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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 ...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 ...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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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. If your kit does, the type...9679; Fedora Linux 12, 13, 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 least 800 x 600 For more information, see the descriptions starting on which version of at www...
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. If your kit does, the type...9679; Fedora Linux 12, 13, 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 least 800 x 600 For more information, see the descriptions starting on which version of at www...
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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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...side of the controller, with the mounting screws inserted from the front of the controller, as shown in Step 2. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown the Figure 3. The low-profile bracket is not bent after attaching the low-profile bracket to the controller...then set the screws aside for use in the Figure 1. Remove mounting screws with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of the controller, then fasten the screws to the bracket with a Phillips screw driver. ! Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of 3.0-4.0 lbf-in...
...side of the controller, with the mounting screws inserted from the front of the controller, as shown in Step 2. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown the Figure 3. The low-profile bracket is not bent after attaching the low-profile bracket to the controller...then set the screws aside for use in the Figure 1. Remove mounting screws with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of the controller, then fasten the screws to the bracket with a Phillips screw driver. ! Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of 3.0-4.0 lbf-in...
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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 79). Follow the steps for the installation option you can...the 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 data storage (see page 79). Installing with an Operating System 1 Install and connect your ...
... 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 79). Follow the steps for the installation option you can...the 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 data storage (see page 79). Installing with an Operating System 1 Install and connect your ...
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...Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Next Steps If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. For more... information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to controller with internal mini-SAS to...
...Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Next Steps If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. For more... information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to controller with internal mini-SAS to...
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Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task. Skip to create a bootable array. Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have 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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72.
Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task. Skip to create a bootable array. Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have 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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72.
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... automatically create one logical drive with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 59. The configuration is displayed. The logical drive you can use them to...
... automatically create one logical drive with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 59. The configuration is displayed. The logical drive you can use them to...
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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...
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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... other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the driver disk manually. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your operating...
... other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the driver disk manually. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your operating...
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...-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. The computer reads the disk. 6 When the Adaptec driver is found '. Repeat Step 3, Step 4 (without reinserting the DVD), and Step 5. If you miss your chance to press F6, restart your... Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows Installation CD to complete this task. Note: When F6 is on a floppy disk, then ...
...-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. The computer reads the disk. 6 When the Adaptec driver is found '. Repeat Step 3, Step 4 (without reinserting the DVD), and Step 5. If you miss your chance to press F6, restart your... Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows Installation CD to complete this task. Note: When F6 is on a floppy disk, then ...
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... 5 Installation CD to complete this task. When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to install the driver image. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the Welcome ... devices. 6 Press ALT+F6 to switch back to the installation screen, then click Next. 7 Follow the on page 79. 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...
... 5 Installation CD to complete this task. When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to install the driver image. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the Welcome ... devices. 6 Press ALT+F6 to switch back to the installation screen, then click Next. 7 Follow the on page 79. 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...
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... to return to the installation screen and complete the installation as usual. 8 Continue 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. You must have an older ... is 50%-90% complete, type this task. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Debian Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following the...
... to return to the installation screen and complete the installation as usual. 8 Continue 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. You must have an older ... is 50%-90% complete, type this task. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Debian Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following the...
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...Type the following command to scan for your Debian operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Debian Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When the Welcome screen appears.../aacraid/aacraid.ko For Debian 64-bit: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to the installation screen, then follow the on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: ...
...Type the following command to scan for your Debian operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Debian Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When the Welcome screen appears.../aacraid/aacraid.ko For Debian 64-bit: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to the installation screen, then follow the on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: ...
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... mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on page 79. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When the ... Ubuntu operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the archive to install the driver image. 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 scan...
... mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on page 79. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When the ... Ubuntu operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the archive to install the driver image. 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 scan...
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... 11.x. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the console. 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. ...where 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. 12 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to...
... 11.x. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the console. 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. ...where 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. 12 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to...
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...Solaris 10 Update 2 or later. Instead, you are installing the driver with your computer. 4 Follow the on the Adaptec Installation DVD. This task is complete, if required. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Solaris: 1 Start your VMware Installation CD and a ...● 67 Installing with Solaris Note: This task is complete, if required. 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 /...
...Solaris 10 Update 2 or later. Instead, you are installing the driver with your computer. 4 Follow the on the Adaptec Installation DVD. This task is complete, if required. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Solaris: 1 Start your VMware Installation CD and a ...● 67 Installing with Solaris Note: This task is complete, if required. 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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...the custom boot image-and Steps 8-11 on your machine already) and install on the machine where you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. You can download PowerShell and Microsoft .NET from the VMware Download Center at www....microsoft.com/download. Note: In the following procedure to install the controller driver for example, VMware-PowerCLI-5.0.0-374833.exe). To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed ...
...the custom boot image-and Steps 8-11 on your machine already) and install on the machine where you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. You can download PowerShell and Microsoft .NET from the VMware Download Center at www....microsoft.com/download. Note: In the following procedure to install the controller driver for example, VMware-PowerCLI-5.0.0-374833.exe). To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed ...
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... from the one above. 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 choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". Note: Continue using PowerCLI in ...Steps 6b through 6j. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware ESXi5.0...
... from the one above. 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 choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". Note: Continue using PowerCLI in ...Steps 6b through 6j. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware ESXi5.0...