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... to SCSI RAID Controllers 35 Connecting External Devices 35 Next Steps...36 Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec Storage Manager 36 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 38 Creating an Array 38 Creating an Array with the ACU 38 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 40 Making Your Array Bootable 41 Installing the Driver and...
... to SCSI RAID Controllers 35 Connecting External Devices 35 Next Steps...36 Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec Storage Manager 36 Creating a Bootable Array Setting the Boot Controller 38 Creating an Array 38 Creating an Array with the ACU 38 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 40 Making Your Array Bootable 41 Installing the Driver and...
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...Windows 51 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 51 Installing on NetWare 51 Installing on OpenServer 52 Installing on Solaris 52 Installing on UnixWare 53 Installing on VMWare 53 Installing on FreeBSD 53 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 56 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 56 About the Adaptec RAID Controller... 60 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 60 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 60 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 61 Resetting the Controller 61 Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI Terminology Used in This Chapter 63 What is SAS?...63 ...
...Windows 51 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 51 Installing on NetWare 51 Installing on OpenServer 52 Installing on Solaris 52 Installing on UnixWare 53 Installing on VMWare 53 Installing on FreeBSD 53 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 56 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 56 About the Adaptec RAID Controller... 60 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 60 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 60 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 61 Resetting the Controller 61 Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI Terminology Used in This Chapter 63 What is SAS?...63 ...
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...Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line ... ● Adaptec SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with these operating systems: ● Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP ●...
...Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line ... ● Adaptec SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with these operating systems: ● Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP ●...
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...from the logical drive, specify a size for Internal RAID Storage or online Help. 12 Continue with the following section. The logical drive you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for the logical drive,...41 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 12). Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on the physical disk drives....
...from the logical drive, specify a size for Internal RAID Storage or online Help. 12 Continue with the following section. The logical drive you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for the logical drive,...41 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 12). Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on the physical disk drives....
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... Creating a Driver Disk ...43 Installing with Windows ...44 Installing with Red Hat Linux 44 Installing with SUSE Linux...45 Installing with NetWare ...45 Installing with OpenServer ...46 Installing with Solaris...46 Installing with UnixWare ...47 Installing with VMWare...47 Installing with FreeBSD ...47 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an...
... Creating a Driver Disk ...43 Installing with Windows ...44 Installing with Red Hat Linux 44 Installing with SUSE Linux...45 Installing with NetWare ...45 Installing with OpenServer ...46 Installing with Solaris...46 Installing with UnixWare ...47 Installing with VMWare...47 Installing with FreeBSD ...47 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an...
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... ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 31). ● Create a bootable array (see page 37). ● Create a driver disk (see page 47. Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 44. ●...
... ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 31). ● Create a bootable array (see page 37). ● Create a driver disk (see page 47. Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 44. ●...
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... on page 55. Note: When F6 is on -screen instructions to begin the Windows installation. 3 When prompted to install a third-party driver, press F6. Installing with Windows Note: You will need your Windows Installation CD to complete this task. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD...
... on page 55. Note: When F6 is on -screen instructions to begin the Windows installation. 3 When prompted to install a third-party driver, press F6. Installing with Windows Note: You will need your Windows Installation CD to complete this task. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD...
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... the cause of the failure. To install the driver when installing OpenServer: 1 Insert the OpenServer Installation CD. 2 Restart your operating system. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 46 8 From the lower window menu, select Continue, then press Enter. To modify... disk partitions, apply hot fixes, or perform volume maintenance, refer to complete this step.) 5 When all drivers have loaded, select No. 6...
... the cause of the failure. To install the driver when installing OpenServer: 1 Insert the OpenServer Installation CD. 2 Restart your operating system. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 46 8 From the lower window menu, select Continue, then press Enter. To modify... disk partitions, apply hot fixes, or perform volume maintenance, refer to complete this step.) 5 When all drivers have loaded, select No. 6...
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Before You Begin ...50 Creating a Driver Disk ...50 Installing on Windows ...51 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 51 Installing on NetWare ...51 Installing on OpenServer ...52 Installing on Solaris...52 Installing on UnixWare ...53 Installing on VMWare...53 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...53 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 42.
Before You Begin ...50 Creating a Driver Disk ...50 Installing on Windows ...51 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 51 Installing on NetWare ...51 Installing on OpenServer ...52 Installing on Solaris...52 Installing on UnixWare ...53 Installing on VMWare...53 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...53 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 42.
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... You Begin Before you begin , install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 31). The system creates the driver disk. 6 Remove and label the driver disk. 7 Continue with the instructions for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your operating system. ● Windows ● Linux ● NetWare ● OpenServer ● Solaris ●...
... You Begin Before you begin , install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 31). The system creates the driver disk. 6 Remove and label the driver disk. 7 Continue with the instructions for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your operating system. ● Windows ● Linux ● NetWare ● OpenServer ● Solaris ●...
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...Insert and mount the RAID Installation CD: Red Hat: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom SUSE: mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 2 Install the module RPM: rpm -Uvh mount-point/xxx/yyy.rpm where mount-point is the specific mount point on the Linux system, xxx is the driver path, and yyy.rpm... is the rpm file. 3 Reboot your computer. 6 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 55. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 51 Installing on Windows To install the driver on Windows: 1 Start or restart...
...Insert and mount the RAID Installation CD: Red Hat: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom SUSE: mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 2 Install the module RPM: rpm -Uvh mount-point/xxx/yyy.rpm where mount-point is the specific mount point on the Linux system, xxx is the driver path, and yyy.rpm... is the rpm file. 3 Reboot your computer. 6 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 55. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System ● 51 Installing on Windows To install the driver on Windows: 1 Start or restart...
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... Create a firmware kit on floppy disks (see page 100) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● The RAID Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. See www.adaptec.com for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and SETVER.SYS). ● Does not support DOS extenders ... the AFU: 1 Using the AFU menus (see page 99) 2 From the command line (see page 99). compatible with other DOS drivers running under any version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of AFU. There are two ways to get the most recent version of extended memory. The flash ...
... Create a firmware kit on floppy disks (see page 100) Obtaining the Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● The RAID Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. See www.adaptec.com for example, SMARTDRV.SYS and SETVER.SYS). ● Does not support DOS extenders ... the AFU: 1 Using the AFU menus (see page 99) 2 From the command line (see page 99). compatible with other DOS drivers running under any version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of AFU. There are two ways to get the most recent version of extended memory. The flash ...
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... direct-attach connections 33, 66 disk drives 27 cables 28 connecting to SAS controllers 33 connecting to SATA controllers 35 connecting to SCSI controllers 35 external 35 failure recovery multiple arrays 60 multiple disk drives 61 RAID 0 arrays 60 with hot spare 60 without hot spare 60 formatting 85 HVD... 30, 42, 48 driver disk 43 driver installation 49 to 54 drivers installing on FreeBSD 53 installing on Linux 51 installing on NetWare 51 installing on OpenServer 52 installing on Solaris 52 installing on UnixWare 53 installing on VMWare 53 installing on Windows 51 installing with FreeBSD ...
... direct-attach connections 33, 66 disk drives 27 cables 28 connecting to SAS controllers 33 connecting to SATA controllers 35 connecting to SCSI controllers 35 external 35 failure recovery multiple arrays 60 multiple disk drives 61 RAID 0 arrays 60 with hot spare 60 without hot spare 60 formatting 85 HVD... 30, 42, 48 driver disk 43 driver installation 49 to 54 drivers installing on FreeBSD 53 installing on Linux 51 installing on NetWare 51 installing on OpenServer 52 installing on Solaris 52 installing on UnixWare 53 installing on VMWare 53 installing on Windows 51 installing with FreeBSD ...
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... arrays 60 multiple disk drives 61 RAID 0 arrays 60 without hot spare 60 feature keys 17 firmware 98 creating floppy disks 99 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 61 floppy disks for firmware update 99 formatting disk drives 85 FreeBSD driver installation 53 OS installation 47 H hard...disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. to 54 driver and FreeBSD 47 driver and Linux 44, 45 driver and NetWare 45 driver and OpenServer 46 driver and operating system 30, 42, 48 driver and UnixWare 47 driver and VMWare 47 driver and Windows 44 existing operating system 30 external devices 35 installation options...
... arrays 60 multiple disk drives 61 RAID 0 arrays 60 without hot spare 60 feature keys 17 firmware 98 creating floppy disks 99 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 61 floppy disks for firmware update 99 formatting disk drives 85 FreeBSD driver installation 53 OS installation 47 H hard...disk, hard disk drive, hard drive. to 54 driver and FreeBSD 47 driver and Linux 44, 45 driver and NetWare 45 driver and OpenServer 46 driver and operating system 30, 42, 48 driver and UnixWare 47 driver and VMWare 47 driver and Windows 44 existing operating system 30 external devices 35 installation options...
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... Number U UnixWare driver installation 53 OS installation 47 updating firmware 98 upgrading firmware 17 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 57 AFU 57 ARCCONF 56 V verifying disk drives 85 VMWare driver installation 53 OS installation 47 W Windows driver installation 51 OS ...installation 44 Write Cache setting 83 Index ● 111 SCSISelect 81 secure erasing disk drives 81 stopping a secure erase 81 -Select utilities 81 applying changes 81 exiting 81 modifying controller settings 82 opening 81 Serial ATA...
... Number U UnixWare driver installation 53 OS installation 47 updating firmware 98 upgrading firmware 17 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 57 AFU 57 ARCCONF 56 V verifying disk drives 85 VMWare driver installation 53 OS installation 47 W Windows driver installation 51 OS ...installation 44 Write Cache setting 83 Index ● 111 SCSISelect 81 secure erasing disk drives 81 stopping a secure erase 81 -Select utilities 81 applying changes 81 exiting 81 modifying controller settings 82 opening 81 Serial ATA...