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...an Existing 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 ...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 with Windows 58 Installing with Windows Server 2003 or...
...an Existing 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 ...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 with Windows 58 Installing with Windows Server 2003 or...
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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 Windows...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 ...
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 Windows...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 ...
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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 and 2-series kits ship with these features: ● Support... your controller type and OS support to download driver sources, visit the Support area of RAM If your kit does, the type and quantity vary-for cable information about your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low...
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 and 2-series kits ship with these features: ● Support... your controller type and OS support to download driver sources, visit the Support area of RAM If your kit does, the type and quantity vary-for cable information about your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low...
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... click Reboot to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to restart your logical drive. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical... physical disk drive on your new configuration. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to confirm applying your operating system. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 56. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable ...
... click Reboot to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. For information on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a full software application, refer to restart your logical drive. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical... physical disk drive on your new configuration. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to confirm applying your operating system. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 56. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable ...
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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... 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.
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... to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: For up-to download the latest drivers. Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for Installing/Updating your OS, then select ... then the version. 5 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 57 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 43). ● Create a bootable array (see page 51). ...
... to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: For up-to download the latest drivers. Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for Installing/Updating your OS, then select ... then the version. 5 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 57 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 43). ● Create a bootable array (see page 51). ...
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... Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to complete this task. Installing with Windows Server...instructions to begin the Windows installation. 3 When prompted to specify a location for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD, then click OK. 5 When the Adaptec driver is found , press Enter. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 ...
... Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to complete this task. Installing with Windows Server...instructions to begin the Windows installation. 3 When prompted to specify a location for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD, then click OK. 5 When the Adaptec driver is found , press Enter. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 ...
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... complete this task. Otherwise, select Done. 7 Complete the Linux installation, following the instructions included with your operating system. 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 computer. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the OpenServer installation. 4 When...
... complete this task. Otherwise, select Done. 7 Complete the Linux installation, following the instructions included with your operating system. 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 computer. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the OpenServer installation. 4 When...
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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... Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 56. Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...66 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver.
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... Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 56. Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...66 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver.
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... on your computer, then insert the RAID Installation CD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on an Existing Operating 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 -date...
... on your computer, then insert the RAID Installation CD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on an Existing Operating 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 -date...
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...: 1 Start or restart 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. 5 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 67. and Don't Search Online. 3 Click Next, then...
...: 1 Start or restart 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. 5 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 67. and Don't Search Online. 3 Click Next, then...
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.... 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. 4 ...Follow the on VMware Note: The embedded driver provided by VMware should be suitable for more information. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. To create and manage arrays, you must...
.... 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. 4 ...Follow the on VMware Note: The embedded driver provided by VMware should be suitable for more information. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. To create and manage arrays, you must...
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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... 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.
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...compatible PCIe expansion slot. Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow...disk drives, refer to each disk drive, power supply, LED connector, and so on the installation CD for instructions.) ● Did the driver install correctly? ● If you have external disk drives (or other devices), are they powered on? ● Check the Readme on ....
...compatible PCIe expansion slot. Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller is rebuilding Identify the device No error LED Flash State On Slow...disk drives, refer to each disk drive, power supply, LED connector, and so on the installation CD for instructions.) ● Did the driver install correctly? ● If you have external disk drives (or other devices), are they powered on? ● Check the Readme on ....
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...on your computer, disconnect the power cord, then open the cabinet following the instructions on page 96 or by using Adaptec Storage Manager. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on which disk drives fail. Copy the first firmware image to ... and RAID 50 arrays may be recovered. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on your controller from www.adaptec.com 2 Extract the downloaded files to its own floppy disk. 5 Power off your local hard drive (for example, C:\Download\Drivers). 3 Create a bootable DOS floppy ...
...on your computer, disconnect the power cord, then open the cabinet following the instructions on page 96 or by using Adaptec Storage Manager. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware version currently installed on which disk drives fail. Copy the first firmware image to ... and RAID 50 arrays may be recovered. You may survive multiple disk drive failures, depending on your controller from www.adaptec.com 2 Extract the downloaded files to its own floppy disk. 5 Power off your local hard drive (for example, C:\Download\Drivers). 3 Create a bootable DOS floppy ...
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... to be spun up at the factory and do not need to be in the full power mode, irrespective of data transfer on the Adaptec RAID 31205 and Adaptec RAID 31605 controllers. SAS Address In a situation where you want each phy. Default is Yes (enabled). Note: This setting is for SAS address conflict ... at its default value. The valid range is 00:00 to adjust the data transfer rate, as needed. Note: Make sure the operating system driver supports power management. For low-port 5-series RAID controllers (5085, 5405), you format a disk drive, back up all data on the specified settings.
... to be spun up at the factory and do not need to be in the full power mode, irrespective of data transfer on the Adaptec RAID 31205 and Adaptec RAID 31605 controllers. SAS Address In a situation where you want each phy. Default is Yes (enabled). Note: This setting is for SAS address conflict ... at its default value. The valid range is 00:00 to adjust the data transfer rate, as needed. Note: Make sure the operating system driver supports power management. For low-port 5-series RAID controllers (5085, 5405), you format a disk drive, back up all data on the specified settings.
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...You can't run the AFU: 1 Using the AFU menus (see page 115) 2 From the command line (see page 115). compatible with other DOS drivers running under any version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of firmware/BIOS and AFU. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (...UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to : ● The RAID Controller Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. Before You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware ...
...You can't run the AFU: 1 Using the AFU menus (see page 115) 2 From the command line (see page 115). compatible with other DOS drivers running under any version of Windows. ● At least 8 MB of firmware/BIOS and AFU. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (...UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to : ● The RAID Controller Installation CD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. Before You Begin 1 Obtain the firmware ...
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... settings 98 modifying settings with SerialSelect 97 modifying with SerialSelect 99 Phy Rate setting 99 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 98 RAID levels 39 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 98 resetting 73 Runtime BIOS setting 98 SAS Address setting 99 SAS cables 40 ..., 40, 46 types of connections 100 verifying 99 drive requirements 40 Drive's Write Cache setting 98 driver and operating system installation 56 driver disk 57 driver installation 62 to 66 drivers installing on FreeBSD 66 installing on Linux 64 installing on OpenServer 65 installing on Solaris 65 installing on...
... settings 98 modifying settings with SerialSelect 97 modifying with SerialSelect 99 Phy Rate setting 99 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 98 RAID levels 39 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 98 resetting 73 Runtime BIOS setting 98 SAS Address setting 99 SAS cables 40 ..., 40, 46 types of connections 100 verifying 99 drive requirements 40 Drive's Write Cache setting 98 driver and operating system installation 56 driver disk 57 driver installation 62 to 66 drivers installing on FreeBSD 66 installing on Linux 64 installing on OpenServer 65 installing on Solaris 65 installing on...
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...; 155 expander connections 80 expander devices 76 external devices 50 F failed disk drives 72 multiple arrays 72 multiple disk drives 73 RAID 0 arrays 73 without hot spare 72 firmware 114 creating floppy disks 115 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 73 floppy disks for firmware...94 installation backplane 47 controllers 44 creating a driver disk 57 direct-attach 46 disk drives 46 driver 62 to 66 driver and FreeBSD 61 driver and Linux 59 driver and OpenServer 59 driver and operating system 56 driver and UnixWare 60 driver and VMWare 61 driver and Windows 58 existing operating system 42 ...
...; 155 expander connections 80 expander devices 76 external devices 50 F failed disk drives 72 multiple arrays 72 multiple disk drives 73 RAID 0 arrays 73 without hot spare 72 firmware 114 creating floppy disks 115 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 73 floppy disks for firmware...94 installation backplane 47 controllers 44 creating a driver disk 57 direct-attach 46 disk drives 46 driver 62 to 66 driver and FreeBSD 61 driver and Linux 59 driver and OpenServer 59 driver and operating system 56 driver and UnixWare 60 driver and VMWare 61 driver and Windows 58 existing operating system 42 ...
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... 150 SAS 4-wide ports 78 backplane connections 79 cables 40 comparison to 50 specifications 151 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 69 Adaptec Storage Manager 68 AFU 69 ARCCONF 68 storage space 13 support, customer 3 SUSE driver installation 64 SUSE installation 59 switches in ACU for DOS 105 system requirements 15 T technical specifications 151...
... 150 SAS 4-wide ports 78 backplane connections 79 cables 40 comparison to 50 specifications 151 storage management Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 69 Adaptec Storage Manager 68 AFU 69 ARCCONF 68 storage space 13 support, customer 3 SUSE driver installation 64 SUSE installation 59 switches in ACU for DOS 105 system requirements 15 T technical specifications 151...