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README.TXT
Adaptec ASR-7805/ASR-7805Q/ASR-71605/ASR-71605Q/ASR-71605E/ASR-71685/ASR-72405/ASR-78165
SAS/SATA RAID Controllers
Adaptec ASR-8805/ASR-8885/ASR-8885Q/ASR-81605ZQ SAS/SATA RAID Controllers
AFM-700 Flash Backup Unit
NOTE: All Adaptec by PMC products are UL listed and for use only with UL listed ITE.
as of December 5, 2013
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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 most
current information.
The following information is available in this file:
1. New Features in this Release
2. Software and Documentation
2.1 Driver & Utility Software
2.2 Documentation
3. Installation and Setup
3.1 Installation Instructions
3.2 Partition Setup
3.3 DKMS Driver Setup for Red Hat 6/CentOS 6
3.4 AFM-700 Flash Backup Unit Setup
3.4.1 Supercapacitor Setup with Adaptec Series 7Q Controllers
3.4.2 Status LEDs
3.5 Windows SBS 2011 Setup
3.6 Solaris 11 Express Setup
3.7 SLES 11 Setup
3.7.1 SLES 11 SP3 Inbox Driver Issues
3.7.2 SLES 11 SP3 with 4KB/Sector Drives
3.8 Fedora Linux Setup
3.9 Debian Linux Setup
3.10 Ubuntu Linux Setup
3.11 Adaptec maxCache and maxCache Plus Setup
3.12 Dual Firmware Flash Image Support
3.13 Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) Support
4. Known Limitations
4.1 Linux Boot Device
4.2 OS Installation with RAW Devices
4.3 AFM-700 Flash Backup Unit
4.4 ATAPI Devices
4.5 Drive Compatibility Issues
4.6 System Compatibility Issues
4.7 RAID 50/RAID 60, Max Drives
4.8 Solaris 32-bit Array Size Limits
4.9 SLES 11 Boot Device Migration Issues
4.10 uEFI BIOS Issues
4.11 BIOS Feature Disparity: Selectable Performance Mode
4.12 hdparm Support
4.13 HDA Mode Reset
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1. New Features in this Release
o First channel release of Adaptec RAID 8805/8885/8885Q/81605ZQ
SAS/SATA RAID controllers. Key features include:
• 8-16 ports, 12 Gb/s I/O
• Up to 4 internal mini-SAS HD connectors, 2 external mini-SAS HD connectors
• SAS 2.1, PCIe 3.0
• Low-profile MD2 card size
• Integrated AFM-700 flash backup module (ASR-81605ZQ only)
o Support for Adaptec maxCache Plus caching and tiering software
on Adaptec Series 8Q/8ZQ controllers. See Section 3.11 for more.
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