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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...Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with a resolution of at www.adaptec.com. ● Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware storage management options vary...
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...Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with a resolution of at www.adaptec.com. ● Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware storage management options vary...
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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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... spacer (see Figure 3). Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of bracket Figure 3 ! Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown in Figure 2, then set the screws aside for use in to avoid deformation. Caution: The torque on the... attaching the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 44 To replace the full-height bracket with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Remove mounting screws with the...
... spacer (see Figure 3). Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of bracket Figure 3 ! Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown in Figure 2, then set the screws aside for use in to avoid deformation. Caution: The torque on the... attaching the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 44 To replace the full-height bracket with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Remove mounting screws with the...
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...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 has an external connector, you 've chosen. Installing with an Operating System 1 ... connect your operating system and the controller driver on that array. If your data storage (see page 46). Alternatively, 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 create a...
...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 has an external connector, you 've chosen. Installing with an Operating System 1 ... connect your operating system and the controller driver on that array. If your data storage (see page 46). Alternatively, 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 create a...
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...Adaptec cables. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to controller with Creating a Bootable Array on page 53. If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. Connecting External Devices Note: If you are installing the controller driver...following section, Next Steps. For more information or to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 53 2 Use an ...
...Adaptec cables. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to controller with Creating a Bootable Array on page 53. If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. Connecting External Devices Note: If you are installing the controller driver...following section, Next Steps. For more information or to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 53 2 Use an ...
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Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to complete this chapter... Skip to create a bootable array. 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.
Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to complete this chapter... Skip to create a bootable array. 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.
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...and format these logical drives before you created appears as an "array", see page 13) and on page 106). In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to arrays (see Creating Bootable Arrays on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format...Help. 12 Continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to automatically create one logical drive with ...
...and format these logical drives before you created appears as an "array", see page 13) and on page 106). In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to arrays (see Creating Bootable Arrays on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format...Help. 12 Continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to automatically create one logical drive with ...
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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). Installing 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). Installing the...
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...a floppy disk, USB flash drive, or writable CD to complete this task. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page...your operating system, as described below. For up-to download the latest drivers. The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. Select your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your controller type and ...
...a floppy disk, USB flash drive, or writable CD to complete this task. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page...your operating system, as described below. For up-to download the latest drivers. The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. Select your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your controller type and ...
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... see the message 'No drives were found'. Note: With Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to specify that the driver is found , press Next. The computer reads the disk. 6 When the Adaptec driver is on a floppy disk, then press Enter. Note: ...prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the...
... see the message 'No drives were found'. Note: With Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to specify that the driver is found , press Next. The computer reads the disk. 6 When the Adaptec driver is on a floppy disk, then press Enter. Note: ...prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the...
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...● 62 Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 Note: You will need your Red Hat 5 Installation CD to complete this task. 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 screen appears, press... your Red Hat 6 or Fedora Installation CD 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 ...
...● 62 Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 Note: You will need your Red Hat 5 Installation CD to complete this task. 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 screen appears, press... your Red Hat 6 or Fedora Installation CD 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 ...
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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 Note: For SuSE Linux 11, switch to the console by typing CTRL+ALT+F2 when the ... exit 9 Press ALT+F6 to switch back to the installation screen, finish the installation, then reboot. 10 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 computer. 3 When the SuSE installation selection screen appears, choose the ...
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 Note: For SuSE Linux 11, switch to the console by typing CTRL+ALT+F2 when the ... exit 9 Press ALT+F6 to switch back to the installation screen, finish the installation, then reboot. 10 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 computer. 3 When the SuSE installation selection screen appears, choose the ...
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... of the archive to a temporary location. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and 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 the driver files.
... of the archive to a temporary location. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and 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 the driver files.
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... /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 Ubuntu operating system version... (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. 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...
... /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 Ubuntu operating system version... (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. 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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... 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. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the... is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 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. 12...
... 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. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the... is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 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. 12...
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...CD, 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 /dev...VMware iso image, vmware-aacraid-400.4.1.7.28300-esx4.1.iso, then burn the iso to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESX 4.x. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 67 Installing with Solaris Note: This task is complete, if required...
...CD, 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 /dev...VMware iso image, vmware-aacraid-400.4.1.7.28300-esx4.1.iso, then burn the iso to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESX 4.x. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 67 Installing with Solaris Note: This task is complete, if required...
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... from VMware based on your Windows build machine. To perform the installation, you will need to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. Be sure to install the prerequiste software first, including Powershell and Microsoft .NET...Center at www.vmware.com/ downloads. Note: You will also need a writable CD to create the driver disk and install the driver image. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you install PowerCLI or start to install VMware ESXi 5 using the VMware Image ...
... from VMware based on your Windows build machine. To perform the installation, you will need to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. Be sure to install the prerequiste software first, including Powershell and Microsoft .NET...Center at www.vmware.com/ downloads. Note: You will also need a writable CD to create the driver disk and install the driver image. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you install PowerCLI or start to install VMware ESXi 5 using the VMware Image ...
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... to provide account credentials to download 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". b Add the VMware ESXi5.0... ESX Image Profiles: # Get-EsxImageProfile You should see a message if the Image Builder snap-in is already installed. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot (for example, vmware-ESXi5.0.0-469512-depot.zip) and ...
... to provide account credentials to download 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". b Add the VMware ESXi5.0... ESX Image Profiles: # Get-EsxImageProfile You should see a message if the Image Builder snap-in is already installed. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot (for example, vmware-ESXi5.0.0-469512-depot.zip) and ...