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... Operating System 42 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 44 Installing the Controller 44 Installing a RAID Controller 44 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 45 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 46 Connecting Directly to the Controller 46 Connecting to a System ... the Boot Controller 52 Creating an Array 52 Creating an Array with the ACU 52 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 54 Making Your Array Bootable 55 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 57 Creating a Driver Disk 57 Installing...
... Operating System 42 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 44 Installing the Controller 44 Installing a RAID Controller 44 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 45 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 46 Connecting Directly to the Controller 46 Connecting to a System ... the Boot Controller 52 Creating an Array 52 Creating an Array with the ACU 52 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 54 Making Your Array Bootable 55 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 57 Creating a Driver Disk 57 Installing...
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Contents ● 8 Installing with VMware 61 Installing with FreeBSD 61 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 63 Creating a Driver Disk 63 Installing on Windows 64 Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 64 Installing with ...VMware 66 Installing on FreeBSD 66 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Solving Problems...
Contents ● 8 Installing with VMware 61 Installing with FreeBSD 61 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 63 Creating a Driver Disk 63 Installing on Windows 64 Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 64 Installing with ...VMware 66 Installing on FreeBSD 66 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Solving Problems...
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For up-to the Readme file on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Storage management must be done by controller type (3-series vs. 5- Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this guide Note: 3-series kits ship with a boot CD; 5-series...
For up-to the Readme file on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Storage management must be done by controller type (3-series vs. 5- Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this guide Note: 3-series kits ship with a boot CD; 5-series...
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...standard installation, where the controller driver is installed on an existing operating system. Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to a backplane or enclosure. Connects to SFF-8087)- Alternatively, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install your Adaptec controller, you can 't insert ...them incorrectly. External mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Cable connectors are keyed so that array. For more...
...standard installation, where the controller driver is installed on an existing operating system. Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to a backplane or enclosure. Connects to SFF-8087)- Alternatively, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install your Adaptec controller, you can 't insert ...them incorrectly. External mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Cable connectors are keyed so that array. For more...
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...Follow the steps for the installation option you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Install the controller driver (see page 62). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 43). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 ...Create a bootable array (see page 52). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 67). If your data storage (see page 56.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller has an external connector, you 've chosen. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 42...
...Follow the steps for the installation option you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Install the controller driver (see page 62). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page 43). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 ...Create a bootable array (see page 52). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 67). If your data storage (see page 56.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller has an external connector, you 've chosen. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 42...
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... Connecting External Devices on page 50. For more information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable...If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 62. If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Installing the...
... Connecting External Devices on page 50. For more information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable...If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 62. If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Installing the...
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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...52 Creating an Array ...52 Making Your Array Bootable 55 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 62. 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...52 Creating an Array ...52 Making Your Array Bootable 55 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 62. Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task.
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...● 55 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a physical disk drive on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. Making Your Array Bootable Use ...page 56. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 93)....
...● 55 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a physical disk drive on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. Making Your Array Bootable Use ...page 56. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 93)....
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To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 51). Before You Begin ...57 Creating a Driver Disk ...57 Installing with Windows ...58 Installing with Red Hat Linux 59 Installing with SUSE Linux...59 Installing with OpenServer ...59 Installing with UnixWare ...60 Installing with Solaris...60 Installing with VMware ...61 Installing with FreeBSD ...61 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 62. Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter...
To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 51). Before You Begin ...57 Creating a Driver Disk ...57 Installing with Windows ...58 Installing with Red Hat Linux 59 Installing with SUSE Linux...59 Installing with OpenServer ...59 Installing with UnixWare ...60 Installing with Solaris...60 Installing with VMware ...61 Installing with FreeBSD ...61 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 62. Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter...
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... complete this task for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 43). ● Create a bootable array (see page 51). ● Create a driver disk (see page 61. The system creates the driver disk. 6 Remove and label the driver disk. 7 Continue with the instructions for your operating system and...
... complete this task for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 43). ● Create a bootable array (see page 51). ● Create a driver disk (see page 61. The system creates the driver disk. 6 Remove and label the driver disk. 7 Continue with the instructions for your operating system and...
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...with Windows Note: You will need your Windows Installation CD to install a third-party driver, press F6. Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow ...the on page 67. Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you miss your chance to press F6, restart your Windows CD, then restart...
...with Windows Note: You will need your Windows Installation CD to install a third-party driver, press F6. Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow ...the on page 67. Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you miss your chance to press F6, restart your Windows CD, then restart...
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...Your Storage Space on the screen, you want, then press the F6 key to indicate the use of a driver disk. (If F6 is not shown on page 67. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 ...When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt. 4 When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK. 5 Follow ...
...Your Storage Space on the screen, you want, then press the F6 key to indicate the use of a driver disk. (If F6 is not shown on page 67. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 ...When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt. 4 When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK. 5 Follow ...
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... system. 7 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 67. You will need a floppy disk to complete this task. To install the driver when installing UnixWare: 1 Insert the UnixWare Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the UnixWare installation.... instructions included with Solaris Note: This task is not necessary if you can choose to load more HBA drivers, insert the driver disk, then select Yes. (To load more HBA drivers, repeat this task. Installing with your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. Instead...
... system. 7 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 67. You will need a floppy disk to complete this task. To install the driver when installing UnixWare: 1 Insert the UnixWare Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the UnixWare installation.... instructions included with Solaris Note: This task is not necessary if you can choose to load more HBA drivers, insert the driver disk, then select Yes. (To load more HBA drivers, repeat this task. Installing with your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. Instead...
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...included with VMware Note: You will need your FreeBSD Installation CD to complete this task. Note: The VMware embedded driver will need your VMware Installation CD to complete this task. See page 69 for the floppy disk drive. To install the...8 Complete the FreeBSD installation, following the instructions included with your operating system. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is not supported on -screen instructions to begin the VMware installation. To install the driver when installing VMware: 1 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the ...
...included with VMware Note: You will need your FreeBSD Installation CD to complete this task. Note: The VMware embedded driver will need your VMware Installation CD to complete this task. See page 69 for the floppy disk drive. To install the...8 Complete the FreeBSD installation, following the instructions included with your operating system. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is not supported on -screen instructions to begin the VMware installation. To install the driver when installing VMware: 1 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the ...
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Before You Begin ...63 Creating a Driver Disk ...63 Installing on Windows ...64 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 64 Installing on OpenServer ...65 Installing on UnixWare ...65 Installing on Solaris...65 Installing on VMware...66 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...66 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 56.
Before You Begin ...63 Creating a Driver Disk ...63 Installing on Windows ...64 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 64 Installing on OpenServer ...65 Installing on UnixWare ...65 Installing on Solaris...65 Installing on VMware...66 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...66 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 56.
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... System ● 63 Before You Begin Before you begin , install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 66. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on -screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems and to...
... System ● 63 Before You Begin Before you begin , install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 66. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on -screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems and to...
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... your version of Windows. Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux: 1 Insert and mount the RAID Controller 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 complete, remove the driver disk and restart your computer. 6 Continue with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista 1 Start or restart Windows. Installing ...
... your version of Windows. Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux: 1 Insert and mount the RAID Controller 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 complete, remove the driver disk and restart your computer. 6 Continue with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista 1 Start or restart Windows. Installing ...
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... Space on page 67. Caution: If your operating system currently boots from the Adaptec controller, do not reset your computer after you remove the pre-existing Adaptec driver. Installing on Solaris To install the driver on Solaris: 1 Start your computer. 2 Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in this section to install a new...
... Space on page 67. Caution: If your operating system currently boots from the Adaptec controller, do not reset your computer after you remove the pre-existing Adaptec driver. Installing on Solaris To install the driver on Solaris: 1 Start your computer. 2 Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in this section to install a new...
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... for more information. See page 69 for most applications. To install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 Install the module... RPM: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.i586.rpm Note: The rpm version string may differ for your VMware distribution...
... for more information. See page 69 for most applications. To install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 Install the module... RPM: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.i586.rpm Note: The rpm version string may differ for your VMware distribution...
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This chapter introduces Adaptec Storage Manager, and describes the other devices), and device driver, you have installed your Adaptec RAID controller, disk drives (or other utilities included with your storage space. About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Once you can begin to build and manage your Adaptec RAID controller. Managing Your Storage Space 9 In this chapter...
This chapter introduces Adaptec Storage Manager, and describes the other devices), and device driver, you have installed your Adaptec RAID controller, disk drives (or other utilities included with your storage space. About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Once you can begin to build and manage your Adaptec RAID controller. Managing Your Storage Space 9 In this chapter...