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Contents ● 8 About the Adaptec RAID 6445 34 About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q 35 About the Adaptec RAID 6405E 36 About the Adaptec RAID 6805E 37 About the Adaptec RAID 6405T 38 About the Adaptec RAID 6805T/6805TQ 39 4 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 41 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 42 ...Array 55 Creating an Array with the ACU 55 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 57 Making Your Array Bootable 58 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 60 Creating a Driver Disk 60 Installing with Windows 61 Installing with Windows Server 2003 61 ...
Contents ● 8 About the Adaptec RAID 6445 34 About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q 35 About the Adaptec RAID 6405E 36 About the Adaptec RAID 6805E 37 About the Adaptec RAID 6405T 38 About the Adaptec RAID 6805T/6805TQ 39 4 Getting Started Choosing a RAID Level 41 Selecting Disk Drives and Cables 42 ...Array 55 Creating an Array with the ACU 55 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 57 Making Your Array Bootable 58 7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System Before You Begin 60 Creating a Driver Disk 60 Installing with Windows 61 Installing with Windows Server 2003 61 ...
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... 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 Disk 73 Installing on Windows 74 Installing on Windows Server 2003 74 Installing on Windows Server 2008,...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 ...
... 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 Disk 73 Installing on Windows 74 Installing on Windows Server 2003 74 Installing on Windows Server 2008,...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 ...
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...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...800 x 600 Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain ...
...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...800 x 600 Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec by PMC RAID controller ● Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation ● Cables (Not all kits contain ...
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Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 16 ● DVD-ROM drive ● Floppy disk drive, USB flash drive, or CD burner, for creating driver disks and bootable media
Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 16 ● DVD-ROM drive ● Floppy disk drive, USB flash drive, or CD burner, for creating driver disks and bootable media
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...attaching the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Be sure that looks like a spacer (see Figure 3). Remove mounting screws with a Phillips screw driver. ! Insert the screws through the holes on the back side of the controller, with the flat side against the controller PCB and the raised side... 3. The full-height bracket is installed on the front of the controller, then fasten the screws to the bracket with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Using a Phillips head screw...
...attaching the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Be sure that looks like a spacer (see Figure 3). Remove mounting screws with a Phillips screw driver. ! Insert the screws through the holes on the back side of the controller, with the flat side against the controller PCB and the raised side... 3. The full-height bracket is installed on the front of the controller, then fasten the screws to the bracket with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Using a Phillips head screw...
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... your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Install the controller driver (see page 72). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). Chapter 4: Getting Started ●...boot controller (see page 55). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 55). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 59.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). If your controller has an external connector...
... your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead). 2 Install the controller driver (see page 72). 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). Chapter 4: Getting Started ●...boot controller (see page 55). 3 Create a bootable array (see page 55). 4 Install your operating system and the controller driver (see page 59.) 5 Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). If your controller has an external connector...
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...your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. For more information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating... cable to attach the SSD(s) to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 53.
...your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. For more information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating... cable to attach the SSD(s) to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 53.
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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 72. Skip to complete this chapter... Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task. Setting the Boot Controller...55 Creating an Array ...55 Making Your Array Bootable 58 This chapter explains how to set your Adaptec controller to be the boot controller, and how to create a bootable array.
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 72. Skip to complete this chapter... Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task. Setting the Boot Controller...55 Creating an Array ...55 Making Your Array Bootable 58 This chapter explains how to set your Adaptec controller to be the boot controller, and how to create a bootable array.
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... Use the ACU to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with the following section. To exclude specific disk drives from the logical drive, specify a... size for the logical drive, or to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 106). Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. You must partition and format these logical drives before...
... Use the ACU to make other changes to the configuration, click Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with the following section. To exclude specific disk drives from the logical drive, specify a... size for the logical drive, or to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 106). Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. You must partition and format these logical drives before...
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Before You Begin ...60 Creating a Driver Disk ...60 Installing with Windows ...61 Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 62 Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux 62 Installing with SuSE Linux...... 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...
Before You Begin ...60 Creating a Driver Disk ...60 Installing with Windows ...61 Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 62 Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux 62 Installing with SuSE Linux...... 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...
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...operating systems and to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Since the driver image is loaded right from the DVD drive. 2 Turn on all controllers. Continue with these OSs, the driver is too large to fit on a floppy disk, you must... see the instructions for most supported operating systems. You will need a floppy disk, USB flash drive, or writable CD to create a driver disk for your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. For other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the...
...operating systems and to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Since the driver image is loaded right from the DVD drive. 2 Turn on all controllers. Continue with these OSs, the driver is too large to fit on a floppy disk, you must... see the instructions for most supported operating systems. You will need a floppy disk, USB flash drive, or writable CD to create a driver disk for your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. For other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the...
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...message 'No drives were found'. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. Note: The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder. 5 When the Adaptec driver is on a floppy disk, then press Enter. If you miss your chance to press F6, restart your... 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, 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 Windows installation. ...
...message 'No drives were found'. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. Note: The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder. 5 When the Adaptec driver is on a floppy disk, then press Enter. If you miss your chance to press F6, restart your... 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, 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 Windows installation. ...
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...not pass the linux dd boot prompt. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on -screen prompts to complete this task. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat 6 or Fedora Linux: 1 Insert the Red Hat or Fedora Installation CD. 2 Restart your Red Hat 5... Installation CD to /dev/fd0. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your operating system. 8 Continue with Red Hat Linux ...
...not pass the linux dd boot prompt. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on -screen prompts to complete this task. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat 6 or Fedora Linux: 1 Insert the Red Hat or Fedora Installation CD. 2 Restart your Red Hat 5... Installation CD to /dev/fd0. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your operating system. 8 Continue with Red Hat Linux ...
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...-party devices, install them now. You must have an older version of a driver disk. (If F6 is 50%-90% complete, type this task. Installing with SuSE Linux To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing SuSE Linux: 1 Insert the first SuSE Installation CD. 2 Restart ...Note: You will need your operating system. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Debian Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following...
...-party devices, install them now. You must have an older version of a driver disk. (If F6 is 50%-90% complete, type this task. Installing with SuSE Linux To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing SuSE Linux: 1 Insert the first SuSE Installation CD. 2 Restart ...Note: You will need your operating system. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Debian Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following...
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...aacraid/aacraid.ko For Debian 64-bit: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to the installation screen, then follow the on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for your Debian operating system version... (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 64 b Insert and ...
...aacraid/aacraid.ko For Debian 64-bit: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to the installation screen, then follow the on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for your Debian operating system version... (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 64 b Insert and ...
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... /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on page 79. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then restart your Ubuntu Installation CD and... a USB flash drive to complete this command: cp //* /mnt/aacraid-driver where tempdir is assigned to the USB drive by typing...
... /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on page 79. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then restart your Ubuntu Installation CD and... a USB flash drive to complete this command: cp //* /mnt/aacraid-driver where tempdir is assigned to the USB drive by typing...
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... is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 7 Remove the USB drive. 8 Install the loadable module: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/ aacraid.ko where is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the... console. For Ubuntu 64-bit: cp -f /AACRAID/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /target/lib/modules/2.6.-server/ kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko chroot /target /sbin/depmod -a 2.6.-server update-initramfs -u -v exit where is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. ...
... is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 7 Remove the USB drive. 8 Install the loadable module: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/ aacraid.ko where is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the... console. For Ubuntu 64-bit: cp -f /AACRAID/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /target/lib/modules/2.6.-server/ kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko chroot /target /sbin/depmod -a 2.6.-server update-initramfs -u -v exit where is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. ...
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...5 Complete the Solaris installation, following procedure to begin the VMware installation. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Solaris: 1 Start your computer. 4 Follow the on the Adaptec Installation DVD. Note: For systems without a floppy drive, you can choose to burn ...such as an interactive (GUI-based) tool or the Linux command line. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESX 4.x: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a writable CD: mount...
...5 Complete the Solaris installation, following procedure to begin the VMware installation. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Solaris: 1 Start your computer. 4 Follow the on the Adaptec Installation DVD. Note: For systems without a floppy drive, you can choose to burn ...such as an interactive (GUI-based) tool or the Linux command line. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESX 4.x: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a writable CD: mount...
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...Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned 3 Download and install vSphere PowerCLI on your Windows build machine. You can ignore this task. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your machine already) and install... custom boot image-and Steps 8-11 on the machine where you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you can download PowerShell and Microsoft .NET from VMware based ...
...Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned 3 Download and install vSphere PowerCLI on your Windows build machine. You can ignore this task. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your machine already) and install... custom boot image-and Steps 8-11 on the machine where you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you can download PowerShell and Microsoft .NET from VMware based ...
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Note: You may differ 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 download the software depot from the one above. Note: The version ... will see a display like this message. when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot...
Note: You may differ 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 download the software depot from the one above. Note: The version ... will see a display like this message. when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot...