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... 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 ...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 with Windows 47 Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 48 Installing with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 48 Installing with Red Hat Linux...
... 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 ...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 with Windows 47 Installing with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 48 Installing with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 48 Installing with Red Hat Linux...
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...Linux 54 Installing on OpenServer 55 Installing on UnixWare 55 Installing on 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 ...
...Linux 54 Installing on OpenServer 55 Installing on UnixWare 55 Installing on 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 ...
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...) ● Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit and 64-bit) ● SUSE Linux ES 9.0 SP4, 10.0 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit) Note: For the latest on Adaptec's support of Linux or to the Readme file on page 15...kits contain cables. 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 information. ● ...
...) ● Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit and 64-bit) ● SUSE Linux ES 9.0 SP4, 10.0 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit) Note: For the latest on Adaptec's support of Linux or to the Readme file on page 15...kits contain cables. 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 information. ● ...
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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. Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 41).
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.... 7 Continue with Windows Note: You will need your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 47. ● For Red Hat Linux, see page 49. ● For SUSE Linux, see page 49. ● For OpenServer, see page 49. ● For UnixWare, see page 50. ● For Solaris, see ...to complete this task. Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to complete this task for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 35). ● Create a bootable array (see page 41). ● Create a driver disk (see page 51. ...
.... 7 Continue with Windows Note: You will need your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 47. ● For Red Hat Linux, see page 49. ● For SUSE Linux, see page 49. ● For OpenServer, see page 49. ● For UnixWare, see page 50. ● For Solaris, see ...to complete this task. Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to complete this task for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 35). ● Create a bootable array (see page 41). ● Create a driver disk (see page 51. ...
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...not shown on the screen, you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. 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 When the SUSE installation selection screen ... the on-screen instructions to begin the OpenServer installation. 4 When prompted to complete this step.) To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your Red Hat Installation CD to load more HBA ...
...not shown on the screen, you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. 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 When the SUSE installation selection screen ... the on-screen instructions to begin the OpenServer installation. 4 When prompted to complete this step.) To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your Red Hat Installation CD to load more HBA ...
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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. 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...
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... Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 54. ● For Red Hat or SUSE Linux, see page 54. ● For OpenServer, see page 55. ● For UnixWare, see page 55. ● For Solaris, see page 55. ● For VMware, see ... drivers. 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 Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 47) before you begin installing the...
... Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 54. ● For Red Hat or SUSE Linux, see page 54. ● For OpenServer, see page 55. ● For UnixWare, see page 55. ● For Solaris, see page 55. ● For VMware, see ... drivers. 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 Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 47) before you begin installing the...
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... any new disk drives. 5 Continue 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...
... any new disk drives. 5 Continue 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...
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... 88 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 38, 69 disk drives 32, 69 connecting to controllers 38 connections 89 external 40 failure recovery multiple arrays 62 multiple disk drives 63 RAID 0 arrays 63 with hot spare 62 without hot spare 62 formatting 88 identifying 89 initializing 84 ...55 installing on Solaris 55 installing on UnixWare 55 installing on VMWare 56 installing on Windows 54 installing with FreeBSD 51 installing with Linux 49 installing with OpenServer 49 installing with UnixWare 50 installing with VMWare 51 installing with Windows 47 E electrostatic discharge 125 end ...
... 88 customer support 3 D direct-attach connections 38, 69 disk drives 32, 69 connecting to controllers 38 connections 89 external 40 failure recovery multiple arrays 62 multiple disk drives 63 RAID 0 arrays 63 with hot spare 62 without hot spare 62 formatting 88 identifying 89 initializing 84 ...55 installing on Solaris 55 installing on UnixWare 55 installing on VMWare 56 installing on Windows 54 installing with FreeBSD 51 installing with Linux 49 installing with OpenServer 49 installing with UnixWare 50 installing with VMWare 51 installing with Windows 47 E electrostatic discharge 125 end ...
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...external devices 40 F failed disk drives 62 multiple arrays 62 multiple disk drives 63 RAID 0 arrays 63 without hot spare 62 firmware 102 creating floppy disks 103 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 63 floppy disks for firmware update 103 formatting disk drives 88 FreeBSD driver installation 56...40 installation options 33 with operating system 34 K kit contents 14 L LED connector specifications 108 LED Indication Mode 87 Linux driver installation 54 OS installation 49 Linux installation 49 M mini-SAS direct connection 39 enclosure cable 32 internal cable 32 overview 68 SAS to SATA cable ...
...external devices 40 F failed disk drives 62 multiple arrays 62 multiple disk drives 63 RAID 0 arrays 63 without hot spare 62 firmware 102 creating floppy disks 103 firmware upgrades 17 flashing controllers 63 floppy disks for firmware update 103 formatting disk drives 88 FreeBSD driver installation 56...40 installation options 33 with operating system 34 K kit contents 14 L LED connector specifications 108 LED Indication Mode 87 Linux driver installation 54 OS installation 49 Linux installation 49 M mini-SAS direct connection 39 enclosure cable 32 internal cable 32 overview 68 SAS to SATA cable ...