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... with Debian Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris 67 Installing with VMware ESX 4 67 Installing with VMware ESXi 5 68 Installing with FreeBSD 71 8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 73 Creating a Driver ... 76 Installing on FreeBSD 78 9 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 80 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 80 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 80 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 81 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 81 Which Utility Should I Use 81 Which Utility...
... with Debian Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris 67 Installing with VMware ESX 4 67 Installing with VMware ESXi 5 68 Installing with FreeBSD 71 8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 73 Creating a Driver ... 76 Installing on FreeBSD 78 9 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 80 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 80 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 80 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 81 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 81 Which Utility Should I Use 81 Which Utility...
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...-bit and 64-bit) Note: For the latest on Linux support or to download driver sources, visit the Support area of the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. ● Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware storage management options vary, depending on your controller, visit the...
...-bit and 64-bit) Note: For the latest on Linux support or to download driver sources, visit the Support area of the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. ● Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware storage management options vary, depending on your controller, visit the...
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... Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris...67 Installing with VMware ESX 4 67 Installing with VMware ESXi 5 68 Installing with FreeBSD ...71 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system on an existing operating system, see page 54). To install the driver...
... Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris...67 Installing with VMware ESX 4 67 Installing with VMware ESXi 5 68 Installing with FreeBSD ...71 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system on an existing operating system, see page 54). To install the driver...
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...; For Ubuntu Linux, see page 65. ● For Solaris, see page 67. ● For VMware ESX 4, see page 67. ● For VMware ESXi 5, see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see the instructions for most supported operating systems. You will need a floppy disk, USB flash drive, or writable... the driver image is loaded right from the DVD drive. 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the Adaptec Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page 54...
...; For Ubuntu Linux, see page 65. ● For Solaris, see page 67. ● For VMware ESX 4, see page 67. ● For VMware ESXi 5, see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see the instructions for most supported operating systems. You will need a floppy disk, USB flash drive, or writable... the driver image is loaded right from the DVD drive. 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the Adaptec Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page 54...
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... will need to download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot from the VMware Download Center. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your machine already) and install on -screen ...driver for vSphere PowerCLI, a command-line and scripting tool from VMware based on your Windows build machine. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5. Note: You may see page 81. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 68 5 Select...
... will need to download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot from the VMware Download Center. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your machine already) and install on -screen ...driver for vSphere PowerCLI, a command-line and scripting tool from VMware based on your Windows build machine. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5. Note: You may see page 81. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 68 5 Select...
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... Note: You may differ from the one above. b Add the VMware ESXi5.0 Software Depots: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\vmware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512depot.zip where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is already installed. d Verify that the software depots are added: # $DefaultSoftwareDepots e List ESX Image ...the software depot from the VMware Web site. 5 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, navigate to the Linux driver folder, then copy the Adaptec AACRAID driver binary, aacraid-esxi5.0-1.1.7.28400.zip, to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". Note: The version string in Steps 6b through ...
... Note: You may differ from the one above. b Add the VMware ESXi5.0 Software Depots: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\vmware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512depot.zip where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is already installed. d Verify that the software depots are added: # $DefaultSoftwareDepots e List ESX Image ...the software depot from the VMware Web site. 5 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, navigate to the Linux driver folder, then copy the Adaptec AACRAID driver binary, aacraid-esxi5.0-1.1.7.28400.zip, to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". Note: The version string in Steps 6b through ...
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...using the -CloneProfile option: # New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard -Name "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" g Change the vendor and acceptance level of the new image profile: # Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -vendor PMC-Sierra -AcceptanceLevel communitysupported h ...to the new image profile: # Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -SoftwarePackage scsi-aacraid j Export the custom ISO image: # Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -FilePath C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\ESXi5.0-PMC-Sierra-...
...using the -CloneProfile option: # New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard -Name "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" g Change the vendor and acceptance level of the new image profile: # Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -vendor PMC-Sierra -AcceptanceLevel communitysupported h ...to the new image profile: # Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -SoftwarePackage scsi-aacraid j Export the custom ISO image: # Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -FilePath C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\ESXi5.0-PMC-Sierra-...
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...computer, continue with Managing Your Storage Space on your computer, perform a pkgrm SUNWaac to remove it. ! If there is no pre-existing Adaptec driver on page 79. Instead, follow the steps in this section to install a new driver before you can install the new one. Chapter ...(Solaris 10 only) Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in Step 2 below), you remove the pre-existing Adaptec driver. Note: To copy the driver VIB file to the VMware ESX/ESXi server (in a terminal window . VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib list (list driver packages) ...
...computer, continue with Managing Your Storage Space on your computer, perform a pkgrm SUNWaac to remove it. ! If there is no pre-existing Adaptec driver on page 79. Instead, follow the steps in this section to install a new driver before you can install the new one. Chapter ...(Solaris 10 only) Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in Step 2 below), you remove the pre-existing Adaptec driver. Note: To copy the driver VIB file to the VMware ESX/ESXi server (in a terminal window . VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib list (list driver packages) ...
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...vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 4: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 5: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165... --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 4: esxupdate -b /tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib --nodeps --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib install -f -v file:/tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsiaacraid-500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165.x86_64...
...vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 4: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 5: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165... --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 4: esxupdate -b /tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib --nodeps --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib install -f -v file:/tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsiaacraid-500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165.x86_64...
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... utility to configure and manage arrays from the VMware ESX console. For information on installing the Adaptec CIM Provider and Remote ARCCONF on a VMware ESXi 5.0 or VMware ESXi 4.1 system, see the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide and the Command Line Utility User's Guide, included on the installation ...DVD. ● On VMware ESXi 5.0 and VMware ESXi 4.1 systems: ● You can install the Adaptec CIM Provider on the VMware ESXi system, then from a Windows or Linux Guest OS, you can install Remote ARCCONF-a version of...
... utility to configure and manage arrays from the VMware ESX console. For information on installing the Adaptec CIM Provider and Remote ARCCONF on a VMware ESXi 5.0 or VMware ESXi 4.1 system, see the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide and the Command Line Utility User's Guide, included on the installation ...DVD. ● On VMware ESXi 5.0 and VMware ESXi 4.1 systems: ● You can install the Adaptec CIM Provider on the VMware ESXi system, then from a Windows or Linux Guest OS, you can install Remote ARCCONF-a version of...