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= Adaptec AACRaid series =
[[Image(adaptec_logo.gif)]]

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= 1. Vendor information =

Adaptec (http://www.adaptec.com) card are usually well supported on Linux.[[BR]]
Adaptec supports Linux and provide an '''opensource kernel driver''' which has been part of Linux for ages

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= 2. Linux kernel drivers =

There is only one drivers to handle all cards:
|| Driver || Supported cards ||
|| aacraid || All Adaptec AACRaid cards ||

You should not expect any problems with theses drivers which are known to be '''mature''' and '''stable'''.[[BR]]
We don't know any current Linux distrubtion which miss theses drivers so no additional step should be required to get it working.

Some ''lspci -nn'' output examples:
  * 02:01.0 RAID bus controller ![0104]: Adaptec AAC-RAID ![9005:0285] (rev 01)
  * 04:08.1 RAID bus controller ![0104]: Dell !PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3/Di [1028:000a] (rev 01)

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= 3. Management and reporting tools =

'''No opensource tools''' for aacraid cards currently exist.
However, Adaptec provides a proprietary utility for x86 and x86_64 linux systems.

== 3.1. arcconf ==

arcconf is a command line tool to manage and monitor aacraid cards.[[BR]]
Latest version is 5.20.17414, available in Adaptec storage manager applications package.

''AVAILABLE IN OUR DEBIAN PACKAGES REPOSITORY FOR BOTH I386 AND AMD64 ARCHITECTURES''

=== 3.1.1. Quickstart guide for arcconf ===

Get first controller config and status
{{{
server# arcconf GETCONFIG 1
Controllers found: 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Controller information
----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Controller Status                        : Optimal
   Channel description                      : SCSI
   Controller Model                         : PERC 3/Di
[...]
   BIOS                                     : 2.8-0 (6089)
   Firmware                                 : 2.8-0 (6089)
   Driver                                   : 1.1-4 (9999)
   Boot Flash                               : 0.0-0 (0)
[...]
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Logical device information
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Logical device number 1
   Logical device name                      : Noname
   RAID level                               : 5
   Status of logical device                 : Optimal
   Size                                     : 139997 MB
   Stripe-unit size                         : 64 KB
   Write-cache mode                         : Not supported
   Partitioned                              : Yes
   Protected by Hot-Spare                   : No
   Bootable                                 : Yes
   Failed stripes                           : No
[...]
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Physical Device information
----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Channel #0:
      Transfer Speed                        : Ultra160
      Initiator at SCSI ID 7
      Device #0
         Device is a Hard drive
         State                              : Online
         Supported                          : Yes
         Transfer Speed                     : Ultra160
         Reported Channel,Device            : 0,0
         Vendor                             : MAXTOR
         Model                              : ATLASU320_73_SCA
         Firmware                           : B120
         Serial number                      : XXX
         Size                               : 70007 MB
         Write Cache                        : Unknown
         FRU                                : None
         S.M.A.R.T.                         : No
[...]
}}}
This command will report all important informations.[[BR]]
However, if you want to see (in example) array rebuild status you will have to run:

{{{
server# arcconf GETSTATUS 1
Controllers found: 1
   Current operation              : None

Command completed successfully.
}}}