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Contents ● 8 About the Adaptec RAID 6445 34 About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q 35 About the Adaptec RAID 6405E 36 About the Adaptec RAID 6805E 37 About the Adaptec RAID 6405T 38 About the Adaptec RAID 6805T/6805TQ 39 4 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 41 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 42 ...Array 55 Creating an Array with the ACU 55 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 57 Making Your Array Bootable 58 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 60 Creating a Driver Disk 60 Installing with Windows 61 Installing with Windows Server 2003 61 ...
Contents ● 8 About the Adaptec RAID 6445 34 About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q 35 About the Adaptec RAID 6405E 36 About the Adaptec RAID 6805E 37 About the Adaptec RAID 6405T 38 About the Adaptec RAID 6805T/6805TQ 39 4 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 41 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 42 ...Array 55 Creating an Array with the ACU 55 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 57 Making Your Array Bootable 58 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 60 Creating a Driver Disk 60 Installing with Windows 61 Installing with Windows Server 2003 61 ...
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... 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 Disk 73 Installing on Windows 74 Installing on Windows Server 2003 74 Installing on Windows Server 2008,...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 ...
... 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 Disk 73 Installing on Windows 74 Installing on Windows Server 2003 74 Installing on Windows Server 2008,...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 ...
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..., 14 (32-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 ...of the operating system you are running. Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables.
..., 14 (32-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 ...of the operating system you are running. Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables.
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Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 16 ● DVD-ROM drive ● Floppy disk drive, USB flash drive, or CD burner, for creating driver disks and bootable media
Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 16 ● DVD-ROM drive ● Floppy disk drive, USB flash drive, or CD burner, for creating driver disks and bootable media
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... screws should be a maximum of the controller, as shown in Figure 2, then set the screws aside for use in to the bracket with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of bracket Figure 3 ! Be sure that looks like a spacer (see Figure 3). Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 44 To ...replace the full-height bracket with the low-profile bracket: 1 Remove the full-height bracket from the PCB. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown the Figure 3. Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of board Figure 1 Figure ...
... screws should be a maximum of the controller, as shown in Figure 2, then set the screws aside for use in to the bracket with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of bracket Figure 3 ! Be sure that looks like a spacer (see Figure 3). Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 44 To ...replace the full-height bracket with the low-profile bracket: 1 Remove the full-height bracket from the PCB. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown the Figure 3. Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of board Figure 1 Figure ...
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...your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Install the controller driver (see page 72). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 46). Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 45 Installation ... boot controller (see page 55). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 55). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 59.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). Installing with an Operating System 1 Install...
...your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Install the controller driver (see page 72). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 46). Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 45 Installation ... boot controller (see page 55). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 55). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 59.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). Installing with an Operating System 1 Install...
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... controller with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable (SFF-8087 to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 72. Connecting External Devices Note: If... you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Installing the...
... controller with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable (SFF-8087 to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 72. Connecting External Devices Note: If... you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Installing the...
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Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task. Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. Skip to complete this chapter... Setting the Boot Controller...55 Creating an Array ...55 Making Your Array Bootable 58 This chapter explains how to set your Adaptec controller to be the boot controller, and how to create a bootable array.
Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task. Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. Skip to complete this chapter... Setting the Boot Controller...55 Creating an Array ...55 Making Your Array Bootable 58 This chapter explains how to set your Adaptec controller to be the boot controller, and how to create a bootable array.
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...click Reboot to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 59. Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to restart... your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 58 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 13) and on the physical disk drives. ...
...click Reboot to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 59. Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to restart... your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 58 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 13) and on the physical disk drives. ...
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... an Operating System 7 In this chapter... Before You Begin ...60 Creating a Driver Disk ...60 Installing with Windows ...61 Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 62 Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux 62 Installing with SuSE Linux...... 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...
... an Operating System 7 In this chapter... Before You Begin ...60 Creating a Driver Disk ...60 Installing with Windows ...61 Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 62 Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux 62 Installing with SuSE Linux...... 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...
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... 67. ● For VMware ESX 4, see page 67. ● For VMware ESXi 5, see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page 54). ● Create...
... 67. ● For VMware ESX 4, see page 67. ● For VMware ESXi 5, see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page 54). ● Create...
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...Step 3, Step 4 (without reinserting the DVD), and Step 5. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you may see the message 'No drives were found , press Enter. 7 Follow... appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to complete this task. Note: The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder. 5 When the Adaptec driver is on page 79. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on ...
...Step 3, Step 4 (without reinserting the DVD), and Step 5. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you may see the message 'No drives were found , press Enter. 7 Follow... appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to complete this task. Note: The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder. 5 When the Adaptec driver is on page 79. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on ...
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...the linux dd boot prompt. Use fdisk -l to list all devices. 6 Press ALT+F6 to switch back to /dev/fd0. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat 6 or Fedora Linux: 1 Insert the Red Hat or Fedora Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the Red...Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt. 4 When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK. 5 Follow the prompts to the shell. Do not reboot! To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your...
...the linux dd boot prompt. Use fdisk -l to list all devices. 6 Press ALT+F6 to switch back to /dev/fd0. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat 6 or Fedora Linux: 1 Insert the Red Hat or Fedora Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the Red...Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt. 4 When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK. 5 Follow the prompts to the shell. Do not reboot! To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your...
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... an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following the instructions included with SuSE Linux To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing SuSE Linux: 1 Insert the first SuSE Installation CD. 2 Restart your operating system. Installing with Debian Linux Note: You will need your Debian Installation ...
... an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following the instructions included with SuSE Linux To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing SuSE Linux: 1 Insert the first SuSE Installation CD. 2 Restart your operating system. Installing with Debian Linux Note: You will need your Debian Installation ...
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... an Operating System ● 64 b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following steps assume that the USB drive is the temporary location of ...
... an Operating System ● 64 b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following steps assume that the USB drive is the temporary location of ...
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... the USB drive is the temporary location of the archive to the Linux driver directory on page 79. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Ubuntu Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a... USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to a temporary location. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following command to...
... the USB drive is the temporary location of the archive to the Linux driver directory on page 79. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Ubuntu Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a... USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to a temporary location. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following command to...
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...is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 7 Remove the USB drive. 8 Install the loadable module: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/ aacraid.ko where is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the... reboot. 13 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. For Ubuntu 64-bit: cp -f /AACRAID/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /target/lib/modules/2.6.-server/ kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko chroot /target /sbin/depmod -a 2.6.-server update-initramfs -u -v exit where is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x....
...is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 7 Remove the USB drive. 8 Install the loadable module: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/ aacraid.ko where is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the... reboot. 13 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. For Ubuntu 64-bit: cp -f /AACRAID/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /target/lib/modules/2.6.-server/ kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko chroot /target /sbin/depmod -a 2.6.-server update-initramfs -u -v exit where is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x....
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...or later. Installing with VMware ESX 4 Note: Use the following the instructions included with VMware ESX 4.x. d Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the driver CD. 2 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 3 Restart your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. Note: You... such as an interactive (GUI-based) tool or the Linux command line. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESX 4.x: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a writable CD: mount...
...or later. Installing with VMware ESX 4 Note: Use the following the instructions included with VMware ESX 4.x. d Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the driver CD. 2 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 3 Restart your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. Note: You... such as an interactive (GUI-based) tool or the Linux command line. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESX 4.x: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a writable CD: mount...
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...during or after the installation is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. You can download PowerShell and Microsoft .NET from the Microsoft... with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following the on your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD. 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...
...during or after the installation is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. You can download PowerShell and Microsoft .NET from the Microsoft... with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following the on your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD. 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...
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...where the software depot is stored. when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\aacraid-esxi5...software depot is stored. Note: You may differ 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 download the software depot from the one above. Note: ...
...where the software depot is stored. when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\aacraid-esxi5...software depot is stored. Note: You may differ 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 download the software depot from the one above. Note: ...