Adaptec 2130SLP - SCSI RAID Controller Instruction sheet

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README.TXT
Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM)
as of June 7, 2007
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Please review this file for important information about issues
and erratas that were discovered after completion of the standard
product documentation. In the case of conflict between various
parts of the documentation set, this file contains the most
current information.
The following information is available in this file:
1. Software Versions and Documentation
1.1 Adaptec Storage Manager
1.2 Documentation
2. Installation and Setup Notes
2.1 Supported Operating Systems
2.2 Minimum System Requirements
2.3 General Setup Notes
2.4 Linux Setup Notes
2.5 VMware Setup Notes
2.6 iSCSI Storage Setup Notes
3. General Cautions and Notes
3.1 General Cautions
3.2 General Notes
4. Operating System-Specific Issues and Notes
4.1 All
4.2 Windows - All
4.3 Windows 2000
4.4 Windows for EM64T and AMD-64
4.5 Windows Vista Business and Ultimate
4.6 Linux
4.7 NetWare
5. RAID Level-Specific Notes
5.1 RAID 1 and RAID 5 Notes
5.2 RAID 10 Notes
5.3 RAID x0 Notes
6. Other Issues and Notes
6.1 Direct Attached Storage Notes
6.2 iSCSI Storage Notes
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1. Software Versions and Documentation
1.1. Adaptec Storage Manager Version 5.10
1.2. Documentation on this CD
PDF format*:
- Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Direct Attached Storage
- Command Line Utility User's Guide for Direct Attached Storage
- SnapServer 700i Series User Guide
*Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later
HTML and text format:
- Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help
- Adaptec Storage Manager README.TXT file

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2. Installation and Setup Notes
- The Adaptec RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide
contains complete installation information for direct attached
RAID controllers and drivers. The Adaptec Storage Manager User's
Guide and SnapServer 700i Series User Guide contain complete
instructions for all utilities and Adaptec Storage Manager
software for direct attached and iSCSI storage.
2.1 Supported Operating Systems
- Adaptec Storage Manager GUI - Direct Attached and iSCSI Storage:
Microsoft Windows 32-Bit:
o Windows Vista - All versions
o Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, Standard, and Web Edition
o Windows XP Professional
NOTE: Although you can select the iSCSI Storage Setup option
when installing ASM on Windows 2000, iSCSI storage is
not supported on that operating system.
Microsoft Windows for EM64T and AMD-64:
o Windows Vista Business and Ultimate
o Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, Standard, and Web Edition*
o Windows XP Professional
Linux 32-Bit:
o Red Hat
o Red Hat EL 3.0 AS/ES/WS*
o Red Hat EL 4.0 AS/ES/WS*
o Red Hat EL 5.0 AS/ES/WS*
o SuSE
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9*
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10*
Linux for EM64T and AMD-64:
o Red Hat
o Red Hat EL 3.0 AS/ES/WS*
o Red Hat EL 4.0 AS/ES/WS*
o Red Hat EL 5.0 AS/ES/WS*
o SuSE
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9*
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10*
o VMware
o WMware ESX Server 3.0.0, 3.0.1
- Adaptec Storage Manager GUI - Direct Attached Storage only:
Microsoft Windows 32-Bit:
o Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server
o Windows 2000 Professional
Netware:

o Novell Netware 6.5*
UnixWare:
o SCO UnixWare 7.1.4
OpenServer:
o SCO OpenServer 6.0
Solaris:
o Sun Solaris 10 Update 1
*Out-of-box and current quarterly update or service pack
- Adaptec Storage Manager Management Service:
o Microsoft Windows - All versions
o Red Hat EL 4.0, 5.0 (32-Bit/64-Bit)*
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10 (32-Bit/64-Bit)
*Management service is a 32-bit application on 64-bit RHEL 5.0.
- Adaptec Storage Manager Provisioning agent:
o Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-Bit/64-Bit)
- Adaptec Storage Manager multi-path I/O driver (DSM):
o Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-Bit/64-Bit)
- Adaptec Storage Manager VDS provider:
o Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit/64-Bit)
o Microsoft Windows Vista (32-Bit/64-Bit)
- Adaptec Storage Manager VSS provider:
o Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit/64-Bit)
2.2 Minimum System Requirements
o Intel Pentium Compatible 1.2 GHz processor
o 512 MB RAM
o 135 MB hard disk drive space
o 256 color video mode
2.3 General Setup Notes
- You can configure Adaptec Storage Manager settings on other
servers exactly as they are configured on one server. To
replicate the Adaptec Storage Manager Enterprise view tree
and notification list, do the following:
1. Install Adaptec Storage Manager on one server.
2. Start Adaptec Storage Manager. Using the 'Add remote system'
action, define the servers for your tree.
3. Open the Notification Manager. Using the 'Add system'
action, define the notification list.

4. Exit Adaptec Storage Manager.
5. Copy the following files onto a diskette from the directory
where the Adaptec Storage Manager is installed:
RaidMSys.ser --> to replicate the tree
RaidNLst.ser --> to replicate the notification list
RaidSMTP.ser --> to replicate the SMTP e-mail notification list
RaidJob.ser --> to replicate the jobs in the Task Scheduler
6. Install Adaptec Storage Manager on the other servers.
7. Copy the files from the diskette into the directory where
Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on the other servers.
2.4 Linux Setup Notes
- To run Adaptec Storage Manager under Red Hat Enterprise Linux for
x64, the Standard installation with "Compatibility Arch Support"
is required.
- To install Adaptec Storage Manager on Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
you must install two packages from the Red Hat installation CD:
o compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm
o compat-libstdc++--devel-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm
NOTE: The version string in the file name may be different
than above. Be sure to check the version string on the
Red Hat CD.
For example, type:
rpm --install /mnt/compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm
where mnt is the mount point of the CD-ROM drive.
- To install Adaptec Storage Manager on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,
you must install the following package from the Red Hat
installation CD:
o xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-23.i386.rpm
NOTE: The version string in the file name may be different
than above. Be sure to check the version string on
the Red Hat CD.
- To install Adaptec Storage Manager on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,
you must install one of these packages from the Red Hat
installation CD:
o libXp-1.0.0-8.386.rpm (32-Bit)
o libXp-1.0.0-8.x86_64.rpm (64-Bit)
- To install Adaptec Storage Manager on Novell Linux Desktop 9
Service Pack 1 for 64-bit systems, you must install two
packages from the Novell Linux installation CD:
- liblcms-devel-1.12-55.2.x86_64.rpm
- compat-32bit-9-200502081830.x86_64.rpm
NOTE: The version string in the file name may be different

than above. Be sure to check the version string on the
Novell Linux CD.
- To run Adaptec Storage Manager under Red Hat Enterprise Linux
AS 3 Quarterly Update 3 for AMD64, you must add the
'noexec32=off' argument to the boot kernel command line.
Then, restart the system.
2.5 VMware Setup Notes
- To install Adaptec Storage Manager on the VMware ESX Server:
1. Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager application CD into the
CD-ROM drive.
2. Type the following command to install the 32-bit Linux
Adaptec Storage Manager on the VMware ESX Server:
rpm -ivh RaidMan-8.40.i386.rpm
3. Install Adaptec Storage Manager on a Windows or Linux machine.
4. From the Windows or Linux client, connect to the Adaptec
Storage Manager agent on the VMware ESX Server using the
ASM GUI.
- The Adaptec Storage Manager agent on the VMware ESX Server cannot
be monitored from a guest operating system.
- The VMware ESX Server firewall must have specific ports enabled
for incoming and outgoing traffic. The default ports Adaptec
Storage Manager uses for connection are 34570 to 34580.
2.6 iSCSI Storage Setup Notes
- For proper operation of Adaptec Storage Manager and the
Management Service on Windows XP, you must unblock 'javaw'
in the Windows XP firewall:
1. Unblock 'javaw' in the Windows firewall.
2. Under Windows firewall -> Exceptions, click Add port. Enter
name. In the port field enter 8003. Select TCP. Then, click OK.
3. Restart the Windows firewall.
- For the Management Service to operate properly, TCP port 8080
and 8003 must be open.
- For a VMware initiator, the 'Uses permanent discovery session'
option (in the initiator Advanced settings) is required.
- You can only add a Management Service from an Adaptec Storage
Manager GUI running on Windows or Linux. The iSCSI Storage
node does not even appear in the GUI on operating
systems other than Windows and Linux.
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3. Adaptec Storage Manager General Cautions and Notes
3.1 General Cautions
- While building a pool or (for direct attached storage) clearing

a pool, do not remove and reinsert any drive from that pool.
Doing so may cause unpredictable results.
- Do not move drives containing a pool or volume from one
controller to another while the power is on. Doing so could
cause the loss of the pool configuration or data, or both.
Instead, power off both affected controllers, move the drives,
and then restart.
- When using Adaptec Storage Manager and the CLI concurrently,
configuration changes may not appear in the Adaptec Storage
Manager GUI until you refresh the display (by pressing F5).
3.2 General Notes
- Adaptec Storage Manager requires the following range of ports
to be open for remote access: 34570-34580 (TCP), 34570 (UDP),
34577-34580 (UDP).
- Adaptec Storage Manager generates log files automatically to
assist in tracking system activity. The log files are
created in the directory where the Adaptec Storage Manager is
installed.
o RaidEvt.log - Contains the information reported in the
Adaptec Storage Manager event viewer for all
local and remote systems.
o RaidEvtA.log - Contains the information reported in the
Adaptec Storage Manager event viewer for the
local system.
o RaidNot.log - Contains the information reported in the
Notification Manager event viewer.
o RaidErr.log - Contains Java messages generated by
Adaptec Storage Manager.
o RaidErrA.log - Contains Java messages generated by the
Adaptec Storage Manager agent.
Information written to these files is appended to the existing
files to maintain a history. However, if any of the files reach
a size of 200,000 bytes, the file is copied to a new file with
the extension .OLD and the original (that is, the LOG file) is
deleted and recreated. If a .OLD file already exists, the
existing .OLD file is destroyed.
- The blink LED feature is supported for management-processor-enabled
enclosures only.
- In the Event viewer, Adaptec Storage Manager reports both the
initial build task for a pool and a subsequent Verify/Fix
as a "Build/Verify" task.
- Task priority is not retained after rebooting. If you change
a priority to LOW or MEDIUM, and reboot, the controller resets the
priority to the default (HIGH).
- When displaying information about a physical device, the device,
vendor and model information may be displayed incorrectly.
- After using a hot spare to successfully rebuild a redundant

pool, information about the hot spare drive may not display
as expected. Adaptec Storage Manager may continue to display
it as a global hot spare.
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4. Operating System-Specific Issues and Notes
4.1 All
- Adaptec Storage Manager will not start on a system that uses
only 16 colors. Adaptec Storage Manager supports a minimum of 256
colors. See section 4.2 for a special note about Windows color
requirements.
- If the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI does not repaint correctly,
select the View->Refresh menu item to repaint the screen.
4.2 Windows - All
- The Java Virtual Machine has a problem with the 256-color
palette. (The Adaptec Storage Manager display may be distorted
or hard to read.) Set the Display Properties Settings to a
color mode with greater than 256 colors.
- If the network connection is disconnected while the Adaptec
Storage Manager agent is running, the agent cannot communicate
with the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI. As a result, Adaptec
Storage Manager will not report task status in the Event
viewer. Reestablish network communication; then, restart the
Adaptec Storage Manager agent and GUI.
- When you shut down Windows, you might see the message
"unexpected shutdown". Windows displays this message if the
Adaptec Storage Manager Agent fails to exit within 3 seconds.
It has no affect on file I/O or other system operations and can
be ignored.
4.3 Windows 2000
- More event notifications are generated than degraded pools.
Example: in a configuration with four RAID 5s sharing three
drives, one failed drive causes six notifications--one for
each of the affected pools, plus two extra for the second pool.
4.4 Windows for EM64T and AMD-64
- RAID controllers do not produce an audible alarm on the following
64-bit Windows operating systems:
+ Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
+ Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (all versions)
4.5 Windows Vista Business and Ultimate (64-bit versions)
- Flashing a RAID controller on Windows Vista 64-bit systems
is not supported in this release of Adaptec Storage Manager.
NOTE: Although you can run the image update wizard from
Adaptec Storage Manager on a Windows Vista 64-bit
system, the wizard does not run to completion.
4.6 Linux

- When you delete a pool, the operating system can no longer see
the last pool. WORKAROUND: To allow Linux to see the last pool,
restart your system. For iSCSI Storage (only), you can
restart the iSCSI daemon or reload the iSCSI HBA driver.
- The controller does not support attached CD drives during OS
installation.
- To remotely manage a Linux system from a Windows system, you must
use the standalone GUI.
- If you cannot connect to a local or remote Adaptec Storage Manager
installed on a Linux system, verify that the TCP/IP hosts file
is configured properly.
1. Open the /etc/hosts file.
NOTE: The following is an example:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost matrix
2. If the hostname of the system is identified on the line
with 127.0.0.1, you must create a new host line.
3. Remove the hostname from the 127.0.0.1 line.
NOTE: The following is an example:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
4. On a new line, type the IP address of the system.
5. Using the Tab key, tab to the second column and enter the
fully qualified hostname.
6. Using the Tab key, tab to the third column and enter the
nickname for the system.
NOTE: The following is an example of a completed line:
1.1.1.1 matrix.localdomain matrix
where 1.1.1.1 is the IP address of the server and
matrix is the hostname of the server.
7. Restart the server for changes to take effect.
- On certain versions of Linux, you may see messages concerning font
conversion errors. Font configuration under X-Windows is a known
JVM problem. It does not affect the proper operation of the
Adaptec Storage Manager software. To suppress these messages,
add the following line to your .Xdefaults file:
stringConversionWarnings: False
- On rare occasions, the online help system may generate a Java
exception. This is due to a known problem in the HTML rendering
section of JFC/Swing.
4.7 Novell NetWare
- When starting the NetWare operating system, the Adaptec Storage
Manager agent may fail to start. A message "The Storage Manager

agent failed to start" displays when starting the server.
The server is unable to load the Storage Manager agent. This is
usually caused by loading Java before the Storage Manager agent.
In the file Autoexec.ncf, move the line "LOAD RAIDAGNT -BOOT"
so that it is before any lines that reference Java.
- A NetWare system can run only one instance of the Adaptec Storage
Manager agent.
- Under Novell NetWare 6.5, you cannot initialize a drive using
Adaptec Storage Manager. You must use the BIOS Array
Configuration Utility (ARC).
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5. RAID Level-Specific Notes
5.1 RAID 1 and RAID 5 Notes
- During pool migration from a RAID 1 or RAID 5 to a RAID 0, if
the original pool had a spare drive attached, the resulting
RAID 0 retains the spare drive.
5.2 RAID 10 Notes
- You cannot change the priority of a RAID-10 verify. Setting
the priority at the start of a verify has no effect. The
priority is still shown as high. Changing the priority of
a running verify on a raid-10 changes the displayed priority
until a rescan is done, then the priority shows as high again.
- Performing a Verify or Verify/Fix on an RAID 10 displays the
same message text in the event log, "Build/Verify started on
second level pool of pool 'Pool_0.'" You may see the message
three times for a Verify, but only once for a Verify/Fix.
- During a migration from a RAID 0 to any redundant pool like
RAID 5 or 10, Adaptec Storage Manager shows the status as
"Degraded Reconfiguring" for a moment, then the status changes
to "Reconfiguring." The "Degraded" status does not appear in the
event log.
5.3 RAID x0 Notes
- After building or verifying a leg of a second-level pool, the
status of the second-level pool is displayed as a "Quick
Initialized" pool.
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6. Other Issues and Notes
6.1 Direct Attached Storage Notes
- While a drive is being cleared, do not try to include it in a
new pool. Doing so may cause unpredictable results.
- If you initialize one or more drives in a snapshot source pool,
the snapshot target cannot be deleted. To avoid creating a
snapshot drive that cannot be deleted, you must delete the
snapshot drive first, before you initialize the drives in
the source pool. Note that you can only delete a snapshot
with the CLI.

- With Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6, the ARCCONF
DELETE <logical_drive> command may fail with a Kernel Oops
error message. Even though the drives are removed from the
Adaptec Storage Manager GUI, they may not really be deleted.
Reboot the controller; then, issue the ARCCONF DELETE command
again.
6.2 iSCSI Storage Notes
- When no pool space is available, all snapshots within the pool
go offline.
- If you create a pool, reboot your iSCSI Storage
appliance with an alternative image, then delete the pool,
the pool appears with an offline status when you reboot with
the original image. You cannot delete an offline pool.
- If you change the IP address of a controller used in a mirror,
you may see the error message "N-way mirroring not supported"
when you try to create a mirror on that controller. To avoid
this error, use the CLI to update the corresponding entry in
the controller list for each mirror partner controller to
reflect the address change. If the controller is no longer
a mirror partner, remove the entry.
- In a configuration with multiple iSCSI storage appliances,
if you remove a drive used in a pool, all remaining drives
in the pool may disappear from the GUI and CLI device list.
To refresh the GUI and CLI device list, you must power down
and power up the appliance.
- Under rare conditions, configuration changes made with the
Adaptec Storage Manager GUI or CLI may be lost when you reboot
your iSCSI storage appliance with an alternate image.
- When you export multiple pools, Adaptec Storage Manager displays
only the most recent one in the Logical devices view. When you
import a RAID configuration, the next most recent foreign pool
is displayed; and so on.
- When setting advanced options for an iSCSI initiator, Adaptec
Storage Manager and the CLI use different names for the same
option: 'Separate status PDU' and 'Piggybacking of SCSI status',
respectively.
- Drive numbering in Adaptec Storage Manager and the CLI is not
consistent. Adaptec Storage Manager uses the drive's WWN
(World Wide Name). The CLI uses the drive's device ID.
- When creating snapshots of one or more volumes, the Microsoft VSS
provider may timeout, resulting in an incomplete snapshot set.
- Do not export a pool with the CLI EXPORT command while it is
rebuilding or synchronizing. It will appear as an 'alien' pool
when you move it to a new iSCSI storage appliance. You cannot
import an alien pool.
- Be patient when importing a foreign pool with the CLI IMPORT
command. It may take up to 3 minutes for the system to recognize
the drives and verify the meta data before the pool appears in
the pool list.
- In the Adaptec Storage Manager Properties panel, some properties

for enclosure management devices (JBODs) are blank (unpopulated).
- On rare occasions, Adaptec Storage Manager may report that there
is insufficient space to create a mirror plex. WORKAROUND: Press F5
to refresh; then, try again.
- A recurring job that creates and mounts a snapshot on the same
drive will fail on the second and all subsequent attempts.
WORKAROUND: Free the drive before the next attempt.
- When you create or reassign a volume, Adaptec Storage Manager
includes network drives (mapped by all users of the same
machine) in the list of mount points. If the drive is already
in use, the mount operation fails.
- For an iSCSI storage appliance configured with UPS, if the UPS
broadcasts that it's about to shut down, the iSCSI storage
appliance will only shutdown if it is monitoring the UPS via SNMP.
- If authentication is set on an exported pool, it must be re-set
when you import the pool. The original authentication settings
are not retained when the pool is imported.
- A management service with two NICs can be added to the
Adaptec Storage Manager Enterprise view twice.
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