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...an Existing Operating System 36 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 38 Installing the 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...Array 44 Creating an Array with the ACU 44 Creating an 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...
...an Existing Operating System 36 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 38 Installing the 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...Array 44 Creating an Array with the ACU 44 Creating an 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...
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... 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 FreeBSD 60 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage ...Controller 67 Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI Terminology Used in This Chapter 69 What is SAS?...69 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 70 What's a Phy? ...70 What's a SAS Port 71 What's a SAS Address 71 What's a SAS Connector 71 What do SAS Cables Look Like 71 How are Disk Drives Identified in...
... 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 FreeBSD 60 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage ...Controller 67 Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI Terminology Used in This Chapter 69 What is SAS?...69 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 70 What's a Phy? ...70 What's a SAS Port 71 What's a SAS Address 71 What's a SAS Connector 71 What do SAS Cables Look Like 71 How are Disk Drives Identified in...
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...9679; Available compatible PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot (depending 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-...page 84) ● FreeBSD 5.4, 6.0 (driver support only; Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), ...
...9679; Available compatible PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot (depending 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-...page 84) ● FreeBSD 5.4, 6.0 (driver support only; Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), ...
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Continue by either setting the boot controller (see page 43) or by installing the controller driver on an existing operating system (see page 55), depending on page 15. 3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your.... Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 41 Disk drives on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-SAS (SFF-8087) Disk drives on backplane External SAS cable connecting to a drive bay Controller connected to backplane with Connecting External Devices on the controller using the ARC utility (see ...
Continue by either setting the boot controller (see page 43) or by installing the controller driver on an existing operating system (see page 55), depending on page 15. 3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your.... Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 41 Disk drives on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-SAS (SFF-8087) Disk drives on backplane External SAS cable connecting to a drive bay Controller connected to backplane with Connecting External Devices on the controller using the ARC utility (see ...
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...2 Install a terminator (or enable termination) on the disk drive at www.adaptec.com. Remove any external devices, see Backplane Connections on page 72. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with that SCSI IDs and...the other end of your computer documentation.) ! Alternatively, install your disk drives, then connect them . (For installation instructions, refer to your SAS, SATA, or SCSI disk drives. Monitoring Disk Drives with the following section, Next Steps. 1 (SCSI controllers only) Ensure that disk ...
...2 Install a terminator (or enable termination) on the disk drive at www.adaptec.com. Remove any external devices, see Backplane Connections on page 72. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with that SCSI IDs and...the other end of your computer documentation.) ! Alternatively, install your disk drives, then connect them . (For installation instructions, refer to your SAS, SATA, or SCSI disk drives. Monitoring Disk Drives with the following section, Next Steps. 1 (SCSI controllers only) Ensure that disk ...
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...89 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 39, 72 disk drives 32 cables 33 connecting to SAS controllers 39 connecting to SATA controllers 41 connecting to 59, ?? to 60 drivers installing on FreeBSD 60 installing on Linux 57 installing on NetWare 57 installing on OpenServer 58 installing ... SAS identifiers 72 SE 32 secure erasing 87 stopping a secure erase 87 types of connections 92 verifying 91 drive requirements 32 Drive's Write Cache setting 88 driver and operating system installation 36, 48, 54 driver disk 49 driver installation 55 to SCSI controllers 41 connections 92 external 42...
...89 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 39, 72 disk drives 32 cables 33 connecting to SAS controllers 39 connecting to SATA controllers 41 connecting to 59, ?? to 60 drivers installing on FreeBSD 60 installing on Linux 57 installing on NetWare 57 installing on OpenServer 58 installing ... SAS identifiers 72 SE 32 secure erasing 87 stopping a secure erase 87 types of connections 92 verifying 91 drive requirements 32 Drive's Write Cache setting 88 driver and operating system installation 36, 48, 54 driver disk 49 driver installation 55 to SCSI controllers 41 connections 92 external 42...
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... 98 I initializing disk drives 86 Initiate Wide Negotiation setting 90 installation controllers 38 creating a driver disk 49 disk drives (SAS) 39 disk drives (SATA) 41 disk drives (SCSI) 41 driver 55 to SATA cable 34 mirroring 31 N NCQ 16 NetWare driver installation 57 OS installation 51 non-redundant arrays 76 O online expansion 16 OpenServer...
... 98 I initializing disk drives 86 Initiate Wide Negotiation setting 90 installation controllers 38 creating a driver disk 49 disk drives (SAS) 39 disk drives (SATA) 41 disk drives (SCSI) 41 driver 55 to SATA cable 34 mirroring 31 N NCQ 16 NetWare driver installation 57 OS installation 51 non-redundant arrays 76 O online expansion 16 OpenServer...
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...82 RAID 60 17, 82 RAID controllers. See controllers RAID levels 31 record mode 96 recovering from disk drive failure 65 Red Hat driver installation 57 OS installation 50 Redundant Array of Independent Disks. See RAID Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88 replacing failed disk drives ...65 requirements 14 drive 32 rescanning disk drives 86 resetting controllers 67 Runtime BIOS setting 88 S safety information 129 SAS 4-wide ports 71 backplane connections 40, 72 cables 33 comparison to parallel SCSI 74 connectors 71 description 69 direct-attach connections 39,...
...82 RAID 60 17, 82 RAID controllers. See controllers RAID levels 31 record mode 96 recovering from disk drive failure 65 Red Hat driver installation 57 OS installation 50 Redundant Array of Independent Disks. See RAID Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 88 replacing failed disk drives ...65 requirements 14 drive 32 rescanning disk drives 86 resetting controllers 67 Runtime BIOS setting 88 S safety information 129 SAS 4-wide ports 71 backplane connections 40, 72 cables 33 comparison to parallel SCSI 74 connectors 71 description 69 direct-attach connections 39,...
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... requirements 14 T technical specifications 130 technical support 3 Technical Support Identification (TSID) number 3 terminology 12 SAS 69 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 63 Adaptec Storage Manager 62 AFU 63 ARCCONF 62 troubleshooting tips 64 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U UnixWare driver installation 59 OS installation 53 updating firmware 105 upgrading firmware 17 utilities...
... requirements 14 T technical specifications 130 technical support 3 Technical Support Identification (TSID) number 3 terminology 12 SAS 69 tools Adaptec RAID Configuration utility 63 Adaptec Storage Manager 62 AFU 63 ARCCONF 62 troubleshooting tips 64 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U UnixWare driver installation 59 OS installation 53 updating firmware 105 upgrading firmware 17 utilities...