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... Controller 38 Connecting Disk Drives to SAS RAID Controllers 39 Connecting Directly to the Controller 39 Connecting to a System Backplane 40 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA RAID Controllers 41 Connecting Disk Drives to SCSI RAID Controllers 41 Connecting External Devices 42 Next Steps...42 Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec...Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 46 Making Your Array Bootable 47 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 49 Creating a Driver Disk 49 Installing with Windows 50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 50 Installing with SUSE Linux 51 Installing...
... Controller 38 Connecting Disk Drives to SAS RAID Controllers 39 Connecting Directly to the Controller 39 Connecting to a System Backplane 40 Connecting Disk Drives to SATA RAID Controllers 41 Connecting Disk Drives to SCSI RAID Controllers 41 Connecting External Devices 42 Next Steps...42 Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec...Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 46 Making Your Array Bootable 47 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 49 Creating a Driver Disk 49 Installing with Windows 50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 50 Installing with SUSE Linux 51 Installing...
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...Linux 57 Installing on NetWare 57 Installing on OpenServer 58 Installing on Solaris 58 Installing on UnixWare 59 Installing on VMware 59 Installing on FreeBSD 60 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 62 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 62 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 62 About the Adaptec RAID... Configuration Utility 63 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 63 Which ...
...Linux 57 Installing on NetWare 57 Installing on OpenServer 58 Installing on Solaris 58 Installing on UnixWare 59 Installing on VMware 59 Installing on FreeBSD 60 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 62 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 62 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 62 About the Adaptec RAID... Configuration Utility 63 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 63 Which ...
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... Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows VistaTM ● Red Hat® Linux 3.0, 4.0 ● SUSE Linux ES 9.0, 10.0 Note: For the latest on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel...
... Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows VistaTM ● Red Hat® Linux 3.0, 4.0 ● SUSE Linux ES 9.0, 10.0 Note: For the latest on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel...
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... a Battery Backup Module This table shows the battery model supported by upgrading your Adaptec Reseller or refer to multiple servers. RAID Controller Adaptec 3085/Adaptec 3405/ Adaptec 3805/Adaptec 31205/ Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 4800SAS / Adaptec 4805SAS Adaptec 2420SA / Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2130SLP / Adaptec 2230SLP Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 600 Adaptec Battery Module 500 Adaptec Battery Module 400 To purchase a battery backup module, refer to...
... a Battery Backup Module This table shows the battery model supported by upgrading your Adaptec Reseller or refer to multiple servers. RAID Controller Adaptec 3085/Adaptec 3405/ Adaptec 3805/Adaptec 31205/ Adaptec 31605 Adaptec 4800SAS / Adaptec 4805SAS Adaptec 2420SA / Adaptec 2820SA Adaptec 2130SLP / Adaptec 2230SLP Battery Model Adaptec Battery Module 800 Adaptec Battery Module 600 Adaptec Battery Module 500 Adaptec Battery Module 400 To purchase a battery backup module, refer to...
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... with Windows ...50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 50 Installing with SUSE Linux...51 Installing with NetWare ...51 Installing with OpenServer ...52 Installing with Solaris...52 Installing with UnixWare ...53 Installing with VMware ...53 Installing with FreeBSD ...54 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable...
... with Windows ...50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 50 Installing with SUSE Linux...51 Installing with NetWare ...51 Installing with OpenServer ...52 Installing with Solaris...52 Installing with UnixWare ...53 Installing with VMware ...53 Installing with FreeBSD ...54 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable...
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...RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: For up -to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 50. ● For Red Hat Linux...to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 49 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 37). ...
...RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: For up -to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 50. ● For Red Hat Linux...to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 49 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 37). ...
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... your chance to set up the environment you want. 6 If you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you are prompted to install...
... your chance to set up the environment you want. 6 If you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you are prompted to install...
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... devices, install them now. The available drivers are displayed. 4 If AACRAID is displayed. Otherwise, select Back. 7 Complete the Linux installation, following the instructions included with your operating system. 8 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on the screen, you are displayed... floppy disk drive. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 51 Installing 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...
... devices, install them now. The available drivers are displayed. 4 If AACRAID is displayed. Otherwise, select Back. 7 Complete the Linux installation, following the instructions included with your operating system. 8 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on the screen, you are displayed... floppy disk drive. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 51 Installing 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...
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Before You Begin ...56 Creating a Driver Disk ...56 Installing on Windows ...57 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 57 Installing on NetWare ...57 Installing on OpenServer ...58 Installing on Solaris...58 Installing on UnixWare ...59 Installing on VMware...59 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 48. Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...60 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver.
Before You Begin ...56 Creating a Driver Disk ...56 Installing on Windows ...57 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 57 Installing on NetWare ...57 Installing on OpenServer ...58 Installing on Solaris...58 Installing on UnixWare ...59 Installing on VMware...59 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 48. Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...60 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver.
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... Red Hat or SUSE Linux, see page 57. ● For NetWare, see page 57. ● For OpenServer, see page 58. ● For Solaris, see page 58 ● For UnixWare, see page 59. You must also create a driver disk (see page 37). Select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives ...(see page 49) before you begin installing the controller driver. Note: For up-to complete this task. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS ...
... Red Hat or SUSE Linux, see page 57. ● For NetWare, see page 57. ● For OpenServer, see page 58. ● For Solaris, see page 58 ● For UnixWare, see page 59. You must also create a driver disk (see page 37). Select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives ...(see page 49) before you begin installing the controller driver. Note: For up-to complete this task. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS ...
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Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux: 1 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...
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux: 1 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...
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...driver disk 49 driver installation 55 to SCSI controllers 41 connections 92 external 42 failure recovery multiple arrays 66 multiple disk drives 67 RAID 0 arrays 66 with Windows 50 to 60 drivers installing on FreeBSD 60 installing on Linux 57 installing on NetWare 57 installing on ... settings with -Select utilities 87 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 88 RAID levels 31 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88 resetting 67 Runtime BIOS setting 88 setting boot controller 44 specifications 130 standard features troubleshooting 65 updating firmware 105 upgrading firmware 17...
...driver disk 49 driver installation 55 to SCSI controllers 41 connections 92 external 42 failure recovery multiple arrays 66 multiple disk drives 67 RAID 0 arrays 66 with Windows 50 to 60 drivers installing on FreeBSD 60 installing on Linux 57 installing on NetWare 57 installing on ... settings with -Select utilities 87 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 88 RAID levels 31 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88 resetting 67 Runtime BIOS setting 88 setting boot controller 44 specifications 130 standard features troubleshooting 65 updating firmware 105 upgrading firmware 17...
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...backplane 40 SAS direct-attach 39 with operating system 35 K keyed features 17 kit contents 14 L links (SAS) 70 Linux driver installation 57 OS installation 51 Linux installation 50 locked features 17 M Managing 86 Maximum Transfer Rate setting 90 mini-SAS direct connection 40 enclosure cable 33 ...devices 42 F failed disk drives 65 multiple arrays 66 multiple disk drives 67 RAID 0 arrays 66 without hot spare 66 feature keys 17 firmware 105 creating floppy disks 106 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 67 floppy disks for firmware update 106 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD driver ...
...backplane 40 SAS direct-attach 39 with operating system 35 K keyed features 17 kit contents 14 L links (SAS) 70 Linux driver installation 57 OS installation 51 Linux installation 50 locked features 17 M Managing 86 Maximum Transfer Rate setting 90 mini-SAS direct connection 40 enclosure cable 33 ...devices 42 F failed disk drives 65 multiple arrays 66 multiple disk drives 67 RAID 0 arrays 66 without hot spare 66 feature keys 17 firmware 105 creating floppy disks 106 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 67 floppy disks for firmware update 106 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD driver ...