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Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in the product design without reservation and without the prior written consent of this document is for information only and ... PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. ●2 Copyright ©2006 Adaptec, Inc. assumes no liability resulting from the use of their respective owners. All other countries, used under license. Changes The material in this publication may...
Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in the product design without reservation and without the prior written consent of this document is for information only and ... PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. ●2 Copyright ©2006 Adaptec, Inc. assumes no liability resulting from the use of their respective owners. All other countries, used under license. Changes The material in this publication may...
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... the Boot Controller 26 Creating an Array 26 Creating an Array with the ACU 26 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 27 Making Your Array Bootable 28 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 30 Creating a Driver Disk 30 Installing with Windows 30 Installing ... System Before You Begin 34 Creating a Driver Disk 34 Installing on Windows 34 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 35 Installing on NetWare 35 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 37 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 37 About the HRCONF Command Line Utility 37 About the ...
... the Boot Controller 26 Creating an Array 26 Creating an Array with the ACU 26 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 27 Making Your Array Bootable 28 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 30 Creating a Driver Disk 30 Installing with Windows 30 Installing ... System Before You Begin 34 Creating a Driver Disk 34 Installing on Windows 34 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 35 Installing on NetWare 35 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 37 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 37 About the HRCONF Command Line Utility 37 About the ...
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... can find more information about your operating system (and Adaptec Storage Manager) recognizes as logical drives. Many of configurations from the main window of Independent Disks (RAID) technology, and the input/output (I/O) technology-SATA-used to refer to controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage ManagerTM or the other utilities described in this...
... can find more information about your operating system (and Adaptec Storage Manager) recognizes as logical drives. Many of configurations from the main window of Independent Disks (RAID) technology, and the input/output (I/O) technology-SATA-used to refer to controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage ManagerTM or the other utilities described in this...
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...Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec HRCONF (HostRAID Configuration) command line utility ● Readme Files ● Cables (type and quantity vary for cable information about your HostRAID controller, see About Your HostRAID Controller on page 12) ● Low-profile bracket ● Serial ATA II 1430SA, 1420SA, 1220SA HostRAID Controllers...devices is a PCI bridge. ● Large memory-mapped address ranges. ● One of these operating systems: ● Microsoft® Windows®2000, Server 2003, XP ● Red Hat Linux ● SUSE Linux ● Novell® NetWare® Note: For...
...Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec HRCONF (HostRAID Configuration) command line utility ● Readme Files ● Cables (type and quantity vary for cable information about your HostRAID controller, see About Your HostRAID Controller on page 12) ● Low-profile bracket ● Serial ATA II 1430SA, 1420SA, 1220SA HostRAID Controllers...devices is a PCI bridge. ● Large memory-mapped address ranges. ● One of these operating systems: ● Microsoft® Windows®2000, Server 2003, XP ● Red Hat Linux ● SUSE Linux ● Novell® NetWare® Note: For...
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... to make the array bootable (see next section). The configuration is displayed. Then continue with RAID 1. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 28 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a full software application, refer to confirm applying your system. 11 Remove the HostRAID.... The logical drive you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as an "array," see page 11).
... to make the array bootable (see next section). The configuration is displayed. Then continue with RAID 1. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 28 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a full software application, refer to confirm applying your system. 11 Remove the HostRAID.... The logical drive you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as an "array," see page 11).
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Before You Begin ...30 Creating a Driver Disk ...30 Installing with Windows ...30 Installing with Red Hat Linux 31 Installing with SUSE Linux...31 Installing with NetWare ...32 This chapter explains how to install your HostRAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 33. Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... Note: To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 25).
Before You Begin ...30 Creating a Driver Disk ...30 Installing with Windows ...30 Installing with Red Hat Linux 31 Installing with SUSE Linux...31 Installing with NetWare ...32 This chapter explains how to install your HostRAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 33. Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... Note: To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 25).
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...computer's documentation.) 2 Click Create Driver Disk, from the Main Menu. 3 Select one of the operating systems from the list: ● Windows ● Linux ● Netware 4 Select the type of operating system you want to install a third-party driver, press F6. Installing ...with the instructions for only 5 seconds. To install the HostRAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows installation. 3 When prompted to use. 5 Select the version of the screen ...
...computer's documentation.) 2 Click Create Driver Disk, from the Main Menu. 3 Select one of the operating systems from the list: ● Windows ● Linux ● Netware 4 Select the type of operating system you want to install a third-party driver, press F6. Installing ...with the instructions for only 5 seconds. To install the HostRAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows installation. 3 When prompted to use. 5 Select the version of the screen ...
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...disk. 3 When the Device Types screen displays, check the Storage adapters list, then select Modify to scan the floppy disk drive. All recognized controllers are displayed. 8 Insert the driver floppy disk. 9 Press the Insert key to add another driver. To install the driver when installing NetWare:....) To be able to complete this task. If the driver installation process fails, the server console is displayed. 10 From the lower window menu, select Continue, then press Enter. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 32 Installing with Managing Your Storage...
...disk. 3 When the Device Types screen displays, check the Storage adapters list, then select Modify to scan the floppy disk drive. All recognized controllers are displayed. 8 Insert the driver floppy disk. 9 Press the Insert key to add another driver. To install the driver when installing NetWare:....) To be able to complete this task. If the driver installation process fails, the server console is displayed. 10 From the lower window menu, select Continue, then press Enter. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 32 Installing with Managing Your Storage...
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Before You Begin ...34 Creating a Driver Disk ...34 Installing on Windows ...34 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 35 Installing on NetWare ...35 This chapter explains how to install your HostRAID controller driver on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on an existing operating system. Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 29.
Before You Begin ...34 Creating a Driver Disk ...34 Installing on Windows ...34 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 35 Installing on NetWare ...35 This chapter explains how to install your HostRAID controller driver on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on an existing operating system. Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 29.
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...disk and restart your driver, you install your computer. Installing on Windows To install the driver on Windows: 1 Start or restart Windows. You must also create a driver disk (see next section) before you begin installing the controller driver. Creating a Driver Disk Before you will need to complete...9679; Windows ● Linux ● Netware 6 Select the type of the operating system. 8 When prompted, insert the floppy disk, then click OK. The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for your controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu...
...disk and restart your driver, you install your computer. Installing on Windows To install the driver on Windows: 1 Start or restart Windows. You must also create a driver disk (see next section) before you begin installing the controller driver. Creating a Driver Disk Before you will need to complete...9679; Windows ● Linux ● Netware 6 Select the type of the operating system. 8 When prompted, insert the floppy disk, then click OK. The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for your controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu...
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...assume fault tolerance. You will be selected as the source drive. ● When migrating from single volume to RAID 0, migrating from the good drive is any medium error occuring on Windows dynamic disks (volumes), as a spare, and this will result in the following ways: ● System .... From the List of Arrays, select the array you want to rebuild. Before rebuilding an array, note the following sections describe these operations in a RAID 1. All the data from a larger drive to a smaller drive is recreated. ● Manual Rebuild a From the Main Menu, select Manage Arrays...
...assume fault tolerance. You will be selected as the source drive. ● When migrating from single volume to RAID 0, migrating from the good drive is any medium error occuring on Windows dynamic disks (volumes), as a spare, and this will result in the following ways: ● System .... From the List of Arrays, select the array you want to rebuild. Before rebuilding an array, note the following sections describe these operations in a RAID 1. All the data from a larger drive to a smaller drive is recreated. ● Manual Rebuild a From the Main Menu, select Manage Arrays...
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... support DOS extenders installed in your system. The AFU is used to update, save, or verify the HostRAID controller's firmware BIOS. Note: You cannot create a bootable floppy using Windows 2000. ● At least 8 MB of extended memory. The AFU is easy to use the AFU correctly... the specified UFI file. ● Version-Displays version information about a HostRAID controller's flash components. ● List-Lists all the flash components on a HostRAID controller with other DOS drivers running under any version of Windows. Appendix C: Using the AFU for DOS ● 61 Introduction The AFU...
... support DOS extenders installed in your system. The AFU is used to update, save, or verify the HostRAID controller's firmware BIOS. Note: You cannot create a bootable floppy using Windows 2000. ● At least 8 MB of extended memory. The AFU is easy to use the AFU correctly... the specified UFI file. ● Version-Displays version information about a HostRAID controller's flash components. ● List-Lists all the flash components on a HostRAID controller with other DOS drivers running under any version of Windows. Appendix C: Using the AFU for DOS ● 61 Introduction The AFU...
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A ACU creating arrays 52 Adaptec customer support 3 Adaptec Flash Utility. See ACU arrays creating (ACU) 52 non-RAID 49 RAID 1 50 RAID 10 50 C customer support 3 D data striping 48 disk drives connecting to SATA controllers 24 failure recovery multiple arrays 46 multiple disk drives 46 with hot ...Windows 34 E electrostatic discharge 67 F failed disk drives multiple arrays 46 multiple disk drives 46 without hot spare 46 formatting disk drives 59 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See HRCONF Adaptec Storage Manager installing 37 AFU 38 Array Configuration Utility. See AFU Adaptec RAID...
A ACU creating arrays 52 Adaptec customer support 3 Adaptec Flash Utility. See ACU arrays creating (ACU) 52 non-RAID 49 RAID 1 50 RAID 10 50 C customer support 3 D data striping 48 disk drives connecting to SATA controllers 24 failure recovery multiple arrays 46 multiple disk drives 46 with hot ...Windows 34 E electrostatic discharge 67 F failed disk drives multiple arrays 46 multiple disk drives 46 without hot spare 46 formatting disk drives 59 H hard disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. See HRCONF Adaptec Storage Manager installing 37 AFU 38 Array Configuration Utility. See AFU Adaptec RAID...
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... Adaptec Storage Manager 11 throughput 48 tools ACU 52 AFU 38 ARC 52 disk utilities 59 SATASelect 57 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U utilities AFU 38 ARC 52 Disk Drive 59 SATASelect 57 V verifying disk drives 59 W Windows driver installation 34 Index ● 95 See RAID replacing failed disk drives S SATA controllers...
... Adaptec Storage Manager 11 throughput 48 tools ACU 52 AFU 38 ARC 52 disk utilities 59 SATASelect 57 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U utilities AFU 38 ARC 52 Disk Drive 59 SATASelect 57 V verifying disk drives 59 W Windows driver installation 34 Index ● 95 See RAID replacing failed disk drives S SATA controllers...