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... with Debian Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris 67 Installing with VMware ESX 4 67 Installing with VMware ESXi 5 68 Installing with FreeBSD 71 8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 73 Creating a Driver ... 76 Installing on FreeBSD 78 9 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 80 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 80 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 80 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 81 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 81 Which Utility Should I Use 81 Which Utility...
... with Debian Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris 67 Installing with VMware ESX 4 67 Installing with VMware ESXi 5 68 Installing with FreeBSD 71 8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 73 Creating a Driver ... 76 Installing on FreeBSD 78 9 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 80 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 80 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 80 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 81 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 81 Which Utility Should I Use 81 Which Utility...
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... Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with a resolution of at www.adaptec.com. ● Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware storage management options vary, depending on Linux support or to download driver sources, visit the Support...
... Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with a resolution of at www.adaptec.com. ● Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware storage management options vary, depending on Linux support or to download driver sources, visit the Support...
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... Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris...67 Installing with VMware ESX 4 67 Installing with VMware ESXi 5 68 Installing with FreeBSD ...71 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system on an existing operating system, see page 54). Installing the Driver and...
... Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris...67 Installing with VMware ESX 4 67 Installing with VMware ESXi 5 68 Installing with FreeBSD ...71 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system on an existing operating system, see page 54). Installing the Driver and...
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...; For Ubuntu Linux, see page 65. ● For Solaris, see page 67. ● For VMware ESX 4, see page 67. ● For VMware ESXi 5, see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see page 71. Note: Some operating systems do not require a separate driver disk, including Windows Vista, Windows ...section). Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. with the instructions for your operating system and version. 4 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. From the main...
...; For Ubuntu Linux, see page 65. ● For Solaris, see page 67. ● For VMware ESX 4, see page 67. ● For VMware ESXi 5, see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see page 71. Note: Some operating systems do not require a separate driver disk, including Windows Vista, Windows ...section). Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. with the instructions for your operating system and version. 4 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. From the main...
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... Microsoft Download Center at www.vmware.com/ downloads. You must create a custom boot image using the in component for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5, you will need to build the custom boot image-and Steps 8-11 on Windows 2008 and Windows 7 systems. 2... driver image. To perform the installation, you must have administrator privileges to install the custom image. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5. The VMware Image Builder is distributed as Administrator, then set the execution policy to Remote Signed: # Set-ExecutionPolicy...
... Microsoft Download Center at www.vmware.com/ downloads. You must create a custom boot image using the in component for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5, you will need to build the custom boot image-and Steps 8-11 on Windows 2008 and Windows 7 systems. 2... driver image. To perform the installation, you must have administrator privileges to install the custom image. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5. The VMware Image Builder is distributed as Administrator, then set the execution policy to Remote Signed: # Set-ExecutionPolicy...
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... build machine. You can download the software depot from the VMware Web site. 5 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, navigate to the Linux driver folder, then copy the Adaptec AACRAID driver binary, aacraid-esxi5.0-1.1.7.28400.zip, to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware...
... build machine. You can download the software depot from the VMware Web site. 5 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, navigate to the Linux driver folder, then copy the Adaptec AACRAID driver binary, aacraid-esxi5.0-1.1.7.28400.zip, to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware...
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... to the new image profile: # Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -SoftwarePackage scsi-aacraid j Export the custom ISO image: # Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -FilePath C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\ESXi5.0-PMC-Sierra-Series... the -CloneProfile option: # New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard -Name "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" g Change the vendor and acceptance level of the new image profile: # Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -vendor PMC-Sierra -AcceptanceLevel communitysupported h...
... to the new image profile: # Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -SoftwarePackage scsi-aacraid j Export the custom ISO image: # Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -FilePath C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\ESXi5.0-PMC-Sierra-Series... the -CloneProfile option: # New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard -Name "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" g Change the vendor and acceptance level of the new image profile: # Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -vendor PMC-Sierra -AcceptanceLevel communitysupported h...
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... on your computer. 2 (Solaris 10 only) Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in Step 2 below), you must have access to the VMware ESX/ESXi server (in a terminal window . VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib list (list driver packages) esxcli software vib remove --vibname=scsi-aacraid --maintenance-mode (remove package...
... on your computer. 2 (Solaris 10 only) Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in Step 2 below), you must have access to the VMware ESX/ESXi server (in a terminal window . VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib list (list driver packages) esxcli software vib remove --vibname=scsi-aacraid --maintenance-mode (remove package...
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...nodeps --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 4: esxupdate -b /tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib --nodeps --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib install -f -v file:/tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsiaacraid-500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165....vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 4: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 5: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165....
...nodeps --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 4: esxupdate -b /tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib --nodeps --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib install -f -v file:/tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsiaacraid-500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165....vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 4: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 5: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165....
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... on the installation DVD. For information on installing the Adaptec CIM Provider and Remote ARCCONF on a VMware ESXi 5.0 or VMware ESXi 4.1 system, see the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide and the Command Line Utility User's Guide, included on the installation DVD. ● On VMware ESXi 5.0 and VMware ESXi 4.1 systems: ● You can configure and manage arrays...
... on the installation DVD. For information on installing the Adaptec CIM Provider and Remote ARCCONF on a VMware ESXi 5.0 or VMware ESXi 4.1 system, see the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide and the Command Line Utility User's Guide, included on the installation DVD. ● On VMware ESXi 5.0 and VMware ESXi 4.1 systems: ● You can configure and manage arrays...