How to manage the Adaptec AACRaid card using the arcconf management tool
To list the controller configuration and status use the following command.
/usr/StorMan/arcconf getconfig 1 al
Controllers found: 1
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Controller information
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Controller Status : Optimal
Channel description : SAS/SATA
Controller Model : IBM ServeRAID 8k
Controller Serial Number : 311234
Physical Slot : 0
Installed memory : 256 MB
Copyback : Disabled
Background consistency check : Enabled
Automatic Failover : Enabled
Defunct disk drive count : 0
Logical devices/Failed/Degraded : 1/0/0
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Controller Version Information
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BIOS : 5.2-0 (17002)
Firmware : 5.2-0 (17002)
Driver : 1.1-5 (2455)
Boot Flash : 5.1-0 (15421)
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Controller Battery Information
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Status : Optimal
Over temperature : No
Capacity remaining : 100 percent
Time remaining (at current draw) : 3 days, 6 hours, 40 minutes
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Logical device information
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Logical device number 0
Logical device name : Drive 1
RAID level : 5
Status of logical device : Optimal
Size : 279798 MB
Stripe-unit size : 256 KB
Read-cache mode : Enabled
Write-cache mode : Enabled (write-back)
Write-cache setting : Enabled (write-back) when protected by battery
Partitioned : Yes
Protected by Hot-Spare : No
Bootable : Yes
Failed stripes : Yes
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Logical device segment information
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Segment 0 : Present (0,3) 3NM4NLRY
Segment 1 : Present (0,1) 3NM4PTTG
Segment 2 : Present (0,2) P6XAZGLB
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Physical Device information
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Device #0
Device is a Hard drive
State : Online
Supported : Yes
Transfer Speed : SAS 3.0 Gb/s
Reported Channel,Device : 0,1
Reported Location : Enclosure 0, Slot 1
Reported ESD : 2,0
Vendor : IBM-ESXS
Model : ST9146802SS
Firmware : B522
Serial number : 3NM4PTTG
World-wide name : 5000C50006479P72
Size : 140013 MB
Write Cache : Disabled (write-through)
FRU : 43X0829
S.M.A.R.T. : No
Device #1
Device is a Hard drive
State : Online
Supported : Yes
Transfer Speed : SAS 3.0 Gb/s
Reported Channel,Device : 0,2
Reported Location : Enclosure 0, Slot 2
Reported ESD : 2,0
Vendor : IBM-ESXS
Model : CBRBA146C3ETS0 N
Firmware : C49C
Serial number : P6XAZGLB
World-wide name : 5000CCA000984G27
Size : 140013 MB
Write Cache : Disabled (write-through)
FRU : 43X0825
S.M.A.R.T. : No
Device #2
Device is a Hard drive
State : Online
Supported : Yes
Transfer Speed : SAS 3.0 Gb/s
Reported Channel,Device : 0,3
Reported Location : Enclosure 0, Slot 0
Reported ESD : 2,0
Vendor : IBM-ESXS
Model : ST9146802SS
Firmware : B522
Serial number : 3NM4NLRY
World-wide name : 5000C50006095F56
Size : 140013 MB
Write Cache : Disabled (write-through)
FRU : 43X0829
S.M.A.R.T. : No
Device #3
Device is an Enclosure services device
Reported Channel,Device : 2,0
Enclosure ID : 0
Type : SES2
Vendor : IBM
Model : SAS SES-2 DEVICE
Firmware : 1.10
Status of Enclosure services device
Temperature : Normal
Command completed successfully.
To check for disk errors and attempt to fix them use the following command.
/usr/StorMan/arcconf task start 1 logicaldrive 0 verify_fix
To vew the status of running tasks such as a verify_fix task use the following command.
/usr/StorMan/arcconf getstatus 1
Controllers found: 1 Logical device Task: Logical device : 0 Task ID : 105 Current operation : Build/Verify Status : In Progress Priority : High Percentage complete : 2 Command completed successfully.
To update the controller firmware and BIOS download the firmware update software from Adaptec website and run it as shown below.
./ibm_fw_aacraid_8k-8kl-5.2.0-17002_linux_32-64.bin -s
Found 1 ServeRAID Controller(s) Getting configuration for Controller 1. Please wait.... Controller 1 is a ServeRAID 8k or 8k-l Controller Attempting to flash controller 1! Updating Controller 1. Please wait.... ./arcconf romupdate 1 as4810 noprompt Controllers found: 1 You must restart the system for firmware updates to take effect. Updating controller 1 firmware...Succeeded A new software image has been applied to controller 1. Command completed successfully. Successfully flashed controller 1!