Expansion Unit a housing attached to the bottom of X500 provides up to 5TB extra storage space with RAID support By default the Expansion Unit comes with three 1TB disk drives configured as RAID5 Five indicator LEDs for five physical drives You can easily swap a drive by loosening the screws to open the protection door and then pulling the drive out of its slot Three drives Two drives at the at the front back optional The Expansion Unit features include e Adaptec RAID 6805 controller Hard disk drive slot x 5 with three drives pre installed by default e Indicator LED x5 e Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays e RAID levels supported RAIDO RAID1 RAID1E RAID 5 RAID 5EE RAID 6 and RAID 10 Power management of disk drives e Audible alarm e O statistics logging e Disk drive hot swapping 2 Software Installation Installing the Controller Driver 1 Start Windows The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver
3. Insert X500 Driver Disc in the DVD drive Select Locate and Install Driver Software and Don t Search Online Browse to the driver location as below and click OK Option DRV Raid_6805 Driver windows ws08 7 vist When the Adaptec driver is found click Next Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Continue with Adaptec Storage Manager installation Installing Adaptec Storage Manager NOTE You need administrator or root privileges to install Adaptec Storage Manager 1 2 Insert X500 Driver Disc in the DVD drive Browse to one of the below folders depending on your OS version For 64 bit OS Option DRV Raid_6805 AP amd64 manager For 32 bit OS Option DRV Raid_6805 AP i386 manager Run the Setup program for the OS as described below For 64 bit OS setup_asm_x64 exe For 32 bit OS setup_asm_x86 exe Click Next to begin the installation click I accept then click Next Select GUI and Agent Then click Next 3 Creating Arrays NOTE This document provides only basic information It is assumed that you are an advanced user familiar with RAID You can create arrays using either Adaptec Storage Manager or ARC Utility Using Adaptec Storage Manager to Create Arrays Adaptec Storage Manager is a software application that helps you build a storage space for your data You can group disk drives into logical drives and build in redundancy to protect your data and improve system performance Wi
4. up or down arrow key to highlight a physical drive and press Ins to select the drive for the array Repeat with other physical drives Press Enter 7 Use the Array Properties menu to modify the array s RAID level size name Stripe size cache settings and maxCache settings 8 Reboot the computer You can then run Adaptec Storage Manager to check the array building process The process takes at least 4 hours 9 Partition and format your logical drives Refer to your operating system documentation for information on partitioning and formatting NOTE For complete information on the ARC utility refer to the Installation and User s Guide for the RAID controller in the User Manual Raid_6805 folder of X500 Driver Disc 4 Notes and Hints e You can use only the hard disk drive model tested and approved by Getac for this Expansion Unit e Each time the system is powered on X500 has to initialize the Expansion Unit before starting the OS The initialization takes about 1 minute Also it takes about 1 minute for X500 with the Expansion Unit to wake up from S3 Sleep or SA Hibernation state When you want to delete an existing RAID use the ARC utility instead of Adaptec Storage Manager When you log in to Adaptec Storage Manager your permission level is identical to your operating system permission level For example if you have Administrator permissions on your operating system you also have Administrator permiss
5. ions in Adaptec Storage Manager e If you want to know the location of a physical drive start Adaptec Storage Manager right click the drive and click Blink physical drive in the popup menu The LED of the chosen drive will blink Physical devices Logical de Wa Controller 1 Adaptec 6805 Connector 0 CNO Re Logical SATA ATA o gt 3 Cc ul E Create simple volume Create JBOD disk Connector 1 n 1 licated Create hot spare drive Set drive state to failed Change write cache mode to write through Clear Verify Verify with fix Secure erase Initialize Blink physical drive View Statistics Data Properties e When there is an error with a drive the system beeps To stop the beeping start Adaptec Storage Manager and click Silence on the toolbar r Adaptec Storage Manager File View Remote Actions Help te A Silence ES Properties F Events Physical devic Enterprise view gt Gia Direct Attached Storage o f WIN P1QEKV77HOK Local system wi Controller Connector 0 INN INN INN 561512800007 RO
6. line Help includes conceptual information as well as step by step instructions for completing tasks To open the online Help click the Help button shown at right e In addition to the online Help you can refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User s Guide in the User Manual Raid_6805 folder of X500 Driver Disc for comprehensive and detailed information 6 Using the ARC Utility to Create Arrays The Adaptec RAID Configuration ARC utility is a BlOS based utility that you can use to create arrays and manage controllers disk drives and other devices The utility is primarily intended for preoperating system installation configuration The utility comprises these tools e Array Configuration Utility ACU For creating and managing arrays and initializing and rescanning disk drives e SerialSelect For modifying your controller and disk drive settings e Disk Utilities For formatting or verifying disk drives To create arrays using this tool 1 Run the BIOS Setup program of your X500 Make sure that the Boot time Diagnostic Screen item in the Advanced menu is enabled 2 Start your computer When you see the message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility press Ctrl A Select Array Configuration Utility then press Enter Select Initialize Drives if needed Select Create Arrays ee a Disk drives that can be used in a new array are available for selection Use the
7. th Adaptec Storage Manager you can also monitor and maintain the controller and disk drives NOTE If your system includes a firewall you must unblock these ports 8003 TCP 34580 TCP 34570 to 34579 TCP 34570 UDP and 34577 to 34580 UDP To create arrays using this tool 1 In Windows click Start gt Adaptec Storage Manager 2 Expand Direct Attached Storage and select the local system Adaptec Storage Manager File View Remote Actions Help i Add Create Silence ES Properties E Events onfigure Y Enterprise view EE Direct Attached Storage FF Direct Attached Storage System ab WIN P1QEKV77HOK 3 The Log In window opens Enter the Administrator password and click Connect r Adaptec Storage Manager File View Remote Actions Help G Add Create Silence ES Properties FI Events Configure Help E WIN P1GEKV77HOK Local system GQ Direct Attached Storage FO WIN P1QEKV77HOK Local system r Log in x ADAPTEC STORAGE MANAGER User name Administrator Password Click Cancel to log in with guest privileges 4 Double click Controller 1 RAID controller Adaptec 6805 e Adaptec Storage Manager File View Remote Actions Help Gi Add Create Silence ES Properties E Events Configure Help FO WIN P1QEKV77HOK Local system Controller 1 RAID controller Adaptec 6805 5 The physical drives are shown on the screen Click Create on the
8. toolbar Adaptec Storage Manager File View Remote Actions Help Physicaldevices Logical devices net Controler 1 Adaptec 6805 Connector 0 CNO Logical devices 0 ea aa No logical devices configured Connector 1 CN1 os 6 The wizard screen appears offering two configuration methods Express configuration and Custom configuration Use the express method when you want to use all available disk drives in the most efficient manner Use the custom method when you want to create specific logical drives with any or all available disk drives and configure advanced settings manually Click Next after selecting a method P Adaptec Storage Manager Configure the Adaptec 6805 controller File View Remote Actions Help loj x The Configuration wizard guides you through the configuration of your controller There are 5 physical drives available for configuration Click Express or Custom then click Next Y Select a path through the configuration wizard e Express configuration for controller 1 Click this choice to configure your Adaptec 6805 controller automatically O Custom configuration for controller 1 Click this choice to configure your Adaptec 6805 controller manually lt Back Next gt Cancel Heip 7 Configure the settings if you selected Custom configuration in the previous step 8 Review the information that is displayed Click Apply and then Yes
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