- Mar 12, 2022
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Hi,
I bought a Adaptec ASR 6805T Raid Controller but I'm having trouble getting it to play nicely with my Asrock H470M-HDV Motherboard and Ubuntu 20.04.
I used this user manual to install and configure the controller:
Adaptec RAID Controller Installation and User’s Guide
Steps I took:
I just noticed the note at the bottom of that Adaptec article, which notes that my 6805T is supported, but needs to be updated to the latest firmware version. So my next step is going to be to try and upgrade that firmware...
If anyone has any other advice, that would be much appreciated
I bought a Adaptec ASR 6805T Raid Controller but I'm having trouble getting it to play nicely with my Asrock H470M-HDV Motherboard and Ubuntu 20.04.
I used this user manual to install and configure the controller:
Adaptec RAID Controller Installation and User’s Guide
Steps I took:
- Installed the physical Raid Controller and disks following the steps outlined in Chapter 5 of the user guide (Installing the Controller and Disk Drives).
- Installed the Raid Controller drivers using modprobe instead of the proposed Driver Disk install outlined in Chapter 8 (Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System) of the user guide.
- The instruction manual is outdated (Ubuntu v10 or v11)
- Ubuntu 20.04 has built-in support for the AACRAID drivers (Ubuntu Manpage: aacraid — Adaptec AACRAID Controller driver)
- I didn't want to brick my kernel by building my own, so resorted to the instructions outlined in this article: [SOLVED] loader.conf????? (ubuntuforums.org)
- Adaptec Storage Manager (Adaptec - Adaptec Driver: maxView Storage Manager v2.05.22932 for Linux x64 Download Detail (microsemi.com))
- Web GUI
- Once installed (which was a PITA), I was able to open the Storage Manager web portal and log in.
- My Controller was detected, but even though I had two 14TB drives connected, I did not see them under Physical Devices
- When running a full rescan of the system, the application stopped working and my computer needed a hard reboot
- Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility (Adaptec - Adaptec Driver: Microsemi Adaptec ARCCONF Command Line Utility v2.05.22932 Download Detail)
- Command Line Utility
- Once installed (again... a PITA), running `arcconf list` gave me 'Controllers Found: 0', so that's basically the end of that...
- Adaptec Raid Configuration Utility
- BIOS Configuration tool
- According to Chapter C (Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility) of the User Manual, when booting the computer, you should be able to use 'Ctrl + A' to be sent to the BIOS Configuration Utility. Unfortunately, that key combination does nothing and I don't find any reference to the RAID Controller in my UEFI interface.
I just noticed the note at the bottom of that Adaptec article, which notes that my 6805T is supported, but needs to be updated to the latest firmware version. So my next step is going to be to try and upgrade that firmware...
If anyone has any other advice, that would be much appreciated