Microsemi Adaptec ASR-8805E - User Manual

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Installation and User's Guide
Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers
Released
January 2019

Summary

About Your RAID Controller

Getting Started

Choosing a RAID Level

Installing the Controller and Disk Drives

Installing the Controller

Step-by-step guide for physically installing the RAID controller hardware.

Installing a RAID Controller without Zero Maintenance Cache Protection

Detailed installation steps for standard RAID controllers.

Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection

Detailed installation steps for RAID controllers with ZMCP.

Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers

Creating a Bootable Array

Setting the Boot Controller

Creating an Array

Provides instructions on how to create RAID arrays.

Creating an Array with maxView Storage Manager

Steps for creating an array using the graphical maxView Storage Manager.

Installing the Driver and an Operating System

Installing with Windows

Detailed driver installation steps during Windows setup.

Installing with Red Hat Linux or CentOS

Detailed driver installation steps for RHEL/CentOS.

Installing with VMware

Guide for installing drivers with VMware ESXi.

Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System

Creating a Driver Disk

Installing on Windows

Steps for installing drivers in an existing Windows OS.

Installing on Red Hat, CentOS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux

Steps for installing drivers in existing Linux distributions.

Installing Dynamic Kernel Module Support

Installing the DKMS Deb Package on Ubuntu Systems

Installing the DKMS RPM Package

Managing Your Storage Space

About maxView Storage Manager

About the Microsemi Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility

Which Utility Should I Use?

Solving Problems

Troubleshooting Checklist

Monitoring Disk Drives Status

Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure

Detailed steps for recovering from disk drive failures.

Resetting the Controller

Procedure for resetting or flashing the RAID controller.

Using the Microsemi Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility

Introduction to the ARC Utility

Ctrl-A or uEFI;HII?

Using the ARC Utility to Create and Manage Arrays

Guide on creating and managing RAID arrays using the ARC utility.

Using the ARC Utility to Modify Controller Settings

Instructions for modifying controller settings via the ARC utility.

Using the Adaptec Flash Utility

Creating the Firmware Update Disk

Running the AFU from the Command Line

Safety Information

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

Crucial procedures for preventing damage from electrostatic discharge.

Microsemi Adaptec ASR-8805E Specifications

General

Brand	Microsemi
Model	Adaptec ASR-8805E
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English