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Adaptec maxView Storage Manager
Adaptec Command Line Interface Utility (ARCCONF)
as of November 22, 2013-------------------------------------------------------------------Please review this file for important information about issues
and errata 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 mostcurrent information.
The following information is available in this file:
1. New Features in this Release
2. Software Versions and Documentation
2.1
Utility Software
2.2
Documentation
3. Installation and Setup
3.1
Installation Instructions
3.2
Supported Operating Systems
3.3
General Setup Notes
3.4
Remote Access
3.5
Windows 8 Setup
3.6
Linux Setup
3.7
SLES 11 Host File Configuration
3.8
maxCache Plus Setup
3.8.1 maxCache Plus OS Support
3.8.2 maxCache Plus Driver Setup and Adapter Support
3.8.3 Cache Mode Support
3.8.4 Virtual Volume Size
3.9
RAW Device Setup
4. Known Limitations
4.1
Non-Default Web Server Port
4.2
Windows Sysprep Issues
4.3
Login Issues on Windows Domain Server
4.4
Hot Spare Issues
4.5
Dual-Controller Systems
4.6
Email Notifications
4.7
SGPIO Enclosures
4.8
Non-RAID Mode Controllers
4.9
RAID-Level Migrations
4.10 maxCache Container Migration
4.11 Display and Refresh Issues
4.12 Browser Issues
4.13 Remote System Issues
4.14 Power Management Issues
4.15 RAID 50/RAID 60, Max Drives
4.16 RAID 10 Segment Order
4.17 RAID 10 Rebuild Order
4.18 Verify with Fix
4.19 Logical Drive Wizard Issues
4.20 ATA Secure Erase4.21 ARCCONF Backward Compatibility
4.22 ARCCONF Silent Installation
4.23 Special Characters in Logical Device Names
4.24 Online Help Issues
4.25 Uninstallation Issues-------------------------------------------------------------------1. New Features in this Releaseo Support for Adaptec Series 8/8Q/8ZQ 12Gb SAS RAID controllers
o Support for maxCache Plus caching and tiering software on Windows and Linux
Optimizes storage structure by assigning different categories ofdata to different types of storage, or "tiers." Provides virtualized
pools of storage using any block-level storage device; provisions
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tiered volumes comprised of pools with different tier levels.
Supported on Adaptec Series 8Q/8ZQ controllers. See Section 3.8 for
maxCache Plus requirements and setup instructions.
o maxConf Command Line Interface for managing maxCache Plus virtual poolsand virtual volumeso Downloadable installers for all supported operating systems at start.adaptec.com(replaces physical media/DVD for installation of maxView Storage Manager andother management utilities)
o Bootable USB image available for download at start.adaptec.com (replaces BootableDVD)o New controller modes (ARCCONF/BIOS only):
RAID: Expose RAW mode (previously, RAID mode)
RAID: Hide RAW modeo Bugfixes-------------------------------------------------------------------2. Software Versions and Documentation
2.1 Utility Softwareo Adaptec maxView Storage Manager Version 1.04
o Adaptec ARCCONF Command Line Interface Utility Version 1.04
2.2 Documentation
PDF Format (English/Japanese):o maxView Storage Manager User's Guideo Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide
HTML and Text Format:
o maxView Storage Manager Online Helpo maxView Storage Manager README.TXT file-------------------------------------------------------------------3. Installation and Setup
3.1 Installation Instructions
The Adaptec SAS RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide
contains complete installation information for the controllers
and drivers. The Adaptec RAID Controllers Command Line Utility
User's Guide contains complete installation information for
ARCCONF. The maxView Storage Manager User's Guide contains
complete installation information for the maxView Storage
Manager software.
3.2 Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows:
o Windows Server 2012, 64-bit
o Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit
o Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit
o Windows SBS 2011 (all versions)o Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, 32-bit and 64-bit
Linux:o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4, 5.9, IA-32 and x64
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 10, IA-32 and x64
o Debian Linux 7.0, IA-32 and x64
o Ubuntu Linux 12, 11, 10, IA-32 and x64
o Fedora Linux 19, 18, IA-32 and x64
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o CentOS 6.4, 5.9
Virtual OS Environments:o VMware ESX 4.1
o VMware ESXi 5.1
Solaris:o Solaris 10 U9o Solaris 11 Express
3.3 General Setup Noteso maxView Storage Manager supports Adaptec Series 8, Adaptec
Series 7, and Adaptec Series 6 controllers. It is not backward
compatible with older Adaptec controller models.
o maxView Storage Manager is not supported on FreeBSD. Use
ARCCONF to create and manage arrays.
o maxView Storage Manager and legacy Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM)
cannot coexist on the same system.
3.4 Remote AccessmaxView Storage Manager requires the following range of ports
to be open for remote access:o 34570-34580 (TCP)o 34570 (UDP)o 34577-34580 (UDP)
See also Section 4.13 for OS-specific issues and workarounds.
3.5 Windows 8 Setup
To log in and use maxView Storage Manager on a Windows 8 system,
you must create a local user account; you cannot use yourMS Live account. To create a local user account:
1. Log into your MS Live account.
2. Select Settings->Change PC Settings->Users->Switch to Local user.
3. Provide account details.
4. Start maxView Storage Manager and log in with your local user
account credentials.
3.6 Linux Setup
To ensure that the maxView Storage Manager CIM Server initializes
and starts correctly on systems with SELINUX enabled, enter thefollowing commands, as root:# cd /usr/StorMan/pegasus/bin# chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /usr/StorMan/pegasus/lib/libpegcommon.so.1(or chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /usr/StorMan/pegasus/lib/lib* if any other binary
relocation failed)
3.7 SLES 11 Host File Configuration
To avoid a problem with launching maxView Storage Manager on
SLES 11 x64 systems with DHCP enabled, ensure that the/etc/hosts file maps the server IP address to a valid hostname; the IP address cannot be mapped to localhost.
3.8 maxCache Plus Setup
3.8.1 maxCache Plus OS Support
maxCache Plus is supported on these Windows and Linux OS versions:3o Windows 2008 R2 (x64), Windows Server 2012 (x64)o Red Hat Linux 6.4 (x64)o SuSE Linux 11 SP3 (x64)
maxCache Plus supports block-level storage devices on the
supported operating systems only. It does not support storage
devices on any other OS.
3.8.2 maxCache Plus Driver Setup and Adapter Support
On Windows systems, maxCache Plus is a selectable feature in
the maxView Storage Manager installation wizard. On Linux systems,
running the maxCache Plus installation script, install.sh,installs the maxCache Plus driver and maxView Storage Manager.
(A separate install package allows you to install just maxView
Storage Manager on Linux.)
If the installer detects an Adaptec Series 8Q or 8ZQ controller
and one of the supported OSs, it enables the option to install the
maxCache Plus driver (Windows) or it installs the maxCache Plus
driver automatically (Linux). Once the qualifying Series 8Q/8ZQ
controller is detected in the setup, maxCache Plus caching andtiering can be used with any block-level storage device on the
supported operating systems, either from Adaptec or other vendor,
including any other Adaptec controller: Series 6/7/8 (Q,non-Q),
select 3rd party controllers, HBAs, and PCIe storage (eg, PCIe flash).
3.8.3 Cache Mode Support
In this release, Cached Volumes support Write-Back and Write-Throughcaching modes. Cached LD Volumes support Write-Through caching only.
3.8.4 Virtual Volume Size
The maximum size of a virtual volume depends on the chunk size:
o 64KB chunk size has a maximum 2TB volume sizeo 256KB chunk size has a maximum 8TB volume sizeo 1MB chunk size has a maximum 32TB volume sizeo 4MB chunk size has a maximum 128TB volume size
3.9 RAW Device Setup
On Adaptec Series 7 and Adaptec Series 8 controllers, a RAW
Pass Through device is analogous to a JBOD, supported by Adaptec
Series 6 controllers and older. Any drive without Adaptec RAID
metadata is exposed to the OS as a RAW Pass Through device. To
remove the Adaptec metadata and convert the drive to a RAW device,
use the Uninitialize action in maxView Storage Manager; any
existing data on the drive is destroyed. (You can also run
uninit from the BIOS or ARCCONF.) For more information about
working with RAW devices, see 'controller modes' in the CLI
User's Guide, and BIOS 'general settings' in the RAID Controller
Installation and User's Guide-------------------------------------------------------------------4. Known Limitations
4.1 Non-Default Web Server PortThe default Web Server port number is 8443. If you install maxView
Storage Manager with a non-default port number, you will get a'Browser can’t establish connection to the server' error when you
try to open the maxView login page (even though the login URL
displays the port correctly; for instance,
https://127.0.0.1:8444/maxview/manager/login.xhtml).
WORKAROUND: Edit the server configuration file and correct theport number manually:
1. Stop the maxView Web Server: in the Windows Control Panel,4select Administrative Tools -> Services, then shut down
the maxView Web Server service.
2. Open the Web Server configuration file at:<maxview install directory>\apache-tomcat-7.0.26\conf\server.xml
3. Find the line containing Connector port="8443", then update theport number to the preferred port. For instance: Connector port="8444"
4. Restart the maxView Web Server.
4.2 Windows Sysprep Issues
On Windows systems, installing maxView Storage Manager with
Sysprep (System Preparation tool) kills the maxView desktop
icon and Start menu option.
WORKAROUND: Place the shortcuts on the public desktop, making
them available to all users. The shortcuts will be preserved
even when the server is Sysprep'ed.
1. From a network share, copy the maxView desktop shortcuts to
Libraries\Documents\Public Documents on your local machine.
2. Open the Desktop_Icons folder, then copy and paste the icons
in the folder to the public desktop (a hidden folder),available at C:\Users\public\desktop.
3. Add or create other shortcuts here, as needed, so they willappear on the public desktop.
4.3 Login Issues on Windows Domain Server
If the maxView login account doesn’t have local administrative
rights, login will fail with an error message: 'Invalid Usernameor Password'. On domain servers running later versions of Microsoft
Windows Server, where no local administrator exists or can becreated, maxView login is not possible. Use ARCCONF to create
and manage arrays.
4.4 Hot Spare Issues
After using a hot spare to successfully rebuild a redundant
logical drive, maxView Storage Manager will continue toreport the drive as a global hot spare. To remove the hotspare designation, delete it in maxView Storage Manager.
4.5 Dual-Controller Systems
In dual-controller systems, the controller order in maxView
Storage Manager and the BIOS differs. Example: with an
Adaptec 72405 and 7805 installed, the BIOS reports
the 72405 as controller 1 and the 7805 as controller 2;
in the GUI, the controller order is reversed.
4.6 Email Notificationso On Linux systems, we recommend adding the SMTP host nameto the /etc/hosts file. Doing so ensures that email
notifications will succeed if you specify the email
server in maxView Storage Manager by host name. Otherwise,
email notifications (including test messages) may fail if
the DNS is unable to resolve the host hame.
WORKAROUND: specify the email server in maxView Storage
Manager by IP address.
o On CentOS 5.9 x64, email notifications may not be sent forlogical drive creations, degraded logical drives, or logicaldrives that are rebuilding or fully rebuilt.
4.7 SGPIO Enclosures
In this release, maxView Storage Manager does not show connector
information for SGPIO enclosures.
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4.8 Non-RAID Mode Controllers
maxView Storage Manager can "see" RAID controllers operating
in HBA mode or Auto-Volume mode (Adaptec Series 7 and Adaptec
Series 8 controllers only). However, to change the controller
mode, you must use ARCCONF or the BIOS.
4.9 RAID-Level Migrationso The following RAID-level migrations (RLM) are supported inthis release:
RAID 0 to RAID 5
RAID 0 to RAID 10
RAID 5 to RAID 6
RAID 6 to RAID 5
RAID 10 to RAID 5
RAID 5 to RAID 10
RAID 1 to RAID 5SIMPLE VOLUME to RAID 1
RAID 1 to SIMPLE VOLUMEo A RAID 5 to RAID 6 RLM with >2TB logical drives is notsupported in this release.
o RLM from a 4-drive RAID 6 to a 3-drive RAID 5 is notsupported in this release. (The RLM fails with an"insufficient number of drives" error.)o We do not recommend performing a RAID-level migration or
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) on a logical drive with
maxCache SSD caching enabled.
NOTE: maxView Storage Manager grays out the options for logicaldrives with maxCache enabled. ARCCONF terminates the task.
o Always allow a RAID-level migration to complete before creatinga support archive file. Otherwise, the support archive will
include incorrect partition information. Once the migration iscomplete, the partition information will be reported correctly.
4.10 maxCache Container Migration
Only one maxCache Container is supported per controller. Moving
the maxCache Container (all underlying SSDs) from one
controller to another (assuming both controllers support
maxCache) is supported only if (1) the new controller does nothave a maxCache Container or any other container with aconflicting container number and (2) only after a clean shutdown
on the old controller.
4.11 Display and Refresh Issues
o We do not recommend using multiple browsers simultaneouslyon the same maxView instance. Doing so may cause display
issues or even freezes; to restore maxView, refreshthe display by pressing F5.
o When using maxView Storage Manager and the CLI concurrently,
configuration changes may not appear in the maxView Storage
Manager GUI until you refresh the display by pressing F5.
4.12 Browser Issueso To run maxView Storage Manager on the supported browers,
Javascript must be enabled.
o With Microsoft Internet Explorer 10, the maxView help system
may not display the "toc" (navigation) pane or properly
resolve links with the default Security settings.
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WORKAROUND: Change the Security setting in Internet Options
from High to Medium. Alternative: add the GUI IP address tothe trusted sites list.
o With Microsoft Internet Explorer 10, the controller
firmware update wizard does not show the f/w update
file name when the upload completes. To refresh thedisplay, click Next then Back.
o With Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, the Verify maxCache
dialog box displays square borders on a radio button control
with three options. Normally, radio buttons have a roundborder. Functionally, the control acts like a radio button,
where you can select only one option at a time.
4.13 Remote System Access on Linux and Windows
To avoid remote system access failures from Linux and Windows
clients running maxView Storage Manager, check and update one
or all of the following system and network settings:
Windows:
o Ensure that the DNS server information is properly configured
RHEL/Linux:
o Set server.properties file permissions to at least read-only at all levels
1. Stop all maxView services.
2. Set the Permissions of server.properties file to read and write or read-onlyat all levels (Owner, Group and Others). Apply and close.
3. Restart all services in the given order - cim, agent, tomcat
4. Now try to remote login to this system from any other systemo Check/update these network settings:
1. Disable SELinux
2. Disable firewall.
3. Disable the ipv6 in the system, if ipconfig shows both ipv4 and ipv6
address.
4. Remove the virtual bridge virbr0, if present
5. Enter local ip address in 'localip' parameter in server.properties file
4.14 Power Management Issueso Power management is not supported under FreeBSD.
o In maxView Storage Manager and ARCCONF, you can enable power
management for a logical drive comprised of SSDs or a mix ofSSDs and HDDs. However, the firmware does not apply power
management on the SSDs.
o In maxView Storage Manager, the Logical Drive Creation wizard
does not save the power management setting after the logicaldrive is created. It is always disabled.
WORKAROUND: enable power management for the logicaldrive with the Set Properties action.
4.15 RAID 50/RAID 60, Max Drives
The maximum number of drives in a RAID 50 or RAID 60 differ
between maxView Storage Manager, ARCCONF, and the BIOS:
o BIOS and ARCCONF: 128 drives max
RAID 50 - From 2-16 legs with 3-32 drives/leg
RAID 60 - From 2-16 legs with 4-16 drives/lego maxView Storage Manager:
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Assumes 2 legs for RAID 50/RAID 60 (non-selectable)
RAID 50 3-32 drives/leg (64 total)
RAID 60 4-16 drives/leg (32 total)
4.16 RAID 10 Segment OrdermaxView Storage Manager and the Ctrl-A BIOS report the wrong
segment order for RAID 10s, regardless of the order in which
the drives are selected.
Example 1:

Create RAID 10 with 2 SDDs and 2 HDDs in maxView Storage Manager:(1a) ARCCONF and maxView Storage Manager see the following RAID segment order:
Device 2 (S1)
Device 1 (H2)
Device 3 (S2)
Device 0 (H1)(1b) the BIOS/CTRL-A sees the following RAID segment order:
Device 2 (S1)
Device 1 (H2)
Device 0 (H1)
Device 3 (S2)(1c) the correct and expected RAID segment order is:
Device 2 (S1)
Device 0 (H1)
Device 3 (S2)
Device 1 (H2)
Example 2:Create RAID-10 with 2 SDDs and 2 HDDs with ARCCONF:(2a) the BIOS/CTRL-A sees the following RAID segment order:
Device 0 (H1)
Device 2 (S1)
Device 1 (H2)
Device 3 (S2)(2b) ARCCONF and maxView Storage Manager see the correct RAID segment order:
Device 2 (S1)
Device 0 (H1)
Device 3 (S2)
Device 1 (H2)
4.17 RAID 10 Rebuild OrderWith a degraded RAID 10 logical drive, the drive is rebuilt
one leg at a time, not in parallel.
4.18 Verify with Fix
In maxView Storage Manager and ARCCONF, the Verify with Fix
operation is NOT available when:
1. The logical drive has a non-redundant RAID level
2. Other tasks are in progress on the logical drive
3. The logical drive is in a non-optimal or impacted state
4. The logical drive is Quick initialized (ARCCONF only)
4.19 Logical Drive Wizard Issues
After saving the controller configuration with the Save
Configuration option on the Ribbon, the Logical Drive Wizard
opens with a 'No Records Found' error.
WORKAROUND: stop the maxView Storage Manager Agent, then stop
the maxView web server. Restart the services in the same order.
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In ARCCONF, the ATA Secure Erase operation cannot be aborted.
Once started, it continues to completion.
NOTE: ATA Secure Erase is also available in the Ctrl-A BIOS.
and maxView Storage Manager.
4.21 ARCCONF Backward Compatibility
ARCCONF is backward compatible with older Adaptec controller
models. As a result, the ARCCONF user's guide and online help
show command options that are not supported by newer Adaptec
controllers, like the Adaptec Series 7 or Adaptec Series 8.
Examples:o With ARCCONF CREATE, Adaptec Series 7 and Series 8 controllers
do not support 16KB and 32KB stripe sizes or RAID 5EEo With AARCCONF SETMAXCACHE, Adaptec Series 7 and Series 8controllers do not support ADDTOPOOL or REMOVEFROMPOOL
4.22 ARCCONF Silent Installation
ARCCONF silent installation fails using the command line formatof the maxView setup program. After executing the command below,
ARCCONF is not installed on the system:
setup_asm_x64.exe /s /v""/qb ADDLOCAL=CLITools USERNAME=administrator
PASSWORD=pmc@123 CONFIRMPASSOWORD=pmc@123 /lv* c:\pmc.log""
WORKAROUND: Install ARCCONF with the maxView GUI installation
wizard.
4.23 Special Characters in Logical Device Names
Special characters are permitted in logical device names
in maxView Storage Manager, the BIOS, and ARCCONF. However,with Linux ARCCONF (create, setname), special charactersmust be "escaped" to ensure proper interpretation. For
example:ARCCONF SETNAME 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 arc_ldrive%\$12\&
4.24 Online Help Issueso In the maxView Storage Manager online help, some links
show the full file path to the topic rather than the
topic title. The link itself is unaffected. See also
'Browser Issues' in Section 4.12.
o When opening the maxView Storage Manager help from a remote
Linux system (eg, over a VPN), the help window may fail to openwith a 'can't establish connection to server' message.
WORKAROUND: replace 127.0.0.1:8443 in the URL with <system_ip_address>:8443
4.25 Uninstallation Issueso When using the 'Modify' option on a Windows system to uninstall
maxView Storage Manager, the 'Adaptec' folder is notremoved from the file system.
o After uninstalling maxView Storage Manager from a Linux system,log files in the root directory are not removed.
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