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... Operating System 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 a System ... the Boot Controller 42 Creating an Array 42 Creating an Array with the ACU 42 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 44 Making Your Array Bootable 45 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 47 Creating a Driver Disk 47 Installing...
... Operating System 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 a System ... the Boot Controller 42 Creating an Array 42 Creating an Array with the ACU 42 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 44 Making Your Array Bootable 45 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 47 Creating a Driver Disk 47 Installing...
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... an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 53 Creating a Driver Disk 53 Installing on Windows 54 Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 54 Installing with Windows Server 2008 or Windows ...Solaris 55 Installing on VMware 56 Installing on FreeBSD 56 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 58 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 58 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 58 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 59 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 59 Which Utility Should I Use 59 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 61 Monitoring...
... an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 53 Creating a Driver Disk 53 Installing on Windows 54 Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 54 Installing with Windows Server 2008 or Windows ...Solaris 55 Installing on VMware 56 Installing on FreeBSD 56 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 58 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 58 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 58 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 59 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 59 Which Utility Should I Use 59 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 61 Monitoring...
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... system version support check the readme on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible...drive 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), including user guides for additional motherboard compatibility ...
... system version support check the readme on your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible...drive 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), including user guides for additional motherboard compatibility ...
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...mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec SAS cables. Connects to four SATA disk drives. Installation Options When you install your operating system and the controller driver on an existing operating system. Chapter 4: Getting Started ... 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. Cable connectors are keyed so that you can complete a standard installation, where the...
...mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec SAS cables. Connects to four SATA disk drives. Installation Options When you install your operating system and the controller driver on an existing operating system. Chapter 4: Getting Started ... 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. Cable connectors are keyed so that you can complete a standard installation, where the...
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...external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Set the boot controller (see page 42). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 42). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 46.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page ...35). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see page 57). Chapter 4:...
...external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Set the boot controller (see page 42). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 42). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 46.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see page ...35). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see page 57). Chapter 4:...
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...(SFF-8087 to SFF-8087) Disk drives on backplane External SAS cable connecting to a drive bay Controller connected to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Connecting External Devices Note: If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following .... Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 52. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array...
...(SFF-8087 to SFF-8087) Disk drives on backplane External SAS cable connecting to a drive bay Controller connected to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Connecting External Devices Note: If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following .... Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 52. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array...
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Skip to complete this chapter... Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 52. Setting the Boot Controller...42 Creating an Array ...42 Making Your Array Bootable 45 This chapter explains how to set your Adaptec controller to be the boot controller, and how to create a bootable array. Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task.
Skip to complete this chapter... Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 52. Setting the Boot Controller...42 Creating an Array ...42 Making Your Array Bootable 45 This chapter explains how to set your Adaptec controller to be the boot controller, and how to create a bootable array. Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task.
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...Use the ACU to confirm applying your new configuration. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on your operating system. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. The configuration is displayed. For information on installing ...RAID 5 and a hot spare. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to automatically create one logical drive with the following section. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to arrays (see page 12) and on the Adaptec controller...
...Use the ACU to confirm applying your new configuration. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on your operating system. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. The configuration is displayed. For information on installing ...RAID 5 and a hot spare. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to automatically create one logical drive with the following section. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to arrays (see page 12) and on the Adaptec controller...
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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 41). Before You Begin ...47 Creating a Driver Disk ...47 Installing with Windows ...47 Installing with Red Hat Linux 49 Installing with SUSE Linux...49 Installing with OpenServer ...49 Installing with UnixWare ...50 Installing with Solaris...50 Installing with VMware ...51 Installing with FreeBSD ...51 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 52.
Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 41). Before You Begin ...47 Creating a Driver Disk ...47 Installing with Windows ...47 Installing with Red Hat Linux 49 Installing with SUSE Linux...49 Installing with OpenServer ...49 Installing with UnixWare ...50 Installing with Solaris...50 Installing with VMware ...51 Installing with FreeBSD ...51 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 52.
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... will need your Windows Installation CD to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 47 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 35). ● Create a bootable array (see page 41...
... will need your Windows Installation CD to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 47 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 35). ● Create a bootable array (see page 41...
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... 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to install a third-party driver, press F6. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 48 Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the... appears at the bottom of the screen for only 5 seconds. Installing with Windows Server 2008 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-screen instructions to begin the ...
... 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to install a third-party driver, press F6. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 48 Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the... appears at the bottom of the screen for only 5 seconds. Installing with Windows Server 2008 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-screen instructions to begin the ...
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... prompts to set up the environment you want. 6 If you may have an older version of SUSE; 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 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the OpenServer.... (If F6 is not shown on the screen, 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. 3 When the Red Hat Welcome ...
... prompts to set up the environment you want. 6 If you may have an older version of SUSE; 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 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the OpenServer.... (If F6 is not shown on the screen, 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. 3 When the Red Hat Welcome ...
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...your computer. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the UnixWare installation. 4 When prompted to install Solaris using the in-box driver and update it either during or after the installation is not necessary if you are installing Solaris 10 Update 2 or later. You ...the OpenServer installation, following the instructions included with your operating system. 7 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 57. To create a driver disk: 1 Start your UnixWare Installation CD to complete this task. Installing with UnixWare Note: You will need a floppy disk to complete this ...
...your computer. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the UnixWare installation. 4 When prompted to install Solaris using the in-box driver and update it either during or after the installation is not necessary if you are installing Solaris 10 Update 2 or later. You ...the OpenServer installation, following the instructions included with your operating system. 7 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 57. To create a driver disk: 1 Start your UnixWare Installation CD to complete this task. Installing with UnixWare Note: You will need a floppy disk to complete this ...
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Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is not supported on -screen instructions to loader prompt. 4 Type load kernel. 5 Insert the driver floppy disk. 6 Type load disk0:aacu.ko. To create and manage arrays, you boot the operating system to load the drivers again for the initial bootup. ...FreeBSD Note: You will see the device and install. 4 Complete the VMware installation, following the instructions included with your computer, then remove the driver disk. 10 Repeat Steps 3 through 7 the first time you must connect to the VMware machine from a remote GUI or use the ARCCONF ...
Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is not supported on -screen instructions to loader prompt. 4 Type load kernel. 5 Insert the driver floppy disk. 6 Type load disk0:aacu.ko. To create and manage arrays, you boot the operating system to load the drivers again for the initial bootup. ...FreeBSD Note: You will see the device and install. 4 Complete the VMware installation, following the instructions included with your computer, then remove the driver disk. 10 Repeat Steps 3 through 7 the first time you must connect to the VMware machine from a remote GUI or use the ARCCONF ...
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Before You Begin ...53 Creating a Driver Disk ...53 Installing on Windows ...54 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 54 Installing on OpenServer ...55 Installing on UnixWare ...55 Installing on Solaris...55 Installing on VMware...56 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...56 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 46.
Before You Begin ...53 Creating a Driver Disk ...53 Installing on Windows ...54 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 54 Installing on OpenServer ...55 Installing on UnixWare ...55 Installing on Solaris...55 Installing on VMware...56 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...56 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 46.
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... page 55. ● For VMware, see page 56. ● For FreeBSD, see page 35). The system creates the driver disk. 6 Remove and label the driver disk. 7 Continue with the instructions for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your operating system. Select your operating system and ... documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the RAID Installation CD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on an Existing Operating System ● 53 Before You Begin Before you begin , install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 56. From the ...
... page 55. ● For VMware, see page 56. ● For FreeBSD, see page 35). The system creates the driver disk. 6 Remove and label the driver disk. 7 Continue with the instructions for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your operating system. Select your operating system and ... documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the RAID Installation CD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on an Existing Operating System ● 53 Before You Begin Before you begin , install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 56. From the ...
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.... 5 Remove the driver disk and restart your computer. 6 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 57. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on page 57. 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 path, and yyy.rpm is...
.... 5 Remove the driver disk and restart your computer. 6 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 57. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on page 57. 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 path, and yyy.rpm is...
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... 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. 3 Insert and mount the driver disk: volcheck 4 Change to the driver installer directory: cd /floppy/floppy0/DU/sol_210/i86pc/Tools If an Adaptec driver is already installed on page 57. Chapter 8: Installing...
... 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. 3 Insert and mount the driver disk: volcheck 4 Change to the driver installer directory: cd /floppy/floppy0/DU/sol_210/i86pc/Tools If an Adaptec driver is already installed on page 57. Chapter 8: Installing...
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... Your Storage Space on VMware. Installing on VMware Note: The embedded driver provided by VMware should be suitable for more information. If an updated driver is not supported on page 57. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. See page 59...pkg_add /tmp/aac-02.00.00-x.tgz 5 Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk. 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 Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom. 3 Install the module...
... Your Storage Space on VMware. Installing on VMware Note: The embedded driver provided by VMware should be suitable for more information. If an updated driver is not supported on page 57. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is needed, use the ARCCONF utility. See page 59...pkg_add /tmp/aac-02.00.00-x.tgz 5 Reboot your computer and remove the driver disk. 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 Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom. 3 Install the module...
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About Adaptec Storage Manager 58 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 58 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 59 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 59 Which Utility Should I Use 59 Once you can begin to build and manage your Adaptec RAID controller. 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. Managing Your Storage Space 9 In this chapter...
About Adaptec Storage Manager 58 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 58 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 59 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 59 Which Utility Should I Use 59 Once you can begin to build and manage your Adaptec RAID controller. 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. Managing Your Storage Space 9 In this chapter...