SAS Host Adapters ARC-1320 Series (PCIe 2.0 x8 Lanes 6Gb/s SAS Host Adapters ) USER’S Manual Version: 1.
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Contents 1. Introduction................................................................. 6 1.1 Overview..........................................................................6 1.2 Features...........................................................................6 2. Hardware Installation.................................................. 8 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation..............................................8 2.2 Board Layout.................................................................
.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD........................................... 46 4.5 Driver Installation for Solaris............................................. 47 4.6 Driver Installation for Existing Mac OS X............................. 47 4.6.1 Making Volume Sets Available to Mac OS X..................... 48 5. CLI Introduction......................................................... 50 5.1 Supported Operating Systems............................................ 50 5.2. CLI Installation...............
INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction This section presents brief overview of the SAS 6Gb/s host adapters: ARC-1320-8i, ARC-1320-4i4x, ARC-1320-8x and ARC-1320ix-16. 1.1 Overview The ARC-1320 SAS host adapters are a line of PCIe 2.0 x8 lanes 6Gb/s SAS bus low profile host adapters. The adapters bring the fastest available connections to SAS/SATA storage on any computer, workstation and server with PCI Express interface.
INTRODUCTION • • • • Support 1.5, 3.0 and 6 Gb/s SAS and SATA link rates Support a maximum 128 SAS/SATA devices using SAS expander Low-profile form factor RoHS compliant Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 6Gb/s • Serial Attached SCSI (SAS-2.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the ARC-1320 series SAS host adapters. 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the ARC-1320 series host adapters as your data storage subsystem. This user manual gives simple step-bystep instructions for installing and configuring the host adapters.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-1, ARC-1320-8i Host Adapter Connector Type Description 1. (J2) Manufacture Purpose Port 10-pin header 2. (J1) Global Fault/Activity LED 4-pin header 3. (D4-D11) Activity LED for SAS Port 0-7 SMT LED 4. (D12-D19) Fault LED for SAS Port 0-7 SMT LED 5. (SCN2) SAS 1-4 Ports (Internal) SFF-8087 6.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Connector Type Description 1. (J2) Manufacture Purpose Port 10-pin header 2. (J1) Global Fault/Activity LED 4-pin header 3. (D4-D11) Activity LED for SAS Port 0-7 SMT LED 4. (D12-D19) Fault LED for SAS Port 0-7 SMT LED 5. (SCN3) SAS 1-4 Ports (External) SFF-8088 6. (SCN4) SAS 5-8 Ports (External) SFF-8088 Table 2-2, ARC-1320-8x Connectors Figure 2-3, ARC-1320-4i4x SAS Host Adapter Connector Type 1. (J2) Manufacture Purpose Port 10-pin header 2.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Front Side Back Side Figure 2-4, ARC-1320ix-16 SAS Host Adapter Connector Type Description Front Side 1. (J2) Manufacture Purpose Port 2. (JP1) RS232 for Expander Configuration 10-pin header 3. (J1) Global Activity/Fault Header 4-pin header 5. (JP2) Individual Fault LED Header for SAS 1-8 Ports 8-pin header 6. (JP3) Individual Fault LED Header for SAS 9-16 Ports 8-pin header 7. (J4) I2C/LCD Connector 8-pin header 8. (SCN2) SAS 5-8 Ports (Internal) SFF-8087 9.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Tools Required An ESD grounding strap or mat is required. Also required are standard hand tools to open your system’s case. System Requirement The ARC-1320 series host adapters can be installed in a universal PCIe slot and requires a motherboard that: • Comply with the PCIe x 2.0 x8 lanes It can work on the PCIe 1.0/2.0 expansion slot x1, x4, x8, and x16 signals with x8 or x16 slot M/B.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can cause serious damage to the electronic components on this SAS host adapter. To avoid damage caused by electrostatic discharge, observe the following precautions: • Do not remove the host adapters from its anti-static packaging until you are ready to install it into a computer case. • Handle the host adapters by its edges or by the metal mounting brackets at its each end.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-5, Insert ARC-1320 series host adapters into a PCIe x8 slot Note: Some PCIe slots on desktop board support only graphics boards, these PCIe slots may be not able to support other add-on cards such as storage adapters. Step 4. Install Cable You can connect the end devices to each other through direct cables or through the SAS expander/backplane connections. The SAS host adapters support daisy-chain expansion up to 128 end point devices through SAS expander enclosures.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following pictures are the cables that can use on ARC-1320 series SAS host adapters with your application. Figure 2-6, SAS cable connect to HD 1: Internal Mini SAS 4i to SATA Cable The Mini SAS 4i to SATA cables are used for connection between the ARC-1320ix-16 internal connectors and connectors on the SAS/SATA disk drives or SATA connector backplane. The SFF-8448 sideband signals cable is reserved for the backplane with header on it.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-7, Internal Min SAS 4i to 4x SATA Cable 2: Internal Mini SAS 4i to 4xSFF-8482 Cable These host adapters can be installed in a server enclosure without a backplane. The kind of cable will attach directly to the SAS disk drives. The following diagram shows the picture of Mini SAS 4i to 4xSFF-8482 cables.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3: Internal Mini SAS 4i to Internal Mini SAS 4i Cable The ARC-1320-4i4x,ARC-1320-8i or ARC-1320ix-16 host adapters have Mini SAS 4i internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SAS/SATA signals. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with Mini SAS 4i internal connectors backplane. This Mini SAS 4i cable has eight signal pins to support four SAS/SATA drives and six pins for the SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) side-band signals.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION The ARC-1320-4i4x, ARC-1320-8x or ARC-1320ix-16 host adapters can support daisy-chain up to 128 end point devices through external expander enclosures. The following figure shows how to connect the external Mini SAS cable from the ARC-1320-4i4x or ARC-1320ix-16 series host adapters that have external SFF-8088 connectors to the external drive boxes or drive enclosures. Step 5.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Drive Locate Circuitry: The location of a drive may be detected by sensing the voltage level of one of the pre-charge pins before and after a drive is installed. The following signals define the SGPIO assignments for the Mini SAS 4i internal connector (SFF-8087) in the SAS host adapters. The pin assignment of the sideband inputs follow SFF-8448 specification.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following diagrams and descriptions describe each type of con nector. Note: A cable for the global indicator comes with your computer system. Cables for the individual drive LEDs may come with a drive cage, or you may need to purchase them. 1: Individual Fault LED Connector Most of the backplane has supported the HDD activity from the HDD. The ARC-1320ix-16 SAS host adapter also provides the fault connector for fault LED.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-11, ARC-1320ix-16 individual fault LED for each channel drive. 2: Global LED Indicator Connector If the system will use only a single global indicator, attach the LED to the two pins of the global fault/activity connector. The global fault pin pair connector is the overall fault signal. This signal will light up in any disk drive failure. The global activity pin pair connector is the overall activity. This global activity signal will light up in any disk activity.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 7. Install Host Adapters Driver For a new system: • Driver installation usually takes places as part of operating system installation. Please refer to Chapter 4 Diver Installation for the detailed installation procedure. In an existing system: • To install the host adapters driver into the existing operating system. For the detailed installation procedure, please refer to the Chapter 4, Driver Installation. Step 8.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3. Host_BIOS Setup Manager The system mainboard BIOS automatically configures the following SAS host adapter parameters at power-up: • • • • PCI Bus/Device/Function I/O Port Address Interrupt Channel (IRQ) Adapter ROM Base Address Use Host_BIOS setup manager to further configure the SAS host adapters to suit your server hardware and operating system. 3.1 Starting the Host_BIOS Setup Manager This section explains how to use the Host_BIOS setup manager to configure your host adapters.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Fnc: Indicates the PCI Function assigned by the system BIOS to the selected adapter (range 0 - 7 decimal) I/O: Indicates the I/O port address assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter IRQ: Indicates the interrupt (IRQ) channel of the selected adapter BIOS: Indicates the BIOS address assigned by the system BIOS to the selected address The adapters scan and up to eight devices' information and total connected device count during system bootup.
BIOS CONFIGURATION The adapter setup screen displays a scrolling list of up to 128 SAS end point devices in the system, and provides information about each of them. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select the adapter you want to setup. While the desired adapter is highlighted, press the Enter key to enter the main menu of the Host_BIOS setup manager. 3.2 Main Menu The main menu shows all functions that are available for executing actions, which is accomplished by clicking on the appropriate link.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu DeviceDevices Function Physical Miscellaneous Settings Display Device Information System Information Low Level Format Disk Verify Disk Identify Disk ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item 3.2.1.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Device Information Port/Id/Lun : 0/00/000 Device Function Physical Devices Device Type : SATA-ll Miscellaneous Settings SAS Address : 500000E015D106E2 Device Device Selection - Device Information - 4 Device(s) Display Information System Information Model Disk Name : ST6700630NS Low Level Format Number : 76(GB) : J3X7WJMJ #00 SATA P/I/L=0/00/000 : ST6700630NS Ver
BIOS CONFIGURATION The "Device Selection-Low Level Format Disk" screen displays a scrolling list of installed disks on the slected host adapter. The SATA HDD is not possible to low level format. Highlight the SAS disk name in the "Device Selection-Low Level Format Disk" screen and press Enter.
BIOS CONFIGURATION After format begins, you cannot stop or cancel it. The information fields on the “Disk Format” are as follows: Model Name: Indicates the device name for the format. Time Elapsed: Displays the time elapsed since the start of the format operation. Percentage Completed: Indicates the completion percentage of the format operation. Note: Formatting erases all data on a device. Be sure that you have a current, valid backup of important data on the device before you format it. 3.2.1.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu DeviceDevices Function Physical Device SelectionSettings - Verify Disk - 4 Device(s) Miscellaneous Display Device Information System Information Low Level Format Disk : 76(GB) : ST6700630NS #00 SATA : P/I/L=0/00/000 Verify Disk #01 SAS : P/I/L =1/01/000: 34(GB) : HUS151436VLS300 Identify Are SAS You Sure To Verify The Disk ? (Y=Yes, Others To Abort) #02 : Disk P/I
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.2.1.4 Identify Disk To select the disk for the identification from the attached disks on the host adapter, highlight the "Identify Disk" field on the "Device Function" screen and press Enter.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.2.2 Miscellaneous Settings To access the host adapter miscellaneous settings properties, highlight the "Miscellaneous Settings" field on the main menu screen and press Enter.
BIOS CONFIGURATION The “INT 13 Service” indicates whether the adapter is eligible for BIOS control, or is reserved for control by OS device driver. The information fields on the "INT 13 Service" screen are as follows:Disabled: The SAS host adapter is controlled only by the OS device driver and adapter's BIOS is not installed on the system ROM area. Enabled: The SAS host adapter is controlled only by the BIOS. This setting may not be supported by all OS drivers. 3.2.2.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Miscellaneous Physical Devices Settings Miscellaneous Settings INT 13 Service System Information Silent ModePersistent Mapping Config Persistent Persistent Mapping Mapping Config Config Staggered Persistent Spin-up Config Device Mapping Disable Clear Persistent Mapping ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item Persistent mappin
BIOS CONFIGURATION Enabled: LUNs relative mapping remains static across reboots. Disabled: LUNs relative mapping is gathered from the SAS HBA device driver on every reboot. 3.2.2.3.2 Clear Persistent Mapping To enable the clear mapping registry on the HBA, highlight the ”Clear Persistent Mapping” from the “Persistent Mapping Config” screen and press Enter.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Miscellaneous Physical Devices Settings Miscellaneous Settings INT 13 Service System Information Silent ModePersistent Mapping Config Persistent Persistent Mapping Mapping Config Config Staggered Persistent Spin-up Config Device Mapping Clear Persistent Mapping Operation Completed Successfully! Press Any Key To Continue! ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select,
BIOS CONFIGURATION multiple disk drives in a storage subsystem. It gives the host the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially or in groups, allowing the drives to come ready at the optimum time without straining the system power supply. Staggering drive spin-up in a multiple drive environment also avoids the extra cost of a power supply designed to meet short-term startup power demand as well as steady state conditions. 3.2.2.3.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu #Group Spin-up Delay(Seconds) 0 Miscellaneous Physical Devices Settings Staggered Spin-up Config 1 Miscellaneous Settings INT 13 Service System Information Disk Per Spin-up Group2 3 Silent Mode Group Spin-up Delay(Seconds) 4 Persistent Mapping Config Staggered Spin-up Config 5 6 7 ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item Are
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter Mode Name: Indicates the name of the host adapter. Vendor/Device: Indicates the controller's vendor ID and device name. IRQ Number: Indicates the Interrupt Request Line used by the adapter. This is assigned by the system BIOS. BIOS Version / Date: Indicates the revision version and date of this adapter BIOS. Serial Number: Indicates the production serial number from the manufacture.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the ARC-1320 series SAS host adapters device driver to your operating system. The installation procedures use the following terminology: Installing operating system on the ARC-1320 volume If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to install operating system on a disk drive managed by the SAS host adapters. The device driver installation is a part of the operating system installation.
DRIVER INSTALLATION system installations. For Windows 7/2008/Vista, you can copy the Windows driver file to USB device and installed from it. Determine the correct kernel version and identify which diskette images contain drivers for that kernel. If the driver file ends in .img, create the appropriate driver diskette using “dd” utility. The following steps are required to create the driver diskettes: 1. The computer system BIOS must be set to boot-up from the CD-ROM. 2.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.2 Driver Installation for Windows The ARC-1320 series host adapters can be used with Microsoft Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003/XP/2003. The ARC-1320 series host adapters support SCSI Miniport and StorPort Drivers for Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003/. 4.2.1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003 The Storport driver is new to Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003. Storport implements a new architecture designed for better performance in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments.
DRIVER INSTALLATION Note: The computer system BIOS must support bootable from CDROM. 4. Press F6 when the following displays at the bottom of the screen for only 5 seconds, unless you are installing Windows 7, 2008 and Vista. "Press F6 if you need to install..." This must be done or else the Windows installer will not prompt for the driver from the ARC-1320 series host adapters and the driver diskette will not be recognized.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.2.3 Installing Controller into an Existing Windows System Installation In this scenario, you are installing the controller in an existing Windows system. To install the driver: 1. Follow the instructions in Chapter 2, the “Hardware Installation” chapter, to install the controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure. 2. Start the system and then press Tab/F6 to enter the controller Host_BIOS setup utility. Use the setup utility to configure the host adapter parameter.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.2.4 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System When you reboot the system, log in as a system administrator. The following steps show how to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows system. This procedure assumes that the ARC-1320 series host adapters hardware, driver, and Windows are installed and operational in your system. 1. Partition and format the new disks using “Disk Administrator”: a). Choose “Administrative Tools” from the “Start” menu. b).
DRIVER INSTALLATION Host Adapter" and click right side of mouse then select “Uninstall”. A “Confirm Device Removal” screen appears. 4. Click Yes to remove the ARC-1320 series host adapters driver. 4.3 Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the ARC-1320 series host adapters driver to Red Hat Linux, SuSE and other versions of Linux. Before installing the ARC-1320 series host adapters driver to the Linux, complete the following actions: 1.
DRIVER INSTALLATION host adapters miscellaneous settings parameter. For details, see Chapter 3. BIOS Configuration. The supplied software CD that comes with ARC-1320 series host adapters incluede the compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD 7.x (7.2 and onwards) and 8.x (8.0 and onwards). You can download updated versions of compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD from the Areca web site at http://www.areca.com.tw. Please refer to the “readme.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 1. Insert the Mac Pro Driver & Software CD that came with your ARC-1320 series host adapters. 2. Double-click on the following file that resides at \ packages\MacOS to add the installer on the Finder. a). ArcSAS-0.0.0.dmg 3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the ArcSAS-0.0.0 virtual volume on the "Finder". 4. Follow the installer steps to install Mac Pro driver. 5. Reboot your Mac Pro system 4.6.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. From the "Volume Scheme" column, click on the “Current” to show the drop down menu and select the number of partitions that you want to divide Areca controller. 5. On the right “Volume Information” section, assign a name for each partition, choose the right volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, MS-DOS File System or UNIX File System) and enter the appropriate size of the partitions. Once you have finished the setting, click on the “Partition” tab. 6.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5. CLI Introduction This Command Line Interface (CLI) is provided for you to configure and manage the Areca SAS host adapter components in Windows, Linux and FreeBSD and more environments. The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface (GUI) is not available. Through the CLI, you perform most of the storage management tasks that you can perform with the Host-BIOS setup manager.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5.2. CLI Installation This section describes the procedures for installing Command Line Interface (CLI). 5.2.1. For Windows Below screen in this section are taken from a Windows/XP installation. If you are running other Windows, your installing screen may look different, but the CLI installation is essentially the same. 1. Insert the SAS host adapters CD in the CD-ROM drive. You aslo can download the CLI from the website: www.areca.com.tw 2. Run the setup.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5. When this screen complete, you have completed the CLI software setup. 6. After a successful installation, the setup completed dialog box of the installation program is displayed. Click the “Finish” button to complete the installation. 5.2.2 For Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris The CLI utility can be installed from the Areca shipping software CD, or downloaded from the web site: www.areca.com.tw The following is the CLI installation procedure in the Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. 1.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5.3 Accessing CLI 5.3.1 For Windows This section discusses the methods for accessing the CLI in Windows. To access the CLI: 1. Click on the “Start” button in the Windows XP/2003 task bar and then click “Program”. 2. CLI screen appears. The CLI prompt is displayed in a DOS console window. 5.3.2 For Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris To access the CLI from the Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris prompt, display a window and type CLI in the directory.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5.4. CLI Command Line Configuration 5.4.1 Conventions You can enter only valid CLI commands at the command line prompt. All commands use the following syntax: [sub-command] [parameters] The CLI syntax uses the following conventions for parameter: indicates items that you must specify. [text] the text item within brackets is optional. < ¦ > indicates an ‘or’ situation where the user has a choice between more than one option, but only one can be speci fied.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 2. At the CLI prompt, you can input the commands. Syntax Set Parameters curctrl=xx Example: CLI > set curctrl=1 [Enter] Use this command to select the controller 1 on which to perform an action. 5.4.2.2 Non-interactive Mode To run the CLI in a single command, you can use CLI with syntax and parameters, processing a single command at a time. To process it, simply enter the command with syntax and parameters.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Syntax Where is the name of the text file you want to execute. Creating an automated script example. In its simplest example form, a text file contains two valid CLI commands. A carriage return linefeed follows each command.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5.4.3 Command Categories This chapter provides detailed information about the SAS host adapter CLI commands. From a functional point of view, command can be grouped into the following functional categories. This list may vary depending upon the SAS host adapter model and the installed features. 5.4.3.1 Help Command This command provides an on-line table of contents, providing brief descriptions of the help sub-commands.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE command function and description. Syntax CLI> main [Enter] 5.4.3.3 Set Commands If there is more than one SAS host adapters in the system (up to 64 are supported), use this command to select the appropriate controller on which to perform an action. All actions or commands will be performed only on the currently selected host adapter. To prepare a SAS host adapter to receive a CLI command, you first need to select the host adapter.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5.4.3.4 Disk Commands The disk commands perform all disk operations on the drives connect to the SAS host adapters. Typical operations include: identify and view disk information from the SAS host adapter. You can use the following command to get the disk command function and description. CLI > disk help [Enter] Typical output looks like: 5.4.3.5 Sys Commands Choose this option to display the host adapter system information properties.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5.4.3.6 Exp Commands Exp command is used to view all SAS expander’s information which connected to SAS host adapter. Typical information includes: vendor, model name, serial/unit number, expander port number/chip revision/boot revision/firmware version, CFG data file, GAL id, table route, work mode and work time. You can use the following command to get the exp command function and description. CLI > exp help [Enter] Typical output looks like: 5.4.3.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5.4.3.8 Exit Command To close the currently selected controller and exit the CLI, use the exit command.
APPENDIX Appendix A Expander CLI Function This Command Line Interface (CLI) is provided for you to configure the ARC-1320ix-16 SAS host adapter expander functions. The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface (GUI) is not available. The CLI provides user to read or adjust the ARC1320ix-16 on-board SAS expander parameters. The CLI function can be done by using an ANSI/VT-100 compatible terminal emulation program.
APPENDIX Appendix B Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Process Since the PCIe SAS host adapter features flash ROM firmware, it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the adapter BIOS. The user can simply re-program the old BIOS through the In-Band PCIe bus, using the oflash.exe flash DOS utility. The shipped CD contains the oflash.exe executable utility and a separate adapter flash image on the \BIOS\.
APPENDIX Help Command This –h or –help command provides an on-line table of contents, providing brief descriptions of the help sub-commands that the oflashflash utility recognizes. The command syntax for the oflash-h or -help command is as follows: \> oflash–h or -help --- display the oflashflash utility sub-command option. The below example shows that oflashflash utility oflash-h or –help command gets detail information about its sub-command.
APPENDIX - C:\>oflash/ l ====================================== = Copyright (c) 2009 Areca, Inc. All rights reserved. = = Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility, Version: 1.00 = ====================================== Adapter Information Adapter#00 Vendor ID/DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 17D3/1320/01/00 I/O Address: EFC80000 Adapter#01 DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 1320/1/0 I/O Address: CF00 c:\>_ /c Command This /c command uses to select the host adapter for the /r read command or /w write command.
APPENDIX - C:\>oflash/c 1 /r 1320bak.bin ====================================== = Copyright (c) 2009 Areca, Inc. All rights reserved. = = Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility, Version: 1.00 = ====================================== Controller Information Controller#01 DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 1320/1/0 I/O Address: CF00 Current : Adapter #00 [AT25F2048] Writing 262144 bytes into file 1320bak.
APPENDIX The following step by step instructions provide the process to update the flash. 1. Make the SAS adapter’s BIOS package on bootable floppy disk or USB devices. 2. Insert the oflash floppy disk or USB device and restart your computer. Note: If your computer has not been set up to boot from the bootable floppy disk or USB device, enter the system BIOS setup utility to change the setting. 3.
