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...without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the US and other countries, used under license. Trademarks Adaptec, Adaptec Storage Manager, MaxIQ, SerialSelect, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the preparation of this document is for information only and is a ...PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. Microsoft, Windows, and Vista are trademarks of the information contained herein. All other countries, used under license. No part of this document, or...
...without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the US and other countries, used under license. Trademarks Adaptec, Adaptec Storage Manager, MaxIQ, SerialSelect, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the preparation of this document is for information only and is a ...PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. Microsoft, Windows, and Vista are trademarks of the information contained herein. All other countries, used under license. No part of this document, or...
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... 34 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 36 Installing the Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 37 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 38 Connecting Directly to the Controller 38 Connecting to ...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 Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 50 Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows...
... 34 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives Before You Begin 36 Installing the Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller 36 Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 37 Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers 38 Connecting Directly to the Controller 38 Connecting to ...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 Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 50 Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows...
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..., Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 56 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 56 Installing on OpenServer 57 Installing on UnixWare 57 Installing on Solaris 57 Installing on VMware 58 Installing on FreeBSD 58 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 60 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 60 About the Adaptec RAID...
..., Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 56 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 56 Installing on OpenServer 57 Installing on UnixWare 57 Installing on Solaris 57 Installing on VMware 58 Installing on FreeBSD 58 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 60 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 60 About the Adaptec RAID...
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...; accessible from the main window of configurations, the generic term "storage space" is used to refer to controller(s) and disk drives being managed with it by multiple names. Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your controller. located on the RAID Controller Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help-Describes how to use your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and...
...; accessible from the main window of configurations, the generic term "storage space" is used to refer to controller(s) and disk drives being managed with it by multiple names. Your RAID controller creates arrays, which your controller. located on the RAID Controller Installation DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help-Describes how to use your Adaptec RAID controller and the software and...
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...>Find Answers. Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain ...the Readme file on the RAID Controller Installation DVD for additional motherboard compatibility information. ● One of these operating systems: ● Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 (with SP2), Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise and Standard...
...>Find Answers. Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 14 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain ...the Readme file on the RAID Controller Installation DVD for additional motherboard compatibility information. ● One of these operating systems: ● Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 (with SP2), Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise and Standard...
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...Enter to use the default granularity of GB. Caution: During initialization, all data is complete. 12 Press Esc until the Exit utility window appears. 13 Select Yes, then press Enter. Property Line Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Read Caching Write Caching Create... RAID via [Done] Entry or Selection Select RAID 5, then press Enter. Type a name, then press Enter. Press Enter to use the default (Build/Verify). Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ...
...Enter to use the default granularity of GB. Caution: During initialization, all data is complete. 12 Press Esc until the Exit utility window appears. 13 Select Yes, then press Enter. Property Line Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Read Caching Write Caching Create... RAID via [Done] Entry or Selection Select RAID 5, then press Enter. Type a name, then press Enter. Press Enter to use the default (Build/Verify). Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ...
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...the array bootable (see Creating Bootable Arrays on page 85). The logical drive you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted ... you created appears as a physical disk drive on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to restart your logical drive. Then continue with the ...
...the array bootable (see Creating Bootable Arrays on page 85). The logical drive you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted ... you created appears as a physical disk drive on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to restart your logical drive. Then continue with the ...
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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 43). Before You Begin ...49 Creating a Driver Disk ...49 Installing with Windows ...50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 51 Installing with SUSE Linux...51 Installing with OpenServer ...51 Installing with UnixWare ...52 Installing with Solaris...52 Installing with VMware ...53 Installing with FreeBSD ...53 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 54.
Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 43). Before You Begin ...49 Creating a Driver Disk ...49 Installing with Windows ...50 Installing with Red Hat Linux 51 Installing with SUSE Linux...51 Installing with OpenServer ...51 Installing with UnixWare ...52 Installing with Solaris...52 Installing with VMware ...53 Installing with FreeBSD ...53 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 54.
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...Remove and label the driver disk. 6 Continue with the instructions for all operating systems except Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Note: Linux only-If prompted, select your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 50. ● For Red Hat Linux, see page 51. ● For... floppy disk, then click OK. 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 35). ● Create a bootable array (see page 43). ● Create a driver disk (see page 53...
...Remove and label the driver disk. 6 Continue with the instructions for all operating systems except Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Note: Linux only-If prompted, select your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 50. ● For Red Hat Linux, see page 51. ● For... floppy disk, then click OK. 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 35). ● Create a bootable array (see page 43). ● Create a driver disk (see page 53...
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... Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow the on a floppy disk, then press Enter. Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows... F6 is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD, then click OK. 5 When the Adaptec driver is found , press Next. 6 Click Next again to accept the default...
... Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow the on a floppy disk, then press Enter. Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows... F6 is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD, then click OK. 5 When the Adaptec driver is found , press Next. 6 Click Next again to accept the default...
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Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 48. Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...58 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Before You Begin ...55 Creating a Driver Disk ...55 Installing on Windows ...56 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 56 Installing on OpenServer ...57 Installing on UnixWare ...57 Installing on Solaris...57 Installing on VMware...58 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 ...58 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Before You Begin ...55 Creating a Driver Disk ...55 Installing on Windows ...56 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 56 Installing on OpenServer ...57 Installing on UnixWare ...57 Installing on Solaris...57 Installing on VMware...58 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter...
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... support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. You must also create a driver disk before you begin installing the controller driver. From the main menu select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 56.... Before You Begin Before you begin , install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 58. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on your computer, then insert the RAID Controller Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select your operating system...
... support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. You must also create a driver disk before you begin installing the controller driver. From the main menu select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 56.... Before You Begin Before you begin , install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 58. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on your computer, then insert the RAID Controller Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select your operating system...
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...Windows: 1 Start or restart Windows. The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver. 2 Insert the driver disk, then select Locate and Install Driver Software.... Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux: 1 Insert and mount the RAID Controller...yyy.rpm is complete, remove the driver disk and restart your version of Windows. Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista 1 Start or restart Windows. Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP To install the driver on page 59. Chapter 8: Installing the ...
...Windows: 1 Start or restart Windows. The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver. 2 Insert the driver disk, then select Locate and Install Driver Software.... Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux To install the module on Red Hat or SUSE Linux: 1 Insert and mount the RAID Controller...yyy.rpm is complete, remove the driver disk and restart your version of Windows. Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista 1 Start or restart Windows. Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP To install the driver on page 59. Chapter 8: Installing the ...
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... Start your computer after you remove the pre-existing Adaptec driver. Caution: If your operating system currently boots from the Adaptec controller, do not reset your computer. 2 Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in this section ...to install a new driver before rebooting your computer. 3 Insert and mount the driver disk: volcheck 4 Change to quit the installer. 6 Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk. 7 Continue with Step 3. Instead, follow the steps in a terminal window...
... Start your computer after you remove the pre-existing Adaptec driver. Caution: If your operating system currently boots from the Adaptec controller, do not reset your computer. 2 Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in this section ...to install a new driver before rebooting your computer. 3 Insert and mount the driver disk: volcheck 4 Change to quit the installer. 6 Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk. 7 Continue with Step 3. Instead, follow the steps in a terminal window...
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...compatible Solid State Drives in a new array), it is an optional setting. You can also modify the MaxIQ cache settings. The Modify Cache Settings window opens. 3 Enable or disable read -intensive applications. Press Enter to see Using the ACU to continue. ! Caution: Do not initialize a disk...the values. Initializing a disk drive that is displayed. Press Esc to Manage the MaxIQ Pool on page 88. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 86 Option Power Off Drive After Verify Drive After Description The duration of inactive state of the array/drive after ...
...compatible Solid State Drives in a new array), it is an optional setting. You can also modify the MaxIQ cache settings. The Modify Cache Settings window opens. 3 Enable or disable read -intensive applications. Press Enter to see Using the ACU to continue. ! Caution: Do not initialize a disk...the values. Initializing a disk drive that is displayed. Press Esc to Manage the MaxIQ Pool on page 88. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 86 Option Power Off Drive After Verify Drive After Description The duration of inactive state of the array/drive after ...
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...drive is a disk drive that automatically replaces any logical drive on -screen instructions to its main window. Press Del to delete a hot spare. 4 Press Enter to save your controller, then press Enter. Using the ACU to a specific logical drive. Performing a secure erase ... In the main ACU window, select Secure Erase. 2 Select the disk drive being erased-it using Adaptec Storage Manager-both options take much less time than the secure erase option. Follow the on the controller (except RAID 0 logical drives). Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● ...
...drive is a disk drive that automatically replaces any logical drive on -screen instructions to its main window. Press Del to delete a hot spare. 4 Press Enter to save your controller, then press Enter. Using the ACU to a specific logical drive. Performing a secure erase ... In the main ACU window, select Secure Erase. 2 Select the disk drive being erased-it using Adaptec Storage Manager-both options take much less time than the secure erase option. Follow the on the controller (except RAID 0 logical drives). Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● ...
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...MaxIQ pool. Converting a JBOD Into a Simple Volume You can configure the MaxIQ pool only if you can enable MaxIQ caching on the RAID controllers in your system as fast cache memory for modifying the settings of MaxIQ-compatible SSDs, refer to the main menu. Select Array Configuration ...the MaxIQ-compatible Solid State Drives (SSDs) in your system. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 88 To begin creating a JBOD, select Create JBOD from the pool, press the right arrow to switch windows, use the arrow keys to select an SSD, then press Del. 6 Press Enter...
...MaxIQ pool. Converting a JBOD Into a Simple Volume You can configure the MaxIQ pool only if you can enable MaxIQ caching on the RAID controllers in your system as fast cache memory for modifying the settings of MaxIQ-compatible SSDs, refer to the main menu. Select Array Configuration ...the MaxIQ-compatible Solid State Drives (SSDs) in your system. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 88 To begin creating a JBOD, select Create JBOD from the pool, press the right arrow to switch windows, use the arrow keys to select an SSD, then press Del. 6 Press Enter...
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... Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● The RAID Controller Installation DVD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under HIMEM.SYS...
... Firmware To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to: ● The RAID Controller Installation DVD-Includes the AFU executable (AFU.exe) and a separate flash image. The flash image may comprise multiple User Flash Image (UFI) files. ● The Adaptec Web site-Download a new firmware file to run the AFU from a DOS command prompt window under HIMEM.SYS...
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...setting 91 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 38, 71 disk drives 32, 71 connecting to controllers 38 connections 92 external 42 failure recovery multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 with hot spare 64 without hot spare 64 formatting 91 identifying 92 initializing 86 recovering...on Linux 56 installing on OpenServer 57 installing on Solaris 57 installing on UnixWare 57 installing on VMWare 58 installing on Windows 56 installing with FreeBSD 53 installing with Linux 51 installing with OpenServer 51 installing with UnixWare 52 installing with VMWare 53 installing ...
...setting 91 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 38, 71 disk drives 32, 71 connecting to controllers 38 connections 92 external 42 failure recovery multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 with hot spare 64 without hot spare 64 formatting 91 identifying 92 initializing 86 recovering...on Linux 56 installing on OpenServer 57 installing on Solaris 57 installing on UnixWare 57 installing on VMWare 58 installing on Windows 56 installing with FreeBSD 53 installing with Linux 51 installing with OpenServer 51 installing with UnixWare 52 installing with VMWare 53 installing ...
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... 53 driver and Linux 51 driver and OpenServer 51 driver and operating system 48 driver and UnixWare 52 driver and VMWare 53 driver and Windows 50 existing operating system 34 external devices 42 installation options 33 solid state drives 40 to 42 with operating system 34 K kit contents ... 68 external devices 42 F failed disk drives 64 multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 without hot spare 64 firmware 105 creating floppy disks 106 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 65 floppy disks for firmware update 106 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD driver installation 58 OS...
... 53 driver and Linux 51 driver and OpenServer 51 driver and operating system 48 driver and UnixWare 52 driver and VMWare 53 driver and Windows 50 existing operating system 34 external devices 42 installation options 33 solid state drives 40 to 42 with operating system 34 K kit contents ... 68 external devices 42 F failed disk drives 64 multiple arrays 64 multiple disk drives 65 RAID 0 arrays 65 without hot spare 64 firmware 105 creating floppy disks 106 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 65 floppy disks for firmware update 106 formatting disk drives 91 FreeBSD driver installation 58 OS...