Adaptec 6805Q 2270700-R User Manual

Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility

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Identifying Disk Drives

You can identify disk drives by viewing the list of disk drives on your system. Only physical 
drives that display during POST are shown.

To identify a disk drive: 

1

Start the ARC utility (see 

). 

2

Select the controller you want, then press Enter.

3

Select Disk Utilities.

The Disk Utilities view will provide you with the following information: 

The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of connections:

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Direct attached drives

—The connection is determined by the cable connected to a device, 

for example CN1 (connector 1) is connected to DEV1 (device 1). For more information, see 

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Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) managed devices

—The connection is determined by an 

active backplane. Box0 (enclosure 0) is connected to slot0 (disk drive slot 0 in the 
enclosure). For more information, see 

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Expanders

—The connections is determined by an expander. Exp0 (expander 0) is 

connected to phy0 (phy 0 within a connector). For more information, see 

Note: 

Devices other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are listed in order after your 

system disk drives.

Viewing the Event Log

The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array 
creation, and boot activity. 

Some events are not stored indefinitely—the event log is cleared of any non-persistent events 
each time you restart your computer; additionally, once the log is full, new events overwrite 
old events.

To view the event log:

1

Start the ARC utility (see 

). 

2

Select the controller you want, then press Enter.

3

When the ARC utility menu appears, then press Ctrl+P.

4

Select Controller Log Information, then press Enter. 

The current event log opens.

Location

Model

Rev#

Speed

Size

CN1=DEV1
Box0=Slot0
Exp0=phy0

The manufacturer 
information.

The revision 
number of the 
disk drive.

The speed of the 
disk drive.

The size of the 
disk drive.