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... 1-6 Software Tools Overview 1-6 Safety Information 1-6 Electrostatic Discharge 1-7 2 Installing the Controller Overview 2-1 The Adaptec Controller 2-2 Installing the Controller 2-2 Checking Your Controller and Devices 2-4 Determining the Boot Controller 2-4 3 Installing the Driver Overview of the Driver Installation Process 3-2 Creating a Driver Disk 3-3 Installing the Windows Driver 3-3 Installing the Driver in a New Windows System 3-3 Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System 3-4 Installing the Red Hat or...
... 1-6 Software Tools Overview 1-6 Safety Information 1-6 Electrostatic Discharge 1-7 2 Installing the Controller Overview 2-1 The Adaptec Controller 2-2 Installing the Controller 2-2 Checking Your Controller and Devices 2-4 Determining the Boot Controller 2-4 3 Installing the Driver Overview of the Driver Installation Process 3-2 Creating a Driver Disk 3-3 Installing the Windows Driver 3-3 Installing the Driver in a New Windows System 3-3 Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System 3-4 Installing the Red Hat or...
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...or SuSE Linux System 3-7 Installing the NetWare Driver 3-7 Installing the NetWare Driver in a New NetWare System 3-8 Installing or Updating Device Drivers After Installing NetWare 3-9 4 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Windows ... Logging into Remote Systems 4-7 5 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Introduction 5-1 Features 5-1 Overview 5-2 Physical Devices View 5-3 Logical Devices View 5-3 Changing How Drives are Displayed 5-4 Collapsed and Expanded Views 5-4 Component Views 5-5 6 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Using the ACU 6-2 Creating Arrays...
...or SuSE Linux System 3-7 Installing the NetWare Driver 3-7 Installing the NetWare Driver in a New NetWare System 3-8 Installing or Updating Device Drivers After Installing NetWare 3-9 4 Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Windows ... Logging into Remote Systems 4-7 5 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager Introduction 5-1 Features 5-1 Overview 5-2 Physical Devices View 5-3 Logical Devices View 5-3 Changing How Drives are Displayed 5-4 Collapsed and Expanded Views 5-4 Component Views 5-5 6 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Using the ACU 6-2 Creating Arrays...
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... The installation CD is bootable. Contains technical information about device compatibility, operating system support, and drivers. ■ Installation and User's Guide-PDF file on your Adaptec RAID controller includes: ■ Quick Installation Guide (printed) ■ Readme file-Text file located in.... Introduction About the Documentation Documentation for creating and managing RAIDs, including embedded displays. For details, visit www.adobe.com. Using the Installation CD The installation CD contains software, drivers, and documentation. Note: Verify that has no operating system...
... The installation CD is bootable. Contains technical information about device compatibility, operating system support, and drivers. ■ Installation and User's Guide-PDF file on your Adaptec RAID controller includes: ■ Quick Installation Guide (printed) ■ Readme file-Text file located in.... Introduction About the Documentation Documentation for creating and managing RAIDs, including embedded displays. For details, visit www.adobe.com. Using the Installation CD The installation CD contains software, drivers, and documentation. Note: Verify that has no operating system...
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Overview of the Driver Installation Process 3-2 Creating a Driver Disk 3-3 Installing the Windows Driver 3-3 Installing the Red Hat or SuSE Linux Driver 3-5 Installing the NetWare Driver 3-7 3-1 3 Installing the Driver In this Chapter...
Overview of the Driver Installation Process 3-2 Creating a Driver Disk 3-3 Installing the Windows Driver 3-3 Installing the Red Hat or SuSE Linux Driver 3-5 Installing the NetWare Driver 3-7 3-1 3 Installing the Driver In this Chapter...
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... the installation. Note: You must have the most recent versions of the Driver Installation Process Adaptec recommends the following driver installation procedure: 1 Create a driver disk. 2 Identify the appropriate installation procedure for your computer. You need to run the Adaptec RAID drivers. 3-2 Installing the Driver Overview of Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARC utility installed to know the operating system...
... the installation. Note: You must have the most recent versions of the Driver Installation Process Adaptec recommends the following driver installation procedure: 1 Create a driver disk. 2 Identify the appropriate installation procedure for your computer. You need to run the Adaptec RAID drivers. 3-2 Installing the Driver Overview of Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARC utility installed to know the operating system...
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...or AMD64 and Intel EM64T computers 6 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. i586-For Pentium I or II computers - Installing the Driver Creating a Driver Disk Before you install your computer boots from the CD drive. 2 Insert the installation CD and turn on page 3-3. Athlon... configure the controller and disk drives as described in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as described in Creating a Driver Disk on the computer. 3 Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk, then...
...or AMD64 and Intel EM64T computers 6 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. i586-For Pentium I or II computers - Installing the Driver Creating a Driver Disk Before you install your computer boots from the CD drive. 2 Insert the installation CD and turn on page 3-3. Athlon... configure the controller and disk drives as described in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as described in Creating a Driver Disk on the computer. 3 Follow instructions and respond to prompts as necessary to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk, then...
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...Hardware Wizard, which searches for the controller driver. 4 Insert the driver disk you created in Step 2 and wait until prompted to install a driver. 7 Press S to complete it correctly. Windows searches the disk for your controller. 6 Insert the driver disk you created in Step 2, select... the floppy disk drive as shown in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as the source, then click Next. 5 If necessary, select the appropriate driver for a suitable driver. 8 When the Adaptec RAID driver is found, press Enter. If installing a simple volume, skip ...
...Hardware Wizard, which searches for the controller driver. 4 Insert the driver disk you created in Step 2 and wait until prompted to install a driver. 7 Press S to complete it correctly. Windows searches the disk for your controller. 6 Insert the driver disk you created in Step 2, select... the floppy disk drive as shown in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as the source, then click Next. 5 If necessary, select the appropriate driver for a suitable driver. 8 When the Adaptec RAID driver is found, press Enter. If installing a simple volume, skip ...
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... in Step 2, then select OK. 7 Follow the prompts to enter the ARC utility. If you created in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as needed to create an array from the BIOS, see Creating Arrays on creating an array from the BIOS, see Chapter 6, Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. For instructions on page 6-3.
... in Step 2, then select OK. 7 Follow the prompts to enter the ARC utility. If you created in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as needed to create an array from the BIOS, see Creating Arrays on creating an array from the BIOS, see Chapter 6, Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility. For instructions on page 6-3.
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...from the Menu, then press Enter. - For instructions on creating an array from the Menu, then press Enter. 6 When prompted, insert the driver disk you intend to enter the ARC utility. If installing a simple volume, skip to step Step 4. 4 Insert the SuSE CD Disk 1 in... Arrays on page 3-3. Installing the SuSE Driver in a New Linux System To install the driver while also installing the SuSE operating system: 1 Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as shown in Creating a Driver Disk on page 6-3.
...from the Menu, then press Enter. - For instructions on creating an array from the Menu, then press Enter. 6 When prompted, insert the driver disk you intend to enter the ARC utility. If installing a simple volume, skip to step Step 4. 4 Insert the SuSE CD Disk 1 in... Arrays on page 3-3. Installing the SuSE Driver in a New Linux System To install the driver while also installing the SuSE operating system: 1 Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Create a driver disk as shown in Creating a Driver Disk on page 6-3.
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... section contains the following procedures: ■ Installing the NetWare Driver in an existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux system: 1 Insert the installation CD into the CD device and wait for the system to automount the ...) cd for Red Hat umount /mnt/cdrom for SuSE umount /media/cdrom or eject (to eject disc) 5 Reboot the system to enable the new/updated driver. Installing the Driver Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux System To install the...
... section contains the following procedures: ■ Installing the NetWare Driver in an existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux system: 1 Insert the installation CD into the CD device and wait for the system to automount the ...) cd for Red Hat umount /mnt/cdrom for SuSE umount /media/cdrom or eject (to eject disc) 5 Reboot the system to enable the new/updated driver. Installing the Driver Installing or Updating the Driver in an Existing Red Hat or SuSE Linux System To install the...
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... Continue, then press Enter. 11 Follow the instructions in the NetWare manual to install your operating system, see your Novell documentation. To install the driver in a new Novell NetWare 6.5 system: 1 Install and configure the controller and hard drives as described in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Use the instructions provided in this system.
... Continue, then press Enter. 11 Follow the instructions in the NetWare manual to install your operating system, see your Novell documentation. To install the driver in a new Novell NetWare 6.5 system: 1 Install and configure the controller and hard drives as described in Installing the Controller on page 2-2. 2 Use the instructions provided in this system.
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... program. From the system console, type the following, then press Enter: load hdetect 2 Insert the HostRAID driver disk for Novell NetWare into the floppy disk drive. 3 If you see Updating the Device Drivers on page 3-9. Load driver anyway?, select Yes, then press Enter to continue. 4 When the next window appears, select, then press...
... program. From the system console, type the following, then press Enter: load hdetect 2 Insert the HostRAID driver disk for Novell NetWare into the floppy disk drive. 3 If you see Updating the Device Drivers on page 3-9. Load driver anyway?, select Yes, then press Enter to continue. 4 When the next window appears, select, then press...
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... c:\nwserver\aar81xx.ham slot=1 3-10 Note: If you want NetWare to load the HostRAID device driver automatically during startup, you must add the appropriate LOAD command to exit the hdetect Utility. Installing the Driver 11 In the Specify a directory path field, type a:\ (where a is the disk drive ...then press Enter. 12 After the installation program copies all the files, select Return to driver summary, then press Enter. 13 When the next window opens, select Load to load the driver. 14 After the driver is loaded, press Alt+F10 to the NetWare startup command file (usually C:\NWSERVER\STARTUP...
... c:\nwserver\aar81xx.ham slot=1 3-10 Note: If you want NetWare to load the HostRAID device driver automatically during startup, you must add the appropriate LOAD command to exit the hdetect Utility. Installing the Driver 11 In the Specify a directory path field, type a:\ (where a is the disk drive ...then press Enter. 12 After the installation program copies all the files, select Return to driver summary, then press Enter. 13 When the next window opens, select Load to load the driver. 14 After the driver is loaded, press Alt+F10 to the NetWare startup command file (usually C:\NWSERVER\STARTUP...
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... this Chapter... Installing Storage Manager on Windows 4-2 Installing Storage Manager on Linux 4-3 Installing Storage Manager on verifying privileges, refer to your Adaptec RAID controller and driver, you are ready to install and use Adaptec Storage Manager-a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) that makes it easy for you have installed your operating system documentation. 4-1 Note...
... this Chapter... Installing Storage Manager on Windows 4-2 Installing Storage Manager on Linux 4-3 Installing Storage Manager on verifying privileges, refer to your Adaptec RAID controller and driver, you are ready to install and use Adaptec Storage Manager-a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) that makes it easy for you have installed your operating system documentation. 4-1 Note...
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...product installation CD: for Red Hat mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom for SuSE mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 3 Change to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers. ■ Storage Manager includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). ■ If a previous version of Storage Manager is the name of Linux,... are saved and used the previous version are upgrading, you used in the upgrade. Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Adaptec's support of the linux driver folder 4 Extract the RPM package and install it: rpm --install ./StorMan*.rpm 5 Unmount the product...
...product installation CD: for Red Hat mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom for SuSE mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 3 Change to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers. ■ Storage Manager includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). ■ If a previous version of Storage Manager is the name of Linux,... are saved and used the previous version are upgrading, you used in the upgrade. Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager Installing Storage Manager on Adaptec's support of the linux driver folder 4 Extract the RPM package and install it: rpm --install ./StorMan*.rpm 5 Unmount the product...
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...(for data reads and writes. clear Foreground initialization of physical or logical drives in sequential order. Glossary-3 A clear operation zeros all the blocks of a RAID 1 to fail and result in data loss. When a disk is intact but redundancy has been compromised. configure Process of the array. Arrays can be ...failed. Glossary check point A feature that enables you to exit the ACU when an operation is in progress and be configured by the controller. The driver then resumes the operation from where the BIOS left off and the BIOS resumes the operation where the...
...(for data reads and writes. clear Foreground initialization of physical or logical drives in sequential order. Glossary-3 A clear operation zeros all the blocks of a RAID 1 to fail and result in data loss. When a disk is intact but redundancy has been compromised. configure Process of the array. Arrays can be ...failed. Glossary check point A feature that enables you to exit the ACU when an operation is in progress and be configured by the controller. The driver then resumes the operation from where the BIOS left off and the BIOS resumes the operation where the...
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...Adaptec RAID Configuration utility overview 1-6 Adaptec Storage componet views 5-5 Adaptec Storage Manager features 5-1 logical devices view 5-3 overview 1-6, 5-2 physical devices view 5-3 Adobe Acrobat Reader, installing 1-5 Array Configuration Utility. See ACU Array Properties dialog box deleting arrays 6-7 Array-based BBS Support controller...managing with CCU 6-5 Controller Interface Definitions 6-10 Controller SCSI Bus ID 6-11 D device drivers installing NetWare 3-9 updating NetWare 3-9 Disk Size Advisory 6-5 Disks configuring 6-7 size advisory 6-5 driver installation installing in ...
...Adaptec RAID Configuration utility overview 1-6 Adaptec Storage componet views 5-5 Adaptec Storage Manager features 5-1 logical devices view 5-3 overview 1-6, 5-2 physical devices view 5-3 Adobe Acrobat Reader, installing 1-5 Array Configuration Utility. See ACU Array Properties dialog box deleting arrays 6-7 Array-based BBS Support controller...managing with CCU 6-5 Controller Interface Definitions 6-10 Controller SCSI Bus ID 6-11 D device drivers installing NetWare 3-9 updating NetWare 3-9 Disk Size Advisory 6-5 Disks configuring 6-7 size advisory 6-5 driver installation installing in ...
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... in existing system 3-7 in new system 3-5 M Manage Arrays option 6-5 N NetWare device drivers 3-9 NetWare driver installation 3-8 O operating system compatibility 1-2 P P6 pin assignments 2-2 Physical Drives Display during POST controller setting 6-10 R Read caching 6-4 Rebuilding arrays 6-8 requirements hardware 1-3 Ripple and Noise B-1 Runtime BIOS controller setting 6-10 S safety information 1-6 SCSI channel interface definition 6-11 configuration utility 6-11 SCSI...
... in existing system 3-7 in new system 3-5 M Manage Arrays option 6-5 N NetWare device drivers 3-9 NetWare driver installation 3-8 O operating system compatibility 1-2 P P6 pin assignments 2-2 Physical Drives Display during POST controller setting 6-10 R Read caching 6-4 Rebuilding arrays 6-8 requirements hardware 1-3 Ripple and Noise B-1 Runtime BIOS controller setting 6-10 S safety information 1-6 SCSI channel interface definition 6-11 configuration utility 6-11 SCSI...