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... 34 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 36 Installing the Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 37 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 38 Connecting Directly to the Controller 38 Connecting to... Steps ...42 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 44 Creating an Array 44 Creating an Array with the ACU 44 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 46 Making Your Array Bootable 47 Installing the... with Solaris 52 Installing with VMware 53 Installing with FreeBSD 53
... 34 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 36 Installing the Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 37 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 38 Connecting Directly to the Controller 38 Connecting to... Steps ...42 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 44 Creating an Array 44 Creating an Array with the ACU 44 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 46 Making Your Array Bootable 47 Installing the... with Solaris 52 Installing with VMware 53 Installing with FreeBSD 53
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... Solaris 57 Installing on VMware 58 Installing on FreeBSD 58 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 60 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 60 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 61 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 61 Which Utility Should I Use ...Spare 64 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 64 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 65 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 65 Failed Drive in MaxIQ Pool 65 Resetting the Controller 65 Introduction to SAS Terminology Used in This Chapter 68 What is ...
... Solaris 57 Installing on VMware 58 Installing on FreeBSD 58 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 60 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 60 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 61 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 61 Which Utility Should I Use ...Spare 64 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 64 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 65 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 65 Failed Drive in MaxIQ Pool 65 Resetting the Controller 65 Introduction to SAS Terminology Used in This Chapter 68 What is ...
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...controller model-see page 83) ● FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 6.4 Note: For up-to-date operating system version support check the readme on your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems. ● 128 MB (or more) of at www.adaptec.com. Select your RAID Controller Installation DVD or visit the Adaptec...System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables ...
...controller model-see page 83) ● FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 6.4 Note: For up-to-date operating system version support check the readme on your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems. ● 128 MB (or more) of at www.adaptec.com. Select your RAID Controller Installation DVD or visit the Adaptec...System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables ...
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Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... Before You Begin ...49 Creating a Driver Disk ...49 Installing with Windows ...50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 51 Installing with SUSE Linux...51 Installing with OpenServer ...51 Installing with UnixWare ...52 Installing with Solaris...52 Installing with VMware ...53 Installing with FreeBSD ...53 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 54. To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 43).
Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... Before You Begin ...49 Creating a Driver Disk ...49 Installing with Windows ...50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 51 Installing with SUSE Linux...51 Installing with OpenServer ...51 Installing with UnixWare ...52 Installing with Solaris...52 Installing with VMware ...53 Installing with FreeBSD ...53 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 54. To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 43).
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...page 51. ● For UnixWare, see page 52. ● For Solaris, see page 52 ● For VMware, see page 53. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the DVD drive. (For instructions, ...Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 49 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 35). ● Create a bootable array (see page 43). ● Create a driver disk (see page 53. ...
...page 51. ● For UnixWare, see page 52. ● For Solaris, see page 52 ● For VMware, see page 53. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the DVD drive. (For instructions, ...Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 49 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 35). ● Create a bootable array (see page 43). ● Create a driver disk (see page 53. ...
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... GUI or use the ARCCONF utility. Then, try again with the appropriate device. 7 Type boot. 8 Complete the FreeBSD installation, following the instructions included with your computer. 3 Follow the on VMware. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is not supported on -screen instructions to begin the VMware installation. See page 61 for...
... GUI or use the ARCCONF utility. Then, try again with the appropriate device. 7 Type boot. 8 Complete the FreeBSD installation, following the instructions included with your computer. 3 Follow the on VMware. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is not supported on -screen instructions to begin the VMware installation. See page 61 for...
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Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 48. Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...58 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Before You Begin ...55 Creating a Driver Disk ...55 Installing on Windows ...56 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 56 Installing on OpenServer ...57 Installing on UnixWare ...57 Installing on Solaris...57 Installing on VMware...58 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter...
Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 48. Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...58 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Before You Begin ...55 Creating a Driver Disk ...55 Installing on Windows ...56 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 56 Installing on OpenServer ...57 Installing on UnixWare ...57 Installing on Solaris...57 Installing on VMware...58 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter...
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...to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: For up-to complete this task. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on your computer, then insert the RAID Controller Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select ...Solaris, see page 57. ● For VMware, see page 58. ● For FreeBSD, see page 35). You must also create a driver disk before you begin installing the controller driver. Select your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems and to your ...
...to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: For up-to complete this task. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on your computer, then insert the RAID Controller Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select ...Solaris, see page 57. ● For VMware, see page 58. ● For FreeBSD, see page 35). You must also create a driver disk before you begin installing the controller driver. Select your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems and to your ...
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...System ● 58 5 Start the driver installer: ./install.sh -i 6 Reboot your computer, then remove the driver disk. Installing on FreeBSD To install the driver on FreeBSD: 1 Start your computer. 2 Insert and mount the driver disk: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt 3 Copy the driver package to...install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 Install the module RPM: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.i586....
...System ● 58 5 Start the driver installer: ./install.sh -i 6 Reboot your computer, then remove the driver disk. Installing on FreeBSD To install the driver on FreeBSD: 1 Start your computer. 2 Insert and mount the driver disk: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt 3 Copy the driver package to...install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 Install the module RPM: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.i586....
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... 91 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 38, 71 disk drives 32, 71 connecting to controllers 38 connections 92 external 42 failure recovery multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 with hot spare 64 without hot spare 64 formatting 91 identifying 92 initializing 86 ...56 installing on OpenServer 57 installing on Solaris 57 installing on UnixWare 57 installing on VMWare 58 installing on Windows 56 installing with FreeBSD 53 installing with Linux 51 installing with OpenServer 51 installing with UnixWare 52 installing with VMWare 53 installing with Windows 50 E ...
... 91 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 38, 71 disk drives 32, 71 connecting to controllers 38 connections 92 external 42 failure recovery multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 with hot spare 64 without hot spare 64 formatting 91 identifying 92 initializing 86 ...56 installing on OpenServer 57 installing on Solaris 57 installing on UnixWare 57 installing on VMWare 58 installing on Windows 56 installing with FreeBSD 53 installing with Linux 51 installing with OpenServer 51 installing with UnixWare 52 installing with VMWare 53 installing with Windows 50 E ...
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... disk drives 64 multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 without hot spare 64 firmware 105 creating floppy disks 106 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 65 floppy disks for firmware update 106 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD driver installation 58 OS installation 53 H hard disk, hard... block 99 I I2C connector specifications 111 initializing disk drives 86 installation backplane 39 controllers 36 creating a driver disk 49 direct-attach 38 disk drives 38 driver 54 to 58 driver and FreeBSD 53 driver and Linux 51 driver and OpenServer 51 driver and operating system 48 ...
... disk drives 64 multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 without hot spare 64 firmware 105 creating floppy disks 106 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 65 floppy disks for firmware update 106 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD driver installation 58 OS installation 53 H hard disk, hard... block 99 I I2C connector specifications 111 initializing disk drives 86 installation backplane 39 controllers 36 creating a driver disk 49 direct-attach 38 disk drives 38 driver 54 to 58 driver and FreeBSD 53 driver and Linux 51 driver and OpenServer 51 driver and operating system 48 ...