README: maxView Storage Manager & ARCCONF Command Line Utility

Microsemi Adaptec maxView Storage Manager
Microsemi Adaptec Command Line Interface Utility (ARCCONF)

as of September 5, 2017
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. New Features of this Release 	 

Chapter 2. Software Versions and Documentation 	 
2.1 Utility Software 	 
2.2 Documentation 	 
    2.2.1 Series 6, 7, 8 Product Documentation 	 
    2.2.2 HBA 1000 Series Product Documentation 	 
    2.2.3 SmartIOC Product Documentation 	 

Chapter 3. Installation Notes 	 
3.1 Installation and Setup 	 
3.2 Supported Operating Systems 	 
    3.2.1 Series 6, 7, 8 Controllers 	 
    3.2.2 Smart Family Controllers 	 
3.3 General Setup Notes 	 
3.4 Remote Access 	 
3.5 Windows 8 Setup 	 
3.6 SLES Setup 	 
3.7 Ubuntu Setup 	 
3.8 XenServer Guest OS Setup
3.9 Bootable USB Image Security Warnings 	 
3.10 RAW Device Setup (Series 6, 7, 8 Only) 	 
3.11 maxView Plugin for VMware vSphere Web Client 	 

Chapter 4. Known Limitations 	 
4.1 Global Limitations 	 
     4.1.1 Dual-Controller Systems 	 
     4.1.2 Email Notifications 	 
     4.1.3 SGPIO Enclosures 	 
     4.1.4 Non-RAID Mode Controllers 	 
     4.1.5 Browser Issues 	 
     4.1.6 Remote System Access on Linux and Windows 	 
     4.1.7 RAID 10 Segment Order 	 
     4.1.8 RAID 10 Rebuild Order 	 
     4.1.9 Locate Logical Drive Blink LED 	 
     4.1.10 ARCCONF Backward Compatibility 	 
     4.1.11 Updating Hard Disk Firmware on VMware Guest OS 	 
     4.1.12 Hot Swap Issues on VMware CentOS Guest OS 	 
     4.1.13 Enclosure Status Reporting 	 
     4.1.14 PHY Status on Enclosure Backplanes 	 
     4.1.15 Special Characters in Logical Device Names 	 
     4.1.16 Speaker Status on SuperMicro SAS2X28 Enclosures 	 
     4.1.17 Online Help Issues 	 
     4.1.18 Broadcasting Alerts About Status and Activity 	 
     4.1.19 User-Specified Archive Path 	 
     4.1.20 Clear Configuration Status After Re-Insertion 	 
     4.1.21 Configuration Changes in Device Manager 	 
4.2 Limitations for Series 6, 7, 8 Controllers 	 
     4.2.1 RAID-Level Migrations 	 
     4.2.2 maxCache Device Migration 	 
     4.2.3 ARCCONF maxCache Device Size Issue 	 
     4.2.4 Power Management Issues 	 
     4.2.5 Verify/Verify with Fix 	 
     4.2.6 ATA Secure Erase 	 
     4.2.7 Series 6 Controller Issues 	 
     4.2.8 Simple Volume Support 	 
     4.2.9 Auto-Volume Support 	 
     4.2.10 Hot-Removing Disk Drives on Xenserver Guest OS 	 
     4.2.11 Viewing Logical Drive Details After Re-Insertion
	 4.2.12 VMware ESXi 6.0 CIM Service Errors	
4.3 Limitations for Smart Family Controllers 	 
     4.3.1 SES Passthrough Commands to Expanders 	 
     4.3.2 Firmware Upgrade Issues 	 
     4.3.3 Mount Point Information with MPIO Support 	 
     4.3.4 Locate Physical Disk LED Behavior
	 4.3.5 Help Button Leads to Empty Login Page	
	 4.3.6 Firefox Browswer Crashes While Uploading Firmware	
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Chapter 1. New Features of this Release

* Added new features:
	* Added 4Kn drive support for logical devices. The user can create logical/spare devices with 4Kn drives (mixing of 4Kn and 512 byte-drives is not supported).
	* Added support for Sanitize Freeze and Sanitize Anti-Freeze lock.
	* Added SSD IO Bypass option for Arrays created with SSDs.
	* Added support to display maxCache statistics in ARCCONF/maxView.
	* Added description for T:L in ARCCONF GETCONFIG command.
	* Miscellaneous UI changes/enhancements.
	
* Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for a complete list)

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Chapter 2. Software Versions and Documentation

2.1. Utility Software

* Microsemi Adaptec(r) maxView Storage Manager Version 2.05.00 (B22917)
* Microsemi Adaptec(r) ARCCONF Command Line Interface Utility Version 2.05.00 (B22917)

2.2. Documentation

2.2.1 Series 6, 7, 8 Product Documentation

PDF Format
* maxView Storage Manager User's Guide for Microsemi Adaptec ARC-Family 
  Controllers
* Microsemi Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide

HTML and Text Format
* maxView Storage Manager Online Help
* maxView Storage Manager/ARCCONF README.TXT file

2.2.2 HBA 1000 Series Product Documentation

PDF:
* maxView Storage Manager User's Guide for Microsemi Smart-Family Controllers
* Microsemi Adaptec HBA 1000 Series Command Line Utility User's Guide

HTML and Text Format:
* maxView Storage Manager for Smart-Family Controllers Online Help
* maxView Storage Manager/ARCCONF README.TXT file

2.2.3 SmartIOC Product Documentation

PDF:
* maxView Storage Manager User's Guide for Microsemi Smart-Family Controllers
* Microsemi SmartIOC 2000 Command Line Utility User's Guide

HTML and Text Format:
* maxView Storage Manager for Microsemi Smart-Family Controllers Online Help
* maxView Storage Manager/ARCCONF README.TXT file

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Chapter 3. Installation Notes

3.1. Installation and Setup
Refer to your product documentation for the installation and setup details:
* Your product Installation and User's Guide contains complete installation 
  information for your product's drivers.
* The maxView Storage Manager User's Guide for your product contains 
  installation information for the maxView Storage Manager software.
* The Command Line Utility User's Guide for your product contains complete 
  installation information for ARCCONF.

3.2 Supported Operating Systems

Notes:

1. maxView Storage Manager and ARCCONF Command Line Utility are supported on 
   64-bit operating systems only.
2. The Boot USB (offline or pre-boot) for ARCCONF and maxView Storage Manager 
   is supported on Linux.

3.2.1 Series 6, 7, 8 Controllers

Microsoft Windows
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2016 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2012 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) SBS 2011 (Standard and Essential, 64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 10 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 8.1 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 7 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) WinPE 5.x (64-bit)

Linux
* Red Hat(r) Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.2, 7.1 (64-bit)
* Red Hat(r) Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6.8, 6.7 (64-bit)
* Red Hat(r) Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5.11, 5.10 (64-bit)
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit)
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit)
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 and SP3 (64-bit)
* Debian Linux 8.3, 8.1 (64-bit)
* Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 14.04.4 (64-bit)
* Fedora Linux 23 (64-bit)

Linux on PowerPC
* Red Hat(r) Enterprise Linux 7.3, 7.2 (64-bit)
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2, SP1 (64-bit)
* Ubuntu Linux 16.04.2, 14.04.5 LTS, 14.04.4 (64-bit)
* PowerKVM 3.1.0.1 (64-bit)
* Pegas 1.0 (RHEL 7.4 for OP)

FreeBSD
* FreeBSD(r) 10.3, 10.2 (64-bit)
* FreeBSD(r) 9.3 (64-bit)

Solaris
* Solaris 11.2 (64-bit)
* Solaris 10 U9 (64-bit)

Virtual OS Environments
* VMware vSphere 6.0 (64-bit)
* VMware ESXi 6.0, ESXi 5.5 U3 and U2 (64-bit)
* Citrix XenServer 6.5.1 (64-bit)
* Microsoft Hyper-V (64-bit)

3.2.2 Smart Family Controllers

Microsoft Windows
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2016 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2012 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 10 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 8.1, 8 (64-bit)
* Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 7 (64-bit)

Linux
* Red Hat(r) Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.3, 7.2 (64-bit)
* Red Hat(r) Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6.8, 6.7 (64-bit)
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2, SP1 (64-bit)
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4, SP3 (64-bit)
* Ubuntu Linux 16.04.01 (LTS) (64-bit)
* Ubuntu Linux 14.04.05 (LTS) (64-bit)
* Oracle Linux 7.2 UEK R4U2, UEK R3U7 (64-bit)
* Oracle Linux 6.8 UEK R4U2, UEK R3U7 (64-bit)

Virtual OS Environments
* VMware vSphere 6.0 U2, 6.0 (64-bit)
* VMware vSphere 2016 (6.5) (64-bit)
* Citrix XenServer 7.0 (64-bit)
* FreeBSD 11 (64-bit)


3.3 General Setup Notes
   * maxView Storage Manager is not backwards-compatible with Series 5 and 
     older Adaptec controller models.
   * maxView Storage Manager and legacy Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM) cannot 
     coexist on the same system.
   * For Series 6, 7, 8 controllers:
     * maxView Storage Manager is not supported on FreeBSD. Use ARCCONF to   
       create and manage arrays.

3.4 Remote Access
maxView Storage Manager requires the following range of ports to be open for 
remote access:
* 34570-34580 (TCP)
* 34570 (UDP)
* 34577-34580 (UDP)

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 your MS 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 SLES Setup
To avoid a problem with launching maxView Storage Manager on SLES 11 or SLES 
12 x64 systems with DHCP enabled, ensure that the /etc/hosts file maps the 
server IP address to a valid host name; it is not sufficient to map the IP 
address to 'localhost'.

3.7 Ubuntu Setup
* To avoid a maxView Login failure on Ubuntu systems, you must ensure that the 
  root user account is enabled. (It is disabled, by default, on Ubuntu 14.04 
  and later because no password is set.)
  For example: sudo bash; sudo passwd root
* When upgrading maxView Storage Manager on an existing Ubuntu Linux x64 
  installation, you must enable the upgrade switch before installing the 
  maxView .deb package:
  
  export maxView_Upgrade=true
  dpkg -i StorMan-*.deb

  To uninstall maxView after the upgrade:
  
  export maxView_Upgrade=false
  dpkg -r storman
  
3.8 XenServer Guest OS Setup
To avoid an operating problem with maxView Storage Manager or ARCCONF on a XenServer Guest OS,
you must disable all LAN adapters in the Guest OS which are not connected to the network before
installing the maxView or ARCCONF software.  

3.9 Bootable USB Image Security Warnings
When running maxView Storage Manager from the bootable USB image, you may be 
prompted with one or more with security warnings before maxView launches. In 
each case, acknowledge the warning and continue.

3.10 RAW Device Setup (Series 6, 7, 8 Only)
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 command 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.

3.11 maxView Plugin for VMware vSphere Web Client
The maxView Plugin for VMware vSphere Web Client is supported on VMware 5.5 
and 6.0.

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Chapter 4. Known Limitations

4.1 Global Limitations

4.1.1 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.

4.1.2 Email Notifications
On Linux systems, we recommend adding the SMTP host name and the system IP 
address, to 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 name.
WORKAROUND: Specify the email server in maxView Storage Manager by IP address.

4.1.3 SGPIO Enclosures
In this release, maxView Storage Manager does not show connector information 
for SGPIO enclosures.

4.1.4 Non-RAID Mode Controllers
maxView Storage Manager can "see" RAID controllers operating in HBA mode, 
Auto-Volume mode, and Simple Volume mode (Adaptec Series 7, Adaptec Series 8, 
Smart Family controllers only). However, to change the controller mode on 
Adaptec Series 7/8 controllers, you must use ARCCONF or the BIOS. With Adaptec 
Smart-Family controllers, you can also change the controller mode with maxView 
Storage Manager.

4.1.5 Browser Issues
* To run maxView Storage Manager on the supported browsers, Javascript must be 
  enabled.
* With Ubuntu Linux, Firefox 46/47 has alignment problems in some parts of the 
  maxView GUI.
  WORKAROUND: Upgrade to Firefox 48.
* Due to a certificate bug in Firefox 31.x, maxView login may fail on RHEL 
  systems with a "Secure Connection" error. (Firefox 31.1 is the default 
  browser on RHEL 6.6; on RHEL 7.1, it is 31.4.)
  WORKAROUND: Upgrade to the latest Firefox version.
* With the default Security setting in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11, 
  you may be unable to login to maxView Storage Manager or experience certain 
  GUI display issues in the maxView online Help system.
  WORKAROUND: Change the default Security setting from High (or Medium-High) 
  to Medium. Alternative: add the GUI IP address to the trusted sites list.
* With Google Chrome, the scrollbar resets itself to the top after selecting a 
  drive in the Logical Drive wizard. To select another drive, you must scroll 
  back down to the drive location.
* 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 
  the display, click Next then Back.
* We do not recommend using multiple browsers simultaneously on the same 
  maxView instance. Doing so may cause display issues or freezes; to restore 
  maxView, refresh the display by pressing F5.

4.1.6 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:
* Ensure that the DNS server information is properly configured

RHEL/Linux:
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-
   only at 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 system

4.1.7 RAID 10 Segment Order
maxView 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)

4.1.8 RAID 10 Rebuild Order
With a degraded RAID 10 logical drive, the drive is rebuilt one leg at a time, 
not in parallel.

4.1.9 Locate Logical Drive Blink LED
In maxView Storage Manager, Locate Logical Drive continues to blink the LED 
for a pulled physical drive in the array after the locate action is stopped. 
(For unpulled drives, the blinking stops.) This issue is not seen with 
ARCCONF.

4.1.10 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 and 
Adaptec Series 8 or later products.
Example: With ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE, Adaptec Series 7 and Series 8 controllers 
do not support ADDTOPOOL or REMOVEFROMPOOL.

4.1.11 Updating Hard Disk Firmware on VMware Guest OS
Updating the firmware for a SAS hard disk drive with ARCCONF/maxView can crash 
(PSOD) the VMware Guest OS. This issue is seen with SAS hard drives only; with 
SATA drives, the firmware update completes successfully.

4.1.12 Hot Swap Issues on VMware CentOS Guest OS
Due to a limitation with the VMware CentOS Guest OS network configuration, 
maxView Storage Manager does not show newly added or removed hot swap drives. 
(ARCCONF sees the configuration change but maxView does not.)
WORKAROUND: (1) reboot the system or restart maxView services; (2) adjust the 
network configuration; contact Adaptec Support for more information.

4.1.13 Enclosure Status Reporting
Enclosure status, in maxView Storage Manager, is event-driven. As a result, 
enclosures can have a "Degraded" status even if related resources (fan, 
temperature, power) are performing normally (Optimal status). For instance, 
the Enclosure status changes to "Degraded" if the system reports an "Enclosure 
device not responding ..." event, even if other sensor values are normal.

4.1.14 PHY Status on Enclosure Backplanes
In the Controller Properties window, maxView Storage Manager shows the 
Connector Info as "unknown" for all PHYs on an enclosure-based backplane (for 
instance, a backplane attached to connector 1).

4.1.15 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 characters must be "escaped" to ensure proper interpretation. For 
example:  ARCCONF SETNAME 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 arc_ldrive%\$12\&amp;

4.1.16 Speaker Status on SuperMicro SAS2X28 Enclosures
SuperMicro SAS2X28 enclosures do not propagate the speaker status to maxView 
Storage Manager. As a result, maxView always displays the speaker status as 
Off.

4.1.17 Online Help Issues
* Help from the Express Configuration wizard opens the Custom Configuration 
  help panel.
  WORKAROUND: Open the Express Configuration Help panel from the Help System 
  TOC pane.
• Contrary to the online help, SMR drives are not supported for RAID volumes 
  or hot spares on Smart-Family controllers  
* When opening the maxView Storage Manager help from a remote Linux system 
  (eg, over a VPN), the help window may fail to open with a 'can't establish 
  connection to server' message.
  WORKAROUND: Replace 127.0.0.1:8443 in the URL with <system_ip_address>:8443
* In IE11, topics in the help may display with a 'Topics Not Found' message 
  when their corresponding links are clicked in the navigation pane of the 
  help.
  WORKAROUND: Click on the "Add" browser prompt to add certification to view 
  the content.

4.1.18 Broadcasting Alerts About Status and Activity
This feature is not supported by the maxView Storage Manager or ARCCONF and 
has been removed from the product documentation.

4.1.19 User-Specified Archive Path
While executing the savesupportarchive command where a user-specified path 
exists, ARCCONF will instead place the logs under the /var/log/ directory.

4.1.20 Clear Configuration Status After Re-Insertion
After removing a RAID member and then clearing the controller configuration, 
maxView Storage Manager recovers the configuration for all RAID volumes and 
physical drives when the offline drive is re-inserted and the OS restarted. By 
design, RAID members store metadata about all other virtual devices. This 
allows the controller to recover the configuration from the re-inserted drive, 
even though the configuration was previously cleared.

4.1.21 Configuration Changes in Device Manager
After disabling/enabling the Microsemi Adaptec controller in the Device 
Manager, it can take up to 10 minutes for maxView Storage Manager to detect 
the configuration change.
WORKAROUND: Use the Refresh link in the maxView GUI to update the 
configuration.

4.2 Limitations for Series 6, 7, 8 Controllers

4.2.1 RAID-Level Migrations
* The following RAID-level migrations (RLM) are supported in this 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 5
  * SIMPLE VOLUME to RAID 1
  * RAID 1 to SIMPLE VOLUME
* When migrating a Simple Volume to RAID 1, maxView Storage Manager reports 
  the logical drive state as Impacted (rather than Reconfiguring); this is 
  normal.
* 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 logical drives with  
  maxCache enabled. ARCCONF terminates the task.
* Always allow a RAID-level migration to complete before creating a support 
  archive file. Otherwise, the support archive will include incorrect 
  partition information. Once the migration is complete, the partition 
  information will be reported correctly.

4.2.2 maxCache Device Migration
Only one maxCache Device is supported per controller. Moving the maxCache 
Device (all underlying SSDs) from one controller to another (assuming both 
controllers support maxCache) is supported only if (1) the new controller does 
not have a maxCache Device or any other maxCache Device with a conflicting 
device number and (2) only after a clean shutdown on the old controller.

4.2.3 ARCCONF maxCache Device Size Issue
ARCCONF supports >2TB maxCache Devices if you create the device with the 'max' 
parameter. However, the functional limit for the maxCache Device is 2TB, which 
is also the limit in maxView Storage Manager.

4.2.4 Power Management Issues
* Power management is not supported on FreeBSD.
* Capturing support logs from maxView or ARCCONF will spin up drives when 
  power management is active. This behavior is by design.
* The Logical Drive Creation wizard no longer includes the option to enable 
  power management settings.
  WORKAROUND: Enable power management for the logical drive from the Set 
  Properties window.

4.2.5 Verify/Verify with Fix
* Incremental progress percentage information in SNMP is not updated for the 
  Verify/Verify_Fix operations. Task progress shows 0% until complete, then 100%.
* In maxView Storage Manager and ARCCONF, the Verify_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.

4.2.6 ATA Secure Erase
In ARCCONF, the ATA Secure Erase operation cannot be aborted. Once started, it 
continues to completion.
In maxView Storage Manager, the drive is locked during ATA Secure Erase. To 
recover, use the ARCCONF ATAPASSWORD CLEAR <passwd> command; the default 
password is 'pmc-sierra'.
NOTE: ATA Secure Erase is also available in the Ctrl-A BIOS.

4.2.7 Series 6 Controller Issues
The following issues are seen only with Microsemi Adaptec Series 6 RAID 
controllers:
* In maxView Storage Manager, the Preserve Cache option on the Set Properties 
  window is not supported on Series 6 RAID controllers. Attempting to set this 
  option for the Series 6 controller fails.
* Renaming a RAID volume disables the write-cache (if enabled). You cannot re-
  enable the write-cache in maxView Storage Manager.
  WORKAROUND: Use ARCCONF to enable the write-cache.
* In a VMware Guest OS under VMware 5.x, maxView Storage Manager and ARCCONF 
  do not detect existing logical drive partitions. As a result, attempting to 
  delete, clear, or erase the logical drive may fail.
* On Series 6 controllers, maxView Storage Manager deletes partitioned JBODs 
  without issuing a warning message.
* Series 6 controllers do not support the ARCCONF GETPERFORM command.

4.2.8 Simple Volume Support
* In this release, you can create a maximum of 128 Simple Volumes in maxView 
  Storage Manager, ARCCONF, or the BIOS.
* When a Simple Volume fails, the status remains unchanged after drive 
  replacement.
  WORKAROUND: Manually delete the Simple Volume to remove it.

4.2.9 Auto-Volume Support
* Changing a controller into Auto-Volume mode (ARCCONF/BIOS) is not supported 
  if the configuration includes any logical device type other than Simple 
  Volume, including a maxCache Device. The mode switch from RAID mode to Auto-
  Volume mode is blocked if any other type of logical volume exists (including 
  maxCache). After switching to Auto-Volume mode, you can create and delete 
  Simple Volumes only in maxView Storage Manager and ARCCONF.
* In Auto-Volume mode, only the first 128 RAW drives are converted to Simple 
  Volumes; the rest of the RAW drives remain unchanged. If you uninitialize a 
  Ready drive while the controller is in Auto-Volume mode, the firmware 
  converts the drive automatically until the Simple Volume count reaches the 
  maximum.

4.2.10 Hot-Removing Disk Drives on Xenserver Guest OS
XenServer does not support "hot-removal" of disk drives from a partitioned 
logical drive. As a result, if you hot remove a disk from a logical drive, the 
Guest OS becomes inaccessible because the drive partition remains visible to 
the OS instead of being cleared.
WORKAROUND: Reboot the XenServer host, detach the failed partition, then 
restart the VM.

4.2.11 Viewing Logical Drive Details After Re-Insertion
If you remove/re-insert a RAID member when the controller's "Automatic 
Failover" property is enabled and there is no hot spare configured/protecting 
the logical device, you must click on the Refresh link in maxView Storage 
Manager to view the proper data of the re-inserted drive and RAID volume.

4.2.12 VMware ESXi 6.0 CIM Service Errors
When running VMware ESXi 6.0, the CIM service becomes stuck and users cannot log in.
WORKAROUND: Disable the hhrcwrapper by following these steps:
1. esxcli system wbem set -e 0
2. esxcli system wbem provider list
3. esxcli system wbem provider set -e 0 -n vmw_hhrcwrapper
4. esxcli system wbem provider list
5. esxcli system wbem set -e 1

4.3. Limitations for Smart Family Controllers

4.3.1 SES Passthrough Commands to Expanders
SES passthrough commands to expanders fail.

4.3.2 Firmware Upgrade Issues
For systems using Adaptec HBA 1000 with an Adaptec SAS Expander 82885T card, 
where the ARCCONF utility is used to upgrade the expander firmware, ARCCONF 
may crash if 64-bit chunk sizes are used.
WORKAROUND: Use 32-bit chunk sizes to upgrade/downgrade the expander firmware.

4.3.3 Mount Point Information with MPIO Support
When Multipath I/O (MPIO) is enabled in Windows, mount point information is 
not available in maxView or ARCCONF.

4.3.4 Locate Physical Disk LED Behavior
Since the locate commands are executed at the physical device level, the LED 
that is used to locate physical disks in an array when using ARCCONF/maxView 
will continue to blink the physical device(s) even after deleting the array.

4.3.5 Help Button Leads to Empty Login Page
The Help Button in Controller Properties > Cache does not populate the Help Page as expected. Instead, an empty Login Page is shown.

4.3.6 Firefox Browser Crashes While Uploading Firmware
Uploading the firmware build (luxor.bin) file while using Firefox version 52.xxx can cause the browser to crash.
WORKAROUND: Upgrade to Firefox version 55.0.3 to resolve this issue.

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