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... FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. Trademarks Adaptec, Storage Manager, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and other countries, used under license. in any form or by any... means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in the US and other countries, used under license. Changes The material in this publication may be ...
... FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. Trademarks Adaptec, Storage Manager, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and other countries, used under license. in any form or by any... means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in the US and other countries, used under license. Changes The material in this publication may be ...
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... Started Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager Getting Started Checklist 16 About Adaptec Storage Manager 16 About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 16 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager 17 A Simple Storage Space 17 An Advanced Storage Space 17 Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space 18 Adding Enhanced Features 19 Unlocking the Enhanced Features 19 System Requirements 20 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 22 Installing on...
... Started Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager Getting Started Checklist 16 About Adaptec Storage Manager 16 About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 16 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager 17 A Simple Storage Space 17 An Advanced Storage Space 17 Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space 18 Adding Enhanced Features 19 Unlocking the Enhanced Features 19 System Requirements 20 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 22 Installing on...
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... Configuration: Building the Easy Way 40 Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives 42 Next Steps...42 Custom Configuration (Advanced 42 Including More Systems in Your Storage Space 46 Building a RAID Volume 46 RAID Controller Support 48 Managing Your Storage Space 49 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Logging In to Remote Systems 51 Removing a Remote System 52 Creating Display Groups 53
... Configuration: Building the Easy Way 40 Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives 42 Next Steps...42 Custom Configuration (Advanced 42 Including More Systems in Your Storage Space 46 Building a RAID Volume 46 RAID Controller Support 48 Managing Your Storage Space 49 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Logging In to Remote Systems 51 Removing a Remote System 52 Creating Display Groups 53
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...Event Log Setting 56 Changing a System's Audible Alarm Settings 57 Changing a System's Agent Base Port Number 58 Part II: Using Adaptec Storage Manager Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares Understanding Logical Drives 61 Creating Logical Drives 62 Setting the Size of a Logical Drive 62 Including Different-sized... Background Consistency Check 69 Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive 70 Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive 71 Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive 72 Deleting a Logical Drive 73 Working with Hot Spares 74 Hot Spare Limitations 74 Dedicated Spare or...
...Event Log Setting 56 Changing a System's Audible Alarm Settings 57 Changing a System's Agent Base Port Number 58 Part II: Using Adaptec Storage Manager Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares Understanding Logical Drives 61 Creating Logical Drives 62 Setting the Size of a Logical Drive 62 Including Different-sized... Background Consistency Check 69 Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive 70 Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive 71 Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive 72 Deleting a Logical Drive 73 Working with Hot Spares 74 Hot Spare Limitations 74 Dedicated Spare or...
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... Group 108 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives Rescanning a Controller 110 Registering New Controllers 110 Viewing Controller Properties 111 Saving Your Controller Configuration 111 Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Before You Begin 112 Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Setting a Disk Drive to 'Failed 113 Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive 114 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager 116 Identifying...
... Group 108 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives Rescanning a Controller 110 Registering New Controllers 110 Viewing Controller Properties 111 Saving Your Controller Configuration 111 Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Before You Begin 112 Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware 112 Setting a Disk Drive to 'Failed 113 Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive 114 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager 116 Identifying...
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...beside it 131 Log out of Adaptec Storage Manager 131 Schedule a task 131 Find the Task Manager 132 Find the Notification Manager 132 Find the Email Notification Manager 132 What's the difference between 132 Adaptec Storage Manager and the agent 132 Event ...notifications, email notifications, and event alerts 132 Buttons and Icons At-a-Glance Icons in the Physical Devices View 134 Icons in the Logical Devices View 134 Buttons in the Physical/Logical Devices Views 135 Buttons on the Main Window Tool Bar 135 Selecting the Best RAID...
...beside it 131 Log out of Adaptec Storage Manager 131 Schedule a task 131 Find the Task Manager 132 Find the Notification Manager 132 Find the Email Notification Manager 132 What's the difference between 132 Adaptec Storage Manager and the agent 132 Event ...notifications, email notifications, and event alerts 132 Buttons and Icons At-a-Glance Icons in the Physical Devices View 134 Icons in the Logical Devices View 134 Buttons in the Physical/Logical Devices Views 135 Buttons on the Main Window Tool Bar 135 Selecting the Best RAID...
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... are using Adaptec Storage Manager as part of a complex storage system, such as Fibre Channel (FC) or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)-that you should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and Redundant Array of RAID levels is not required, but you should be familiar with multiple RAID controllers and servers. Note: Because this Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products, some...
... are using Adaptec Storage Manager as part of a complex storage system, such as Fibre Channel (FC) or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)-that you should be familiar with computer hardware, data storage, and Redundant Array of RAID levels is not required, but you should be familiar with multiple RAID controllers and servers. Note: Because this Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products, some...
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... ● 13 Terminology Used in this Guide Because this Guide provides information that can be used to manage multiple Adaptec RAID products in this terminology is used to refer to the controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage Manager. In this Guide, this Guide are known to computer users by multiple names. For efficiency, the term...
... ● 13 Terminology Used in this Guide Because this Guide provides information that can be used to manage multiple Adaptec RAID products in this terminology is used to refer to the controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage Manager. In this Guide, this Guide are known to computer users by multiple names. For efficiency, the term...
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Part I: Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager Step 4: Building Your Storage Space Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager
Part I: Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager Step 4: Building Your Storage Space Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager
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Getting Started Checklist ...16 About Adaptec Storage Manager 16 About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 16 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager 17 Adding Enhanced Features ...19 System Requirements ...20 This chapter describes Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager agent, explains the concept of a "storage space" and provides a checklist of getting-started tasks. Getting 5 Started 4 3 2 1 STEP Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager 1 In this chapter...
Getting Started Checklist ...16 About Adaptec Storage Manager 16 About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 16 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager 17 Adding Enhanced Features ...19 System Requirements ...20 This chapter describes Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager agent, explains the concept of a "storage space" and provides a checklist of getting-started tasks. Getting 5 Started 4 3 2 1 STEP Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager 1 In this chapter...
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... features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see page 50). About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is also installed automatically. About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on a computer, the Adaptec Storage Manager agent is a software application that keeps your storage space, then start , and begin to use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and manage all the controllers and disk drives in redundancy to protect your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and...
... features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see page 50). About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is also installed automatically. About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on a computer, the Adaptec Storage Manager agent is a software application that keeps your storage space, then start , and begin to use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and manage all the controllers and disk drives in redundancy to protect your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and...
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Workstation running Adaptec Storage Manager Server Drive Drive Drive RAID 5 Customer Data Internal Data RAID 5 Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 17 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager As your requirements change, Adaptec Storage Manager grows with your storage space as you can grow your storage space to meet the expanding requirements of your business. This storage space includes one RAID controller and two disk drives...
Workstation running Adaptec Storage Manager Server Drive Drive Drive RAID 5 Customer Data Internal Data RAID 5 Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 17 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager As your requirements change, Adaptec Storage Manager grows with your storage space as you can grow your storage space to meet the expanding requirements of your business. This storage space includes one RAID controller and two disk drives...
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... of the storage space shown in this example can create and modify logical drives and monitor all the controllers, enclosures, and disk drives in multiple locations. Server A (Agent Only) Drive Drive Drive RAID 5 RAID 5 Workstation and Management Station (Adaptec Storage Manager) Server B Storage Area Network Connection Drives Drives Server C (Agent Only) Drives Drive Drive Drive RAID 5 RAID 5 RAID 50 RAID 50 Workstation (Adaptec Storage Manager) Disk...
... of the storage space shown in this example can create and modify logical drives and monitor all the controllers, enclosures, and disk drives in multiple locations. Server A (Agent Only) Drive Drive Drive RAID 5 RAID 5 Workstation and Management Station (Adaptec Storage Manager) Server B Storage Area Network Connection Drives Drives Server C (Agent Only) Drives Drive Drive Drive RAID 5 RAID 5 RAID 50 RAID 50 Workstation (Adaptec Storage Manager) Disk...
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...-click the controller you want, then click Add feature key. If you select a locked feature, you are reminded that a key is a frozen image of a logical drive at a particular point in the example at right. To unlock enhanced features with Adaptec Storage Manager. Currently, Adaptec offers the ...for use. The enhanced features are unlocked and are unavailable without a key- Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 19 Adding Enhanced Features As you grow your storage space, you can enhance data protection and improve performance by creating a snapshot.
...-click the controller you want, then click Add feature key. If you select a locked feature, you are reminded that a key is a frozen image of a logical drive at a particular point in the example at right. To unlock enhanced features with Adaptec Storage Manager. Currently, Adaptec offers the ...for use. The enhanced features are unlocked and are unavailable without a key- Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 19 Adding Enhanced Features As you grow your storage space, you can enhance data protection and improve performance by creating a snapshot.
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Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to download driver sources, visit www.adaptec.com. ● Novell®-NetWare® 6.5 Note: Adaptec Storage Manager can also be used before an operating system is installed. See Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD on Adaptec's support of Linux, or to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 20 System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent...
Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to download driver sources, visit www.adaptec.com. ● Novell®-NetWare® 6.5 Note: Adaptec Storage Manager can also be used before an operating system is installed. See Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD on Adaptec's support of Linux, or to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 20 System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent...
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... Levels 28 Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager 30 Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD on every computer that will be part of your operating system, see Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD 31 Adaptec Storage Manager must be installed on page 31. Getting Started 5 4 3 2 1 STEP Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager 2 In this chapter... To use Adaptec Storage Manager to configure a RAID controller before you install your...
... Levels 28 Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager 30 Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD on every computer that will be part of your operating system, see Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD 31 Adaptec Storage Manager must be installed on page 31. Getting Started 5 4 3 2 1 STEP Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager 2 In this chapter... To use Adaptec Storage Manager to configure a RAID controller before you install your...
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... it doesn't open, browse to work with Completing a Silent Windows Installation (Advanced) on page 23. To install Adaptec Storage Manager: 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD. Note: Advanced users-To perform a silent installation, follow the instructions for your operating system: ● To...9679; To install on Linux, see page 25. Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 22 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Note: You need administrator or root privileges to your Windows Control Panel. For details on verifying privileges, refer to install...
... it doesn't open, browse to work with Completing a Silent Windows Installation (Advanced) on page 23. To install Adaptec Storage Manager: 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD. Note: Advanced users-To perform a silent installation, follow the instructions for your operating system: ● To...9679; To install on Linux, see page 25. Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 22 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Note: You need administrator or root privileges to your Windows Control Panel. For details on verifying privileges, refer to install...
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...qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Adaptec Storage Manager\"ADDLOCAL=Manager,SNMPSupport,ASMReadme" 4 After a minute or two, the silent installation should be complete and the Adaptec Storage Manager icon should be accessible. For example: INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Adaptec Storage Manager\" ADDLOCAL (Required) ...all default features and default to reboot: setup.exe /s /v" /qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Adaptec Storage Manager\"" ● Install Adaptec Storage Manager, Readme, and SNMP support, and default to installation directory\" The installation path must be...
...qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Adaptec Storage Manager\"ADDLOCAL=Manager,SNMPSupport,ASMReadme" 4 After a minute or two, the silent installation should be complete and the Adaptec Storage Manager icon should be accessible. For example: INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Adaptec Storage Manager\" ADDLOCAL (Required) ...all default features and default to reboot: setup.exe /s /v" /qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Adaptec Storage Manager\"" ● Install Adaptec Storage Manager, Readme, and SNMP support, and default to installation directory\" The installation path must be...
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... saved and used in the upgrade. To install Adaptec Storage Manager: 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD. 2 Mount the Adaptec Storage Manager CD: For Red Hat mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom For SuSE mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 3 Change to install Adaptec Storage Manager on computers running Linux. Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 24 Installing on Linux This section describes...
... saved and used in the upgrade. To install Adaptec Storage Manager: 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD. 2 Mount the Adaptec Storage Manager CD: For Red Hat mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom For SuSE mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 3 Change to install Adaptec Storage Manager on computers running Linux. Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 24 Installing on Linux This section describes...
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...the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 5 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on computers running NetWare. To check your storage space. 6 Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on NetWare on page 27. See System Requirements on page 20 for your ... the supported Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 25 Installing on NetWare This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every NetWare computer that will be part of supported operating systems. You need...
...the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 5 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on computers running NetWare. To check your storage space. 6 Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on NetWare on page 27. See System Requirements on page 20 for your ... the supported Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 25 Installing on NetWare This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every NetWare computer that will be part of supported operating systems. You need...